From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

I used to be just a lowly commoner, codenamed 4068. Now I've become an upper-class citizen, the first person to be promoted to upper-class citizen since the Lighthouse issued the Three Laws. It's normal that people aren't used to it yet.

I know you all miss our old captain, Mark, a valiant commander! But he's become a Devourer...

and so--

I still hope everyone will call me Suiying from now on.

In a short time.

The crowd fell silent.

As experienced members of the Wilderness Hunter team, they could see Sui Ying's nervousness and inferiority complex; otherwise, her words wouldn't have been so disjointed and illogical.

However, he is no longer a commoner; the new city lord has exceptionally promoted him to the rank of upper class and given the responsibility of commander of the Hunters. Even though these former subordinates of Mark find Mark's transformation into a Devouring Beast highly suspicious, and suspect that the Beacon's higher-ups may have conducted some kind of human experimentation…

But at this point, they had no choice but to comply.

after all--

The Hunter members who were closest to Captain Mark and were still alive—Kun Jie, Mo Chen, Fei Xue, and Erica—had already been imprisoned by the city lord.

These members were no match for the city lord, and in order to survive on the lighthouse, they had no choice but to obey his orders.

"Yes, Captain Suiying."

And so.

Everyone changed their address, calling Suiying "Captain" and adding the suffix "Captain".

Although Suiying could see through the group's perfunctory attitude, it was at least a good start, and he couldn't be too harsh on them. So he arranged the specific tasks for the next step, splitting them into two groups. One group stayed outside the T-69 Lighthouse medical collection point to keep watch, while the other group went with him into the Nirvana Research Laboratory to collect drugs.

Having been there before, Suiying knew the way well this time, but she was still a little nervous and asked Afu, "Afu, after the mutated Devouring Beasts complete their transformation, they won't stay in the same place, right?"

"Because of their enormous size, the mutated Devouring Beasts have a wider range of activities, and they do not have fixed resting places within their respective activity areas."

Afu answered, then smiled and asked Rita, "You agree, right, Rita?"

"We'd better act quickly."

However, the female team member named Rita was indifferent to Afu.

Afu opened his mouth, wanting to say something but then stopped, unable to say anything—they had feelings for each other, but when they faced the mutated Devourer-Calyx Beast in the Nirvana Research Laboratory last time, he deserted and abandoned Rita... In the end, it was Captain Mark who saved Rita and him.

From that moment on, Rita was disappointed in him and never spoke to him again... He had hoped to use this opportunity to reconcile with Rita, but things didn't go as planned.

"Alright, stop talking and focus on the mission."

Suiying was unaware of what had happened between the two and didn't want to think about it; she only wanted to complete the mission quickly to establish her authority.

After they successfully located the location of the heart medication, Sui Ying breathed a sigh of relief and then said into the communication device, "Everyone be careful not to get cut. If blood drips, it will activate the soil here, and that will cause trouble."

Last time, it was when his arm was injured, and a single drop of blood dripped out...

"Yes, Captain Suiying."

The response from the communicator pulled Sui Ying back to reality, and she ordered the dust-people porters who had come in with them to move the medicine.

But less than ten minutes later, a panicked voice came through Suiying's communicator: "Captain! Something's wrong! A horde of Devouring Beasts is coming!"

It's a spiny eel!

And there's a Calyx Beast! The Calyx Beast has arrived! Our three heavy-duty machines are now destroyed!

In an instant!

Suiying's eyes flashed with panic, but she quickly recovered and shouted, "Jed, start the vehicle! Move towards the lighthouse!"

The rest of you, come with me. I know a shortcut here. I'll take you on a detour to leave Nirvana and we'll definitely be able to catch up with the vehicle!

and also!

"Dust people, make sure you carry your supplies carefully!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, the hunters and dust people in Nirvana became restless. Just as they were about to leave with Suiying by taking a shortcut, Jade's voice came through Suiying's communicator again, shouting: "Captain, it seems we don't need to evacuate anymore, there are survivors!"

There are survivors on the ground!

There are three people!

and--

They can fly!

They killed the Calyx Beast!

"What? Jade! Have you been infected by a spinal cord parasite and have your mind clouded by scarlet hormones?"

A roar echoed from the shadow!

"No! Captain! I know perfectly well! I don't have any spinal parasites on me!" Jade was still shouting excitedly into the communicator.

Suiying: "..."

She must have encountered a swarm of spinal worms!

# Chapter 1131 Annihilation of the Spiny Eel Swarm

"This world is really fucking messed up."

With a single swing of his hand, Lu Jin sent out the nine-foot nail like a sharp arrow, accurately hitting the lower abdomen of those spiky eels that looked like eels overall, but had six limbs, whiskers on their heads, and three layers of inner and outer ring-shaped sharp teeth at their mouths. The nail destroyed the core inside their bodies, which resembled a ghostly ball, causing them to stop moving.

Compared to the "Feng Shigu" that Zhang Zhiwei encountered in the Wuxia Coffin Mountain, the spiny eel, which is about three to five meters long, is much easier to deal with.

Even the Flower Calyx Beast, which is over fifteen meters tall and has a lower body that looks like a flower, can spew high-energy beams that can melt gold and pierce iron. However, its enormous size also makes it much less agile than Feng Shigu.

Moreover, Zhang Zhiwei already had experience; as long as he accurately located the monsters' "lower core" and struck them with a single blow to shatter their core, he could kill them completely.

therefore.

In just ten minutes, the two of them, along with Red Girl, wiped out the entire group of spiky eels, including the Calyx Beast.

When they turned around and looked at the group of fully armed but tense hunters, Zhang Zhiwei said to Lu Jin, "You studied abroad, right? They look like foreigners, and I don't speak any foreign languages. You tell them what's going on in this godforsaken place."

"Are you survivors from the ground?"

Jade was taken aback, swallowed hard, and quickly asked.

"Can you speak Chinese?"

Zhang Zhiwei asked in surprise, "Is this China?"

“Shenzhou? What’s that?” Jade paused again, then immediately replied, “It’s the universal language, the global universal language before the Great Cataclysm.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei stroked his chin and transmitted his voice to Lu Jin and Hong Guniang through the light: "It seems the Divine Continent civilization of this world has unified the globe!"

This is true, at least linguistically.

Lu Jin reserved some of her stance.

But then, Hong Guniang thought for a moment and said to Zhang Zhiwei, "Let's hide our true identities for now. We need to be careful about the nature of people in this apocalyptic world."

[Sister Hong, I'm not some clueless newbie!]

It's not that Zhang Zhiwei is exaggerating. During his time working for the Gongpai faction, he encountered many "troublemakers" who were greedy and ignorant—a veritable riot of character.

He even witnessed firsthand what was described as "a great famine, people eating each other"—a mere six-character phrase recorded in historical books!

So he stepped forward, extended a hand, and said with a smile, "Hello, my name is Zhang Zhiwei. It wouldn't be wrong to say that we are survivors on the ground."

Hello...

Seeing this, Jade quickly reached out and shook hands with them, "Thank you for your help, otherwise we would definitely be doomed."

"Don't mention it, we're all human."

That's the truth.

In this apocalyptic world, people are the most precious resource; the fewer people there are, the greater the chance of human extinction.

therefore.

Even though Zhang Zhiwei was wary of these people, he was still willing to give them some trust, since they were at least organized and disciplined.

Are you even human anymore?

A woman with bronze skin nearby made no attempt to hide her wariness, saying, "Humans could never possess such power as you."

"how to say?"

Zhang Zhiwei mimicked Jiang Liu's tone and said leisurely, "The potential of the human body is much greater than you imagine."

And then again—

Humans didn't evolve from apes all at once, did they? Evolution is always accompanied by harsh environments, and you need to be quite capable to survive in this monster-infested world.

For example, the clothes we're wearing were found in a rather retro shop after we wiped out a horde of bizarre, six-limbed monsters!

The hunters were speechless for a moment.

It's because every time they descend to the ground, the lighthouse only takes what they can use. But these two survivors who are still on the ground are different. They actually wiped out a group of Devouring Beasts just for the sake of clothing and appearance.

"Wait! You said you can kill these Devouring Beasts?"

The woman was surprised.

"Don't you know how to kill him?"

Zhang Zhiwei confirmed the locals' name for these monsters—the Devouring Beasts—and calmly advised, "It's simple, just destroy the core in their lower dantian."

Lu Jin noticed a small spiny eel, only a little over a meter long, hiding nearby. He extended a magnetic field, grabbed it, and then used his other arm, covered in the magnetic field, to pierce its abdomen.

Pfft!

He pulled out a core that resembled a ghost ball.

Then, with another "snap," the core was crushed by Lu Jin.

immediately.

The struggling eel fell silent, just like a dead, mutated eel.

After the body fell to the ground, its flesh, internal organs, brain, and other bodily tissues instantly turned into a black liquid, which dissolved into the ground, leaving only a skeleton.