novel bin Chapter 533 The Earth-Drilling Dragon Attacks!
Chapter 533 The Earth-Drilling Dragon Attacks!
In addition to the above firepower configuration, the Demon Clan detectors newly developed by Great Xia are the true eyes of this defense line.
This detector can accurately capture the unique biological signals and characteristics of the demon race, and through a unified combat command system, mark the target location in real time on the helmet display of every soldier and the AI combat terminal of every robot.
Under this system, as long as any demon appears within the detection range, the entire defense line can know its location, direction, and speed within one second.
Hide? Where to hide?
But these are only for dealing with ground targets.
Underground... we'll have to rely on those earthquake detectors that were just deployed.
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Inside a command vehicle.
The seismic wave data is constantly being refreshed in the window on the side of the large screen.
A tech soldier wearing headphones is rapidly typing on a keyboard.
Explosions continued in the direction of the Freedom underground city, and the bombardment of missiles and shells created dense clutter on the seismic wave map.
These interference signals must be filtered out.
The technicians peeled away the layers of blast wave, ground subsidence wave, and frozen soil cracking wave.
A few minutes later, the underlying raw data was finally revealed.
His fingers stopped.
On the screen, after filtering out all the explosion interference, there is a set of continuous low-frequency vibration sources moving at a constant speed.
Depth: 200 to 250 meters.
Movement speed: Approximately five meters per second.
Direction: From the center of the Liberty ruins, push straight toward the northwest section of our encirclement.
The amplitude and frequency characteristics of the waveform match the tunneling signal of the "giant earth-drilling dragon" in the intelligence database by more than 90%.
The technician abruptly ripped off his headphones, immediately turned around, and shouted:
"Report! A persistent seismic source has been detected underground to the northwest!"
"Depth 200 to 250 meters, approaching at a speed of about five meters per second!"
"Highly suspected to be a ground-burrowing dragon!!"
The atmosphere inside the command vehicle instantly became tense.
Zheng Jinren glanced at the data on the screen and didn't hesitate at all.
"Extract the relevant coordinates and immediately upload them to the Rocket Force, requesting a precision strike from a bunker-buster missile."
"quick!"
The coordinate data was extracted, encrypted, and uploaded within three seconds.
The Rocket Force's response speed was equally astonishing.
Less than two minutes later, a bunker-buster missile, trailing an orange-red tail flame, roared in from the distant horizon.
It crashed into the permafrost layer corresponding to the predicted coordinates.
The warhead penetrated the ground.
Thirty meters.
Fifty meters.
Seventy meters.
"boom--!"
The first one exploded at a depth of seventy meters.
The shock wave spread through the rock strata, but not deep enough.
Then the second one arrived.
They slid through the blasted hole and burrowed 120 meters.
The permafrost in that direction is already visible to the naked eye, rising and sinking slightly.
The fifth missile finally penetrated to a depth of 230 meters.
"boom!!"
A muffled, loud bang rang out.
The ground within a radius of several hundred meters trembled slightly.
It is not necessary to hit the target directly.
In a confined space more than 200 meters underground, the shock wave generated by the explosion would cause the surrounding rock and soil layers to be violently squeezed and deformed.
The tunnels dug by the earth-piercing dragon will collapse instantly under such pressure, just like a crushed paper tube.
Even if the burrowing dragon withstands the shockwave, it will be squeezed tightly by the deformed rock layers.
Hundreds or even thousands of tons of rocks pressed down from all directions, turning any living thing into a meat patty.
The technician stared intently at the seismic source data and shouted,
"The target seismic source signal has disappeared!"
"Possibly a successful kill!"
A short exhale came from inside the command vehicle, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
This is a great start.
Suddenly, a rapid notification sound rang out.
"Beep beep beep—!"
The earthquake detector in the southeast direction lit up.
"Report! A new epicenter has been detected in the southeast direction!"
"Two hundred and ten meters deep! It's a burrowing dragon!"
"Beep beep beep beep—!"
Due south direction.
"Due south! Another group!"
"180 meters deep, more than one target, waveform superposition suggests at least three!"
"Beep—beep—beep beep beep—!"
Southwest, due north, northeast.
Alarms blared incessantly, one after another.
The technician's voice was incredibly urgent at this moment:
"Multiple sources of seismic activity have been discovered in various directions! The number is still increasing!"
"They...they are spreading out of the Liberty's underground city in all directions at the same time!"
On the large screen's situation map, red arrows representing underground threats exploded outwards from directly beneath the Liberty ruins, like flowers blooming.
Each arrow points directly to the defensive line of the encirclement.
Zheng Jinren frowned deeply and shouted:
"Pack all coordinates and immediately upload them to the Rocket Force, requesting a blanket strike with bunker-buster missiles!"
The order was issued and the Rocket Force responded in less than ten seconds.
"Coordinates received. First wave of bunker buster bombs loaded, expected to arrive in fifty seconds."
Fifty seconds.
During those fifty seconds, the red arrows continued to arch forward.
Five meters per second, fifty seconds is more than two hundred meters.
The technician stared intently at the seismic wave map, reporting it every few seconds:
"The target in the northwest direction is 1200 meters from the defensive line!"
"The fastest group from the southeast, 900 meters!"
"Three superimposed waveforms in the due south direction, 1100 meters... 1050 meters... 1000 meters!"
Fifty seconds later.
A dense whistling sound came from the horizon.
The first wave of bunker-buster missiles has arrived.
A dozen or so orange-red trails streaked across the gray sky before plunging almost vertically into the frozen ground.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom--!"
A series of muffled explosions rose from the ground.
The surface of the permafrost was as if it had been pounded from below by an invisible giant hand, causing large chunks to bulge, crack, and collapse.
Ice fragments and mudslides were ejected from the cracks by the shockwave, raising a dust column tens of meters high.
The technician's voice rang out again.
"Target in the northwest direction has disappeared from the epicenter! Kill confirmed!"
"Southeast direction... Hit! Target has stopped moving!"
"Direction due south..."
His voice faltered for a moment.
"Three targets to the south, two hit, the third has changed direction and is now circling around!"
Zheng Jinren frowned:
"Continue tracking and upload new coordinates."
The second wave of bunker buster bombs followed immediately.
The ground thudded and trembled again.
But at the same time, more alarm sounds began to ring.
Two new epicenters have been added in the northeast direction!
"An earthquake focal depth of only 80 meters has been detected to the west; it's drilling into the earth's surface!"
"To the due east! There's another direction that's rising rapidly!"
Zheng Jinren suddenly stood up.
That's too late!
Earth-penetrating missiles can hit targets that are advancing at a constant speed deep underground, but for these earth-penetrating dragons that are already close to the surface and could emerge at any time, the flight time is not enough!