Chapter 1 The Arrival in Carney City

In Carney City, with the arrival of the Kunlun Battleship, a large number of Followers fled into the Miracle architecture as swiftly as mice spotting a cat.

Seeing the devastation in Carney City below, the Kunlun Battleship roared, emitting a terrifying beam.

A sky-blue pillar of light descended from the heavens, striking the earth like a divine sword cleaving the sky, instantly annihilating over a dozen rock turtle-type Followers. Their vaunted defenses, which had allowed them to run rampant in Carney City, were utterly insignificant before the Kunlun Battleship!

Boom!

The Kunlun Battleship initiated its bombardment mode, precisely locking onto the Followers' positions and unleashing a barrage of lethal laser cannons.

Under its assault, hundreds of the thousands of Followers were instantly killed or wounded!

The remaining, battered survivors fled into the Miracle architecture, relying on the city's defenses to save their lives.

...

Metal Mine location.

The Star Apostle discarded the communicator in his hand, signaling the Ocean Apostle. Two Miracle architectures slowly moved from the seabed towards the land.

Boom!

The Miracle architecture collided with the coastline.

Unlike Carney City, the location of this metal ore mine was a considerable distance from the sea. For safety's sake, the Star Apostle and Ocean Apostle did not intend to move the Miracle architecture onto land.

These heavy-duty Miracle architectures were slow on land.

In case of danger, escape would be a waste of time...

More importantly, the Star Apostle and Ocean Apostle had no intention of landing themselves. They simply wanted to dispatch their Followers to complete the looting mission, while they themselves remained in the Miracle architecture to command remotely.

This would maximize their safety.

As the two Miracle architectures crashed into the coastline and their gates opened, more than two thousand Followers poured out like a tide. Following the Apostles' instructions, they rapidly approached the metal mine in the distance.

This time, they made no attempt to conceal their life energy, adjusting their state to its peak and releasing their genetic suppression without restraint!

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Inside the metal mining area.

A supervisor was directing workers to transport goods when suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded from the city walls.

"Detecting a large number of life energy signatures approaching! Direction: due east, estimated number: over two thousand..."

"Predicting the life energy value of these signatures corresponds to the Secondary Evolution life form state!"

"Enemy attack!"

The alarm echoed throughout the mining area, instantly putting the entire area on alert. A large number of soldiers emerged, and the forty Juggernaut mechs' electronic eyes turned crimson, their giant spears sweeping around to lock onto the rapidly approaching horde of Followers!

"God... more than two thousand Followers!" A worker cried out in trembling terror.

"All personnel, evacuate immediately!" A figure who appeared to be a military officer stepped forward, methodically directing the workers to evacuate the mining area: "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Boom!

On the city walls, the Juggernaut mechs had already fired laser railguns at the Followers. The engagement immediately escalated into a fever pitch without any dialogue.

"Roar!"

A giant python roared skyward. It was a Follower of the Ocean Apostle, its size enormous, nearly a thousand meters long. It was at the forefront of the group, like a fearless vanguard.

But the next second, an incredibly thick laser cannon pierced its head, cleaving its entire body in two!

The smell of burnt flesh filled the air. The giant python, severed in two, its body becoming two charred strips of meat, writhed on the ground in agony.

While the Followers possessed overwhelming suppression against most human soldiers, it was because their life evolution level was higher than that of the human soldiers. When they encountered Juggernaut mechs whose overall stats far exceeded their own, they could no longer execute the same kind of devastating maneuvers.

On the contrary, under the Juggernaut mechs' firepower, the Followers' initial charge gained no advantage and was instead wiped out by dozens!

Soon, the Followers realized that they could never use their flesh and blood to withstand the Juggernaut mechs' firepower, and that human wave tactics would be difficult to break through the Juggernaut mechs' blockade. Their defenses were far less formidable than those of the Night Apostle's Followers.

Therefore, when facing "high-attack" enemies like the Juggernaut mechs, the best tactic was to disperse and scatter the enemy's firepower as much as possible!

Realizing this, the Followers swiftly broke ranks and launched a multi-directional assault on the mining area.

Boom, boom, boom!

The Juggernaut mechs continuously fired high-energy laser cannons, but there were simply too many enemies. Gaps and loopholes gradually appeared in their firepower.

Some Followers seized these opportunities to approach the city walls, slamming their massive bodies against them and using their Zerg mind abilities to disrupt the electromagnetic equipment inside.

Explosive electrical arcs erupted from numerous devices within the mining area. Under the Followers' chaotic mental attacks, all the electromagnetic equipment was paralyzed.

Thud!

A giant python struck the city walls with its tail. Its force seemed light, but each strike caused the walls to shake violently.

This was also a form of divine descent ability.

After several strikes with its tail, the walls, constructed of special alloy, began to crack!

Rumble!

An entire high wall collapsed.

With the collapse of this wall, the mining area was like a treasure chest with its lid blown off. The Followers, like greedy bandits, roared as they charged inside!

A group of soldiers in Pioneer uniforms emerged to meet them.

The Followers recognized these uniforms, and of course, the soldiers as well. They were the elite troops under Li Tianran, much stronger than the average human evolution soldiers. A small squad of them could even hunt down a Secondary Evolution life form!

But... so what?

There were fewer than two hundred Pioneer soldiers here now!

We have the advantage in numbers!

The Followers did not take the Pioneer soldiers seriously. Having broken through the Juggernaut mechs' defenses, they believed that nothing could stop them from entering the mine.

But at that moment, the Pioneer soldiers in front let out a unified roar.

Then, the leader drew a steel saber from his waist and charged towards the Followers!

"How laughable..." A Star Follower saw this scene, a mocking smile on its lips. It raised its hand to deal with this fool who didn't know death when he saw it.

But the next second, the Star Follower felt a chill on its wrist.

Its right hand flew high into the air, the cut at the wrist extremely clean and smooth!

This guy, cut off... my hand?

The Star Follower's mind stalled for a moment. It could hardly believe its eyes. These Pioneers shouldn't possess such strength!

But reality did not give it much time to think.

The Pioneer who had cut off its arm looked up, revealing a pair of cold eyes. Then, the Follower felt a life energy signature from the other party that was no weaker than its own!

It finally understood.

"You... you completed Secondary Evolution!" The Follower screamed, retreating rapidly, trying to avoid a direct confrontation.

But it was too late.

As the Pioneer raised his arm, a flash of cold light descended from the sky!

The Star Follower felt a warm liquid slowly trickling down its nose. It wanted to touch it, but soon discovered that its body was falling to both sides.

Yes, falling to both sides separately!

The world seen by its left eye and the world seen by its right eye were completely separated at that moment!

Its body, from head to toe, had been cleaved in half by the Pioneer warrior!

"Being able to fight at the same life level is truly exhilarating..."

Before losing consciousness, the Star Follower heard the Pioneer's low murmur. Then, its world plunged into darkness.

"It's the Pioneers, they completed Secondary Evolution!"

The sudden appearance of the Pioneer squad naturally attracted the Followers' attention. When they engaged in combat, they realized that their vaunted life level had been leveled by the other side!

Moreover, during the battle, they found that the other party's speed and strength were not much higher than their own, yet they were always able to react and counter before they could even strike, as if they were intimately familiar with all of their fighting styles!

They had thought that once they broke through the Juggernaut mechs' blockade, they would have a clear path, but they didn't expect to encounter even stronger resistance after entering the mining area.

Although these Pioneers were not as powerful as the Juggernaut mechs in terms of individual combat strength, they were more agile and coordinated with each other, putting tremendous pressure on the Followers, who far outnumbered them!

"Get out of my way!" A giant python roared, its body covered with a layer of diamond-like scales that gleamed.

When a Pioneer slashed at it, the blade collided violently with the scales, producing a sound like metal clashing against metal!

Not only did this strike fail to break through its scales, but it also made the Pioneer's arm ache!

"My scales can even withstand an attack from an Apostle-level life form! Your strength... is not enough!" The giant python roared ferociously, charging forward without restraint like a heavy bulldozer, all the Pioneers in its path were forced aside.

The Pioneers' steel sabers landed on its body, only producing clanging sounds, unable to break through its defenses.

Just then, a warrior suddenly jumped out from the crowd, sheathing his steel saber and leaping onto the giant python's head. Clenching his fists, he descended like Wu Song wrestling the tiger!