Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 827 - 595 Internal and External Worries_2

Now, the internal crisis remains unresolved, and the external threat has arrived in force.

Eternal Night City's own armed forces couldn't possibly withstand the invasion, and what could just a few hundred reinforcements from the imperial capital possibly achieve?

"Leave from the west gate, take a detour, there's always a way to survive. We can send an elite squad to guide all you lords out of the city. Just promise us to avenge us someday, then we'll die without regrets."

"Yes, my lords, please go. All we hope is that the Alliance you establish in the future will remember that there was once a city called 'Eternal Night.' We fought, but human strength is finite, after all."

The War God Ares looked at Bai E, silent.

He had heard stories of Bai E's "miracles."

But back then, he commanded a trusted army entirely under his control, whereas now...

He might very well be on his own.

The Bug Race army outside is undoubtedly troublesome, but at least its threat is straightforward.

The chaos within the city is even worse—those infiltrators blend in with the residents and exploit the complex urban terrain, requiring massive manpower for identification.

Either danger could easily obliterate the city.

The only way to save Eternal Night City is to eliminate threats on both fronts simultaneously!

"Can it be done?" Ares looked at Bai E, his luminous eyes brimming with anticipation.

Bai E flashed a bold smile, "Shouldn't I be asking you whether you can spot those infiltrators first?"

"You've already cornered them to this extent—if we can't take them down now, wouldn't that mean underestimating your allies?"

Hearing the two men's confident exchange, the officials of Eternal Night City were dumbstruck.

"My lords, do you mean to say...?"

Ares turned to the speaking official, his eyes ablaze, "Do you want to give up on your city?"

The official froze, "Of course not!"

"Then, do you want to give up on your people?"

"They are more important than I am!"

"Then what are you waiting for?!" Ares threw his head back and laughed, "Gather every warrior you have and join me to drive out the infiltrators!"

The officials of Eternal Night City were stunned, "But the Bug Race outside..."

Ares roared with laughter, "With Bai E here, what are you afraid of?"

Immediately, everyone's gaze shifted to Bai E, their eyes filled with disbelief, as if their world had been turned upside down.

Either the world has gone mad—or I have!

Finally, under the crushing weight of pressure from both sides, haven't I gone mad after all?

Many silently sighed in despair.

But then, out of nowhere, a blue-and-white mecha appeared in the empty space before everyone.

Bai E leapt forward and landed before the opened cockpit.

Standing at the edge of the entrance to the cockpit, Bai E looked down at the crowd of figures staring up at him and, smiling, said: "Let's race to see... whether the bugs outside fall first, or the bugs inside."

With that, his figure disappeared into the cockpit.

The cockpit closed, and the mecha instantly shot into the sky, like a comet streaking across the night sky, darting toward the frozen plains outside the city.

All the residents along the ring-road avenue froze, looking up at this "comet" streaking across the heavens.

"Is that... someone from the imperial capital?"

"What's someone from the imperial capital doing?"

"I heard the Bug Race outside is launching a massive attack. We're... probably still doomed." A well-informed resident lurking among the crowd muttered in despair.

But they were immediately interrupted by swaggering, resolute warriors headed toward the inner city, "Doomed or not, that's not yours to decide. Even the lords from the imperial capital haven't abandoned us, so what gives you the right to abandon yourself?"

"But the Bug Race's army..."

"Didn't you see the City Lord Bai E already heading out to face them?" freewēbnoveℓ.com

"But he's all alone!"

Similar doubts arose in almost everyone's hearts.

Watching the distant "comet," the officials of Eternal Night City still couldn't snap back to reality: "Can he really do it? That's an entire bug hive's army... and we're already out of troops."

"Who needs your troops?" Ares strode forward, heading for the inner city, "Don't let us lose face—having him hold out alone while we cower in shame! You may be able to, but I most certainly cannot!"

The War God Ares was a name known far and wide, recognized universally.

Now seeing this legendary figure place such unwavering faith in Bai E, the despairing officials of Eternal Night City couldn't help but feel a flicker of hope.

"Maybe... we really can try," they thought to themselves. The city lord beckoned his trusted aide, "Send a team of sharp-sighted men to observe City Lord Bai E from a distance. If he unfortunately perishes... continue with the original plan."

The fact that the imperial lords were even extending aid already demonstrated their unparalleled righteousness—there was no way they could drag them into this doomed abyss and risk total annihilation alongside them!

"Understood, sir." The aide gritted his teeth and disappeared into the darkness.

Then, the city lord rallied the warriors around him: "For the people, for the city! Slaughter those bugs!"

"Roar!"

"Kill them all!"

...

"Whoosh~"

"Boom!"

The comet descended, and the shockwave of its landing rippled through the frozen ground.

The closest swarm of small worker bugs and drone bugs toppled over instantly, their grotesque clicking sounds blanketing the vast icy plains.

Bai E drew two blades: one was the primordial Star Devourer Blade, and the other was its replicated counterpart.

The two blades, virtually identical in authority, manifested simultaneously in the hands of the blue-and-white mecha. Facing the swarm surging unpredictably across the horizon like a mismatched carpet, Bai E swung his blades and charged straight through.

As the mecha crushed their bodies underfoot, the frenzied worker and drone bugs clawed desperately with their bladed limbs, trying to latch onto the bold construct defying their tide.

Even in death, they sought to embed their jagged limbs into the mecha's structure.

The swarms advanced relentlessly; larger mantis bugs stepped upon their fallen comrades, climbing layer by layer until the mecha's surface was completely coated in their writhing forms.

Though their claws couldn't easily penetrate the heavily armored mecha's exterior, the sheer weight of their bodies posed a crushing burden.

To topple the target, they didn't mind sacrificing their lives. That was how they had overcome humanity's colossal war machines in the past.

But this time... their opponent wasn't the same.

A thunderous wave of Spiritual Energy blasted forth, blowing all lesser bugs in Zuo Jin away. At last, the mecha standing amidst the swarm revealed no restraint and unleashed its full firepower systems.

Two giant flamethrowers mounted on its arms, along with missile arrays embedded in its shoulders and waist, erupted in an apocalyptic spectacle.

With its awakened machine consciousness, the mecha seamlessly linked to Bai E's Psychic Storage Space.

The stockpiles of ammunition stored in the void within the Psychic Storage Space required no manual reloading; they materialized directly into the mecha's inner structures.

"Fwoosh-fwoosh-fwoosh-fwoosh!"

The missile bombardment, more intense than ordinary fireworks, rained down relentlessly, while the flamethrowers scorched every frozen inch of the battlefield.

Underneath the charred shells of the Bug Race, their discolored internal fluids mingled with melting ice, trickling silently across the ground.

The murky liquids reflected the retreating flames, leaving only scorched, broken insect carcasses behind.

With his third-tier Spiritual Energy, Bai E could have piloted the mecha to soar above and strike directly at the hive's ruler.

But even these swarming low-level bugs posed a threat Eternal Night City couldn't counter.

He had to charge through them head-on, cleaving a path to the hive ruler!