I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Like a shimmering mirage, the explosions and flames rose from the ground, filling the entire park. The deafening thunderclaps caused the air to tremble violently, pushing the calm air currents and creating terrifying waves of fire.

[This guy... his energy attacks are incredibly powerful! Is he really a mutated species?!]

Yan Ziming stared in horror at the "Flame Demon" that broke through the sea of ​​fire and approached him—this guy's energy attack was stronger than that of many eighth-level ability users!

One can imagine that if it were someone else facing its eighth rank instead of Yan Zimo, they would probably only be destined to die in battle.

Her assessment of the "Flame Demon" has risen to the same level as, or even higher than, that of the Tyrant!

It will really take some effort to clean it up myself.

But...

I need to show you our little dragon, otherwise I'm afraid you might be disrespectful to her...

"Come on, Sisi, give it a fierce look, bare your teeth, scare it to death! Give it a damn dragon roar!"

"......"

Si Mo stared expressionlessly at the approaching "Flame Demon," which had already opened its mouth wide, ready to swallow her and Yan Zimo whole.

A cold glint flashed in the dragon girl's eyes.

Originally, she didn't want to pay any attention to Yan Ziming, but now that she saw this reckless guy trying to devour her as well, she felt that her dignity as a dragon had been severely trampled on!

Sisi raised her hands to her chest, making a claw-like gesture, looking utterly ferocious! Her cheeks puffed out, and then she opened her small mouth wide, unleashing a mighty dragon roar:

"Ouch——"

It was this adorable cry that made Yan Ziming, who was standing behind Si Mo, tremble violently. A gale of force eight swept around them, not to mention the "Flame Demon" at the center of the dragon's roar, which was directly blown over a hundred meters away and crashed heavily to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

It's now!

Yan Ziming snapped out of her daze. The thunderclouds in the sky seemed to respond to her call, pressing down with overwhelming force. The Spear of Victory appeared in her hand in an instant, and she threw it out.

hum-

The space itself collapsed under the immense pressure of the attack, and a chilling red light followed closely behind the Spear of Victory, entering the body of the "Flame Demon".

“Sizzle, sizzle—”

The extinguishing lightning suddenly erupted, its power completely contained. The "Flame Demon," which had previously exuded a terrifying aura, was instantly devoured by the blue-purple electric current surging from its body, and then carbonized, turning into a wisp of embers that drifted away with the wind.

Without an outlet, the desolate thunder rose directly into the sky, where it was then transformed and absorbed by the thunderclouds.

A few seconds later, the place returned to silence.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Fragility of Life

The "Flame Demon" is dead, but this park is essentially ruined. It will take at least a month of maintenance and repair work before it can be reopened to the public.

The power of that fiery heat was no less than the Radiant Red Dust that Yan Zimo unleashed in his elemental state during the Civilization Cup; it was truly terrifying.

That's impossible. No mutated species has ever been able to match the level of other ability users of the same rank in terms of energy attacks.

But the "Flame Demon" did just that.

This incident is still full of questions. Why did the "Flame Demon" cross the city walls and the military's cordon to appear here?

What troubled Yan Ziming even more was that a similar phenomenon had occurred in Sheng'an, only it was even more serious, with an SSS-level mutated species appearing.

Given Mu Mu's abilities, he should be able to arrive in about ten seconds. I can only hope that it won't cause too many casualties!

After killing the "Flame Demon", Yan Ziming gave Si Mo a thumbs up: "Si Mo, your Dragon Roar was really mighty!"

"Hmph! Don't you know who we are?" Si Mo put her hands on her hips, looking extremely smug.

What Yan Ziming didn't say was that when Si used the Roar of the Evil Dragon, she was almost swooned by how cute it was.

But wouldn't she be angry if I said that? So Yan Ziming wisely kept quiet.

"Simo, could you go to Sheng'an City to help Mumu?"

"No, I refuse, unless you give us a child."

"......"

Yan Ziming's fawning face immediately froze. How could this little girl bring up having children in everything?

But she still patiently persuaded him, "Then can you take me there?"

"Having a baby."

"......"

So, all you've got to do is make me have kids, is that it?!

"Never mind then, I'll have Qianxue take me there."

Yan Ziming was about to take out his phone to call Ye Qianxue and ask her to come over when Si Mo said, "I don't think it's necessary."

Following Si Mo's gaze towards the direction of Sheng'an City, one could vaguely see that it was covered by a layer of dark clouds, with lightning and thunder, much louder than the commotion caused by Yan Zimo, and could be seen from a great distance.

"Xian'er!"

Yan Ziming exclaimed in surprise, for no one but Liu Mengxian could have caused such a change in the celestial phenomena.

When a powerful Soul Realm expert arrived, the SSS-level mutated species couldn't cause any trouble.

After hesitating for a moment, Yan Ziming took out his phone and dialed Ye Qianxue's number:

"Big sister! How are you doing? There's a huge fire where you are! The videos circulating online say that an SS-level mutated species has appeared there!"

"Yeah, thankfully, I've already taken care of it. How's it going on your end?"

"As expected of my elder sister!" Ye Qianxue swooned for a while before saying, "I've already taken Xiaoqi and Yuanyuan back to the hotel and informed the school."

"Phew... thankfully, this incident is a bit unusual. You need to be constantly vigilant. An SSS-level mutated species has appeared directly in the center of Sheng'an City!"

"SSS level?! Downtown?!" Ye Qianxue was also startled.

Yan Ziming exclaimed, "Yes, it's simply unbelievable. No one would believe it if I told them."

It wouldn't be surprising if some mutated species below Grade B infiltrated, since they weren't very big, and the new cities had only been recaptured a few months ago, so there were still some undiscovered loopholes in the defenses.

It's different at Class A; they're generally six to ten meters tall, making it difficult to even sneak in.

But what appeared today was a damn SS-rank!

A body over sixty meters tall could not possibly bypass the military's surveillance and infiltrate the city, unless they were blind!

If that's the case, then a large number of people in Yong'an City, including those in the main national institutions, will be held accountable and removed from their posts.

If the appearance of the "Flame Demon" could be attributed to the military's negligence, then Sheng'an's SSS-class completely negates that possibility.

There must be some deeper reason!

After exchanging a few more words of concern with Ye Qianxue, Yan Ziming hung up the phone.

She probably won't be able to participate in today's and tomorrow's events; the military will definitely want to speak with her.

There's nothing we can do about it. An SS-level mutated species has appeared in the trouble zone. It's not enough to just kill it and call it a day. There's a lot of work to be done afterward.

At the very least, we need to find out the root cause of the whole incident to prevent such a situation from happening again.

It's not always the case that a powerful superhuman like Yan Ziming is by their side when something happens. What they need to do is to focus on prevention and control.

As someone who was present and killed the "Flame Demon," Yan Ziming would inevitably be called upon to cooperate with the work.

Sure enough, as soon as Yan Ziming hung up his conversation with Ye Qianxue and the others, Mo Sheng called.

"Little sister Zimo, I'm sorry to trouble you for a while. Go to the Yong'an Military Region in a while. It won't take up much of your time. I'll just ask you some questions and ask you some advice."

"...Sister Mo Sheng, I saved the citizens from danger, shouldn't you...?"

Yan Ziming's eyes were now covered by two large "¥".

Mo Sheng, who knew Yan Ziming well, instantly understood her intention and laughed and scolded:

"Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged. I don't think you're poor these days, so why are you so concerned about these small rewards?"

"Little by little, it adds up; I'll go to the military region tomorrow morning, how's it going on your end?"

At this point, Mo Sheng's voice deepened considerably:

"Hmm, not good. Although His Majesty and Mu Mu arrived in time, in the minute or so before that..."

“Is that so…” Yan Ziming lowered his eyes.

Needless to say, a little over a minute isn't long, but it's enough for an SSS-level mutated species.

Even the SS-rank "Flame Demon" here caused at least a hundred casualties. This was only because Mu Mu and she had restrained it from the beginning. If the "Flame Demon" had been allowed to cause destruction, there would have been many more casualties.

In Sheng'an, even the most conservative estimate is that there will be at least a thousand civilian casualties...

However, the number was much larger than she had imagined.

The next morning, at seven o'clock, Yan Ziming got up and watched the morning news while eating breakfast.

"At 1:13 PM yesterday, an SSS-level mutated species, temporarily codenamed 'Thousand Hammers,' appeared in the city center of Sheng'an City. Our ability users quickly took their positions and eliminated it within a short time. An SS-level mutated species also appeared in the Hehua Industrial Park of Yong'an City, and it was also eliminated by our personnel within a short time."

The news anchor's face turned somewhat sad as he presented a set of data:

"According to incomplete statistics, the death toll in Hehua Industrial Park, Yong'an City, has reached 23, with 13 people missing and more than 300 people suffering from burns of varying degrees."

"...In the city center of Sheng'an, the confirmed death toll is 2156, the number of missing persons exceeds 5,000, the number of injured is over 10,000, the affected area is 116 square kilometers, and more than 500 buildings have collapsed. Please see our aerial footage below."