Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 132 The Azure Dragon Descends from the Sky, Lightning Falls Like Divine Punishment

Meanwhile, not far away, next to a ruin.

In the dark corner, Zhao Ming covered his mouth tightly, barely breathing. His back was pressed against the cold cement wall, and his legs were numb from being curled up for so long, but he dared not move an inch.

"Dong dong."

Heavy footsteps came from outside the ruins, accompanied by heavy breathing. The sound grew closer and closer, finally stopping outside the rubble of the building where he was hiding.

Zhao Ming could smell the stench of blood and decay. Through the crack, he saw a giant claw covered in scales gripping the broken wall, its sharp nails scraping against the concrete with a teeth-grinding sound.

"Don't come any closer. Please, don't come any closer."

He prayed frantically in his heart, cold sweat trickling down his forehead and soaking his already filthy collar.

Everything was normal before he went to bed last night. He put on his earplugs as usual to block out the noise from his neighbors and drifted off to sleep.

But when he woke up, the world had changed.

Empty streets, broken windows, distant roars of beasts, and bloodstains everywhere.

He thought he would be safe staying at home, but soon, mutated creatures smashed through his security door.

He could only run, desperately run.

No matter where he hides, there are always mutated creatures that can smell his scent.

No place is safe.

"Click——"

The sound of a pebble being crushed underfoot was very close.

Zhao Ming's pupils suddenly contracted, and all his muscles tensed to the limit. Through the crack, he saw a huge vertical pupil peering inside.

The monster spotted him!

"Roar--!"

With a deafening roar, the entire crumbling wall was violently ripped open, and blinding sunlight streamed in. Zhao Ming finally saw the monster's full appearance: it was a mutated giant lizard, its scales as metallic as metal, its size even comparable to a human, and its long, scarlet tongue constantly flicking in and out.

Despair washed over him like a tidal wave, and Zhao Ming collapsed to the ground, too exhausted to even run away.

He could only close his eyes and pray frantically in his heart.

Gods, Buddhas, angels, demons, God—anyone will do! Please, I beg you, save me!

When no one can save him, he can only place his hopes on the gods.

The mutated giant lizard opened its blood-red maw, and a foul stench assaulted Zhao Ming's nostrils. He kept his eyes tightly shut, awaiting his death.

Just then, a dragon's roar resounded through the sky, followed by an earth-shattering boom!

"boom--!!!"

A violent shockwave swept over, and Zhao Ming felt a gust of wind pushing him backward. If he hadn't already been in the corner with nowhere to retreat, he had no doubt that he would have been blown away by the shockwave.

When he finally managed to open his eyes, the sight before him left him completely stunned.

The mutated giant lizard had been reduced to a pile of blood and flesh, its scales shattered and bones crushed, as if it had been crushed by some terrifying force!

Beside him, a tall, slender figure had appeared at some point.

"It's okay now."

"You're safe."

Gu Che put away his spiked club, looked at the person in front of him, and gently comforted him.

Zhao Ming's lips trembled violently, and his eyes instantly turned red.

He recognized the person in front of him: Gu Che, who was second on the list of extraordinary individuals in the past and third on the list now, a user of the "Azure Dragon Fruit" ability, and who had recently entered the third tier of power in the announcement of the Tian Shu Bureau.

"Why...why?"

"Why couldn't you have come sooner?!" His voice was hoarse and barely audible, his nails digging deep into the flesh of his palms.

These words were like a blunt knife, brutally slicing open his long-suppressed fear and despair. Tears mingled with the blood on his face and rolled down his cheeks. He screamed almost hysterically:
"Aren't you heroes?! Aren't you the holders of the treasures of the heavens?! Aren't you the future pillars of the nation?!"

"If you had shown up sooner, if you heroes were really that amazing..."

He pointed to the veins on the ground in the distance, and to the ruins behind him.

"Qingshan County wouldn't have become like this, so many people wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't have to live like a rat, hiding here and there!"

Gu Che paused slightly, looking into the eyes of the person in front of him. He could see the complex emotions in the survivor's eyes.

I felt grateful, but even more so, I felt anger, resentment, and deep helplessness.

He can understand the other person's emotions. After experiencing a long period of fear and despair, the moment of sudden rescue always provides an outlet for pent-up emotions.

But being able to understand doesn't mean he's willing to accept it.

"We are not gods, and it is impossible for us to arrive at the scene of a disaster immediately."

"Besides, I'm not a hero."

"A true hero—"

"They were already dead the moment the beast tide broke through the defenses."

Gu Che took a deep breath. He was no hero. The soldiers of the Tian Shu Bureau who fought to the last moment in Qingfeng Mountain and in front of Qingshan County, who would rather die than retreat a single step, were more deserving of the title "hero" than him.

At least for the people of Qingshan County, this should be the case.

He was nothing more than a belated avenger.

A sudden explosion boomed in the distance. Gu Che abruptly turned his head, said no more, and transformed into a blue dragon, rushing towards the most intense part of the battlefield, leaving only one sentence drifting away in the wind:
"Hide well and stay alive."

on the street.

The three people stood back to back in a circle, with dozens of animal corpses lying at their feet, but more mutated creatures were still approaching.

Mutant wolves, mutant spiders, mutant giant lizards, mutants... God knows where all these mutant creatures came from.

How much ammunition do we have left?

The captain asked in a low voice, his right arm hanging unnaturally, clearly broken.

"That's enough for us to do two more rounds."

The teammate next to him responded.

They actually carried quite a lot of bullets, since as superhumans, they mainly relied on their own strength, and firearms were just an aid. But they didn't expect there to be so many mutated creatures.

Both sides were on guard against each other, and the air was so heavy it was almost frozen.

The mutated creatures lingered, waiting for the moment when these humans would reveal a weakness.

"Roar--!"

Suddenly, a huge mutated wolf raised its head and howled!

The beasts instantly rioted and surged forward like a tidal wave!
They gripped their weapons, preparing for the final battle.

"boom--!!!"

The sky suddenly tore open, and a blinding bolt of lightning struck down like divine punishment!

Lin Ruoxi's figure appeared in the lightning, her long hair dancing wildly, her body wrapped in violent lightning; she landed on the ground, her cold gaze sweeping over the beasts in front of her, and slowly raised the long sword in her hand.

"Zi la——!"

In an instant, thousands of lightning snakes burst forth from the sword's edge!
Blinding electric light swept through the entire street like a torrent, and wherever it passed, the mutated creatures were carbonized and disintegrated in the high temperature before they could even scream.

The air reeked of a pungent, burnt smell, and the ground was marked with countless dark gullies.

(End of this chapter)