The Heartthrob Guide: Dodder of S-Class Sentinels

Chapter 261 The war is coming
A massive army of aliens surged forth from the black mist, like a black tide, instantly engulfing the land as far as the eye could see.

The Tahir family's army has been fully deployed, holding a tight defensive line on the city's edge. Various spiritual entities stand in formation, roaring, creating a tense and deadly standoff with the alien forces.

Laun stood on the high platform, his golden-gray hair billowing in the wind, his longsword pointing directly at the black mist: "Hold the line to the death! Never let the aliens set foot in the core area!"

"Yes!"

His response was a roar of ten thousand voices, the sound waves breaking through the oppressive black mist and echoing between heaven and earth.

The ranged archers in the rear were already in position. At a command, black arrows imbued with purifying power rained down like a storm, precisely targeting the alien species that had first emerged from the black mist—

Most of the charging aliens were killed by arrows, but some still managed to escape the suppression and leap into the city. The sentries, skilled in close combat, were already poised to attack, and once the aliens got close, they engaged them in battle.

High up on the city's defense line, several detection devices were set up. Whenever an alien species entered the boundary, the data would be scanned by these devices, transmitted to the control room, and then quickly disassembled and analyzed by the personnel in the control room. Before long, the alien species' weaknesses and the location of its energy stones were clearly revealed.

"C-grade Blue-tailed Butterfly, no energy stones, weak aggression but wing powder contains mild toxins, kill!"

"A Class D longhorn beetle mutant. Its carapace is hard, but its energy stone content is below the threshold, so it's useless. Concentrate your firepower on its compound eyes, its weak point, and kill it!"

"There is a Grade B Sawtooth Lizard here. The energy stone is in the suture of its third vertebra. It is 72% pure and can be killed by skinning! Be careful, its tail spike can spray venom!"

"Number 0986, there is an A-grade high-level Shadow Leopard at three o'clock behind you. The energy stone is in its heart, 91% pure! Don't use purification weapons, capture it alive! Its spiritual core energy is used to repair the defensive barrier!"

"..."

The analysts' calm, almost ruthless instructions were clearly transmitted to the soldiers on the front lines via walkie-talkies, each word precisely pointing to the weaknesses of the alien species and how to deal with them.

On the holographic screen in the command center, hundreds of red dots represent active alien species, while green dots indicate the positions of frontline soldiers. Analysts' fingers swipe rapidly across the screen, marking the alien species' levels, energy stone locations, and utilization value in real time, like a sophisticated battlefield operator.

The assistant stood at the back of the control room, watching the aliens being brutally killed one by one on the screen, his hands unconsciously clenching.

The Academia Sinica has been researching methods to combat alien species for many years, and these detection devices are the latest research results. They can help humans hunt alien species more accurately. Granville, as the first testing ground, provided the perfect opportunity to test these instruments during this large-scale hunt.

However, Centipede Land in District Nine has always been a law-abiding polluted area, where there is no rioting inside and no one can get in from the outside. That's why they planned this hunting operation.

The Queen deliberately removed the mental barrier, leading the Zerg here to believe they had been abandoned by the central government, thus instilling rebellious thoughts. Su Ping's unauthorized actions, in particular, accelerated this plan.

Led by Arachne, the local Zerg army, with the help of the guide, broke into the contaminated zone and successfully destroyed the restrictions inside, thus releasing countless alien species that had been lying dormant there.

The Zerg wanted to use the aliens' abilities to fight against them, but little did they know that this was exactly the Colonel's plan.

The Queen needed more high-grade energy stones, so they had no choice but to resort to this drastic measure.

But—is this really the right thing to do?
The assistant gazed at the city, now a scene of utter devastation, feeling a heavy weight in his heart.

Although he was a member of the Tahir family, his mother came from the Zerg. Granville was a different city; the people there didn't have the same level of prejudice against other races as they did outside. On the contrary, when their mental pollution levels reached a critical point, they would voluntarily go to the contaminated zone, transforming themselves into what ordinary people would call monsters. They believed that the experience of being human was a necessary step in their metamorphosis, and becoming a "Zerg" was the ultimate state of life evolution. The people here called this behavior "homing."

……

"Sweetie, you stay here. I have to go down." Caesar looked solemnly at the battlefield and said to Lin Nan in a low voice.

"Wait, why did the contaminated area suddenly riot?" Lin Nan asked him.

“There has always been a barrier around the outer perimeter of Contaminated Zone Nine, which allows entry but not exit. This barrier was established by the ancestors of the Zerg to prevent riots long ago. The barrier allows entry but not exit, so even if they eventually become monsters without human consciousness, they will stay inside obediently. However, those Zerg from Arachne, in order to oppose the Central Government, did not hesitate to deceive you and break this barrier, using alien species to attack us and establish themselves as kings. I will absolutely not tolerate such heinous acts.”

"So you actually knew about their plan all along?"

"These were initially just speculations, but there was no evidence. The foreign and local armies have a long history of animosity, and we always plant our own people in both sides' spheres of influence."

Lin Nan placed her hand on the glass window, watching the increasingly intense situation below, and couldn't help but feel sorrowful: "Now that the contaminated zone has been opened, what do you plan to do? These insectoid monsters have very powerful mental contamination abilities. Are you sure you can handle them?"

"The central government has researched a new type of machine to deal with the alien species, which can help to find their weaknesses more accurately. You see, those monsters have already gained the upper hand."

When this was mentioned, an excited look appeared on Caesar's face. Lin Nan looked in the direction he was pointing and saw that the number of alien species on the battlefield was indeed decreasing rapidly.

Several silver-gray mechanical devices were suspended in mid-air, their scanning lenses at the bottom emitting pale blue beams of light, like precise searchlights, moving back and forth among the alien species.

The entire city of Granville was instantly filled with a strong stench of blood; the scene of dismembered limbs and mutilated bodies was so gruesome that it was impossible to look at.

This is the cruelty of real war.

Such things happen all the time in every corner of this world.

Lin Nan couldn't take it anymore and covered her mouth and nose to suppress the urge to vomit.

"Sweetie, go stay in your room. It'll be over soon. Don't let those disgusting bugs get in your way again."

Caesar wanted to carry her to her dormitory, but Lin Nan refused.

Lin Nan pointed to a corner of the battlefield and said, "This battle may not go as you wish. Look over there—"

Caesar looked in the direction Lin Nan pointed, and his expression changed instantly after he saw it clearly!
"What it is?"

He cried out in surprise, and soon someone gave him the answer. Suddenly, a child with long white hair appeared in the sky above the black mist. The child looked extremely strange. On the human body, there was a pair of black eyes like those of a fly. Transparent wings grew on its back, keeping it suspended in the air.

With a simple wave of his hand, the monsters, who had only ever known how to charge into battle, suddenly seemed to gain a new consciousness, all simultaneously aiming their attacks at the detection devices—

(End of this chapter)