Chapter 358 Hiding Spot

?While Vanessa was stunned by the sheer amount of Gilaso variants on the battlefield, Shi Tian was pondering something. The inception of this chapter's publication is linked to n(o)vel(b)(i)(n).

He narrowed his eyes when these numbers were too many. If there were these many from the start, then where were they hiding?

None of the sensing devices they had placed in each location had detected any of them.

"Mary, do those sensing devices have thermal imaging equipped?" Shi Tian turned to Mary and asked.

Mary nodded her head.

"Yes, the sensing device covers the whole proximity of the area, so if there were some hiding in caves or other discreet places, it would have detected them." She responded.

"What about underground?" He continued with his questions.

"Hah, there's no point in detecting underground because the Gilaso Variants can't go underground–"

Suddenly, Mary paused her words, and a grim expression appeared on her face.

Indeed, they had studied the Gilaso variants so everyone knew they were incapable of going underground, which was why the sensing devices never bothered checking underground.

After all, it would be a waste of time and money to include underground sensing when they were confident it would be empty.

"Are you trying to say these Gilaso Variants came from the ground beneath?" Mary raised an eyebrow and asked. "But that didn't make sense. Their claws aren't designed for digging, and even if they tried, they would never be able to dig that much to conceal all these numbers."

Shi Tian agreed with her analysis, but there was one crucial point that Mary had missed.

"Mary, have you forgotten about the Moles that we had encountered and fought?" Shi Tian brought up the Moles, whom they had fought, and when he deployed a crap ton of Claymore Mines at them.

A bone-chilling feeling covered her back when Mary realized a terrifying possibility.

She nearly stumbled to the ground, but luckily, Shi Tian was quick to react and held her by the arm.

"Thanks," Mary smiled bitterly, clearly realizing that the monster they had just casually killed on the road could be potentially assisting the monster wave.

However, there was just one thing she couldn't fathom.

How and why would the Moles assist in hiding the Gilaso variants?

And Shi Tian seemed to be a wizard, having answered her doubts.

"Don't forget Vanessa herself owned an Ancient Technology that could turn the tide. So what makes you nullify the possibility of someone using an Ancient Technology to control the Moles?"

Although there were still a lot of things that Shi Tian didn't know, that didn't mean he could not piece some information in his mind together to conjure a conclusion.

Maybe it was because of his insignificant knowledge that allowed him to deduce something without overthinking compared to most people who have intensive knowledge of too many things.

As Mary needed time to absorb this possibility, Theobold finally had the attention to notice their arrival.

"It's good that the three of you have arrived." Theobold quickly said.

"Our soldiers are struggling to repel the massive amount of Gilaso variants, so we'll require Vanessa to lend a hand." He added, going straight to the point without beating around the bushes.

Meanwhile, Shi Tian was more wary of how abnormal Theobold was acting.

At the very least, he expected Theobold to speak in a roundabout way to borrow Vanessa's Ancient Technology, and not outright talk about it.

'It seems like Theobold is really struggling and it's not an act.' Shi Tian thought to himself. As ruthless as Theobold was, he wasn't the type to sacrifice his soldiers without a proper clause.

After all, Theobold would never attempt to snatch Vanessa's Ancient Technology in public, much less even think about it. The cons were just simply too much for the pros of snatching the Ancient Technology to be worth the trouble.

However, Shi Tian wasn't going to let Theobold have an easy way either. His soldiers dying was beneficial to them as well.

That was just the harsh reality of it.

"Before that, can you tell me why your soldiers are struggling to repel them in precise detail, Commander Theobold?" Shi Tian stepped forward and asked calmly.

Theobold glanced at Shi Tian and then Vanessa, who seemed to be distracted by something. It was clear that Vanessa didn't plan on saying anything, so he deduced that she had basically given him the mantle of conversing.

With a sigh, Theobold nodded his head. "Very well then. Please follow me."

Theobold could only curse silently and be a tour guide to show Shi Tian why their soldiers were slowly dying from being overwhelmed.

Following Theobold to the battlefield, he began explaining, "The Gilaso variants' skins are tougher than the previous data extracted. The bullets don't do much to them and they have a tank-like Gilaso variant blocking the bullets for the smaller-

sized monster."

Squinting his eyes, Shi Tian was able to see the bullets were indeed ineffective.

At the same time, he noticed some of the soldiers were fighting them in close combat. And in another area, some soldiers were grouped up, firing their magic spells.

The soldiers that aren't class-specific could only assist them from the back, shooting their turrets and explosive weapons. These were the regular soldiers who didn't have the talent to achieve a class.

"The soldiers with their respective classes are handling the situation well, but it's their support that's lacking severely." Shi Tian commented.

"Indeed, they are regular soldiers, with some attempting to dabble in the mechanic skills, but were unable to comprehend much of the technical stuff," Theobold explained calmly, but inwardly, he was cursing at Shi Tian for stating the obvious.

Time was ticking down, and with each second, his soldiers were facing more difficulty.

Yet there was nothing he could do, given Shi Tian clearly knew how to play his cards right.

By speaking up and being the lead, he was essentially being the representative for Vanessa, whose identity was above him as well.

"Rest assured, Commander Theobold." Shi Tian said calmly, clearly nonchalant as his soldiers struggled.

"Your weaponry is flawed, and I'm a mechanic. So I shall fix your weaponry. That way, your soldiers could support the vanguard properly."