Chapter 229
Chapter 229: Unbreakable Mystic Turtle
Although the Tiger Roar Army did not need command from them, Zu Yuanji was still the overall person in charge of the entire operation.
He still had to ask about the details.
More importantly, everyone was genuinely curious!
Zu Yuanji pressed the communication button on the command console and asked Song Chuhe, “Deputy Commander Song, what target did you discover?”
Song Chuhe’s voice came through.
“The central position of the low spiritual-pressure region.”
“The central position? How did you determine that?”
This mission was to enter the low spiritual-pressure region and find the cause behind its formation.
Although they had inferred that it was very likely in the central region, this so-called “central region” could not be located.
Although the spiritual pressure would become lower the closer one got to that area, one had to move across an extremely wide range very quickly to sense the difference.
It was not something that could be felt after walking just a few steps.
Song Chuhe said, “I have some insects. I had them spread out in a fan shape.”
“Their flying height is completely consistent.”
“The lower the spiritual pressure, the lower the insects’ flight altitude is forced down.”
“At present, they are being pressed lowest in the northwest direction.”
Song Chuhe’s words carried a sense of “this is very simple.”
After he finished speaking, he continued commanding the troops to contract their formation.
Clearly, his mind was still entirely on the battlefield.
Zu Yuanji and the others immediately understood.
So that was what Song Chuhe’s question yesterday had been for!
Yesterday, Song Chuhe had asked whether flying was restricted.
He had also asked Dong Xiao whether suppression of cultivation was even after entering, or whether it became stronger the deeper they went.
At that time, some of them had also connected flight altitude with the degree of suppression.
But none of them had thought of this very simple use!
Song Chuhe had a large swarm of insects.
Could they not try the same thing with a large number of drones?
It was just that collecting the real-time altitude data of all those drones precisely would not be easy.
They could have the Research Institute help overcome that issue.
The commanders of the various Military Districts, however, felt as though a bratty child had rammed straight into their vital spot.
It was uncomfortable...
Quite a few of them had previously commanded attacks on the low spiritual-pressure region.
But not a single one of them had been able to lock onto the target area this quickly and efficiently.
However, Zu Yuanji did not blame everyone.
Things like this were actually not rare.
A math problem that an Olympiad champion could solve might still be unsolvable to many old professors, right?
Talent was talent.
One had to accept it!
The overall commander of the Bloodsea Military District sighed quietly.
“What is difficult for those who do not know is easy for those who do...”
This sentence struck the mood of every commander with extreme precision.
At this moment, in the footage...
Song Chuhe was still gradually adjusting the angle.
The density and strength of the monsters were also steadily increasing.
Those giant frogs that spat lightning were beginning to appear in greater and greater numbers.
However, according to Song Chuhe’s earlier orders, these giant frogs were actually easier to kill than the Fang Tigers.
The so-called heavy soldiers were the group from the Supply Run Game. They mainly relied on endurance and powerful physiques.
The agile soldiers were naturally the group from the Chase-and-Evade Game. They mainly relied on extremely nimble movement techniques and cultivation arts.
Whenever the heavy soldiers saw giant frogs, they directly avoided them.
The agile soldiers, relying on their speed, could evade the giant frogs’ attacks and then kill them with one strike.
The coordination between them left the military bigshots present full of admiration.
Zhong Xinghai even praised them excitedly.
“This is how a battle should be fought!”
Very soon, a dense mass of Fang Tigers appeared ahead, so many that it made one’s scalp go numb!
The effect of Song Chuhe gathering all the Tiger Roar Army soldiers together was now fully displayed.
They supported one another and entered their berserk states in turns.
The Tiger Roar Army was having a thoroughly satisfying time smashing through them.
And after the monsters became densely packed...
Zhang Zhiwei’s brilliance was fully displayed as well.
The thing Zu Yuanji and the others said the most was this.
That lightning-spear kid is really fierce!
As for the beautiful female researchers who had come with the Research Institute, their eyes were practically filled with hearts.
That lightning-spear kid is so handsome!
For more than ten full minutes, the Tiger Roar Army directly clashed with the monster horde in a hard frontal battle.
More than half of them were wounded, but the ground around them was already covered in tiger corpses.
They slaughtered until the enormous sounds here could no longer draw in any more monsters.
Especially in the centermost area...
Tiger corpses had piled up like a mountain.
“Move these corpses away.”
Song Chuhe gave the order, and the soldiers immediately worked together. Very quickly, they dismantled the pile of corpses.
A strange object in the open space at the center was revealed.
It was an enormous...
Turtle.
It was about two meters long and roughly one meter thirty or forty centimeters wide.
Its huge shell was extremely thick and heavy.
The upper and lower parts of the shell were tightly joined together, leaving only six large holes for the head, tail, and four limbs.
At this moment, the heads of six Fang Tigers were still stuffed inside those holes.
Their bodies were stuck outside.
Viewed from above, the scene looked somewhat comical.
The surrounding space seemed to be breathing in rhythm, emitting a strange energy with a humming sound.
As for Song Chuhe’s insects, all of them had been pressed down to just a little over a person’s height.
They could no longer fly higher at all.
“Reporting to headquarters. We have discovered a target object suspected to be the source.”
“There is a strange fragrance in the air. It is also coming from this turtle.”
Zu Yuanji and the others naturally saw it as well.
“First check whether it is dead or alive.”
Song Chuhe nodded.
The soldiers pulled several broken Fang Tiger corpses out of the holes.
A small flying insect slowly flew into the turtle shell.
After a moment, Song Chuhe said, “It seems to be dead!”
“Although it has very strong life energy...”
“There is no biological magnetic field inside it anymore.”
The command room immediately fell into confusion.
Zu Yuanji and the others all turned their gazes toward Elder Chi and the other Research Institute personnel.
Elder Chi shook his head slightly.
That meant he had indeed never seen this thing before either.
If even he had never seen it, then it meant this was a new species that had appeared in Stage Three.
The group of researchers from the Research Institute, however, became faintly excited instead.
One by one, they were eager to try.
“Bring it back first.”
Elder Chi said this as well.
Zu Yuanji nodded.
“Deputy Commander Song, trouble you to bring this turtle back.”
“Do not bring it into the city. Keep the edge of the low spiritual-pressure region at Bloodpool City’s outskirts.”
Song Chuhe checked repeatedly.
Only after confirming that the turtle truly showed no signs of life did he have someone thread a steel cable through the holes for the turtle shell’s head and left foreleg.
After one soldier tied it securely, he prepared to tighten the steel cable and gave it a forceful pull.
But the turtle did not move at all!
The soldier immediately spread his feet apart, gripped the steel cable with both hands, and pulled fiercely!
It still did not move!
“Two people, get over here!”
The soldier shouted.
Three soldiers immediately came over, and the four of them exerted their strength at the same time!
It still did not move!
The four were so angry that they roared and entered their berserk states together!
This time, the turtle shell moved!
It shifted by just a few centimeters...
A group of unconvinced heavy soldiers immediately rushed over.
The steel cable could hold at most twelve people.
Twelve soldiers pulled at the same time while in their berserk states!
The turtle shell only moved about half a meter.
Then, as they shouted “One, two, three” and exerted force at the same time again...
Snap!
The thumb-thick steel cable actually broke straight apart!
The dozen soldiers all fell hard on their backsides.
Song Chuhe went forward and tried using his Storage Space.
Unexpectedly, it could not be stored inside.
As long as something showed signs of life, it could not be placed into a Storage Space.
Song Chuhe said helplessly, “Reporting to the Chief Military Overseer, this dead turtle may not be possible to bring back.”
“The Storage Space also indicates that it has signs of life.”
“I am no longer certain whether my judgment is effective.”
Song Chuhe had indeed detected that this turtle was dead earlier.
But now, even he had been made a little uncertain.
Zu Yuanji and the others naturally saw it too.
More than a dozen berserk Ninth Grade soldiers had only barely pulled it a little.
This thing had to weigh at least a hundred tons!
How were they supposed to bring it back?
Bring over a dozen stronger steel cables and have several hundred soldiers drag it for more than a hundred kilometers?
It was not impossible.
But first, they had to determine whether this thing was worth going to such trouble to bring back!
If they brought it back and it turned out to be useless...
How would they explain it when Li Mu arrived?
Li Mu would probably curse on the spot.
Were they trying to work the fools to death here?
At this moment, Zu Yuanji issued another order.
“The Tiger Roar Army will rest and stand by on the spot. I will send the Research Institute’s people over now!”
“Conduct field development!”
“Also, your overall commander, Li Mu, has just sent word. He is currently rushing over.”