Swallowing the Starry Sky Starts with a Sword

Chapter 1 Zhou An
It was a dark night and the moonlight was dim.

On the edge of the human base, on several tall towers, thick searchlight beams swept across the wilderness area in the distance.

woo~~~
Along with the cold night wind, there were faint roars of monsters in the distance.

Sniff, sniff.
A team of soldiers were on a routine patrol around the base. The sound of their combat boots stepping neatly on the gravel ground added a touch of human tranquility to the desolate and cold night wind.

On the high tower, Zhou An leaned against a railing, his eyes staring coldly and absent-mindedly at the dark wilderness in the distance.

The black combat uniform with a special majesty and the narrow sword case on his back showed his unusual identity.

Musha.

The special mark on the arm is a rank badge unique to the "mid-level warrior".

Today, six years after the Cataclysm, warriors have become one of the main forces for humans to fight against monsters, and warriors at the mid-level general level are undoubtedly the elites among the warrior group!
"Mr. Zhou An, it is three o'clock in the morning. No trace of monsters has been found outside the base. There are still three hours before the handover at six o'clock in the morning."

Prompts from the command center came from the right earphone.

Nowadays, the large-scale war between humans and monsters has not yet ended, and many human bases outside the major base cities may be attacked by groups of monsters at any time.

As a result, humanity's warrior elites took turns guarding various human bases on a half-voluntary and half-employed basis. Zhou An was one of these warrior elites.

"Got it." Zhou An tilted his head slightly and said in a low voice into the headset.

Then, the headset fell silent again.

He looked into the distance again, his thoughts drifting away.

It is now March 2021. It has been 3 years since his soul traveled to this world and into the body of a young man with the same name, 10 years since the RR virus broke out, and 6 and a half years since the war between monsters and humans broke out.

When he first traveled through time, he thought it was just a joke played by God. After trying to find a way to return in vain, he resigned himself to his fate and continued living in the city.

But who would have thought that four and a half years later, a catastrophe would strike.

Zhou An went from being terrified at the beginning, to being terrified and shocked when he saw countless people being killed by monsters during the human escape, to being on the verge of life and death and taking up weapons and swords to desperately resist the madness of the monsters, and then to becoming strong and indifferent after experiencing countless life-and-death battles and training.

Then it was five and a half years.

From an ordinary youth on Earth to today's mid-level warrior-level warrior, the elite among the warrior group.

"call"

He raised his head and let out a long breath, and the white mist he exhaled dissipated in the cold night wind.

"2021. Last month, the official news was released that the development of the ultra-high frequency laser cannons of the five major countries has entered the final stage and will soon be mass-produced. The test cannons have already killed several S-level monsters."

"In the original novel, it was around this time that humans relied on laser cannons to negotiate with the Thunder God, Hong Qu and the Monster King, and finally reached an agreement. The large-scale war would stop there."

Even though Zhou An's heart was as cold and hard as a knife, he still felt relieved when he thought that the endless fighting would temporarily end.

Even if it was an alloy sword, it would be covered with scars after years of endless fighting, let alone a living person.

Even if the warriors can hold on physically, what about their mental state?

"I came across this world, but it didn't give me anything special. It's really a joke."

Zhou An rarely smiled: "In my previous life, I had a fantasy. If I traveled to this vast world, I would be brave and diligent, sprint to the top of the world, and travel across the vast universe."

But after five and a half years of endless fighting, Zhou An was also tired.

Just wait for the large-scale war between humans and monsters to end.

Then, relying on his own strength, he could become a chief instructor in a martial arts school or something like that and easily become a top figure in society.

After all, it has only been six years since the Cataclysm. According to official statistics from the five major countries, there are only more than 5000 warriors in the world, and the number of warrior elites who can reach the mid-level general level or above is less than .

Even those at the bottom of the middle-level generals are at least among the top 5000 in the world, and their scarcity is almost the same as that of the war gods in Luo Feng's era in later generations.

"Unfortunately, I went astray in my cultivation and suffered many hidden injuries. Now I am only at the level of a mid-level general. Even if I can dominate the generals and make a name for myself, my future prospects are limited. Maybe I can reach the level of a high-level general after a few decades of hard work."

"After that? It's difficult."

Zhou An felt regretful.

But there is no way around it. No matter before or after the time travel, he is always an ordinary person without any foundation in combat or fighting.

Being able to fight against various monsters and survive until now, and becoming a mid-level general, is already a life-and-death experience, and all potential has been tapped.

When fighting a monster, of course you have to use the most ruthless means possible. You don't have to worry about whether your foundation is stable, whether your strength is correct, or whether you are over-exploiting and damaging your body's potential.

"Wait a few decades later, when Luo Feng is born and growing up weak, I will give him some help? Cultivate him with my heart? To provide a foundation for the future?"

Zhou An thought about it and laughed at himself.

After experiencing so many battles and almost exhausting all his potential, Zhou An finally realized how big the gap between reality and ideal was.

If you want to hug someone’s thigh, just hug their thigh.

How miserable was it to survive? Zhou An even buried himself deep in the excrement of a monster lord to avoid being hunted down by a high-level beast general.

He has survived thousands of fights and life-and-death crises, so how could he have such a reserved and delicate mentality?
Thinking of this, Zhou An raised his head slightly and looked at the dim moon in the sky. The night wind was as peaceful as the moonlight.
"kindness?"

peaceful?

Zhou An reacted suddenly. His keen sense honed by thousands of life-and-death crises immediately enabled him to detect the terrible clues.

There are all kinds of monsters living in the wilderness, so how can it be peaceful all the time?
This is like there are no birds singing in the mountains. It can only be that a stronger monster has appeared quietly, causing many weaker monsters to crawl in fear under the threat of their life instincts and dare not roar.

Beneath the peaceful surface, a terrible crisis is approaching.

"Searchlights, infrared systems, quickly search the ten-kilometer radius around the base! Everyone on combat alert!!"

Zhou An yelled instantly and didn't even bother to report to the base command. With his status and experience as a mid-level general-level warrior, he had already been granted the authority to temporarily mobilize the base command.

The roar instantly spread throughout the entire base. The searchlights on the towers immediately began to search alternately. At the same time, the alarms in the base sounded, and teams of soldiers immediately rushed to various heavy firepower positions and began to operate the machinery.

"Over there! Northwest, 6000m away!"

"It's the Red-Eyed Wolves, the Red-Eyed Wolves!!"

Just two seconds later, a sentry's desperate roar came from the northwest watchtower. In the field of vision of their searchlight, a dense and mighty herd of beasts suddenly appeared. Giant red-eyed wolves as big as horses in the old times were exposed under the strong light and approached the human base.

Only with the physical fitness of today's human warriors can they see these herds of beasts clearly at a distance of six kilometers.

"Prepare fire!"

"Report the number quickly! Report the number of beast generals!"

(End of this chapter)