“Boom! Boom!”

Explosions rang out around the tank. Splattering sounds of gravel and stones struck the armor outside the vehicle. Violent shaking accompanied the crew's sweat, uncertain whether from excitement or fear.

“Kang~dang!”

(Sound of a shell being loaded)

“Fire!”

The vehicle body jolted violently. The young man in the commander's seat, dressed in a casual t-shirt, truly wasn't afraid of death.

He appeared to be only about 1.6 meters tall. Of course, excessively tall people couldn't be tank crew members because… there simply wasn't enough room!

Unable to determine the exact situation with the Thunder Beast cubs, these people dared not stop. They could only continue bombarding the center of the smoke.

Occasionally, they could see the sparks of armor-piercing capped rounds (apcr) ricocheting off hard objects.

The young man's face grew increasingly grim.

“How many rounds do we have left!”

“Boss! Only the high-explosive (HE) rounds are gone. I still have 60 armor-piercing discarding sabot (apcr) rounds and 20 high-explosive squash head (hesh) rounds in my ring.”

The little guy’s expression was unsightly. Although he didn’t know what was up with that monster, he could still see the sparks from time to time. He sighed, clutching his knuckles until they turned white, and said:

“We probably didn’t damage that monster at all…”

“!!!”

“That’s impossible!”

The youth in the gunner's position turned around. As the survivor responsible for firing the gun, he had the best field of vision besides the commander. So far, he hadn't encountered anything he couldn't penetrate.

With electromagnetic acceleration, they could achieve near-range penetration of at least 2,000mm of homogeneous steel armor! The average main battle tank on Blue Star was around 1,000mm.

What did that mean? They could punch straight through two meters of steel armor.

“……”

“I don’t believe it! That’s impossible!”

“……”

The gunner’s efficiency clearly plummeted.

The small commander didn’t want to argue with him. After all, not everyone could face death calmly. He lifted his foot and tapped the driver’s shoulder.

“Huh? What’s wrong? Drive!”

“Big Brother! I… I can’t move…”

Rumble—

The driver was about to cry. The roar of the gas turbine was piercing his eardrums, but it was no use.

The violent shaking intensified the pallor of the commander’s knuckles.

“……”

Hilariously, from the outside, the entire vehicle was almost completely buried in the soil. But that wasn’t even the most important thing.

The outer layer of soil had been blasted away. Combined with the shaking, the soil flowed, causing the load-bearing part to no longer be the tracks.

The other two tanks were in similar situations.

“Gu Ji! Gu Ji!”

(Well done! I’ll make sure to mention your contribution to the Queen!)

The Overlord cub above flapped its wings and wagged its little tail happily. The frequency of the Blade Worms had clearly increased.

“Gu Ji~”

(How can I get the vehicle without damaging it~)

The Cerebrate cub fell into deep thought.

Tanks, as land combat vehicles, come with built-in NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) protection. Things like poison gas were useless against them. They could even drive safely in a radiation environment after a nuclear blast.

Forget it, don’t think about it. Just brute force it. If you can use physics, why use your brain?

The cubs in Xiang'an City began to advance towards the battlefield intentionally or unintentionally.

Two more Queen Bugs were also advancing with all their might.

At worst, they'd dismantle the entire vehicle and then have the Queen reassemble it. After all, they just needed to collect it.

As the shooting continued, the commander’s face grew more and more unsightly.

“Something’s not right! Something’s very wrong! It feels like he’s doing it on purpose! He’s deliberately taking hits? What’s he doing!”

He quickly opened his ring.

“Mr. Nong! Hasn't the support arrived yet! We can’t hold on much longer!”

“……”

“Soon, just wait a little longer. They’ve already set off. 200 IV-stage warriors, led by a V-stage captain.”

“Please hurry them up. We’re trapped here.”

“Okay.”

After some back and forth, it felt like they said a lot, but actually didn't get any useful information.

“Bro, how’s it going? Should we go out and see what’s happening?”

“……”

The commander scanned the crew members, gritting his teeth.

“Wait here! I’ll go out and see if I can drag it out!”

If there was a point to exert force, maybe he could. But in reality, with just that small area of the soles of his feet, the first thing to fail would be his shoes. In the end, he’d only wedge his lower body into the soil.

Wanting to push it was just wishful thinking.

“……”

The other three didn’t say anything. The gunner silently put his eyes back on the scope, as if nothing had happened.

“What are you doing! Load it quickly!”

“Oh, oh.”

The young commander slowly pried open the lock with his already white fingers. In the next moment…

The vehicle body shook violently.

The sound of the tracks breaking and falling apart made the commander’s movements freeze.

The vehicle was suddenly lifted from the left side.

A clattering of ammunition fell all over the place. Fortunately, these people were all Evolvers. Otherwise, these shells alone could have killed the entire crew.

After all, the loader had been lazy and simply piled the ammunition on the ground.

The shells: We gave the enemy a hard blow!

“Holy crap! What’s going on! Is someone here to save us?”

The loader clutched his butt, his face pale. After all, the tip of that discarding sabot round had a sharp point about ten centimeters long—it went all the way in.

(ಡwಡ)

“No! Lao Nong said the support hasn’t arrived yet. We still have to wait a while.”

“Then what is this!”

“I don’t know… everything looks normal in the view, and there’s no data on the thermal sensors…”

The commander was also completely puzzled. Could the enemy be coming from underground?

A Thunder Beast cub used its head to directly lift the tank from underground. After pushing it halfway, it realized it wasn't tall enough. It then pulled its limbs out of the soil and completely overturned it.

“Roar!”

(Got one!)

Following this pattern, it easily controlled these metal boxes.

As for the cub that had been taking hits, it was like nothing happened. Other than some dense white spots on its face and body, there were no other abnormalities.

Even the white spots were disappearing at an extremely fast speed.

Completely unharmed.

As for the steel needles stuck on its exoskeleton, they were easily pushed out by its muscles, clanging and banging on the ground. Hilariously, not even a scratch.

At this time, the Zergling cubs had arrived, baring their fangs and guarding against the approaching survivors.