Steel torrents pioneering a different world

Chapter 109 We crave resources from another world, and they covet our world too!! (Bonus chapter, please subscribe)

modern world.

With a splash, Lin Li emerged from the heated swimming pool, water droplets sliding down his well-defined muscles.

The beautiful female coach next to her immediately greeted her with a professional smile and a dry towel.

"Mr. Lin, let me help you."

"No need." Lin Li casually took the towel.

The female coach, however, was undeterred. Leaning slightly forward, she tried to showcase her impressive assets: "Mr. Lin, your shoulder muscles are a bit tense. I've learned professional massage techniques..."

"I said, no need." Lin Li's voice turned cold, his eyes showing no emotion.

The female coach felt a chill run down her spine under his gaze, took two steps back awkwardly, her eyes reddened, and she put on a pitiful, tearful expression.

Lin Li didn't even bother to look at her again. He roughly dried himself off and casually tossed the wet towel over the female coach's head, covering her carefully crafted green tea face.

"I'm going to rest, don't bother me."

Back in the luxuriously decorated lounge, Lin Li locked the door and didn't even bother to turn on the lights.

He took out his phone, glanced at the time, tossed it aside, and lay down on the bed, closing his eyes.

The next second, his mind receded like the tide, and his gaze sank into another world.

Ten minutes ago, a cold number exploded in his mind.

[Exploration degree: 11.347%]

Aside from the previous exceptional progress, this number has been growing at a snail's pace for a long time, at a rate of three decimal places.

And this time, it surged by another 5%!

Lin Li suppressed the turmoil in his heart and turned his consciousness and gaze to the other side of the time portal.

He was stunned at first glance.

In the sky, a strange solar eclipse is dragging the world into darkness.

On the dim earth, dozens of fire dragons roared and tore through the sky, dragging long tails of flame as they crashed toward the distant horizon.

Those are Fire Dragon 480 rocket launchers released by the main force of land reclamation!
Saturation salvo!
Lin Li's gaze quickly stretched out, sweeping across the entire reclamation base.

Countless air defense positions have been activated, with makeshift barbed wire and electric fences laid out in a dense array to prevent any birds from getting close.

The entire base resembled a hedgehog with all its spikes raised.

What a big deal!

He immediately used the authority granted by the portal to rapidly scan the area within a radius of tens of kilometers.

The exploration and engineering teams that were previously scattered in various places are now desperately shrinking towards the main base.

The pumping station by the lake, the heavy trucks and excavators in the mining area—many pieces of equipment were left abandoned in place, not even having been salvaged in time.

As his field of vision rose again, he finally spotted the wandering enemies on the outskirts of the reclamation base.

The skeleton was stark white, the armor tattered, and the embers of the soul flickered faintly in its eye sockets.

It's the undead!
"The Scourge, the enemy has launched a full-scale attack so quickly?"

Lin Li's heart skipped a beat, but then he realized something was wrong.

On the other side of the base, a row of PLC-181 truck-mounted cannons adjusted their muzzles and roared in the completely opposite direction!

"What's going on? Two attack directions?"

With a thought, Lin Li's consciousness instantly penetrated the alloy walls of the command center, hovering in the center of the operations conference room from a god-like perspective.

On the holographic projection sand table, red arrows representing two opposing forces are clamping down on the blue area representing humanity from the north and south.

"In the south, there's a beast tide; in the north, a cataclysmic disaster of the undead..."

"So it's a two-front war!"

Lin Li instantly understood, and a bold idea surged into his mind.

"Could my surge in exploration progress be related to this interdimensional war?"

Just as he was pondering this, a rough voice rang out in the command post, carrying a fierce edge.

It was Commander Man.

"Commander Su, the saturation firepower of the Northern Undead Scourge is not very effective against the undead. I request the release of Miss Qiu!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Li suddenly froze.

Miss Qiu?
She realized almost instantly what that code name meant!
He had only intended to glance at the situation and then snap out of it, but now, he couldn't leave.

Nuclear bombing?

This is way more exciting than watching any 3D blockbuster!

"Agreed, let them prepare!"

After confirming that Miss Qiu would need some time before the deployment, Lin Li used the high-dimensional viewing characteristics of the time portal to look down on the land shrouded in war and snow from a god-like perspective, like an invisible ghost.

His gaze eventually settled on a convoy fleeing for their lives.

Twenty-four kilometers from the main force of the pioneers, nine 8x8 wheeled armored vehicles ruthlessly plowed through the snow.

The tires crunched over the undead skeletons blocking the road, sending bone fragments flying everywhere along with mud and snow.

The rugged, frozen snowfield greatly slowed down the speed of this small torrent of steel.

Behind the convoy, hundreds of skeletons, with their tireless bony legs, followed at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary people, leaving a long, eerie white line of death in the wind and snow.

Da da da--!
On the rear of the infantry fighting vehicle, a 12.7mm heavy machine gun roared, its scorching ammunition belts firing wildly, weaving a deadly storm of metal. The flashes of fire raged in the dim light, instantly reducing a dozen or so huddled skeleton soldiers to a pile of scattered bone fragments.

"Halfway up the mountain! Something jumped down from above!"

The observer's hoarse shouts rang out over the communications channel.

A dark shadow suddenly leaped out from the shadows of the hillside to the side. It was a wolf carcass, half-rotted, with blue light burning in its empty eye sockets, its target aimed directly at the machine gunner on the roof of the vehicle.

"Hold!"

On the other side of the vehicle, soldier Xiao Zhou, who was on guard duty, reacted quickly, abruptly turning his gun around, and the automatic shotgun in his hand roared.

"boom!"

The large-caliber No. 12 shotgun shell instantly blasted half of the wolf corpse into flying bits of flesh and bone.

The immense recoil caused Xiao Zhou's shoulders to become increasingly numb.

He gritted his teeth, his arm muscles bulging, steadied himself, and pulled the trigger again without hesitation.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two more skeletons that charged from the side were smashed.

However, they quickly regrouped!
Xiao Zhou noticed that the number and size of the other party had shrunk considerably.

Click.

The gun barrel was empty.

"Reload!" Xiao Zhou shouted, deftly removing the empty drum magazine.

Inside the vehicle, Bian Huan, sweating profusely, and several other non-combatants endured the vehicle's jolting and the piercing sounds of gunfire as they handed over a full drum magazine. They then took an empty drum magazine from Xiao Zhou and, with almost instinctive movements, quickly loaded it with bullets.

This was the most dangerous part of their evacuation route. The non-combatants had long since gone from being panicked to being numb and skilled.

"Use it sparingly!" Bian Huan shouted, her eyes red.

"Shut up! You don't know anything!" Xiao Zhou cursed without turning his head, then pulled back the bolt and fired again at the rear.

That being said, he turned it into a precise shot this time.

boom!boom!
The 30mm autocannon on the infantry fighting vehicle fired again, accurately taking down a particularly tall, enormous undead giant that was trying to throw stones at them.

The shell was very powerful, blasting away several of its minions as well.

Just then, Zhao Chong's steady and powerful voice finally came through the individual soldier's communication device.

"Attention all vehicles, we have reached the designated defense point! Provide cross-cover and proceed in sequence to the B5 logistics supply point to replenish heavy ammunition. Communications officer, contact headquarters immediately!"

"Roger that!"

Ahead of the convoy, a ring-shaped position temporarily created by bulldozers came into view.

With a graceful drift, the convoy surged into the position, the car doors swung open, and soldiers covered in gunpowder smoke jumped out, using the vehicles as cover to quickly establish a defensive line.

Bian Huan and his team rushed into the B5 logistics supply base with Xiao Zhou and retrieved a large quantity of weapons and ammunition.

From Lin Li's omniscient perspective, it was clear that although the team was in disarray, their organization remained intact and their tactics were executed flawlessly.

However, his brows furrowed even more.

Because at the edge of his vision, the dark, swarming army of undead from the north was slowly approaching from afar.

"We've cleaned so much, how come there are still so many? Just how many undead are in this frozen forest mountain range?"
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In the modern world, looking at the latest compiled data, Li Weiguo rubbed his temples.

"How many undead spirits live in that mountain range?!"

"Boss, if the Green Boundary and the Ice and Snow Forest continue to alternate, there must be a huge number of undead in there! Sending Miss Qiu to the front line is a very reasonable arrangement!" Assistant Xiao Wang replied in a low voice.

"That's not what I'm talking about. I'm worried about this enemy attack. It's all too coincidental. Our troops were just about to finish building the geothermal power plant when the solar eclipse happened. And then the enemy launched a coordinated attack right after the eclipse. Those two supernatural forces, which should be hostile, have definitely reached a strategic cooperation!"

Are we really that intimidating to them?

Assistant Xiao Wang scratched his head: "Uh, Mr. Li, what if those possible life forms also think they can conquer our world?"

Li Weiguo paused for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, this is a special war that we cannot back down from!"

During this period, their mindset has undergone many changes.

From initial unease and anxiety upon discovering the time portal, to ecstatic joy upon discovering the world behind it possessed abundant resources.

An hour ago, the gods who discovered the possible existence of another world joined forces with the forces of nature to target them.

These gods might even invade the modern world.

Li Weiguo's emotions were like a rollercoaster.

At this moment, what comes to mind is that absurd incident from more than sixty years ago.

In the 1970s, the neighboring third brother, who considered himself to have inherited the legacy of the Great Eagle, had a crazy idea that he could fight a war and reclaim countless territories.

Then, they launched a fierce attack on them.

This war turned India from a rising star, the leader and guide of the equatorial line, into a pathetic joke.

Because of this war, the other side turned the invasion into a battle to defend the capital!
Although comparing them to their southern neighbors was somewhat belittling, the thought popped into Li Weiguo's head, and then anxiety arose.

After a long silence, Li Weiguo finally asked, "How many troops have we mobilized?"

"To date, 1.3 combat personnel have been deployed. Ammunition, supplies, fuel, laser weapons, and various air defense weapons are being transported urgently!"

Li Weiguo nodded, picked up his teacup, took a sip of strong tea, and looked at the busy scene outside, but his brows remained furrowed.

"Young men, please don't let anything happen to you!"

(End of this chapter)