Today's weather was a bit hazy. The whistling cold wind carried a foul stench from the surrounding garbage piles.
Many skinny people in ragged clothes were rummaging through the garbage.
The garbage piles at the edge of the city attracted a lot of mosquitoes, cockroaches, and rats. Now the insects and rats were very large, and they were catching these things.
Luo Kai also saw that not far away, someone was holding a pot and cooking a big rat with fur. In front of the pot was a group of people with emaciated faces, looking at the rat in the pot and constantly swallowing their saliva.
After the large-scale grain reduction, the food crisis completely broke out. The central core area was still okay, but the barren areas in the north were difficult. Although Guangyuan Prefecture had vast grasslands and abundant cattle and sheep, meat could not maintain the population base.
If no alternative food could be found, then the population would inevitably decline in the future.
Ah Bao on his back had already woken up. In front of Luo Kai who was proficient in the way of water energy, any toxins could not pose a threat.
Water could not only nourish the body and enhance the vitality of life, but also dilute any microscopic matter. If a hundred times was not enough, then a thousand times, ten thousand times. With the improvement of the level of life, he even faintly felt the ultimate meaning of water energy, which was related to the birth of life.
Ah Bao was actually completely recovered, but she pretended to be weak and refused to leave his body.
She also saw the people beside the garbage pile. Resisting the nausea in her stomach, she whispered: "Why are they eating this?"
Luo Kai sighed: "In order to live."
The outer city area of Guangyuan Prefecture was full of huge bomb craters. There were no people in the streets and alleys. The garbage was flying all over the sky, a desolate and dilapidated scene. This was not in line with the status of the prefecture capital. It was even worse than the small town in front.
Luo Kai stopped and said: "Okay, let's split up."
Ah Bao did not go down. She secretly looked at his face and said: "Can you take me to the Green Lotus Business Alliance?"
Luo Kai looked at the airships floating in the sky from time to time. He wanted to find a means of transportation to return to Shangjing. Now it seemed that the airship base was in the inner city. Anyway, it was on the way, so he said: "Okay."
"Thank you!"
Ah'Bao immediately smiled like a flower. She was secretly pleased with herself. She had run away from home since she was young and traveled north and south alone. She had even made a name for herself. She was one of the top snipers in the Hunter's Guild and was proficient in long-range sniping techniques.
What kind of situation had she not seen before? How could she be bullied by a few ruffians? Just now, she was only pretending to be injured and unable to defeat them, to test whether this guy would make a move. As long as he made a move, she would be able to see some clues.
The Hunter's Guild had the most advanced intelligence network in the entire human race. She had long memorized all the experts who had revealed themselves.
Luo Kai didn't notice the little girl's thoughts. Under normal circumstances, he would try his best not to pry into other people's thoughts. It wasn't because of morality, but because he had his own "Dao".
As the saying goes, the path of the Sage is self-sufficient.
One's heart was like the universe. There were countless things and countless changes within it. There was no need to obtain anything from others. As long as one was oneself, one had one's own Dao!
Along the way, the surrounding buildings were full of bullet holes. It was obvious that there had been a fierce battle earlier.
Only the two of them were walking on the deserted street. Ah'Bao was puzzled. "Why don't I see anyone? What happened here?"
Luo Kai didn't say anything. Instead, he looked up at the sky. There was a large dark cloud floating towards them from the northwest.
Gradually, they finally saw people. They even encountered many strange-looking mechs. These mechs were about four to five meters tall. They looked more like lumps of mud with hands and feet. Some were holding a machete, while others were holding huge guns. Their thick legs left a deep pit in the concrete ground with every step they took.
When a robot saw them, it said in a cold mechanical voice, "Unfamiliar human detected. Please stand still for five seconds and accept inspection!"
As it spoke, it looked down at its chest. There was a stone embedded there that shot out a green light.
Luo Kai stopped and allowed the green light to hit him. He could sense that the stone was emitting wood-elemental energy and was not a threat.
Five seconds later, the green light dissipated. The robot's mechanical voice sounded again. "Human confirmed. Permission granted." After saying that, it moved its thick legs and left.
Luo Kai looked at these lump-like robots. These mechs weren't controlled by humans. They were controlled by some kind of AI program. Could it be that Su Hsiao-mei's AI had been developed?
This was the first time Ah'Bao had seen such robots. He couldn't help but be shocked. "These lumps of mud are so domineering!"
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As they approached the inner city, the number of people increased. Most of them looked ill. Clearly, they didn't have a good life.
In front of them was a towering city wall that was dozens of meters tall. Below the wall, there were many mech sentries patrolling, preventing anyone from approaching.
"How do we get in?" Ah'Bao asked in a low voice.
Luo Kai didn't answer. Instead, he frowned and looked at the sky. The huge dark cloud was approaching.
He could clearly see that there was a huge creature in the dark cloud. Its stirring power could gather the wind and clouds. As the saying went, "Clouds follow a dragon, wind follows a tiger." This was a legendary dragon-shaped creature.
As the dark cloud approached the city, there was an earth-shattering sound of thunder. Then, heavy rain fell to the ground.
Everyone in the city felt their skin go numb. They looked at the sky in fear.
"The beast is coming again!"
The people hurriedly ran to the surrounding buildings.
Luo Kai's face was gloomy. His eyes shone with faint starlight. He looked through the layers of dark clouds and saw the creature's appearance.
It was a dragon-shaped creature that still retained some of the characteristics of a fish. Its fins had evolved into four pairs of wings. Its huge body was wrapped in a layer of transparent bubbles. When it raised its head and swung its tail, it constantly gathered the wind and clouds.
An ear-piercing air defense alarm sounded. Then, rockets flew towards the giant fish. However, when the missiles entered the dark cloud, they were immediately extinguished. Instead, they fell towards the city.
Boom boom boom … Huge explosions sounded in various parts of the city.
Luo Kai put Ah'Bao down and said, "I'll borrow your sword. Protect yourself."
Then, he grabbed the sword and jumped onto a small building nearby. His body rose into the air and pierced through the dark clouds.
Ah'Bao stayed where he was for a while. Then, he also climbed up the building. As soon as he went up, he heard a cry that sounded like a cow but wasn't a cow. Then, a dazzling silver light flashed. A huge gap was opened in the dark clouds. Finally, the situation inside could be seen. A fish-like creature wrapped in a bubble was fighting with a slender human figure.
The giant fish kept spitting out huge bubbles at the human figure, and the human figure turned into a silver light that circled around the giant fish. Every time the dark green longsword in his hand swung out, a huge silver-white sword light would slash at the bubbles surrounding the giant fish.
The human figure was very fast. The sword in his hand kept flashing with silver sword light. Under the continuous bombardment of the sword light, a gap was cut in the bubble under the giant fish. A layer of black scales was exposed. However, these scales were very hard. No matter how hard the sword light slashed, it couldn't cut through.
Ah'Bao's face was full of nervousness. This huge strange fish could draw the power of heaven and earth. Obviously, it was an extremely powerful full-body ferocious beast.
Except for Saints, no human could defeat a full-body ferocious beast in a one-on-one fight.
The sudden battle in the sky also attracted the attention of the army. The army had already used their strongest weapons. However, any gunpowder weapon would be extinguished as soon as it got close to the dark clouds where the giant fish was. Instead, it would fall down. Fighter jets and airships couldn't get close. Other weapons were also useless in this heavy rain.
The battle in the sky soon reached its climax. The lightning on the giant fish's body was like a small sun, and the sword light emitted by Luo Kai's sword became more and more dazzling. It was like a small sun, illuminating the city that was shrouded in dark clouds.
Everyone saw the battle clearly and was dumbfounded. There was actually someone who could fight a full-body ferocious beast in the sky. Could it be that a Saint had arrived?
It was said that all below the Saint level were ants. The Saint level was able to draw the power of heaven and earth. It was no longer limited to oneself. The human and the beast in the sky could draw the power of heaven and earth with a casual strike. How could an individual fight against heaven and earth?
"Boom!"
The sound was so loud that it covered all the other sounds in the world. The people in the city below felt their heads go blank. Their minds went blank for a few seconds.
Luo Kai staggered in the air. Countless blood lines burst out of his skin.
This body couldn't withstand his outburst at all. Even if it was just the increase of spiritual power to his strength and fighting strength.