At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier.

Chapter 71 They hunted the Devouring Beasts like target practice, and Erica was terrified.

"Gulp~ People from the ground survivor settlement? There really are humans on the ground!" Erica, inside the exo-armored gravity body, swallowed hard as she looked at the group of aircraft that had flown above them and surrounded them. Her voice was filled with disbelief, excitement, and curiosity.

“I don’t know… We have absolutely no idea what’s going on! Mo Cheng, Fei Xue, come closer!” Jeff stepped back behind Erica and said in a serious voice. As an older generation of hunters, he was much more composed than the new generation.

The young man wielding the machine gun and the masked female sniper quickly retreated behind the two gravity machines, glancing around anxiously.

At this moment, the Devouring Beasts surrounded the four of them, and the Devouring Beasts were also surrounded by these formidable armed aircraft.

The Devouring Beasts stopped attacking the four of them because they were surrounded. Instead, they raised their ferocious heads and roared at the flying vehicle above them, with glowing tentacles on both sides of their heads swaying constantly.

"Hissing and roaring—"

At this moment, in their eyes, the machines above their heads were filled with bright life essence.

"Should we listen to them?" Erica asked nervously.

Mo Cheng and Fei Xue remained silent, clearly seeking advice from the experienced veteran hunter Jeff. They had never encountered this situation before and were unsure of what to do.

"Listen to them, don't move! We don't know what the situation is. If we're mistaken for the enemy, all four of us will be killed here." Jeff looked up at the menacing machine gun muzzles below the aircraft, his breathing becoming rapid.

"Drop your weapons on the ground to show you have no hostility. If they grab us, we'll run if things get bad."

Erica released the Gatling gun, which fell to the ground with a thud. Mo Cheng and Fei Xue also dropped their guns.

Upon seeing the four unknown individuals on the helicopter, Tao Jing immediately issued orders after hearing the warning.

"Drone deployed capture nets; all the Devouring Beasts that escaped the nets were killed with elemental armor-piercing bullets!"

The capture net is made of synthetic steel cable, which is very heavy and has a low capture rate in actual combat. The elemental armor-piercing rounds were only delivered to them from the military research department in the last few days.

Using a special encapsulation technique, the elemental power extracted from the elemental slime is encapsulated in the shell. When the armor-piercing shell hits the Devouring Beast's body, the encapsulation will explode, and the elemental power will spread in the Devouring Beast's body, instantly deactivating its body tissues and turning it into a puddle of black mud without destroying the Spirit Seed.

Since the last stadium incident, the military has undergone a general adjustment of priorities.

There had never been a situation where multiple Devouring Beasts appeared before, nor had there ever been a mutated Devouring Beast, so the most direct ground-based armed combat was used.

In addition, their secrecy prevents them from using high-performance rockets and white phosphorus incendiary bombs in urban areas.

In combat, no one can guarantee that thermal weapons like rockets won't malfunction and hit inhabited areas, while incendiary bombs produce highly toxic gases, and once used, countless people could be poisoned.

Their current combat strategy is to use whatever is useful for the operation, even if it causes some accidents.

Because the higher-ups were deeply fearful after the events in Britain.

Even if it means sacrificing a small number of people, we must ensure the safety of the majority.

[Drone squads deploy capture nets, while helicopter squads prepare armor-piercing rounds.]

As the order was given, hundreds of armed drones rushed toward the horde of Devouring Beasts. Their heavy launchers opened, and steel cables were unfurled, covering the Devouring Beasts.

"Roar—" The Devouring Beasts realized something and scattered instantly.

They have a way of avoiding the nets.

The humans in the destroyed Ling Cage Old World had already used this technique on the Devouring Beasts. One by one, iron nets fell, and the scattered Devouring Beasts were caught in the nets, but they kept their heads close to the ground and arched towards the edge of the nets, quickly managing to get out.

"Continue the capture operation and kill any Devouring Beasts that have escaped the capture range!" Tao Jing continued to give the order.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—

The cannons of fifteen armed helicopters were aimed at the snake-dogs that had begun to escape the capture net and fired armor-piercing rounds.

Armor-piercing rounds travel much faster than bullets, and within three seconds, all the snake-dogs that had managed to escape were hit by them.

"Roar roar roar roar—"

The Devouring Beasts that were hit were knocked to the ground and rolled around by the force. The next moment, various colored light spots appeared on their bodies, as if a giant flashlight was shining inside them.

The snake-dogs howled incessantly, and then, with a bang, their bodies exploded. Some of the blasted limbs were burning with flames, some were frozen into ice, some had purple electricity coursing through them, and some were petrified...

After the snake-dog's body exploded, only a skeleton and a fist-sized hollow sphere that was losing its luster remained—this was the Spirit Seed.

The fragments of the Devouring Beasts, scattered everywhere by the explosion, quickly turned into black mud. Completely destroyed by elemental forces, they were rendered inactive and truly became organic soil that would never turn into Breath Soil.

"Roar—" The Devouring Beast, trapped in the iron net, rolled and roared incessantly.

"Close the net!" Tao Jing gave the order: "Jets 057, 068, and 087, descend, seize the weapons and equipment of the unknown personnel, and then handcuff them."

She didn't know who these unknown people were, or what kind of exoskeleton they were. No country on Earth had it, and with Xia Country's strict entry controls, it was impossible for them to have come here from the outside.

Therefore, they must have appeared together with these Devouring Beasts.

From another world!
They must be detained until it is confirmed that they pose no threat.

Of course, Xia is a friendly country, and as long as we ensure that they pose no threat, we will guarantee their human rights.

'People from another world—this must be an extremely important matter for the country,' Tao Jing thought calmly.

Three helicopters slowly landed on the ground, forming a triangle that surrounded the four members of Ling Cage.

"They...they actually killed the Devouring Beast..." Jeff's voice trembled. They, the Wilderness Hunters, had never killed a Devouring Beast before, because they had no idea how to kill one.

Mo Cheng swallowed hard: "Killing them is more than just killing them... it's as easy as shooting targets." Looking at the aircraft that surrounded the four of them, he felt a little helpless and leaned back against the thighs of the gravity body.

What kind of technology do they have? It can kill Devouring Beasts directly!

Erica panicked: "What do we do? They're coming down. They won't hit us, will they?" She nervously shifted the gravity body's foot, kicking Feixue so hard she fell to the ground.

"Erica!" Feixue turned around, her expression hidden behind a mask.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..." Erica apologized quickly.

The helicopter door opened, and a helicopter squad leader stepped out. His name was Lin Yong, and he had served as a sniper in the previous battle at the stadium.

"Please don't be nervous, we won't hurt you. Can you understand me?"

(End of this chapter)