Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 459 A critical moment

After leaving, Li Chenglong flew north in the ordinary blue agile form of the Holy Dragon Armor. Several days had passed since he left the Gods' Base, and it was time to visit Kyoto, the capital of China.

During his flight, attracted by the energy he emitted, many rampaging void creatures, as well as some zombie flying beasts, alien beasts, and other exotic species, repeatedly attempted to attack him. However, Li Chenglong slashed them all with a single sword strike, not even bothering with the dropped crystals. Now, the natural zone of the psionic space could produce a level 11 crystal every 8 hours, so he naturally didn't care about these low-level crystals.

He fought several battles during this period, encountering numerous void creatures wreaking havoc in various locations. Li Chenglong, of course, wouldn't let these common enemies of all life escape. Wherever he went, he would unleash his full firepower from the start, eliminating the enemies at lightning speed before fleeing away.

He had already researched this in detail. The capital of this version of China on Earth was called Kyoto, but it was much larger than the capital of his own China, roughly equivalent to the combined areas of Yanjing and Tianjing. At the beginning of the apocalypse, Kyoto played a significant role, leading a steady and orderly battle across the country, pulling China out of dire straits. However, since the appearance of the void creatures, the situation deteriorated rapidly. Kyoto was overwhelmed with its own problems, let alone able to attend to other areas.

According to the four accounts, the capital of China currently has five thick city walls, dividing it into a central area, an inner circle, a middle circle, an outer circle, and a defensive circle. Most people live in the inner and middle circles, while the outer and defensive circles are where the military is stationed. The central area is naturally where the administrative personnel reside.

What Li Chenglong was unaware of was that Kyoto's defenses were currently engaged in a massive battle against a colossal number of zombies and zombie beasts. The larger the population, the greater the attraction to these alien species; the number of zombies and zombie beasts besieging Kyoto had reached over two million, launching a fierce attack from both the south and west.

What's even more serious is that because Kyoto is so large and borders the sea to the east, many sea creatures have begun to attack the land.

Inside the forward command post, several generals were intently studying something on the sand table, occasionally making notes and sketches on the map. On one side of the command post, a large amount of communication equipment was set up, and dozens of soldiers were busily working to ensure their orders could be promptly relayed to the front-line troops.

A soldier stood up and said to the older man in the middle, "Commander Liu, it's a call from Commander Wang of the West Gate garrison."

Commander Liu picked up the phone and heard Da Sheng, who sounded anxious, say, "Commander, our western defense line is under heavy attack. In just six hours, the zombies and zombie beasts have launched twelve attacks. The outermost wall of the defensive perimeter has been breached. Our troops are using the terrain of the defensive perimeter to hold off the aliens layer by layer. However, we have suffered heavy casualties. Our army no longer has a single fully-fledged unit."

Commander Liu said sternly on the other end of the phone, "You have done very well, but for the sake of the people in Kyoto, please hold on. I will immediately dispatch the newly formed First Army to support you from the outer perimeter."

Upon hearing that reinforcements were available, the person on the other end of the phone immediately replied, "Yes, please rest assured, motherland and people, we will fight to the last man." After hanging up, Commander Liu sighed and immediately said, "Contact General Liu Qiang of the newly formed First Army immediately and have him lead the First Army to support the western defense line."

Not long after he finished making the arrangements, he received another communication from the southern garrison. The content was similar to that from the western garrison, both indicating that the situation was extremely critical. As a last resort, Commander Liu dispatched the 11th Army and the newly formed 9th Army, which were waiting on the outer perimeter, to the southern and eastern defense lines respectively. Up to now, all the troops that could participate in the battle have been sent out.

An officer standing nearby said seriously, "I didn't expect so many alien species to come this time. Even the strange beasts from the ocean have come to join the fun. After so much effort, we've only managed to gather six troops at most, and now we have to use them all."

Commander Liu thought for a moment, then looked up and said, "No, we can't hold back anymore. Notify the superhuman squad and send them up as well!"

Another officer, who looked to be in his mid-forties, immediately said, "That won't do. The superhuman squad is only deployed as a precaution, to deal with the most urgent situations. If we can't hold out here, they can lead the leaders and people of the central area to evacuate. As long as we have these people, then China still has hope."

Commander Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this the most critical moment yet? Given the current situation across the country, if we collapse, where can they retreat to? Xiao Wang, contact the President immediately."

Three minutes later, Commander Liu hung up the phone and said seriously, "The President has agreed, and he also said that he will absolutely not leave Kyoto. What does this mean? The President has made up his mind to live and die with Kyoto. Immediately notify the Ability User Brigade to go to the three lines of defense to provide support. Old Li, Old Zhao, let's not stay in this command post, let's go to the front line with the troops!"

Li Zhi and Zhao Guo nodded seriously, then put on their military caps and followed Liu Qiang, the commander-in-chief of the Kyoto garrison, out.

On the other side of the battlefield, the western garrison was the first to be overwhelmed. The outermost city wall of the defensive perimeter was destroyed by a combined attack of advanced zombies and zombie beasts, and tens of thousands of alien creatures rushed in, charging towards the soldiers who were still firing their guns.

Because there are few people with superpowers in this world, and their levels are generally not very high, there are not many people with superpowers even in the front-line troops, and there are even fewer high-level people with superpowers.

It's important to understand that while Li Chenglong's Dawn Army only numbered over 60,000, more than 8000 of them were superhumans, including several hundred level 12 superhumans and several hundred level 11 superhumans. In contrast, Kyoto, despite having six armies totaling 200,000 soldiers, only had a little over 5000 superhumans, none of whom were level 12, and fewer than a hundred were level 11.

This resulted in the fact that although the zombies and zombie beasts were not very strong, with the strongest only at level 11, the damage they caused was considerable. An hour after the outermost defensive line on the western route was breached, although another army had been sent to reinforce it, the outermost city wall on the southern route was also pushed down, and the first line of defense collapsed.

Less than five minutes later, under the relentless attacks of the giant sea monsters, the eastern defense line of Kyoto was breached, and a large number of sea monsters surged in like a tide through the gaps in the defenses. At this point, not only ordinary soldiers, but even those with supernatural abilities below level 8 were struggling to protect themselves, and some were even torn to shreds by the monsters after exhausting their energy.

In fact, at the beginning of the apocalypse, Kyoto tried to deploy weapons of mass destruction in some areas where zombies and zombie beasts were particularly dense, and even dropped peace bombs, but it did not have much effect. Instead, it accelerated the mutation and spread of zombies.

Liu Qiang, Li Zhi, and Zhao Guo, the three leaders, stood on the second city wall between the outer and defensive perimeters, looking at the distant battle situation through binoculars, all with serious expressions.

Li Zhi clenched his fists: "We can't fight like this anymore. If we continue, even if all the soldiers sacrifice themselves, we still won't be able to eliminate these monsters. Let's retreat quickly to the city wall where we are standing, and then we'll fight them to the death."

Zhao Guo put down his binoculars and sighed, "I'm afraid we can't retreat now. Those monsters are so fast that our soldiers can't outrun them on foot. Unless we leave some soldiers behind as bait, but that would be sending them to their deaths. Who would do that?"

Liu Qiang sighed deeply: "Is it only a miracle that can save us? But where is the miracle?" Just as he finished speaking, a soldier exclaimed: "Commander, look in the sky, what is that?!"