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Liu Chuang, leading several key members of the Super Soldier Company, stormed in with great momentum.
"Dukao! Explain yourself! What exactly is going on?!"
Liu Chuang's eyes were bloodshot, like a trapped wild beast. "What are those ghostly things in the sky? Why can't we contact the outside world? Didn't you tell us to get lost? Now the road is blocked, you'd better come up with a solution!"
"Chuangzi, don't be impulsive!"
Ge Xiaolun pulled him aside, but his face was also full of anxiety and unease.
Dukao slowly raised his head, looking at these young and angry faces, his mouth full of bitterness.
"I do not know what to do."
“We are all just pawns. And now, the rules of the chessboard have been rewritten.”
"So what do we do? Just sit here and wait to die?"
Zhao Xin said urgently.
"Do not."
A cold voice interrupted everyone's argument.
Everyone turned to look, and saw Lena walk in. Her face was even paler than before, but there was a strange calm in her eyes, a calm that came from a profound and despairing death.
She walked up to Dukao and placed a data board on the table.
"This is the last analysis transmitted back by our Lieyang Civilization's Heavenly Dao Computer before it lost signal."
"These creatures seem to exist for only one purpose—collapse and selection."
"Their energy patterns bear a one-thousandth resemblance to the energy fluctuations of my grandfather... Di Hongkun when he finally dissipated. They, and that person, came from the same place."
Lena raised her head and looked around at everyone.
"He didn't block our way. He just... arranged a pop quiz for us unwelcome guests before we left."
"If we can't get through..."
She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood what she meant.
If you can't get through, you'll never be able to leave.
Just then, even worse news arrived.
A technician scrambled in, his face drained of color.
"General! No...nothing good! A...a monster has appeared on land!"
"Coordinates: Huangcun...uninhabited area nearby!"
The entire command center was deathly silent.
All eyes were on Dukao.
This war maniac, who had fought countless battles, felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness at this moment.
Escape, cannot escape.
I want to fight, but I don't know how.
Zhou Ye, that god-like and demonic man, presented him with a choice in the most cruel way.
It is about facing a "test" destined to fail with one's last shred of dignity.
Or perhaps we should remain here like cowards, awaiting our fate of being "cleaned out."
Dukao slowly stood up, looking at the constantly flashing red coordinates on the screen, and said, word by word:
"Super Soldier Company, Level One Combat Readiness."
"Target: Huangcun."
"Let's go see what the first question our new teacher gave us is."
Chapter 422 What is Despair?
Huangcun is a long-abandoned hilly area.
The roar of the helicopter grew louder as it approached, eventually hovering five kilometers away from the target area.
"We can't get any closer!"
The driver's voice came through the radio, tinged with obvious fear.
"All onboard electronic equipment has failed! Abnormal magnetic field! If we get any closer, we'll fall!"
Zhao Xin, Qi Lin, and Ge Xiaolun, who served as the core of the defense, formed a vanguard reconnaissance team and jumped down from a height of 100 meters.
The moment my feet touched the ground, a bone-chilling cold shot straight up from the soles of my feet to the top of my head.
This is not a feeling of coldness, but a sense of lifelessness as if vitality has been stripped away.
The sight before them made the three super soldiers, who were used to seeing alien battlefields, gasp in shock.
The earth had turned an eerie purple. The original soil and rocks were now covered by a layer of ever-spreading, translucent purple crystals. A pungent odor, like a mixture of ozone and formaldehyde, filled the air. All the vegetation had withered and carbonized, turning into black powder that crumbled at the slightest touch.
"Oh my God……"
Ge Xiaolun squatted down, wanting to touch the crystal on the ground, but was stopped by Qi Lin's stern voice.
"Don't touch it! There's strong radiation... No, this isn't radiation!" On Qi Lin's tactical goggles, the data stream jumped wildly, eventually turning into a jumble of characters.
"This is a... anti-energy field! It's breaking down all known forms of energy!"
Zhao Xin tried to activate his Divine River Gene, but the feeling of lightning speed was suppressed as soon as it surged up, as if he had sunk into a sticky swamp.
"Damn! My speed... has slowed down by at least half!"
For the first time, a look of horror appeared on Zhao Xin's face. "This godforsaken place is like a giant, weak halo!"
They finally understood why the planet's "new masters" had so easily dismissed the Super God Academy.
Because on this land, their proud "divine power" is being weakened at its root, and even... rendered ineffective.
Just then, a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound came from the nearby ravine.
The three immediately assumed a fighting stance and cautiously crept over.
In the center of the valley, they spotted their target.
It was a monster about three meters tall, resembling a praying mantis. Its body was made of purplish-black carapace, and its arms were two enormous scythes that gleamed with a cold light. Its movements were stiff and eerie as it used its scythes to cut at the crystals on the ground, as if performing some meaningless ritual.
Ranger-class Honkai Beast.
It seemed oblivious to the three people, still absorbed in its own world.
"Command center, this is Qilin. Target located." Qilin spoke in a low voice into the communicator, which was filled with static.
"The target's energy response is extremely abnormal. It is recommended that you do not come into contact with it lightly."
"receive."
Dukao's voice sounded particularly heavy amidst the static.
"Acquire the data and retreat immediately."
Qi Lin took a deep breath and slowly raised the Godslayer sniper rifle in her hand. Instead of loading the Godslayer No. 1 armor-piercing round, she replaced it with a specially made probe for data collection.
Aim and shoot.
The probe, glowing with a faint blue light, pierced the deathly silence and struck the back of the Honkai Beast with pinpoint accuracy.
However, a strange scene happened.
The moment the probe entered a three-meter radius around the Honkai Beast, it vanished into dust in a blinding white light, like a piece of ignited magnesium.
"What?!" Qi Lin exclaimed in shock.
At the same time, the Honkai Beast stopped moving.
Its faceless head slowly turned toward the direction where the three were hiding.
No warnings, no shouting.
The next second, its figure vanished from the spot.
"careful!"
Zhao Xin's fighting instincts made him roar and shove Qi Lin aside.
laugh!
A purple blade of light grazed Zhao Xin's cheek. He could even smell the annihilating aura emanating from the blade, an aura powerful enough to disintegrate everything.
So fast!
Zhao Xin's heart pounded wildly. He immediately channeled all his power, transforming into a silver lightning bolt, maneuvering at high speed around the Collapse Beast, trying to find its weakness.
However, his speed, which he was so proud of, seemed incredibly clumsy in the face of his opponent's unconventional teleportation.
The Honkai Beast completely ignored Zhao Xin's harassment; its target, it seemed, was Qi Lin, the one with the weakest energy reaction among the three, from the very beginning.
With another flash, it instantly appeared in front of Qi Lin, its massive scythe slashing down!
The shadow of death instantly enveloped Qi Lin. She didn't even have time to react.
"No!"
At the critical moment, Ge Xiaolun roared and charged forward, his huge black wings suddenly spreading out, forming a sturdy shield of dark energy in front of Qi Lin.
"The power of the galaxy is indestructible!"
clang--!
The purple scythe and the black shield collided heavily.
The sound that was emitted was not the loud clang of metal clashing, but a piercing sound like shattering glass.
Ge Xiaolun felt an irresistible, disintegrating force emanating from the shield. His proud concept of "invincibility" was like code being forcibly downgraded, rapidly collapsing before this force.
Click... click...
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the black shield and were rapidly expanding!
"Xiao Lun!" Qi Lin exclaimed.