Just past 1 a.m.
In the darkness, White Fox followed nervously behind Gu Qijue.
As they went further, White Fox realized she was overthinking it.
She immediately took a few steps forward, reaching Gu Qijue's side, and asked, "Brother Black Dragon, where are we heading? I feel we ought to be devouring more now."
"Eating some small fry won't improve much. I know a monkey zoo where there are at least twenty or thirty Alien Species level, three Evil Spirit level, and one top-tier mutated Evil Spirit level monkey. Let's devour them first."
Gu Qijue's running speed was incredibly fast, nearly reaching 80 kilometers per hour.
This night, it's essential to become stronger.
"Brother Black Dragon, that place has already turned into a large refuge." White Fox informed.
"What did you say?"
Gu Qijue was momentarily stunned by this news.
To his knowledge, there shouldn't be any refuge constructed at that monkey zoo.
What is going on?
Gu Qijue swiftly searched through his memory.
Yet, he found no such memory.
White Fox shook her head and said, "I don't know either. I just came from there. It's like a fortress refuge, with an electric grid above, and the walls reach a height of 200 meters. We can't get in at all."
"I didn't obtain memories from before my reincarnation, could it be... someone else like me... has returned and possesses great wealth?"
Gu Qijue couldn't help but suspect that someone, like him, had been reincarnated.
He really wanted to see what kind of refuge it was.
If possible, could it be taken over for himself?
In the apocalypse, no one talks about moral order or law to you.
Everything must be settled with fists.
After about ten minutes.
Indeed.
The place that was originally a zoo ahead.
Now had become a fortress-like structure amid the apocalypse.
The towering walls reaching 200 meters likely couldn't be breached even by Tier Six and Seven mutated creatures.
Moreover, atop the walls, not only were wind turbines erected, but also a 100,000-volt electric grid blanketed them.
Building such a massive fortress covering 40,000 to 50,000 square meters requires hundreds of billions, right?
"Humans are truly amazing. This refuge is simply a masterpiece of ingenuity." White Fox said, looking on with some envy.
All around the outside of the refuge's walls, thousands of mutated creatures roared and howled.
They tried to climb up but only get electrocuted, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, upon reaching ten meters.
In the sky, mutated birds and insects attempted to breach, but they were all blocked by the electric grid, sparking off a firework-like display.
"Who on earth is it?"
Gu Qijue frowned slightly, took out his phone from his pocket, glanced at the time, and suddenly realized the network was available, showing a satellite network.
This puzzled him even more.
In his past life, the Empire was paralyzed, and it was only over half a month later that the satellite network was activated.
These strange occurrences made Gu Qijue feel very eerie.
Could the owner of this refuge have informed the Empire about the impending mutated apocalypse in advance?
Only then does it make sense how the satellite network could be activated so quickly.
Rumbling——
Surely enough, just as Gu Qijue was done looking at his phone.
Suddenly, outside the city, hundreds of fighter jets roared into Cloud City, activating thermal imaging radar scans.
Under the thermal imaging radar scan, humans and monsters are easily distinguishable.
Rumbling——
The fighter jet fleet avoided survivor gathering spots and began bombing.
Squawking——
Howling——
However, the fleet soon encountered an attack from flying mutated creatures.
Overwhelming numbers of savage birds and insects heedlessly swarmed the fleet.
In an instant, flames rolled, and quickly some fighter jets crashed down.
"This apocalypse has gained another Reincarnator, it seems different from my previous life."
Gu Qijue looked at the sky ablaze with fire and shook his head, opened his phone, entered Tiger Sound, and searched for Cloud City Zoo Refuge.
The related video immediately popped up.
This was a video from two months ago.
[Mu Qingxue, chairman of Hengyu Group, spared no expense, investing hundreds of billions, purchasing the largest monkey zoo in Cloud City, and in just two months, built a large refuge!]
"This woman, most likely, is also a Reincarnator, having reincarnated two months earlier than I have..."
Gu Qijue, after watching these videos, was entirely convinced the latter was a Reincarnator.
Moreover, she had also informed the Empire of the impending mutated apocalypse.
Thus it also explains why the satellite network could be activated so fast.
"Brother Black Dragon, you have a human phone?"
White Fox hesitated as she saw Gu Qijue skillfully operating a human phone.
Gu Qijue didn't answer her, continuing to browse the videos.
Indeed.
He browsed to the Empire's news video release.
[The mutated apocalypse has suddenly descended, causing significant human loss. If you are still alive, please try to hide and wait for the Imperial Army's rescue!]
[In this mutated apocalypse, a batch after batch of Super Martial Artists have awakened among humans. The Empire earnestly requests these Super Martial Artists to join the Imperial Army's rescue operations to save more future seeds for humanity.]
[Mutual slaughter will only hasten human extinction. Humanity needs to unite to get through this cataclysmic disaster!]
After watching this video, Gu Qijue searched for Cloud City.
Indeed.
Cloud City also had an Empire video.
[Hello, Super Martial Artists of Cloud City, I am Lin Tiandou, the head of the Cloud City Military District, regarding this apocalypse, we actually had anticipated it though we were unwilling to believe it, but we also prepared for it!]
[Now, our Cloud City Eastern Suburb Military District has cleared all mutated creatures, and the constructed underground refuge can accommodate three million people.]
[We sincerely hope all humans in Cloud City can join our rescue operations and fight the mutated creatures to the end!]
[We recruit all Super Martial Artists; we will not abandon any survivor nor let any criminal harming humanity during the apocalypse escape.]
Watching this video, Gu Qijue remained impassive.
He did not fear Mu Qingxue, a fellow Reincarnator. Even if one could reincarnate, it could not change their nature.
In the past life, Gu Qijue had heard of Mu Qingxue.
She awakened Emperor-level Super Martial Arts; the same should hold now.
The only difference is that she built a refuge.
Gu Qijue did not believe she'd be as fanatical as him, devouring other powerful things.
Even if she did devour, she couldn't be as formidable as him.
Because the Black Dragon of his past life was the pinnacle of combat prowess on this planet.
An invincible instance of solo battle.
"Brother Black Dragon, shall we go! Devour to become stronger, we can't possibly get into this refuge."
White Fox, seeing Gu Qijue's flickering gaze as if pondering something, softly said this.
Rumbling——
Just as White Fox's words fell, the fortress-like iron doors of the refuge rumbled open, and, subsequently, over a hundred Super Martial Artists swarmed out from within...