Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Before everyone had time to tidy up the battlefield or pull themselves together, the indigenous scouts, who had been dispatched to observe follow-up situations, quickly returned to report their observations.

It seemed that the second mechanical vanguard team heading for the town had somehow received news of resistance encountered by the first vanguard team and had suddenly quickened its pace, not giving these injured defenders of the town a moment's respite.

"What should we do?" Kuang Xin, who was right beside Gong Yan, asked directly.

He only knew how to slash; apart from that, he offered no suggestions for anything else.

Sometimes empting one's mind was actually a quite comfortable experience.

"Retreat! Fall back to the second line of defense!"

There was no hesitating.

Defending near the town at the second line of defense might result in devastating damage to the town, which had just begun to take shape, but relying solely on their current, battered combat strength, which had already endured one wave of assault without proper rest, it wouldn't matter whether it was a stronger mechanical vanguard team or just another of the same size; they would be completely annihilated.

While retreating, Gong Yan sent out her people, "Go ask if everyone has been properly arranged."

The town's area was actually quite extensive, and the area they were rebuilding was just a small part of it.

The defensive line was built right next to the current reconstruction area of the town, originally intended to defend against threats like wild beasts that might wander in from the wild.

However, the downside was that any skirmish would risk stray bullets damaging the newly established facilities.

The efforts of the community in recent days were doomed to be wasted, but ensuring that no one was harmed by the aftermath was already the most significant effort they could make.

If the town completely fell before Sheng Yan's assistance arrived... they would all be done for.

"Yes, Lord Sheng Yan," the warrior took the order and left.

The surviving soldiers at the second line of defense had completed all the preparations for combat even before Gong Yan and the others had returned, ready for the battle.

The second mechanical vanguard team didn't make the town's defenders wait too long.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

The low rumble of machinery approached slowly, almost on the heels of Gong Yan and the others' retreat.

Due to material limitations, the mechanical troops of lower rank might not be able to use top-tier materials and cutting-edge technology like the first generation of mechanical beings could.

But at least the mechanical creations weren't noisy heaps of junk like the few in the town, which could wake up dogs ten miles around when started up.

"It looks like this vanguard team is even bigger than the previous one..."

"More than just bigger, it's much larger, right?"

"If only we could capture all that nice gear and make it usable for us," a player said, eyes full of envy at the sight of the approaching heavy armored vehicles.

"We're about to be blown to bits here, and you still have the heart to covet other people's equipment?"

"Hey~ can't I just dream a little?"

They were players!

Players had infinite possibilities!

As the murmurs dissolved into the wind, a series of fireworks suddenly burst from the ground as they entered the land of the town.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Trenches, landmines.

These basic traps were one of the reasons this battle line existed.

However, only the basic light combat units of the mechanical beings would be harmed; the heavily armored vehicles emerged unscathed from the flames, driving out with ease.

"Dadadadadada!"

Closing in at a sufficient distance, the heavy machine guns set up on the defense line opened fire together.

The intense recoil required two or three people to hold it down, but they still couldn't stop the endless climb of the gun's muzzle.

Without the matching mechanical devices, even ordinary humans couldn't operate heavy weaponry.

"Ding ding dang dang," sparks splashed when hitting the heavy armor and managed to tear through a couple of fragile bodies on the light armor, making the scene look quite lively.

But the mechanical counterattack was also swift.

"Whizz!"

A small rocket dragging an orange flame advanced and suddenly burrowed into the machine gun position.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Now that the shooting had started, the machine intelligences no longer held back on their firepower.

After scanning and discerning the general positions of the biological combatants, a cluster of rockets launched a round of bombing.

"Take cover!"

The preparation on the front line was fairly complete, and as they faced the full firepower of the machine intelligence Vanguard Team, all Gong Yan managed was to shout out a final order before she had to dive under the steel plate below her to escape the threat of the rockets.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The explosions joined together, turning the shelter where everyone hid into a fiery furnace scorching with intense heat.

"Hiss hot hot hot hot!"

The moment the explosions subsided, a soldier kicked open the steel plate of their hiding spot and rushed out, weapon in hand, charging at the Vanguard Team of the machine intelligences.

Flesh against steel.

Infantry against tanks.

The juxtaposition of high-tech and primitive combat styles appeared abruptly on the same battlefield, yet this was "Galaxy Online"!

"Ssssah ssssah!" A player, looking at their hand smoking as it stuck to the glowing red steel plate, had a hysterical frenzy and intoxication in their eyes. Explore new worlds at My Virtual Library Empire

"Awesome! Awesome!" The player's hand was inseparable from the steel plate, but that didn't stop them from dragging the heavy plate across the ground as they charged toward the machine intelligence formation.

"Come on! Come on!"

"Tear me apart! Or let me tear you apart!"

[You have received the admiration of the God of Pleasure. Your will has transcended amidst the severe sensory stimulation, Mystery +1, Spiritual Energy +10/10.]

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!"

An indescribable twisted sound erupted on that massive steel war machine, chunks of steel contorted as if crushed by an invisible fist amidst a grating noise that could make one's teeth hurt.

However, the resilience of the steel was undoubtedly matching that mysterious force, the slightly lifted deckplate was hardly a devastating blow to the war machine.

But that was enough!

Underneath the armor lifted by the mysterious power lay the soft, vulnerable core of the steel war machine.

"Whizz whizz whizz whizz!"

Grenades trailed beautiful arcs through the air from all directions, with some landing precisely into the gaping tears.

The next moment, the war machine shattered with a roar, setting off a chain explosion whose shockwaves swept up many soldiers who had approached close by, sending them flying instantaneously.

Meanwhile, at some distance from the war machine, a soft muffled sound was lost in the intense explosions of the battlefield, barely noticed by others.

"Pfft~"

The player who had been marching forward dragging the hot steel plate stopped mid-charge, still in the bent posture of dragging the plate, but their head exploded under some unknown force.

Like a watermelon smashed by a fist, bits here... pieces there...

"John!" A player, who had been keeping an eye on his friend, roared in rage, "I'm not dead yet! How the hell did you die again!"

Looking at the headless corpse standing motionless, he cursed and then looked down at his own stomach where a huge hole had opened—

Realistic organs poured out like water; feeling no pain, he wrapped them back up messily with his muddy hands and stuffed them back in, then found a roll of bandages and blindly wrapped it around himself several times.

"Damn it, no fear!"

Although his health was rapidly depleting, how could one not be worked up in such a situation?

All the prior thoughts and personal plans were overwhelmed by the frenzy of battle on this head-on, intense battlefield.

The player who had risen again took the long spear from where John had fallen and charged once more toward the next steel war machine.

"I curse your mother!"

[You have received the admiration of the God of Immortality. Your body has transcended in the face of near-death, Strength +0.5, Health +50/50.]

"Whoosh!"

The spear, like a meteor, flashed by in the night.

It pierced right into the barrel of a machine gun.

"Bang!"

Jammed, backfired.

Blasted to pieces.

Countless dark figures swarmed to the side of the war machine amidst the chaos, overwhelming the terrifying machine that had been brandishing its power on the battlefield.