The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

Each settlement took precautions to prevent being attacked and robbed by other forces.

They would patrol the area, and Romo was one of the patrol captains.

He was initially terrified when he discovered that the pack of Devouring Beasts was heading towards their camp.

But the sudden missile bombardment has left only a huge, suffocating crater with its edges covered in a molten obsidian-like substance, as far as the eye can see, apart from the sweltering heat.

"Boss, we're safe?!" The subordinate next to him hadn't yet recovered from his daze.

"Nonsense!" Romo was pleasantly surprised, but also felt a little scared.

In this area, the only place he could think of that could be bombarded with missiles by the Devouring Beasts was the Dark Fortress.

Fortunately, at the time I was just a mining slave and did not participate in the previous leader's rebellion.

Too lazy to deal with these two dim-witted guys, he immediately turned on the walkie-talkie and reported the situation to the leader who was in a hurry to move.

Meanwhile, Lu Qianwei, sitting in the command vehicle, looked with satisfaction at the deep pit in the picture.

"With so many attacks, even a monarch-level Devouring Beast would be crippled."

…………

The last rays of the setting sun faded away.

About one kilometer away from the crater left by the missile, the ground suddenly undulated slightly.

As a hand covered in charred, calloused skin emerged from the soil, a gigantic figure laboriously crawled out of the ground.

It was a Devourer Beast just like the Plasma Scorpion, the only difference being that, apart from its tail, its entire body was covered with ghostly blue fluorescent patterns.

Its body was covered in burns, and blood was flowing from its cracked skin.

But upon closer inspection, one can see that its body is slowly regenerating under the nourishment of blue fluorescence.

"Gurgle gurgle..." The face, which was almost human-like, let out a painful growl.

It came to this place under the guidance of the consciousness of 'God'.

Little did they know that after capturing some source matter, an inexplicable attack would strike.

If it hadn't always lurked underground and lived far from its kind, it would have been completely wiped out by now, just like the other creatures.

Even so, the devastating energy impact nearly crippled it.

It was only just now, thanks to the remote source energy transfer from several Mana flowers, that I regained my mobility.

The plasma scorpion leader stared intently at the deep pit ahead, still radiating residual heat.

In addition to the pungent smell of burning, the air was filled with the violent and chaotic radiation energy left behind after the high-energy explosion.

Dragging its broken body, it ignored the residual heat that could scorch an ordinary creature, and slowly approached the edge of death.

Then the Plasma Scorpion suddenly tilted its head back and took a deep breath.

For it, the destructive energy was not deadly radiation, but some kind of... sweet nectar.

As energy was absorbed, the repaired blue light areas on its body surface began to undergo some kind of change.

In some areas, muscle tissue uncontrollably stretches out from the skin and carapace, forming lumps of varying sizes that wriggle continuously.

Sensing the subtle changes in its body, the Plasma Scorpion suddenly opened its eyes and headed towards the center of the pit.

As the tail of the surging blue light pierced the scorched earth, a surge of energy carrying a melting flow rapidly softened the rock strata.

Without any hesitation, its massive body immediately curled up and burrowed into the scorching ruins, completely engulfing itself beneath them.

Chapter 14 Wasteland Weekly: Welcome to a World of Despair!

"Hi! Hello, inhabitants of the wasteland—!!"

This is the Wasteland Weekly Report!

Your host, Bryce Stone, is back!

"Hehe, it's time for our weekly wasteland news again. I bet you're all eagerly awaiting it, aren't you?"

"However, before I report to you, I have to tell you some bad news..."

"That means our ratings have dropped again!"

"Hahaha...that's right, it's decreased!"

This makes me feel regretful and disappointed.

"If everyone turned to stone, it would mean I'd be out of a job!"

"You should know..."

On the screen, a cyborg with a bright neon blue haircut and a mohawk was making exaggerated, neurotic movements.

Lu Yue cursed in disgust, "This guy is as annoying as ever!"

Tiangong has monopolized satellites, effectively cutting off global communication except for the coverage area of ​​ground base stations.

To have some fun, they often recorded the experiences of people on the ground into programs.

Wasteland Weekly is one of them.

“Although we can’t control other places, it’s still useful for us to understand the global situation through the channel,” Lu Qianwei said, picking up his glass of wine and taking a sip.

I must say, the wine we seized from Governor Jackson was quite good.

"What's so good about it? If it weren't for the fact that the war between the Coastal Alliance and Hisakawa was inexplicably terminated at the last moment, it would have been a different story."

"The Tiangong space station and the satellite are probably just ruins and rubble now," Lu Yue muttered discontentedly.

As I get older, I understand more about the plans my older brother has made and his relationship with Hisakawa.

She increasingly believed that the sudden ceasefire at the end of 47 was inextricably linked to Lu Qianwei.

Before she could ask any questions, Bryce, who had been rambling on, had already gotten to the point.

"To all you undead, cyborg lunatics, and tin turtles hiding in tin cans of the wasteland!"

Bryce's mechanical face, studded with neon tubes, suddenly filled the entire screen, and a piercing sound exploded with electrical noise.

"Now, let's skip the whining and nonsense and get straight to the main course!"

He suddenly waved his hand, and the holographic screen behind him burst forth with dazzling neon turbulence and constantly flashing real-time images.

(In a corner where the yellow sand is swirling, a group of people are laboriously digging out a huge mech riddled with bullet holes and cracks from the ground.)

Several figures wrapped in tattered rags futilely struck its cold leg armor, sparks flying.

Bryce's prosthetic eye flashed a malicious red light, and his voice was full of sarcasm: "Look!"

Those idiots at the "Scavenger Dogs" camp in the west!

Did you think you'd struck gold?

Wake up, you idiot!

This thing is colder than a fucking dead dinosaur!

Without energy and a key, activation will only result in an AI attack!

The circuit board is completely rotten!

Instead of wasting time like this, you might as well dig a hole and bury yourself, so you don't become snacks for the Devouring Beasts!

After venting his emotions, the scene shifts to a camp with a towering metal wall pierced by a huge bone spike.

From the satellite's perspective, hundreds of Devouring Beasts, emitting a ghostly blue light, surged in, eventually overwhelming the fierce gunfire on the ground.

Haha, how about that?!

Does this gathering place, whose name I don't even know, bring you a sense of despair?

"But don't despair, there's more despair to come..."

Bryce yelled and showed the satellite images of the multiple settlements that had fallen.

He would occasionally complain and curse those who risked their lives for love or friendship, or those who killed each other, abandoned their families, and fled alone.

His courage is commendable, but he also made a complete fool of himself!

Looking at these images, Lu Qianwei's eyes turned serious. The Devouring Beast hordes in other areas were several times larger than those in their area.

But the reason the camp fell was not these things, but the red fluorescence that spread into the settlement area—scarlet pigment!

This is another psychovirus following the Mana Ecosystem.

Anyone who inhales scarlet will fall into a frenzied hallucination of scarlet fever, indiscriminately attacking those around them.

The chaos creates fear and other emotions, which in turn attract the Devouring Beasts.

"Scarlet pigment, which hasn't been seen for so many years, has finally reappeared along with the 'spinal cord'," Lu Qianwei sighed helplessly.

Sure enough, even after being told how to perceive emotions, Mana Ecosystem still finds another way to deal with them.

Faced with that situation, no human being could possibly remain calm and composed.

Alright! The fun is over!

"I think you've all felt how hopeless this messed up world is!"

"Now I'll show you some 'big news' that brings hope!"

Bryce spoke excitedly, slamming his hand on the virtual console, sending sparks flying.

Once the image stabilized, the satellite image was focused on the sea surface.

The location locked is the island federation where the Zeon Kingdom was once located.

The scattered islands had completely disappeared, and what appeared before everyone was a brand new continent formed by being kneaded, squeezed, and collided.

"It is widely known that the Zeon Kingdom possesses cutting-edge medical and genetic technology!"

Although it still cannot prevent disasters caused by vegetation and atmosphere.

But it must be said that they were lucky; no Devouring Beasts appeared on it!

The collision of the islands caused them to lose many people, but it also led to the formation of a new alliance.

Now I should pop some champagne to celebrate their new home! Hahaha…