I, from the Celestial Empire, have parachuted into Teyvat.

Yang Jun looked back in surprise and saw Qi Ji, who had just fired a fire element bullet, leading more than 20 people charging down with a rifle.

"Old Qi!"

"Old Yang!"

Qi Ji and Yang Jun were old acquaintances, and they would often get together during their breaks after finishing work at the Qianhai base.

"Old Yang, how's it going? No casualties, right?"

"No."

"That's good."

Slightly relieved, Qi Ji peeked out from behind the reef to check the situation on the beach. He noticed that the landing ship docked on the shore was surrounded by nearly a hundred monsters. He then withdrew and asked, "What happened? Has the landing ship been lost?"

Yang Jun nodded.

"The monsters appeared too suddenly. My team and I were on the shore and didn't have time to react. The landing ship was surrounded by the monsters. There were some supplies and ammunition on the landing ship, including a batch of elemental bullets. We were just trying to take them back, but there were too many monsters. Twenty of us were not enough. Fortunately, you have arrived now."

Qi Ji poked his head out again to scan the beach, then pulled back and said, "There are probably more than a hundred monsters on the beach now, mostly Hilichurls, with a small number of elemental slimes and elemental baby dragons and lizards. Although some monsters are still landing in the sea, it seems that their numbers are not too many."

Goro analyzed, "Lei Yin Quanxian has only been dead for a short time, and it may take some time for his destructive aura to completely dissipate. These demons are probably just the vanguard. If this drags on, the number of demons will probably increase, and our firepower will simply not be enough."

Qi Ji frowned and said, "I already called for backup from headquarters on the way here. Qin Island City and Haiqi Island will urgently dispatch several troops to support us. It will take some time for the support teams to arrive. Before that, we have to hold He Guan Island. As long as we can get the elemental bullets from the ship, I think our firepower can hold out. But now so many monsters have appeared on the east coast alone, and monsters may land in other directions of He Guan. We need to get back to the altar square as soon as possible to ensure the absolute safety of the spatial fluctuation control device during construction, so we must act quickly."

"Wulang, you lead a team to break out from the left and try to attract the monsters' attention. I'll lead a team to flank from the right, board the ship, and seize supplies and ammunition. Lao Yang will cover us."

"it is good!"

Wulang and Yang Jun nodded in unison.

The operation then commenced.

After suppressing the enemy with firepower, Goro led a group of men and pushed out from the left side of the defensive position while firing. He also mobilized the maximum amount of rock elemental power he could muster, making his whole body covered with a layer of bright golden rock elemental power, like a small sun. This action immediately attracted the attention of a large number of monsters.

After most of the monsters on the beach were lured away by Goro's group, Qi Ji seized the opportunity and led the second group to rush out from the right side of the position. Yang Jun led the remaining people to provide cover for the two groups.

Qi Ji's team quickly rushed to the front of the landing ship. Most of the monsters around the landing ship had been lured away by Goro's team, leaving only one or two Hilichurls. After shooting down the remaining monsters, Qi Ji's team climbed onto the landing ship.

A landing ship is a small transport vessel that is a little over ten meters long. These ships are fast and have a large carrying capacity, but they are not equipped with weapons themselves, so armed personnel are usually required to escort them.

After boarding, three or four team members were left on the deck to keep watch, while Qi Ji led the rest of the team into the ship's cargo hold.

The first thing to do upon entering the warehouse is to find elemental bullets.

Everything else is optional, but the elemental bullets must be taken.

Qi Ji quickly found a suitcase-sized box marked with the symbol of elemental bullets. After opening it and confirming its contents, Qi Ji and the other team members responsible for the evacuation met up with the people on the deck. Each of them carried a box and jumped off the ship, starting to run towards the defensive position.

Seeing that Qi Ji and the others had safely disembarked, Yang Jun immediately gave the order to open fire to cover Qi Ji's team's retreat. At the same time, Goro's team, which was responsible for attracting the attention of the monsters, also began to retreat towards their defensive positions.

Twenty seconds later, the three teams successfully met up.

After a quick inspection of the supplies and ammunition that had been salvaged, Qi Ji said, "We've got everything. There's a whole box of elemental bullets, and about three hundred rounds of each element combined. That should be enough."

With their objective achieved, the group ceased their fighting and retreated into the coconut grove behind them while firing back.

At this time, the number of monsters is increasing. The complex terrain and dense forest of Heguan can temporarily hold off these monsters for a while. Before that, they must return to the altar square as soon as possible to ensure its absolute safety before the reinforcements arrive.

With only a month left until the deadline, no one knows that the most severe test has only just begun.

Chapter 407 An Emergency Phone Call

In a residential building in an old-style community in Chengbei District, Qindao City, an exhausted Mr. Liang used his key to open his own front door.

"I am back."

After entering, Lao Liang raised his voice and called out.

Actually, the Liang family doesn't have the habit of calling out when they get home, like ordinary families in a certain cherry blossom country. It's just that a series of unbelievable events that have happened in Qindao City in the past half month have forced him to get used to calling out when he gets home to let his family know that he has returned safely.

"You're back."

In the kitchen, Lao Liang's wife came out with a spatula.

Taking the coat from her husband and hanging it on the hanger, Lao Liang's wife asked with concern, "How's the situation outside?"

"Still the same."

Old Liang sat on the sofa, took a sip of water, and caught his breath. He said, "Oh right, I checked the nearby supply point for the cabbages you asked me to bring. They've all been claimed for today. I went too late and didn't get any. I should be fine if I go earlier tomorrow."

"Oh well, if I didn't receive it, I didn't receive it... When will this ever end?"

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Old Liang sighed: "After all, it's a state of war."

Since the defensive battle broke out in the coastal area of ​​Qindao City more than half a month ago, the entire city of Qindao has entered a state of war.

The government has set up temporary communication base stations in the city for military, civilian and other personnel to communicate. A curfew is in effect from 8 p.m. every night, and citizens are not allowed to go out unless necessary.

Market transactions have been temporarily suspended, and daily necessities have been replaced by a rationing system. The government has set up rationing points in each district, and citizens can go to the rationing points with their ID cards to collect their supplies.

Schools were closed, and factories and companies all stopped operating, except for some special factories that continued to operate.

The factory where Lao Liang works is a special case; it produces consumable materials for military use. So, Lao Liang still goes out to work every day these days.

In the initial days following the declaration of a state of war, a period of panic ensued in Qindao City. However, with the coordination of various levels of the municipal government and the cooperation of neighborhood committees, the public's emotions quickly stabilized. At the same time, the mayor of Qindao City and General Hong Jianjun, commander of the Qianhai base, delivered a joint televised and online address, explaining the current situation in Qindao City to all citizens.

Initially, some people questioned the authenticity of the event, with conspiracy theories suggesting that the government was deceiving the public. However, when someone saw that the highway connecting Qindao City to other cities had turned into a cliff, and Qindao City had become an isolated island in some unknown sea area, those who had doubted gradually shut up. Finally, the government released the most important evidence—a video of the battle between the Qindao City garrison and the monsters.

Only then did everyone realize what had happened to Qindao City in just a few days—it had been transported by space travel to a place beyond Earth, losing contact with the outside world and being attacked by unknown monsters. Such a thing, like something out of a science fiction movie, such a fantastical event, was actually happening in reality.

After resting on the sofa for a while, Old Liang asked, "Where's my son?"

His wife's voice came from the kitchen: "She's still in the room."

Old Liang turned to look at his son's bedroom door.

Since their son, Xiao Liang, was brought back from the south of the city by the garrison two weeks ago, looking terrified, he has not left his room. He and his wife have tried to communicate with their son many times to ask what happened, but they have never received a response from him.

With a sigh, Old Liang got up and went to his son's room, knocking on the door.

"Son, is the door locked?"

There was no answer from inside the room.

"Dad came in because the door wasn't locked."

Old Liang turned the doorknob and went into his son's room, which was dark and gloomy with the curtains drawn.

Old Liang turned on the energy-saving light, walked over to his son's bedside and sat down. Looking at his son, who was completely covered by the blanket, he asked in a low voice, "Son, you haven't left your room since you came back from the south of the city that day. Your mother and I are very worried about you. What's wrong? Can you talk to your father about it?"

Lao Liang was met with silence.

"Okay, since you don't want to talk about it, then we'll tell Mom and Dad when you're ready to."

With a sigh, Old Liang was about to leave when he saw his son, Xiao Liang, slowly peek out from under the covers.

"Dad...I saw a demon..."

Before Lao Liang could even feel the joy of his son Xiao Liang communicating with him, he was shocked by what his son said.

"What did you say? The devil?"

Xiao Liang nodded, a look of fear on his face. More than half a month had passed, but he still couldn't forget the scene he and his friends encountered on the streets of the south of the city that day: withered arms in the sewers, eerie masks, ferocious monsters, and shrill screams... If it weren't for the patrol team of the nearby garrison arriving in time, he and his three friends would probably have perished in the mouths of those terrifying monsters.

"I saw monsters crawling up from the sea... They... They were demons..."

Old Liang comforted him, "It's alright, it's alright... Don't think too much about it. The warriors are holding off those monsters, we're safe now."

Xiao Liang shook his head vigorously, the fear on his face still lingering.

"No... those monsters are endless... now only tens of thousands of monsters come ashore every day. If it were hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions... could we really stop them?"

Old Liang was stunned for a moment after hearing his son's words.

Currently, the monsters landing in Qindao City are indeed struggling to advance under the suppression of the garrison's firepower. However, the number of garrison troops in Qindao City is limited, and the overall resources of Qindao City are also limited. Now that Qindao City has been teleported to a place isolated and without support from Blue Star, it can be said that it is fighting a war of attrition. Although those monsters are mortal like humans and are afraid of gunfire, their numbers seem endless. After one is defeated, another one comes up. Just as his son said, these monsters are only landing in tens of thousands every day. If the number of these monsters increases tenfold, a hundredfold, or a thousandfold, then Qindao City, whose resources are dwindling with each battle, may really not be able to withstand it.

However, since Lao Liang was there to comfort his son, he couldn't say anything discouraging.

"Don't worry unnecessarily, where did all these monsters come from?"

"But......"

"No buts, get up quickly, your mom made your favorite dumpling soup."

Smiling, Lao Liang patted his son's head and got up to leave his son's room. But as soon as he stepped out of the door, his phone rang.

"Hey......"

After listening to the call for a few seconds, Lao Liang frowned.

At that moment, his wife came out of the kitchen carrying the food.

"what happened?"

"It seems there's been a problem, I need to rush back to the factory... I might have to stay there for the next couple of days."

"Stay there?"

His wife asked in surprise, "You haven't been home for the past few days? Is something wrong?"

Old Liang said, "As you know, our factory produces military consumables. It's normal to be busy and work overtime during this special period, so don't worry."

Less than ten minutes after arriving home, Lao Liang hurriedly put on his coat and left again.

Standing in front of her house, watching her husband's departing figure in the stairwell, the wife murmured.

"Are you really alright...?"

Chapter 408 The Sudden Might of a Monster Army

"Liang Ji!"

Old Liang, who had just rushed back to the factory from home in a great hurry, was stopped by the factory manager who was walking quickly towards him from a distance before he could even get out of his car.

"Factory manager, what happened?"

"Hurry up and come to the office with me, the army is here."

"The army has arrived?"

Old Liang was stunned for a moment, then immediately followed the factory manager back to the office.