At Yangzhou City, Mingyue Community.
Luo Feng opened his eyes inside the gravity chamber and immediately stood up. The chamber door opened automatically.
“Xu Xin, Xu Xin!”
He rushed downstairs.
Xu Xin was sitting in the living room watching television. Seeing him hurry down, she quickly stood up.
“Luo Feng, what’s happened?”
“There’s no time to explain. Come with me now. I have to bring my parents and my brother back immediately.” Luo Feng did not feel safe leaving his parents outside. “I’ll explain everything on the way.”
“Oh… alright.”
Xu Xin could tell something extremely serious had happened.
They boarded the King class intelligent fighter, which quickly took off from Yangzhou City.
“Hello, Mum, where are you? The Northeast Base City? Alright, stay exactly where you are. Don’t go anywhere. I’m coming to pick you up. Don’t ask any questions now. I’ll explain later.”
After hanging up, Luo Feng immediately called his younger brother.
“Hello, Luo Hua, where are you? Oh, you’re still in Yangzhou City? Hurry home right now. Yes, immediately.”
Only after making both calls did Luo Feng finally relax a little.
“Luo Feng, what exactly happened?” Xu Xin finally asked.
“A catastrophe.”
“This is a catastrophe for all humanity on Earth.”
His voice was heavy.
Xu Xin’s expression immediately changed.
“A Devouring Beast has appeared among the sea monsters. Neither Hong, Thunder God nor I are any match for it,” Luo Feng said quietly.
“Even the most powerful laser cannon cannot leave a mark on a single one of its scales. Several American war bases have already been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or injured… and the number is rising rapidly.”
Xu Xin was stunned.
“Hundreds of thousands? That many?”
“That many?”
Luo Feng shook his head.
“At this rate, every base city across North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Europe will be destroyed.”
“The death toll will be measured in billions.”
“Without the war bases, once the base cities are attacked… humanity will become nothing more than livestock waiting to be slaughtered.”
“This catastrophe may be even worse than the Great Nirvana,” Luo Feng said.
Xu Xin finally panicked.
The Great Nirvana.
The greatest disaster in human history.
Neither Luo Feng nor Xu Xin had experienced it themselves.
But they had heard countless stories from their parents.
According to their parents…
The Great Nirvana had been nothing less than a nightmare.
A nightmare for all humanity.
…
They collected Luo Feng’s confused parents from the Northeast Base City.
During the return journey, Luo Feng asked Xu Xin to stay with them while he lowered his head to look at his communication watch.
“Number One, connect to my communication watch and activate the virtual display.”
Beep.
A virtual screen appeared before Luo Feng.
On it was a classified document.
Ancient Civilisation Ruins.
“Ruins Number One are located deep beneath the sea around the Bermuda region of the North Atlantic. They consist of a silver white pyramid standing 1,200 metres tall. This pyramid is extremely dangerous. Any material or person entering its entrance is instantly destroyed. No further information has been obtained.”
“Ruins Number Two are located beneath the former Wrangel Island in Russia. They consist of the shattered wreckage of a spacecraft.”
“Ruins Number Three…”
…
“Ruins Number Thirty One are located deep within the former Shennongjia region of Hubei, China.”
“The ruins form a giant sphere over eight hundred metres in diameter.”
“The surface is covered in numerous small pits and continuously emits poisonous gas.”
“The gas penetrates directly through the skin.”
“To date, no one has entered Ruins Number Thirty One and survived.”
“It is regarded, together with Ruins Number One and Ruins Number Twelve, as one of the three greatest forbidden zones.”
“Anyone who enters is certain to die.”
Luo Feng carefully read every entry from beginning to end.
Some ruins were terrifying.
Like Ruins Number Thirty One.
Some were merely wreckage.
Like Ruins Number Two.
Others were extremely unusual.
Like Ruins Number Nine.
“Babata.”
Luo Feng contacted him mentally.
“You’ve seen the list as well.”
“Which one should I enter?”
“Apart from the Three Forbidden Zones, every other ruin has already been searched thoroughly by the various nations.”
“There would be no point going.”
“The true forbidden zones are Ruins Number One and Ruins Number Thirty One.”
“Even Universe Stage experts would certainly die there.”
“You should go to Ruins Number Twelve.”
“Even Universe Stage experts would die?”
Luo Feng was shocked.
“Yes.”
“When you’re stronger in the future, you can visit the others.”
“For now, your destination should be Ruins Number Twelve.”
Babata explained.
“With your current strength, it may be somewhat dangerous.”
“But as long as you’re careful, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem.”
“At a time like this…”
Luo Feng’s eyes became as sharp as blades.
“No matter how dangerous it is, I have to go.”
Inside the intelligent storage space on his wrist.
Babata puffed out his cheeks.
Although he still thought Luo Feng was acting rather foolishly, he was very pleased by the determination of his Master’s disciple.
His Master had once said.
“Whether someone is evil, righteous or something in between, every truly powerful individual possesses an unshakable heart.”
…
Luo Feng understood exactly how he felt.
When he first learned the news during the virtual conference, he had been shocked and frightened.
But he had calmed down very quickly.
Years ago, after speaking with Commander Li Dawei of the Southeast Military Region…
He had made up his mind.
“When I finally close my eyes in death, I don’t want to regret failing because I didn’t try hard enough.”
He never wanted to regret.
“If I don’t fight now…”
“If I simply watch my fellow countrymen die…”
“If I watch my nation disappear…”
“If only my own family remains alive on Earth…”
“Will I regret it for the rest of my life?”
He asked himself that question.
The answer was obvious.
Yes.
Then…
Fight now.
Give everything.
Even if he burned away every last drop of blood in his body.
If he succeeded…
He believed he would still smile as he closed his eyes in death.
Ever since choosing the path of a martial artist, Luo Feng had never feared death.
He only wished for his death to have meaning.
To be worthwhile.
Night had fallen.
Lights still shone from many villas throughout Mingyue Community.
The intelligent fighter landed on the lawn.
Luo Feng, Xu Xin and Luo Hongguo with his wife stepped out.
Buzz.
Luo Feng answered his phone.
“It’s me, Jia Yi.”
The voice sounded anxious.
“Luo Feng, something terrible has happened.”
“What else could possibly happen?”
Luo Feng was shocked.
The catastrophe had already begun.
What could be worse?
“Luo Feng, after the conference, the leaders of every nation monitored the Devouring Beast by satellite.”
“After destroying every war base in North America, it immediately flew to Europe.”
“It has begun systematically destroying Europe’s key war bases.”
“At this rate, it’ll soon begin attacking the war bases throughout Asia.”
“Without the war bases stopping the sea monsters, countless sea monsters will pour inland.”
“In only one or two days, they’ll begin launching massive assaults against the base cities.”
Jia Yi’s words caused Luo Feng’s face to turn pale instantly.
“You… you mean…”
His eyes turned red.
“With the Devouring Beast’s speed of more than ten thousand metres per second, it can destroy every war base on Earth in less than half a day.”
“Once that happens, the countless sea monsters will surge inland through the rivers.”
“If humanity fights back…”
“Even with desperate resistance…”
“Within three days, half of humanity will be dead.”
“Within seven days, every base city will fall.”
Luo Feng swallowed hard.
My God…
“I… I thought we still had a month.”
He shook his head in disbelief.
On the road through the community, Luo Hongguo, his wife and Xu Xin all stared at Luo Feng in shock.
Ever since Luo Feng had risen to such a high position, they had rarely seen him so flustered.
“Yes.”
“I thought we still had time too.”
“But…”
Jia Yi’s voice was low, filled with grief and pain.
“Why?”
“Why has this happened?”
Luo Feng’s thoughts were in complete turmoil.
There was too little time.
Originally, if the Devouring Beast had continued swallowing only a few war bases each day…
Humanity would have had time.
Instead, it intended to destroy every war base on Earth within half a day, clearing the way for the sea monsters to invade.
It was utterly ruthless.
Then again…
Luo Feng understood.
If he himself were the Devouring Beast, he would probably eliminate all resistance first as well.
After that, it could leisurely consume metal without interference.
“Luo Feng, the Devouring Beast is destroying the war bases and deliberately targeting the laser cannons.”
“It’s incredibly intelligent.”
“It knows laser cannons threaten King level monsters.”
“So it casually destroys every laser cannon with those golden rays.”
“But it doesn’t even bother chasing the human armies.”
“The King level sea monsters are doing that instead.”
Jia Yi continued.
“Once a King level monster catches an army, tens of thousands of soldiers are almost guaranteed to die.”
“Killing one King level monster means saving hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps even more.”
“Unfortunately, ordinary Councillors have no confidence they can defeat King level monsters.”
“I understand.”
Luo Feng nodded.
He had to enter the ruins as quickly as possible.
Then return immediately.
Babata would handle assembling any weapon they found.
As for him…
He would begin a massacre.
“King level monsters?”
“You want to slaughter humanity?”
“Then I’ll slaughter you.”
Luo Feng’s eyes turned ice cold.
Colder than ever before.
At this moment…
He truly felt as though he were on the verge of madness.
Anxiety.
Rage.
They had already been driven to the edge of the cliff.
There was nowhere left to retreat.
“Luo Feng, because the Devouring Beast has become so aggressive, the hydrogen bomb operation will be carried out tonight.”
“If it succeeds in killing the Devouring Beast, humanity will still have hope.”
“The Devouring Beast is currently in Europe.”
“Judging from its direction, it’ll soon enter Russian territory.”
“The hydrogen bomb attack will be launched there.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
Before the Great Nirvana, Russia had been the largest country on Earth by land area.
In the era of the base cities, however, territory no longer meant anything.
Humanity could survive only within the base cities.
Russia’s population was relatively small.
Its base cities had all been built within the European part of the country.
That left more than ten million square kilometres of uninhabited wilderness.
A perfect location to detonate an ultra high yield hydrogen bomb.