Erii: A Journey Through the Heavens Begins with Frilian

Chapter 96 The Lighthouse Crashes!

Fortunately, the Dust People had all moved out of the hanging containers, otherwise they would have been the first to suffer.

At that moment, eight city defense soldiers who happened to be patrolling the area were firing fiercely, and one of them had already fallen to the ground and turned into dust not far away.

Bang bang bang!

A barrage of bullets poured out, but hitting them was like hitting flexible rubber; they created dents but couldn't penetrate.

rustling!

Once the city defense forces had emptied their magazines, the flying Devouring Beasts began their counterattack.

Suddenly, their drooping tentacles transformed, becoming ghostly in the dim shadows, and instantly wrapped around the heads of the five people.

The other two took off running, but they too failed to escape, stumbling before their faces were enveloped by the tentacles.

Immediately afterwards, the tentacles pierced through the eyeballs, penetrated the eardrums, went deep into the throat, and widened the nasal cavity, entering the body through the seven orifices. In just a few seconds, all of them turned into hideous pieces of flesh.

Whoosh—Bang!

Just as the flying Devouring Beasts were about to scatter, a cannonball was fired from not far away.

A burst of fire erupted as shells flew and exploded one after another, creating a stream of large-caliber bullets.

Boom!

A heavy, three-dimensional jet of fire arrived, and dozens of city defense soldiers, carrying highly lethal weapons, rushed to the scene.

Faced with the overwhelming physical bombardment, they actually covered their entire bodies with their wings, wrapping themselves into fleshy balls, and then slammed onto the outer ring platform with a gurgling sound, and then—rolled away!

"Don't crowd together, spread out!" a city defense squad leader shouted.

To avoid being used as bowling balls, they scattered and looked for cover.

"What are those?"

"Damn it, retreat!"

The Devouring Beast, rolling around, revealed its swallow-like mouthparts and spewed out a large amount of granular red mist.

It is an incredibly concentrated and highly diffusive carmine!

The next second, they all spread their wings and flapped them wildly, blowing the crimson pigment into the lighthouse's network of passageways, gradually spreading into the inner ring area of ​​the lighthouse.

Upon learning of this situation, Jing Nan, who had already rushed to the flight control room, immediately ordered all non-combat personnel to keep the doors and windows tightly closed and strictly prohibit them from going out, while simultaneously ordering the Hunters to launch a heavy attack.

Thud—

The terrifying explosion generated a shockwave that shook the lighthouse.

Jing Nan's expression changed drastically. "What's going on?!"

"A dozen or so city guards were affected by the carmine and, hallucinating, launched an attack on the lighthouse's energy storage facilities!" Victor's angry voice replied through the communicator.

Jing Nan gritted his teeth, his eyes fierce, and said, "Notify the hunters to eliminate them at all costs!"

That night, the lighthouse was engulfed in a hail of gunfire.

As dawn broke, the sunlight illuminated the blood-soaked outer ring.

The burning storage tank was extinguished, but the billowing black smoke indicated a significant loss of backup energy. It was estimated that the remaining fuel would last at most another week.

One of the jet engines that supported the lighthouse's navigation was also hit by a missile in the chaos and was destroyed without a doubt.

The cost was enormous, but it was a necessary evil to eliminate the mere dozen or so Devouring Beasts.

After all, fighting on Lighthouse Island, the ammunition fired has no eyes, and coupled with the fear of death and the hallucinogenic effects of carmine, it was already a stroke of luck that the shells didn't hit the navigation control room.

If the hunters hadn't intervened in time, the city defense forces alone probably wouldn't have finished fighting by now.

That night, every city defense soldier realized the vast gap between themselves and the hunters, especially since the hunters who remained were just ordinary members; the real elites had already gone to the surface.

"Twenty-eight city garrison soldiers and eleven hunters have died. These are the detailed loss figures. Sigh, take a look for yourself." Victor handed the tablet to Jingnan with a worried expression.

After Jingnan took it, his expression grew worse and worse as he looked at it, and finally he frowned and remained silent.

At this moment, Dr. Carrie arrived and said directly, "Those Devouring Beasts last night should be Type III Pan-Biomorphs, high-level Pan-Biomorphs like the Bear Beasts, with extremely high intelligence and combat methods. As for cases where they can fly, there has never been a record of such cases in the data since the outbreak of the disaster."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "However, the Mana ecosystem is not a static, lifeless thing. It is normal for it to evolve all the time. After all, it has absorbed the genes of so many organisms on Earth. It is nothing more than a fusion and creation."

"What should we do? Our ammunition reserves are critically low," Jessica hesitated for a moment, "Lord, should we ask Dragonbone Village for help?"

Victor frowned. "They're already shamelessly asking for help after only a few days? Can't all these people at the Lighthouse come up with a solution?"

Dr. Carrie curled her lip without any mercy. "Come on, it's easy for you to say. Why don't you take the hunters down to find supplies? Let me tell you, quite a few people were injured last night. After canceling the life formula, the indiscriminate treatment of all the wounded has resulted in a much higher consumption of medical drugs than you can imagine."

Everyone fell silent.

What difference would it make if we sent the hunters down to collect trash?

Now that veteran warriors like Mark and Xuefeng are gone, it's uncertain whether these few dozen people will come back alive. "Thinking about it now, Lord Morgan really has it tough," Jing Nan said with a bitter smile, the heavy burden on her shoulders making it hard for her to breathe.

After saying that, she immediately contacted Dragonbone Village. Victor opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

A short while later, Jing Nan returned and said, "Bai Yuekui told us to go to this coordinate and hover above it to wait for their backup."

"After flying in the sky for so many years, is it finally time to put my feet on the ground?" Victor sighed.

"I don't really care, I just hope Dragonbone Village will let me continue my experiments," Dr. Carrie shrugged, seemingly unconcerned.

Jingnan shook his head. "Not necessarily. They might have energy. If we cooperate deeply with them and trade fairly, we can continue sailing after repairs and resupply."

She said that, but she wasn't sure herself.

Where will the voyage end?

Bai Yuekui said that the key to ending the apocalypse lies in Mark, so what are these people doing, still drifting aimlessly in the sky?

"Do you see those towers?"

"Bai Yuekui said it was a life-source shielding facility. As long as you enter the area constructed by those towers, you can avoid the Devouring Beasts to a great extent."

"That's impressive. No wonder the survivors on the ground were able to survive. They've already completely outclassed us in terms of technology."

As they got closer, Jingnan and the others gradually relaxed and started chatting.

With energy reserves dwindling, the lighthouse has been gradually decreasing its altitude throughout its voyage to minimize losses from strong high-altitude winds.

Soon, the lighthouse flew into the shielding array and hovered motionless diagonally above a shielding tower, about one kilometer away.

"Can't we continue? We're getting too close to the shielding tower," Jingnan said worriedly.

"Lord, we're running out of fuel. The remaining reserve energy must be used for hovering, or we'll crash," a subordinate replied.

"The Devouring Beasts won't be able to find us here, so nothing will happen," Victor reassured him.

Having experienced the harrowing events of last night, the people of Lighthouse were naturally filled with fear and panic, their emotions fluctuating intensely, and the life essence they exuded was exceptionally fragrant.

Therefore, the journey was like a bewitching incense, and the Devouring Beasts along the way awoke and began to pursue them on the ground.

When the lighthouses entered the barrier, they immediately lost their target, looked around blankly, and remained where they were, unwilling to leave.

Thud—

Rumble!

Suddenly, a terrifying shockwave erupted from inside the lighthouse, and the surging flames, accompanied by intense heat, shook the entire tower.

"It's Ewan!"

According to surveillance footage and eyewitness reports, supplies manager Ewen accidentally came into contact with toxic substances that had not been removed in time, which caused him to fall into a hallucination of self-destruction.

So, he used his extremely high level of access to enter the storage room for dangerous flammable and explosive materials, set himself on fire, and died in the explosion!

Bang bang bang!

A secondary explosion occurs.

Explosions occurred in various facilities inside the lighthouse, and even the ammunition depot was affected.

Whoosh~ Whoosh~

The container platforms of the suspended living area broke off one after another, falling heavily from the sky.

Thud—

Another horrific bombing engulfed a third of the Shangmin residential area, causing countless deaths and injuries.

Moreover, the lighthouse's core boosters shut down two doors.

Buzz~~ Rumble~~

The lighthouse lost most of its power, emitted a desperate wail, and began to slowly sink.

A massive amount of broken debris, like a meteor shower, rained down on the shielding tower below.

Rumble rumble~

Amidst the billowing dust, the core of the shielding tower was incredibly fortunate to remain undamaged, but the surrounding auxiliary power supply devices were smashed, causing the tower to cease operation.

Buzz————

The entire shielding barrier dissipated.

The huge cake that is the Lighthouse has once again been targeted by countless bewildered Devouring Beasts.

The entrance and exit at the summit of Longgu Village.

The villagers stared in disbelief at the lighthouse slowly embracing the earth in the distance, all with only one thought in their minds.

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