At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

Tao Jing and Yu Chengyue's expressions changed. Tao Jing rushed to the equipment room and put on her combat uniform in a few seconds, while Yu Chengyue dashed towards the assembly point.

[All combat personnel, assemble at the defensive point immediately! An unusual energy fluctuation has been detected one kilometer to the left of the military base; it is a Devouring Beast.]

Satellite images show a total of 26 Devouring Beasts, along with unknown personnel and mechanical equipment.

[Combat personnel, take immediate action! Armed drones and armed helicopters, commence operations immediately!]

"Oh, as expected, it's the Hunters, and two Gravity Bodies, a total of four people, two men and two women. Oh well, they're not much of a threat anyway, let Xia Kingdom take advantage of this." Luo Sheng instantly recognized the people who had just appeared and fallen.

"Perhaps in just a few days we'll see the Xia Kingdom's combat teams all using gravity-based vehicles to slay Devouring Beasts."

He wasn't too interested in ordinary people, even though they were all familiar figures to him.

Luo Sheng smiled and said, "People who have come from the apocalyptic world will probably be dazzled by this prosperous world and forget about their homeland."

the other side.

In the mountains a kilometer from the military base, roars and machine gun fire filled the air.

"Where am I? Suddenly I lost my footing and landed hard on my butt! It hurt so much!" A somewhat childish girl's voice came from an armored gravity body, filled with fear. The gravity body held a heavy Gatling gun and kept firing at the pack of snake dogs that surrounded them.

"Go to hell, you ugly monsters!"

Da da da da—

A torrent of bullets rained down on the snake-dog in front of him, quickly riddling it with holes. The snake-dog lost its senses and went limp, but it didn't die.

"Erica! Don't get excited, look around!" A deep, middle-aged man's voice came from another exo-armored gravity body.

"Green plants! And this unbelievably clear blue sky! Something's not right, something's not right, where are we?"

"Jeff! What just happened! Did you notice anything? What just happened?!" A young man holding a heavy machine gun asked anxiously as he fired at the Snake Dog.

"A hallucination? Did we unknowingly inhale too much scarlet?"

"Look over there! To the southeast!" Another tall, masked woman holding a heavy sniper rifle said, looking southeast.

"what?"

The sound of propellers grew louder as they approached, and they saw more than a dozen large aircraft flying toward them, followed by a large number of smaller aircraft.

These aircraft have large machine gun muzzles, and they look like they're not to be trifled with.

"That's an aircraft! How is that possible!" Jeff stared incredulously at the aircraft approaching from afar.

[Attention, unknown personnel below! We are a special operations force from the Xia Kingdom. Please remain where you are and do not interfere with our operations.]

We will have professionals to receive you, provided you lay down your weapons and do not harbor any ill will towards us; otherwise, we will consider you our enemies.

Chapter 70: 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 it on the Devouring Beast.

As the iron nets fell, the scattered Devouring Beasts were caught one by one, but they kept their heads close to the ground and arched towards the edge of the nets, quickly managing to break free.

"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?"

Chapter 71: The City Skyline That Shocked the Hunter Squad

After Lin Yong stepped off the armed helicopter, four fully armed soldiers also stepped off. They were all awakened individuals who could enter a 'turbulent state' and continuously unleash extraordinary physical strength. Lin Yong, in particular, had awakened the ability to stimulate bioelectricity and enhance voltage, and could even manipulate electric current with his hands.

Lin Yong walked to a distance of about ten meters from the four people in the Ling Cage. He was also afraid that the other party would suddenly launch an attack, as those two armored machines looked like they were not to be trifled with.

He wasn't sure if they could communicate, since the other person was a visitor from another world.

The four members of Ling Cage exchanged glances after hearing each other's words. Jeff then spoke up, "We understand. How do you intend to treat us?"

When Lin Yong heard that the other party was speaking Xia Guoyu (Chinese), although there was a strange accent, he breathed a sigh of relief: "According to our country's laws, we will ensure your basic human rights, safety, accommodation, food, etc."

"But you also need to abide by our laws."

"First, we need to make sure you pose no danger to us, and your weapons must be temporarily kept by us."

"This is a prerequisite; otherwise, we will take mandatory action."

Mo Cheng, Fei Xue, and Erica looked at Jeff. They weren't really happy to hear this, but the current situation didn't allow them to be stubborn.

Jeff looked at the numerous armed helicopters hovering overhead and took a deep breath: "Okay, we'll abide by your rules."

What can they do if they don't comply? Judging from their posture, if they say no, they'll definitely launch an attack. With just these two gravity bodies and four people, there's no way they can negotiate.

Click! The gravity portal opened, and Jeff stepped out. Erica, seeing this, also opened her gravity portal.

"Are we just going to surrender like this?" Erica whispered to Feixue beside her.

"What else can we do?" Feixue's voice was devoid of emotion.

"Don't speak, Erica, don't cause any misunderstandings," Jeff said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Lin Yong stepped forward and took out four pairs of handcuffs from his waist: "We still need to restrict your movements. You don't mind, do you?"