Chapter 2896: Shattered
Chapter 2896: Shattered
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
However, it was ineffective!
Fang Heng’s mental strength and vampire imprint had firmly locked the mutant worm leader in place!
The negative effects of Boiling Blood had not only failed to dissipate but had instead grown even stronger!
The mutant worm leader could no longer bear it and crawled out of the creep beneath the ground, writhing and thrashing wildly on the surface.
The surrounding Lickers immediately pounced one after another, attacking the mutant worm leader. Within moments, the leader was overwhelmed and submerged by the tide of worms!
Collete’s eyes widened in astonishment.
He had seen the mutant worm leader act strangely, and in the blink of an eye, it was devoured by Fang Heng’s summoned creatures!
Fang Heng!
How did he manage to do this?
He hadn’t even seen Fang Heng in person up until now.
"Collete! Over there, you two go deal with that D-level insect nest! We’ll handle this one, split up!"
Collete snapped back to his senses, glanced at Jayne beside him, nodded, and then hurried his subordinates toward the D-level insect nest on the right. They continually used their weapons to eliminate the scattered Plague Mothers and creep worms along the way.
The team quickly reached the effective range of their artifact weapons.
"Fire at will!"
"Boom! Boom boom!!!"
The high-energy beam weapons’ light cannon fired off powerful beams, causing chunks of blood and flesh to fall from the mother spider of the insect nest upon impact.
After a minute of concentrated fire, the entire mother spider was completely destroyed!
It was done!
A sense of satisfaction surged in Collete’s heart as he threw aside his overheated weapon, grabbing a fresh one.
Now he understood why Boyd’s group consumed so many resources.
During combat, there was almost no need to struggle with the mutant worm swarm.
Their guns were nearly constantly aimed and fired. Once a weapon overheated, they simply discarded it and switched to a new one.
Naturally, ammunition usage was frighteningly high!
Next!
Collete had once been an excellent team captain, promoted over a year ago to manage the ship’s logistics.
Today, fighting on the front lines had awakened a long-forgotten bloodlust.
Let’s keep going!
At this rate, they could quickly eliminate the smaller D-level insect nests around the B-level insect nest and then move forward to destroy the central, giant B-level insect nest!
Collete looked up as his team cleared out the remaining nests and prepared to find the next target.
A soldier approached and whispered, "Report, Captain Collete, our squad wasn’t fully prepared for prolonged combat. The artifact weapon ammunition will run out in 10 minutes."
It was over.
Right when they were enjoying the battle!
No more ammunition.
Collete now understood what it felt like to run out of ammo.
"Alright, fall back," he immediately ordered.
At the same time, other squads, including Jayne’s, also retreated to the back. Collete even noticed that Jayne was waving at him?
What did that mean?
Wasn’t he out of ammo too?
Going back for supplies?
Collete felt puzzled and turned toward the direction Jayne had signaled, his expression changing slightly.
The ground in the rear of the battlefield suddenly cracked open with dense fissures.
Mutant worms under Fang Heng’s control emerged from the cracks, quickly occupying and guarding the area around them.
The rifts rapidly merged into a single path, forming a catacomb entrance.
Soon, high-tier transport robots of the spawn tribe appeared, pushing crates full of weapon ammunition onto the battlefield!
Meanwhile, Jayne’s squad had already anticipated this and quickly rushed over to replenish their supplies.
Was this a tactic?
Using a cavern in the battlefield?
The risks seemed too great!
Collete was shocked.
Even on the main battlefield, due to the fear of being targeted by the mutant worm artillery, supplies were usually delivered to the periphery first and then escorted to the battlefield.
But Fang Heng had done it in one go, directly delivering ammunition and weapons to the battlefield!
Had Fang Heng been using this method for material transport before?
Collete suddenly felt lucky.
He wasn’t sure what kind of luck he had, but it seemed that finding Fang Heng to help was a stroke of good fortune.
Instructor Benny was indeed impressive!
Other Federation squads had gone through similar material delivery scenarios, quickly completing the resupply process. As soon as the supplies were delivered, the cracks in the ground were quickly filled in.
Collete immediately instructed his team to follow and began replacing their weapons with new ammunition.
"Follow me!"
With their weapons replenished, Collete felt more confident. He waved his hand, leading the team forward again, joining the overall Federation team to launch a new offensive, eliminating the smaller insect nests around the central B-level mother spider!
They could handle it!
The further they advanced, the stronger Collete felt this overwhelming sense of certainty.
Victory was within their grasp!
Other squad leaders also made the same judgment about the battlefield.
They could win!
Fully engaged in battle, Collete had completely lost track of time. It wasn’t until a soldier hurried up to him and whispered, "Captain, we’ve been fighting for an hour. The next batch of spawn’s battle materials will arrive through the teleportation passage soon. If we don’t return to the rear..."
Collete stopped shooting and surveyed the entire battlefield.
The D-level insect nests in the area had been mostly cleared, and the number of worms had decreased somewhat.
But their output wasn’t enough!
At the current attack strength of their team, it would take at least 5 more hours to completely destroy the B-level insect nest!
And that was under ideal conditions.
Unexpected events could happen at any time during battle.
He couldn’t afford to stay here for that long.
Moreover, the longer they delayed, the more likely problems would arise.
"You go back. The task for frontline supplies is temporarily handed over to Deputy Cole," Collete squinted his eyes, making a decision. "The spawn will soon have a batch of war machines entering the battlefield. Notify Deputy Cole to pack the latest remote combat armor, the V-70, along with energy supplies, and send them through Fang Heng’s transport robot to us as soon as possible."
The soldier’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.
V-70!
The spawn’s large war machines were the most powerful single-target destructive weapons available in the Federation’s exchange!
"Understood!"
The battle continued!
Collete waved his hand, signaling his subordinates and the two nearby squads to regroup and advance toward the right side where a C-level insect nest was located.
Behind the mutant worm swarm, more and more worms were emerging from various insect nests, joining the battlefield, and the area once again fell into a prolonged standoff.