Ling Cage: Enhanced Nanosteel Suit at the Start

But he had to take everyone back, to take them back alive.

Mark stared intently at the slowly rotating, enormous head, its crimson eyes scanning the earth like searchlights.

Just then, his gaze inadvertently swept over the back of the Megalodon, which was as broad as a moving mountain ridge, covered with jagged bone spikes and thick carapace...

Mark's movements suddenly froze.

For the first time in his life, he felt like he was hallucinating.

In that place where life should absolutely not and could not possibly exist, on the back of the giant double-jawed beast, there was actually... a figure standing.

That was the outline of a human.

The distance was too great and the details were blurred, but the long, white hair that fluttered in the wind and was exceptionally dazzling against the gray sky, as well as the slender yet upright human figure that formed an extreme contrast with the enormous beast beneath his feet, were instantly etched into Mark's retina like a brand.

Boss Bai has appeared.

"No...impossible..."

Mark was utterly shocked. "Am I... seeing things? It looks like there's a person standing on the Devouring Beast's back, a woman?"

He rubbed the Gravity Mask, which was stained with blood and sweat, and then stared intently in that direction once more.

That person is still here.

That patch of snow-white was crystal clear.

Short, snow-white hair, holding a weapon, with an arrogant gaze.

Mark felt his worldview completely collapse at this moment. Could humans really stand safely on the back of the Devouring Beast?

This is utterly absurd, even more so than the Devouring Beast itself.

However, what followed was something even more disheartening.

Just as he was shaken to his core, his peripheral vision caught sight of the woman from a slightly higher position behind her.

There, damn it, another entity was floating in the air.

A streamlined, silver humanoid mech covering the entire body?

The mecha hovered several meters in the air behind the white-haired woman, its feet off the ground, its posture relaxed and carefree, ignoring gravity.

"hiss!"

Mark gasped, a chill running from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

At this moment, Mark could swear he was absolutely certain he wasn't mistaken. He really wanted to gouge out his own eyes and see if something was wrong with them.

The fact that a white-haired woman could stand on the back of a giant, double-jawed beast had overturned all his understanding.

Now, there's another silver mech hovering behind that woman.

For the first time, he was deeply shaken by the "apocalyptic vision" depicted by the lighthouse and his belief that "the lighthouse is humanity's only hope."

How many horrors and secrets does this world still hold that they cannot comprehend?

"Captain... Captain, did you see that too? Those... those people and... mechs on top of that?"

Ran Bing's trembling voice rang out over the channel through the sniper scope.

Clearly, he wasn't the only one who witnessed this scene, which was enough to drive anyone to a mental breakdown.

What happened to the promised apocalypse? Are you kidding me?

Mark opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't make a sound; his mind was a complete mess.

The three laws of lighthouses.

The experience of a hunter.

All knowledge about the ecology of mana.

Compared to the two figures standing on the back of the giant-toothed, double-jawed beast, they appeared so pale, laughable, and utterly vulnerable.

Is it a hallucination? Or am I under the influence of Tsukuyomi?

Is it some kind of unknown Devouring Beast mimicry?

Or... have the survivors on the surface world already possessed terrifying powers far beyond what the Lighthouse could have imagined?

Chapter 33 Battle on the Back of the Devouring Beast

Now let's turn the camera to the Giant Toothed Beast. It seems to pay no attention to the hunter caravan below, which looks like ants. It simply moves with earth-shaking steps and slowly turns in another direction.

As the enormous head moved, its crimson eyes swept across the convoy, cold and indifferent like a god sweeping away dust.

I don't know if it was out of disdain.

It was still this giant-toothed, double-jawed beast, whose cerebellum was underdeveloped, that surprisingly didn't attack Mark and the others.

On the back of that giant beast, the white-haired woman seemed to move slightly.

Her gaze seemed to pierce through a vast distance, landing precisely on Mark's gravitational body.

That gaze, calm and serene, yet possessed a penetrating power that seemed to see through everything, instantly plunged Mark into an icy abyss.

Behind her, the suspended silver mecha seemed to have two faint points of light shining from its faceplate, like indifferent electronic eyes. However, it wasn't looking at the convoy, but rather admiring Boss Bai's shapely buttocks.

Tsk tsk tsk, ha.

Chen Yuan's mind was wandering, and suddenly he became quite theatrical, grabbing his right hand with his left and mentally admonishing himself: "What are you trying to film, Xiao Chen? You need to control yourself!!"

Huh? What the heck?

Boss Bai seemed to sense something.

With her abilities, it was impossible for her not to notice the feeling of being watched.

Bai Yuekui turned his head instantly, and in that brief glance, his pupils dilated instantly.

Chen Yuan's gaze met Bai Yuekui's.

JJ: I've seen it in your eyes, I've met the right person.

Oops, I misspoke.

Boss Bai recognized the look in their eyes; yes, they were enemies.

Eyes facing each other.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

Beneath their feet lay a moving behemoth, above them a gloomy sky. Between the two, only the cold metal and silent killing intent flowed; neither spoke beforehand.

After a few seconds of silence, Bai Yuekui suddenly exerted force with his left hand, which was resting on the hilt of the ancient Tang sword.

She's about to draw her sword.

This woman's fighting style has always been the same: upon discovering an unknown or potential threat, she eliminates the danger without hesitation, her decisiveness chilling.

This isn't irrationality, it's excessive rationality.

Unlike in the past, Boss Bai now has to control the giant beast while ensuring Mark and the others leave.

Her teammates all stayed far away, fearing that the behemoth might suddenly go out of control and affect them. Therefore, when faced with Chen Yuan, who was covered in mechs, appearing so close behind her, whether out of instinct or to protect Mark and her teammates, Boss Bai would immediately take action.

If she didn't have control of the behemoth, she would be quite confident in talking to the other party, but for now, she'd rather strike first. Fighting is the best way to find out what faction the other party belongs to, and taking action is more effective than directly asking them questions.

Just as the blade was about to leave its sheath, and that cold glint containing the essence of life was about to flash forth.

Bai Yuekui's movements suddenly froze, and she looked down in astonishment at her left hand and the hilt of the knife she was gripping.

A layer of flowing, seemingly living silver substance had silently wrapped around and covered her, firmly fixing her arm holding the knife, the hilt, and half of the scabbard together.

The silvery substance adhered tightly to her skin and the scabbard, forming a smooth and tough "exoskeleton." It not only hindered the action of drawing the sword but also faintly conveyed a powerful binding force, as if it wanted to seal her weapon and arm together.

"10% of nanometer reserves consumed. Objective: Blade locking successful!"

The Loongson electronic speaker sounded.

Chen Yuan felt a little more at ease.

He bet right! (I admit there was an element of gambling involved.)

The instant their eyes met, Chen Yuan foresaw Bai Yuekui's ingrained fighting instincts... she would draw her sword.

Whether it's due to fighting instinct, facing a sudden unknown danger, or because Boss Bai's abilities prevent him from being distracted, the probability of him directly taking action while controlling the giant beast and dealing with this suddenly appearing enemy is as high as 90%.

Therefore, Chen Yuan decisively released 10% of the nano-reserve particles.

These tiny particles decomposed and recombined like invisible dust, and under the cover of air currents and Bai Yuekui's own energy fluctuations, they successfully attached themselves to the opponent's arm.

This method is not an attack, but rather a silent process of decomposition, recombination, and then polymerization and solidification, forming a nano-shackle that temporarily hinders the opponent's attack capabilities.

The timing was impeccable, just a moment before Bai Yuekui drew his sword and unleashed his power.

"good."

Bai Yuekui smiled, his voice still cold and calm, as if it wasn't his weapon that was being locked up. Instead, a hint of approval flashed in his eyes. "Very strong combat awareness, very accurate prediction."

Her tone was unreadable, but the dangerous aura emanating from her did not diminish; instead, it became even more terrifying, like a spring compressed to its limit.

"Ok?"

Chen Yuan had a bad feeling. The next moment, the alarm on the Loongson chip instantly soared to the highest level.

A tremendous sense of crisis, stemming from his biological instincts, was like ice water poured over his head, making the hairs on Chen Yuan's body stand on end.

Bai Yuekui gave a soft shout, and a visible light blue energy wave exploded outwards from her center.

That was neither flame nor shockwave, but a "force field oscillation" formed by the instantaneous eruption of highly condensed life essence.

The silver nano-shackles covering her left hand and Tang sword were the first to be violently shaken apart.

Countless silver nanoparticles, like sand scattered by a gale, instantly detached from Bai Yuekui's arm and the hilt of her sword. They were forcibly repelled by the immense force, forming a brief circle of silver mist around her.

Who is Bai Yuekui?

Her father, Bai Jingyu, was the mayor of Jiuchuan City in the old world, and her brother, Bai Yuetian, was an elite police officer who studied under Horn Garcia, a leading authority on neuroscience. The family was deeply involved in the core of power.

If it weren't for the uncontrolled transfer experiment of life essence, which led to a murder, and the theft of the Angel Potion by the villain Jones, which gave birth to the first Devouring Beast No. 19 and indirectly caused the fall of Jiuchuan City and the start of the apocalypse, she would still be a pampered and favored daughter of heaven.

Now, Bai Yuekui can unleash super-powerful life essence by consuming his life force when his potential is unleashed (or his superpower awakening). He can run faster than the speed of sound and has a strength of ten tons. In the original work, he can kick the beast-turned Mark away with one kick, and he can even kick him like a soccer ball.

Her resilience is top-notch; she once withstood an attack from a king-level Devouring Beast without serious injury, and her cell activity far exceeds that of ordinary people.