CHAPTER 439: CHAPTER 213:

"Understood."

The Archbishop nodded slowly.

"I will issue orders to prioritize all artillery fire on the Qinyuan Mother Body."

"Additionally, the ’Sun’ of Holy Trinity is also ready."

"As soon as the Beast Tide enters the explosion range, we will detonate immediately."

"Even if the ’Sun’ can’t annihilate the entire Beast Tide, it will at least leave them incapable of advancing further."

"And that will be the time for us to launch our counterattack."

"Are you sure... we can also raise the ’Sun’?"

Zhang Tao’s face was full of doubt, but the Archbishop was brimming with confidence.

"Why can’t we do what the Huaxia Army can?"

"In fact, this weapon called a ’nuclear bomb’ isn’t so mysterious."

"Essentially, it’s just a giant bomb made of more powerful explosives."

"According to the oracle of Holy Trinity, to detonate the explosives, assistance from another type of explosive is needed."

"I have already wrapped the nuclear bomb with layers of explosives, when the outer shell’s explosives detonate, the ’Sun’ will rise as expected..."

"Understood."

Zhang Tao breathed out heavily.

"Then issue the orders to our brothers."

"The final battle is about to commence."

"This battle will decide our shared destiny."

"For Holy Trinity!"

"For Holy Trinity!"

...

On the other side, the south side of the Benghu Defense Line.

Yu Qian spat out the bloody foam from his mouth, the severe pain in his chest making him realize he might not hold on much longer.

Just now, he led the remaining soldiers of the Penetration Company’s Fifth Squad to kill three stray monsters, and with ammunition nearly depleted, he used a rocket launcher for close-range firing on the last monster.

The high-temperature metal jet from the rocket penetrated the monster’s fragile keratin layer without obstruction and pinned it firmly to the ground.

But almost at the same time, the monster’s flailing tentacle struck his chest, sending him flying backwards several meters.

His body even snapped a small wrist-thick tree, the massive impact first brought him intense pain in his lower back, followed by a strong feeling of suffocation rapidly rising in his chest.

His chest bone collapsed, ribs broke.

He desperately opened his mouth to breathe, and every pull of his muscles twisted the muscles on his face with intense pain.

Yu Qian struggled to sit up, staggered toward the Humvee parked not far away, and threw the emptied sniper grenade into the back seat.

Then, he switched out the last magazine from his Type 191 rifle, grabbed grenades from an ammo box and stuffed them into the pocket of his gear.

When facing gigantic monsters, these grenades are so ineffective they’re almost negligible.

But you can’t deny, if you want a dignified way to go with a monster, this is definitely the best choice.

Yu Qian breathed laboriously, carefully feeling the slight sting when breathing.

A moment later, he drew a conclusion.

The broken ribs may have already touched his fragile lung, if he continued high-intensity activities, he might die from a closed pneumothorax, just as ’Fu Xi’ in the earpiece said.

So, what does closed pneumothorax mean?

A lung being pierced by a bone?

Thinking this way, it’s easier to understand.

Never thought he’d die for such a "strange reason."

Yu Qian’s mouth showed a self-mocking smile.

At this moment, he thought of his pair of children far away in Jinling New City.

They should have already evacuated into the 011 Base, right?

He heard from his son before, that under the mountains in 011 Base is another world, a dreamy world quite different from the wasteland, almost like paradise.

Every time it’s mentioned, the son eagerly described everything there to him.

As if the danger of evacuation is less important than the novelty of entering the 011 Base itself.

This is the nature of children.

Even now, he wouldn’t know what kind of brutal battle his father was going through, only imagining that after killing monsters and returning, he would want to hear all about the stories in the base.

This is fine too.

He won’t see the real appearance of 011 Base.

But as long as they see it, that’s enough.

Yu Qian slammed the Humvee door shut with a loud bang, then crawled to the passenger seat, his movements twisted.

Liu Qi, the driver, had been waiting in the main seat long ago, Yu Qian panted slightly, and then ordered:

"Go, set off."

"The next supply point is marked on the map, 4 kilometers away."

"The road is rough, but we must reach it within 30 minutes."

"After resupply, we continue eastward."

"The Third Squad is coordinating with tanks to launch one last attack on the Beast Tide at the Benghu Defense Line."

"After this attack, we can retreat."

"Have retreat orders been issued?"

Liu Qi’s eyes showed a hint of joy.

"Yes."

Yu Qian said with difficulty:

"The commander has confirmed that the Beast Tide from the northwest has crossed Anqing City."

"The convergence window for the two Beast Tides is over, our mission is complete."

"Good!"

Liu Qi nodded heavily.

"That’s good!"

He stepped on the throttle, the forward thrust slammed Yu Qian into the seat back, causing him to inhale sharply with pain, Liu Qi quickly slowed down.

"Sorry, I..."

"It’s okay."

Yu Qian waved his hand.

"I won’t last long, after I die, you need to take my position and bring the comrades back."