Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 632 - 625: Out of Ammunition and Food

Chapter 632: Chapter 625: Out of Ammunition and Food

Actually, he originally planned to let Tangmo cast magic and ignite all the vegetation near the watchtower. However, the problem is that Tangmo’s flame-based magic is not advanced, only being at a second or third level. This is not due to her lack of talent, but mainly because she lacked the resources to learn advanced flame magic.

It was now the height of summer, and the air was not dry, so, igniting the green plants surrounding them was quite difficult. The reason why the magic crystal grenades could ignite these plants was because the explosion would release all the magic at once, generating high enough temperature to set the plants on fire. Clearly, it was very difficult to achieve such high temperatures with only spell-based magic.

Before long, the flames caused by the explosion of the magic crystal grenades began to weaken. After a brief period of fear, the exotic insects again attacked the watchtower. The only difference was that this time, the Advance Team no longer had enough grenades to repel them.

The exotic insects began to jump crazily, trying to leap to the top of the tower. They stepped on their companions’ bodies and swung their sickle-like forelegs, using their powerful hind legs to vigorously spring towards the top of the tower.

Though they couldn’t jump to a height of more than ten meters in one go, by stepping on the bodies of their companions, the distance to the top of the tower was greatly reduced, and some insects could almost jump to a place about two meters away from the top.

What’s more, some of them hooked their forelegs into the crevices and observation windows of the watchtower. They bobbed their heads with their two horrifying mandibles continuously opening and closing.

"Knock them down!" At Luo’er’s command, the Advance Team began to fire at the exotic insects that were climbing up.

Fortunately for them, despite being named exotic insects, they did not have hook-like structures at the ends of their limbs, so they couldn’t climb up the crevices. This considerably eased the pressure on the Advance team; otherwise, they wouldn’t dare to stay at the top of the tower.

The Advance Team members stood by the wall, firing downwards at the insects below the tower. At this time, their newly issued 47 style rifles came into play. The muzzle brake and the free-floating barrel greatly reduced recoil, allowing them to control the shooting accuracy easily, even if they were not steadying their rifles against their shoulders.

Under their shooting, the exotic insects hanging on the wall were repelled, but an increasing number of insects continued to climb up. More and more insects piled up below, and those that came later stepped on their companions’ bodies and continued to climb and jump up, almost reaching the top of the tower.

The situation on Hu Daoke’s side was even worse. He had already emptied a magazine, the entrance of the watchtower was littered with the crushed bodies of the exotic insects, but more were still trying to attack the wooden doorboards.

"Keep throwing the grenades, don’t let them pile up!" While reloading, Luo’er ordered loudly.

The grenades were once again thrown down at the base of the wall, blowing apart the insects gathered below, but given the sheer number of these insects, such an action was like trying to put out a burning cartload with a cup of water.

Luo’er surely knew that with their current strength, it wouldn’t pose any problem to hold out for one hour, or even barely a few hours, but it was absolutely impossible to hold out till the insects retreated. If they did so, not to mention that the people would break, the watchtower wouldn’t sustain either. Once the tower collapsed, they wouldn’t have to worry about being devoured by the insects because they would already be buried alive.

Following Luo’er’s instruction, the Advance Team only targeted the high threat targets for shooting but even doing so, they started to run out of ammunition. Tangmo had no choice but to pick up her magic wand and cast fireball magic to attack the insects below.

She could only hit a couple of insects with one spell, which was not very efficient. Moreover, for fear that the use of magic would damage the watchtower and cause it to collapse, she was very careful in casting magic. She wasn’t daring enough to launch group-attack spells like point explosion and the like.

Luo’er wasn’t sure how long they had been fighting. The continuous gunshots and the noise emitted by the insects under the tower had turned Luo’er’s mind into a mess. Feeling the arrival of a magical messenger, he quickly retreated a few steps to check the message from the headquarters.

It was good news. The airboat headquarters informed him that a transport plane, which was delivering Church Court officials, had not returned to the airboat and instead was heading their way. It was expected to arrive in about an hour.

"Great, we only need to hold on for just over an hour!" Upon reading the message, Luo’er finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luo’er, watch out!" Just as he let his guard down and relaxed, he suddenly heard Cheng Ziang shouting a warning.

Immediately after, Luo’er only felt a flash of cold light before his eyes, and a cracking sound came from behind him, as if some hard object was tearing apart. A drop of pitch-black liquid dripped down his gas mask in front of his face.

It was then that Luo’er realized that two gutted Exotic Insect corpses had somehow appeared at his side without his knowledge. Or one should say, it was a single Exotic Insect corpse, perfectly sliced into two halves, the ground splattered with a dark brown liquid.

He turned his head to see that Feng had somehow changed her posture without his realizing. She was half kneeling on the ground, and the long sword in her hand was already unsheathed. However, to Luo’er’s surprise, her head was still bowed, her eyes closed, in a state of deep contemplation. In other words, she had wielded that sword without even opening her eyes.

Cheng Ziang rushed to Luo’er’s side, dragging him out of the area covered in the blood of the Exotic Insects, then exhaled, saying, "It’s a good thing we had a backup plan. Are you okay?"

"I’m fine, the protective suit hasn’t been damaged!" Luo’er checked his body, then took a deep breath and said.

"The Exotic Insects can almost reach the top of the tower. We can’t hold out for much longer." Cheng Ziang commented, glancing at the corpses on the ground.

"Just a little more, the transport plane is about to arrive." Luo’er comforted him.

He took a moment to look at Feng, who had reverted to her previous kneeling posture, continuing to bow her head in deep thought, her long sword already sheathed once more.

Lu Er noticed that the Magic Array under her feet was growing brighter and brighter. Only then did he notice that the magical fluctuations in the air seemed to be growing stronger. Initially, he had thought it was due to Tangmo’s use of magic, but since Tangmo had been controlling the strength of her magic, these intense fluctuations were unlikely to be her doing.

Feng had a furrowed brow, taking long, deep breaths. Clearly, she was uncomfortable, and her hands tightly clenched into fists. According to the old man, Feng could absorb magic from the air and store it for her own use. The spells she had released earlier must have also relied on the magic she had stored within her body, which was why there were no magical fluctuations.

"Ah, they can already jump up here!" Suddenly, Tangmo exclaimed in horror.

A lone Exotic Insect had leapt high into the air, suddenly appearing in front of her and giving her quite a fright. Baiyue, who was beside her, hastily turned his gun towards it and fired several shots. The Exotic Insect screamed in pain and fell back down, writhing.

"Everyone, hold on. The transport plane will be here in just a moment!" Luo’er comforted loudly. At that moment he didn’t know what else to do, he could only comfort the others. After all, his own ammunition was almost expended, he wasn’t faring any better.

Suddenly, the intense magical fluctuations in the air stopped abruptly. Luo’er turned his head to see that Feng was already packing up her carpet with the drawn Magic Array into her bag.

Noticing Luo’er’s gaze, she lifted her head to look at him, then wordlessly, his expression blank, walked to the edge of the wall, sword in hand.

"Feng, don’t push yourself!" Thinking that she intended to jump down and fight the Exotic Insects, Luo’er hurriedly reached out to stop her.

Hearing his words, Feng raised her head once more to look at him. Her face still bore no expression. Ignoring the danger from the Exotic Insects leaping towards the wall, she went to the edge of it and peered down at the gathering insects below. Then, she took a round trip around the watchtower, inspecting the Exotic Insects.

"What is she planning to do?" Seeing this, Cheng Ziang couldn’t help but ask.

"I don’t know, as long as she doesn’t jump down we’re good." Luo’er said with concern on his face.

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