Published: February 6, 2025
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Before the dawn of the apocalypse, the darkness felt deeper than ever.
The sound of some creature's roar echoed above Ying City, accompanied by an undeniable stench of blood that lingered in the air despite the wind.
These reminders were constant for the remaining humans still breathing—this is the apocalypse. They were not called residents, but survivors.
Brother Bao lay in ambush with his team inside a home experience center beside the Junxiang office building, watching the flying monsters occasionally rising and falling in the faint starlight.
He had been waiting here for an hour, and the sofa beneath him, which would have cost a white-collar worker three months of salary during peaceful times, was already warmed by his presence, but he still had not received the signal to attack.
However, Brother Bao was not anxious, as that person had already stated before leaving that the moment the first light of dawn broke would be the time to act.
As for borrowing a team, Brother Bao understood well that he would have to borrow whether he wanted to or not. Ever since the giant cultivated with almost all the resources of their team died, he had learned to assess the situation better. Thus, when that man with a smile that seemed to carry a murderous intent set off overnight, Brother Bao led his team to follow.
The night of the apocalypse was traditionally a forbidden zone for humanity.
However, that person had surprisingly led the team here safely, giving Brother Bao some confidence in this operation.
Yes, even though he had come here without any hesitation, Brother Bao had never believed that this Junxiang office building, which could devour his three-star evolver eldest son, was accessible to this young man. His fate would be the same as his son's.
But ultimately, he came because everyone harbors a sliver of luck, and now that sliver had grown significantly.
“Brother Bao! They're coming!”
Jiang Tai suddenly called out cautiously, which immediately made Brother Bao leap up from the sofa and rush to the floor-to-ceiling window to look outside.
The horizon was slightly whitening, illuminated by a spark of fire.
“Action!”
With Brother Bao's command, the members of the Burning Fury Battle Team stormed out of the home experience center, many holding lighters, flicking them on and off intermittently.
The sound of monsters flapping their wings suddenly reached them.
“Towards that building!” Brother Bao led the charge towards a nearby building where there was a bank branch suitable for defense.
In the short distance of over fifty meters, before the Burning Fury members could cover thirty meters, the first flying monster swooped down.
The battle immediately erupted.
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Ye Zhongming stood atop the Junxiang office building, watching as two fires ignited before turning to enter the building.
The monsters that devoured Brother Bao’s eldest son were called abyssal demon nests, a very peculiar type of extraterrestrial beast. They were referred to in the past as 'living plagues'.
Wherever an abyssal demon nest appeared, a mother body would usually emerge first. This mother body emits a gas that can induce hallucinations, causing any living being that enters the gas range to perceive illusions, drawing them closer to the mother body, where they become its nutrients.
Next, the abyssal demon nest's mother body begins to 'produce,' nurturing and generating its subordinate life forms—blood swallows—inside its massive biological nests.
Blood swallows are quick-flying creatures with strong attack power and possess a gifted skill of sonic attack. They are not large; three to four-star blood swallows are only as big as a clumsy dog, while one to two-star ones are about the size of an adult cat. Ye Zhongming had never seen one above four-star.
Due to their agility and sonic attacks that can slow or stun their targets, coupled with their sharp beaks and claws, blood swallows pose a significant threat to both humans and zombies.