Chapter 22 (1/2)
In the face of the massive swarm of bugs, the bombers dropped a large payload of high-powered incendiary bombs. The grounds below High Ground Z3 was ablaze, and tens of thousands of bugs were burned to death, suddenly forming a ring-shaped death zone around the high ground.
No longer needing to concern themselves with the attacks from outside, the soldiers of the 106th Division fought their best against the bugs inside the perimeter. However, as they were unable to kill the giant Hollowborer, a large part of metal flooring were overturned, and the hole got increasingly bigger as more and more bugs rushed out from the ground beneath High Ground Z3.
Buzzzzz… The transport ships appeared above High Ground Z3.
“We can no longer hold this place! Prepare for evac!” James roared loudly. He had already communicated with the battleship earlier, and due to High Ground Z3 was breached the inside by the Insectoids, they can no longer hold the place.
Groups after groups of soldiers left High Ground Z3 on the transport boats, leaving only the Gauss cannons and defense equipment, which were too late to be transported away, behind.
“Qin Hao! Evac now!” When the 106th Division had almost evacuated, only did James boarded the transport ship, and at the same time shouted towards the direction of Qin Hao.
“Coming!” Qin Hao nodded, as he suddenly broke away from the attack range of the Hollowborer, and tried to board the transport ship.
Creeeeek!!” Just as Qin Hao left, the Hollowborer launched its sonic attack!
Booom!! The transport ship that had already left the ground suddenly lost control and plummeted. Fortunately, it was less than two meters above ground, so it was not destroyed.
“Sh*t!” Qin Hao cursed to himself. This Hollowborer was such a nuisance. As long as he did not deal with it, it will launch its sonic attack. The transport ship’s structure was simple, and the pilot’s cockpit was not soundproof, so the moment the sonic attack hit, the pilots were wrecked with headache, and could not pilot the transport ship at all.
“Looks like I’m fated to never return to the battleship!” Qin Hao sighed inwardly. He then turned around to fight the Hollowborer again. The long knife in his hand continued to add wounds on the Hollowborer, the pain caused the Hollowborer to give up its sonic attack.
“Commander, you guys leave!” Qin Hao shouted. It was not like he did not want to leave, nor did he wanted to play hero, but he could not leave regardless. If he left, then under the Hollowborer’s sonic attack, the transport ship would not be able to take off, and in the end, all of them will simply just die, with Qin Hao not being able to leave in any case.
So Qin Hao could only choose the most sensible plan. He would stay behind to hold the Hollowborer back and win time for his comrades to evacuate.
“Hummmm….” The transport ship once again took off. Without the sonic attack of the Hollowborer, this time, the transport ship managed to flew up high and escaped Alpha’s atmosphere.
“Huff…” Qin Hao heaved a sigh of relief. Now that all of his comrades had withdrawn, he no longer needed to waste his time there. It would be impossible for him to kill the Hollowborer with this long knife.
At this moment, there were swarms of bugs on High Ground Z3, and the only human left was Qin Hao. Qin Hao, who was without any allies knew he could not stay here any longer. He needed to retreat into the jungle. Only there he would have a chance of survival. In such an open area, even if he was made out of steel, he would not be able to stop the bugs numbering in tens of thousands!
Thinking of this, Qin Hao turned around abruptly, and quickly got out of the Hollowborer’s attack range, before rushing to the bottom of High Ground Z3 without even looking back.
Creeeeikk!! The Hollowborer launched a sonic attack, but it had no effect on Qin Hao. Moreover, most of the giant worm’s body was still underground, so it could not pursue Qin Hao.