The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

Beneath the sparse trees, branches and leaves intertwine to form a canopy-like dome, and sunlight filters through the layers of gaps, casting dappled light and shadow onto the majestic body of the blue behemoth.

"This aura... its owner seems to be surnamed Ye, right?"

Ji Chen looked up and around, wondering if there was something wrong with his nose.

If his memory serves him right, he should have beaten that guy surnamed Ye to a pulp, right?

Even when the sky was obscured by layers of branches and leaves, Ji Chen could still see its deep blue color through the gaps.

Superpowers?

system?

Still a coincidence?

Ji Chen snorted twice, took a step forward, and, carrying these worries, ignored the bait placed at the Lin family base and strode towards the ground corresponding to the core location of the Lin family base.

"How is that possible? Doesn't it have a sense of taste? The bait isn't working at all!"

Exclamations of surprise echoed from the Lin family's underground base.

Lin Zongyao, the head of the Lin family, soon looked extremely unpleasant again.

"We cannot allow it to get any closer! Electromagnetic railguns, high-energy pulse weapons, and everything else, get to combat positions—fire!"

The moment the command was given, countless silver-gray weapon platforms rose from the concealed passages on the ground.

The cannons were all aimed at the blue behemoth in the distance, and the next second, scorching beams of light and barrages that tore through the air poured out like a torrential rain.

As the Lin family's ultimate fortress in the face of the apocalypse, this base is equipped with firepower systems far exceeding ordinary military standards, and is not something that Lin Teng's electromagnetic troops can easily provoke.

The dense barrage of armor-piercing projectiles, carrying disruptive electromagnetic pulses, instantly engulfed the blue behemoth in explosions and flames.

Ji Chen remained calm and continued walking as if he hadn't seen anything.

Just as the devastating blow was about to strike, the blue behemoth suddenly erupted with dazzling lightning.

Zla—

The surging current expanded rapidly outward like a living waterfall, instantly covering his massive body and continuing to spread to a radius of 500 meters, forming an absolutely inviolable lightning domain.

When a lightning field forms, a magnetic field environment follows.

then.

Blinding lightning bolts surged wildly within the area. Whether it was a physical warhead or an energy beam, the moment it touched this lightning field, it vanished as if it had disappeared into thin air. Its trajectory was either deflected, or it was prematurely detonated due to intense electromagnetic interference.

The so-called electromagnetic pulse couldn't even reach the core of this lightning field; it was directly countered by Ji Chen's even more distorted electromagnetic field!

"How is that possible?!"

As the smoke cleared, Lin Zongyao stared in disbelief at the giant beast on the monitor, which had been completely unharmed during the previous attack.

The others weren't much better off; it was all deathly silent.

Ji Chen stood in the center of the lightning field, his cold vertical pupils locking onto the weapon turrets in the distance that were constantly spitting out tongues of fire through the swaying arcs of electricity.

The next second, lightning surged and electricity surged, and beams of electricity shot out like lasers, hitting the distant turret in an instant.

The blue behemoth's cold pupils slowly rotated, and the electric current deflected accordingly.

From near to far, every turret locked onto by its line of sight burst into blinding sparks from the overloaded current, then fell silent one after another, and the turrets on the ground gradually went out of service.

"Stop!"

Lin Zongyao felt so distressed that he could barely breathe, and he immediately ordered his men to retract the gun emplacement.

Ji Chen didn't pay much attention to the remaining turrets that had escaped the disaster.

His current abilities and skill set are not yet sufficient to support him; he will not forcibly attack underground things, as it would be a thankless and exhausting task.

The blue behemoth continued its journey at a leisurely pace.

The sound of the giant beast's footsteps was transmitted to the base through the surveillance system, echoing in everyone's ears like drumbeats, but the terrifying sense of oppression felt like it was stepping on everyone's hearts.

Lin Zongyao's pupils contracted, and the approaching behemoth in his eyes almost suffocated him.

"What if it's just passing by..."

Some people tried to comfort him, but their words were not even believed by themselves.

With such a clearly defined route, the goal of the Beast King, whose intelligence level is already quite high, is obvious.

"Activate Level One Combat Readiness!"

As the blue behemoth drew ever closer, Lin Zongyao's eyes hardened, and he spoke heavily.

"Level One combat readiness?!"

Everyone gasped.

Level 1 combat readiness means that the base will enter a full wartime state, and even if it means mutual destruction, forbidden weapons will be used against the enemy.

And the most representative forbidden weapon of this era is the nuclear bomb!

"Master, the base's nuclear warhead inventory is running low, and the location of that behemoth is too close to the base. With the deployment point so close, I'm afraid the base will suffer significant damage as well."

"We should release them now! Are we going to keep them until the New Year?! Hurry up!"

Lin Zongyao wanted nothing more than to beat up the opponents. What kind of time was this?

As time goes by, nuclear weapons are becoming less and less effective at deterring mutated beasts.

Keeping nuclear bombs won't increase their value; they'll only depreciate. It's better to take advantage of the situation now and try to kill a beast king directly, or severely injure it and then hunt it down again. That would be a form of resource conversion.

"Perhaps, if we kill this beast king, Teng'er can break through on its corpse when he returns."

Lin Zongyao comforted himself while simultaneously igniting new ambitions.

With the decision made by the highest authority in this underground base, a nuclear warhead in the stockpile was sent through the passage to the launch pad 10,000 meters away.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"emission!"

All eyes were focused on the trajectory of the nuclear warhead, staring at the screen, waiting for the result.

In the wilderness, Ji Chen's steps suddenly stopped.

A sense of crisis welled up in his heart, and he instinctively expanded the electric grid around him with all his might.

Looking up, a graceful arc is tearing through the sky at several times the speed of sound on the northern horizon.

"Nuclear bomb!"

For no apparent reason, the answer just popped into Ji Chen's mind.

Time seemed to have been paused. The electric grid shuttle had already started, and as it bent its hooves and trotted along the ground, all sorts of thoughts kept flooding into its mind.

Can I escape the core of the explosion?

Are nuclear weapons a threat to me?

Can I withstand the aftershocks of the explosion?

After all, it was the most powerful weapon of surface civilization, and in his previous life, it was extremely legendary. It would be strange if Ji Chen didn't feel psychological pressure.

But Ji Chen was not afraid of these things; his formidable strength gave him enough confidence.

The blue behemoth trod on its four hooves, treading on shattered lightning, and ran at full speed, leaving a trail of blue light that stretched across the sky and earth.

Ji Chen pushed the electric current to its limit, and the lightning around his body almost solidified.

Each step left a molten hoofprint on the wilderness, and the starting speed instantly broke the sound barrier.

In the distance, the chimpanzee that was watching the show suddenly sensed the danger. Almost the instant Ji Chen made a move, it bent down, turned around, and ran away.

"What did Boss Yoda mess with? Why is my heart suddenly beating so fast?"

...

Just as Ji Chen rushed three kilometers away, a new sun rose directly behind him.

The terrifying heat, accompanied by devastating light radiation, swept in first, vaporizing everything in its path. The mutated plants in the wilderness withered, burned, and turned into charcoal at a visible speed.

After barely escaping the center of the nuclear explosion, Ji Chen was violently thrown over by the shockwave, rolled twice in the air like a piece of roasted meat being flipped over, and after being heated evenly, crashed heavily to the ground.