bloodnovel Chapter 188 - 128: Lightspeed Upgrade, Like a War God
Chapter 188 - 128: Lightspeed Upgrade, Like a War God
Most importantly, the Qi and Blood within him had completed a fundamental transformation.
Lin Ye estimated that, even ignoring all his boss mechanics and skills, his true strength was now comparable to the peak of the Vein Opening Realm. He could even hold his own against a Martial Artist at the Half-Step Gang Condensation Realm.
’But if he included those mechanics and skills...’
Even Lin Ye himself couldn’t say just how strong he truly was.
"Is anyone there!?"
"Is anyone here!!"
Just as Lin Ye was getting a feel for his new realm, the faint sound of an anxious voice drifted down from the surface, amplified by a megaphone.
Lin Ye paused.
He thought some unlucky Martial Artist had run into danger and was calling for help.
In this lawless land, people were treacherous, but they were all still human, after all.
If it was a simple matter of lending a hand, Lin Ye didn’t mind helping.
But as he focused and listened closely, the next sentence that came from the megaphone made his expression harden.
"Level 2 insect swarm alert! Everyone who hears this notice, evacuate immediately!!"
"I repeat, a Level 2 insect swarm has been detected in Linchuan North District! All personnel, retreat toward the southern district’s forward outpost immediately!!"
’An insect swarm?’
The words Zhang Fu had told him instantly flashed through Lin Ye’s mind.
The greatest threat to watch out for was this type of insect—a swarm that blotted out the sky and devoured everything in its path.
Once they reached a critical mass, they became a terrifying natural disaster!
A chill ran down Lin Ye’s spine. Despite his massive increase in strength, he wasn’t reckless enough to go head-to-head with a natural disaster.
With a flicker of movement, he shot back up the tunnel he had come from.
However, just as he emerged from the subway station exit, before he could even get his footing, several screams and gasps of alarm rang out!
Lin Ye looked toward the source of the sounds.
Not far away, on a modified armored combat vehicle, the same young man who had been shouting into the megaphone was now as pale as a sheet.
The companions beside him were even more drained of color, their bodies trembling like leaves in the wind.
Following their gaze, Lin Ye’s own expression changed.
A kilometer away, a dark cloud formed by a dense swarm of black beetles was sweeping toward them at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The insect swarm was here!
Within a few breaths, the swarm was nearly upon them, less than a hundred meters away.
Each beetle was the size of a pigeon, its body covered in a black carapace that glinted with a metallic sheen. Their ferocious mandibles and barbed limbs were enough to make one’s skin crawl.
BZZZZZZ—!!!
The sound of hundreds of millions of wings vibrating at high speed converged into a terrifying sonic wave, one powerful enough to disrupt the mind and make your scalp tingle with fear!
"They’re flying... How can they fly this far! Aren’t these Iron-Eating Beetles only capable of short-distance flight?!"
"They’re too fast! This swarm has mutated again!"
"Run! Run for your lives!!"
"It’s too late... They’re here!!"
Amidst the desperate cries, the black tide of death descended!
In the span of a single breath, the first hundred or so flying beetles slammed into the armored vehicle like black cannonballs, producing a terrifying series of CLANGS.
The young man with the megaphone was the first to be hit.
He only had time to let out a bloodcurdling scream before seven or eight beetles pounced on him, throwing him to the ground. Under their vicious mandibles, his combat suit was torn apart like paper in an instant!
Then came the tearing of flesh and blood!
"Jiale!"
On the vehicle, a female Martial Artist let out a terrified scream. The others, scared out of their wits, instinctively abandoned the vehicle, scrambling and crawling as they fled in the opposite direction.
One of them looked back as they fled, shouting the young man’s name until their voice was hoarse, but their feet never stopped moving.
In the face of death, the so-called bonds of companionship were pitifully fragile.
However, just as the young man named Jiale was about to be completely overwhelmed by the swarm...
A blurry black shadow, like a bolt of lightning shooting upstream, suddenly sliced through the chaotic swarm!
PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!
With a few barely audible sounds, the Iron-Eating Beetles on top of Jiale suddenly went rigid. Bloody holes had been punched clean through their hard heads, and they slid off lifelessly.
The young man felt his waist tighten as an irresistible force lifted him off the ground, pulling him free from the swarm.
Lin Ye held him with one hand, his icy gaze sweeping over the panicked Martial Artists who had already fled a dozen meters away.
"If you want to live, follow me! Get underground!"
The others turned back and saw Lin Ye, like a god descended from the heavens, rescuing their companion from the swarm.
Though they had no idea who this stranger was, their survival instincts took over. Without a moment’s hesitation, they turned and sprinted back toward Lin Ye.
Lin Ye said no more. Using Instant Body, he carried the wounded man and dove back into the dark entrance of the subway station.
A moment later, the others came tumbling in after him.
Just as the last person dove into the tunnel, the sky-blotting swarm descended in full force behind them!
Like a black flood, an endless tide of Iron-Eating Beetles poured madly through the subway station entrance, instantly cramming the entire tunnel!
The station platform immediately erupted into chaos.
The female Martial Artist was so terrified by the horrifying scene that all the color drained from her face. She clutched her head and shrieked incoherently.
Though the other male Martial Artists’ legs had gone weak and their faces were ghost-white, their will to survive forced them to stay calm. They brandished their weapons, desperately hacking at the beetles at the front of the swarm.
Lin Ye placed the wounded man on a relatively flat section of the platform. The cold light of the Star-Piercing Spear flashed in his hand, and the heads of all the remaining beetles covering the man’s body exploded.