Volume 1, Chapter 61: Capital Dragon Fang

Su Mengyi did not speak. Her pale face was covered in sweat as she channeled the last remaining life energy within her body into a soft green light, infusing it into Li Hexuan's wound.

Beneath the green light, the torn and mangled flesh began to slowly twitch. Although it could not heal instantly, the bleeding was finally stemmed.

"We cannot stop." Leaning against a boulder, Li Hexuan rapidly analyzed the situation. "Chen Hao left a mark on me. They will always be able to find us. We must keep moving, use the terrain, and exhaust their stamina."

Without resting, the trio once again embarked on their path of escape.

Su Mengyi's usefulness was pushed to its absolute limit at this moment. Through her connection with the plants, she continuously created various obstacles. Rampant vines would entangle the pursuers' ankles, resilient bushes would block their line of sight, and she could even urge toxic flowers with deceptive scents to briefly interfere with the keen-scented mutant hounds.

As for Zhang Nan, he had become the most reliable iron wall for the rear guard.

Whenever a leading squad of predators got too close, he would let out a roar, turn back to charge into the fray, and with the most feral demeanor, tear the enemy to pieces in the shortest time possible before quickly catching up with the team.

The second day.

They were trapped in a swamp by a hunting squad composed of elite predators and three "Clawed Wolf Spiders."

"Mengyi, cover us! Zhang Nan, left flank!"

Li Hexuan's voice remained calm. Enduring his pain, he condensed the meager remaining lightning energy at his fingertips, transforming it into bolts of lethal electric arcs that precisely struck the agile wolf spiders.

In the flash of lightning and crash of stone, a fierce and bloody skirmish erupted.

Zhang Nan's battle-axe was stained with foul-smelling blood and brain matter. The corner of Su Mengyi's mouth also leaked a trace of blood due to over-exerting her special abilities.

They paid a heavy price to finally annihilate this squad, but the condition of all three had plummeted to rock bottom.

The third day.

Physically and mentally exhausted.

This was the truest depiction of the three.

Their combat uniforms were already tattered, and their faces and bodies were covered in mud and dried blood. Three consecutive days and nights of high-intensity dashing and fighting without sleep had driven their physical and mental limits to the breaking point.

The arm with which Zhang Nan wielded his battle-axe felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead.

Su Mengyi was pale as a ghost, relying almost entirely on sheer willpower to maintain a faint perception of the surrounding plants.

Li Hexuan's wound began to infect in the damp environment, and waves of dizziness constantly assaulted his brain.

The source crystals they carried had long since been depleted.

Out of ammunition and food.

Finally, amid a flurry of urgent beast roars, they were forced out of the jungle. Behind them lay a fathomless abyss.

Before them was the edge of an open cliff, leaving no terrain left to dodge or utilize.

There was nowhere left to retreat.

A tall and stalwart figure slowly walked out from the woods.

It was the predator leader.

His body bore several bone-deep wounds, left behind from going toe-to-toe with Zhang Nan. But his gaze was filled with the exhilaration of revenge and cruel mockery.

Behind him, a dozen of the most elite predator personal guards spread out like statues, forming a semicircle encirclement that completely sealed off all paths to survival.

The predator leader did not speak; he merely slowly raised the massive stone axe in his hand and pointed it at Li Hexuan.

That look seemed to say that the game was over.

"Brother Xuan..." Zhang Nan gasped heavily, taking a stride across to shield Li Hexuan and Su Mengyi behind him. "I can still chop down a few more!"

Li Hexuan pushed him aside and walked to the very front.

Looking at these ferocious enemies like wolves and tigers, and at the unmasked murderous intent on the leader's face, his heart instead became utterly calm.

He prepared to detonate his own energy core, using his life to buy a final sliver of a chance of survival for Zhang Nan and Su Mengyi.

A cold, resolute smile gradually surfaced at the corner of his mouth.

"Come on."

Right at this moment!

Bzzz... Crackle...

A faint sound of electric current, almost masked by the sound of the wind, suddenly rang out from the military communicator on Li Hexuan's wrist, which had run out of power long ago.

Following that, a calm, clear, and emotionless female voice emanated from it!

"Thor, please respond if you copy! We are the 'Dragon Fang' Task Force from the Capital Base, your position has been locked, and we are approaching!"

What?!

The smile on Li Hexuan's face instantly froze!

Capital Base? Dragon Fang Task Force?!

The final stronghold of human civilization in his past life! The most powerful armed force on Earth!

Why would they be here? At this specific point in time?! This completely subverted his cognition!

The predator leader clearly also sensed this bizarre scene; he frowned and let out a puzzled, low growl.

Before anyone could make a reaction.

Boom—!!!

A terrifying sonic boom that tore the firmament apart suddenly exploded from above the clouds!

All the humans and predators subconsciously looked up.

They saw three pitch-black V-shaped combat aircraft, full of futuristic design and fierce murderous intent, tearing through the thick clouds and appearing above the cliff with an overbearing posture!

They hovered silently, the cold metallic luster of their hulls exuding a heart-palpitating aura of death.

The next second.

The hatches of the aircraft slid open silently.

No missiles, no artillery. Only rows of railgun barrels glowing with dark blue electricity slowly extended outward.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

The dense sound of the air being torn apart, merging into a continuous stream, rang out!

Countless tungsten-gold projectiles glowing with a scorching red glare were accelerated to dozens of times the speed of sound by terrifying electromagnetic force, turning into streaks of deadly light and pouring down like a torrential rain!

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

That was not a battle.

That was a unilateral, cold, and efficient massacre!

That predator leader, who had been arrogant just a moment ago, had not even seen the savage grin fade from his face before his body was pierced by dozens of tungsten-gold projectiles in an instant, tearing him into a pile of blurred flesh!

The dozen elite guards behind him did not even have time to let out a scream before they were completely obliterated in this barrage of deadly bullets!

In a mere three seconds.

The encirclement was cleared.

At the edge of the cliff, there were only scattered limbs and broken arms left on the ground, alongside three dumbfounded figures completely plunged into shock.

From the black combat aircraft, several cables shot down rapidly.

Warriors clad in pitch-black, fully-enclosed powered armor descended from the sky like peregrine falcons, their movements smooth and fluid, filled with ultimate professionalism and calm.

After landing, they quickly established a perimeter defense. The source-energy rifles in their hands were far more advanced in design than the "Honeycomb" models of Thor City, with muzzles pointing outward, vigilant against any potential threat.

A leading figure dropped right in front of Li Hexuan and the other two.

Zhang Nan and Su Mengyi were completely speechless.