"Bao Chenbo! Xue Chen! Are you not afraid of Jinling sending troops to exterminate you for daring to oppose the forces?" Uncle Qiao shouted angrily.
Bao Ye chuckled, "Jinling? Don't think I don't know. The Great Earthquake over twenty days ago shattered the entire continental shelf! There is not just one impassable Great Rift Valley between Suicheng and Jinling, right? It must be several hundred to a thousand meters wide! The troops from Jinling can't possibly get over here! Airplanes? Aren't you afraid of those Mutant Beasts soaring in the sky?"
A thousand meters away, Shen Yuan, with exceptional hearing, could hear everything and had to admit that Bao Ye was right!
Indeed, Jinling was far away and could not help in the immediate crisis!
Currently, the Garrison Troops of Suicheng were severely weakened. As long as Bao Ye and Xue Chen eliminated the remaining forces, they would become the kings of Suicheng! In a short time, Jinling would not be able to do anything against them.
With mountains and rivers separating them, even airplanes would find it hard to fly over; the sky had its own rulers!
Moreover!
The troops from Jinling were already under immense pressure!
The Yangtze River gorge connected to the ocean, and who knows how many Mutant Beasts lurked within? There were even those swimming upstream from the Pacific Ocean, including that terrifying fourth-tier Emperor-level Mutant Beast, the "Yangtze Dragon King!"
Additionally, within Xuanwu Lake in Jinling, there were also existing King-Class Mutant Beasts. Not far from there, places like Taihu, Hongze Lake, and Chao Lake each had more than one King-Class Mutant Beast. The number of these beasts near the Jinling Safe Zone far exceeded that of Pengcheng, with some being fleeting appearances without specific information recorded in the Mutant Beast Compendium.
The situation in Jinling was dire!
This was an era where all of humanity and even all living beings were competing for evolution; no one wanted to fall behind. Falling behind meant being beaten! As long as someone could grow into a King Level, or even an Emperor-level Evolver, they could face the threats from high-caliber artillery and bomber groups from Jinling with confidence and without fear.
Therefore, both the Stabbing King White Hedgehog and the Apophis Meteorite Fragment within him were essential for both Bao Ye and Xue Chen. They could not afford to back down!
"Little Xue, let's join forces to eliminate these remaining troops and split the Apophis Meteorite Fragment. From now on, you will be the king of the north while I will be the king of the south! After that, we will head to Pengcheng, take down the Golden Mane Lion and the Terrifying Giant Snake, and acquire more Apophis Meteorite Fragments. In the future, we will be the kings of Pengcheng!” Bao Ye declared loudly, his voice filled with ambition.
Xue Chen nodded and said, "Only the first batch of people who obtain the Apophis Meteorite Fragment can grow into true 2nd Stage Evolvers in less than a month! You, me, and Jiang the Great have all obtained the Apophis Meteorite Fragment, but they are all quite small. Mine is only the size of my pinky finger, and I’ve almost used it all up by soaking it in water every day!"
Bao Ye nodded and replied, "What I got is about the same size as yours. I don't know how big Brother Jiang's is. However, one thing is clear: the Stabbing King White Hedgehog can advance to King Level, and the Apophis Meteorite Fragment it swallowed must be much larger than what we have! Even if we split it, it would still allow us to advance to King Level!"
Xue Chen glanced at Uncle Qiao and Yuhong, sneering, "It's laughable that Suicheng's Garrison Troops didn't even get a piece of the Apophis Meteorite Fragment. What qualifications do they have to dominate Suicheng? Uncle Qiao, Yuhong, I know you both practiced martial arts before the apocalypse. Yuhong, you even won the National Martial Arts Championship, right? But without the Apophis Meteorite Fragment and with your low evolution level, you are no match for me and Bao Chenbo! Yuhong, as long as you agree to be my woman, I will spare you!"
Yuhong, a girl in her twenties who had practiced martial arts for nearly twenty years, was very tough and more spirited than many men. Holding an Automatic Rifle with a disdainful expression, she said, "You? You should take a look in the mirror and see what you really are!"
Seeing Xue Chen's ugly expression, Bao Ye laughed heartily, "Little Xue, she doesn't appreciate your kindness! Alright, enough talk... open fire!"
Before he finished speaking, Bao Ye had already transformed into a two-and-a-half-meter tall humanoid giant bear!
Beastification!
Research in Jinling has categorized Evolvers into several different types.
There are ordinary Evolvers without any evolutionary abilities, like Zhang Huanxue;
There are superhumans with some magical abilities, such as Xue Chen who controls fire and Wei Jiankang who can manipulate blood;
Then there are Beast Tamers who evolve together with certain animals and share life with them, like Chi Qinghua;
And another category consists of Beastification Humans whose body parts or even their entire body transform into animals!
Research shows that so far, most 2nd Stage Evolvers are either Beastification Humans or superhumans. The animals evolved alongside Beast Tamers tend to be weak and low in strength. As for ordinary Evolvers, they exist at the bottom of all Evolvers and are mostly still at the 0th Stage; only a very few can reach the 1st Stage. The number of 2nd Stage Evolvers is even smaller.
Bao Ye is a very powerful Beastification Human whose beastification form is that of a giant bear!
A giant bear standing two and a half meters tall, with tough fur capable of withstanding ordinary bullets, thick layers of fat, and extremely dense muscles that can directly resist Armor-Piercing Rounds. Even the Armor-Piercing Rounds fired from an Automatic Rifle could not penetrate its muscles or harm its internal organs from over a hundred meters away.
Not to mention, the humanoid giant bear that Bao Ye transformed into could run upright and at a very fast speed, not slower than the person who had wanted to escape earlier.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The three parties were engaged in fierce gunfire. Bao Ye's people and Xue Chen's people appeared to join forces against the soldiers of the opposing troops, but there were occasional "friendly fire" incidents that "accidentally injured" allies.
Bullets struck Bao Ye but were completely ineffective!
Even if some bullets broke through the fur, they would be stopped by the thick layer of fat, unable to seriously injure Bao Ye, instead provoking his ferocity!
He dashed forward, covering over a hundred meters in just a few seconds, swatting a soldier away ten meters with a single slap. Then he charged toward an Infantry Fighting Vehicle, using all his strength to flip it over. He swung his arms, sending soldiers flying and even tearing them apart!
Then he picked up the Seven-Linked Golden Snake, using the seven to eight-meter-long, soft yet tough creature covered in iron-like scales as a whip, striking a soldier and sending him flying.
Ferocious beyond measure! Bloodthirsty beyond measure!
Xue Chen's performance was equally impressive.
His control over flames was exceptionally strong, surpassing Han the Great's ice abilities.
Thick flames enveloped his body as Xue Chen waved his hand; fireballs and flame arrows shot out for dozens or even hundreds of meters, blasting soldiers away and burning them severely!
"Bao Chenbo! Xue Chen!"
Uncle Qiao roared as he joined forces with Yuhong.
Their performance was indeed outstanding; they were fast and responsive. When prepared, they often anticipated their enemies' moves, dodging gunfire from dozens of meters away at the moment the shot was fired.
Especially Yuhong, not only a champion in martial arts competitions before the apocalypse but also trained as a soldier, her marksmanship was exceptional, making her a sharpshooter.
With an Automatic Rifle in hand, she could eliminate an enemy with a single bullet, rarely missing her target.
Despite this, they still faced life-threatening danger!
Uncle Qiao was quickly entangled by Bao Ye. Although his punches were incredibly powerful, capable of killing a Mutant Pig with one blow, he was no match for Bao Ye, whose bear-like strength was even greater!
In the end, he could only dodge around, precariously avoiding attacks.
While Yuhong had excellent shooting skills, she was forced to evade due to the terrifying flames from Xue Chen. In fact, Xue Chen had also trained in martial arts and had quick reflexes, not much inferior to Yuhong.
As Bao Ye said, neither Uncle Qiao nor Yuhong necessarily possessed the ability to take down a Tier 2 Mutant Beast alone. Their Tier 2 Evolver status was somewhat inflated; it had been deliberately promoted by the military for certain reasons!
Uncle Qiao and Yuhong were merely ordinary Evolvers, existing at the lower tier among them!
Although Bao Ye and Xue Chen were stronger than Uncle Qiao and Yuhong, the soldiers in the unit were fully armed and well-trained, making them more formidable in combat than either Bao Ye or Xue Chen. Even with Ning and those veterans, along with an Ultimate Doomsday Vehicle, it would be difficult to compete with the soldiers due to their overwhelming overall strength.
It was a standoff!
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