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Chapter 196: Rocket Launch
Humans Shrunk 100 Times

In order to sound the alarm as quickly as possible, the lookout tower's warning system has been improved. A huge bell is now hung at the entrance, connected to a clockwork device with the control switch located in the lookout tower.

With An Ruosu's addition, the efficiency of these devices has been further enhanced.

"Someone is coming."

It has been more than ten days since An Ruosu and Chen Mu joined, but Chen Mu still dared not relax his vigilance. The calmness of Qingbei was a bit unusual. Logically, if the other party was truly monitoring them, there was no reason not to know that An Ruosu and Chen Mu had arrived here.

Chen Mu, Tang Jing, and the others reacted quickly, and the first step was to go up the lookout tower to assess the situation.

According to the warning sound just now, the enemy was still at a certain distance, so there was no need to be too anxious.

"Is it Qingbei?" Dong Junwei expressed concern on the elevator.

"It's possible."

"They finally came?" The last time they were able to repel Yizhong was due to the element of surprise, but now, with Qingbei's strength and the fact that they had been secretly monitored for so long, they must have come prepared. It wouldn't be as easy as last time.

"Don't worry, unless they decide to go all out, we still have the advantage. Otherwise, they wouldn't have waited so long to attack." Chen Mu reassured.

"True, but why did they remain inactive for so many days and choose to come at this time?"

"Maybe, as Xiao An said, internal struggles within Qingbei have diverted too much of their attention." Chen Mu said.

An Ruosu nodded. "Yes, now in external battles, no one dares to go all out, fearing excessive losses that could lead to a loss of status."

"If that's the case, our chances of winning should be pretty good."

As they talked, they arrived at the lookout tower.

Today, it was Sun Yuan and Lu Liangliang on duty. The two skillfully moved aside and handed over the telescope, pointing out the location of the enemy.

Chen Mu picked up the telescope and looked over.

He saw about a dozen people walking along the road towards them, but the distance was too far to clearly see their appearances even with the telescope.

Chen Mu passed the telescope to Tang Jing, then to Dong Junwei, and finally to An Ruosu.

"It seems to be Tong Bin and the others."

An Ruosu's voice trembled, as if this name brought back bad memories.

"Are you sure?" Chen Mu frowned.

Tong Bin, one of Qingbei's three major managers, on the same level as Song Yu. His arrival here was obviously not a good sign.

"I recognized them by their physique and movements, so I should be right." An Ruosu tried to remain calm but couldn't help showing fear. "They are here to capture me and Yang Li..."

Finally, the situation they feared had come to pass, but since they had already reached this point, worrying further would be of no use.

"Why would they come from the main road?" Dong Junwei, holding the telescope, wondered. "With Qingbei's strength, taking the side road should not be a problem. Isn't it obvious to expose themselves like this?"

"Maybe they just don't care."

"Hmm?"

"According to what Xiao An said, Qingbei has numbered all the gathering points of the humans in the school and placed them under surveillance. We are surveillance point number 9, but they didn't know who we were in the beginning. It was only after the incident of Yizhong's invasion that they started paying attention to us."

"So?"

"So, they know part of our strength, at least aware of the existence of explosives."

"But they still confidently chose to take the main road, indicating they came prepared?" Dong Junwei frowned.

"Perhaps they also want to put psychological pressure on us."

Chen Mu didn't know this Tong Bin, but based on An Ruosu's description, he seemed like a rough and arrogant man. The current situation seemed to confirm his overbearing and domineering character.

"Since that's the case, should we take the initiative to attack?" Dong Junwei asked.

"Of course," Chen Mu replied without hesitation. "Regardless of the outcome, we need to try. Even if it doesn't work, at least we can learn about their methods. Moreover, our equipment has been upgraded, which Qingbei probably doesn't know about. I guess Cao Zishan is getting impatient."

As expected, in the next moment, Cao Zishan's voice came from the intercom at the lookout tower entrance:

"Senior, should we carry out a defensive attack?"

His voice was eager and excited.

The communication channel was connected to the ground and various levels of the lookout tower, allowing unrestricted communication between them.

Naturally, Cao Zishan received the alarm first and immediately went into a state of preparedness.

After practicing for so many days, he was already eager for action.

The space on the high-level turret was even more spacious than the lookout tower. Although Cao Zishan was the only one there, he had more weapons reserves.

On the ground beside him were rows of giant bombs.

These spherical explosives were wider in diameter than Cao Zishan's shoulders, making them difficult to embrace. However, the surface of the stone spheres was equipped with ten finger-sized holes, similar to bowling balls, making it easier to grip.

For an ordinary person, pushing such large stone balls would probably be difficult, but for Cao Zishan, who had once manipulated a frog's body, it was a breeze.

Strength had never been a problem for him. As a human turret, the most challenging aspect was precision. However, after days of training, he had made considerable progress and was now at least capable of fighting.

In addition to the stone balls, the most prominent were the rows of huge stone spears on the wall.

These stone spears were nearly twice as long as a person and thicker than regular spears.

If one looked closely, they would find that the material of these spears was the same as that of the grenades.

This was the latest weapon from Qiming.

The user, Cao Zishan, named them "Super Invincible Rockets"—of course, as their creators, Dong Junwei and Chen Mu did not acknowledge this.

To put it plainly, this was just a redesign of the large grenades, changing them from a spherical shape to a spear shape.

Even with stone balls, once they reached a certain size, the influence of air resistance would become significant. Therefore, the grenades used on the high-level turret were enlarged to the size of small steel balls.

However, even with this improvement, it couldn't be called perfect.

Under such circumstances, the explosive in the shape of a spear came into being.

Not only did it reduce the impact of air resistance, but it was also more convenient to throw. However, since it hadn't been tested in combat, they still retained the original grenades.

As external affairs were always under Chen Mu's jurisdiction, especially during wartime, according to Qiming's regulations, Chen Mu had the highest command authority during battles. So, Cao Zishan directly inquired with him.

Chen Mu walked up to the intercom and patted it with one hand.

This was a pre-call signal to let the other party prepare.

He leaned in close to the intercom, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "After they enter our range, freely fire."

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