On the other side, Pingze City, outside the high-walled city, was also an outer city to the interface city.
Zhang Chen stood before a massive earth pit, enveloped in a faint white mist.
This earth pit used to be half of Pingze City, with streets, shops, libraries...
Now, after Royd's departure, only this giant crater remained.
Over the years, the entire pit had been filled with dense vegetation, and occasionally Ghost-faced Spiders crawled around.
This indicated the presence of a terrifying behemoth in the past.
Although for Zhang Chen, he had only been apart from Mo Ran and the others for a few hours.
For the latter, a full year had passed.
He wondered what they had become.
Since Xu Linna stole the Time Meteorite and destroyed the world control hub, the accelerated time flow on the reincarnators had gradually slowed down.
By the time Zhang Chen left, it had nearly stopped accelerating, aligning with the time flow of the apocalyptic world.
So, their appearances shouldn't have changed much, but with a year of growth and experience, their minds should have matured.
Perhaps they had shed their youthful innocence and become mature!
Zhang Chen mused.
Gradually, as the mist dissipated, a female cyborg walked out with her head lowered.
"Master, Xu Linna's cyborg production base has been discovered. Shall we go now?"
The Pluto Mushroom, controlling the cyborg, asked.
"Yes, I've already notified those below to gather there. I'm quite curious about how they've changed over the past year!"
Zhang Chen said with a smile.
"Also... Xu Linna shouldn't have such a clear grasp of our actions anymore, right?"
He turned to ask Chen Xiao.
"Of course, she has completely lost her precognitive abilities. However, she should still have her own plans and countermeasures, so we cannot let our guard down!"
Chen Xiao replied.
"Mm!"
Zhang Chen nodded. Indeed, although Xu Linna had lost her precognitive abilities, she was still a cunning and treacherous being.
Even without the Time Meteorite, she possessed strong analytical and predictive capabilities.
For instance, upon discovering that her precognitive ability had failed, she would certainly know that Zhang Chen had made thorough preparations.
Moreover, Zhang Chen likely already knew Xu Linna's cyborg production base.
In an apocalypse where industry was heavily damaged, rebuilding a laboratory and a large-scale cyborg production line was definitely not an easy task.
Now Zhang Chen had made his move; it was a matter of how Xu Linna would respond.
The situation had reversed from Xu Linna being in the dark and Zhang Chen in the light to Zhang Chen being in the dark and Xu Linna in the light.
This feeling of being a cunning schemer... was truly exhilarating!
Zhang Chen smiled slightly, finally able to make Xu Linna experience the taste of fear and apprehension.
"Let's go, depart for the canyon!"
Zhang Chen said lightly, then slowly rose into the air.
"That..."
Chen Xiao stood on the spot, pointing at himself with an embarrassed expression.
Indeed, although he possessed powerful temporal abilities, his other abilities were incomparable to Zhang Chen's.
Even the act of flying... seemed outlandish to Chen Xiao.
"Come on!"
Zhang Chen, suspended in mid-air, waved his hand gently.
A powerful force lifted Chen Xiao, causing him to float slowly.
"That... Master, what about me!"
The female cyborg stood on the ground, waving her arms.
"Uh... then bring her along, but no more taking other bodies, understand?"
Zhang Chen said to the Pluto Mushroom.
"Okay, okay, Master, I'll listen to everything you say!"
Although the Pluto Mushroom had no face, Zhang Chen could feel its obsequious emotions.
Bang!
Enveloped by the force field, the three instantly broke the sound barrier and flew directly towards the great canyon.
Watching the scenery below slowly sweep by, Chen Xiao's heart was filled with indescribable surprise and excitement.
This was his first time flying, and the sensation was similar to riding a plane.
Except it was a plane with a 360-degree unobstructed panoramic view, and the best part was completely ignoring any air currents.
Planes might shake a few times when encountering air currents.
Under the embrace of the force field, all air currents automatically made way.
"Roar~"
Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed from afar.
Zhang Chen turned his head to look.
He saw a group of small dragons fighting a giant dragon.
Beams of energy shot from the backs of the small dragons, fiercely striking the giant dragon.
However, this giant dragon was like a small mountain, soaring in mid-air.
The energy beams, upon hitting its body, only left slight scorch marks and couldn't even penetrate its outer skin.
"This... this is the monster from the divine world..."
Seeing the dragon, which was as large as several city blocks, Chen Xiao's face turned ashen.
Even the Western dragons in movies were only as big as a building.
Such colossal creatures were like tiny ants in front of this giant dragon!
"There are reincarnators on the backs of the small dragons, let's go take a look!"
Zhang Chen said, directly changing their course towards the direction of the giant dragon.
In the past, Zhang Chen wouldn't have bothered with such matters.
But things were different now. In the entire apocalypse, those capable of fighting giant creatures were likely his subordinates, or potential subordinates.
After all, the entire apocalypse would be his in the future, so the people within it would naturally be his people too.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Chen, along with Chen Xiao and the female cyborg, arrived at the edge of the battlefield.
The giant dragon, relying on its size advantage, merely flapped its wings, creating gusts of wind that sent the smaller dragons tumbling.
Its tail, with a casual flick, possessed immense power.
The small dragons could only rely on their agility to harass the giant dragon incessantly.
"This is..."
Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the reincarnators involved in the battle.
They were all women, and the small dragons they rode had man-made saddles and reins. Some dragons were even painted with colorful pigments.
It seemed these dragons were their tamed private mounts.
Soon, a beautiful figure appeared before Zhang Chen... it was Guan Xin!
It turned out to be Guan Xin's Red Rose organization, who had now tamed a group of small dragons as mounts and were preparing to converge at the canyon.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they took off, they were ambushed by a giant dragon that had been lying in wait.
If they were on the ground, Guan Xin and her group could easily deal with this behemoth with their own strength.
However, now they were in mid-air, and a single misstep could send them plummeting thousands of meters to their deaths.
Coupled with their speed being entirely restricted by the speed of the small dragons, they couldn't exert their full strength.
This was why they had been locked in this stalemate for so long without a clear victor.
"Stop playing around, we need to get moving!"
Zhang Chen said, slowly raising his right hand and clenching it into a fist!