Zhang Chen took stock of the equipment he had obtained from the seventh walled city.
There were three [Rare·Genesis Mechas]*3: requiring individuals with extremely powerful physiques to pilot them, Genesis Mechas could synchronize 100% with the pilot's movements and were equipped with alloy combat blades, energy shields, and energy cannons.
These were perfectly allocated to Zheng Hao, Bai Hanlin, and Qing Feng, who were responsible for frontal assaults.
Guan Xin and the Five Golden Flowers would pilot the [Underground Excavators] (underground vehicles that could carry up to ten people, with a maximum diving depth of 200 meters, impervious to rocks, plant roots, and other obstructions) to disrupt the mutated plant roots attacking from underground.
Zhang Wenwen, Li Bingyu, and others would lead the True God Cult in deploying [Rare·Automated Defense Firewalls*10] on the rooftops of the city's tallest buildings, boasting high-intensity, dense firepower, automatic target acquisition, and formidable offensive capabilities, easily handling assaults from aerial and ground mutated creatures in swarms.
All preparations were complete.
Zhang Chen, along with Zheng Hao, Bai Hanlin, and Qing Feng, boarded the mechas and flew to the city walls.
Standing there and looking out, everyone was stunned.
In the earlier stages of the apocalypse, though the monsters were ferocious, the skies were mostly clear, allowing for the enjoyment of stars and the moon at night.
But now.
Outside the city at midnight, the sky was overcast, and streaks of dark red lightning would unexpectedly slash through the darkness, striking the ground from the clouds with resonant thunder.
Above the clouds, two colossal shadows grappled and battled; enormous wings occasionally emerged from the clouds, amidst a turmoil of lava and lightning.
Lava dripped from the sky onto giant trees hundreds of meters tall, instantly igniting them into flames. Startled, the human-headed bat monsters, with wingspans of over ten meters, shrieked and fled.
Mid-flight, a narrow spatial rift suddenly appeared in the air.
The leading bat monsters had no time to dodge and were severed into several pieces by the rift, their blood and severed limbs falling from the sky.
In the face of spatial power, the strength of any physique was insignificant!
In the distance, rolling mountain ranges were slowly moving in groups.
Zhang Chen knew they were not mountains but colossal beings as large as mountains; even from such a distance, their majestic forms could be perceived.
"This... is the ultimate apocalypse?"
Zheng Hao was filled with shock.
Setting aside the monsters, the bizarre weather and the occasional spatial rifts alone were enough to be fatal.
It was truly not easy for the native inhabitants to have held out this long in such an environment.
Bai Hanlin's face was pale, and he remained silent.
In previous apocalypses, one could at least survive, but now, observing the unannounced climatic changes, lightning, and spatial rifts...
There was no longer any safe place in the world; to survive in the future, one could only flee, flee, and flee again...
Unless... the city beneath their feet could truly withstand the monster invasion...
"Haha, apocalypse, monsters, here I come!!"
Qing Feng shouted excitedly, then leaped from the city wall and glided towards the ground.
Seeing this, Zheng Hao and Bai Hanlin looked at Zhang Chen in unison.
Although they were inside their mechas and their expressions were unseen, Zhang Chen could clearly sense their unspoken thoughts:
"Leader, where did you find such a lunatic?"
"Prepare yourselves, the monster tide is coming. This is a monster tide that has crossed a stage, so be careful!"
Zhang Chen reminded them solemnly.
The previous beast stage had not ended normally, with many days of upgrade time lost, and now to directly bypass the behemoth stage into a monster surge, the upcoming battle would undoubtedly be difficult.
"Roar..."
The sound of running approached from afar, and the ground's vibration became increasingly apparent.
Subsequently, a horde of grey, humanoid monsters charged forward.
Although humanoid, they stood three to four meters tall, with slender limbs, possessing only a large mouth full of fangs on their faces and nothing else.
Their skin was dark gray, and they rapidly crawled towards the city walls.
Zhang Chen peered at the monster tide for a moment...
As expected, his prompt had not reacted.
Zhang Chen closed his eyes, then reopened them, activating his Absolute Vision while sensing energy fluctuations.
After a short while, he murmured:
"Fortunately, these guys' strength should be around mutated level VII, not as formidable as I imagined!"
Hearing this, Zheng Hao and Bai Hanlin exchanged glances again, thinking: "Can you believe what he's saying?"
For survivors of their caliber, a one-on-one fight against a mutated level VII monster required extreme caution, and now with thousands upon thousands of them appearing, Zhang Chen actually said it was fortunate?
Then what would be considered unfortunate?
At this moment, Qing Feng had already charged into the monster horde.
The limbs of these monsters could freely transform between sharp blades and tough, fleshy tentacles.
One moment an attack would whip out like a lash, but once it ensnared a target, it would turn into an incredibly sharp blade, slicing the target into several pieces.
However, Qing Feng was agile, easily dodging attacks repeatedly. He kicked a monster away in mid-air, and upon landing, used his knee to shove another monster into the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Cannons fired in succession, blasting the charging monsters into disarray.
While the damage from these cannons was unlikely to be fatal, the concussive force generated by the explosions was effective in scattering the dense masses of monsters.
"Haha, I once dreamed of freely slaughtering amidst ten thousand troops, I never expected this wish to be fulfilled here!"
Qing Feng roared with laughter.
Despite the sheer number of these monsters, their humanoid form was conducive to Qing Feng's martial arts techniques, and he was having a blast.
The mecha's enhancements had drastically improved Qing Feng's speed, strength, and all other attributes, coupled with the alloy combat blade and cannons.
"Let's go, we need to support Qing Feng!"
Zheng Hao said with a frown, looking at the monsters surging like a tide.
"Huh? I think... it's better if we defend the city walls!"
Bai Hanlin scratched his head and said.
"Aren't you a forensic anatomist? You're most skilled with these humanoid monsters, don't be modest!"
Zheng Hao playfully patted Bai Hanlin's mecha's shoulder with considerable force.
The impact was so great that it almost knocked Bai Hanlin off the city wall.
The latter stabilized himself after a long moment, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"You and Qing Feng have both misunderstood. I'm not asking you to fight these little minions, but those guys!"
Following the direction of Zhang Chen's gaze, several faceless giants over a hundred meters tall were slowly approaching.
These beings were all mutated level VIII, their skin as hard as rock, their eyes glowing red as they advanced towards the city walls.
"Ah? Fight these things? Then... what about those... 'little minions'?"
Zheng Hao asked.
"That's simple!"
Zhang Chen smiled slightly and then snapped his fingers crisply!
*Snap!*