Apocalypse: My Items Can Upgrade Infinitely

Chapter 246: Chapter 154: Victory in the First Battle, Ling Yi is Swayed, Re-entering the Hive

In urban combat, the most dangerous scenario is facing the relentless assault of an endless Swarm.

The issue wasn’t a lack of firepower, but rather that the bodies of slain Zergs would drastically reduce the destructive power of subsequent shells.

This was especially true at street intersections, where mountains of Zerg corpses not only obstructed targeting but also severely hampered the commanders’ judgment.

Unlike the open plains of the suburbs, the city’s dense skyscrapers provided the perfect cover for the Zerg Race’s advance.

That was why Lin Feng made the immediate call to first fall back into the hotel building.

And upon his command, several streaks of cyan light flashed between the buildings on the distant streets.

Lin Feng’s expression immediately tensed.

’Those are Cyan-winged Zergs!’

And they weren’t low-Level either. There were over a dozen Tier One Late Stage Cyan-winged Zergs, their torsos alone nearly ten meters long. When their Membrane Wings were unfurled, their wingspan reached fifteen meters.

If they were allowed to dive and accelerate, their speed would certainly exceed the reaction time of a Tier One Awakener. If they weren’t shot down beforehand, they would instantly cause a dozen or more major casualties!

They would tear right through the defensive line!

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed slightly. He realized it was time to make his move.

He raised the Level 29 Electromagnetic Cannon in his hands.

After upgrading to Tier Two Late Stage Perfection, the once-blazing speed of the Cyan-winged Zergs—over a hundred meters per second—now seemed as slow as a butterfly’s dance in his eyes. He could easily aim and lock on without even needing to activate his Bullet Time Attribute.

Switching to a Magnetic Storm Bomb, he aimed at the Cyan-winged Swarm!

He pulled the trigger and fired!

A fist-sized Magnetic Storm Bomb materialized from the muzzle. As it flew, its distance growing, it gradually expanded into a basketball-sized Magnetic Storm Plasma Ball.

It flew to its maximum range of over a kilometer, swelling into a one-meter-wide Electromagnetic Ball before its internal centripetal confinement structure could no longer hold. In an instant, it exploded.

It transformed into a roaring current of electricity that filled the sky.

The magnetic storm released in that instant fanned out like a spiderweb, shattering the glass windows of nearby skyscrapers. Even the Cyan-winged Zergs, hundreds of meters away, were struck and paralyzed by the electrical blast. Losing their Flying Ability, they plummeted like headless flies, crashing into the sides of buildings.

The magnetic storm’s lightning also affected the Black Spine Zerg Swarm on the ground. However, with the earth conducting the current and their naturally thick Armor, it only caused a stun that lasted for about ten seconds.

But that was more than enough time!

Seizing the opportunity as the Swarm’s assault rhythm was broken by the single shot, Lin Feng and his Tier Two Corps squad signaled to the nearby Warriors, who began an orderly retreat into the hotel.

This four-star hotel, built near the Riverfront, was fifteen or sixteen stories tall—a good seventy to eighty meters high. It stood out in this small county town, offering a view of the river at night.

And what Lin Feng prized was precisely its height.

Using his Mind Sensing to confirm there were no signs of the Zerg Race beneath the building, Lin Feng had everyone take cover inside the hotel, where they lined up to intercept the Black Spine Swarm.

One hundred Warriors were stationed in the first-floor lobby, which was more than enough. The remaining six hundred ascended to the upper floors, firing from the windows and turning the entire building into a fortified watchtower.

This way, the Warrior squads on the lower floors only needed to handle suppressive fire at close range—two to three hundred meters—while the upper floors targeted the more distant Swarm according to their lines of sight.

This created a long-range interception system, pushing the Zerg Race back for several kilometers.

Soon, under this cooperative, multi-layered barrage of firepower, hundreds, then thousands of Black Spine Zergs died resentfully, completely unable to break through the hotel-turned-fortress’s dense network of fire.

As for the Cyan-winged Zergs, they had even less of a chance. The hotel’s cylindrical shape provided a three-dimensional defensive perimeter with a wide field of view. Even if the Cyan-winged Zergs launched diving attacks, it was nearly impossible for them to evade the hail of bullets and Cannon fire.

Just like that, the menacing and dangerous Swarm was successfully suppressed under Lin Feng’s decisive command.

At the same time, five hundred Warriors finished off the heavily wounded Black Spine Zergs on the ground, absorbing the Energy needed to become Tier One Awakeners.

Ling Yi was still shaken by the memory. Last time, Lin Feng had relied on his soldiers’ superior equipment to assemble a force with firepower far exceeding the human average, causing her to waste several thousand Black Spine Zergs under her command for nothing.

She had lost over ten percent of her forces in one go.

And for no gain whatsoever.

Such a loss truly pained Ling Yi.

It was because of this that later, when Lin Feng led his team into the city for urban warfare, Ling Yi, seeing her Black Spine Zerg Swarm gain the upper hand in the street fighting, decided to directly dispatch the Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs. She had wanted to annihilate this group of Human Awakeners in one fell swoop and recoup her previous losses from the suburban battle.

But alas, heaven does not grant the wishes of zergs.

Ling Yi had never expected the leader of this team of Awakeners to be so freakishly powerful.

With just one man and one gun, he had cleanly dispatched over a dozen Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs. He was practically invincible within his tier.

’Now his power has grown even more refined. He probably used the very Tier Two Tiger Spine Zerg squad I sent to complete his evolution to the Tier Two Middle-Late Stage.’

’And that sci-fi-looking Electromagnetic Cannon Gun he wields... it’s completely beyond the technological level Blue Star’s humans should possess...’

’The electromagnetic confinement alone touches upon the abilities of a Tier Four Cosmic Life.’

’It’s one of the tech trees of a Cosmic Race.’

’Even the Zerg Race’s Pulse War Scorpion and the even stronger Plasma Mother Zergs, with their advanced biotechnology, can’t compare to it.’

’And just now, Lin Feng’s little display of skill—interrupting the assault of a Swarm thousands strong with a single shot—and his subsequent restraint were all so he could leave the lives of the Black Spine Zergs for his Warriors to harvest, helping them evolve quickly.’