Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 297 Chaotic City, Tide of Greed, Descent of the Death Storm

The underground world of New Yard is a realm where sunlight can never reach.

Here, sunlight never shines; darkness and dampness are the eternal themes. The intricate concrete pipes, like the intestines of a giant beast, meander and stretch, forming a vast and complex labyrinth.

The air was thick with an overwhelming stench of decay, an indescribable stench of rotting biological tissue and fat residue wafting through the air. Thick sewage flowed slowly at the bottom of the pipes; nauseating clumps of grease, the remains of unidentified creatures, and various kinds of man-made garbage floated on the surface of the water.

Occasionally, a large, plump rat would scurry by, its eyes flashing a faint red light in the darkness. Then, as it rounded a corner, it would be snatched up by a black paw.

Ah Fu was lurking in a corner of this filthy place.

Its wounds were so severe that it could only embed itself as deeply as possible in the dented shadow of a pipe joint.

The remaining two and a half limbs were tightly folded together, and the body, covered with a dark chitinous carapace, was covered in mud. After curling up into a ball, it almost blended into the surrounding solidified filth and rusted metal.

As an undead creature, "Afu" was completely unconcerned about the stench of this underground world, which was enough to make any living being nauseous and faint. However, being relentlessly pursued made it feel extremely uncomfortable.

At first, Afu had no idea that such a place existed underground.

The ability to remain hidden in such a dense city was thanks to "Afu's" keen combat instincts and the good habits taught by the instructors of Dongxia.

In areas where other creatures can see you, you must maintain high speed and never stop.

If you are sure you have shaken off all your enemies and successfully entered a state of concealment, it usually means that your hiding place will soon be thoroughly searched, or even directly attacked.

Therefore, it is necessary to change hiding places at least one or two more times.

Finally, be aware of those cameras; they can see you.

It was precisely by faithfully adhering to these principles that Arfu was able to evade the city police and military searches several times, but the population density in the metropolis of Blue Star was still too high, far exceeding any environment it had encountered before.

On its first night in the city, even though it used the darkness and shadows to choose a route that avoided crowds as much as possible, it was still repeatedly exposed to the terrified citizens.

A drunkard, vomiting against a telephone pole, was so frightened by a passing shadow that he collapsed to the ground; a gambler, who had just come out of a pachinko parlor, was sobbing, and his tears stopped in his wide-open eyes.

An elderly man holding a recipient of aid and a young girl behaving affectionately exchanged glances with Afu at the alley entrance, and then let out a piercing scream like metal scraping against glass.

The male escort, who was struggling to help the plump, heavily made-up, wrinkled old lady, was startled by a sudden gust of wind from overhead and accidentally dropped his employer to the ground, where she rolled into a ball.
In the night in New York City, neon lights flash tirelessly, outlining the bizarre and colorful urban landscape and the myriad aspects of life.

Ah Fu's intrusion was like a drop of water falling into a boiling oil pan, instantly triggering chaos.

"Afu's" extremely high speed made it appear to most of the terrified people as nothing more than a blurry, fleeting black shadow. However, these fragmented eyewitness reports were eventually pieced together by the hunters like scattered pearls, outlining its approximate escape route.

During this time, "Afu" once ventured into an underground parking lot. It instinctively sensed that the place was enclosed, quiet, and had far fewer creatures than on the surface, making it seem like an ideal temporary refuge.

But unfortunately, just as it was rushing down the slope, a car coming from the opposite direction illuminated the armored behemoth with its headlights.

Startled and disoriented, the driver swerved the steering wheel, causing the vehicle to veer out of control and crash into a car that had just stopped.

The passenger door of the car opened just then, and a little girl who looked about seven or eight years old carefully jumped out of the car, holding a nearly melting strawberry ice cream in one hand and tightly hugging a slender doll wearing an exquisite blue dress in the other.

When she turned her head, her eyes were full of confusion, as if she hadn't yet understood what was happening. The blinding headlights of the out-of-control vehicle made her instinctively close her eyes tightly.

The mother, who had just unbuckled her seatbelt in the driver's seat, witnessed this scene and let out a heart-wrenching scream, but it was too late.

Suddenly, "Afu" pushed off with its hind legs, accelerated, and slammed into the side of the out-of-control vehicle!
Time seemed to stretch out infinitely at that moment, and everything became slow motion. With a dull thud, the car's hard shell collided violently with the metal door. The huge impact sent the car flying sideways, crashing heavily into the central pillar of the garage, and then rolling several times before tumbling into a row of vehicles.

Well, it's hard to imagine what "Afu" actually learned in Dongxia that would lead him to do something like protecting a non-contractual lord creature...

Of course, "Afu" was also badly hurt by the impact.

Forces are reciprocal. The problem for Afu now is that, although its shell is still hard, its mass is becoming too much due to the drastic reduction in size. After rolling around several times, it landed by sheer coincidence next to the little girl who was holding a doll.

At this moment, "Afu" was finally captured clearly by the surrounding cameras because of his stillness.

Its once massive and robust body, after being bombarded, cut, and shattered by repeated super-powerful firepower, is now reduced to a torso the size of a bull.

The two legs on the left side were broken off at the root, with only a few broken pieces of something connecting them, hanging precariously; the limbs on the right side were completely broken off, leaving only a few unclear stumps; the carapace was covered with cracks, with one particularly clear wound that was half a meter long, and the white bone inside was even faintly visible.

Its entire body was covered in damage and dents, and one of its eyes was missing. It looked both ferocious and miserable.

The little girl's mother screamed and rushed over from the other side of the car, hugging her child tightly in her arms, trembling all over, like a leaf about to fall from a branch in the autumn wind.

Afu struggled to its feet, wisps of grayish-white energy emanating from its newly opened wounds. It shook its head, used its remaining limbs to close the wounds, then turned its compound eyes, glanced at the mother and daughter tightly embracing, and turned to leave.

The young mother felt as if she had been granted a pardon and collapsed to the ground. But then she remembered something, jumped up, hurriedly pulled her phone from her handbag, and dialed 110 with trembling hands.

"I found it! I saw the monster!"

"Yes! It was me! I was the first to find it! It's in the underground parking lot of Momoi 3-chome, Chowa-cho! Come and catch it!"

"I remember! Remember to give me the reward! It was me who called the police! It was me!"

The woman's voice was hysterical. Unfortunately, "Afu" couldn't understand the language of the four-clawed sea serpent, so it had no idea what the rambling woman behind it was saying.

It instinctively felt a little uncomfortable, staggered a few steps, readjusted its balance, accelerated wildly again, entered phantom mode, and quickly disappeared into the spreading night to continue searching for its next hiding place.

Unbeknownst to it, the video from the underground parking lot was quickly posted online by the security guard in the monitoring room, triggering a wild, viral spread!
The bizarre, unidentified creature, the unexpected act of saving lives, and the mangled, battered body immediately sparked a heated debate online.

A monster that doesn't kill, even saves people, carries a huge bounty, is said to hold the secret to immortality, and seems to be on the verge of death—this is practically a walking super gift package!

Curiosity seekers, explorers, speculators dreaming of getting rich overnight, and countless others eager to become internet celebrities through firsthand videos flocked to New York City and the surrounding areas where the videos were exposed.

The official announcement requiring residents to evacuate within a specified time seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the surging crowds and restless desires.

Instead of becoming empty, the streets became more crowded and chaotic than usual.

Because Afu's identity had been exposed, AI video production came in handy. Within just two hours, thousands of true or false messages about "Afu" were circulating wildly online. Various composite videos completely overwhelmed the Bald Eagle's information sources, leaving the Bald Eagle's intelligence department furious.

At the same time, the evacuation of the crowd has become desperately slow.

Just as the chaos reached its peak, the bald eagle, which had been hiding in the background, finally lost its last bit of patience.

They didn't want to wait any longer; every moment they wasted increased the chances of Afu escaping.

Half of the 24-hour evacuation time they had been notified of was still left, and because of the increasingly chaotic situation, the bald eagle didn't even want to wait for those extra dozen hours! Soon, the bald eagle received a brilliant suggestion from its godfather, who was skilled at both instigating and being instigated by slaughter.

The piercing air raid sirens blared once again over New York City, followed by official announcements played on a loop through loudspeakers and online platforms.

"Urgent notice! Urgent notice! It has been confirmed that an extremely dangerous evil creature has entered New Tooth City and poses a serious threat to the safety of all citizens of New Tooth City."

"To protect the lives and property of the people in the area to the greatest extent possible, the Eagle Force will launch an attack on New Tooth City at noon sharp. At that time, anyone still in this area will be regarded as an accomplice of the evil creatures and a protector of the evil creatures who are hindering the Empire's pursuit. The Empire will have the right to take any necessary measures to eliminate them!"

Some people believe it, some people don't.

Long queues formed as people left the city, and equally long queues formed as people entered. On those congested roads, cries, curses, vehicle horns, and the sounds of collisions filled the air.

Because of the gathering of people, "Afu" has indeed been caught off guard. When people are no longer afraid of it and dare to rush towards it, "Afu" inevitably falls into a situation where it is watched by the whole nation and has nowhere to hide.

It kept moving, leaping from rooftops to plazas, climbing trees and buildings, but it was no use. Countless mobile phone cameras were watching it. The next location it was about to move to was already crowded with expectant people.

Traffic in the city was almost paralyzed, and stampedes even occurred in several neighborhoods.

"Afu" continued running tirelessly, climbing up a six-story building and hooking its remaining limbs onto the edge, trying to find a way out.

Undead creatures have strong senses, but even with strong senses, they cannot detect things high in the sky.

High in the sky, a bald eagle's RQ4 drone had already firmly locked onto its trail.

The countdown is over.

Bald eagles keep their word!
"Target confirmed! Coordinates locked!"

"Authorization confirmed! Execute attack program!"

Inside the White Eagle Command Post where the Sea Serpent was stationed, as orders were issued, the next moment, a shrill sound of something tearing through the air came from afar, quickly turning into the shrill howl of death as it drew nearer!
"Afu" was the first to spot the huge thing flying in from the sky. Before it could react, it exerted its strength in the fraction of a second before the shockwave of the explosion arrived, shoving itself violently off the edge of the roof!

An air-to-ground precision-guided missile accurately hit the building where "Afu" was located.

boom--! ! !
The blazing fireball engulfed the spot where it had just been, and the upper part of the entire building, as if struck by the iron fist of God, turned into countless flying fragments of stone amidst a deafening roar.

The shockwave spread outwards in a ring, sweeping outwards like a storm, instantly shattering the glass of nearby buildings into dust.

Afu plummeted wildly.

Its remaining limbs pounded frantically against the exterior wall of the building, not to slow down, but to use the reverse thrust to make itself fall faster, finally crashing heavily onto the roof of a van on the street below!

The truck's roof was completely crushed, the side windows shattered, the entire body structure deformed and twisted rapidly, all four tires burst at the same time, and the body was almost smashed into a piece of dented, glued-together metal.

At the same time, debris from the building fell from the sky, like a torrential rain of concrete.

run!
"A-Fu" had no time to pay attention to the chaos around him and ran away!

At this moment, the air raid sirens were still wailing mournfully, and the screams and cries of the crowd were mixed together, like a grand stage play.

Those who dared to stay here never imagined that the bald eagles would actually launch an attack, or they thought that at least the army would come to surround "Afu" and slowly capture it, instead of this indiscriminate bombing from the sky.

As it turns out, in the eyes of the bald eagle, the sea serpent's creatures cannot actually be considered human.

Bald eagles have already completed the information shielding and blockade of this area. As long as the news cannot get out, these weak and humble lives are no different from "logs".

High in the sky, the RQ-4 drone continued to transmit data.

"The target is alive and moving westward, and has entered the Tsurumi-dori main road."

"Target has taken refuge in the building complex. Authorization to use bunker buster!"

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
The explosion is no longer a single point, but an all-around attack that covers the target point from all directions, leaving no blind spots.

Flames erupted simultaneously on rooftops, in the middle of streets, and in parks, with intense shockwaves overlapping and colliding to create a wild, destructive turbulence.

Shop windows along the street, parked cars, roadside utility poles and vending machines... everything was torn apart, thrown up, and then flung in all directions like garbage in an instant.

The explosions flashed continuously, turning the earth a crimson red. Solid concrete buildings were easily torn apart and pushed down like building blocks, and the raging flames devoured all flammable materials.

Vehicles exploded one after another, thick black smoke billowing up and forming a thick column of smoke that symbolized death and destruction.

Whether they were trying to escape or parked, they all turned into burning iron coffins. The successive explosions of the fuel tanks burned the trapped people inside to charcoal, and a strange stench of cooked meat mixed with burning plastic began to permeate the air.

Even more fragile than these buildings and vehicles are flesh and blood.

The crowded people had nowhere to escape.

One second people were screaming and running, the next they were engulfed in flames or riddled with shrapnel and gravel. Limbs and entrails were thrown into the air and then fell down with the rain of blood.

Corpses are everywhere.

This word is now being expressed in its most concrete form.

The streets and ruins were filled with twisted, charred, and mutilated corpses.

Fresh blood gushed and gathered into streams, flowing into the roadside drainage ditch. After mixing with sewage, it was rapidly evaporated by the heat, spreading a strong, strange smell with a fishy and astringent odor in the air.

"Afu" entered a construction area again, and as it sped over the site, it seemed to sense a familiar presence.

It tilted its head slightly.

Just to its right front, next to a pile of building ruins, lay a doll quietly, a doll wearing a blue dress and with delicate braids.

At the doll's feet was a seemingly bottomless pit.

A huge gap has been opened in the ground here, revealing a corner of the underground world.

Without hesitation, "Afu" plunged inside.

　I stepped on the line and was delayed a little, sorry!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)