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The black smoke stretched out in a crooked line across the distant sky.

The enormous airship, like a punctured black balloon, plummeted towards the outskirts of Donghai City.

Li Haotian patted the dust off his hands.

The ground beneath his feet was cracked with spiderweb-like patterns, and smoke rose from the ruins of half a teaching building behind him.

"Big Pillar, it's fallen."

Lin Mo peeked out from behind him and pointed at the black smoke in the distance.

"Yeah, it fell down," Li Haotian said.

"I'm the one who does the masturbation."

Lin Mo's stomach growled.

"I'm hungry," she said.

"Okay, let's find a place and get you something to eat." Li Haotian said, bending down to pick her up.

Just as he was about to take a step, Su Wan's anxious voice came through his earpiece.

"Li Dazhu! What's going on over there? The energy surge just now... all my equipment is overloaded!"

"It's nothing, just a big firework display," Li Haotian replied.

"It's quiet now."

"Quiet my ass!" Su Wan's voice sounded like she was about to cry.

"The airship crashed. Based on its flight path, it crashed in an abandoned quarry in the eastern suburbs!"

"Okay, I understand," Li Hao replied.

"and then?"

"And then?" Su Wan's voice rose.

"Satellite thermal imaging shows at least thirty armed personnel active around the crash site! They are not from Dragon Shield!"

"That's perfect," Li Haotian said.

"I used to collect some money for gas."

"Are you crazy! They have heavy firepower! Get Lin Mo to a safe place first!" Su Wan shouted.

"The university is in complete chaos right now. Chen Dong and his men are evacuating the students, so they can't get to your area at all."

Li Haotian looked around.

What was once a green belt on campus has now turned into a pitted, scorched wasteland.

"Things are definitely not safe here anymore," he muttered to himself.

"Okay, let's find a place to stay first."

Li Haotian, carrying Lin Mo, leaped a few times and disappeared into the shadows of the ruins.

He bypassed Chen Dong's blockade and slipped into an old factory area slated for demolition.

The rows of red brick warehouses in the factory area had broken glass windows and the doors were about to collapse.

Li Haotian found the sturdiest-looking warehouse and kicked open the rusty iron door.

The warehouse was filled with discarded textiles, and the air smelled musty.

He placed Lin Mo on a bundle of relatively clean cotton cloth.

"Stay here and don't wander off," Li Haotian instructed.

"I'll go find you something to eat."

Lin Mo nodded and sat obediently.

She took a stone out of her pocket, one she had picked up from the ruins, and scratched it on the cotton cloth.

Just as Li Haotian reached the warehouse door, Su Wan's voice rang out again.

"Li Dazhu! Something's coming! It's incredibly fast! The energy level is skyrocketing!"

The voice just fell.

A loud "BOOM!"

The brick wall at the other end of the warehouse was completely destroyed.

Bricks and dust were flying everywhere.

A dark figure rushed in through the hole.

The creature was on all fours, shaped like an adult bull, entirely black with no hair, and its skin shimmered with a dark purple light.

It looks like a wolf, but it has no eyes or nose on its face, only a mouth that stretches to its ears, filled with layers of sharp teeth.

"What is this thing?" Li Haotian frowned.

"A new model of dog?"

"This isn't a dog!" Su Wan's voice trembled.

"No record in the database! Based on the energy fluctuation pattern, temporarily named 'Shadow Beast'! Its energy intensity... is five times that of the previous 'Tank'!"

The shadow beast's head twisted, seemingly sensing its surroundings in a way that Li Haotian couldn't comprehend.

Its target was clear: Lin Mo, who was hiding in the corner.

The Shadow Beast let out a low growl that didn't belong to this world, and with a push of its hind legs, it transformed into a black lightning bolt and pounced towards Lin Mo.

"court death."

Li Haotian made a move.

He didn't even use the bronze dagger.

He casually picked up half a red brick from the ground, and a golden-red flame flashed across his palm.

The red bricks were enveloped in a thin layer of golden light.

He swung his arm back and used his wrist to fling the brick in his hand.

The brick whistled through the air and struck the shadow beast precisely on the forehead.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud.

The Shadow Beast's charge was interrupted, and its massive body was slammed back several steps, carving two deep furrows in the ground.

It shook its head, seemingly a little dazed.

But it did not utter any cries of pain.

The place where it was hit by the brick didn't even have a scratch.

"The skin is pretty thick." Li Haotian whistled.

"Where are the bones?"

The shadow beast seemed to be enraged.

It opened its mouth wide and let out a sharp roar, spewing out a wave of purplish-black energy.

Li Haotian stepped in front of Lin Mo to block him.

He stretched out his left hand, palm open, and a layer of golden-red light membrane instantly appeared.

The energy wave struck the light membrane like water hitting a red-hot iron plate, making a "sizzling" sound before dissipating into nothingness.

"Dazhu, that dog isn't good-looking." Lin Mo tugged at Li Haotian's trouser leg.

"It's dark and smells bad."

Li Haotian smiled.

"Okay, I'll shut it up right away."

……

Abandoned quarry in the eastern suburbs.

The massive wreckage of the airship is embedded in the mountainside, still emitting thick smoke.

Dozens of armed personnel dressed in black suits and moving efficiently were busy at work.

A man wearing a monocle stood on a boulder, his face so gloomy it seemed to drip water.

His silver suit was stained black in one large area, and his hair was a mess.

"Quick! Find the core data black box! And the original genetic sample of the 'mother'!" he roared into the communicator.

"They're all useless! A bunch of useless trash! They can't even handle a security guard!"

"None of you can withstand the wrath of our 'master'!"

Several men in suits struggled to climb out of the airship's breach, carrying a huge black metal box.

The box was covered in intricate purple runes and was still faintly glowing.

"Manager! Found it!"

"Quick! Load it onto the truck! Evacuate immediately!" shouted the man with the monocle.

Just then, the entire quarry suddenly shook violently.

It looked like an earthquake had occurred.

"What's going on?" The man with the monocle grabbed one of his men.

"I don't know, supervisor! It could be a secondary explosion caused by the crash?"

Before he could finish speaking...

"Click—"

A piercing tearing sound came from the deepest part of the quarry.

Everyone turned around to look at the same time.

A huge crack appeared out of nowhere on the vertical rock wall of the quarry.

The crevice was tens of meters long and bottomless, like a hideous scar.

Even more strangely, the edges of the crevice were emitting a faint purple light.

An aroma, richer and more ancient than that of rotting lilies, slowly seeped out from the crack.

A man in a suit who was moving equipment was closest to the source. He only inhaled a breath of that purple aura, and his body visibly withered away.

In less than two seconds, a living person turned into a dried-up corpse, fell to the ground, and shattered into powder.

The quarry fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stared in horror at the crack.

The man with the monocle had his pupils shrunk to the size of a pinhead.

He threw away the communicator in his hand and turned to run wildly toward the truck.

"Retreat! Everyone! Retreat immediately! Abandon everything!"

His voice was filled with unprecedented fear.

He knew that something was about to emerge from behind that crack.

Something... more terrifying than "master".