Published: February 6, 2025
"I'm sorry for being late. This doesn't count as the sixth update; let's consider it the first update on the 2nd. Thank you for the great love and support! I also want to thank the other book friends and the brothers and sisters who supported Old Phantom. Thank you, everyone!"
Near the city center, a shopping mall was filled with many survivors who looked extremely disheveled.
These people were the bosses from Ying City who had attended the trading fair along with their subordinates.
The spacious first-floor hall of the entire shopping mall was already packed with survivors.
"What's the situation?"
Luan Cheng, the general manager of Star Beauty Corporation, asked Old Li, who had just returned from reconnaissance.
As the leader of the Li Roar Battle Team, opportunities for Old Li to go out on reconnaissance were rare. With the driver profession, he could use a bicycle like a motorcycle, making him a natural scout.
Old Li took a sip of water handed to him by a subordinate before cursing, "Don't mention it! You guys have no idea what it's like over at the giant roulette. Zombies, monsters, and mutated animals are all jam-packed there. It's impossible to get through. We wanted to turn that thing, but there's no way."
Upon hearing Old Li's words, some people asked, "Don't those monsters fight each other?"
Survivors living in Ying City had naturally seen the fierce battles between these mutated beings, much more brutal than those between humans.
"No." Old Li chuckled, but his expression quickly soured. "They were fighting at first, but then they stopped."
"Old Li, can you finish your sentence in one go?" Lei Dongbao and his Youth Mercenary Group were quite strong and had made progress in the latest rankings, so they weren't particularly afraid of the Li Roar Battle Team and spoke more bluntly.
Old Li shot a glance at Lei Dongbao, a trace of killing intent flickering in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Because some... bosses showed up."
Everyone looked at Old Li, waiting for him to continue.
"To the east, a giant flying monster I have never seen before appeared, resembling a Western dragon, but not as large. Its wingspan is about fifty meters, and when it stands, it's estimated to be around twenty meters tall. But it's much more vicious and often swallows other monsters nearby in one bite."
"This guy has a blue magic crystal on its forehead."
The crowd gasped at this.
Currently, the top combat power of mutated beings in Ying City was the grade 4 existence with a green magic crystal, which was already beyond the reach of these elites. Now, a blue-level monster had appeared? Was this a grade 5?
In the huge hall filled with hundreds of people, the mention of a blue-level, giant new monster left them in stunned silence.
"Sigh." Old Li sighed, "I didn't dare to get too close. I only took a look from a distance. Besides that ugly black dragon, to the south, it was occupied by a horde of mutated rats."
"Mutated rats?" A survivor blinked. "How powerful can they be?"
Old Li glared at the guy before responding, "Grade 4."
After everyone let out a sigh of relief, Old Li suddenly added, "But there are at least hundreds of grade 3s, over a thousand grade 2s, and grade 1s... I can't even count."
Everyone imagined such a scene and felt a chill run down their spines.
Once the four pests, they had now become the Four Heavenly Kings, relying on numbers to intimidate survivors. But they had never seen such a high-evolved group of pests before.
"Scared?" Old Li chuckled before saying, "That grade 4 mutated rat is nearly the size of a seven or eight-year-old child and looks very human-like, walking upright and, annoyingly, sporting a damn pot belly!"
Old Li was at a loss for words, resorting to cursing instead.
"Don't let that black dragon fool you; it may be a grade 5 existence and has gathered many monsters, but it doesn't dare to mess with this group of mutated rats! Other mutated animals are also under the control of these rats."
"Old Li, from your tone, is there more?"