Warriors like Xiao Qingshan probably never imagined that their country would one day face yet another logistics shortage.

After retreating behind the protective barrier, they watched helplessly as the front line they'd just barely held was overwhelmed again by seemingly endless monsters. The soldiers' morale grew increasingly bleak.

"There's nothing we can do." The squad leader could only comfort his troops, "Our previous military production system was designed for other countries on the Mother Star. It never considered the intensity of a war like this. In reality, now the whole nation, even the entire world, is ramping up military industrial production—but the time has simply been too short."

"What about the front line?" One soldier was clearly anxious, even a bit agitated. "I saw two guys from the next squad die. That line they bought with their lives can't just be abandoned. There are still residents who haven't evacuated."

"That's right. Whatever the reason, we still have to fight."

"If we have to, we'll use cold weapons. Those monsters don't have ranged attacks either."

"Squad leader, request permission—we'll stand outside the barrier and attack with polearms. If it doesn't work, we'll pull back immediately."

"Exactly; we're Martial Artists now, aren't we?"

"..."

The soldiers traded words, all worried about how the battle was unfolding.

After all, some of them had it right—whatever the reason, victory was still required.

They were the last line of defense; behind them lay the city and its people, and there was no retreat left.

Or maybe they could erect a stele here, get empowered, and then go up again.

Too bad, none of these suggestions were ever going to be approved.

In the end, the squad leader's face hardened, voice stern: "Enough whining, this is war. We're soldiers. All we need to do is follow orders!"

The troops fell silent, but each one's gaze lingered on the fully-powered Shield not far away, on the monsters pounding against its force field, their tension and anxiety rising relentlessly in their hearts.

Even Xiao Qingshan himself hadn't anticipated it.

In battle, you forget fear, forget worry. It's only when you stop that the terror and anxiety surge in.

At that moment, in the command team, the officers all stared anxiously at the sensor projection before them.

On the screen, a colossal shadow was moving rapidly below the ocean surface, closing in on the Eastern Country's coastline.

Its destination: the Coastal City front line.

Just how massive was this shadow?

Its length alone was twenty-three kilometers!

It was eight kilometers wide—its profile suggested it was an evolution, a mutation, of the largest creature on the Mother Star: the blue whale.

This was easily the most energy-packed, most gigantic mutated sea creature ever found!

Purely from its energy readings, it was terrifyingly powerful.

It was almost several times larger than the second-biggest ocean organism.

Because this creature had two heads—no less!

"A blue whale already mutated into a double-headed monster, and now further parasitized by two, maybe more, parasites—then mutated, evolved again." That was what the experts speculated.

But at this point, reasons didn't matter anymore.

What mattered was that the nuclear blast had just gouged a huge hole, and in such a short time, it was almost back to normal.

"It's not even on the same level as the other mutated creatures," the Supreme Commander said. "And it's closing in undersea, further diminishing the effect of a nuke. There's nothing else for it—we need to request help from Advisor Shen."

Honestly, the main hope was to get weapons from the Interstellar Civilization that could wipe out this monster in one strike.

However, they had no direct way to reach interstellar world Shen Yu.

So all they could do was contact Shen Yu first.

Otherwise, with a beast this size, the barrier defense they'd built wouldn't stop it at all.

Forget the barrier—even just the tsunami this thing would cause by closing in could level any city in the world. It's an unprecedented Heavenly Calamity!

Shen Yu replied swiftly.

"No need to panic—I'm already preparing. I'll arrive in time and handle it."

Even though no further explanation was given and no details offered, that one brief message was enough to make everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Just then, all front-line soldiers received the highest AI alert.

"Warning! Warning! Super-large enemy unit is approaching, with massive energy reaction!"

In that instant, everyone froze.

Including Xiao Qingshan, every soldier stared blankly at the enormous marker on the map.

Just one monster was bigger than billions of the others put together!

If not for the fact that it was a monster, you'd think it was a moving city!

Even the strongest warriors were shaken in this moment, let alone the rookies.

Panic was visibly spreading.

Young rookies like Xiao Qingshan were only ordinary people half a month ago—just college students or folks at normal jobs.

Then the apocalypse hit, the world flipped upside down, they put on uniforms and went to war. It doesn't matter—whenever disaster strikes, warriors have always stepped forward like this, and history itself is made by seemingly ordinary people, constantly creating new futures.

But now, facing a monster that looked utterly invincible, could anyone still find the will to resist?

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