【…… After a long period of fighting, the 370,000th Brigade of the Legion of the Legion, which had entered Haiya Province from the north, finally ushered in the dawn of peace as the troops of the Alliance advanced to the boundary of Haibei City and successfully joined the 370,000 Legion Troop that had entered Haiya Province from the north. 】

[Out of fear of the trial of the war tribunal, the Torch Church higher-ups chose to flee to outer space after stubbornly resisting to no avail. 】

[At present, the battle in the Haiya Province region has entered the final stage, the Sticky Community coalition forces have controlled more than 87% of the war zones, more than ninety percent of the "Heavenly Realm" has been disintegrated, and the corrosion of Naguo is being removed from this sacred land. 】

[In the face of the overwhelming coalition forces, the resistance of the Torch Church has become more and more passive, and the remaining Torch Apostles and their mutant supporters have withdrawn from the front line around Hirota City to the area of Luo Song Mountain, trying to rely on the dangerous terrain to make a final struggle. However, they will soon discover that the dying struggle is futile, and that their only way out is to surrender and repent to the dead. 】

[As of yesterday evening, the Alliance's Jungle Corps and Storm Corps are advancing towards the area of Luosong Mountain in two ways, and the Alliance's armored forces have blocked all possibilities for the remnants of the Torch Church to retreat. In an interview with our reporter, the commander of the Storm Corps said that they will live up to the expectations of the people of the Alliance, strike hard at the initiators of the chaos, sweep the battlefield like a storm, and bring victory and glory back to Dawning City! 】

["Survivor Daily Dawning City Edition" reports for you! 】

Singularity City, Pinecone Farm.

Rows of leafless fruit trees hang with broken snow, and in the distance are endless ridges.

Frost sat on the balcony flipping through the newspaper in her hand with a sunny smile on her face.

"Oh, Eclipse, this damn war is finally over, and the good days are finally back."

"Perhaps."

Slightly different from the smiling frost, the eclipse seems to be a little regretful because it didn't make it to the front.

Noticing its expression, Frost asked, puzzled.

"Is it my delusion? You don't seem to be in high spirits. ”

Eclipse pupils flickered slightly, and said in a casual tone.

"It's not your delusion, my interest is really average...... After all, the whole war is over, but I am completely useless, and I am really ashamed of the taxpayers of Ideal City. ”

Frost looked at it in amazement.

"How can you say that about yourself? We've got so many supplies to the front! Even the esteemed administrator said that our contribution was indispensable for this war to be won so easily. ”

Listening to the chirping in his ears, Eclipse sighed softly and continued with a blank face.

"That being said, I'm a android designed for war use after all. Even if I have achieved remarkable achievements in other fields, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to be happy if I cannot play a role in the frontal battlefield. ”

"Okay...... That's what you think. In response to his companion's answer, Frost's face showed a devastated expression.

Standing next to the two of them, Yin Yin, who had not spoken a word from beginning to end, was looking intently in the direction of the south.

Since the beginning of this war, she has spent some time every day staring at the southern sky in a daze.

As if she had seen something, she suddenly spoke without warning.

“…… I gradually lost feeling their presence. ”

Her consciousness was lodged on the biomimetic chip left behind by Luo Gan, and it was for this reason that she was able to survive in digital form after death.

Since the chips that carry her mind and the chips used by the other pioneers of the Torch Church are based on similar algorithms, she has always been able to vaguely sense the presence of other biomimetic chips that are also affiliated with the Torch Church.

And as the battle line advances, her perception of those chips is getting weaker and weaker.

Apparently, as stated in the Daily Survivor, the torch is gradually losing control of the ground -

There are not many apostles left with the chips left!

Looking at Yin Yin, whose thoughts were far away, Hanshuang said with a smile.

"Isn't that good? The lunatics have finally gotten off the planet. ”

Yin Yin sighed softly and said in a low voice.

"If only that were the case...... But I always felt like they weren't going to give up so easily. ”

To this day, she still remembers the tragedy that took place on the estate.

Under the corrosion of Naguo, the originally amiable people have all become like ghosts...... Even she herself had sunk uncontrollably in it.

The hell of Geshikikawa Province has come to an end, and she sincerely hopes that those evil things will never return.

However, they clearly won't just rest on their laurels.

Whether it's the ones who created hell once, or the people who manipulate them behind the scenes.

Looking at the little girl with worried eyes, Frost stood up from the chair with a sigh, put her hand on her head and touched it gently, giving her a reliable smile.

"Don't worry."

Looking at Yin Yin, who was ignorant in her eyes, it continued in a soft voice.

“…… When that happens, we'll just drive them away one more time. ”

……

At the same time that the Burning Corps and the 370,000th Legion of the Legion met at the old site of Haibei City, the Jungle Corps, which was advancing towards the hinterland of the coastline from the other direction, finally marched to the area of Luosong Mountain, and successfully joined forces with the Storm Corps that advanced into Haiya Province from the northern front.

Seeing the big man with a steel plate on his chest coming towards him, Izumi Shui, who was in a good mood, walked forward with a smile and said hello.

"You can't do it, Brother Ji, we're almost done fighting and you've just come ashore."

Midnight Killer smiled and said.

"Is there a possibility that it is precisely because we went ashore that you pushed so fast."

The spring commander smiled and waved his hand.

"Hey, it doesn't exist, even these green-skinned animals can block Lao Tzu's 37mm cannon? But you, if you land a few days later, I'm afraid you won't even be able to drink soup. ”

Midnight Killer rolled his eyes.

"Blow you!"

"Hahaha!"

The two of them smiled and exchanged a few words, without the slightest sense of tension at the front line of the battlefield, even though the Torch Inquisition team and the mutant scouts were active in the nearby mountains.

Several reconnaissance companies under the Storm Corps have penetrated deep into the area under the actual control of the Torch Remnants and have flagged the Torch's strategic facilities as well as suspected strategic facilities.

At the same time that the two armies met, the artillery positions of the Storm Corps were ready.

As long as an order is given, the position of the remnants of the torch can be turned into a sea of fire immediately!

On the other hand, the remnants of the torch who retreated to the area of Luosong Mountain were demoralized, and they did not have the arrogance they had when they operated in Geumcheon and Hegu provinces before.

Those who were able to escape here, whether they were Apostles, Inquisitions, or mutants, had suffered at least three or more defeats, and were overwhelmed by the Coalition forces on the frontal battlefield.

And that's not all.

As they moved south, coalition planes flew over their heads every once in a while, occasionally dropping a bomb to make a noise.

Along the way, they were hit by bombs and cannons, and many of them were frightened by the sound of the plane's engine, and they hurriedly looked for cover as soon as they heard movement in the sky.

Although the terrain on Luosong Mountain is dangerous, it cannot be more precipitous than the area around Shifeng Mountain.

Standing on the rocky mountain, the Emperor of the People looked at the position of the Alliance in the distance with an expressionless face, and a trace of sadness gradually rose in his heart.

Even if he was unwilling in his heart, he had to admit that the Heavenly Kingdom of Haiya Province had reached its final moment.

But what he didn't expect was that when he realized that this last moment was coming, he was even calmer than he imagined.

It's as if you've accepted the final ending.

At this moment, the sound of heavy footsteps came from the direction of the mountain, and an apostle wearing power armor stopped behind him and said in a low voice.

"Dear Precursor, we have lost contact with our base in Haibei City...... I had previously tried to get in touch with Command, but the Son's signal seemed to be gone. ”

His name was Baskin, and he was an apostle serving in the Knights of the Iron Blade, as well as the leader of the order.

The total number of apostles who retreated to the area around Mount Rosong was only 677, including 417 judges of the Inquisition, and a small number of non-combat researchers.

As the most complete knight order at present, the "Iron Peak" knight order only has 120 people left, and it is difficult to support the consumption of a battle.

Although there are still more than 4,000 mutants on the front line, it is impossible to rely on those cannon fodder to turn the tables.

They need more reinforcements!

Whether it's personnel or equipment, even if it's just a little weapons and ammunition!

He wanted to know the whereabouts of the Holy Son from the Human Emperor, and he believed that the omnipotent Holy Son must have other hole cards!

However, to his disappointment—and even despair—after hearing the news of the Son's disappearance, the Emperor of the People, who was standing in front of him, only nodded slightly.

"I see."

As his voice fell, the air around him returned to quiet.

Looking at the indifferent human emperor, Baskin was stunned, and there was a rare trace of anxiety in his eyes.

"Adult ......"

The Human Emperor turned around and looked at him calmly.

"Anything else?"

He didn't have any surprise about the departure of the Holy Son, the only surprise was that the guy actually walked ahead of him.

It seems that the Coalition got the information from somewhere else and found Vault 20 before taking out themselves.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

This is the last moment.

Sensing a hint of fear in his calm eyes, Baskin moved his throat and finally squeezed a trembling word out of his throat.

"We ...... Now what? ”

What to do......

Hearing the voice trembling out of despair, the Human Emperor Gujing Wubo's face couldn't help but feel a trace of bitterness.

He also wanted to know what to do.

However, at this juncture, it seems that no matter what you do, it will be in vain.

For a moment, he suddenly felt sorry for those who followed him.

He had promised to take them to Heaven, but in the end he could only watch them be pulled back to earth by the heavy gravitational pull.

The collapse of the kingdom of heaven was inevitable, and they didn't really need to drown in the water with themselves.

The Human Emperor was silent for a while, and then suddenly spoke.

"Get out of here."

Baskin was stunned and looked at the Human Emperor in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that this was the words that came out of his mouth.

Yet the forerunner he respected continued to speak the great rebellion.

"Go to the wasteland and find a place where no one knows, find a place where the alliance can't find you, bury your ideals, your names, and your past in the ground, and then live your life incognito—"

"No!"

Baskin suddenly roared angrily, interrupting the Emperor of Man's half-talk.

At this moment, he was like a wounded beast, his red eyes oozing with terrifying bloodshots.

Staring at the expressionless human emperor, he clenched his fists and said word by word.

"I'm looking to you for a way to keep fighting, not how to get through your life. If it is such a humiliating ending, I would rather die at the last moment of the fall of heaven! ”

After hearing the apostle's words to the end, the human emperor was silent for a long time and sighed softly.

"Really...... Then I respect your choice, I admit that you are a true warrior and that you fought until the last moment for your ideals. ”

Baskin's lips twitched, and he looked at the Precursor who seemed to have given up, and said in a voice with a hint of pleading.

"There's no chance anymore?"

The Human Emperor shook his head.

“…… Probably not. ”

As he said this, he slowly raised his head, cast his gaze on the sky in front of him, and said softly in his mouth.

Here it comes......

As soon as the words fell, a majestic figure appeared in the sky in the distance.

The impregnable bow of the ship split through the clouds, revealing the massive 400 mm barrel and the outline of the armor covered in steel.

Hearts of Steel!

The sound of the air whistle, which had been dragged out, seemed to have sounded the horn of attack.

Looking at the airship that was slowly sailing into the battlefield, a trace of loosening suddenly appeared on the expressionless face of the Human Emperor, and the heartstrings that had been tensed were also relaxed.

The moment has finally come.

It's over......

At this moment, there was no madness or despair in his heart, only relief and relief......

At the same time, Baskin, who was standing not far behind him, showed a hint of horror in his bloodshot pupils.

Especially when he saw the flames of the muzzle of the 400 mm main gun, he only felt that his eyes were burned by the dazzling firelight, and the blood vessels in his whole body boiled, as if they were poured into hot magma.

"Prepare for battle!!"

He let out a roar with all his strength, and immediately drove all his strength to the nearest cover.

He would never admit the torch's defeat!

Never!

Almost as soon as he jumped into the anti-artillery hole, the cannonballs that fell from the sky fell on the mountain, and the scorching shock wave carried the billowing smoke and swept the entire battlefield in an instant!

"Boom !!"

The boiling flames were like erupting magma, and everywhere they swept was a scorched earth!

The mud and gravel slag poured into the hole almost buried Baskin alive in the anti-artillery hole.

And he's lucky.

Those apostles who were located near the place where the shells landed, especially the apostles who didn't have time to run into the anti-artillery hole, were directly bombarded by the earth-destroying flames, and there was not even a scum left!

Baskin struggled to push away the rubble and dirt that weighed on him, and barely managed to crawl out of the bombshell, looking around in horror.

It was at this moment that the unforgettable scene in his life met his desperate eyes.

"Woo——!!!"

A dense rain of fire obscured the sky, and whistling rockets even joined in the air.

The roar of the buzzer dominated the battlefield, and even the roar of the explosion was muffled.

Whether it's a mechanical exoskeleton or power armor, it's like paper paste in the face of the apocalyptic firepower.

He had barely poked his head out of the blast hole when he was struck by the blast wave and staggered back into the blast hole.

Obviously, the Alliance, like them, regarded this battle as a final battle, and had no intention of saving ammunition, let alone leaving their hands behind.

In the midst of the whistling of rockets, the W-2 ground attack planes also pounced like locusts, and the cannon continued to roar, pouring waves of bullets towards the battlefield that had just been cultivated by artillery.

The adjudicators of the tribunal were completely blown up.

Including the apostles of the "Iron Blade" Knights, under the cover of ferocious fire, they could only curl up on the ground and cry for mercy.

Even mutants who didn't know what death was were were screaming in fear under the baptism of gunfire.

"Roaring ——!"

A wounded mutant struggled to his feet from the trench, brandishing his shotgun into the sky and firing into the sky.

It tried to shoot down the flying plane, but it couldn't even touch its shadow.

Far from doing anything, the roar of impotent rage made it look like a clown.

At this moment, the sound of artillery fire in the distance finally stopped, and was replaced by gunfire from all directions towards Luo Song Mountain.

The big guys wearing the K-10 "Iron Wall" exoskeleton were the first to attack.

Carrying a blaster in one hand and a chainsaw in the other, they struck down the mountain like a torrent against the current.

Finally seeing the enemy there, the bewildered mutants howled and pounced, trying to teach the enemy in front of them a profound lesson with their rifles and mallets.

However, before they could even touch the big guys, they were blown into pieces of flesh and blood by the roaring blasters, and they reluctantly fell onto the pitch-black sludge.

However, these mutants eventually prevailed in numbers, and with the cover of modified prosthetics and bulletproof armor, there were still a few lucky ones who broke through the dense firepower network.

A mutant finally rushed to the heavily armed hunks.

However, before it could howl and smash the tomahawk in its hand, it was sliced open in the chest by the oncoming chainsaw, cutting its waist into two pieces.

"Crazy!! Utter madness!! Hahaha!! ”

Killing to the head, the midnight killer roared excitedly, covered with the blood that had fallen from the scoop.

Looking at the ghost-like appearance, the mutants around were frightened, and for a moment they forgot who was the guy who was eating people and who was being eaten.

It's not just the mutants who are afraid, but almost all of the adjudicators of the Inquisition and the Apostles of the Order have a frightened expression in their eyes, for fear of being approached by that kind of plague god.

Seeing the man stride in front of him, Baskin swallowed his saliva, his legs and stomach weak.

Even though he was wearing power armor, the heavy steel didn't give him the slightest sense of security.

Midnight Killer stopped, looked down at the guy who was half-buried in the anti-artillery hole, and cruelly cracked the corners of his mouth.

"You, it's better to surrender."

Although this guy is wearing power armor, Midnight Killer doesn't feel the slightest threat from him.

It's too weak.

This guy isn't even an awakened person, and he hasn't even undergone genetic modification.

Hearing the word surrender, Baskin suddenly felt a rush of blood rushing to his head, and a trace of humiliation swelled in his heart.

Surrender......

Never!

"Die!"

He struggled to crawl out of the blast hole, pulled out the large-caliber assault rifle hanging from the power armor, stared at the chainsaw-wielding guy, and pulled the trigger with a roar.

Bullets rained down on the man in front of him, threatening to hit the burly man.

However, at the moment when he was about to succeed, he felt an unbelievable flower in front of him.

So fast!!

The speed was beyond his comprehension of the anatomy of the human body, so fast that he couldn't even see the fleeting afterimage.

The whistling chainsaw slammed into his shoulder armor almost instantly, knocking the air out of his lungs.

"Ah——!h

As soon as he let out a short scream, Baskin felt half of his body fly into the air and slam into the ground.

With the last vestiges of consciousness, he saw that only half of his body was standing motionless, and all that remained above his shoulders was a gushing column of blood.

The guy with the chainsaw strode past him, not even looking at him as he fell to the ground.

"It's too weak."

With a hint of mockery, it pushed his remaining consciousness into the abyss, and completely pushed down the last trace of resistance of the Torch Church.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the jungle corps that killed the mountain was like a soldering iron poking into the snowdrift, piercing the position of the Torch Church without any suspense.

The position on Mount Rosong was crumbling with a speed visible to the naked eye, and the blood was flowing into small rivers in the trenches.

This can no longer be called a battle, it is simply a one-sided slaughter!

Whether it's the torch's apostles or mutants.

Now that they have chosen to resist to the end, the Alliance will also bring all of them an equal death without mercy......

On the bridge of the Iron Heart, Chu Guang, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooked the entire battlefield, without a trace of turmoil in his heart.

Standing beside him, Vanus put down the telescope in his hand and spoke slowly.

"This mountainous area should be the last position of the torch...... It looks like you'll be ready to make a declaration of victory before the sun goes down today. ”

"Hmm."

Chu Guang nodded, but the thoughts in his heart had drifted outside the battlefield.

For him, there is nothing to mention about such a sure thing.

In fact, the coalition forces had already won a final victory a few days earlier.

Now it's just the end of the day.

Suddenly thinking of something, Chu Guang spoke.

"After this war is over, I plan to visit the island to the south."

Vannus was slightly stunned, not understanding why the respected Mr. Manager suddenly mentioned the island to the south at this time.

However, there should be some kind of intention in this that I don't understand.

Without further thinking, Vanus bowed his head slightly and said respectfully.

"I'll go with you."