Chapter 196: Flood Dragon King

Su Chen's warship, accompanied by his soldiers, embarked on their first mission. The soldiers were excited to finally have a chance to prove themselves.

"Kill all the Mutant Beasts, leave none alive!" The captain's voice echoed in the ears of all the soldiers.

"Yes, sir!"

Not only the warship, but also the dolphins and Giant Squids in the water, were there to protect the safety of the ship below.

The first to engage in battle were the destroyers. Among the three types of warships, the destroyer was the fastest and most agile, often serving as an escort for larger warships, preventing the enemy from damaging the aircraft carrier.

In the game, warships may not appear very large, but in reality, they are quite enormous, larger than even eighth-order Mutant Beasts.

"All cannons target the front, fire in all directions, and prepare the fish!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All the cannons on the destroyer turned to cover the front, and a round of cannon fire caused a violent explosion on the water surface in front of them.

This round of attack immediately killed some Mutant Beasts that were not deep underwater, their limbs floating on the surface of the water, staining the area with their red blood.

However, cannon shells have their limitations. They can only threaten Mutant Beasts that are not too deep underwater. If they go deeper, the cannon shells will be ineffective.

Mutant Beasts may not be very intelligent, but their leaders are quite clever. A snake-like creature with claws appeared, giving orders to all the Mutant Beasts to dive deeper into the water.

The destroyer's captain had already noticed that the cannon fire was now useless against them. They remained calm and gave a new order, "Launch torpedoes!"

A large number of torpedoes were launched from the destroyer. These torpedoes were originally designed to target submarines, but now they were being used against the Mutant Beasts.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of muffled explosions occurred as the torpedoes hit the bodies of the Mutant Beasts, and their power was stronger than cannon shells.

After this round of torpedoes, most of the Mutant Beasts below were almost wiped out, and even the cruisers and aircraft carriers did not need to be deployed.

Roar!

A roar came from the water, and then a creature several tens of meters long appeared on the surface, directly overturning a destroyer.

"A Seventh Order early-stage aquatic Mutant Beast, it looks a bit like a...Flood Dragon?" Su Chen saw the appearance of this Mutant Beast.

Whether it was a Flood Dragon or not, in Su Chen's eyes, they were all enemies.

The overturning of a destroyer did not cause any fear in the Red Alert soldiers. Their cannon fire hit the Flood Dragon, but unfortunately, these cannon shells were ineffective against a Seventh Order Mutant Beast.

"Fire all anti-ship torpedoes and notify the cruisers and aircraft carriers to take action."

The cruisers behind them fired their cannon shells, and in terms of firepower, the cruisers had an advantage, but of course, the focus was on the aircraft carrier!

The aircraft carrier was equipped with 100 Hornets, which were terrifying in power. In terms of the combat effectiveness of the aircraft alone, they might even surpass the MiG Fighters summoned by Boris.

One hundred aircraft flew across the sky and attacked the Seventh Order Flood Dragon, causing it to suffer severe damage. This made the Flood Dragon doubt its life. It had encountered human aircraft before, but those aircraft could not even break through its defenses.

Of course, it did not know that this was Su Chen's Red Alert unit, not the ordinary weapons of this world.

As the Flood Dragon began to retaliate, it managed to destroy several aircraft, but those aircraft would soon be reborn on the aircraft carrier and continue to join the battle.

This was the ability of the aircraft carrier. The aircraft could be reborn infinitely, unless the carrier itself was destroyed, otherwise the aircraft would never disappear.

The Flood Dragon realized that it was not a match for its opponents and tried to escape, but at this moment, the Giant Squid and dolphins intervened.

The tentacles of the squid tightly bound the Flood Dragon's body, while the sonar attack of the dolphins made the Flood Dragon feel as though its whole body was going to split apart in agony.

Roar!

The Flood Dragon let out a miserable scream as it writhed and struggled, ultimately being beaten to death.

This battle showed that the strength of the warship was not very strong. If not for the help of the Giant Squid and the dolphins, the Flood Dragon might have escaped.

However, these warships were just newly created and had not been upgraded yet!

Su Chen felt that if the warship was upgraded to Tier 3, its strength would definitely be greatly improved!

"Ah, there's too little energy. It's not enough." Looking at the remaining one million energy, Su Chen sighed helplessly.

It took 500,000 energy to build an aircraft carrier, and upgrading to Tier 3 required 1 million energy, which was simply a huge sum of money!

However, the System said that if the aircraft carrier was upgraded to Tier 3, a single one could possibly deal with a Seventh Order Peak Mutant Beast. Even an 8th Order Early-Term Mutant Beast wouldn't be a problem if it was accompanied by some Tier 3 destroyers and cruisers.

"System, are there any tasks that reward energy? Give me a few."

Without knowing where it came from, the System actually gave Su Chen a task: "The side quest has been triggered. The host killing the Flood Dragon has angered the Flood Dragon King, and it is preparing to come to the Shipyard to destroy the Sub-base. The host must kill the Flood Dragon King without using super weapons, super units, or units above Tier 8. Successful completion will earn 2 million energy, while failure will result in a 50% reduction in energy production for a week."

Su Chen blinked, was this considered going from bad to worse?

"Flood Dragon King, huh? It's troublesome if I can't use super weapons, super units, or Tier 8 units." Su Chen frowned.

Super weapons could definitely kill an 8th Order Mutant Beast, as he had personally experienced.

Although the super units had not yet reached Tier 8, their special identities and abilities gave them the capital to confront 8th Order Mutant Beasts. He had three Tier 8 units under his command, namely Su Yi, Giant Squid, and Dahua.

If he could get all three of them to participate in the battle, this task could be easily completed.

It seemed that the System did not want Su Chen to obtain energy so easily, which was why it imposed so many restrictions.

Those warships had almost exerted all their strength to deal with a Seventh Order Early-Term Flood Dragon. Once an 8th Order Early-Term Flood Dragon King appeared, relying solely on those warships would definitely not be enough.

Su Chen thought carefully about what other means he had to deal with 8th Order Mutant Beasts, and suddenly he thought of one.

"Can the Lizard Dragon participate in this battle?" He had just thought of it. After all, the Lizard Dragon was an 8th Order Mutant Beast and did not seem to violate the conditions of the task since it was not one of his units.

"It can."

Upon receiving the System's affirmative answer, Su Chen was overjoyed.

However, after contacting the Lizard Dragon, he learned one thing: the Lizard Dragon actually hated water extremely and didn't even want to touch a puddle, let alone a river. (To be continued)