Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 234 Silver
Su Xun lifted the silver humanoid figure from the ground. He didn't kill it completely, but he was close.

At this moment, the opponent no longer possessed even a fifth-tier aura. After Su Xun destroyed almost all of its physical structure, it was estimated that it now only had a third-tier combat power. Of course, even though it was also at the third tier, this innately powerful being was much stronger than Zou Ping, who was standing beside it at the moment.

The body that Su Xun was holding was the core of the creature. Perhaps it had encountered the strongest and most common species, such as humans or zombies, during its growth, and thus shaped itself into a form close to that of a human. However, its mind was now in a state of chaos.

Su Xun's strike just now could be described as turning it back into an infant. This kind of spiritual energy creature, nurtured by some kind of material, has extremely tenacious vitality and is difficult to destroy or kill by conventional means. However, this also means that if its physical structure suffers truly serious damage, its memory, consciousness, and even its own realm will suffer irreversible losses.

Once it grows back to its original level, it's hard to say whether it will still be the same as before.

Of course, these creatures may not care about such things as much as humans do, but this makes it easier for Su Xun to reshape their perceptions from scratch.

If you put the other person directly into human society to live and grow up, even if they don't really consider themselves human, they won't be as difficult to communicate with as before.

Thinking about how it used to be completely unresponsive to human speech, Su Xun felt a headache coming on. The growth trajectory of each of these guys is not necessarily the same. He wondered how his gold mine friend in his previous life had managed to live such a human-like life.

Putting these far-fetched thoughts aside, Su Xun channeled his spiritual power and, following the image of the girl that the silver mine spirit had imitated when he first encountered it in this village, reshaped the rough metal humanoid figure in his hand.

"Hmm, this looks much better."

Previously, it probably didn't really understand the purpose of the various structures on the human body, and its imitations always seemed strange or even bizarre. To integrate into human society, at least the appearance had to be acceptable.

"From now on, I'll call you Silver." Su Xun casually patted the other's hard head. It didn't understand what Su Xun was saying at the moment and just stood there blankly. Su Xun wasn't in a hurry. With the resources that the legion controlled now, it would be quite easy to raise the other back.

After doing all that, he turned to look at Zou Ping.

For the past few days, Zou Ping has been standing by, looking on expectantly, wanting to speak several times, but really not knowing what to say.

Could it be that, Commander-in-Chief, I apologize for firing a rocket at you just now, but it wasn't intentional. Please don't take it to heart?

It's better not to say anything!

Fortunately, Su Xun didn't seem to care about him, so he gradually relaxed. When he saw Su Xun looking at him after finishing his work, he straightened his back and stood up straight.

"How did you get here?" Su Xun asked, inquiring about what had happened to them.

This place is not on a transportation route, and there are no valuable supplies. Under normal circumstances, it would be a no-man's land. Judging from the remaining wounds on their bodies, it is obvious that they had encountered some danger.

There was no need for Zou Ping to hide anything from Su Xun, so he told him everything about his past experiences.

During the grand competition, this group reached an agreement with several other smaller organizations to collaborate on recycling resources, mainly steel, from the old city, in exchange for supplies with the safe zone. This was permitted by the military corps; the city had too many resources left behind, and the corps didn't have enough manpower to collect them all individually. Letting these people do it not only provided an extra batch of supplies, but the transportation and circulation of these supplies also promoted the adoption of the new currency among the people.

So at first everything went smoothly. They found a relatively safe place, which was a county town under the jurisdiction of Haiqu nearby. The main force of the army had already cleared it out, leaving only a few zombies and mutated beasts that later wandered over.

Although resources were relatively scarce and most buildings were destroyed in the intense war, it was safe and quite suitable as a starting point for their plans.

But soon, many aquatic mutant beasts appeared near the county town. They were of high rank and numerous.

At first, it was shrimp, crabs, shellfish, snakes, and other creatures that could barely be considered amphibians, but recently even fish have been jumping around on the shore.

Previously, it wasn't really a big problem. The mutant beasts themselves were a resource. Their combat power decreased significantly after leaving the water, and many of them were hunted down by Zou Ping and others. The materials from the mutant beasts had always been considered hard currency, so they made a lot more money as a result.

But this period of prosperity was short-lived. Soon, an uncontrollable force appeared. Fourth-tier fish were no longer so constrained by their environment, and even when they came ashore, they were beyond the reach of the fish.

There's not much to say after that. Having provoked an unmanageable entity, they chased each other until they bumped into Su Xun. Whether they were lucky or unlucky is unknown, but even though they were right in front of Su Xun, they mistook him for someone else and fired a rocket at him...

Zou Ping looked annoyed, while Su Xun was deep in thought.

Although it's unrealistic to expect the coastal defenses to form an impenetrable wall, and they were already mentally prepared for numerous mutated beasts to slip through the gaps in the defense zone, the current situation seems to have exceeded their expectations.

They are currently located more than a hundred miles from the sea, separated by many hills and mountains. The coastal defenses along the coast are already quite strong, yet fourth-tier mutated fish have still managed to reach this area. The situation facing other regions is unimaginable.

Su Xun had heard Han Zhong mention this issue before and had sent people to confirm the relevant situation. He didn't expect that he would encounter it himself before he even received the intelligence.

Even when he was near a bay in his previous life, Su Xun never thought that these sea beasts would arrive so quickly. Of course, his status and the overall environment were different. Perhaps he hadn't been exposed to this information back then.

He frowned, sensing that things couldn't be that simple.

Could his actions on the mainland have influenced those top monsters in the deep ocean?

Su Xun's expression was solemn, and Zou Ping and the others dared not speak. In their eyes, what they had encountered was merely a fourth-tier mutated fish, an invincible opponent to them, but one that could be easily killed in front of the commander-in-chief. Compared to the silver sculpture that was still standing beside them with a dazed expression, that fish was much kinder!

After a moment, Su Xun asked, "Which direction is the fish in?"

“Over there,” Zou Ping pointed, “but it may not be there anymore.”

(End of this chapter)