Five Frozen Centuries

As Wei Huo and the others were asking the workers who had escaped, the sound of an explosion came from afar. They stood on their tiptoes and looked into the distance, only to see thick black smoke rising.

“It’s that monster!” A worker panicked and shouted, “It must be that monster!”

An official shouted, “Don’t panic! The mutants in Area B are out. The city guards have arrived.”

As expected, soon, everyone heard gunshots coming from the other side. They felt relieved.

However, before long, the gunshots started weakening. More and more explosions were heard as countless people fled in all directions in fear.

Someone came to the high wall of Area B and shouted from below, “Let us enter! Open the gate!”

However, the city gate of Area B was still closed. Instead, a hover cruiser flew out of Area B. Many ropes were attached to the hover cruiser, and over ten fully-armed soldiers slid down the ropes.

These soldiers were different from the city-guarding soldiers. The city-guarding soldiers were wearing black 01 Soldier Armor and had cold weapons on their backs and QBZ-95 rifles. However, these six soldiers were wearing red-and-blue soldier armor. This armor was thicker than 01 Soldier Armor. Their limbs looked stronger, and they were over two meters tall. They were not holding QBZ-95s either, but huge laser guns.

Su Xiaoyu said, “These are soldiers from the special forces. They specialize in handling special occasions. Their equipment is very advanced, and their combat power is very strong!”

The soldiers took a step forward. They were very fast. Once they took a step, they rushed to the battlefield like humanoid cheetahs.

Wei Huo found their equipment familiar. The armor was similar to the assault armor he had obtained at the peak of the snowy mountain, but it was not as strong as the assault armor. It felt like modified assault armor.

These dozen or so soldiers were indeed not simple. Everyone watched as a special-class soldier killed his way to a black monster. He first engaged in close combat, and after killing the monster, he used a laser gun to split the monster’s body into two.

The monster ran further away and headed straight for the administrative center. It seemed like it knew that targeting the leader first was the best strategy. Just as the worker had said, these monsters seemed to be quite intelligent.

After killing the monster, the soldier rushed to the center of the battlefield. Many buildings had been lifted by the monsters, and many people had been killed by their claws and fangs.

Wei Huo approached the monster’s corpse and examined it closely. He realized that it was a combination of an ant and a Body-Breaking Worm.

Upon thinking of ants, Wei Huo thought of the Demonic Ants he had encountered in the past. Demonic Ants were terrifying. In just over 100 years, they had entered the Stone Age. It was similar to how Homo erectus yuanmouensis had spent 100 years to evolve to the era of the Yellow Emperor. If they had developed for 500 years, they might have already conquered the Solar System with their Gundams.

The special forces started attacking the monsters. However, at that moment, three 11- to 12-meter-tall giant monsters appeared in the location of the accident. This time, everyone in Area C saw the monsters’ appearance. Many people were shocked. “Mutants! These are mutants!”

These monsters were indeed very similar to mutants, but they had multiple arms. Their heads were very similar to an ant’s head, but their sharp tails, black skin, skinny bodies, and terrifying speed and strength were all very similar as well.

The special forces immediately charged toward the three creatures. However, these three creatures were Rare-ranked creatures. They were faster and stronger. The special forces were like deer in front of elephants compared to them. They could not resist at all.

One could catch a special-class soldier with one claw. The red-blue armor would shatter if one grabbed it. The mutants were too powerful. The special-class soldiers were not their match at all!

At that moment, someone shouted, “The mutant is coming out of an underground cave! Quickly, block the entrance!”

The commander of the city guard immediately gave the order. “Hurry up and go to the mining area. Bring the ores over and cover the cave!”

The city guards immediately started moving, but a few creatures were still wreaking havoc. At that moment, someone on the floating cruiser shouted, “A few Rare-ranked creatures are nothing to worry about. Let me deal with them!”

That person had a head of fiery red hair. His palm started to turn red and hot. In the end, it became like a soldering iron. He aimed at a Rare-ranked creature and jumped down from the cruiser. Before he landed, a huge flame appeared under his feet.

“Have you heard of the Descending Foot Technique? If you haven’t heard of it, I’ll show it to you.”

The fire-type mutant was very arrogant. However, before he landed on the ground, he was whipped by a huge mutant’s tail. Fortunately, the mutant immediately formed a flame armor around his body and used it to neutralize most of the impact. However, he was still sent flying by the tail hundreds of meters away before crashing into the armored wall.

“Cough!” The fire-type mutant coughed out a mouthful of blood, but his fighting spirit was stronger. He said, “That’s right, you’re a good opponent. I can use you to temper myself!”

The mutant stared at him and took a step toward the fire-type mutant. It ignored the others and ran away.

Everyone was speechless.

Wasn’t it supposed to train its body with a foreign body?

The fire-type mutant was still bragging. “If you can’t even catch up to me, how are you going to fight me?”

A long time ago, a famous long-distance runner in Xianxia novels had said, “No matter how high your realm is and how strong you are, it doesn’t matter. You can’t catch up to me anyway!”

The fire-type mutant knew that he could not do anything to him as long as he ran away quickly.

At that moment, someone shouted, “Look, they did not kill the humans directly. Instead, they moved the people who fainted into the cave. Are they really mutants? Are they using humans to incubate mutants?”

The fire-type mutant attracted a huge mutant, but there were still two other mutants wreaking havoc. The humans, who were in great pain, cursed. “Where did that mutant go? Where are the special forces in Area B? Why didn’t they appear?”

Someone else also cursed. “They usually live in prosperous and luxurious Area B. However, they hole up in Area B whenever they encounter a calamity.”

Someone shouted, “Let’s leave the Soaring Cloud City quickly! We’ll fall into a trap!”

The commander had no choice but to reveal the truth. He shouted, “Other than Area C7, the other areas have also been attacked! There are already too many mutants. Plus, a large group of giant ants has surrounded the Soaring Cloud City. Going out would be suicide! The headquarters have already ordered us to open the gate leading to Area B. Everyone, please pass through the gate and head to Area B to escape!”

More mutants and special forces soldiers were sent to defend the armored walls. If the walls were broken, everything would be over.

It was only then that people understood that leaving this place was a dead end. They all squeezed themselves toward the walls of Area B. However, two creatures were already charging over.

At that moment, a young man around 25 years old and an old man walked out of the crowd. The two of them walked forward gradually and the young man said slowly, “Senior Brother, it seems like it’s time for us to fight.”