novelraw Chapter 353 - 6: Protecting the Seed Bank_2
Chapter 353 - 6: Protecting the Seed Bank_2
Chapter 353: Chapter 6: Protecting the Seed Bank_2
And nightfall is approaching. Once the deep night settles in, the human line of sight is obstructed, yet it does not affect the flying insects. They are frantically nibbling everywhere. If anyone succumbs and falls asleep during the late night, the high-rise residential buildings within the base are numerous, even a slight collapse could cause unimaginable harm!
Song You can’t be relied upon for now. A sharp glint flashed in Li Chang’an’s eyes—since they are not appearing, it’s best they stay obedient!
Now, their only option is to hold on to the death!
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But Li Chang’an’s perseverance didn’t last long. The flying insects couldn’t find the scent of the three drops of Spiritual Spring that had leaked earlier. At this moment, they are gnawing everywhere, and beneath the center area of the entire base lies their carefully hidden future hope. If any random spot is gnawed through, then none of the flying insects would be stoppable.
The next instant, Lei Yu’s shout came through the earphones:
"Chang’an, East Street 24 Lane! Quickly!"
Li Chang’an abruptly looked up, the camera swiftly switched on the screen in front of him, freezing on the pit surrounded by a massive swarm of flying insects with a diameter of 20 meters—below it, below it lies the agricultural base!
His expression was tense, without hesitation, he issued the order: "East Street 24 Lane, all surrounding teams immediately head there to intercept!"
In an instant, several teams seen around the screen abandoned their tasks without a word and dashed toward that direction, the kitchen continuously packing the required bait from the secret room, and successively delivering them into their hands.
Lei Yu was bitterly holding on before the massive pit—large-scale extermination was his forte, Thunder Power was precisely the nemesis of these flying insects. To ensure no insect gets inside, he had laid a grid of electricity before the deep pit.
Silvery-white plasma flickered like a terrifying thunder sea bound for no return, yet the flying insects seemed to sense the presence below through the increasingly thinning stone layer, they surged forward ceaselessly and endlessly.
Yet human power has limits.
Lei Yu’s superpower covered such a large area for a full 50 minutes, and soon signs of exhaustion appeared.
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The weakening of the plasma was visible to the naked eye.
In just a moment, the flying insects seemed to seize the opportunity, gathering around were more and more insects, while Li Chang’an held the office firmly, the satellite real-time monitoring on the screen before him continued to update—
Red Star 21 area insects, estimated time of arrival: countdown 3 hours and 5 minutes.
Red Star 27 base...
"Li Chang’an!" Suddenly, the earphones transmitted a loud shout, it was Chu River’s voice.
Her words conveyed a sense of certainty, Li Chang’an still couldn’t comprehend why he would trust her so much, for instance, she said she didn’t need an assistance team, and indeed, let her guard West 16th Street alone.
And at this moment, her voice came through the earphones: "Lei Yu’s ability won’t hold for much longer, the underground base is too large, the combat-type and defense-type superpower users aiding around have already changed out three waves."
It’s been close to one hour of continuous defense and attack.
Insects could act in batches, they could even fill hills and seas with corpses, but human abilities have limits. After three years of disasters, all they could do was merely eat enough, nutritional supplements were out of question.
In such circumstances, not getting sick was already a rare thing, let alone improving one’s own abilities—they did enhance their personal combat effectiveness, but facing the overwhelming swarm of insects, the manpower was insufficient.
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Chu River spoke of the reality.
Li Chang’an knew it all too well.
He calmly said: "I’ve already applied to the higher-ups—before I die, the flying insects will not be able to cross me to get into the seed bank. And once they do get in, by 3:00 am tomorrow at the latest, the military forces from the surrounding four provinces and cities will gather, aiming to eradicate the insects completely."
The implication of these words was very clear.
He sacrifices, only then can insects enter the seed bank.
And once insects do enter the seed bank, relying on human power, it is absolutely impossible to protect the contents inside, might as well transform the entire underground base into a war advantage, gathering the military forces from four bases to wipe them out.
Yet... even so, it cannot compensate for the pain caused by the loss of what’s beneath to them.
After all, it’s one-third of the national hope! Once lost, even without insects, what’s the use? Could they still await assistance from bases poorer than the land of fish and rice?
Li Chang’an said softly: "I’ve fixed Lei Yu for two hours, he will hold on. By then, I’ll take over—I’ve learned the defensive capability of Spiritual Ability from you."
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In the unknown previous life, it was during the insects’ pressure he temporarily learned to use it, yet even so, he still bitterly persisted against the insects’ attack for three hours.