Chapter 123
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Chapter 123 – Dog Fight at Night
Mechs and tanks on the north did not hold back their arsenal. They hit the queen egg and the zombies with everything they had.
Since they have not brought a harvester team with them, they had no reason to spare this queen egg. Furthermore, they could split it open and collect the green gels from its body later.
The north battalions managed to eliminate the threat within an hour without a casualty, but the situation was not in the clear yet.
As the noise on the wasteland plain did not have a filter, every creature in the range of a kilometer could hear the gunshot.
Corroding zombies, giant scorpions, mutated snakes, tree monsters, and green eggs of various size were attracted by the sound. Curious and hungry, they traveled to the outpost.
Crystal could see everything from her radar truck. She was confident that their force would not succumb to these primitive monsters, but she concerned about certain monsters.
The alpha eggs!
Initially, she detected 12 alphas and a massive hydra. However, the resource map could not identify the unevolved or green eggs that were about to evolve. As a result, she did not detect the sudden emergence of a new hydra in the outpost.
This brought her worries. She was afraid that one of the green eggs might transform during the fight.
One alpha would not be a problem for five battalions, but multiple newborn hydras would be their nightmare.
Crystal opened her red gel resource map to recheck their position. Upon rereading the paper, she was shocked.
The map flashed in white light, and the positions of the red marks were updated. The new location of the red marks terrified Crystal.
Three of the red dots were in the range of one kilometer!
In a panic, Crystal shouted to the intercom, "Three alpha eggs spotted within a klick! Two on the east and one to the west!"
The news terrified all mutant soldiers and human prisoners. Even the battalion captains began sweating.
Sebastian rushed to the west by himself, planning to protect the western front. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
Mia controlled Prometheus to the east defensive line. The giant robot stood on the forefront as Mia sent his words to the public intercom channel.
"I'll take one of the alphas. The rest of the east team, distract the other one! Once I finish off my target, I'll assist you. West team, buy times if you can't defeat the alpha. If any of the monsters transform into a hydra, shout out to me ASAP."
The men's morale soared. As Prometheus was much bigger than the standard 10-meter-tall mechs, everyone treated it as their secret weapon. With Mia in the mix, their initial fear disappeared like smoke.
But Crystal had not finished her report yet, "South team, get ready! An army of scorpions is coming to your location!"
Cricket unit's assault helicopters moved to the south to support the other teams, while their medic squads cleaned the spaces as they were getting ready for more injured soldiers.
Among the south team, Zeris One was standing on the forefront as well. Thorn, who had gotten back to his Zeris One, transformed back to his human form. As for the demi-hydra gang, they joined the infantry units in the west team.
Thorn clicked his tongue in an annoyance, "Why do we have to clean up the wasteland for the humans?"
*Ong* (Sooner or later, we will have to wipe every monster off our region anyway. Let's treat it as a drill.)
"Fighting against three alphas and a scorpion army is not a drill, dumb cat."
Thorn connected his intercom with Crystal, "Why haven't we retreated from the outpost? Can't we just abandon the base?"
Crystal shouted back, "Impossible! We have so many resources to bring back to our base! There's a freaking 100,000 barrel worth of fuel in that tank and so many gels in the underground facilities. We're not going home without taking everything!"
Thorn wanted to faint. Crystal's greedy nature kicked in again.
*Ong* (Are you sure you still want to woo this girl? She's a greedy one.)
"It has to be Crystal, Kai. By the way, we call it as being frugal."
.
Midnight
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BOOM*
The south battalions contacted with the scorpions. Zeris One fulfilled its role, flying and providing covering fire for the ground troops.
The giant scorpion army number was over 500. Each of them was at least 1.5-meter tall and 3-meters in length. One the other hand, the southern team consisted of 18 mechs, 20 tanks, and 300 infantry soldiers.
Each scorpion could take on two or three155mm shells before they could get damaged. As a result, the barrage of explosion and cannon bullets did not kill them with one shot.
Still, two-third of the scorpions died within a minute. Unfortunately, the remaining few slipped through their defensive barrage and got close to the tanks and the ground mechs.
Though the robots and tanks were made of chromium and coating frames, they were still not safe from the scorpions' pincer claws. One of the tanks failed to backtrack as its tracks got stuck into a collapsed hole. The tank got mauled by three scorpions, which ripped it to shred along with the crews inside.
The casualty enraged the nearby soldiers and their friends. Instead of slowly retreating as they fought, some of the reckless crews attempted to push back by using their rocket launchers.
The result was a disaster as the enraged mutants became food for the monsters. However, the majority of mutant soldiers was cool-headed, and they managed to eliminate the threat in the next ten minutes.
Thorn and the other four teams managed to keep the casualties to the minimum as they lost only one tank and 20 soldiers.
As for the other front, they had different results.
The north teams did not suffer a loss from any small fry, such as snakes, tree monsters, or random zombies.
The west team held on and managed to chase away the lone alpha egg by using their superior firepower.
However, the east was another story.
.
1 AM.
Prometheus chased after a five-meter tall red egg. As its size was abnormal than the usual alphas, Mia saw it as a threat.
In Mia's plan, he would eliminate this alpha first. Then, he would return to subdue another egg monster if the east team failed to kill it.
However, changes occurred. Both alpha eggs seemed to work together. As Prometheus ran after the humongous red egg, the other 2-meter-tall alpha pursued the giant robot, leaving the defensive troops alone.
Mia attempted to retreat when he realized this anomaly. However, the giant egg turned around and chased after Prometheus while the smaller one turned around to the soldiers.
*Mew* (Shoot the smaller one!)
Prometheus turned around and aimed its hand at the smaller alpha egg. Mia activated his telekinesis, grabbing the monster with his psyche.
The chasing giant egg opened its mouth and spat red fluid at Prometheus arm.
In reflex, Mia pulled back the arm and canceled his ability. He switched his target to the chasing monster as he did the same to the smaller one.
Once the telekinesis captured the five-meter egg, it opened an eye, glaring at Prometheus.
Again, Mia had to cancel his power and maneuver the robot to leap to the side.
An eye laser skill of the giant alpha activated. The red beam landed on the location where Prometheus had jump away, exploded.
*BOOM*
The small alpha turned around as well. It opened an eye and stared at Prometheus' feet.
The next second, the ground below the 25-meter robot transformed into a swamp, which made Mia's mech stumble.
Sensing the teamwork of the alphas, Mia decided to put more afford. With more psionic link input and more concentration, the rear beetle wings of Prometheus shifted, revealing the back boosters.
*BOOM*
The psionic engines behind Prometheus roared, and the robot jumped to the air.
That moment, a shocking phenomenon happened.
Something emerged from the big alpha and teleported. It reappeared behind Prometheus!
The newly evolved hydra spread its tentacles, which had transformed into wing bones. In an instant, the hydra's blood covered the skeleton structure, reforming into membrane and muscle.
The creature's face changed shape, which a long beak extended from its mouth. The body covered in scales, but it was slimmer than its former egg body.
One second after the teleportation, the 5-meter-tall egg finished evolving into a flying hydra!
The newly evolved hydra with the body of a pteranodon with dragon scales swooped downward and pecked Prometheus head with its beak.
*CLANK*
Fortunately, its beak was not strong enough to put a dent into the metal frame, which covered the robot's head.
Mia sensed the impact behind the mech. He formed a lightning blade in Prometheus' right hand.
The robot turned around in 180 degrees with a horizontal sword slash!
*VHOOM*
The strike missed!
The pteranodon hydra teleported again and reappeared 100 meters away. It opened its mouth and revealed an eye in its throat.
Another eye laser beam was fired!
Mia exerted all his psionic strength into the engine boosters and pushed the flying mech to the left side.
The light beam missed the robot!
Prometheus opened left palm and pointed it at the flying hydra. Mia used his telekinesis to grab it again.
*PWOOF*
As if the pteranodon detected Mia's intend, it teleported away for the third time. This time, it reappeared beside the smaller alpha.
Pteranodon pecked into the alpha egg and swallowed its core into its body. It ignored the remaining carcass, blood, and the corpse of the alpha as it flew away from Prometheus.
Its destination was the outpost!
Realizing the hydra's next goal, Mia was enraged.
"Damn birdbrain! Fine, you want to play a game? I'm all for a game!"
With the full-power boosters, Prometheus raced back to the outpost while the pteranodon flew ahead in the lead by 50 meters.
Thunder balls appeared as Prometheus was chasing after the pteranodon. Mia's lightning zap activated.
*BANG*
The thunderbolt missed! Again, it teleported and dodged Mia's attack.
*MYA!* (ANNOYING BASTARD!)
Mia expanded his 3D sense. Within less than a second, he found the pteranodon. It retreated southwest, heading to the south battalions.
This time, it had grown another head, which was a white snake's head with a long neck.
The dire situation escalated as Mia attempted to defeat this hydra baby. It was too cunning and agile to the point that he could not even land a blow on it.
Now, it became a two-headed hydra. The threat of this monster soared to another level.
Mia changed the intercom frequency to the public channel. He pressed the communication button.
"Attention, we have a two-headed hydra heading to the south battalions. Evacuate immediately! I repeat, evacuate immediately! All south battalions should leave that place at once!"
In the next second, Crystal screamed to the public channel, ordering the men to move to the inner outpost, so they could use the defensive walls and barricades as a cover.
As for Mia and Prometheus, they continued their chase.
Pteranodon's second head turned around and opened its snake mouth. A giant eye inside the snake's mouth glared at Prometheus.
"Jesusfuckingchrist! Barrier, Flame Field, Force Field!"
A giant lance materialized behind the pteranodon out of nowhere. It shot at the pursuing mech, which left behind a circular shockwave as it launched.
The dark lance broke through Mia's triple psychic barriers.
*FSHZZZHANK*
Prometheus swung the lightning blade and deflected the oncoming lance. The attack failed.
As the snakehead did not follow through with its attack, Mia ordered his mech to throw the blade at the escaping pteranodon hydra. Furthermore, he controlled the flying sword with his telekinesis, making it beelining toward the hydra's body.
*FWOOF*
The hydra teleported away again. This time, it reappeared behind Prometheus.
The pteranodon's head and the snakehead opened their mouth at the same time, planning to ambush Mia from behind.
However, the mech had already turned 180 degrees beforehand, and it stared at the hydra.
"Gotcha, Blast!"
*BOOM*
An invisible cannonball slammed onto the pteranodon's body and exploded, sending it flying backward like a kite without a string. Unfortunately, it only inflicted a superficial wound on its skin.
The hydra landed on the ground, but it teleported one more time.
Mia expanded his sense to detect the monster, but he could not find it again.
"Son of a bitch."
*Mew* (That monster is annoying.)
"True."
.
.
.
Five kilometers away from the outpost, a middle-aged man stood in the middle of the wasteland.
Despite the dangers, he was unharmed. He also had a clean military uniform, which indicated that he was a high ranking officer.
Behind him, a hundred dragonewts and five humans with similar clothing stood in a formation, waiting for the man's command.
Ten minutes after Prometheus and the pteranodon hydra had concluded the dog fight battle, the two-headed monster arrived before the group of people.
Instead of attacking these men, the hydra collapsed on the ground as if it surrendered itself to the person.
"You have grown, Pompom."
*Grrr*
The man ignored the groan of the hydra. He turned to his aide, who was watching a handheld monitor.
"What's their status?"
"They fended off all monsters and the other stillborn hydra. Their casualties are minimal."
"What about the giant robot?"
"Unharmed, sir."
"Ho? He dueled with my pet and came out unharmed? Impressive."
He turned to another officer, who was leading the dragonewts.
"Change of plans, we will occupy Mafdet City, and we'll find one of those otherworlders. I'm curious about the rumored World War III. Contact Austin and tell him to start recruiting men."
This leading man was a figure that was responsible for the destruction of Shelter 87 and 88 in Mia's timeline.
His name was Prayut T. Cha.
He was also Thorn's grandfather!
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Chapter 123 – Dog Fight at Night
Mechs and tanks on the north did not hold back their arsenal. They hit the queen egg and the zombies with everything they had.
Since they have not brought a harvester team with them, they had no reason to spare this queen egg. Furthermore, they could split it open and collect the green gels from its body later.
The north battalions managed to eliminate the threat within an hour without a casualty, but the situation was not in the clear yet.
As the noise on the wasteland plain did not have a filter, every creature in the range of a kilometer could hear the gunshot.
Corroding zombies, giant scorpions, mutated snakes, tree monsters, and green eggs of various size were attracted by the sound. Curious and hungry, they traveled to the outpost.
Crystal could see everything from her radar truck. She was confident that their force would not succumb to these primitive monsters, but she concerned about certain monsters.
The alpha eggs!
Initially, she detected 12 alphas and a massive hydra. However, the resource map could not identify the unevolved or green eggs that were about to evolve. As a result, she did not detect the sudden emergence of a new hydra in the outpost.
This brought her worries. She was afraid that one of the green eggs might transform during the fight.
One alpha would not be a problem for five battalions, but multiple newborn hydras would be their nightmare.
Crystal opened her red gel resource map to recheck their position. Upon rereading the paper, she was shocked.
The map flashed in white light, and the positions of the red marks were updated. The new location of the red marks terrified Crystal.
Three of the red dots were in the range of one kilometer!
In a panic, Crystal shouted to the intercom, "Three alpha eggs spotted within a klick! Two on the east and one to the west!"
The news terrified all mutant soldiers and human prisoners. Even the battalion captains began sweating.
Sebastian rushed to the west by himself, planning to protect the western front. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
Mia controlled Prometheus to the east defensive line. The giant robot stood on the forefront as Mia sent his words to the public intercom channel.
"I'll take one of the alphas. The rest of the east team, distract the other one! Once I finish off my target, I'll assist you. West team, buy times if you can't defeat the alpha. If any of the monsters transform into a hydra, shout out to me ASAP."
The men's morale soared. As Prometheus was much bigger than the standard 10-meter-tall mechs, everyone treated it as their secret weapon. With Mia in the mix, their initial fear disappeared like smoke.
But Crystal had not finished her report yet, "South team, get ready! An army of scorpions is coming to your location!"
Cricket unit's assault helicopters moved to the south to support the other teams, while their medic squads cleaned the spaces as they were getting ready for more injured soldiers.
Among the south team, Zeris One was standing on the forefront as well. Thorn, who had gotten back to his Zeris One, transformed back to his human form. As for the demi-hydra gang, they joined the infantry units in the west team.
Thorn clicked his tongue in an annoyance, "Why do we have to clean up the wasteland for the humans?"
*Ong* (Sooner or later, we will have to wipe every monster off our region anyway. Let's treat it as a drill.)
"Fighting against three alphas and a scorpion army is not a drill, dumb cat."
Thorn connected his intercom with Crystal, "Why haven't we retreated from the outpost? Can't we just abandon the base?"
Crystal shouted back, "Impossible! We have so many resources to bring back to our base! There's a freaking 100,000 barrel worth of fuel in that tank and so many gels in the underground facilities. We're not going home without taking everything!"
Thorn wanted to faint. Crystal's greedy nature kicked in again.
*Ong* (Are you sure you still want to woo this girl? She's a greedy one.)
"It has to be Crystal, Kai. By the way, we call it as being frugal."
.
Midnight
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BOOM*
The south battalions contacted with the scorpions. Zeris One fulfilled its role, flying and providing covering fire for the ground troops.
The giant scorpion army number was over 500. Each of them was at least 1.5-meter tall and 3-meters in length. One the other hand, the southern team consisted of 18 mechs, 20 tanks, and 300 infantry soldiers.
Each scorpion could take on two or three155mm shells before they could get damaged. As a result, the barrage of explosion and cannon bullets did not kill them with one shot.
Still, two-third of the scorpions died within a minute. Unfortunately, the remaining few slipped through their defensive barrage and got close to the tanks and the ground mechs.
Though the robots and tanks were made of chromium and coating frames, they were still not safe from the scorpions' pincer claws. One of the tanks failed to backtrack as its tracks got stuck into a collapsed hole. The tank got mauled by three scorpions, which ripped it to shred along with the crews inside.
The casualty enraged the nearby soldiers and their friends. Instead of slowly retreating as they fought, some of the reckless crews attempted to push back by using their rocket launchers.
The result was a disaster as the enraged mutants became food for the monsters. However, the majority of mutant soldiers was cool-headed, and they managed to eliminate the threat in the next ten minutes.
Thorn and the other four teams managed to keep the casualties to the minimum as they lost only one tank and 20 soldiers.
As for the other front, they had different results.
The north teams did not suffer a loss from any small fry, such as snakes, tree monsters, or random zombies.
The west team held on and managed to chase away the lone alpha egg by using their superior firepower.
However, the east was another story.
.
1 AM.
Prometheus chased after a five-meter tall red egg. As its size was abnormal than the usual alphas, Mia saw it as a threat.
In Mia's plan, he would eliminate this alpha first. Then, he would return to subdue another egg monster if the east team failed to kill it.
However, changes occurred. Both alpha eggs seemed to work together. As Prometheus ran after the humongous red egg, the other 2-meter-tall alpha pursued the giant robot, leaving the defensive troops alone.
Mia attempted to retreat when he realized this anomaly. However, the giant egg turned around and chased after Prometheus while the smaller one turned around to the soldiers.
*Mew* (Shoot the smaller one!)
Prometheus turned around and aimed its hand at the smaller alpha egg. Mia activated his telekinesis, grabbing the monster with his psyche.
The chasing giant egg opened its mouth and spat red fluid at Prometheus arm.
In reflex, Mia pulled back the arm and canceled his ability. He switched his target to the chasing monster as he did the same to the smaller one.
Once the telekinesis captured the five-meter egg, it opened an eye, glaring at Prometheus.
Again, Mia had to cancel his power and maneuver the robot to leap to the side.
An eye laser skill of the giant alpha activated. The red beam landed on the location where Prometheus had jump away, exploded.
*BOOM*
The small alpha turned around as well. It opened an eye and stared at Prometheus' feet.
The next second, the ground below the 25-meter robot transformed into a swamp, which made Mia's mech stumble.
Sensing the teamwork of the alphas, Mia decided to put more afford. With more psionic link input and more concentration, the rear beetle wings of Prometheus shifted, revealing the back boosters.
*BOOM*
The psionic engines behind Prometheus roared, and the robot jumped to the air.
That moment, a shocking phenomenon happened.
Something emerged from the big alpha and teleported. It reappeared behind Prometheus!
The newly evolved hydra spread its tentacles, which had transformed into wing bones. In an instant, the hydra's blood covered the skeleton structure, reforming into membrane and muscle.
The creature's face changed shape, which a long beak extended from its mouth. The body covered in scales, but it was slimmer than its former egg body.
One second after the teleportation, the 5-meter-tall egg finished evolving into a flying hydra!
The newly evolved hydra with the body of a pteranodon with dragon scales swooped downward and pecked Prometheus head with its beak.
*CLANK*
Fortunately, its beak was not strong enough to put a dent into the metal frame, which covered the robot's head.
Mia sensed the impact behind the mech. He formed a lightning blade in Prometheus' right hand.
The robot turned around in 180 degrees with a horizontal sword slash!
*VHOOM*
The strike missed!
The pteranodon hydra teleported again and reappeared 100 meters away. It opened its mouth and revealed an eye in its throat.
Another eye laser beam was fired!
Mia exerted all his psionic strength into the engine boosters and pushed the flying mech to the left side.
The light beam missed the robot!
Prometheus opened left palm and pointed it at the flying hydra. Mia used his telekinesis to grab it again.
*PWOOF*
As if the pteranodon detected Mia's intend, it teleported away for the third time. This time, it reappeared beside the smaller alpha.
Pteranodon pecked into the alpha egg and swallowed its core into its body. It ignored the remaining carcass, blood, and the corpse of the alpha as it flew away from Prometheus.
Its destination was the outpost!
Realizing the hydra's next goal, Mia was enraged.
"Damn birdbrain! Fine, you want to play a game? I'm all for a game!"
With the full-power boosters, Prometheus raced back to the outpost while the pteranodon flew ahead in the lead by 50 meters.
Thunder balls appeared as Prometheus was chasing after the pteranodon. Mia's lightning zap activated.
*BANG*
The thunderbolt missed! Again, it teleported and dodged Mia's attack.
*MYA!* (ANNOYING BASTARD!)
Mia expanded his 3D sense. Within less than a second, he found the pteranodon. It retreated southwest, heading to the south battalions.
This time, it had grown another head, which was a white snake's head with a long neck.
The dire situation escalated as Mia attempted to defeat this hydra baby. It was too cunning and agile to the point that he could not even land a blow on it.
Now, it became a two-headed hydra. The threat of this monster soared to another level.
Mia changed the intercom frequency to the public channel. He pressed the communication button.
"Attention, we have a two-headed hydra heading to the south battalions. Evacuate immediately! I repeat, evacuate immediately! All south battalions should leave that place at once!"
In the next second, Crystal screamed to the public channel, ordering the men to move to the inner outpost, so they could use the defensive walls and barricades as a cover.
As for Mia and Prometheus, they continued their chase.
Pteranodon's second head turned around and opened its snake mouth. A giant eye inside the snake's mouth glared at Prometheus.
"Jesusfuckingchrist! Barrier, Flame Field, Force Field!"
A giant lance materialized behind the pteranodon out of nowhere. It shot at the pursuing mech, which left behind a circular shockwave as it launched.
The dark lance broke through Mia's triple psychic barriers.
*FSHZZZHANK*
Prometheus swung the lightning blade and deflected the oncoming lance. The attack failed.
As the snakehead did not follow through with its attack, Mia ordered his mech to throw the blade at the escaping pteranodon hydra. Furthermore, he controlled the flying sword with his telekinesis, making it beelining toward the hydra's body.
*FWOOF*
The hydra teleported away again. This time, it reappeared behind Prometheus.
The pteranodon's head and the snakehead opened their mouth at the same time, planning to ambush Mia from behind.
However, the mech had already turned 180 degrees beforehand, and it stared at the hydra.
"Gotcha, Blast!"
*BOOM*
An invisible cannonball slammed onto the pteranodon's body and exploded, sending it flying backward like a kite without a string. Unfortunately, it only inflicted a superficial wound on its skin.
The hydra landed on the ground, but it teleported one more time.
Mia expanded his sense to detect the monster, but he could not find it again.
"Son of a bitch."
*Mew* (That monster is annoying.)
"True."
.
.
.
Five kilometers away from the outpost, a middle-aged man stood in the middle of the wasteland.
Despite the dangers, he was unharmed. He also had a clean military uniform, which indicated that he was a high ranking officer.
Behind him, a hundred dragonewts and five humans with similar clothing stood in a formation, waiting for the man's command.
Ten minutes after Prometheus and the pteranodon hydra had concluded the dog fight battle, the two-headed monster arrived before the group of people.
Instead of attacking these men, the hydra collapsed on the ground as if it surrendered itself to the person.
"You have grown, Pompom."
*Grrr*
The man ignored the groan of the hydra. He turned to his aide, who was watching a handheld monitor.
"What's their status?"
"They fended off all monsters and the other stillborn hydra. Their casualties are minimal."
"What about the giant robot?"
"Unharmed, sir."
"Ho? He dueled with my pet and came out unharmed? Impressive."
He turned to another officer, who was leading the dragonewts.
"Change of plans, we will occupy Mafdet City, and we'll find one of those otherworlders. I'm curious about the rumored World War III. Contact Austin and tell him to start recruiting men."
This leading man was a figure that was responsible for the destruction of Shelter 87 and 88 in Mia's timeline.
His name was Prayut T. Cha.
He was also Thorn's grandfather!
Chapter 123 Dog Fight at NightMechs and tanks on the north did not hold back their arsenal. They hit the queen egg and the zombies with everything they had.Since they have not brought a harvester team with them, they had no reason to spare this queen egg. Furthermore, they could split it open and collect the green gels from its body later.The north battalions managed to eliminate the threat within an hour without a casualty, but the situation was not in the clear yet.As the noise on the wasteland plain did not have a filter, every creature in the range of a kilometer could hear the gunshot.Corroding zombies, giant scorpions, mutated snakes, tree monsters, and green eggs of various size were attracted by the sound. Curious and hungry, they traveled to the outpost.Crystal could see everything from her radar truck. She was confident that their force would not succumb to these primitive monsters, but she concerned about certain monsters.The alpha eggs!Initially, she detected 12 alphas and a massive hydra. However, the resource map could not identify the unevolved or green eggs that were about to evolve. As a result, she did not detect the sudden emergence of a new hydra in the outpost.This brought her worries. She was afraid that one of the green eggs might transform during the fight.One alpha would not be a problem for five battalions, but multiple newborn hydras would be their nightmare.Crystal opened her red gel resource map to recheck their position. Upon rereading the paper, she was shocked.The map flashed in white light, and the positions of the red marks were updated. The new location of the red marks terrified Crystal.Three of the red dots were in the range of one kilometer!In a panic, Crystal shouted to the intercom, "Three alpha eggs spotted within a klick! Two on the east and one to the west!"The news terrified all mutant soldiers and human prisoners. Even the battalion captains began sweating.Sebastian rushed to the west by himself, planning to protect the western front. Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting.Mia controlled Prometheus to the east defensive line. The giant robot stood on the forefront as Mia sent his words to the public intercom channel."I'll take one of the alphas. The rest of the east team, distract the other one! Once I finish off my target, I'll assist you. West team, buy times if you can't defeat the alpha. If any of the monsters transform into a hydra, shout out to me ASAP."The men's morale soared. As Prometheus was much bigger than the standard 10-meter-tall mechs, everyone treated it as their secret weapon. With Mia in the mix, their initial fear disappeared like smoke.But Crystal had not finished her report yet, "South team, get ready! An army of scorpions is coming to your location!"Cricket unit's assault helicopters moved to the south to support the other teams, while their medic squads cleaned the spaces as they were getting ready for more injured soldiers.Among the south team, Zeris One was standing on the forefront as well. Thorn, who had gotten back to his Zeris One, transformed back to his human form. As for the demi-hydra gang, they joined the infantry units in the west team. Thorn clicked his tongue in an annoyance, "Why do we have to clean up the wasteland for the humans?"*Ong* Sooner or later, we will have to wipe every monster off our region anyway. Let's treat it as a drill."Fighting against three alphas and a scorpion army is not a drill, dumb cat."Thorn connected his intercom with Crystal, "Why haven't we retreated from the outpost? Can't we just abandon the base?"Crystal shouted back, "Impossible! We have so many resources to bring back to our base! There's a freaking 100,000 barrel worth of fuel in that tank and so many gels in the underground facilities. We're not going home without taking everything!"Thorn wanted to faint. Crystal's greedy nature kicked in again.*Ong* Are you sure you still want to woo this girl? She's a greedy one."It has to be Crystal, Kai. By the way, we call it as being frugal.".Midnight*BANG**BANG**BANG**BOOM*The south battalions contacted with the scorpions. Zeris One fulfilled its role, flying and providing covering fire for the ground troops.The giant scorpion army number was over 500. Each of them was at least 1.5-meter tall and 3-meters in length. One the other hand, the southern team consisted of 18 mechs, 20 tanks, and 300 infantry soldiers.Each scorpion could take on two or three155mm shells before they could get damaged. As a result, the barrage of explosion and cannon bullets did not kill them with one shot.Still, two-third of the scorpions died within a minute. Unfortunately, the remaining few slipped through their defensive barrage and got close to the tanks and the ground mechs.Though the robots and tanks were made of chromium and coating frames, they were still not safe from the scorpions' pincer claws. One of the tanks failed to backtrack as its tracks got stuck into a collapsed hole. The tank got mauled by three scorpions, which ripped it to shred along with the crews inside.The casualty enraged the nearby soldiers and their friends. Instead of slowly retreating as they fought, some of the reckless crews attempted to push back by using their rocket launchers.The result was a disaster as the enraged mutants became food for the monsters. However, the majority of mutant soldiers was cool-headed, and they managed to eliminate the threat in the next ten minutes.Thorn and the other four teams managed to keep the casualties to the minimum as they lost only one tank and 20 soldiers.As for the other front, they had different results.The north teams did not suffer a loss from any small fry, such as snakes, tree monsters, or random zombies.The west team held on and managed to chase away the lone alpha egg by using their superior firepower.However, the east was another story..1 AM.Prometheus chased after a five-meter tall red egg. As its size was abnormal than the usual alphas, Mia saw it as a threat.In Mia's plan, he would eliminate this alpha first. Then, he would return to subdue another egg monster if the east team failed to kill it.However, changes occurred. Both alpha eggs seemed to work together. As Prometheus ran after the humongous red egg, the other 2-meter-tall alpha pursued the giant robot, leaving the defensive troops alone.Mia attempted to retreat when he realized this anomaly. However, the giant egg turned around and chased after Prometheus while the smaller one turned around to the soldiers.*Mew* Shoot the smaller one!Prometheus turned around and aimed its hand at the smaller alpha egg. Mia activated his telekinesis, grabbing the monster with his psyche.The chasing giant egg opened its mouth and spat red fluid at Prometheus arm.In reflex, Mia pulled back the arm and canceled his ability. He switched his target to the chasing monster as he did the same to the smaller one.Once the telekinesis captured the five-meter egg, it opened an eye, glaring at Prometheus.Again, Mia had to cancel his power and maneuver the robot to leap to the side.An eye laser skill of the giant alpha activated. The red beam landed on the location where Prometheus had jump away, exploded. *BOOM*The small alpha turned around as well. It opened an eye and stared at Prometheus' feet.The next second, the ground below the 25-meter robot transformed into a swamp, which made Mia's mech stumble.Sensing the teamwork of the alphas, Mia decided to put more afford. With more psionic link input and more concentration, the rear beetle wings of Prometheus shifted, revealing the back boosters.*BOOM*The psionic engines behind Prometheus roared, and the robot jumped to the air.That moment, a shocking phenomenon happened.Something emerged from the big alpha and teleported. It reappeared behind Prometheus!The newly evolved hydra spread its tentacles, which had transformed into wing bones. In an instant, the hydra's blood covered the skeleton structure, reforming into membrane and muscle.The creature's face changed shape, which a long beak extended from its mouth. The body covered in scales, but it was slimmer than its former egg body.One second after the teleportation, the 5-meter-tall egg finished evolving into a flying hydra!The newly evolved hydra with the body of a pteranodon with dragon scales swooped downward and pecked Prometheus head with its beak.*CLANK*Fortunately, its beak was not strong enough to put a dent into the metal frame, which covered the robot's head.Mia sensed the impact behind the mech. He formed a lightning blade in Prometheus' right hand.The robot turned around in 180 degrees with a horizontal sword slash!*VHOOM*The strike missed!The pteranodon hydra teleported again and reappeared 100 meters away. It opened its mouth and revealed an eye in its throat.Another eye laser beam was fired!Mia exerted all his psionic strength into the engine boosters and pushed the flying mech to the left side.The light beam missed the robot!Prometheus opened left palm and pointed it at the flying hydra. Mia used his telekinesis to grab it again.*PWOOF*As if the pteranodon detected Mia's intend, it teleported away for the third time. This time, it reappeared beside the smaller alpha.Pteranodon pecked into the alpha egg and swallowed its core into its body. It ignored the remaining carcass, blood, and the corpse of the alpha as it flew away from Prometheus.Its destination was the outpost!Realizing the hydra's next goal, Mia was enraged."Damn birdbrain! Fine, you want to play a game? I'm all for a game!"With the full-power boosters, Prometheus raced back to the outpost while the pteranodon flew ahead in the lead by 50 meters.Thunder balls appeared as Prometheus was chasing after the pteranodon. Mia's lightning zap activated.*BANG*The thunderbolt missed! Again, it teleported and dodged Mia's attack.*MYA!* ANNOYING BASTARD!Mia expanded his 3D sense. Within less than a second, he found the pteranodon. It retreated southwest, heading to the south battalions.This time, it had grown another head, which was a white snake's head with a long neck.The dire situation escalated as Mia attempted to defeat this hydra baby. It was too cunning and agile to the point that he could not even land a blow on it.Now, it became a two-headed hydra. The threat of this monster soared to another level.Mia changed the intercom frequency to the public channel. He pressed the communication button."Attention, we have a two-headed hydra heading to the south battalions. Evacuate immediately! I repeat, evacuate immediately! All south battalions should leave that place at once!"In the next second, Crystal screamed to the public channel, ordering the men to move to the inner outpost, so they could use the defensive walls and barricades as a cover.As for Mia and Prometheus, they continued their chase.Pteranodon's second head turned around and opened its snake mouth. A giant eye inside the snake's mouth glared at Prometheus."Jesusfuckingchrist! Barrier, Flame Field, Force Field!"A giant lance materialized behind the pteranodon out of nowhere. It shot at the pursuing mech, which left behind a circular shockwave as it launched.The dark lance broke through Mia's triple psychic barriers.*FSHZZZHANK*Prometheus swung the lightning blade and deflected the oncoming lance. The attack failed.As the snakehead did not follow through with its attack, Mia ordered his mech to throw the blade at the escaping pteranodon hydra. Furthermore, he controlled the flying sword with his telekinesis, making it beelining toward the hydra's body.*FWOOF*The hydra teleported away again. This time, it reappeared behind Prometheus.The pteranodon's head and the snakehead opened their mouth at the same time, planning to ambush Mia from behind.However, the mech had already turned 180 degrees beforehand, and it stared at the hydra."Gotcha, Blast!"*BOOM*An invisible cannonball slammed onto the pteranodon's body and exploded, sending it flying backward like a kite without a string. Unfortunately, it only inflicted a superficial wound on its skin.The hydra landed on the ground, but it teleported one more time.Mia expanded his sense to detect the monster, but he could not find it again."Son of a bitch."*Mew* That monster is annoying."True."...Five kilometers away from the outpost, a middle-aged man stood in the middle of the wasteland.Despite the dangers, he was unharmed. He also had a clean military uniform, which indicated that he was a high ranking officer.Behind him, a hundred dragonewts and five humans with similar clothing stood in a formation, waiting for the man's command.Ten minutes after Prometheus and the pteranodon hydra had concluded the dog fight battle, the two-headed monster arrived before the group of people.Instead of attacking these men, the hydra collapsed on the ground as if it surrendered itself to the person."You have grown, Pompom."*Grrr*The man ignored the groan of the hydra. He turned to his aide, who was watching a handheld monitor."What's their status?""They fended off all monsters and the other stillborn hydra. Their casualties are minimal.""What about the giant robot?""Unharmed, sir.""Ho? He dueled with my pet and came out unharmed? Impressive."He turned to another officer, who was leading the dragonewts."Change of plans, we will occupy Mafdet City, and we'll find one of those otherworlders. I'm curious about the rumored World War III. Contact Austin and tell him to start recruiting men."This leading man was a figure that was responsible for the destruction of Shelter 87 and 88 in Mia's timeline.His name was Prayut T. Cha.He was also Thorn's grandfather!
