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Chapter 364 The 'Ruins' of the Old Era, the 'Fall' After the Apocalypse

Cold, shivering.
Chen Kong suddenly sat up from the ground, his mind still a little muddled.

In a daze, his mind was still stuck on the time before entering the holographic simulation pod, causing him to confuse it with the 'real' environment around him.

Fortunately, he regained consciousness after only a few seconds.

"I don't know what the higher-ups were thinking, sending a newbie to be my guide."

Chen Kong turned his head and saw a black-haired man staring at him with disdain.

The man was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old and had an extremely ordinary appearance.

However, a scar on his right eye adds a touch of intimidating sharpness to his otherwise ordinary face.

At the same time, Chen Kong had a strange feeling of déjà vu about the black-haired man, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

"Let's go. The United States' doomsday chariot can only stay here for a maximum of two hours."

"We must make the most of these two precious hours to determine whether this is an accessible area or an inaccessible restricted area."

Before Chen Kong could figure out what was going on, a panel appeared in front of him.

Welcome to the Sandstorm Planet Doomsday Zone (Low Intensity) Simulation

[Mission Objective: Collect 10 pieces of Quicksand Star Ore]

Survival time limit: 120 minutes

"What are you waiting for? Get out of the car."

"Do you really think taxpayers' money is for you to come here on vacation?"

Even though I know the other person is just a 'virtual character'.

For some reason, Chen Kong couldn't help but feel a little nervous when facing the opponent's powerful aura.

He had only ever felt a similar sensation with the Heavenly Dao.

Although he had never met this virtual character, Chen Kong had a strange feeling that he and the Heavenly Dao were the same kind of people.

One type: People who only follow their own will and will not be swayed by any external factors.

With this in mind, Chen Kong followed the other party out of the so-called 'doomsday chariot'.

Stepping out of the train carriage, Chen Kong was instantly stunned by the scene outside.

This is a post-apocalyptic city ruin.

There was no sun above them, only a special cloud layer shimmering with an eerie purple light.

The distant horizon was distorted by the eerie purple light, and the air was filled with a pungent smell similar to ozone.

Not far away, half of the collapsed steel structure was buried in the yellow sand, with only some floors exposed and not yet buried by the sand.

And among the ruins of these buildings, there are occasionally glimpses of faint fluorescence.

That was the unique luster of the quicksand star ore, and it was also the target he needed for this simulation mission.

Without wasting any time, the black-haired man walked straight towards the nearest ruins as soon as he stepped out of the carriage. His steps were steady and his expression was relaxed, as if he were not exploring some dangerous occupied area, but taking a stroll in his own backyard.

Before the other party could take a few steps, Chen Kong suddenly felt a strong killing intent, and a chill ran down his neck.

This killing intent is neither good nor evil; it is the 'aggressiveness' unique to wild beasts when they warn intruders to protect their territory—cold and direct.

"careful!"

As soon as Chen Kong finished speaking, three scarlet eyes lit up from the shadows of the ruins.

The next second, a dark shadow pounced on the black-haired man's back at lightning speed.

The shadowy figure's sharp jawline gleamed coldly in the purple light, as if it were about to slice the black-haired man in half.

But the black-haired man seemed not to hear him, turning to look at Chen Kong with a questioning tone.

"What are you careful about?"

His turning his head undoubtedly exposed his back completely to the star beast. Seeing this, Chen Kong immediately summoned his 'Void Weaver' in his right hand, trying to help the black-haired man out of the predicament.

But something unexpected happened to Chen Kong.

Although the man had his back to the monster, he suddenly raised his right hand.

Immediately afterwards, as if by prior arrangement, the monster that emerged from the city ruins crashed into the back of the black-haired man's raised fist.

Pfft!

To Chen Kong's astonishment, the strange star beast's body exploded like a watermelon.

The air was filled with flying bits of flesh and broken carapace, which quickly stained the ground red.

After doing all this, the black-haired man casually flicked the blood off his fist, his tone calm and relaxed.

"Newbie, I could crush these ant-like creatures with one hand. What's there to be careful about?"

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Seeing this, Chen Kong remained silent for a long time, unable to utter a word.

A moment later, he looked down at the monster that had turned into pieces of flesh, and whose whole body could not be pieced back together.

Information about this monster appeared at just the right time on the screen of an anime series in the real world.

【Name: Quicksand Star - Black Ant】

[Danger Level: 2]

【Characteristics: Possesses sharp and powerful mandibles, as well as eyesight that ordinary ants lack; possesses immense strength; can see in the dark; has extremely sensitive vision and hearing; and prefers to live in groups】

[Description: A seemingly ordinary but actually extremely dangerous quicksand star beast]

"Alright, newbie, stop wasting time here and come with me."

After speaking, the black-haired man continued walking deeper into the ruins.

Seeing this, Chen Kong quickly followed him.

But as he walked, Chen Kong soon noticed the anomaly in the fallen area of ​​the quicksand star.

Even though he was stepping on ordinary 'sand', the sensation from the sand made Chen Kong feel as if he were stepping on the soft skin of some kind of creature.

With each step, I could feel the faint yet noticeable vibration.

"Here is the place."

The black-haired man suddenly stopped.

Chen Kong looked up and realized they were standing in front of a collapsed library.

However, this building, which once symbolized human 'knowledge' and 'wisdom', now only has half of its wall remaining in Shamian.

A large amount of pale blue mineral fluorescence seeped out from the cracks in the library ruins, along with a complex but extremely dense stellar energy fluctuation.

Clearly, this is the lair of some kind of star beast species.

rustling.
Amidst a series of subtle yet chilling footsteps, countless black ant-like star beasts surged forth from the cracks in the library's architecture like a black tide.

Even more terrifying, several enormous, purplish-red soldier ants were mixed in with this pitch-black 'tide'.

They are three times the size of ordinary black ants, and their carapaces are covered with a layer of pale purple star energy, clearly indicating that they are 'elite-level' beings.

The appearance of these guys is undoubtedly telling everyone something.

The current era is no longer the old era when humans ruled the blue planet; they are the true masters of this land!
Looking at the astonishingly large army of star beasts, Chen Kong subconsciously took a half step back.

Not to mention those 'soldier ants' that are clearly quite powerful.

The sheer number of ordinary 'black ants' around him was enough to devour him, a mere second-level star envoy.

(End of this chapter)