# 780
Chapter 781: Mission Complete
Sunken Dragon Pass.
The sky had been completely obscured by the massive wave, and beneath that enormous shadow, countless "Mystiques" howled as they surged toward the towering black city wall.
Fang Zuo and others stood at the top of the city wall, their dark red cloaks already soaked by the sea spray. He rested his hand on the Straight Blade at his waist, unconsciously rubbing the hilt as his mind raced.
"They're coming..."
Fang Zuo murmured to himself.
Over a thousand "Mystiques," and just the combined pressure of their realms was enough to make everyone inside Sunken Dragon Pass gasp for breath. Combined with the towering waves and the thunderous, continuous roars, the area before Sunken Dragon Pass resembled the end of the world.
In the raging storm, Fang Zuo raised the walkie-talkie in his other hand and spoke calmly:
"Activate the 'Sunken Dragon' fire line defense."
The moment his voice fell, the massive black steel city wall began to retract—thick steel plates sliding back into the wall's body. The entire steel wall resembled a honeycomb, with large-scale black apertures appearing in an orderly, staggered pattern across its surface.
Then, cannon barrels extended from within those apertures, densely packed and standing erect across the steel city's surface. All the cannon mouths turned, aiming squarely at the direction from which the overwhelming beast tide was approaching.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!
Dazzling, concentrated bursts of fire erupted consecutively from the honeycomb cannon tubes. Endless artillery fire formed an impenetrable net, instantly blanketing the entire sky and illuminating the murky sea surface until it blazed bright.
Ordinary small-caliber thermal weapons like guns and grenades could barely affect high-realm "Mystiques"—they could only handle the weaker ones below the "River" realm. But heavy thermal weapons were different. With their extremely powerful explosive damage, they could inflict casualties on "River" realm and even some "Sea" realm "Mystiques." If there were enough heavy weapons, they could even threaten the "Unmeasurable" realm.
And Sunken Dragon Pass, as a Great Xia A-level strategic pass, was equipped with a total of seventy-eight thousand heavy artillery cannons. With such a terrifying quantity, not only could it achieve true all-angle fire coverage, but under human-controlled precision targeting, it could even kill an "Unmeasurable" realm "Mystique" within ten seconds.
These A-level war fortifications symbolized the absolute peak of Great Xia's technological military strength.
When the sky-wide artillery net appeared, the surging beast tide's eyes remained crimson. They stared fixedly at the black pass ahead, as if having completely lost all reason, recklessly charging toward this artillery defense line. Even the low-realm cannon fodder at the very front showed not the slightest hesitation in their movements.
Over a thousand "Mystiques," like demons unleashed!
Concentrated artillery fire ruthlessly bombarded the frontmost "Mystiques." Continuous explosions mingled with the roars and howls of the "Mystiques," echoing through the torrential waves—flames, blood, and severed bodies... The sea area before Sunken Dragon Pass rapidly turned crimson.
Fang Zuo and the other Night Watch stood at the foremost edge of the city wall. The booming artillery fire rang painfully in their ears. The sky-wide rain of blood mixed with the salty sea spray struck their bodies, blending with their dark red cloaks until no trace remained visible.
"Have they gone mad?" A young Night Watch, watching the fearless, berserk appearance of these "Mystiques," couldn't help but ask.
"They truly have gone mad." Fang Zuo furrowed his brow. "Any living creature has its own instincts. When faced with life-or-death situations, those instincts would cause them to feel fear or tension. But there's not the slightest hesitation in these 'Mystiques' movements... Their instincts have been erased.
Now, they're just a group of emotionless machines that only know how to kill."
"Is that the work of those Outer Gods? Where exactly are they hiding?"
"No need to ask—they're definitely hiding in some corner outside Great Xia's borders, secretly observing the situation here."
"How disgusting. If they have the guts, why don't they just charge straight into Great Xia?"
"They don't dare." Fang Zuo turned his head, gazing toward the direction of Great Xia's landmass. "At least, not in the short term."
BOOM—!!!
From within the endless beast tide, several "Klein" realm beasts suddenly emerged. Standing in the blood-colored waves, they opened their maws and spewed thunder and flames toward the distant black city wall where the Night Watch stood. The barrage of attacks instantly pierced through the sky-wide artillery net and struck the city wall!
A violent explosion rang out.
Several Night Watch members swiftly dispersed, each landing at different positions along the city wall. Fang Zuo turned to look at the massive hole that had been blasted into the black city wall, his expression growing increasingly grave.
Once this firepower gap had been opened, one "Mystique" after another pushed through their fallen companions' bodies and forcibly reached the base of the city wall. Various bizarre Forbidden Ruins unfurled, beginning to summon more "Mystiques" to surge forward while simultaneously tearing at the surface of the black city wall. Large numbers of artillery cannons were destroyed, shattering into fragments scattered across the sea of blood.
At the rate these "Mystiques" were going berserk, this pass would be hard-pressed to hold out for the planned four minutes...
Wondering if Lu Qiu had already reached 【Tujiao Pass】 and transmitted the information?...
Three hundred and twenty kilometers north of Sunken Dragon Pass.
A streak of blue light swept across the sky, wobbling as it charged toward the massive pass standing amid the turbulent waves!
The moment that silver-white steel pass appeared in his vision, a flash of joy appeared on Lu Qiu's ashen face. His Forbidden Ruins operated frantically within him, squeezing out the very last dregs of his life force to push himself even faster toward it!
That was Great Xia's A-010 war fortification, 【Tujiao】.
"Southern sector has detected an unidentified flying object. Repeat, southern sector has detected an unidentified flying object!"
Inside Tujiao Pass, a soldier constantly monitoring the surrounding sea area spotted the blue glow and immediately raised his walkie-talkie.
"No clearance. Preparing to launch air intercept—"
"—I am Great Xia Night Watch, Lu Qiu!!"
Before the voice on the other end of the walkie-talkie could finish, a loud shout came echoing down from the high sky. Propelled by his Forbidden Ruins, this voice nearly covered the entire Tujiao Pass.
Everyone inside Tujiao Pass froze.
Lu Qiu took a deep breath, gathering every ounce of strength he had left to continue shouting:
"A second disaster-level beast tide is descending! A second disaster-level beast tide is descending!
【Sunken Dragon Pass】 communication system has been destroyed! Unable to relay messages to headquarters!
Request that Tujiao Pass immediately send word, notify headquarters, and prepare for the second disaster-level beast tide!
Finally...
Request that Tujiao Pass comrades, rescue Sunken Dragon Pass!"
The moment he finished speaking that last word, the breath Lu Qiu had forcibly gathered instantly collapsed. His depleted life force had reached its absolute limit. His entire body lost control and began plummeting toward the sea near Tujiao Pass!
His consciousness receded like the tide. Staring blankly at the sea surface rapidly enlarging beneath him, his eyes slowly closed. Yet a smile still appeared on his face...
His mission was complete.