No strange things are allowed to evolve!

"Although it's a pirated copy, it's still a pirated copy of my mentor's work, so I have to keep it."

As someone spoke, they quietly collected a part of the android that they didn't know what it was and put it in their pocket.

This serves as a reminder to everyone.

Once they realized what was happening, the crowd scrambled to grab parts from the android.

Jiang Shu is real; even if they wanted to stay with him forever, they wouldn't dare remove any parts from him. But the counterfeit is a different story.

Commonly known as a substitute, or meal replacement.

Therefore, they acted without any scruples.

It was like a frenzy of otome game players fighting over merchandise.

Even Tadokoro, who was severely injured from the very beginning and had been lying on the ground, suddenly sat up in shock from his deathbed, crawled into the crowd, and snatched a part from the android.

And this guy was incredibly lucky; he snagged an SSR on his first try.

"It's this?! And it's actually real?!"

Tadokoro was overjoyed, then quietly put it away.

She was secretly pleased with herself, thinking that she would use this to interact with Xiong-chan from now on.

Just as the crowd was still in a frenzy, someone suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"What is this... why is it getting hot?"

The man held a translucent object, about the size of an egg, looking at it with a puzzled expression.

"A tumor?"

Many researchers at the scene were lamenting that they couldn't compete with the superpowered individuals and professional soldiers, so when they heard his question, they simply assumed that the goods had been sold.

But when they looked at it with envy, their expressions changed drastically in an instant.

"That's a bomb! A miniature nuclear bomb!"

"what?!"

The man was startled, his hand trembled, and the nuclear bomb was about to fall to the ground.

Everyone was shocked.

Fortunately, Xiong Tank reacted quickly and caught it in mid-air.

But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the live-bead-like nuclear bomb began to turn from white to red and started to vibrate violently.

Even without the researchers saying it, everyone knows that an explosion is about to happen.

But now Jiang Shu is unconscious and unable to amplify everyone's power. This place is so open and there's not even any cover. If a miniature nuclear bomb were to explode nearby, wouldn't we be doomed?

At this critical moment, the bear tank hurled the nuclear missile into the distance, shouting, "Stand behind me as much as possible!"

He spread his arms wide, and his muscles suddenly swelled up.

One person's size is enough to completely block out three people.

Seeing this, the others didn't have time to think and all lined up behind him like eagles catching chicks.

The bear tank was at the front, the superhumans were on both sides, the professional soldiers brought up the rear, and the researchers were protected in the middle.

Of course, they didn't overlook Jiang Shu; he was placed in the very center.

In the blink of an eye, everything was completed almost instantly; only a few seconds had passed since the bear tank threw the bomb.

Seeing that everyone was hidden, Xiong Tank turned around, gritted his teeth, and closed his eyes.

"If there is anyone who can protect everyone in your place, it is me."

"Please...you have to let me hold on!!"

Just as everyone closed their eyes, bracing themselves for the impending shock.

In a corner where no one cares.

The heavy iron gate was slowly pushed open.

"finally..."

"I'm finally out!!"

Melatonin cried tears of joy.

After being tortured by those perverts for so long, he finally made it to the next level.

The dawn of victory is just around the corner!

"So what if I have superpowers... So what if I'm an android? I'm... immortal..."

"I'll grind you all to death, you beasts!"

Melatonin spat down in a fit of rage, then prepared to climb out of the elevator shaft damaged in the battle.

There was no sound from above, which meant that Jiang Shu hadn't arrived yet.

Even though I've been delayed for so long, I'm still the one who's faster!

Thinking about this, melatonin felt like the clouds had parted to reveal the blue sky, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved that the mechanism was real; being tortured to a certain extent really does make superpowers stronger.

He has now evolved to the point where he can regenerate as long as his cells are not destroyed all at once.

"Besides nuclear weapons, I don't know what else can kill me now. This is a real windfall."

Melatonin smiled.

then.

Snapped!

It sounded like something being slammed against a wall, or like the spectators in the final arena simultaneously slapping their foreheads in despair.

"WTF?"

Melatonin felt like something was stuck to its forehead.

He reached out to try and pry it off, but he couldn't.

next second.

boom!!

A mushroom cloud slowly rose from the elevator shaft.

The melatonin-rich brain, which had lost half of its body to the explosion, had not yet regenerated and therefore had not regained the ability to think, and was unaware that it had fallen back to its original state.

So naturally, he didn't realize that the bigger one was yet to come.

Watching the world gradually turn crimson, and the fiery dragon raging everywhere before converging from all directions into the central elevator shaft, his reaction was singular—

"What doesn't kill me will only make me stronger!"

call!

The dragon swept past, but left nothing behind.

Chapter 278 The Rebel Clan: Dawn of Fire

A considerable amount of time had passed since the bear tank launched the miniature nuclear bomb, and the group did not experience the terrifying impact they had imagined.

This puzzled everyone.

Because the explosion had already occurred shortly after the miniature nuclear bombs were released and everyone had just lined up in formation.

Although the sound was somewhat muffled.

However, everyone was certain that the sound came from the direction in which the bear tank had just launched the miniature nuclear missile.

Everyone slowly opened their eyes.

Then, to everyone's surprise, the explosion did not seem to pose any threat.

This bizarre situation made everyone wonder if they had all been killed in the explosion at the same time.

So not only is there no pain, but there is no sensation at all.

Everyone has actually been blown into earthbound spirits, but they just mistakenly believe they are still alive?

“No.” Xiong Tank shook his head: “You might be blown up like this, but I could never die without feeling anything. The shockwave of the explosion simply didn’t reach us.”

"But what's going on?"

This raised questions in everyone's minds.

At that moment, someone noticed two very conspicuous, severely twisted steel doors lying on the ground in the distance.

"Look what that is!"

Following the sound, everyone saw the two steel doors that looked like they had been damaged by something, and not far from them, the elevator exit was emitting thick black smoke.

"That's... the elevator door, right?"

"It looks like the side where the bear tank dropped the bombs."

"It seems to be...the East District?"

Everyone realized something.

"Could it be that the bear tank just happened to throw the bomb into the elevator in the East District, and the explosion occurred on the lower floor?"

"That must be it. No wonder the voice sounded so muffled just now."

After figuring out what had happened, everyone was relieved and praised Xiong Tank.

"Well done!"

"That was a really accurate throw."

Although if the explosion had occurred on the lower level, the researchers, soldiers, and superhumans on the second basement level of the East District would likely have been killed.

But, at this critical moment, whose son will die if he doesn't?

Moreover, to put it bluntly, even though the evil imperialist society made everyone live and work in the same laboratory, and they could be considered colleagues or people who shared the same plight, they were still in the same boat.

But now everyone has progressed, while you are still feudal and backward. To be honest, it is as if the parents are playing with the original spirit—the child is born with original sin.

If I had to put it bluntly, I could only say that facts have once again proven that following imperialism leads to no good end.

Therefore, the cause of this disaster was naturally attributed to the Empire, or more specifically, to the Divine Might Research Institute.

"That despicable empire actually bombed and killed one of their loyal supporters."

"Even tigers don't eat their cubs, how could they...sigh..."

"Don't you all understand? If we hadn't woken up early, their today would be our tomorrow!"

"That's right, that's right!"

And just when everyone was filled with righteous indignation, something even more proved their argument, proving that they were not entirely deliberately smearing the empire.

The explosion, powerful enough to destroy the entire underground laboratory, finally spread to the second basement level.

The rebels on the underground level could clearly feel the tremors coming from the soles of their feet.

Yamato is a country prone to earthquakes. Although the underground laboratory was not located in an earthquake zone, most of the resistance members who worked and lived there for many years had not had any new memories of earthquakes for a long time.

However, from childhood to adulthood, they have all experienced earthquakes to some extent, and the feeling of being unable to stand and the earth shaking is something they can never forget.

At that moment, the dizzying sensation was no different from that of an earthquake.

It is scientifically unlikely that an earthquake would suddenly occur in a place that has not experienced one for so many years.

That leaves only one possibility.

"Oops!"

Bear Tank was the one who reacted the fastest.

After all, before he was subdued by Jiang Shu, he was the one who used this threat to subjugate the rebels.

"They must have seen that even the androids couldn't stop us, so the higher-ups simply launched an extermination plan, intending to destroy the entire underground laboratory and erase all traces of its existence!"

Everyone was taken aback.

"What should we do then?"

Running is a given, but where to run?