Chapter 1 Right Before

Just as the captain closed his eyes, a helicopter emblazoned with the logo of Kuangxi Island flew into the skies above Luoye City!

The helicopter entered Luoye City's airspace without any hesitation, flying straight towards the city wall. As a violent gale swept over, the captain opened his eyes and looked at the sky, his expression filled with confusion as he saw the helicopter.

He didn't know why this helicopter had come, because their communicators had already been broken in the battle!

"It's a helicopter from the island. Does it bring the governor's latest orders?" the captain murmured to himself.

Just then, the helicopter slowly descended. As the hatch opened, several staff members carrying large leather cases strode out.

"You shouldn't be here now… The next attack from the Followers will arrive in three minutes." The captain recognized that the people who had come were not combat personnel, but some staff responsible for the later stages of the armory, so he said in a deep voice, "Leave here immediately!"

Hearing the captain's words, the staff members didn't seem nervous. Instead, they smiled: "We're here to deliver equipment to you!"

Due to the urgency of the situation, the staff members didn't waste any words. They quickly opened the leather cases they were carrying, and what came into view was the Tengshe battle armor.

"This is the latest product from the armory! With it, your combat power will be multiplied!" A staff member took out a suit of armor and displayed it in front of the captain: "It definitely has the power to turn the tide!"

The captain's eyes widened. As he looked at the intimidating design of the armor in front of him, his eyes suddenly began to turn red.

For the past twenty-four hours, they had been suppressed and slaughtered by the Followers due to a lack of equipment. The frustration and anger in their hearts were beyond words. Watching their comrades die beside them, watching the Followers rampage through the city without restraint, yet being powerless to stop them—the sense of despair was simply devastating.

But now, everything was different!

"Everyone, I'll help you get armored up!" The staff member looked at the battle-scarred Pioneers, knowing very well how much war pressure and tragic farewells they had endured in the past twenty-odd hours.

He still remembered the heroic spirit of these Second Pioneers when they had just left Kuangxi Island. Yet, only twenty-odd hours had passed, and they had all become like vengeful spirits crawling out of a mass grave, disheveled and miserable…

"Hurry! It's almost here!" The captain took a deep breath, revealing a long-lost smile. He opened his arms, allowing his body to be in the most relaxed state.

The staff members moved extremely quickly. They themselves were First Evolutionaries, and they had undergone special training, knowing every detail of the Tengshe armor like the back of their hands, so they were able to put it on very quickly.

*Ka-chak!*

*Ka-chak!*

In just ten short seconds, a set of Tengshe armor had been put on the captain. As the brain recognition indicator on the combat helmet lit up, a massive amount of information quickly entered the captain's mind.

Usage methods, function descriptions, identity recognition, life-capture thread connection…

These important functions were all completed within 0.01 seconds!

[Weakness in the wearer's body detected. Automatically initiating energy capture and conversion!]

The captain suddenly opened his eyes. He felt the armor instantly tighten against his body. Immediately afterward, a large number of extremely fine life-capture threads extended from the outside of the armor, winding towards the corpses below the city wall!

As a giant city on the periphery of the human defense line, Luoye City had suffered many attacks. After some Beast Kings and Second Followers were killed, their bodies had not been cleaned up in time and were piled up outside the city wall. At this moment, the Tengshe armor was like a shark that had smelled blood, with a large number of life-capture threads extending out, piercing into those corpses, and frantically drawing their flesh and blood energy.

The life energy within an Evolutionary doesn't disappear instantly upon death. And at this moment, for the Pioneers who were weakened to the extreme, those mountains of corpses of evolved creatures were the best supplements!

The captain felt as if a pure force was being injected into his body. He saw the corpses of the evolved creatures outside the city wall visibly shriveling and becoming something like withered wood. His own body was like a spring that had been completely drained, now being filled with clear water again!

Perhaps it was just his imagination, but the captain felt like he heard the sound of some giant beast greedily devouring food!

"This armor is a ferocious beast that can be tamed!" The captain clenched his fist and laughed. His exhausted stamina had been replenished in just a few seconds. This kind of abnormal ability made him ecstatic!

As the captain recovered, more than a dozen other Pioneers also put on the Tengshe armor. The same thing happened to them. The life-capture threads, like hungry sharks, frantically devoured all the life energy they could, in order to replenish the wearer's stamina and repair their injuries.

In the blink of an eye, the mountains of corpses outside the city wall had turned into a pile of dust!

"This feeling is so awesome!" The captain laughed loudly. He didn't feel any psychological discomfort from devouring the corpses. Having experienced countless wars, he had seen too many disgusting scenes. Devouring the enemy to replenish himself was perfectly normal!

The eyes of the team members were also full of light. The gloom in their hearts had been swept away, and they were now full of confidence.

"We've added a recognition system to the armor. It won't devour the life energy of human comrades also wearing the Tengshe armor… Moreover, in the selection of consumption priority, humans are the lowest!" the staff member said. In simple terms, this meant that the Tengshe armor's "teammate damage" had been turned off. When devouring life energy, as long as there were other creatures within the consumable range, humans would not be selected. This way, accidental injuries to one's own kind could be avoided as much as possible on the battlefield, targeting only members of the ancient civilization.

This information was not included in the information that the combat helmet actively transmitted to the wearer, so it needed to be specially communicated.

The captain clenched his fist and nodded, "In that case, we can let loose and not worry about anything!"

"This is the first battle after the new armor's debut. I hope everyone can make its name famous throughout the world along with yours." The staff member instructed the captain: "This is what Governor Li asked me to convey to you all!"

The Pioneers immediately stood up straight upon hearing this and said in a deep voice, "Please tell the governor that we will never let him down!"

…

A minute later, the helicopter took off.

The captain stood on the city wall, looking at the distant sky, his voice somewhat impatient: "In the past, we always waited for them to attack us. This time, I don't want to wait anymore! I want to take the initiative!"

He jumped off the city wall, his combat boots using explosive air propulsion to lift him into the air, flying towards the direction from which the Followers were coming!