CHAPTER 515: CHAPTER 282: MIST CROWN CLOAK (10,000 EXPLOSIVE!) (5)

[Partial Mecha Scanning Progress-73%]

16:25

Xilan City’s North Bus Station, the entire bus station square is surrounded by containers and heavy vehicles. The windows on all five floors of the station building have been removed, with heavy machine guns and cannons mounted in their place. The main street outside is covered with layers of roadblocks, burning barrels, wire walls, and ground spikes. On both sides, a kilometer-long trench filled with flammable material has been dug. Several streets converge here, directing all the impact pressure toward the square.

High above and on all sides of the tracks, the weapons systems of 22 Doomsday Trains are set to respond. Meanwhile, on top of the bus station building, over a dozen YJ-03 anti-aircraft guns are mounted, their dark barrels aimed at the sky, aligned perfectly under radar and intelligent firing programs to adjust the firing angles.

17:00

At the Duga Radar Array Station in the Southern City, the slopes and radar stations are already filled with snow-covered tanks. Outside the wall of tanks are temporarily built concrete high walls and machine gun towers, and beyond them are layers of iron mesh walls diverting vertically to disperse the dense Monster Tide coming from the bottom of the slope, channeling it to the area with the most concentrated firepower. Countless flamethrowers are densely lined up below, and once they ignite, it will cascade down like a wildfire waterfall.

This is the most densely populated area of the whole city, Xiao He carries intense pressure, leading a team to tirelessly inspect the defense lines amid the wind and snow.

17:30

The Mitchell Church command center is already empty, with Zhao Yu and He Zhen having gone to the front line defense positions in the East and North City. Only members of the Hunting Group wait near the plaza.

At the East City Wall’s defense line, Zhao Yu stands in the command tower, his expression sharp. By now, all preparations at the defense line are complete, and his gaze is constantly fixed in the direction of the canyon.

Just then, Zhang Chengzhi’s voice from the aviation combat unit comes through his headset.

"Director Zhao, large numbers of Winged Demons have been detected within radar range, in the clouds, but they’re not heading into the city; their direction is southeast."

Zhao Yu’s expression shifts: "Why at this time?"

"Not sure."

"Immediately dispatch a scouting unit to track the direction. They must have noticed the Emperor Group’s actions. If confirmed, switch from reconnaissance to reinforcement!"

"Understood!"

Woo~

Soon, a dozen fighter jets soar into the sky, heading toward the Trakama Ice Valley.

17:40

With about 10 minutes until nightfall, within the Emperor Group’s camp in the Trakama Ice Valley, Yu Yuheng and his team are urgently conducting debugging work.

"It’s almost dark. Be sure not to let monsters approach No.1 Machine’s cockpit later," Yu Yuheng said urgently.

"Understood." Nightwalker Jingtian looked toward the giant figure of the Mecha outside the tent window: "Captain Lin said it might still take a few more hours. Hopefully, as we guessed, those monsters aren’t around here."

Yu Yuheng nodded busily and said, "By the way, I heard about your Nightwalker Organization’s Mist Crown Cloak before, but we’ve tested the materials, and they don’t seem to have any properties to shield the perception of Dark Creatures. Apparently, you’re still testing it; does it have any special features?"

"I’m not really sure," Jingtian said. "It seems to be related to some superpower being studied within the group, likely combined with some cold dark basic particle stuff. Anyway, for us, being fireproof and bulletproof with glide capability is already not bad. Even if it has a 1% effect, it’s better than nothing, right?"

Yu Yuheng looked at the cloak on him and pursed his lips.

"I hope... it really works."

"Captain Jing, the time has come. Prepare to initiate the plan."

At this moment, Sun Kai walked in with a stern expression, leading the escort team.

"All right."

"Huh?" It was then that Yu Yuheng noticed that Sun Kai and his team weren’t wearing the Mist Crown Cloak, as if they never had.

"You Nightwalkers are so stingy. How could you not equip Commander Sun and his team with such critical gear?"

Upon hearing this, Jingtian’s eyes shifted, looking at Sun Kai without speaking.

Sun Kai directly replied, "We have other tasks, so it’s not necessary."

"What tasks?"

This time, Yu Yuheng was puzzled. How could Sun Kai and his team have other tasks in the same mission group?

Sun Kai took a deep breath and said, "Director Zhao discussed it with us. Although it’s judged that the number of Abnormal Bodies outside Xilan City may be small, we must prepare for a crisis after dark. We reviewed the Falcon Squad’s recordings and believe the possibility of an air raid is high, and the attack by Abnormal Bodies could occur in an extremely short time. As we’re all marked Level 5, we’ll use the Nightwalker’s Mist Crown Cloak to create concentration differences between marks to lure the enemy."

"Lure the enemy?" Yu Yuheng’s face gradually darkened: "What do you mean?"

"It means that I’ll lead the flying squad to circle the airspace before dark and disperse the arrangement. Once the enemy is lured, we immediately flee to distract them, buying time for the Emperor Group and Captain Lin!"

Hearing this, Yu Yuheng’s face changed dramatically: "Are you kidding? This Mist Crown Cloak can’t completely obscure our tracks. There’s not even scientific evidence to support this. How can it..."

"We understand."

Jingtian interrupted Yu Yuheng, seriously saying, "That’s why I said earlier, even if it has a 1% effect, as long as it creates a differentiation and draws the attention of the Monster Tide first, it’s a success!"