Chapter 1 A Massacre

A massacre unfolded within the entire command center.

The Follower brandished its lightning spear, and with each swing, a dozen officers were torn apart, scorched, and died screaming.

Blood splattered, turning the entire command room into a terrifying hell.

The Pioneers couldn't keep up with the Follower's speed. Their combat boots provided speed assistance, but it was far less than the speed granted by the Follower's hovercraft.

At this moment, the Pioneers experienced the frustration that the Followers had once felt.

Their strength was no less than their opponent's, yet they couldn't win the battle!

"Hahaha! The strongest force of humanity is nothing but a bunch of trash..." The Follower mocked as it slaughtered, laughing, "Watch your pathetic selves! Soon, all of humanity will see your 'heroic feats'!"

At this moment, the Pioneers realized that the Follower's armor had a blue electronic light flashing on its chest. It was a miniature recording and broadcasting device, recording everything that happened after it broke into Southeast City.

As the battle progressed, these images were already projected onto the human world's sky by the ancient civilization's satellite technology.

At this moment, a large number of three-dimensional virtual images appeared in the sky above the human world.

The content of the images was the bloody scene unfolding in Southeast City.

Whether they were civilians within the human world or soldiers on the border, everyone looked up at the bloody images in the sky. They saw the fighter jet destroyed, the Pioneer with his upper body shattered, and the Follower breaking through the city walls and easily killing the commander in the command building...

"Is the fully revived ancient civilization this terrifying?"

"Even the Second Evolution Pioneers can't stop it!"

"It alone possesses the power to overwhelm an entire city. How... how can we fight this battle?"

"We... we can't win..."

"Is heaven really going to destroy human civilization?"

Many people in human cities cried out in despair. Faced with the terrifying combat power displayed by the Follower, they couldn't imagine how to resist!

The Second Evolution Pioneers were already the pinnacle of individual combat power in human civilization, but even with home-field advantage and numerical superiority, they couldn't kill the Follower...

No, not couldn't kill, but couldn't even stop it!

The gap between the two sides was simply too great!

Li Tianran also saw this bloody scene.

His fists slowly clenched.

He knew that the ancient civilization would be strong after its full revival, but he didn't expect it to be this strong.

Before the arrival of the Fifth Destruction Epoch, he felt that he already understood the power of the ancient civilization well enough. After all, he had accumulated enough experience from the data in the Sky Citadel, from the word-of-mouth accounts of the Triangular Tower race, and from the wars with them.

But the truth was that no matter how much data you looked at, you couldn't fully understand their entire power.

Those cold, recorded data couldn't fully express the terror of the ancient civilization...

"Governor, what should we do?" Someone asked softly, "Should we send the Kunlun Dreadnought to support them?"

Hearing this, Li Tianran shook his head.

Just as the Southeast City commander had said, one Kunlun Dreadnought couldn't simultaneously meet the needs of defending the entire human world. If the ancient civilization sent out a Follower to harass the border every day, and he had to use a Kunlun Dreadnought each time, then it wouldn't be long before the ancient civilization had him completely under its control.

The best way to deal with these small, scattered Followers was still with the Pioneer Legion!

Li Tianran took out his communicator and spoke directly to the Pioneers defending Southeast City.

Soon, the communication connected, and Li Tianran heard a mixture of explosions, roars, and screams from the receiver. The captain gasped for breath and roared hoarsely, "Governor, this is Fang Chenggang!"

"Captain Fang, can you handle it?" Li Tianran asked softly, without anger, without questioning, without disappointment, just completely calm.

"..." The captain was silent for a second, and then roared decisively, "Please rest assured, Governor, I will kill this guy!"

"The entire human world is watching you now. Don't let it cause too much damage..." Li Tianran said softly, "Three minutes! In three minutes, I will set off for Southeast City to kill it for you!"

The captain heard this and gritted his teeth, "Please rest assured, I will complete the mission!"

...

After hanging up the communication, the captain looked at the Follower still wantonly slaughtering in the building, and his brow furrowed. He roared into his squad's communication system, "Brothers! The Governor just told me that in three minutes, he will set off to kill this bastard for us!"

"What are we? We are soldiers! Our duty is to kill the enemy! If we can't even complete our own duty and have to let the Governor do it for us, then what face do we have to stay on Kuangxi Island? What face do we have to enjoy the highest level of treatment?"

"Now listen to my command, within three minutes, kill this bastard at any cost! Activate the highest level tactics!"

When Lu Chi and the Triangular Tower Followers were training the Pioneer Legion, they developed a series of tactics and battle formations for them. The higher the level, the greater the danger, and of course, the greater the results. The highest level tactics were almost equivalent to suicide attacks.

Abandon all defense, abandon all evasion, and after entering an attack state, use everything you have, including your life, to intercept and kill the enemy!

This was the essence of the highest level tactics!

At this time, all ten Pioneers were covered in wounds.

The wounds left by the Follower had not yet been healed by their self-healing abilities. They took off their already tattered armor, leaving only their combat boots with assistive functions.

The heavy armor hit the ground, creating a large pit.

The Tyrant Dragon-class individual armor was incredibly heavy. Taking it off would reduce some coordination, but it would allow the Pioneers to move faster.

The captain felt a sense of relief. His eyes were fixed on the Follower, his legs were like drawn bows, full of strength, and he suddenly exploded.

Boom!

The sound of an air explosion rang out, and the captain's speed was more than a notch faster than before. The steel knife in his hand fell like the scythe of the Grim Reaper, stabbing straight at the Follower's head!

Although evolved creatures wouldn't die unless their life flaw was pierced, damaging the brain, legs, and eyes could still put them in a state of immobility, inability to think, and inability to see, greatly increasing the probability of killing them.

Following the captain's actions, the other wounded Pioneers also surrounded him. Steel knives once again formed an impenetrable net, falling towards the Follower.

The Follower narrowed its eyes. It suddenly raised the spear in its hand, and the spearhead suddenly lengthened several times. It roared and swept forward horizontally.

If it were before, the captain would have chosen to evade such an attack, but this time, he made no evasive or defensive movements. Instead, he activated the assist function of his combat boots again. The sound of compressed gas exploding rang out, and the captain's speed increased by several points again.

The captain rushed up to meet the lengthened lightning spear. The spearhead made contact with his body in an instant. A neat blood line appeared below his chest. The next moment, his body was split in two, his lower body limply falling to the ground, while his upper body used the remaining impact force to come in front of the Follower, aimed at its head, and stabbed down with the knife!

The Follower also didn't expect that the captain's fighting style would become so fierce and resolute. The armor on its body bristled again like a porcupine, and countless small gunports fired energy beams, trying to destroy the captain's remains.

The light pierced through the captain's upper body, almost burning him, but the speed of his knife falling did not slow down in the slightest.

In the Follower's horrified gaze, the Dragon Tooth Battle Blade fell unerringly in the middle of its brow, successfully piercing through!