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Chapter 844: The Battle of the Alpine Spring (Part 1)
Chapter 844: The Battle of the Alpine Spring (Part 1)
Plant's face was grim because the war wasn't unfolding as he had anticipated.
According to his original plan, the base's defenders only needed to hold out for three hours. After that, reinforcements would arrive, and the addition of a new Skrull god-tier force would turn the tide of the battle.
However, the current situation suggested that the base might not last three hours, which was why his expression was so dark.
To ensure the base could hold for those three hours, the Skrull expeditionary force had made extensive preparations. Currently, there were three Seventh-Rank cultivators and fifty Sixth-Rank cultivators in the base. Various defensive facilities, such as antimatter railguns, laser emitters, and psychic beam projectors, had been fully charged and were ready to unleash their maximum destructive power.
Lan Qi had calculated that if they pushed all the defensive systems to their limits, the base could easily hold for three hours.
But no one expected the Blue Planet humans to be so fierce this time!
The overall strength of the Blue Planet cultivators had more than doubled since the last attack. Two months ago, there were only five Seventh-Rank cultivators besides Chancellor Cao, and a mere thirty to forty Sixth-Rank cultivators.
This time, however, there were nine Seventh-Rank cultivators, including Morning Star the Cat, Su Yu, and Alyssa, all of whom were at the peak of the Seventh Rank. There were also over two hundred Sixth-Rank cultivators!
Moreover, the morale of the Blue Planet Sixth-Rank cultivators was extraordinarily high. They were enraged by Plant's earlier attempts to sow discord and were also motivated by the prospect of earning higher psychic energy quotas.
The Blue Planet cultivators were far stronger than expected, and this was the fundamental reason for the failure of their plan.
...
For the Skrulls, the only good news was that Morning Star the Cat's magic was nearly depleted.
Morning Star's Starlight Focus skill consumed an enormous amount of energy. While the skill's light spots could deal double the damage, energy doesn't come from nowhere. The additional 75% of the damage was due to the light spots' "accumulation effect," while the remaining 25% had to be compensated by Morning Star's own magic.
After the light spots exploded dozens of times, Morning Star's mana was completely drained, giving the Skrulls a brief respite.
However, even with Morning Star out of the fight, the base's defenses couldn't hold for much longer. High above the base, Plant knew he had to take action.
The prismatic light from Plant's mech temporarily forced Chancellor Cao back. Seizing this opportunity, he used a telepathic communication to contact the base's commander, a Seventh-Rank psychic, Skater.
"Skater, based on the current situation, the base won't last three hours. Inform all core members of Sixth Rank and above to be ready to evacuate at any moment."
"Understood, Sir," the commander, who was struggling to maintain the base's force field, replied.
Skater glanced at the aggressive Blue Planet forces and the exhausted troops beside him. He then used telepathy to relay the order to the other core personnel.
He then replied to Plant, "Sir Plant, I have issued the order and have initiated the base's self-destruction program. When we abandon Base 0008, all buildings and defensive weapons will be automatically destroyed to prevent them from falling into Blue Planet hands."
Plant praised him, "Good job, Skater."
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However, Skater raised another question, “But Commander Plante, what about our officers and soldiers below the fifth rank? What should we do with them?”
“About this...” Plante thought for a moment and replied, “Here’s what we can do: After the base falls, we can gather them on the square and have them surrender their weapons. The Blue Star people, in order to maintain good treatment of prisoners, will likely provide ammunition.
Once they surrender, we can find an opportunity to ransom them back later.”
“Understood.”
After concluding the communication with Plante, Commander Skater relay the order through the ranks down the chain of command.
However, during the transmission, some unforeseen events occurred.
The cultivators above the sixth rank showed little reaction to the order. By this point in the battle, they had all prepared to flee within three hours.
After all, the base was not far from the spatial rift.
But the officers and soldiers below the fifth rank immediately erupted into chaos, with continuous shouts and protests.
Commander Skater, noticing the sudden unrest, turned to his recently returned adjutant, Lieutenant Lukomansk, for an explanation: “Lukomansk, what’s happening with the troops below?”
Lieutenant Lukomansk, who had just returned from investigating the cause of the unrest, immediately responded, “Commander, the troops are unwilling to surrender to the Blue Star people, leading to significant discontent.”
“Unwilling to surrender? Impossible? What’s the reason?” Commander Skater couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked down at the troops below.
Skater and the troops were part of the Rentak Alliance, known for their willingness to take on jobs for money rather than their fear of death. Unlike the soldiers of the Blazing Sun Empire, who were fearless and ready to die in battle.
To be honest, most soldiers joined the military for the high salary, not thinking about dying on the battlefield for honor. But now, the soldiers are refusing to surrender? This is strange, they shouldn’t have such strong will to fight, should they?
Lieutenant Lukomansk quickly explained, “Commander, the main reason is a mistake in the propaganda, leading the soldiers to have a wrong perception of surrender.”
“Misinformation in the propaganda? Where did it go from “Indeed, it’s like this...” Lieutenant Lukomansk, after much effort, finally clarified the situation clearly. Commander Skater listened, finally understanding what had happened. It was mainly due to the propaganda’s mistake.
Commander Skater, Commander Plante, and the other high-ranking officers all understood that the Blue Star people would treat their prisoners well, and surrendering wouldn’t be a problem. But the ordinary soldiers didn’t know that!
The ordinary soldiers, in their daily lives, had only heard “The Blue Star people love to mistreat prisoners” and “Only half the soldiers from the Blue Star prisoner camps come able to come out alive, and those who did come out were often maimed and missing limbs.
Every day, the soldiers saw news like this, of course they would refuse to surrender to the Blue Star humans, and this was the reason for the morale was unstable. With the morale of the troops was shaken, their combat effectiveness quickly declined, leading the soldiers to become more determined and focused on the task at hand.
The forces of the Blue Star cultivators quickly seized the opportunity to launch a powerful attack.
Su Yu took out the bottom box’s bottom【Monkey War Hero】 out, transforming it into a powerful aura that inflicted massive damage, cracking the force field shield into several cracks.
(End of Chapter)
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