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The cockroaches were roughly the size of a palm, and they no longer resembled the mere nuisances they once were. They consumed everything, even living creatures could serve as food for them; aside from soil, there was hardly anything outside their diet.
Zheng Yifan frowned as he looked at these cockroaches. It was truly difficult at the Gathering Place now. The threat posed by these cockroaches was immense, primarily due to their sheer numbers and size.
If they were a few meters tall, they would be easier to attack. However, being only palm-sized made it nearly impossible to strike at them directly. With so many of them swarming together, attempting to target a single one was nothing short of a delusion; the only option was to use wide-area weapons for an assault.
Zheng Yifan had no choice but to let the Firearm Espers suppress these creatures first. The power of flamethrowers might not be very effective; after all, these cockroaches could even consume oil. Their appetite was quite formidable.
“Report to the leader, the first wave of Firearm Espers is entering combat positions,” a Messenger behind Zheng Yifan said. He then watched as thousands of Superpowered Individuals began reaching buildings in the distance, several hundred meters away from the cockroaches. Their goal was to enter those buildings and execute a multi-pronged attack.
Given the size of the cockroaches, more concentrated attacks were necessary, utilizing special ammunition and the Superpowers of the Superpowered Individuals.
The Superpowers of those Firearm Espers still had some utility. Within Hope Gathering Place, they were divided into various teams because many Firearm Espers possessed conflicting powers.
For instance, those wielding ice powers and those with fire powers were almost inherently incompatible; if they attacked together, their powers could easily cancel each other out.
Now separated, their effectiveness was significantly enhanced.
The first wave that had already arrived prepared for their initial assault within five minutes.
To the north lay the area where the cockroaches spread most slowly due to the presence of tall buildings and numerous barriers created by those structures. Cockroaches lacked intelligence and acted purely on instinct when feeding.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been trapped in those underground sewage systems. If they encountered metal pipes, they would have surged out in search of food; however, most sewage systems were made of concrete and often lacked rebar reinforcement, remaining buried underground. Even if there was damage on the outside, dirt would block their escape.
Thus, all the cockroaches remained hidden.
Now it was clear they had found food and began feeding frantically.
The first wave's initial attack came swiftly and decisively. Their targets were those streets. As for the nearby buildings, they were already deemed expendable; the skyscrapers obstructed the cockroaches while those on the streets continued advancing without entering any buildings.
The speed of these cockroaches was astonishing.
To deal with the cockroaches, they had to attack directly, killing one whenever possible. In front of them lay a park, which provided ample strategic depth; it wasn't just a matter of crossing a street, and they dared not attack.
The cockroaches were devouring the buildings at an alarming rate. Without a strategic buffer, they could easily be consumed.
With a park in place, there was enough strategic depth for a timely retreat and ambush.
They had already prepared their escape route. Cables connected them to the buildings behind their own, allowing them to glide briefly through the air. Everyone carried glide umbrellas and other escape tools.
Even the shortest among them began shooting from the fifth floor. The lower floors lacked sufficient shooting distance; it was from above that they could launch rapid attacks.
The windows served as their supply points. Each window had a mechanism below that could transport ammunition up. Everyone had a dedicated supply window.
In essence, each shooter was paired with a supply personnel. Meanwhile, transport vehicles kept advancing.
These superpowered individuals just needed to keep attacking; the ammunition chain at the gathering place could automatically connect. They only needed to place the incoming ammunition boxes into the supply system's slots behind them.
During the first wave of attacks, those superpowered individuals demonstrated to Zheng Yifan the power of coordinated assaults from those above Third Stage. A barrage of blue and white attacks filled the air, bullets infused with intense vital energy. All the firearm espers were using psychic weapons. Zheng Yifan soon realized that the Superpower Weapon Factory had been operational for quite some time, continuously producing weapons, and now psychic weapons were becoming widespread with significantly enhanced manufacturing capabilities.
These individuals' psychic weapons were likely standardized, produced with assembly line efficiency.
However, their lethality was undeniably impressive; their attack frequency was synchronized, showcasing their destructive power immediately.
As bullets rained down, the ground began to feel the impact of their assault, led by those azure-hued superpowered individuals. Their weapons were not infused with ice energy but rather water-based energy.
At first, Zheng Yifan thought their attacks would be ineffective. After all, they were water-type superpowered individuals and inherently lacked strong lethality.
Zheng Yifan soon realized he was wrong; they were indeed lethal. Although they fired Water-Type Power, it was still the force of a Firearm Esper.
Their lethality did not lie in direct attacks. When the bullets struck the cockroaches, a torrent of Water-Type Power began to infiltrate every crevice of their bodies, causing them to explode from within.
It wasn't just a single-target kill. It was an area-of-effect attack; when the bullets detonated near the cockroaches, droplets of Water-Type Power seeped into their bodies, wreaking havoc internally.
Though the cockroaches didn't show immediate signs of change, as this power wasn't overwhelmingly destructive, they had all lost their lives.
No matter how much those cockroaches evolved, some things remained unchanged—like the fact that they still had brains.
The first wave of attacks was spectacular. The water-based Firearm Esper made Zheng Yifan feel that the Hope Gathering Place truly lived up to his expectations. The subsequent ice-based Superpowered Individual introduced him to what true slaughter looked like.
The attacks from these Firearm Espers weren't aimed at individual targets; they covered vast areas, attacking dozens of square meters at once.
A single person's power was relatively weak and couldn't lower temperatures drastically in an instant.
However, quantity could lead to qualitative changes. The temperature in that area began to drop rapidly, by three or four degrees every second.
Half a minute later, all the cockroaches within the affected range had turned into ice sculptures. (To be continued)
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