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It has an extremely long range and tremendous power, but the charging time is a bit long.
The spiderweb energy barrier can cover the entire lighthouse, creating a double-layered composite barrier.
level one.
High-toughness deflection barriers are primarily used to deflect and dissipate the kinetic energy of live-fire weapons and physical impacts.
Second floor.
High-impedance energy barriers are primarily used to absorb and neutralize energy attacks.
The barrier's strength can be extended significantly, absorbing attack energy and recovering more quickly.
Thunderstorm Interception System: 24 multi-launcher miniature interceptor missile launchers are deployed in the central periphery of the lighthouse.
Launch a large number of small, high-explosive interceptor missiles with preliminary tracking capabilities to deal with large-scale, densely packed incoming targets.
For example, you can intercept and promptly attack and eliminate swarms of spiky eels or spore attacks.
Five acoustic jammers are distributed at various signal points of the lighthouse.
Once activated, it can release a wide range of high-intensity sound waves or directional EMP pulses, interfering with or even paralyzing enemies that rely on biological perception and primitive electronic signals, disrupting their attack rhythm. It is especially effective against Mana ecosystems that rely on collective consciousness.
Inside the lighthouse are sentry guns, and concealed automatic sentry machine guns and pulse guns are deployed at all major passages and entrances to important facilities, such as the energy core, ecological park, and command center.
Directly controlled by Loongson, it can identify and eliminate any unauthorized entry or targets that pose a threat internally, effectively preventing infiltration and internal unrest.
The nano-units reinforce the lighthouse's key load-bearing structures, particularly the bottom thrusters and the top dome, enabling it to withstand more severe attacks.
A large number of high-strength emergency isolation gates have been added, which can be instantly sealed off should an area be breached, containing the threat to a minimum.
The lighthouse's all-around sensor enhances the power and accuracy of various sensors, including radar, lidar, bio-source detection, and energy sensing, expanding the detection range to a radius of 150 kilometers and enabling earlier detection of burrowing or stealthy targets.
In the central command center, all defensive weapons are connected to Loongson Intelligence's unified management, significantly enhancing computing power. It can simultaneously process thousands of targets, sort them by threat level, and allocate optimal firepower, making it far more efficient than manual operation.
The entire upgrade process lasted several hours.
When the mechanical sounds ceased and the nanostructure units receded like a tide into the interior of the structure, a brand-new steel lighthouse appeared before everyone.
At this point, the lighthouse, with its turrets forming a complete defensive system, truly became an aerial combat fortress, extremely intimidating.
Just then, Loongson issued an alarm:
[A small group of 17 Ghostwing Beasts has been detected approaching from 80 kilometers southeast of the lighthouse. Their trajectory is expected to pass through the airspace near the lighthouse.]
"What a coincidence?"
Chen Yuan's lips curled up slightly. "Loongson, authorize firing. Let's test the power of the new turrets on them."
[Command confirmed, target locked, attack unit assigned: Automatic Plasma Rapid-Fire Turret.]
Almost instantly upon receiving the order, dozens of plasma turrets at the base and center of the lighthouse sprang to life like a swarm of bees, their muzzles turning southeast and blue-white plasma rapidly converging.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
As soon as the 17 Winged Beasts entered the 20-kilometer range of the lighthouse, a range far below the turret's maximum firing range, a dense barrage of plasma bullets swept across the area like a precise rain of death.
Before the winged beasts could dodge, they were transformed into more than a dozen dazzling fireballs in the distance and instantly evaporated.
From discovery to elimination, the entire process takes less than 5 seconds.
Inside the central command center, the astronauts watching all this on the screen were stunned and speechless.
Mark's mech caught this scene and breathed a sigh of relief: "Now... I can finally get a good night's sleep."
Meanwhile, in a place overseas called the Island of Calamity.
This island was once a rare oasis of hope in the post-apocalyptic wasteland.
It has a moderate area, a relatively stable source of fresh water and arable land, and even some pre-war fortifications that have been repaired.
The island is inhabited by a medium-sized force of nearly two thousand people. Its core consists of a group of 116 third-tier awakened individuals, 295 second-tier awakened individuals, and more than 400 first-tier awakened individuals. The remaining 800-plus people are ordinary people engaged in production and logistics.
They struggle to survive in this cruel world thanks to the power and unity of the awakened.
The island is surrounded by a concrete wall, on which are mounted old but still functional heavy machine guns and self-developed energy turrets, as well as several salvaged and repaired anti-aircraft guns.
The searchlights on the watchtowers scan the sea and sky day and night, and are mainly powered by seawater electricity, but they often need to be repaired.
The observer on the highest watchtower sat lazily in his seat, only occasionally glancing at the sea and sky.
I was just spacing out, wondering when it was time to eat.
Where are we going to have fun after our shift ends?
"..."
Chapter 171 The Ghostly Beast King
"Hey, what is that?"
The observer rubbed his eyes, and when he could see clearly, he shouted in horror, "Quickly inform the leader! Something bad has happened! A large number of unidentified flying objects have been spotted approaching at high speed from the northwest. Their energy levels are extremely high. They are not human... they are... a large group of Devouring Beasts."
The observer on the highest watchtower shouted at the top of his lungs over the loudspeaker, then sounded the alarm.
"Woo..."
The piercing alarm instantly resounded throughout the entire island.
"All combat personnel in position. Non-combat personnel to immediately enter the underground bunker."
Commander Karan, a peak third-tier power-type awakened individual, spoke urgently through the loudspeaker.
He quickly rushed up the wall, picked up his binoculars, and looked northwest.
On the horizon, a dark "cloud" was spreading at an alarming speed.
As they drew closer, it became clear that what they were not clouds at all, but hundreds of grotesque flying monsters.
These monsters have grayish-white bony skin, their huge fleshy wings spread out, creating a whistling sound, and their scarlet pupils flash with a cruel and tyrannical light.
"Unknown species, a type never seen before! Everyone prepare for battle!"
Karan's heart sank to the bottom. He had never seen such a monster before, but its sheer size and level of danger were unprecedented.
Before the beasts arrived, the attack came first.
shhhhh--
Countless fist-sized red energy projectiles flew from the beast horde like a storm, crashing into the firing positions and gathering places on the wall.
"Shield, quick!"
A third-tier elemental awakener roared and, together with several other elemental users, erected a massive elemental shield.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The energy blast struck the shield, exploding into bursts of blinding red light. The shield flickered violently, cracks appeared, and it was on the verge of shattering.
Some of the unstoppable energy blasts fell into the wall, exploding into countless pieces of rubble and the severed limbs of human soldiers, and screams instantly rang out.
"Fire! Fire at full power!" Karan shouted anxiously.
Instantly, all the firepower on the wall erupted simultaneously.
Heavy machine guns spat fire, weaving a metallic storm, while energy turrets fired blue beams that crisscrossed in the air.
Several anti-aircraft guns fired shells at the densely packed area of the animal herd.
The awakened ones also displayed their unique abilities and went all out.
Flames, frost, wind blades, earth spikes, mental shocks... all sorts of abilities shone brightly, striving to shoot into the sky.
The battle became intense from the very beginning.
The Winged Beasts kept getting hit, but there were too many of them, and they were extremely agile.
Many winged beasts swooped down, cutting with their sharp wing bones, tearing with their claws, or crashing directly into the personnel in the fortifications.
"Hold on, for our homeland, for our loved ones!"
As Karan used his immense strength to smash a winged beast that pounced down into the air, he shouted himself hoarse to boost morale.
His fists were already stained with bluish-black beast blood.
A second-tier speed-type awakened being moved like a ghost across the wall, plunging an energy dagger into the eye socket of a winged beast.
A Tier 3 plant-type awakened being urged the vines beneath the wall to grow wildly, entangled the low-flying monsters, and dragged them down for others to deal with.
Ordinary people did not completely back down. They took their self-developed energy rifles and desperately fired into the sky from behind cover. Although the effect was minimal, no one wanted to sit idly by and wait to die.
However, the atmosphere of despair continued to spread.
The Winged Beasts' red energy bullets seemed inexhaustible, and their defenses were unexpectedly strong, making it difficult for ordinary energy guns to inflict fatal damage.
The defensive structures on the walls were destroyed one by one under the continuous bombardment, and the Awakened's abilities and stamina were being rapidly depleted.
Just as the battle was at its most intense, a much larger shadow slowly approached from behind the horde of beasts.
That was an enormous phantom beast.
Its size is more than three times that of an ordinary winged beast, with a wingspan of nearly twenty meters. Its bony exoskeleton has a dark metallic sheen, its head is more ferocious, and it even has a sharp horn on its forehead. The crimson eyes no longer reflect pure bestiality, but a kind of cunning and human wisdom.
It did not rush to join the battle, but instead coldly surveyed the entire battlefield, like a king inspecting his hunting grounds.
"What...what kind of monster is that?" a soldier asked in terror, pointing at it.
Karan saw it too, and a chill ran down his spine.
He had never seen a Devouring Beast that exuded such a sense of oppression.
Suddenly, the colossal winged beast flapped its wings.
It inhaled sharply, its chest bulging as it gathered energy.
The next moment, a thick, condensed dark red energy wave, like the judgment of death, spewed out from its mouth.
The energy wave was incredibly fast, arriving almost instantaneously in a straight line.
Its target was not some awakened being, but a section of the wall and the main anti-aircraft gun positions behind it that were spewing out fire like crazy.
"Oh no, get out of the way!" Karan's eyes widened in horror, but it was too late to stop him.
"boom!"
The deafening explosion drowned out all the shouts and gunfire.