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Evening, 6:30 PM!
[Emergency news! In various major regions across the nation, after the mysterious aurora swept over the Star Blue Continent, numerous creatures have mutated into terrifying monsters. This might be a mutation caused by the aurora in organisms with special constitutions. We urge all citizens to lock their doors and windows during this period, and under no circumstances should you leave your homes!]
As time passed, mutated monsters appeared one after another. The Hidden Dragon Empire quickly responded by releasing the most urgent news.
As soon as the news from the Hidden Dragon Empire was released, it swept across major online platforms.
If there hadn't been the previous aurora, people absolutely wouldn't have believed it. But even so, there was still skepticism.
However, as more and more people around began to mutate into monsters and various videos were uploaded to online platforms,
"Is the apocalypse coming?"
"Supplies are the most important when the apocalypse hits!"
"There's still time now; hurry and stockpile supplies!"
"Damn it! The apocalypse is really here. I saw my dad mutate into a monster with my own eyes. I'm hiding under the bed now, not daring to make a sound. What should I do?"
The population of the Hidden Dragon Empire... was all in panic. Supermarkets everywhere were flooded with people frantically grabbing all kinds of grains and frozen foods.
In major cities across the nation, people could be seen shouting in panic and despair.
From time to time, hideous monsters appeared, roaring as they hunted humans.
Screams and shouts echoed through one bustling city after another.
Some people, while fleeing for their lives, suddenly foamed at the mouth, and then their entire heads split open, growing a blood-red maw, hideous without eyes on the head.
As their heads mutated, their bodies swelled, tentacles grew from their backs, eyes appeared on their chests, and their entire bodies were covered in a layer of eerie scales.
The moment this mutated person completed their mutation, the tentacles behind him aggressively extended, entangling his former companion, and amidst a heart-wrenching scream, the head, like a chrysanthemum adorned with tentacles and fangs, devoured him bite by bite.
This horrific scene occurred in every city, on every street nationwide.
Additionally, certain trees, their branches and leaves immediately withered and fell, then grew one ferocious tentacle after another with eyes, wrapping around and devouring any passing humans.
The true disaster had arrived!
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"Tsk tsk! This is hell! Surviving eight years in my previous life was incredibly difficult."
In the chairman's office of the Emperor Building, Gu Qijue, through the giant floor-to-ceiling window, looked down upon the entire city from a height of a hundred floors.
On every street, in every neighborhood, all kinds of nauseating and hideous monsters, whether human, animal, or plant mutations, were hunting down wave after wave of humans.
Inside the office, there were four monster corpses.
In Gu Qijue's hand, he held a tachi.
This sword was no ordinary one; it was crafted at great expense by the chairman of the Emperor Group. It could cut iron during live broadcasts, no matter how hard you strike, it never loses its edge, remaining sharp enough to slice hair like mud.
Gu Qijue had come here, naturally, for this tachi.
These creatures were too nauseating, making it impossible for him to engage them barehanded.
Even though he had the ability.
"Master, should we grab some supplies first or deal with that Monkey King in the zoo of this city?"
The voice of Xiaoyao echoed in Gu Qijue's mind.
"Ah!!"
At this moment, a woman's scream came from outside the door.
Then, a woman with perfect features and a professional ol outfit screamed, rushed into the office, and shut the door with a panic-stricken slam.
After doing all this, she collapsed on the ground, her voluptuous body trembling slightly, her face filled with despair.
"Ah! Who are you..."
It was only then that she realized there was a stranger in the chairman's office.
She also saw the four monster corpses there.
Gu Qijue glanced at the woman indifferently, then stepped toward the door.
Seeing this, the woman rolled and crawled away, watching him with fear.
She secretly thought: "Can I use this man to lure away the monsters outside, then take the elevator to the underground warehouse?"
On her way here, she had already betrayed several companions.
Seeing someone here filled her mind with devious thoughts.
With her looks, which man wouldn't be captivated?
Bang bang bang——
Suddenly, heavy banging occurred on the office door, accompanied by wild roars heard inside, scaring the woman so much that her legs went weak and she was filled with extreme fright.
Gu Qijue ignored the woman next to him, ready to open the door.
"No, stop!"
The woman cried out, her face filled with despair.
Crack!!
Gu Qijue, however, had already opened the door.
"It's over."
The woman who had just stood up collapsed again.
Roar! Howl!!
Instantly, two worm-like mutated monsters darted in with their sharp claws raised.
With a swish, followed by a gush—
The tachi in Gu Qijue's hand unsheathed, accompanied by a flash of cold light and two streams of blood, and the two monsters' heads instantly separated from their bodies, blood gushing out.
The woman was stunned at first, then hope flared in her eyes. She scrambled to Gu Qijue, saying, "Please, take me with you!"
"Who do you think you are?"
Gu Qijue sneered coldly at the woman, then walked away.
"Don't, I… I'll exchange my body. Please, take me with you, okay?"
The woman ran in front of Gu Qijue, starting to undress, revealing her fair, voluptuous figure.
"Get lost! In this apocalypse, women are the least valuable, let alone someone like you."
Gu Qijue didn't even bother to look at her, blocking her outside the elevator, and pressed the button for the first floor.
"Bastard, watching people die without helping, I curse you to an incomplete death..." the woman screamed in despair.
As the elevator doors closed, she saw a face as cold as ice.
Every floor of the Emperor Building had monsters, as well as survivors.
Gu Qijue ignored them all.
The humanity of the apocalypse was the darkest.
Even if you saved someone, they might not be grateful.
They could even stab you in the back.
Through eight years of experience in his previous life, Gu Qijue had seen plenty of this.
The elevator reached the first floor, the doors slowly opened, and four monsters immediately came into view.
Seeing someone in the elevator, they roared in excitement and charged.
Slash! Slash! Slash——
Gu Qijue stepped forward, taking one down with each sword strike, effortlessly chopping them as if slicing through watermelons.
However, he knew these were the weakest mutated monsters, so he didn't let Xiaoyao waste time consuming them.
It was almost 8 PM.
In the night sky, two moons appeared together; one bright and radiant, the other a large gray moon.
"Master, where are we going?" Xiaoyao asked.
"To take over an underground gang, one person's power is ultimately limited. The gang I'm going to take over has six or seven Super Martial Warriors."
Gu Qijue walked out of the Emperor Building, glanced at the two moons in the sky, casually slayed three charging monsters, and vanished into the night with a few flickers.