My Ability Pool is Superior

Thirty kilometers outside the forward base, in the jungle.

A rebel army, dressed in a motley assortment but brimming with vigor and spirit, swiftly crossed this jungle under the lead of the flag.

In fact, after the forward base was established, with too many civilians returning to the surface, people’s activity range naturally expanded.

People swept through like a swarm of locusts, clear-cutting all the vegetation around the forward base, leaving only bare wooden stakes scattered everywhere.

As such, after crossing this jungle, the field of vision opened up wide, no longer obstructed by vegetation.

Those with sharper eyesight could already make out the outline of the forward base in the night.

The rebel army did not stop to rest, but continued moving toward the forward base.

Unlike before, idle chatter among the people decreased significantly, and the crowd appeared quiet and solemn.

The reason for this change was that people had noticed the drone swarm hovering above their heads.

Amid the dense buzzing of the drone propellers, the people in the rebel army ranks gradually felt the sense of crisis from the impending major battle.

Although uncertain if the drones could record their speech, most people still chose to remain silent.

A young man behind the flag gazed at the drone swarm overhead, his originally clear eyes now tinged with a hint of gravity.

Compared to their complete ignorance of the city association’s preparations, their actions were fully exposed under the city association’s watchful eyes.

This extremely disadvantaged situation made this clear-gazed young man unable to resist wanting to make a change.

He whispered to his friend beside him: “The city association knows everything we’re doing. This won’t do; it’s too damaging to morale.”

Even though the anger in people’s hearts had not yet been vented, so facing the drone swarm’s tight surveillance had no impact for the time being.

But staying in such a passive state forever, someone would eventually crack under the pressure and desert on the spot.

At that point, it wouldn’t be a total rout like mountains collapsing, but it wouldn’t be far off.

“Here’s the plan: you take the assault team ahead first, acting as scouts and surprise troops.”

The young man patted his friend’s shoulder in encouragement: “Don’t rush; I’ll go discuss with Brother Wang. Have them open fire on those drones to cover your action. As soon as the gunshots ring out, you set off immediately.”

The so-called assault team was actually a group of sturdy men, each equipped with an assault rifle, basically the strongest setup the rebel army could muster at present.

“No problem.”

The young man’s friend agreed immediately and ran off to gather the assault team members.

Soon, crackling gunshots rang out from the rebel army ranks.

Probably not expecting the rebels to waste ammunition so freely, with the drone swarm flying not too high, dozens of drones were hit on the spot, spewing firelight as they plummeted.

Seeing this, the crowd first fell silent, then erupted in cheers.

Though unclear why they were suddenly opening fire, as long as it inflicted losses on the city association, people were thrilled.

……

Forward base, combat command center.

A staff officer wearing glasses slid an electronic pen across the screen.

“Rebel scouting troops’ movements detected; intelligence is being transmitted to frontline 106 Mechanized Infantry Regiment.”

“Heh.”

Someone in the combat command center sneered: “A rabble of motley crew.”

No one present objected to his words.

To put it bluntly, these rebels were ordinary civilians not long ago, with no clue about the technological means at their disposal.

They still knew to fire guns to draw attention, but in the face of the modern combat system, this little trick meant nothing.

“Rebel scouts have crossed the yellow tape; frontline command post asks whether to open fire?”

“106 Mechanized Infantry Regiment is still fortifying and constructing; if the movement can’t be concealed, then engage.”

“Order 213 and 214 field camps to fire at will; no one is allowed through.”

“Where is 217 field camp now?”

“217 field camp is expected to arrive at the designated location in another ten minutes.”

After all, with the rebel army’s numbers there, a force of over a thousand wanting to annihilate more than 100,000 required essential flanking maneuvers.

“Tell them to move faster; if necessary, call in remote firepower strikes to buy time.”

……

Boom!

Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!

Deafening roars constantly assailed the ears, dense bullets like a wall pressing down, making it impossible to stand up.

The young man’s friend lay behind a small dirt mound, his gaze somewhat dazed.

Once upon a time, he had fantasized about charging with a gun, slaughtering all sides, letting those official masters witness the wrath of the underclass.

After all, in his view, everyone was just flesh and blood bodies with two shoulders bearing one head, all killable by a single bullet.

And now, leading the assault team with guns in hand, they shouldn’t be utterly powerless, right?

But facts proved it was all his delusion.

Facing the sudden fierce firepower, the carefully selected assault team of the rebels couldn’t even withstand one exchange, instantly suffering over half casualties.

The assault team members who luckily survived could only huddle trembling on the ground, praying for the rain of bullets to pass quickly.

Occasionally someone snapped out of it and raised their weapon to return fire, only to be met the next second by the drone fire control system’s precise strikes, followed swiftly by self-propelled grenade launchers covering a ten-to-fifteen-meter kill radius, ensuring no survivors in the area.

Calling it using cannons to swat mosquitoes was no exaggeration; this highlighted just how vast the gap between the two sides was.

No need to think about reinforcements.

Because behind this battlefield, countless missiles rained down like meteors, using creeping barrage fire to herd all the rebel army toward the graveyard preset by the combat command center.

Despair.

Utter despair.

He unconsciously released his grip on the gun, completely losing any thought of resistance.

Just as he closed his eyes, preparing to await death’s descent.

In the pitch-black night sky, a deep red beam descended from the heavens, like a giant drawing a straight line with a red brush on a black canvas.

The deep red beam struck the mechanized infantry regiment’s position, like an eraser lightly wiping away everything in the position.

The originally dense rain of bullets vanished instantly.

The young man’s friend mustered courage to stand up, horrified to discover that even the nearly completed defensive works ahead had completely vanished, leaving only a semicircular pit over three kilometers in diameter.

……

Forward base.

“Finally here?”

Lu Bai looked up at the sky, his gaze seeming to pierce the clouds to see the starship in geosynchronous orbit: “Mona Person.”