Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 83 Two Suns

Chapter 83: Chapter 83 Two Suns

Early morning.

5:31 AM, the "delivery" was sent into the river.

Green lights from the IFF module flashed, the positioning system activated, the detonator unlocked, and the delivery team began to retreat.

They had to get at least 5 kilometers away from the blast center within 20 minutes, so no one, including Lei Jie, dared to stop for even a moment.

5:32 AM, all combat personnel within Yellow Stone City were fully assembled and entered the artillery defense shelters.

The sky was still dark, with the sun yet to rise.

5:35 AM, the full-scale attack from Yuqing State officially commenced.

Large numbers of the Church Protection Army began to assemble, while the Holy Blood and Church Protection Army Vanguards, serving as the advance forces, started closing in on Yellow Stone City.

The artillery barrage, which had paused for an hour, resumed, driving numerous laborers from Xianning and Yuqing State forward to clear the roads, attempting to open a fast passage for the follow-up large forces.

Chen Jian set up the PBP201 mortar, aiming at the Mechanical God Sect’s forward camp in the direction of Xianning.

As the Church Protection Army began to gather there, he took a deep breath and gave the order:

"Fire!"

Instantly, successive mortar shells rained down on the forward camp.

The whistling of the mortar shells pierced through the dark sky, and moments later, they fell like hailstones, bursting into fiery explosions on the ground.

Hundreds of Church Protection Army soldiers scattered in panic, utterly confused as to how these previously unreachable shells were now falling right on them!

Casualties quickly numbered over a hundred; after the first round of shelling ended, the Mechanical God Sect’s deployment from the direction of Xianning was already disrupted.

---- However, their assault did not cease.

Large-caliber smoothbore guns continuously fired shells, sending an unprecedented, dense rain of fire towards Yellow Stone City.

Smoke began to fill the air once more, as the last battle before the great war unfolded.

"Hold your ground!"

Chen Jian shouted the order.

He knew this was the most crucial battle.

The enemy would definitely launch an attack before the great war, aiming to buy time for their main force’s movement.

All the charging enemies were cannon fodder, but if their side got bogged down by this cannon fodder for too long, the enemy could easily open a passage, allowing their main force to enter the combat range unhindered!

The final showdown hinges on this moment!

There is no need to manage ammunition, nor to worry about casualties.

If we can stop them, we win; if not, we lose!

"Fire with everything you’ve got! We have enough bullets!"

"We just need to hold on for 25 minutes!"

Chen Jian operated the QLZ-24 automatic grenade launcher, continuously blasting shells at the Church Protection Army Vanguards along the lakeshore.

Killing explosives detonated on the soft mud, sending mud and shrapnel flying.

Those cunning Church Protection Army soldiers seemed to have deciphered Yellow Stone City’s firepower and attack patterns; they no longer swarmed in heedlessly but spread out their positions as much as possible, stretched the line as far as possible, and used their bodies to exhaust Yellow Stone City’s ammunition, even if their weapons couldn’t inflict much effective damage.

Scattered along the several-kilometer lakeshore stood hundreds, perhaps more than a hundred vanguards, and Chen Jian knew many of them were surely residents who had fled from Yellow Stone City.

But he had no choice, he could only shoot.

He wasn’t alone; others were doing the same.

Mechanical God Sect’s miners constantly emerged from the lake, often allowing Holy Blood among them to leap from some corner under their cover.

Chen Jian had long deployed the exoskeleton’s frame, and his sole purpose was to intercept all Holy Blood who approached close enough!

The enemy had used every tactic, even the Blood Skull Water Ghosts, previously driven back, emerged once more.

Faced with the densely packed enemies, Chen Jian, for the first time, felt the firepower on their side was somewhat stretched thin.

And despite this, he couldn’t help but allocate long-range heavy firepower to deal with the Mechanical God Sect laborers clearing the path for the main force!

This was a tough battle.

Chen Jian’s tactical visor displayed the location of the device and the estimated time of arrival.

Countdown 5 minutes.

He swapped out the ammo box for the 201 trigger, then ordered again:

"He Shuo, Shen Yue! Final round of shelling!"

"Delay the enemy laborers’ advance as much as possible! They’re advancing too fast!"

"Understood!"

Both replied simultaneously, and then the two mortars fired the final twelve shells.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The sound of explosions rang out in the distance; through the drone’s view, Chen Jian saw the chaotic laborer formations clearly.

But immediately, those laborers were herded back onto the unfinished road by the Church Protection Army, moving forward under the remaining smoke.

The artillery roared, as Chen Jian directed the drone over Yuqing State, where he suddenly noticed two puffs of white smoke emerging from the flagship.

"Take cover! Take cover!"

Chen Jian shouted loudly, and in the next moment, the shells whistled in.

"Boom!"

After the tremendous explosion, a deafening buzzing sound followed.

Shrapnel swept through the sixty-meter-radius area, and two City Defense Army soldiers right near the impact point were instantly knocked to the ground by the blast wave.

Thanks to the pre-constructed anti-shell shelters, they weren’t torn apart by the blast wave.

But they could no longer stand.

Their organs had long ruptured, and in their dying moments, they couldn’t even utter a groan.

Everyone was overwhelmed by the earth-shattering impact, and at this moment, in the eyes of Yellow Stone City’s defenders, the Mechanical God Sect’s Guard Brigade had become truly...

An invincible target!

Chen Jian charged onto a shelter, knocking down a dazed City Defense Army soldier standing outside.

Then, another 152mm shell exploded less than 100 meters behind him.

"Boom!"

Dirt flew, and Chen Jian got to his feet, looking towards Yuqing State in the distance.

Damn.

Direct fire, with such accuracy?!

At a distance of 4 kilometers, hitting exactly where aimed?!

This thought flashed through his mind, and immediately, a shell fell into the lake.

After a muffled explosion, several miners lurking in the water surfaced, finally granting Chen Jian a bit of solace.

So you didn’t really go all out after all.

He kept moving among various shelters, pressing those City Defense Army soldiers, who had been momentarily shocked into losing their ability to think, back down to the ground.

"Elbows on the ground! Keep your body off the ground!"

"Don’t get up! Don’t look up!"

"Hold on, it’s almost over!"

Almost over?

No one knew what he meant by that.

They only felt like they were about to die.

The shells continued to fall, and under immense suppression, Yellow Stone City’s defense line began to falter.

A large number of Church Protection Army vanguards had reached the lakeshore, and only a mere dozen or so could continue to fight back.

This wave could still be held.

But what about the next wave, when their main force arrived?

Chen Jian scanned the tactical visor again.

Countdown 2 minutes.

The delivery was about to reach its target range.

Through the aerial view looped by the drone, Chen Jian saw the tiny device drifting on the river’s surface.

The signal from the IFF was captured by the smart visor, which automatically decoded it as a comrade charging into the enemy ranks.

This was the final moment.

He quickly rushed into the Mechanical God Sect’s cathedral, removing all electronic equipment from his body and stuffing them into the shielding box.

He Shuo and Shen Yue followed closely behind.

Countdown 1 minute.

Chen Jian took a deep breath and bellowed out the command with all his might.

"Everyone get down!"

"Do not counterattack! Do not look up!"

"Victory is right before our eyes!"

"Withdraw the drone and land it!"

"Lei Jie! Detonate in 45 seconds!"

The artillery roared as the drone rushed into the cathedral.

Chen Jian slammed the shielding box shut, then grabbed a shield made from thick tin foil and covered it.

The next moment.

After a gentle explosion, silence engulfed the world.

Not far away, on the river’s surface at Yuqing State, a blazing fireball rapidly expanded.

The intense light radiation pierced through the darkness entirely, illuminating the whole Yellow Stone City as if it were daylight.

Further in the distance, a crimson sunrise was rising from the horizon.

At this moment, two newborn suns simultaneously emitted dazzling flashes.

And after the flash.

The earth-shattering power swept through everything with unstoppable force.

The sun of the old era had risen in the new era.

And its scorching heat, reaching millions of degrees, was set to burn away all chaos and evil.

On the scorched earth, many things were poised for rebirth!