Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 73 Unavoidable Death, Cruel Reality

The city streets were now crowded with fleeing cats and dogs, more than twice their original size, with claws as sharp as hooks and teeth that had become sharp and terrifying; saliva dripped uncontrollably from the corners of their mouths and fell to the ground.

They were unaware of what had happened to their bodies, causing them to develop a desire to eat their owners and even their own kind. Unwilling to harm their owners, they ran away from home.

"boom!"

A Border Collie rammed its head against a lamppost, trying to suppress the urge to bite passersby with pain; a Poodle huddled in the green belt, trembling, and covered its mouth with its paws.

The orange cat paced anxiously around the trash can, its tail fur standing on end.

But instinct will eventually prevail over reason.

"Wang!"

A mutated Shiba Inu suddenly pounced on a pedestrian returning home at night, its sharp teeth easily tearing open jeans; amidst the screams, more cats and dogs began to stir.

Many mutant cats began targeting speeding cars. Although the vast majority were thrown off or even killed, a very small number jumped into the driver's seat through the open windows. Mutant huskies crashed into night market stalls and bit at screaming diners with their fangs.
In the city, screams of terror and chaotic noises rose and fell. Although it was night and there were very few pedestrians on the road, there were still large crowds in some night markets.

These mutated pets also began to converge there.

People scattered in all directions, trying to escape their attacks; but these mutated cats and dogs seemed to have been awakened by their hunting instincts, and launched a frenzied pursuit of humans.

The manhole cover had been pushed open at some point, and a swarm of rats, like a black tide, surged onto the street.

These rats had swelled to twice their size, their scarlet eyes gleaming in the night; unlike the cats and dogs that were still struggling, the rat swarm had a clear and unified goal: to devour all living things.

"Squeaky-"

The piercing screams blended together, and the swarm of rats instantly engulfed everything on the street. Several mutated dogs that were tearing at humans didn't even have time to react before they were covered in the swarm of rats.

The rustling sound of fur being gnawed was chilling, and in just a few seconds, the large mutant dog disappeared into the swarm of rats.

Humans are powerless to resist.

A fleeing man was caught by a swarm of rats, which crawled up his trousers and into his clothes, gnawing at him from the inside out; a woman huddled in a corner was discovered, her screams quickly drowned out by the crunching sounds of chewing.
Even stray cats hiding in trash cans were devoured alive by rats that squeezed through the cracks.

The most terrifying thing is that the rat swarm does not even spare its own kind. Wounded rats are torn apart and eaten by their companions in the blink of an eye. The whole hunting process is efficient and ruthless, and not a single piece of flesh is wasted.

When the rats retreated like a tide, only pools of scarlet blood remained on the streets, not even a single bone was left.

The Heavenly Pivot Bureau of Hangzhou.

A piercing alarm sounded, and a huge electronic screen displayed red alert zones throughout the city in real time.

"Report! The mutated beast horde attempting to gather in the nature reserve has been wiped out by the third squad!"

The monitor immediately said.

"What's important now is inside the city, not outside!"

The mutated creatures in the nature reserve don't matter, since there are no civilians there. We only need to consider whether our firepower is strong enough, and we don't need to worry about the safety of the people. Dealing with them is a piece of cake.

But not inside the city!
Zhou Chen stood in front of the command console, staring at the surveillance screen with a gloomy expression; on the street, swarms of rats were rampaging, and mutated cats and dogs were frantically scurrying between buildings, occasionally pouncing on panicked citizens.

"What's the situation inside the city now?"

"Large-scale attacks by mutated cats and dogs have occurred in the East and West districts, a rat infestation has broken out in the South district, and the North district is temporarily stable, but abnormal energy fluctuations have been detected!"

The monitor summarized all the information from the areas and immediately said.

"Mobilize all firepower and wipe these beasts out! Don't worry about ammunition consumption, prioritize the safety of the civilians!" "Yes, sir!"

The responses from the squad leaders rang out one after another on the communication channel—

"The first squad has arrived in the East District and has begun the clearing operation!"

"Second squad encountered a swarm of rats and requests permission to use heavy weapons."

"The fourth squad has established a defensive line in the commercial street and is evacuating the crowd."

Even if you can foresee the future and make ample preparations, death is still inevitable.

Ye Xuan stood atop the high-rise building, looking down at the chaotic streets below. Dark red blood was everywhere on the ground, and several mutilated corpses lay quietly by the roadside.

He shook his head slightly. It was cruel, but that was reality.

Human civilization is indeed powerful; their technology is enough to crush any mutated beast horde, and they also have a large number of warriors.

But the reality is that when hundreds of millions of people are scattered throughout a vast city, and when survivors may be hiding on every street corner, even the most powerful force will be bound hand and foot.

This is not a matter of power, but a dilemma of choice.

In the field, artillery fire can be unleashed without hesitation, but in the city, every decision is a matter of life and death.

Sacrificing one person to save a thousand? This cold, hard math problem is simply impossible to solve in reality; as long as there is a glimmer of hope, the rescue must continue.

Because nobody wants to be the one who gets sacrificed.

However, when such problems occur, the number of deaths is often more than one.

Ye Xuan took a step forward, his figure disappearing like a phantom at the edge of the high-rise building, as if blending into the night; the next second, his figure appeared in the middle of the street a hundred meters away, surrounded by raging mutated beasts and people fleeing in panic.

His gilded pupils glowed faintly in the darkness as he gazed at the bloody scene before him, his expression calm yet tinged with coldness.

He can't save everyone, but he won't stand idly by when something happens to him.

"Keng!"

With a crisp sword cry, a dazzling golden light shot into the sky from Ye Xuan's body, illuminating the entire street like the rising sun; the light contained a chilling sharpness, as if even the air itself was being shattered.

Golden light exploded a hundred meters in the air, transforming into a rain of swords; each light sword was as solid as a physical object, its blade radiating a soft light. They hovered in the air, their tips pointing downwards, like swords of judgment awaiting their verdict.

"fall."

Ye Xuan uttered a single word, and all the light swords in the sky trembled simultaneously, emitting a chilling buzzing sound.

The next moment——

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Thousands of lightsabers rained down, drawing countless golden trails in the air like a magnificent yet deadly rain of light. Each sword precisely locked onto a mutated creature, piercing through its body with unparalleled sharpness.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

The sounds of flesh being pierced echoed through the streets like the whispers of death.

(End of this chapter)