Published: February 12, 2025
When Old An arrived, the city center of Black Dragon City was already in complete chaos.
Previously, he was talking with Ye Zhongming. Who would have thought that just as the King of Cloud Summit said trouble was coming, he immediately rushed out of the room? Old An still didn't know what was happening until nearly a minute later when he caught a strong smell of blood in the air.
Then came the news that the mutated life forms on the other side of the city had become extremely agitated for some unknown reason and launched a large-scale attack against the human side. Some of the incredibly powerful beings even breached the human-controlled area of Black Dragon City and began slaughtering evolvers.
This was something that the humans of Black Dragon City could not tolerate.
Half the city was their foundation for survival; without it, they would become rootless people.
On the cold ice plains of the northern region, with the impending ice storms, no one could survive.
Because of this, when the mutated life forms in the other half of the city became restless, all the prominent figures of Black Dragon City gathered. They surrounded Old An, their expressions serious.
"What’s going on?"
Due to the special circumstances in the city, there was a strict rotation system in place at the city center.
Speaking of this, it was necessary to mention the unique 'terrain' here. The evolvers naturally would not have any defensive measures, mingling freely with mutated life forms. Instead, they had established some special defensive lines.
Though humans and mutated life forms lived in the same city, there were only four access points that led into the human area.
Since the city was oriented north to south, with the southern part being the human-controlled area and the northern part being the mutated life form-controlled area, they could roughly be divided by an east-west zone, which the people of Black Dragon City habitually referred to as Blood Street.
The widest part of Blood Street exceeds a hundred meters, while the narrowest part is still over fifty meters, filled with various giant rocks, ruins, large pits, and skeletal remains.
Of course, the ground took on a strange bluish-purple hue, stained by various colors of blood, which was quite eerie.
Connecting Blood Street on the human side were four passageways. In the middle, there were two of these, also the widest among the four. One was between two massive ruined ice mountains, roughly over a hundred meters wide and equally deep.
At the end of this street, there was a small wall constructed from materials used to build the city wall of Black Dragon City, connecting the two ruined ice mountains. There was no city gate, and evolvers wanting to enter Blood Street could only descend using ropes from above.
Because this area resembled a concave shape, it was referred to as the Concave Entrance.
About a kilometer to the west of the Concave Entrance stood a massive skeleton. It belonged to a powerful monster that had already reached the eighth level three years into the apocalypse. It had rampaged into Black Dragon City from the north before being jointly killed by humans.
Though it came at a great cost, this monster brought significant benefits to Black Dragon City. Its magic crystal was the first grade 8 magic crystal obtained here, and many of the materials from it transformed into the equipment now held by various bosses. Its flesh and blood enhanced the physical qualities of many people...
Moreover, its bones, as if planted in the ground, were immovable for the evolvers. Later, everyone discovered that these bones, as thick as that of a fully grown man, were extremely sturdy, even eighth-level life forms could not damage them. Thus, the idea of removing them was abandoned, and instead, these bones were used to create a pathway to Blood Street.
On the side closer to humans, there were numerous formulas and powerful weapons everywhere. Just a hundred meters ahead was this skeletal pathway, and behind was the human city. It could be said that this was a popular hunting ground for humans, the site of the fiercest battles, and the location most frequently attacked by mutated life forms.