"Ah~ Ya! Ah! Ah!~"
Apollo's finger, engulfed in flames, pierced the little girl's skull. Her eyeballs burst... She screamed, but didn't die immediately...
"Stop, Apollo, you beast!"
"Beast!"
Luo Ying struggled, her body covered in burns from Apollo's flames.
"Beast! Damned beast!"
"Why didn't the Martial God kill you all back then, beast!"
Luo Ying's eyes were filled with blood and tears.
"You are not allowed to mention that name!"
Upon hearing Luo Ying's words, Apollo seemed provoked. His eyes widened, his handsome face utterly contorted, like a monster. "Damn humans, all of you die!"
"Blazing Sun Hurricane!"
As Apollo let out a hysterical roar, a massive flame, surging with red-gray light, shot into the sky. Centered around Ares, it swept outwards.
"Whoosh~ Boom!"
"Boom boom~ Rumble!~ Whoosh!~"
Wherever the red-gray flames passed, they turned everything to ash. The villagers, already engulfed in flames, were caught in the red-gray firestorm and instantly turned to dust...
"You are not allowed to mention that name!"
"Damn humans!"
"Scum!"
"All of you die!"
...
Apollo, like a madman who had lost his mind, frantically launched Corona Arrow attacks at Second Town.
Before long, the entire Second Town was reduced to charred ruins...
Amidst the scorching flames, a blue bubble appeared around Luo Ying. She picked up the dying Alice, looking at the ruined Second Town with grief. The next moment, she and Alice vanished...
"Ah!! Ah!!"
"Damned humans!"
When Apollo discovered Luo Ying's disappearance, he roared like a beast, then tore through space and left...
...
On the other side,
Ye Feng, who had come to a valley to fetch water, suddenly frowned.
"Ye Feng, what's wrong? Is there a problem with the water?"
Qiao Ying asked Ye Feng with some confusion.
"No!"
Ye Feng shook his head slightly. "I don't know why, but my heart suddenly felt uneasy... It feels like... my mood suddenly worsened..."
"Big Brother, me too... I don't know why, but my heart suddenly feels uncomfortable..."
"Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, now that you say it, I also feel something isn't right..."
"I think I might have a bit too..."
...
As night fell,
Luo Ying, scorched in multiple places, woke up by the river. Beside her lay Alice, severely injured, unconscious, and pale.
"This... I... Did I sleepwalk again?"
"Alice, what's wrong... What happened?"
Luo Ying looked panicked. She fumbled and took out various instruments and bandages, beginning to treat her and Alice's wounds...
...
A few days later at noon,
"Ye Feng, according to the map, if we cross the mountain ahead, we'll reach Taixing City!"
Yue Yan held the map and pointed to a towering mountain range in front, saying.
"Mm! Let's go!~"
...
The next day at noon,
"Yue Yan, did we take a wrong turn... This is completely untrodden wilderness, mountains, and forests..."
"Taixing City, as the force that once created interstellar warships, should have a highly developed human civilization... But there's no trace of it here..."
"Even if Taixing City was destroyed, there should be ruins of buildings... But we've been searching for a day and a night... found nothing..."
Ye Feng, after finishing lunch, looked at Ye Feng with a questioning gaze.
"Ye Feng, this map of Taixing City is no ordinary map. It uses starlight for positioning and guidance. We followed the map's directions, so it's unlikely we made a mistake..."
"And..."
Yue Yan paused here. "I have an indescribable feeling... this is Taixing City..."
"Is that so..."
Ye Feng frowned. "On the surface... even if we expand our search area, we probably won't find anything... It's unlikely to be in the sky either... Let's try digging underground..."
"Okay!~"
...
Soon, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Yue Yan each found a spot and began digging.
Of course, they took turns resting above and observing their surroundings, to avoid being caught off guard by any sudden changes.
...
As dusk fell,
"Yue Yan, Qiao Ying, what on earth are you two digging..."
Ye Feng stood in the tunnel, looking at Qiao Ying and Yue Yan, speechless.
According to their prior agreement, they were supposed to dig straight down, to see if Taixing City had been buried by geological changes. But the two women had dug winding paths. Although their starting points were quite far apart, they had dug into each other's tunnels...
Yue Yan and Qiao Ying were both a bit embarrassed...
"Big Brother, someone's coming!~"
Just then, Xiao Xiao's voice came from the walkie-talkie on Ye Feng's shoulder.
Upon hearing this, the three of them quickly emerged from the tunnel.
"Someone?"
Ye Feng came to the surface and looked in the direction Xiao Xiao pointed. He immediately spotted a burly figure wearing jeans, a baseball cap, and a black cloth covering his face, slowly approaching them.
The man in the cap and mask stopped a short distance from Ye Feng and the other three, staring at them with slightly cloudy eyes, remaining silent.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and broke the silence.
Xiao Xiao and the other two women were on alert. After all, in such a desolate place, this rather strange person suddenly appearing...
Ye Feng was also quite puzzled. Although the arcane energy fluctuation from the man was at Golden Grade Nine, it gave him a sense of danger...
The man in the cap and mask still didn't speak, continuing to stare at Ye Feng and the other three.
"Gulp!~ Ooh~"
At this moment, a reconnaissance chicken, foraging nearby, ambled over. It stopped when it passed the man in the cap and mask and turned to look at him.
"Ooh ooh ooh!~"
Suddenly, the reconnaissance chicken seemed startled and cried out, running towards Xiao Xiao and hiding behind her.
Then, it peeked its head out and looked at the man in the cap and mask.
"Jigululu!~ Ooh ooh ooh! Gululu!~ Ooh ooh!~"
A moment later, the reconnaissance chicken cried out again, its expression fearful.
As it cried out, it also pecked at Xiao Xiao's trouser leg, trying to pull her back...
"Xiao Cai, what's wrong?"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao turned her head and looked at the reconnaissance chicken at her feet, puzzled.
"Are you lost?"
Just then, the man in the cap and mask, not far ahead, spoke. His voice was a bit hoarse.
"No!"
Ye Feng shook his head. "Are you a passing explorer? Exploring here?"
"Do you want to eat?"
At this moment, the man in the cap and mask spoke again, his voice still hoarse.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng frowned, not understanding what the other person meant, and immediately asked, "Hey, what do you mean, 'want to eat'?"
"What do you want to do?"
Under Ye Feng's gaze, the man in the cap and mask made a sound again, but this time it was a woman's voice, filled with terror.
...