Published: February 10, 2025
Thunder Dew rubbed her seemingly about to explode head, regaining some clarity.
She was Anman's deputy, or rather, his lover.
Although she was also an evolver, having reached the five-star level, she could have served as a deputy commander in the battle department. However, she knew that since the apocalypse began, she had hardly participated in any combat. She was a flower raised in a greenhouse. Her current level of evolution was entirely due to Anman.
In both life and in bed, she had made this man, old enough to be her father, very comfortable.
This time, during the expedition, she suddenly had the whim to feel the atmosphere of battle. Unable to resist her entreaties, Anman agreed. In Anman's view, although the target of this hunt was an eighth-level mutated life form, with many participants and the secret weapon Jas on their side, it would be mostly a thrilling experience without real danger. If Thunder Dew wanted to join, then let her.
However, for safety reasons, Anman placed her in a location he deemed very safe.
Inside the Jingjue Floating Sphere in Area C.
With excellent concealment techniques, high speed, and strong defenses, Anman felt that they wouldn’t encounter any danger.
He was mistaken, however, and underestimated the strength of the iron lock prisoner. Just moments ago, under that terrifying thundercloud, aside from the two Jingjue Floating Spheres modified by Ye Zhongming, the ones in Area C, G, and S had all been shot down and crashed.
Naturally, Thunder Dew fell to the ground as well. If it weren't for the excellent defense of the floating sphere, which mostly mitigated the fall due to the damage from the lightning to the sphere's system, even as a five-star evolver, she likely would have been killed upon impact.
Relying on the superhuman physique of an evolver, Thunder Dew quickly regained some strength. Dazed, she looked around and found herself surrounded by corpses and wreckage. Having never experienced such a scene, she was immediately overwhelmed with nausea.
She wanted to search for her companions but only found their bodies. The people in the floating sphere with her mostly had low evolution levels; they were primarily technicians. Whether from the lightning attacks or the high-altitude crash, these factors had been enough to claim their lives.
In the distance, that big guy was still fighting with human evolvers. Thunder Dew seemed to catch a glimpse of Anman's figure. She stood up to look for her man, but suddenly, some sounds made her stop in her tracks.
She realized it was the communication device within the floating sphere.
At this moment, someone was trying to contact the combat team?
Although Thunder Dew had not been through much combat, she had some understanding of communication. For various reasons, most of the time, whether in the resistance area or at Peak Mountain Base, they maintained a state similar to radio silence. Once communication was initiated, it certainly meant something big had happened.
She hesitated for a moment but eventually walked into the wreckage of the floating sphere, fiddling around until she connected the communication.
A minute later, Thunder Dew ran out, her face filled with shock.
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Anman had not fought so desperately in a long time. His profession, his skills, all poured forth unreservedly against the iron giant.
He still held onto hope, wishing that Jas wouldn’t encounter any trouble.
If anything were to happen to Jas, then killing the eighth-level iron giant would be his only chance to redeem himself.
In either case, he needed to kill this big guy.
He led the people from Area C, ordering others to join him in a frenzied attack.
However, some had already begun to lose heart, especially the external forces. They had come to the resistance area to gain benefits and recognition, not to lose their lives here. They had agreed to surround and kill the eighth-level mutated life form and were prepared to sustain some losses, but if they were to suffer serious injuries or even a total annihilation, they wouldn’t be willing to continue.