Night of the Apocalypse

Chapter 746: The man behind the scenes

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Angie also stretched and replied.

"Okay, let's wait here."

So Shen Qiu and the other two squatted on the side of the road, quietly waiting for the subordinates summoned by Angie to come and pick them up. Otherwise, it would be unrealistic to walk such a long distance on foot.

About an hour later, the ground began to shake violently. Yun Xiaoxi immediately stood up vigilantly and spoke.

"Something's happening!"

"Don't be nervous, he's one of ours."

Angie smiled brightly.

"Anji, what kind of mechanical weapon did you mobilize to pick us up? Why is it so noisy?"

Yun Xiaoxi asked curiously.

"You'll know in a moment."

Angie said excitedly.

Not long after, a giant war weapon called Roadhog, which was eight meters tall and covered with thick alloy armor, with three gun muzzles of different calibers protruding from its upper body, four firing ports, and two high-speed close-in defense guns on the left and right, rumbled over from a distance.

Next to Roadhog there is a six-meter-tall Jidafu, with two hover knights floating in the air on both sides.

Yun Xiaoxi was almost stunned by this scene and was speechless for a long time.

Shen Qiu looked at the scene and exclaimed in amazement.

"You actually transferred four captain-level weapons here. That's too extravagant."

"It's okay, it's nothing."

Angie said proudly.

At this time, Road Bully and the others drove in front of Shen Qiu and the others, and they made mechanical sounds.

"Master Angie, we are here to pick you up."

Shen Qiu was also filled with emotion when watching this scene. He didn't expect that they had been fighting to the death not long ago, but now they had become companions. No one would believe it if he told others about it.

At this time, Yun Xiaoxi kept circling around Roadhog and the others, curiously reached out to touch them, and said excitedly.

"It's a real mechanical weapon. So cool."

"Of course it's real. Let me introduce you to this big guy we're going to ride. It's called Roadhog."

"Wow, it has so many gun barrels, its firepower must be super strong."

Yun Xiaoxi looked at Roadhog with shining eyes.

"Of course, but its strongest point is not its firepower."

Anji introduced her to Yun Xiaoxi proudly.

"What is that?"

Shen Qiu asked curiously when he heard this.

"Its strongest feature is the shock absorber. You will be able to feel it later. Roadhog is in load-bearing mode."

Angie said to Roadhog proudly.

"clear!"

Roadhog's chest then opened, and a square, flat metal plate extended out.

"Let's go up!"

Anji said to Shen Qiu and the other person.

"good!"

Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi jumped up immediately and sat on the extended metal plate.

"Let's go! The destination is the city of Bemofak."

Angie then gave orders to Roadhog and the others.

Road Bully started to move, and Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi were surprised to find that they could not feel any bumps while sitting on this thick metal plate. At the same time, the noise of Road Bully's movement became smaller, but his speed did not decrease.

"Wow, it's so stable!"

Yun Xiaoxi tried jumping a few times and it felt like the ground was flat.

Shen Qiu said to Yun Xiaoxi with a smile.

"Okay, stop jumping. Let's eat something and rest to recover some strength while we're on the road."

"Uh-huh!"

Yun Xiaoxi nodded excitedly in response.

So Shen Qiu took out the mechanical capsule and unfolded it, then took out some dried meat and mineral water from the box, and the two began to eat like they were having a picnic.

A few hours later, under the cover of night.

Shen Qiu, Yun Xiaoxi and An Ji were lying on a metal plate, looking up at the bright starry sky above their heads.

The stars were twinkling and the breeze was blowing by, and the three of them felt very comfortable.

Roadhog moved forward very steadily, passing by rows of damaged buildings.

Occasionally they would run into mutated creatures or disqualified wanderers, but before they could meet and fight, the hover knights would fly over and chop them up in a few strokes, just like cleaning up rats.

Shen Qiu looked at the starry sky, turned his head and scanned the deserted city. He felt a little touched in his heart, and then he slowly sat up.

"What's wrong, Shen Qiu?"

Angie also sat up and asked curiously.

"Angie, although I don't want to bring up your past memories, I still want to ask you something."

"Just ask."

"I want to know, how did you guys get destroyed?"

"This! Our place was polluted by atoms, and then mutated and destroyed."

"Can you tell me the details?"

"Details. I remember it seemed so out of control... Wait, how did it get out of control?"

Several images suddenly flashed through Angie's mind, but they were blurry and then disappeared.

For a moment, Angie held her head and said in pain.

"It hurts, it hurts... I can't remember."

Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi were shocked. They didn't expect this to happen, and quickly said to Angie.

"Don't think about it! Relax! Relax!"

When Anji heard Shen Qiu's words, he slowly relaxed and calmed down, then raised his head and said.

"It doesn't hurt if I don't think about it, but it's strange. I always feel like something is missing."

"Shen Qiu, what's going on?"

Yun Xiaoxi asked in astonishment.

Shen Qiu's expression suddenly became gloomy. As an artificial intelligence, Anji would never forget things, nor would he be unable to remember anything.

There are only two possible situations: one is that it is damaged, and the other is that someone has tampered with and erased the relevant data.

Of these two situations, Shen Qiu is more inclined to the second one. He now suspects that someone or a higher civilization has intervened in this world, and their actions are like people who have done bad things and then erased the traces afterwards.

In fact, Shen Qiu also knew that there was something fishy about the destruction of each world, and he also knew that everything that was happening now was unreasonable.

He also wanted to investigate the problem, but it was not something he could do alone.

Assuming that a more advanced civilization really intervenes, then they are nothing more than pawns played by the other party, and they will not even have the room to resist.

What they can do is, in between their play, try their best to become stronger, strong enough to jump off the chessboard.

Before that, there is nothing we can do but let nature take its course and deal with it as it comes.

Thinking of this, Shen Qiu sighed slightly and said.

"I don't know. If I can't figure it out, I won't think about it anymore."

"Yeah, I don't want to think about it. My head hurts so much."

Angie agreed.

"All right."

Yun Xiaoxi nodded.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Shen Qiu smiled and changed the subject to ask Anji.

"Anji, do you have any method to cultivate to the LV5 realm?"

"Ah? How to cultivate to the LV5 realm? You're dreaming. Where can I get it? The city lord is only at LV4."

Anji complained directly to Shen Qiu.

"Ah? Only level 4?"

"Nonsense, you think it's easy to upgrade to LV5. In fact, everyone is just crossing the river by feeling the stones. Without anyone to teach them, they all rely on themselves to develop. I tell you, LV1-LV3 are the easiest to upgrade among all realms. As long as you master them and have some opportunities, you can always upgrade. But starting from LV4, it becomes very complicated. At this time, talent, gene enhancement level and so on are very important. Only a few can upgrade! As for LV5, don't even think about it. It has all-round requirements for the awakened person. And I heard that to upgrade to LV5, it seems that special requirements need to be met."

"What do you want?"

Shen Qiu asked with his eyes lighting up.

"I don't know. I haven't seen it either."

Angie replied, shaking her head.

“… That’s the same as not saying anything.”

Shen Qiu replied helplessly.

"No, why are you so anxious to find a way to advance to LV5? You haven't even figured out LV4 yet! I tell you, LV4 is also divided into many levels. You should know that the entry threshold of LV4 is 10,000 atoms, but the peak is 100,000 atoms! You should know very well how big the difference in combat power is for every 10,000 atoms difference, not to mention the beginning and the end."

Anji explained to Shen Qiupu.

"Wait, can you tell what my current level is? My bracelet has limited recognition accuracy."

When Shen Qiu heard Anji say this, he asked curiously.

Angie stared at Shen Qiu, scanning his body from all angles, and then spoke.

"I will divide your current genetic strength precisely according to atomic fluctuations. Your value should be around 81,200!"

"Wow! It's so high!"

Yun Xiaoxi exclaimed.

Shen Qiu was very satisfied with this number, but Angie's next words made the smile on his face freeze.

"However, based on your previous battles, if we calculate your realm proficiency based on 10,000 to 100,000, your level is only about 20,000, not even as high as that girl and those big idiots. So based on a comprehensive assessment, without external support, your full burst of combat power is about 40,000 to 50,000. Of course, you can't just be calculated based on numbers. I found that after you injected the potion or in the later stages of the battle, your combat power continued to soar."

Angie made a very fair analysis.

"My realm is so bad?"

Shen Qiu said with a slightly embarrassed face, "It's normal to think about it. In fact, it seems that he has only been able to control the True Thunder Realm independently for a short time."

"It's ok. After all, I broke through on my own and no one taught me! But I do have the city lord's records of the dark level 4 realm. Do you want to see it?"

Angie asked, suddenly remembering.

"Dark system, okay, share it with me, I'll see if I can learn from it."

Shen Qiu replied with deep emotion.

"OK!"

Anji quickly transferred the data to Shen Qiu's bracelet.

Shen Qiu said to Yun Xiaoxi.

"Xiao Xi, you have nothing to do anyway, come with me and take a look."

"Okay!"

Yun Xiaoxi nodded in response.

So the two of them got together to study it.

The next morning.

Shen Qiu and the other two were sleeping soundly on the metal plate.

Suddenly Roadhog stopped.

Shen Qiu opened his eyes and sat up immediately and asked.

"What happened?"

"The Hover Knight has detected a human from a distance."

Roadhog said in a deep voice.

Yun Xiaoxi asked in a daze.

"Are they ours?"

Roadhog's eyes lit up and he immediately started projecting. Images of five members of the Gray Alliance team wearing gray combat uniforms and equipped with a variety of weapons emerged.

"It's the Gray Alliance. How far are we from our destination?"

Shen Qiu recognized him at a glance and immediately asked.

"Not far."

Angie replied.

After Shen Qiu heard this, he immediately said to Angie.

"Angie, let Roadhog take us here. The rest is up to us. Otherwise, we will be too conspicuous."

"Okay! Find a place to hide nearby and wait for my order."

Angie then gave orders to Roadhog and the others.

"clear!"

Roadblock and others responded immediately.

Shen Qiu jumped down holding An Ji and Yun Xiaoxi, while Lu Ba and the others followed orders and left.

"Shen Qiu, what should we do now? We can actually see people from the Gray Alliance here."

Yun Xiaoxi asked with some concern.

"Let's go and take a look first."

Shen Qiu said in a deep voice.

"good!"

Yun Xiaoxi nodded in response.

At this time, on the street in the ruins in the distance, five members of the Gray Alliance were patrolling in a somewhat unfocused manner. A middle-aged man with a beard in the lead said irritably.

"Damn it, they are making a lot of money developing the business inside, and we can only patrol outside."

"Captain Gebu, calm down. This place is actually pretty good. At least it's safe! Look at this damn place. There's not a single person in sight. Occasionally someone comes over. That's our prey."

The team members nearby all tried to persuade him.

"Too."

Ge Bu nodded.

"Oh, who's the prey?"

At this moment, a teasing voice sounded behind them.

"Who the hell is that? No..."

Ge Bu cursed angrily, but quickly reacted, drew his sword and turned around.

At this moment, a lightning shadow struck them and they had not yet reacted.

A violent bolt of lightning swept over, covering all five of them.

Sizzle

Ah~

The five Gray Alliance members fell to the ground, and except for Ge Bu, the other four were all electrocuted to death. As for Ge Bu, although he was not electrocuted to death, he also fell to the ground in pain and lost his ability to move.

There was an expression of extreme fear on his face.

"You, you guys..."

Shen Qiu squatted down and said to the terrified Ge Bu.

"I ask, you answer! If you don't cooperate, I'll send you to hell."

Ge Bu nodded in fear.

"good."

"What's your name? What division of the Gray Alliance are you from?"

"My name is Ge Bu, and I'm from the Grey Alliance Viper Corps."

"What are you doing here?"

"We are here on patrol duty."

"Are all the people in this area yours?"

Shen Qiu continued to ask.

"Yes, our large army is currently reclaiming Bemofak. With Bemofak as the city's center, the area within a hundred kilometers is our occupied territory."

Ge Bu was very shameless and vomited everything out at once.

When Shen Qiu heard this, he frowned slightly and asked.

"How many of you are there in total?"

"I'm not sure about the exact number, but it seems to be around 200,000 people."

Ge Bu swallowed and said.

When Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi heard this number, their eyelids jumped, but they quickly calmed down and continued to ask.

"Who is your supreme commander?"

"I don't know. I'm just a nobody. How can I know so much? I've told you everything I know. Please let me go."

Gebu begged.

"Okay, thank you, bye!"

Shen Qiu raised a finger and pointed it at Ge Bu, and a bolt of lightning directly pierced his head.

"Shen Qiu, what should we do now? The people of the Gray Alliance are attacking that city."

Yun Xiaoxi asked with some concern.

"Don't worry, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you definitely can't just go for it head-on. Change your clothes and disguise yourself, maybe you can take advantage of the situation."

"That's right, let's change it quickly."

"Well, by the way, Xiaoxi, you need to change your mask to the old one. That one is too obvious."

Shen Qiu said to Yun Xiaoxi.

"good!"

Yun Xiaoxi nodded heavily.

So Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi dragged the body to a nearby house.

Not long after, Shen Qiu came out wearing a gray combat suit and a skull mask. At first glance, he really looked like a regular combatant of the Gray Alliance.

Just then, Yun Xiaoxi jumped out wearing an oversized combat suit and said excitedly.

"Da Da! Shen Qiu, what do you think of me like this?"

Shen Qiu looked over and saw that the sleeves of Yun Xiaoxi's combat uniform were so big that they could be swung for fun. He couldn't help but touch his forehead and sighed. With such a disguise, she would be exposed 100%.

"Xiao Xi, please change your clothes. It's too obvious. It's almost like I'm a spy written all over my face."

"All right."

Yun Xiaoxi helplessly took out the mechanical capsule and threw it on the ground, then searched for needles and thread or something like that from it.

Half a day later.

After Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi were completely disguised, they headed towards the city of Bemofak.

"Xiao Xi, you don't understand the Gray Alliance's native language, so just don't speak. Just pretend you are dumb, understand?"

"clear."

Yun Xiaoxi nodded heavily.

"What about me?"

Angie popped her head out and asked excitedly.

"You, don't show up when there are people around."

Shen Qiu instructed Anji.

When Anji was replying to Shen Qiu, it suddenly saw something and dived back into its pocket.

At this time, an armored vehicle was driving towards them. On the armored vehicle was a shirtless man with a viper pattern tattooed on his arm, holding a heavy machine gun.

Shen Qiu saw them, waved to them, and greeted them in their language.

"Hey, brother!"

The man also waved at Shen Qiu and sped past them.

The composition of the Gray Alliance's troops is generally rather chaotic, and their discipline is relatively loose; without special instructions, they will not check their own people.

"Shen Qiu, they really didn't recognize us."

Xiaoxi said excitedly.

"Don't be careless."

Shen Qiu nodded and continued walking forward.

Not long after, Shen Qiu and his companions arrived at the outskirts of Bemofak. From afar, they could see a giant dark steel city, which was a high-tech city compared to the City of Anjikara.

The first sight of Bemofak gave Shen Qiu the feeling of heavy industry oppression.

At a glance, the outskirts of the huge city are either dilapidated steel buildings or dilapidated factories.

At this time, violent explosions continued to be heard throughout the city, from which it can be judged that the fighting inside was very fierce.

"This city? Why does it look weird? It's different from the cities I've seen before."

Shen Qiu asked with some confusion.

"Bemofak is a first-tier heavy industrial city with a large number of production lines. The main business of this city is the production of industrial products and weapons. It also manufactures weapons for many other cities. It also has a production line for our enhanced wolf spider weapons. We have asked them to process weapons before."

Anji explained to Shen Qiu.

"If they are so awesome, the people of the Gray Alliance will be very picky. If they take down this city, it will be disastrous."

Shen Qiu couldn't help but exclaimed.

"It's not that easy to take it down. Do you really think that the defensive weapons of this city are simple? Let me tell you, although the defensive weapons of this city don't look very advanced, they are all heavy weapons with strong firepower. You will know how difficult it is to deal with them when the battle starts. I can tell from the explosions coming from the city that they have only captured half of the city so far, and they definitely haven't entered the inner city."

Angie said confidently.

"One-half is quite a feat."

Shen Qiu did not look down on the other party.

"Well, you're right."

Angie didn't object.

Shen Qiu took a deep breath, then waved at Yun Xiaoxi.

"Let's go!"

"Uh-huh!"

Yun Xiaoxi nodded in response.

Inside a steel building in the city of Bemofak.

A thin man with a demon tattoo on his face, deep eyes and a terrifying aura, punched the steel table hard, and the entire table top was dented. He cursed angrily.

“Damn it!”

The senior members of the Gray Alliance present were all trembling with fear, not daring to breathe.

Because the person who was angry was none other than Dibiruga, who had chased Lu Chuan.

"Dibiluga, there's no use getting angry."

At this time, a very charming voice sounded.

Dibiruga looked up and saw a beautiful woman with flaxen hair, a hot body, curvy figure, rosy lips, wearing a black leather jacket, black gloves on her hands, and an extremely seductive manner.

But when everyone present saw this woman, they all bowed their heads and greeted her as if they had seen a snake or scorpion.

"Lady Mapesa."

If Dibiruga is the right-hand man of Gilravi, the supreme ruler of the Gray Alliance, then Mapesa is Gilravi's poisonous scorpion lover, who is specifically responsible for monitoring everyone inside and her methods are extremely cruel.

"Humph, I also know that getting angry is useless, so say something useful."

Dibiluga snorted coldly, seeming to look down on Mapesa.

"Okay, stop talking."

A deep voice sounded.

Dibiruga and Mapesa turned their heads to look at the seat next to them, only to see a middle-aged man with deep eye sockets, a fierce look, and gray skin.

This man's name is Malocks, the second most powerful person in the Grey Alliance. He is the person with the most power in the Grey Alliance except for Gilravi. Even Gilravi has to give him some power. He is also the supreme commander of this land reclamation.

So when he opened his mouth, Dibiruga and Mapesha immediately quieted down.

"Lord Mylox is right. Nothing will be solved by quarreling."

At this time, a slightly sarcastic voice sounded.

Dibiruga's suppressed anger was ignited immediately, and he turned his head and looked at the young man who spoke fiercely. He was a very arrogant young man, with a skull earring on his left ear, half lying on a chair, with his feet on a small table.

"Holden, what are you talking about?"

Dibiluga said viciously.

"Hey, hey, if you don't agree, let's have a fight!"

Holden sneered.

Dibiluga blushed, but finally suppressed his anger. This Horton boy was a well-known top expert in the Gray Alliance and was very powerful.

Mylox said lightly at this time.

"If you continue to make noise, I don't mind kicking you out of the next operation."

Hearing this, Dibiluga and the others looked at Maloxus and asked.

"Lord Mylox, do you have a new battle plan? We have tried every method, but the enemy's firepower is so bad."

"I don't have any new battle plans, but that doesn't mean others don't have any."

Mylox said in a low voice.

"who?"

Everyone was slightly stunned.

At this moment, the air twisted, and a man wearing a black cloak, a pale bone mask, and an unclear face appeared out of thin air.

"Hello, everyone."

The figure spoke hoarsely.

The nerves of Dibiruga and others suddenly tensed up, and they instinctively felt extreme danger.