Published: February 12, 2025
“Currently... there have been no casualties at Cloud Summit Villa. I just saw that some of their people were hit by logs, but they stood up right away. Even if they were injured, it shouldn't be serious.”
“Estimations suggest that over one-third of the mutated apes have suffered casualties, while I didn't see any casualties among the Cloud Summit personnel.”
“About three thousand to zero.”
This information circulated among various factions, leaving the higher-ups speechless for a long time.
In the past, they knew of and envied Cloud Summit’s magic crystal weapons, harboring a strong desire for them. But to be honest, the stronger the faction, the lower their level of 'desire' for such weapons.
For example, in the Resistance Zone, while magic crystal weapons are great, they can manufacture the Jingjue Floating Sphere and war fortresses. These weapons are also unique in the apocalypse, and in their view, the combat power of these two types is not inferior to that of magic crystal weapons, and in certain aspects, they may even surpass them.
Take Ten Thousand Beast Manor, for instance; they have large beast pool facilities that can control and cultivate many mutated life forms. The combat power of these creatures is very strong, with infinite potential for advancement, requiring only nourishment instead of the arduous technological struggle, making it easier to enhance compared to magic crystal weapons.
In the case of factions like the Five Rings Society or Ogre Chain, which mainly focus on commerce, they conduct various businesses and can use their profits to buy anything they desire—from evolution potions to high-level equipment. While magic crystal weapons are naturally good, it's not a big deal if they're not; they have plenty of alternatives.
It wasn't until the Annihilation Model Magic Crystal Cannon was introduced that these superpowers raised their regard for magic crystal weapons to a new height. This giant cannon poses a threat to high-level evolved beings and can be mass-produced, something that the original weapons on Earth cannot replace. The only thing that can rival the magic crystal cannon might be a war fortress, but war fortresses use nuclear energy and cannot be produced indefinitely. The Resistance Zone knows how much they can produce, and that number is not much.
Never before have they envied magic crystal weapons to such an extent.
Even with the help of other weapons, such as those two thousand decent rocket launcher-like devices, traps, war fortresses, and even air-to-ground missiles.
But they all knew very well that magic crystal weapons are the main players.
Those magic crystal bombs in the traps, the magic crystal grenades thrown out, and the various types of magic crystal cannons stationed on the hills.
It was only upon hearing such casualty reports that they deeply understood something called technological oppression.
“Continue monitoring and report the battle situation at any time.”
After such orders were given, many big shots from major factions comforted themselves, thinking this was just the beginning of the battle. Soon, those mutated apes would retaliate, especially that eighth-level existence, which is a monster far more formidable than a human of the same level.
Everyone was waiting, secretly anticipating news of casualties from Cloud Summit Villa.
Victory undoubtedly belongs to Cloud Summit; there’s no doubt about it, but if a few more people could die, that would be something everyone would like to see.
“The leader of the mutated apes activated its rage ability, its body swelled, towering over ten stories high! It... it threw its own kind like a boulder!”
“Other seventh-level mutated apes have also gone berserk. These high-level evolved beings all possess the same ability; it’s terrifying.”
“Other mutated apes are also using various abilities—petrified skin, furious roars, fiery eyes... too many to count.”
“These mutated apes are frightening.”
Upon hearing such news, the big shots felt somewhat relaxed. Cloud Summit could win, but a hard-fought victory would be the outcome they preferred.