Translator: CinderTL
Boom!!
The shattered remains of the fallen mecha disintegrated rapidly, reduced to mere fragments.
Flames danced across the desolate road, swirling endlessly.
The black off-road vehicle once again broke through the ambush and defensive lines, the majestic city looming just a few kilometers ahead.
Joey, behind the wheel, was numb with shock, mechanically pressing the accelerator and steering, her expression dazed.
This journey had been more exhilarating than her entire twenty-odd years of life.
Any single security team along the way could have killed her multiple times, let alone the infamous star core-grade mecha, capable of annihilating most factions in the wilderness.
Her thoughts flashed through her mind as she dared to glance sideways at the passenger seat.
The black-robed youth sat motionless, his gaze calm and profound.
He seemed to have slain not a formidable mecha warrior, but merely a stray cat or dog by the roadside.
A shiver ran down her spine. The vehicle was now less than two kilometers from the main city circle.
Just then, the youth spoke, breaking the silence.
"Stop the car."
Joey froze, her mind blank.
Hum!!
The cloud layer above suddenly darkened as a colossal object slowly ascended from the majestic city in the distance.
Flickering red and blue lights were faintly visible, and a massive ion shield spread out in layers like a honeycomb.
Even from several kilometers away, one could feel an oppressive aura, as if a colossal beast were looming overhead, stretching its body to envelop the sky.
"This..." Joey's eyes widened as she heard the car door slam shut.
The black-robed youth had already stepped out of the vehicle and stood by the roadside in the wilderness.
A gentle breeze swept across the landscape, causing trees to sway and withered leaves to flutter.
Startled birds and beasts took flight from the wilderness forests on either side of the road, transforming into scattered black dots in the sky.
"You should go now," Chen Feng said calmly, his gaze fixed on the distant, majestic city.
The towering gray-black High Wall stood like a giant, while layers of artificial white clouds floated in the air, resembling steps leading up to the Warships.
Flying Cars streamed out of the aerial rails, as if someone were watching from thousands of meters away.
"You..." Joey opened her mouth, as if wanting to say something.
Chen Feng waved dismissively, holding up the silver identity card.
With a casual step, he had already moved dozens of meters away.
His black trench coat billowed in the wind, and a panel silently hovered before him:
Steel Bone LV6: 92/100
He still needed more nutrients, and the Dark Dream Mark had already activated, constantly consuming calamity power.
With another step, he was already hundreds of meters away.
Each stride seemed to cover an entire world, like instantaneous teleportation, yet utterly silent.
In the blink of an eye, his figure had vanished from the straight road, leaving only a faint black dot in the distance.
Joey gritted her teeth at the sight, then looked up to see the warships of the main city circle rising into the sky with a deafening roar.
Finally, she slammed her foot on the accelerator, spun the steering wheel, and sent the off-road vehicle fishtailing away from the scene.
I hope... you achieve your goal.
Sighing inwardly, she confirmed her intuition.
This stranger was undoubtedly the same powerful figure who had knocked her unconscious, triggered the warship's descent, and become a legend of the wilderness.
She should have harbored resentment over the subsequent interrogation, but considering he had saved her and her teammates' lives, and witnessing his overwhelming strength, she felt strangely relieved.
Vroom!
The engine roared to life, and she instinctively glanced into the rearview mirror.
The wilderness road showed no trace of his passage. His figure had already vanished over a kilometer away, seemingly charging toward Cloud City.
Her gaze flickered, and after a moment of silence, a silent blessing and a flicker of curiosity rose in her heart.
An S-Rank awakened capable of destroying warships—how long had it been since such a legendary figure had appeared in the wilderness?
She suddenly felt a surge of curiosity. Could even Pangu Technology, a super-consortium, or the guardian warships of the main city circle truly stop this person?
Whoosh!
At that moment, a sonic boom reverberated through the air.
The silver-gray warship, over two hundred meters long, erupted with jets of exhaust from multiple points along its hull.
Its alloy steel plates, exceptionally hardened, sealed shut as the hatches clanged shut.
Mechanical soldiers entered deployment pods, while warriors and elite commanders converged in the warship's central chamber.
Firepower weapons check: operational!
Energy weapons fully charged!
Communication module connected. Plasma device initializing.
Automated alerts echoed through the warship's interior, as the sonic booms churned the cloud layer above the city into swirling patterns.
On the rooftop of Pangu Technology's skyscraper, Manager Lake and his security personnel watched with their suits billowing in the wind. The female assistant, gazing at the scene, felt utterly insignificant.
"He's already outside the city?" Manager Lake tilted his head slightly, glancing at the blue light screen she had projected.
The red dot within it was moving rapidly, now beyond the High Wall surrounding the main city.
Instantly, all eyes turned in that direction.
Beneath the artificial cloud layer, the faint outlines of city blocks stretched to the horizon.
A massive High Wall rose abruptly, isolating and protecting the bustling main city and its satellite cities.
Cloud City's city guard was stationed there.
Buzz!
In an instant, a swarm of drones deployed, transmitting real-time footage.
Beyond the High Wall, the wilderness flourished. A massive metal tunnel served as the sole entrance connecting civilization and the untamed wilderness.
Armored Vehicles and tanks were stationed here, their spiked iron nets and energy beams blocking the tunnel.
The fully armed city guard, equipped with advanced firepower weapons, stood vigilant. Their leader, clad in a Mecha, led the team, his gaze fixed intently on the wilderness beyond the tunnel.
The asphalt road stretched straight outward, flanked by a deliberately maintained 300-meter-wide clear zone.
Sparse trees dotted the landscape, and dust swirled in the wind, carrying particles of soil and rock.
"They're here," a city guard member announced in a low voice.
They had already received Pangu Technology's positioning system data and now spotted a dark speck suddenly appearing beyond the clear zone.
The figures tensed, their minds racing with the intelligence Lake and his team had provided—these enemies possessed the power to destroy star core-grade mecha.
"Fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Without hesitation, the city guard commander issued the order.
Charged energy cannons and missiles erupted in a blinding barrage, instantly igniting the wilderness beyond the High Wall.
Eyes from across the city turned to watch as live feeds from Pangu Technology's skyscrapers flashed across screens.
Missiles rained down on the earth, while searing energy blasts tore through the air.
The thunderous roar echoed for several seconds before the smoke finally cleared.
"Huh?"
A collective pause fell over the crowd, and the city guards frowned slightly.
"Where did he go?"
Curiosity piqued, they scanned the horizon.
The once-empty wilderness was now pockmarked with craters, the scorched earth blackened and molten.
Had he been vaporized?
The thought flashed through their minds, but it was quickly dismissed.
Because...
"Look up there!"
Someone shouted, their face paling.
The city guards snapped their heads upward, while others scrambled to reposition high-altitude drones.
The drone footage streamed back, revealing layers of white clouds against a cerulean sky.
And there, atop the towering, hundreds-of-meters-high High Wall, stood the stranger in black leather boots. His trench coat billowed in the wind as he surveyed the entire main city circle.
"He's so fast!"
The crowd gasped, and the city guard captain's face paled.
He instinctively reached for his mecha, ready to activate its thrusters and intercept the figure in mid-air. But before he could react, the distant warship at the center of the city shuddered violently.
Hum!
Like a turbine spinning at full throttle, the warship's secondary cannon instantly charged.
Then...
Whoosh!
A blindingly hot beam of energy flashed across the sky, tearing through the clouds.
The energy strike, traveling at several times the speed of sound, reached the top of the High Wall almost the instant it was fired.
The artificial cloud layer nearly dissipated from the force, and every citizen in the city below sensed the anomaly, instinctively looking up.
Boom!!
A muffled roar reverberated through the air, shaking the sky.
Throughout the main city circle, citizens felt the ground tremble as a violent gust of wind swept down from above.
In that instant, every moving vehicle, every airborne aircraft—
Every elite executive in their high-rise offices and every ordinary office worker at their desks—froze mid-motion, their eyes drawn to the distant, majestic High Wall through trembling glass windows.
The searing red glow vanished instantly, leaving a lingering trail that tore through the cloud layer like a scar across the sky.
A violent shockwave erupted, overturning everything in its path and causing the city's floating rail system to tremble.
An attack capable of shattering a star core-grade mecha.
Yet, impossibly...
"How is this possible?!"
The female assistant on the rooftop of Pangu Technology's skyscraper paled slightly, while Manager Lake, surrounded by security personnel, narrowed his eyes.
On the light screen, the summit of the High Wall bore scorched marks from the intense heat, wisps of white vapor rising from the surface.
The black-robed figure standing motionless remained completely unscathed. His only movement was extending his arm forward, palm open.
As if he had casually deflected the high-grade energy cannon's strike with his bare hand.
"This..."
The elite commanders aboard the flagship warship were visibly shaken, their previously relaxed expressions hardening into grim seriousness.
The deep web intelligence, which controlled the warship's systems, began analyzing the data. Soon, someone proposed:
"Something's wrong. We need to send in the mechanical legion to probe their defenses."
The suggestion was approved. Moments later, several hangar doors on the high-altitude warship opened, the honeycomb-patterned ion light shields flickering briefly as unmanned aircraft swarmed out.
Red and blue lights flickered erratically as mechanical soldiers were deployed from the sky. Using anti-gravity devices, they stabilized themselves amidst the cloud layer and activated their maximum-power firepower weapons.
Meanwhile, floating turrets moved rapidly, charging their energy reserves and emitting scorching crimson glows.
Witnessing this spectacle, Chen Feng's gaze remained deep and unwavering.
He slowly retracted his outstretched hand, letting his arm fall to his side as he surveyed the entire city.
Beneath the torn white clouds, tens of thousands of eyes converged. The bustling city's skyscrapers and traffic ground to a halt as Flying Cars came to a standstill, their occupants craning their necks to look up.
City guards attempted to disperse the crowds, while impeccably dressed mega-corporation elites froze in their tracks.
Confusion, curiosity, suspicion, cold indifference—a spectrum of emotions surged through Chen Feng's Perception, each sensation distinct and vivid. Finally, he shifted his gaze to the colossal Warship dominating the city.
A massive circular ion light shield, like an impassable barrier, sealed off the outside world. Dozens of aircraft and floating turrets clustered around its flanks.
Two smaller escort frigates, each several dozen meters long, flanked the Warship, while hundreds, perhaps thousands, of mechanical soldiers stood guard before it like celestial warriors.
"It seems," Chen Feng murmured, "the nourishment I require should be more than sufficient."
(End of the Chapter)
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