Chapter 196: Chapters 192, 193 The Steel Great Wall Stands Indomitable! (Subscribe and Monthly Votes, please!)_2 Chapter 196: Chapters 192, 193 The Steel Great Wall Stands Indomitable! (Subscribe and Monthly Votes, please!)_2 “The scale and strength of this Zerg swarm were five or six times stronger than the ones that attacked us, and they still held them back!” Ishii Yuji exclaimed in shock, “Is Shen Zhou’s strength really so much greater than ours?”
“Shanghai, completely unscathed!” Jin Chenghuan closed his eyes, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
“They repelled the Zerg…” Jonah and Harvey also felt complex emotions; their nation, Bai Ying, always prided itself on having the world’s strongest fighting power.
But facing the three Zerg invasions, they ended in failure each time. Although there was no damage to their homeland, they found this result hard to accept.
“Shanghai actually survived!” the Bai Ying leader inquired, turning to his aides, “Didn’t you tactical analysts say it was impossible to hold on?”
The aides were quite embarrassed and said, “We originally thought the Steel Fortress was just a relatively tall wall. Who knew they had so many new weapons!”
“No matter what,” the leader breathed a little easier, “at least humanity’s fight against the Zerg is not a total defeat. We still have a chance.”
Shen Zhou’s successful repulsion of the Zerg also brought hope to other nations.
The previous defeats had cast a shadow of despair over all human society.
This victory gave the entire world confidence.
“So we actually still have a chance to repel the Zerg!”
“We must also build a Steel Fortress!”
“Get in touch with them, at all costs, we must purchase those mechanical arms and electromagnetic guns, and also the mechanical exoskeletons!”
“Perhaps to resist the Zerg, we still have to rely on Shen Zhou,” someone thought. He had no confidence in where he was, and even if they had witnessed this defensive battle, they might not be able to learn from it.
Just a Steel Fortress alone might not be something they could build!
In Shanghai, Qin Peng waited a few more hours, continuously confirming that the Zerg did not have the ability to launch a counterattack in the short term. Only then did he announce, “All personnel, listen up, the Zerg have retreated. The alarm is lifted. Start rescuing the wounded, repairing the defenses, and cleaning up the battlefield!”
“Roger that!” came the voices from the various divisions over the communication channels.
“We finally won!” Luo An and Xue Yang clenched their fists tightly on the ship. This war had sunk more than ten vessels, with the sinking of the Red Son Frigate causing them particular heartache.
“The Zerg have retreated!” Commander Jie Lang shouted from section G545 of the Steel Fortress, “Quickly inventory the battlefield and send the wounded to rest!”
They had already found the legless Liu Tong and sent him inside the Steel Fortress.
There was a temporary field hospital here, with surgical expert Xia Wenbin personally operating to perform surgery for him.
“Comrades, we have won!” Lei Yuanfeng said to all departments, “There are still remnants of Zerg and mutant creatures on the beachhead; send out clean-up teams from each division and clear them out!”
He Xingzhou sat on the ground, physically and mentally exhausted from manufacturing, assembling, and calibrating the electromagnetic guns in such a short time.
Yet, he still spoke to the live-stream camera, “Friends across the nation, the Zerg swarm has retreated, and we have successfully defended Shanghai!”
The moment these words came out of his mouth, the national audience erupted in jubilation.
In Shanghai’s shelters, over twenty million people had been anxiously watching the news and various live battlefield broadcasts.
When they heard He Xingzhou announce the Zerg’s retreat and the success of defending Shanghai, over twenty million people simultaneously shouted out.
“We held on!” someone cheered joyously!
“The defense of Shanghai was victorious! The Zerg retreated!” someone else was too excited to contain themselves, hugging family and friends tightly.
“Hooray! We won! Our home is still here!” a family wiped their tears, feeling the joy of surviving a disaster!
“Thank you, all the warriors, medical staff, logistics workers, and Xuanwu Executive Officer, Dr. He!”
“Shanghai is safe, the country is sound!”
Across the nation, people cheered.
Dormitory buildings at schools erupted with waves of noise.
“The defense of Shanghai was victorious!”
“He Xingzhou is amazing!”
“The Zerg retreated, brothers, the Zerg really retreated!”
The shouts grew louder and louder, even usually quiet female students joined in the screaming.
In the residential areas, there were also residents screaming.
The neighborhood committee seniors shouted through loudspeakers, “Comrades, our battle in Shanghai was victorious! We repelled the Zerg and successfully defended Shanghai!”
Someone opened their window and shouted to the sky, “We won! We were victorious!”
“Long live the people’s army! Long live the motherland!”
Some people couldn’t contain their excitement and rushed into the streets, cheering and celebrating, sharing this news with the whole society.
“The Steel Fortress stands firm!”
“We are the first city in the world to repel the Zerg, the first nation and people to repel the Zerg!”
On the streets, pedestrians, street vendors, employees in companies, everyone joined the victory parade, cheering together.
At this moment, melodious music came from somewhere, and someone began to sing into a microphone.
“…The red flag flutters in the wind, the victory song is so resounding…”
The song inspired everyone, and people sang in the streets, neighborhoods, schools, shopping malls, and among the skyscrapers.
“Sing our beloved motherland, let’s head towards prosperity and strength from now on!”
“Over the mountains, across the plains; crossing the rushing Yellow River and Yangtze River! This vast and beautiful land is our beloved homeland…”
The singing floated through the air, and at this moment, the whole city was singing, the entire country was celebrating!
From children, to young people, to the elderly; men, women; company employees, police on duty on the streets, cars transporting goods on the roads, passengers on flights, netizens reposting and liking online.
At this moment, the entire country celebrated the victory!
In front of the national television station, a strong voice announced, “The Shanghai Defense Battle has been won. Here, we pay the highest respect to all the warriors who shed blood and sweat, and all the frontline workers! Salute!”
“Salute!” The salute could be heard echoing in the square in Beijing as ceremonial cannons roared in the sky!
People celebrated and cheered in the square!
This news spread around the world, shaking it to its core!
“Shen Zhou repelled the Zerg, humanity still has hope!” people worldwide rekindled the flame of hope.
“Humanity is not powerless to fight back!”
“I watched the entire news coverage; they are incredible!”
“This is a miracle! Such a large-scale Zerg swarm was halted!”
“Even though it’s not our country, at this moment, I’m happy for them!”
“I feel like I should move to Shen Zhou!”
“They held them back?” In a certain building in Dengland, Barry saw the report.
He now looked much healthier than before, seemingly even younger.
“Just a stroke of good luck,” the insect sneered, “What is this to brag about? This battle only saw two Level 6 units introduced, and there are more units that have yet to appear, not to mention higher-ranking Zerg.”
“The happier they are now, the more hopeless they’ll be later!”
Barry withdrew his thoughts. Indeed, from what he understood about some Zerg technology, he increasingly felt that humanity had no hope of overcoming the Zerg, as they weren’t even on the same level of civilization!
“Mr. Barry, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Several suited men appeared before him; they were capitalists from Wall Street, backed by pharmaceutical and financial giants.
“We’ve heard you’ve conquered the human terminal illness, cancer; we’re all very interested in learning more.”
“You won’t be disappointed.” Barry placed a briefcase on the table, saying, “Different cancers have different targeted drugs. Here are the drugs for some experimental targets, one test will tell.”
“That’s fantastic!” the capitalists looked at the case, eyes full of desire, and said, “If the clinical tests succeed, we swear you’ll surely become the greatest physiologist of this century! And the richest too!”
Barry smiled slightly, everything was progressing smoothly, and once he had the money and fame, the next step would be to build his biochemical empire!