Published: February 10, 2025
Once the affairs at home were settled, normal updates would resume tomorrow. I apologize to the readers who have been following the roulette for the past couple of days.
The battlefield did not fall silent due to death; the so-called respect for life exists only in textbooks and movies.
Real war is always far more brutal than one can imagine. Those who have not experienced it firsthand cannot understand.
A massive siege vehicle rumbled to the foot of the city. These special vehicles, towering at least two stories high, were entirely powered by human strength, with soldiers hidden within the carriages, serving as the source of power for these eight-wheeled siege engines.
“Crush them!”
Perhaps the posthumous children did not know what kind of monsters they were facing, nor were they aware of the hidden tactics of the Temple of Dawn, but they recognized this type of siege vehicle.
In countless records about the Temple of Dawn, this type of engineering vehicle holds an extremely special status.
Long ago, when the posthumous children had not yet declined to their current state, they still lived on the ground, before they were called the posthumous children, they had their own cities, equally grand in scale and with strong defenses.
In the early confrontations with the Temple of Dawn, they were full of confidence, each having their own advantages.
However, as city after city fell, and countless citizens were slaughtered, the posthumous children rapidly declined.
Playing a crucial role in this decline were these siege vehicles.
Previously, Ye Zhongming and the people of Cloud Summit had heard legends about these siege weapons, but when they saw them in person, they did not feel an overwhelming sense of fear.
But soon, they would witness the terror of these giant vehicles.
The warriors operating weapons on the city walls heard the command from King Ling Kun and aimed at the siege vehicles, which, having advanced within a two-hundred-meter range under the cover of the air force, were now targets.
The giant crossbow fired first, and the thick, upgraded crossbow bolts shot forward, forming a solid, moving defensive wall aimed at these siege vehicles.
One could imagine that once struck by these giant crossbow bolts, even the sturdiest vehicles would be destroyed, especially since even eighth-level Yangos would retreat from such an assault.
However, as the crossbow bolts were fired from the city walls, a series of loud bangs erupted from a concave opening in the center of the siege vehicles. Large, round nets were shot out, their openings small and densely arranged, with tiny metallic points at the junctions.
The giant crossbow bolts collided with the expansive nets in mid-air as expected.
Crack! Crack!...
The sound rang out continuously; the giant crossbows easily pierced through these massive nets. The Cloud Summit people, who had never seen such devices, initially showed joy, but their expressions changed in the next second.
The nets, now pierced by the crossbow bolts, suddenly tightened, ensnaring the terrifying weapons trapped within. The metallic points had a strong suction force!
Due to their overwhelming numbers, the sudden contraction of these nets was a spectacular sight. However, for the posthumous children, it was clearly a bad situation.
At least ninety percent of the fired crossbow bolts were captured by these nets, falling uselessly to the ground after being ensnared. Although some managed to pierce between the siege vehicles, the sharp bolts struck the vehicle bodies, some bouncing off while others lodged deep inside. The battlefield was noisy, making it hard to hear anything, but blood could be seen oozing from the gaps of the siege vehicles.
Indeed, some results were achieved, but they were minimal; the number of destroyed siege vehicles did not exceed ten.
“Continue!”
King Ling Kun ordered to keep going, while Ye Zhongming squinted, then simultaneously commanded the magic crystal cannon to prepare. He intended to see if these terrifying weapons, which had played such a crucial role in the siege, could withstand an attack from another civilization.