Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

On the big screen, Aker repeatedly slammed down his tentacles.

Dense ripples spread across the outer layer of the northwest barrier, and the fluctuations of the barrier could be seen to be increasing.

The defensive weapons on the city wall are still firing at high frequency.

Dozens of electromagnetic guns fired at near-horizontal angles, their tungsten-core projectiles streaking towards Aker with bright trails.

Missile vehicles, plasma cannons, lasers, land shields, and more were also firing in succession.

The dense explosions completely engulfed Aker.

To everyone's dismay, the other party remained completely unresponsive.

There was no dodging, no counterattack, no response; it only focused on attacking the barrier.

At this moment, Akel suddenly stopped moving.

Its pupils pierced through the flames and smoke, peering into the barrier.

A transport vehicle was rushing out of the city's main road, and all the surrounding guard robot forces were scrambling to the sides.

The transport vehicle exuded a deadly sense of danger that it loathed.

Weapons that can pose a threat to oneself...

It suddenly realized that the demon god Brett had most likely died at the hands of this weapon!

"I see."

Aker's tentacles hung in mid-air.

It stared at the armored personnel carrier, its eyes showing a hint of apprehension.

"This is what you rely on."

It thought for a moment, then its attention drifted downwards along the area.

More than two thousand meters underground.

Several earth-burrowing dragons that were carving out a passage and fighting with the roots of the World Tree suddenly stopped.

Aker's command entered their consciousness, and the nine-headed earth-burrowing dragons simultaneously changed direction.

They abandoned their attempt to dig deeper into the base and quickly converged at Akel's feet.

On the ground, Aker raised his tentacles again.

boom!

Another heavy blow.

The integrity of the Northwest Barrier has dropped to 63%.

Inside the command center, the barrier monitor urgently reported.

"An energy fault has appeared in the northwest barrier loop!"

"The backup crystal has begun automatic takeover!"

"At the current rate of consumption, we can only sustain this for four minutes!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jinren looked at the staff officer again and confirmed:

"Has the antimatter bomb arrived yet?"

"The first one is in place!"

"The second one is in place!"

"The third one is entering the preset area!"

Three transport vehicles were parked one after another inside the northwest city wall, ready to be detonated at any moment.

If the explosion is detonated near the city wall, the northwest city wall and the outer city defense zone will also be wiped out. It is still unknown whether the core base can withstand it.

This is a trump card, and also the most dangerous trump card for Kona Base at this moment.

Outside the city walls.

Aker clearly sensed the locations of the three antimatter bombs: one was very close, and the other two were on either side of the city wall not far away, completely blocking this section of its attack route.

However, the eight tentacles still did not stop.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The high-speed attacks created a series of sonic booms that connected together, causing the barrier to tremble more violently.

An aide stared at the screen, his voice filled with undisguised surprise and disbelief.

"Is it still attacking?"

"The antimatter device is already in place, why isn't it being withdrawn?"

"Or is it even more powerful than the Demon God Cho'Gath, and immune to antimatter bombs?"

Another staff officer quickly said:

"It can't withstand it! Antimatter bombs can annihilate all matter; that's the rule, and the enemy can't defy the rule."

"What could possibly make them so unafraid of threats?"

At that moment, a red alert suddenly appeared on the underground battlefield monitoring screen.

"Oh no! An abnormal digging direction of the underground drilling dragon has been detected!"

"The nine-headed earth-burrowing dragon is gathering towards the demon god Aker!"

On the epicenter map, nine red dots are approaching at high speed from different directions.

They bypassed several underground passages destroyed by the Earth Dragon Type 1 and quickly rose up along the cavities in the earth that the demons had already dug.

The staff officers were taken aback at first.

These burrowing dragons should have continued their attack on the heart of the base, but instead they are all moving toward the area where Aker is located?

Why is that?

Zheng Jinren looked at the epicenter map, and the trajectories of the nine red dots quickly overlapped.

They are getting closer and closer to the Earth's surface.

Moments later, the wasteland outside the northwest city wall suddenly trembled violently.

The ground directly beneath Aker broke open, spewing out large amounts of rubble and soil from underground.

One of the earth-burrowing dragons was the first to break through the soil.

Then came the second head, the third head... and the ninth head!

Their heads rotate at high speed, and their sharp mouthparts tear through the rocks, creating a huge hole with a diameter of over 100 meters in just over ten seconds.

Everyone understood.

"It's trying to hide underground!" the staff officer exclaimed.

"It plans to burrow into the hole when the antimatter device detonates, using its own shield and the rock formations to withstand the blast!"

The hall fell silent.

This plan sounds absurd.

But Aker already possesses a powerful shield, and its speed reaches 2,500 meters per second, while the tunnel dug by the burrowing dragon is wide enough.

As long as its danger perception is sufficient to detect the detonation signal in time, it can sink into the ground instantly.

Thick rock layers cannot stop the annihilation core, but they can weaken the power of the explosion!

Aker doesn't need to be unharmed—it just needs to survive!

"No wonder it dared to continue its siege," someone said through gritted teeth.

"It used this hole as an escape route."

Another staff officer said with a grim expression:

"Antimatter bombs can't deter it, so what do we do?"

"Are we just supposed to watch it continue attacking and destroying the base?"

Has the Great Xia's ultimate weapon been cracked by the enemy just like that?

Everyone looked at Zheng Jinren.

Zheng Jinren looked at the huge hole on the screen, at the tentacles that were constantly bombarding the barrier, and then at the three antimatter devices that were already in place inside the city wall.

A few seconds later, he pondered:

"Aker judged that he could burrow underground to avoid the explosion."

"This judgment is most likely correct."

"Its shield can buy time, and the rock formations will also affect the spillover kill radius."

"If it were to penetrate into the deep tunnels beforehand, three antimatter bombs would not be enough to guarantee an immediate kill."

At that moment, every word he uttered was clearly heard by everyone.

"It has prepared an escape route for itself."

"Let's make it think that this escape route is usable."

The staff officer's eyes flickered. What did this mean?

As Zheng Jinren issued a series of orders, everyone's eyes immediately lit up.

"That's right!"

"So that's how it works! Let's see if it dies now!"

"Haha, as long as we can kill it, we'll leave the rest to fate!"

The group found hope and immediately took action.

Zheng Jinren's expression remained calm, but in reality, he wasn't very confident, though it was the most likely outcome.

On the screen, Aker was still bombarding the barrier, ignoring the antimatter bomb right in front of him.

Zheng Jinren muttered to himself:

"You want to escape through this hole?"

"I'll be waiting for you to enter the cave..."

"Pass the order: ignore Aker and continue attacking the demon army!"

The cannon fire on the city wall changed rapidly.

The electromagnetic cannons that were originally focused on Akel adjusted their muzzles and began bombarding the demon units that had arrived at the city walls.

The explosions continued to rip up limbs, dirt, and blood.

A hint of doubt flashed in Aker's eyes.

If they don't attack themselves, are they preparing to give up?