Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 187: Chapter 187: Intercept

Luoxue immediately gave an order to Zhihan.

"Zhihan, take a team and go help them."

"Yes!"

Zhihan quickly led her people forward to help retrieve supplies and aid the rescue effort.

At that moment, Rein disconnected his exoskeleton helmet, reached up, and took it off, revealing a rugged, bearded face. He let out a long sigh of relief.

"Whew. My friend, I don’t believe I caught your name."

"I’m Long Ming!"

Long Ming replied with a smile as he looked at Rein.

"Good. Thank you so much for this. We’re lucky you brought reinforcements in time."

Rein thanked Long Ming.

"Don’t thank me. Actually, this is our commander. Her name is Luoxue."

Long Ming quickly introduced Luoxue to Rein.

"It’s all the same!"

Rein replied casually.

"That’s right."

Luoxue nodded in agreement.

"Um, Mr. Rein, could I ask you a few things?"

Long Ming asked, looking at Rein with a friendly smile.

"Of course, no problem."

Rein agreed readily, without a moment’s hesitation.

"There’s something I don’t get. These Blood Breath Beasts are tough, sure, but with technology as advanced as yours, how could you be losing to them?"

Long Ming asked curiously.

Hearing Long Ming’s words, the expression on Rein’s face darkened, and he fell silent.

"Legion Commander Rein, is there something you can’t talk about?"

Luoxue asked in a soft voice.

"Sigh... there’s nothing that can’t be said. You don’t really think this is all the Blood Breath Beasts are capable of, do you? These are just the most common ones."

"Huh? The most common ones?"

"That’s right. We aren’t the strongest nation on this world. A power as great as the Aniska Empire was annihilated by the Blood Breath Beasts. A large part of the reason we’ve survived is that the more powerful Blood Breath Beasts were all drawn toward the Aniska Empire!"

Rein explained to Long Ming and the others.

When Long Ming and the others heard this, their hearts sank to the pit of their stomachs. Not only were these people not the strongest, but the Blood Breath Beasts they had been fighting were the weakest of the bunch.

The information Legion Commander Rein revealed was simply dreadful.

Luoxue then asked calmly.

"Then, Legion Commander Rein, why are these Blood Breath Beasts so intent on hunting you? Do they hold some deep-seated grudge against you?"

"There’s no grudge. These Blood Breath Beasts are naturally sensitive to blood. They devour any carbon-based lifeform. Haven’t you noticed that all the animals on this world have vanished?"

Rein asked them in return.

"Hiss... I guess so! No wonder we haven’t seen a single normal bird on our way here."

Jing Chuan and the others discussed with grim faces.

Long Ming took a deep breath, suppressed his shock, and then asked.

"Legion Commander Rein, what level has your civilization reached?"

"At our peak, we were about to cross the threshold into a Type II civilization. The weapons you’re using now are things we phased out centuries ago."

Legion Commander Rein explained bluntly.

Hearing this, Long Ming’s heart went cold. ’We’re really done for this time,’ he thought. ’How are we supposed to fight in a world this powerful?!’

Luoxue, Jing Chuan, and the others were so stunned they couldn’t even speak.

Nevertheless, Long Ming managed to ask calmly.

"Legion Commander Rein, could you tell us in detail about the origin of the Blood Breath Beasts and how the outbreak started?"

"No problem."

Rein nodded.

...

Just then, a roaring sound came from the sky behind the mountain range.

A CSD-01 Osprey transport aircraft, escorted by numerous armed helicopters, landed vertically in an open area of the square.

When the Pomide Clan Leader and his people saw the support troops from Mountain City Mountain arrive, they immediately went to greet them.

Of course, the Pomide Clan Leader wasn’t being so proactive because he was impatient; rather, he had to seize every opportunity to ensure the survival of his clan. As for things like "face," only the living were qualified to worry about that.

Just then, the CSD-01 Osprey’s cabin door opened.

A man who was two point three meters tall, built like a mountain of muscle, with graying temples, a rugged face, thick brows, and sharp eyes, stepped out, followed by Qiansha and others. His every movement exuded an imposing aura.

This man was none other than Qiansha’s father, Qian Yun, who was also City Lord Qian Luo’s eldest son and the Legion Commander of Mountain City Mountain’s First Legion.

The Pomide Clan Leader immediately stepped forward and gave a warm welcome.

"Welcome, brothers from Mountain City Mountain! Thank you for coming all this way to help."

"It’s our duty!"

Qian Yun recognized the Pomide Clan Leader at a glance as the leader of the natives and enthusiastically shook his hand.

...

Meanwhile.

Long Ming and Luoxue were listening to Rein’s account of how the Blood Breath Beasts had destroyed his world.

They listened with a growing sense of sorrow.

Although Rein wasn’t a good storyteller and couldn’t describe the events vividly, the sheer number—nearly ten billion people dead—was enough to make the air feel heavy, weighing on Long Ming and Luoxue with every breath.

Just then, a soldier hurried over and reported.

"Sirs, your higher-ups have arrived. They just landed in the square, and our Clan Leader is greeting them now."

"So soon?"

Long Ming was taken aback by how quickly they had arrived.

After hearing this, Luoxue turned to Rein and said.

"Legion Commander Rein, thank you for telling us so much. We’re going to go take a look."

"Alright!"

Rein nodded.

Luoxue then led Long Ming and the others, hurrying toward the square.

A short while later, they reached the square and saw Qian Yun, Qiansha, and their group chatting cheerfully with the Pomide Clan Leader.

Luoxue stopped in her tracks, her brow furrowed.

The expressions on Jing Chuan and the others’ faces turned ugly.

Seeing that something was off with Luoxue and the others, Long Ming nudged Jing Chuan with his elbow.

"What’s wrong with you guys? Isn’t that our Third Legion’s commander?"

"No, that’s Lord Qian Yun. He’s City Lord Qian Luo’s eldest son and the Legion Commander of the First Legion."

Jing Chuan replied in a low voice.

Long Ming was stunned. He then asked in a hushed tone.

"Then how did they get here? Did you notify them?"

"No way! It’s obvious a mole leaked the information. Damn it, if I find out who the traitor is, I’ll beat the hell out of them."

Jing Chuan replied, his face dark.

"It wasn’t necessarily leaked from our side. Look, Mira has our only long-range communication device. Besides, there was no time to secretly report anything. We rushed to the battlefield right after talking with the Pomide Clan Leader."

Long Ming analyzed for Jing Chuan.

"That makes sense. So that means the leak came from the Third Legion’s headquarters—"

Before Jing Chuan could finish.

Luoxue shot him a look, and Jing Chuan immediately shut his mouth.

Some things were tacitly understood by everyone, but once spoken aloud, they would change in nature.

Just then, another roar echoed from the sky as a second CSD-01 Osprey transport, also escorted by numerous armed helicopters, landed in the square.

Then, the transport’s cabin door opened.

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