Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 408 - 286: Saturation Bombardment (First Update, Please Vote)

Chapter 408: Chapter 286: Saturation Bombardment (First Update, Please Vote)

Qu Jianlei had been planning to attack the medium-sized military station for quite some time.

When he rescued the injured from Blazing Fire, Pan Yifu helped him by distracting attention and attacked a station, which inspired him.

At that time, Old Pan was under concentrated fire, but fortunately, he ran fast. He mentioned this experience at least five or six times.

Qu Jianlei thought: If Old Pan dares to attack, why shouldn’t I?

The taste of artillery bombardment was definitely unpleasant; he had sworn never to endure it a second time.

But after enduring it a second time, he thought... one more time wouldn’t make a difference.

To be exact, the second artillery bombardment put much more pressure on him than the first.

So he could now calmly look back at the first bombardment.

According to Old Pan, the bombardment he experienced was more relaxed at that time.

Qu Jianlei felt that he could endure more than Old Pan and run faster, so why not?

With bombardments, the more you experience, the more accustomed you become after three or four times...

The key is, if you don’t attack these places, the Star Thieves won’t feel threatened, right?

A single artillery bombardment also wastes some of their resources; warfare is about building up bit by bit, isn’t it?

Having chosen a medium-sized military station, Qu Jianlei silently approached the station’s outer bunker under the cover of darkness.

The shooting holes of the bunker were blocked by protective plates, and the entrance was closed.

However, he wasn’t anxious and patiently searched for the ventilation openings, soon finding three of them.

Unfortunately, not only were the ventilation openings covered with protective nets, but the ventilation ducts also seemed to be winding, not easy to maneuver.

Qu Jianlei was pondering what method to use when suddenly, one of the shooting hole shields of the bunker opened.

Without thinking, he took out a Thermobaric Bomb; it was spoils from last time.

The space in his Storage Ring wasn’t large, so he hadn’t brought any cannons but did carry a few Thermobaric Bombs and High-Explosive Bombs for emergencies.

Then he used a Wind Roll Skill to wedge the Thermobaric Bomb into the shooting hole.

The Star Thief who opened the shooting hole was instantly taken aback: What was going on?

Before he could react, a dazzling white light appeared, the last scene he saw in his life.

As Qu Jianlei detonated the bomb, his body moved like a ghost, swiftly and silently floating away.

He was far enough from the bunker not to worry about being affected by the Thermobaric Bomb, but the explosion would surely attract the Star Thieves’ attention.

In the pitch-black night, the explosion of the Thermobaric Bomb seemed to suddenly bring out a sun.

However, in the realm of thermal weapons, the Thermobaric Bomb was terrifying, but its power was no match for Pan Yifu’s Fireball.

Yet it did have one advantage, which was causing rapid suffocation and death.

Over twenty people were on guard duty in the bunker, and during wartime, its full capacity could reach nearly a hundred.

Most of these twenty-odd night guards were ordinary people, except for one C-level Warrior and five Modified Warriors.

The Star Thief who opened the shooting hole died on the spot; no one knew the attacker was a Wind Attribute Warrior.

The C-level Warrior held out a bit longer, but in the high-temperature, oxygen-deprived environment, he was just fighting for life.

So he didn’t have time to send out any useful information.

The Star Thieves in the station were instantly alarmed, alarms blaring, "Enemy attack, enemy attack~"

The attack came so suddenly that they could only preliminarily determine it was a conventional attack, not a technique-based one.

Having been hit, they couldn’t not retaliate. Ten minutes later, without finding the attacker, the Star Thieves dispatched search teams.

Three search teams set out, each team consisting of five Mechas, seven or eight Modified Warriors, and one C-level Warrior.

The freshly exploded Thermobaric Bomb in the bunker was still hot, making it inconvenient to approach.

Nevertheless, one search team confirmed the attack situation, saying, "It’s very likely that a Thermobaric Bomb hit the shooting hole."

As soon as the words were spoken, another Thermobaric Bomb exploded, destroying another bunker.

This bunker had opened its shooting hole to guard against enemy attacks, but ended up hit again.

What puzzled the Star Thieves was that no one discovered the trajectory of the shells, leaving them utterly confused.

The next moment, gunfire rang out, and a flying Mecha from one of the search teams was shot down.

Followed by flashes of lightning and thunder, other Mechas also encountered hits.

"It’s Black Heaven!" someone shouted; only Black Heaven could conduct such a level of Electromagnetic Attack.

"Should we launch a saturation attack?" someone in the military station’s command center asked.

The recent artillery bombardments, except for one precise strike on scouts, were all targeted at A-level Warriors.

Those two who escaped from the spaceship caused too much damage to the raiders.

But Black Heaven was just a B-level Warrior, and the attacked search team might not be entirely wiped out; was it appropriate for bombardment now?

A few days ago, Black Heaven had been harassing the Star Thieves to no end, yet they still harbored thoughts of recruiting him.

However, the commander in the military station was a ruthless person. After a brief hesitation, he decisively stated, "High-explosive bomb saturation attack."

In his mind, Black Heaven’s techniques indeed had great destructive power, but the electromagnetic defense was really quite fragile.

Moreover, the opponent was only B-level; high-explosive bombs would be enough to deal with it.

As for the members of the search team? Consider them already dead—everyone knew Black Heaven’s attack power was formidable.

Anyway, in such critical times, there’s no room for indecision. The opponent has already attacked the military station; why even talk about recruitment?

After a wave of artillery fire swept the area back and forth three times, it was quiet outside the military station.

Only then did someone cautiously speak up, "Just now we couldn’t capture Black Heaven’s silhouette at all, what’s the reason?"

The searchlight failing to spot Black Heaven could still be attributed to strange body technique, but even the night vision device couldn’t capture it, which was unusual.

There’s probably only two possible reasons.

Someone denied one of them, "The effective range of the night vision device exceeds four kilometers, he couldn’t possibly be using techniques from such a distance, right?"

Then only one possibility remains, "He has a water attribute or... an ice attribute companion?"

The water attribute’s ability to conceal heat isn’t great, just decent, but ice attribute warriors... they are really rare.

In any case, Black Heaven is most likely collaborating with other superpower warriors, and this team also has thermobaric bombs.

At this moment, another search team also encountered an attack, with the same process of first taking down the flying mecha followed by thunder and lightning.

This time, the commander didn’t hesitate at all, ignoring the fact that some of the search team members survived and decisively ordered, "Full artillery coverage!"

After the artillery was fired, the remaining search team watched in terror and immediately called out, "We request retreat."

It’s not that they fear death, it’s just that dying under their own side’s artillery fire is truly frustrating.

"Request denied!" A cold voice came through the radio, "Continue the mission!"

When the star pirates become ruthless, they’re also ruthless to their own people, clearly using them to test the waters.

"Damn it," the search team cried out in anger, "Are you not pained at killing your own Diamond members?"

"Artillery cover!" The commander ordered with an expressionless face, unwilling to let the factions be provoked against each other.

He glanced at the two B-level warriors beside him with odd expressions, "The ones under artillery cover just now were our raiders."

He intended to convey that he wasn’t targeting anyone in particular but treating everyone equally.

The two warriors exchanged glances, their faces expressionless, though it’s hard to say what they truly thought inside.

If it were truly equal treatment, why bother explaining in the first place?

More than half of the three search teams sent by the star pirates died under their artillery fire.

The warriors in the military station, seeing this scene, felt a strange sense growing within them.

However, when the third search team was still being focused on, a slight tremor came from the ground.

In a normal deep night, everyone would have felt it, but now the constant explosions at close range drowned out this slight movement.

Until a watchtower collapsed with a boom, raising a large amount of dust, someone exclaimed, "Earth Spike!"

Upon hearing this, the commander’s face changed, "Is that bastard here too?"

Black Heaven was already terrifying, and if teamed up with that A-level earth attribute, wearing rock armor, their combat power could rival A-level!

No one had time to answer the commander’s question when another watchtower began to shake, accompanied by screams from above.

Two star thieves opened the watchtower door and jumped directly from a height of over ten meters.

One of them was a modified warrior, probably not too problematic, but the other was an ordinary person... just had to fend for themselves.

The moment they landed, the watchtower collapsed with a boom, raising a large dust cloud again.

"Damn it!" the commander cursed, "What kind of monsters are coming here!"

From the speed of the watchtower’s collapse, he already judged that the one acting was definitely that earth attribute A-level.

That guy’s defense ability was truly headache-inducing; the star thieves used artillery fire repeatedly as a last resort.

Now coordinating with Black Heaven and the thermal weapon team to launch attacks everywhere, the vast military station felt somewhat hard to cope with.

By rights, a military station is a fortress, not only having strong defense, but also having dense external firepower when fully unleashed.

But solving the A-level’s rock armor technique, light firepower is definitely insufficient, and using heavy firepower... the key problem is finding the location!

The military station can continuously fire outward, maybe hitting by chance, but the issue of ammunition consumption must be considered.

The star pirates’ resources were indeed not abundant, and the long-term fight with the Pioneer Team has left them somewhat stretched.

The commander knew that if he let the military station’s firepower go all out, blindly shooting outward, he surely wouldn’t survive past the next night.

So his cursing was not only out of anger but also fear: This situation... it’s really too difficult for me.

He steadied himself before continuing to order, "Everyone, get into combat positions, and the perimeter warriors be ready to retreat at any moment."

Besides the main station, the military station had small and medium firepower points to assist the perimeter, like the two fortresses that were bombed just now.

His order was to plan on abandoning the support points and fully retracting into the main station.