Two Realms: The Dark Wizard Evolves Madly in the Wasteland

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A renowned family in a famous city.

Sunlight streamed into the spacious and bright restaurant through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

Raven, dressed in comfortable loungewear, sat at the head of the long dining table.

On the table in front of him was a breakfast that could only be described as "incredibly lavish":

A plate of golden-yellow, sweet and sour scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

A plate of perfectly cooked shredded potatoes with chili peppers, still retaining the aroma of a wok.

There was even a sizzling synthetic steak and three fried eggs.

Raven wasn't used to knives and forks, but instead picked up a pair of mahogany chopsticks with great skill.

He picked up a piece of tomato coated in egg and put it in his mouth, then added a bite of steak, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.

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An hour later, at nine o'clock in the morning, the roar of engines was deafening outside the Mingcheng Shijia manor.

Li Jing unusually changed into a black heavy bulletproof vest.

He carried a brand-new individual rocket launcher on his shoulder, and his waist was covered with high-explosive grenades.

Her face was flushed with excitement, and she couldn't help but mutter, "This firepower... I've been a mercenary for so many years, and I've never fought a battle with such abundant resources!"

Behind her, more than fifty elite subordinates, handpicked from the Black Rose Mercenary Group, were fully armed and nimbly boarded more than a dozen heavy off-road vehicles. The roar of the engines made the entire manor tremble slightly.

The little fish also underwent a transformation.

After a period of ample nutrition at the manor, her originally thin body finally gained some weight, and she changed into a set of light white tactical clothing that Li Jing had specially found for a little girl.

She stood quietly beside the SUV, no longer trembling with fear at the slightest breeze, unlike before.

"Ah Shui, everyone's here, and the equipment's been checked!" Li Jing walked up to Raven, carrying a rocket launcher, her eyes shining brightly. "When do we set off?"

"Sir, are we going to fight?"

Da Bao's round face was full of excitement, his eyes fixed on the convoy outside. "I'm full, I'm strong, I can smash all their cars!"

"After the fight... can we eat as much meat as we want?" Da Bao swallowed hard, his voice filled with simple longing.

"Not only will we have meat to eat, but we'll also have endless fights." Raven nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the numerical monster Da Bao, who was wearing a bulletproof vest and armed to the teeth.

"Get in the car, destination: underground ruins 200 kilometers north of Happiness City!"

The convoy roared out of the manor like a steel torrent, kicking up clouds of yellow dust.

Inside the carriage, the roar of the engine outside was shut out as the doors slammed shut.

The carefree and enthusiastic look on Li Jing's face vanished instantly.

She casually placed the heavy rocket launcher at her feet.

He pulled a neatly folded parchment map from the inside pocket of his tactical vest and laid it flat on the shelf in front of Raven.

"Ah Shui! I have to tell you the truth about our target this time."

Li Jing's expression was more serious than ever before.

Despite her seemingly carefree and crazy personality, she is more cautious than anyone else when it comes to intelligence gathering and tactical planning.

"The place we're going to this time is known in mercenary circles as the Black Iron Graveyard; it's very dangerous!"

Li Jing pointed to the skull and crossbones marker on the map with her tactical gloved fingers.

"According to the intelligence our Black Rose Mercenary Group obtained at the cost of three lives, this Black Iron Graveyard is an industrial park from the old era..."

"The park is teeming with crawlers similar to Night Demons. They're incredibly tough; ordinary bullets can't even tear their skin. Our mission is to kill at least thirty crawlers!"

"If we could bring back documents from the old era, we'd be set for life!"

She looked up, her gaze fixed intently on Raven.

"Most importantly... I learned from the Federation that this underground ruin... was once an experimental base for the Blood Church!"

"The Bloody Church?"

Raven pushed up his glasses.

"That's right."

Li Jing's expression grew increasingly serious, and she lowered her voice as she spoke.

"Those guys are just a bunch of lunatics who only know how to crazily pursue extraordinary power. In their eyes, human life, morality, and bottom lines are all bullshit... It's said that they once wiped out a settlement of 100,000 people just to capture an experimental subject..."

She paused, her tone revealing deep apprehension:

"This underground ruin is very likely a secret laboratory left behind by the Blood Church in the old days. It is filled not only with high concentrations of radiation and mutated monsters..."

Li Jing changed the subject.

"When the Federation heard that you were going to personally lead a team to explore this site, their attitude suddenly became extremely 'enthusiastic'."

Raven raised an eyebrow: "Oh? How enthusiastic?"

"They offered to send a third-tier enhancement-type superhuman to assist us."

Li Jing sneered, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes, "They call it providing fire support and site guidance, but in reality, everyone knows they're here to monitor us..."

"A third-tier transcendent..." Raven repeated in a low voice.

In Happiness City, a second-tier superhuman is practically the highest combat power that money can buy.

Any second-tier enhancement user could easily destroy a mercenary group of nearly thirty adult men.

The fact that the Federation was willing to send a third-tier superhuman of this caliber to act as a "supervisor" suggests that the things hidden in these underground ruins are not simple.

"What's the name of that third-tier transcendent being?" Raven asked calmly.

"Joanna, the Night Hunter!"

When Li Jing uttered the name, her voice unconsciously lowered a few decibels, and a hint of undisguised fear appeared on her usually fearless face.

"Although she is a perception-type superhuman, she is classified as an enhancement-type superhuman."

"What's most terrifying is Joanna's bizarre supernatural ability! Joanna doesn't need to aim like an ordinary gunman; her bullets can turn in the air, and no one knows which part of the enemy her bullets will hit..."

After listening, Raven gave a brief summary.

It's about letting the bullets fly and hitting exactly where you point!

Just then, an extremely violent engine roar suddenly came from outside the manor!

"Buzz!"

The sound was sharp and piercing, like the roar of a steel beast.

Immediately afterwards, a tall and slender figure stepped off a motorcycle.

As the scorching white smoke billowed from the motorcycle's exhaust pipe, the person's full appearance was finally revealed to everyone.

She had dazzling long golden hair and fair skin, making her look like a dashing European and American woman.

However, in stark contrast to this image was the black trench coat she wore and the two pistols strapped to her thighs.

"These are the Night Hunters sent by the Federation?"

Li Jing swallowed hard, feeling extremely unwilling, and glanced at Lei Wen with some unease.

"Damn... how come her breasts are bigger than mine? And whiter too..."