This colossal, terrifying fiend had fingers as large as Qin Feng's entire body.
Though the fortress was built sturdily, it couldn't withstand such destruction from the fiend. Its fingers were immensely powerful, and the fortress would soon be smashed to pieces. He and Ye Shen would die here.
Hiding in a corner, Ye Shen was also extremely nervous. Watching the fiend's massive fingers, she trembled and asked, "What should we do? Are we just going to wait here to die?"
Qin Feng pondered. "Right now, I can't think of any way to defeat this fiend. But waiting to die isn't an option either. Only by fighting back can we find a chance to win."
With that, Qin Feng immersed his consciousness into his Red Alert domain. He needed to select the most powerful unit.
After much deliberation, the Prism Tank seemed the most suitable. As units were displayed in the top-left glowing point, their combat power was revealed to Qin Feng. The Prism Tank had the highest combat power at 200.
However, its health was the lowest, only 50 HP, even lower than a standard Red Alert soldier.
Since they were inside the fortress and not under direct attack, the Prism Tank's formidable firepower could be effectively utilized.
With a flash of white light, a Prism Tank materialized beside him.
Qin Feng then commanded it to attack the giant finger that was destroying the fortress.
The laser weapon atop the Prism Tank immediately activated, firing beams of light that struck the finger. A burning smell permeated the cave.
"Aowww..."
The fiend roared to the sky in pain from the attack.
Its destruction of the fortress slowed, as if it recognized the Prism Tank's power. For a moment, it dared not extend its finger again.
However, its attacks did not cease. A thunderous boom echoed from above Qin Feng's head once more.
Enraged, the giant stomped heavily on the mountain peak. Massive rocks cascaded down. If not for the fortress's incredibly durable materials, they would have been buried alive by that single stomp.
But they couldn't withstand many more such attacks. Qin Feng knew that if the giant continued to stomp on this mountain, their fortress would eventually collapse.
To stop the fiend's assault, there was only one way: kill it before it could attack.
But his current strength was insufficient for that.
After much thought, Qin Feng suddenly realized a significant weakness of the fiend: its defense seemed rather weak. Even the attacks of ordinary Red Alert soldiers elicited roars of anger, and the Prism Tank's assault made it hesitant to continue destroying the fortress.
This was likely a fiend with immense attack power and strength, but weak defenses.
Was it human or beast? A fiend or a monster?
Qin Feng decided to test it. He purchased a megaphone from the shop and slowly walked towards the fortress entrance.
Ye Shen, watching this, was filled with questions. "Are you crazy?" she exclaimed. "If that fiend extends its finger again, you'll die! Why are you walking towards the cave entrance? It's too dangerous!"
Qin Feng ignored Ye Shen's words, pulled out the megaphone, and shouted, "If you can understand me, I'd like to talk."
His voice, amplified by the megaphone, carried outwards. To his surprise, the fiend stopped its attack upon hearing the sound. It lowered its head to the ground, peering into the fortress entrance towards Qin Feng with blood-red eyes that shone like searchlights, an eerie sight. The moment Qin Feng met the fiend's gaze, a prompt sounded in his mind.
"Ding..."
"Dominator-class fiend, Demon."
"Possesses 500 combat power, 50,000 HP."
"Defeating it will yield a Golden Treasure Chest."
"Demons originate from humans who have fallen into a state of demonic deviation and are on the brink of death. To extend their lifespan, they willingly transform into fiends, accepting bodily mutation. They retain human consciousness and thought, and also prey on humans to sustain their lives. When a Demon stops consuming humans, its life will cease."
Qin Feng was somewhat surprised by the information.
This fiend was once human!
But as he turned, he realized something was wrong and quickly retreated.
Seeing Qin Feng, the Demon immediately extended its finger into the fortress entrance, intending to kill him.
Fortunately, Qin Feng's movements were faster, and the cave was slightly narrow, otherwise, he would have met his end at the Demon's hand.
Simultaneously, Qin Feng commanded the Prism Tank to attack. The laser struck the Demon's finger, causing it pain. It immediately withdrew its finger!
It let out another roar.
Ye Shen rushed to Qin Feng's side and helped him up, asking worriedly, "Are you alright? Why did you go to the entrance? What's there to talk about with this monster? Can it even understand you?"
Qin Feng nodded. "It can indeed understand us. But likewise, it won't stop until it kills us. Its goal is to eat us to sustain its life!"
"What? This thing wants to eat us! Oh my god! I don't want to be eaten by such a terrifying creature. I'd rather die in this cave than be eaten by it."
After saying this, she asked with confusion, "How do you know all this?"
Qin Feng replied, "When I made eye contact with it just now, I already knew its information. This guy was once human, but due to special circumstances, he voluntarily became a monster. We have no retreat now. It's either you die or I die. It won't let us go. To survive, we must kill it!"
Hearing Qin Feng's words, Ye Shen fell silent. She had initially thought monsters were unique to this planet, but she never imagined that humans could also become monsters. This shattered her imagination.
It was too terrifying. If the monster was human and determined to eat them, their situation would be even more perilous. This implied the monster might possess human intellect and be far more cunning than ordinary monsters, which was indeed the case.
The monster realized that extending its finger to destroy the cave entrance was no longer feasible, as the Prism Tank was attacking it from within. To quickly devour the two people in the fortress, it had to destroy the fortress from the outside. In other words, it had to use its immense strength to destroy the mountain peak, causing the fortress within to collapse, and then it could devour the two people inside.
"Boom, boom..."
The continuous booming sounds indicated the fiend relentlessly stomping on the mountain peak with its massive feet.
The fortress wouldn't be able to hold on much longer. Ye Shen, watching the huge rocks fall from above, was too terrified to speak. She looked at Qin Feng and said, "Since we're going to die anyway, why don't we buy some poison and kill ourselves? It's better than being eaten by that monster. After we die, let's pour gasoline on ourselves and set ourselves on fire, so that monster gets nothing. How about it?"
"I want to die with you. I don't want to die alone, sob, sob..."
As Ye Shen spoke of her despair, she began to cry.