I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

He looked at Yan Shan, wanting to see what he thought.

"You can go now." Yan Shan first dismissed the reporter to continue his work, then looked out the window and said calmly, "I personally think this thunderstorm was man-made."

These words are shocking!

Huang Tao felt his throat go dry and his heart pounding. "What is this guy saying? Man-made? Are you kidding me!"

Seeing Huang Tao's incredulous expression, Yan Shan continued, "Don't disbelieve me. Although I'm not entirely sure, I can sense a very subtle energy fluctuation within the thunderstorm cloud, just like the energy fluctuation of a superhuman."

Huang Tao seemed to realize something and called in the reporter who had just given the report, assigning him a task: "Notify the command center to immediately use satellites to detect the center of the thunderstorm, quick—!" Huang Tao's voice was already a little hoarse when he said the word "quick."

Yan Shan continued to gaze out the window as if nothing had happened, but his clenched hands revealed that his inner peace was not as calm as it appeared.

A short while later, a clear satellite image was sent to Huang Tao's tablet.

Huang Tao's gaze was somewhat solemn. At this moment, on the satellite image, the thunderstorm clouds had begun to transform into a typhoon, and the white airflow had formed a vortex, covering a large area.

After examining the satellite imagery several times, Huang Tao focused his attention on the eye of the storm. "Zoom in on the satellite imagery of the center of the eye."

"Yes!"

In the magnified satellite image, a blurry shadow can be clearly seen in the eye of the typhoon; needless to say, it is a human figure!

Huang Tao was speechless at this point; he felt that his understanding of people with superpowers had been completely overturned!

"Old Shan, let me ask you a question. Can a ninth-level ability user change the celestial phenomena?"

Yan Shan took a deep breath. "It's possible! But the range would be very limited. It's simply impossible to cover an entire airspace like the typhoon in front of us!"

Huang Tao thought of a possibility, "That is to say..."

In the otherwise silent conference room, Yan Shan's leisurely voice rang out, "This is the realm above the ninth rank—[Soul Heaven]!"

Chapter Thirteen: Fierce Battle

While Yan Ziming and his group were rushing towards the Yongjing military base, the mutated species launched another large-scale attack.

"What did you say? Say what you just said again?!" Yu Chengyong listened to his subordinate's report and felt somewhat incredulous.

"The last line of defense has been breached! Now all we have left to defend against them is the city walls!" a sergeant said in a trembling voice.

Yu Chengyong's expression shifted, as if he were making a difficult decision. "Order the Third, Fourth, and Seventh Artillery Units to retreat to the city walls and continue their defense. The Second Infantry Regiment will stay behind—" He gritted his teeth and uttered two words, "To cover the rear!"

Yu Chengyong felt his heart bleeding. These were his brothers! And they were going to lose their lives here because of his orders as the legion commander.

Since the end of the world, he has repeatedly distinguished himself in battle. At only forty-seven years old, he has already reached the rank of lieutenant general. Although he is not as formidable as Yan Shan, he has a promising future. In a few more years, he will be promoted to general and have no problem governing a region.

Although Yongjing Military Administrative Region ranks low in strength, it still has nearly 300,000 troops, more than 2,000 self-propelled artillery pieces, and more than 1,000 tanks. While not the most advanced, they are the most numerous, and their firepower is quite formidable.

Just a few days ago, millions of mutated species suddenly gathered and launched a strong attack on the first line of defense. The well-prepared defenders used the terrain to their advantage and were able to fight them back and forth. As long as nothing unexpected happened, holding the first line of defense was no problem.

But an unexpected event occurred: a monster named "The Reaper" by the military caused them huge casualties. Nearly half of the defenders on the first line of defense were lost. If it weren't for Yu Chengyong, an eighth-level expert, who sacrificed an arm to stop the Reaper, the entire first line of defense would have been wiped out.

In the subsequent defensive lines, the Reaper quickly recovered from its injuries and launched several attacks, reaping tens of thousands of lives under its sharp bone blades! The garrison was also forced into a series of defeats, and the original 300,000-strong legion was reduced to only about 200,000, a direct loss of nearly one-third of its strength.

Despite bombarding the Reaper with neutron bombs, it was too fast for the warheads to keep up with, and only a few of its legs were blown off by the aftershocks of the explosions.

Yu Chengyong knew that his side lacked top-tier experts to restrain the Reaper, and that they absolutely could not stop these monsters on their own. Without hesitation, he decided to request support from the Beian Military Administrative Region.

Upon receiving the distress signal, the Bei'an Military Administrative Region quickly assembled reinforcements, who rushed to the scene without delay.

"Report! The southern city wall requests reinforcements! These things are insane! Their attacks are getting fiercer with each wave, they show no signs of fatigue! The brothers haven't slept for two days and two nights, we can't hold them off anymore! Requesting reinforcements!"

Yu Chengyong roared into the walkie-talkie, "No matter what, you must hold this position for me! The people are behind you. Even if you all die here, you must hold this position for me!"

"Yes--!"

"How much neutron bomb stockpile do we have left?" Yu Chengyong asked his adjutant beside him about the ammunition stockpile.

"Report! The original stockpile was used up in the previous battles, and now there are only three neutron bomb warheads left."

"Take two to support the southern city wall, and use the remaining one to blow up that beast!" Clearly, the beast refers to the Reaper.

A neutron bomb is a special tactical nuclear weapon. Unlike fission bombs, which rely primarily on nuclear radiation explosions for destruction, it mainly relies on highly penetrating high-neutron radiation to cause damage.

This high-neutron radiation can penetrate various obstacles effortlessly, especially when it passes through living organisms. The molecules and atoms in the organisms are altered or become charged ions, causing nuclear reactions of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen atoms in the organisms, destroying cell tissues and causing great damage.

Most importantly, the radioactivity of this tactical nuclear weapon is extremely low, and the radioactivity at the center of the neutron bomb explosion will dissipate completely in just a dozen hours to a day. It is one of the most favored weapons by major powers in this apocalyptic world.

This Reaper is very cunning. Although the last neutron bomb explosion didn't hit it head-on, it still caused it a lot of trouble, and it took it a whole day to recover. This time, it didn't attack first, but hovered in the center of the battlefield, very wary of the neutron bombs ready to be fired from the city wall at any moment. If there was any sign of firing, it would immediately turn around to avoid the neutron bombardment.

Even so, its 70-meter-long size makes it a behemoth on the battlefield. Even if it just stands still, it is a huge deterrent to the defending troops and puts considerable pressure on the military.

Just as Yu Chengyong was preparing to launch another attack to hold off the Reapers and create an opportunity for his side to fire the neutron bomb, a piece of bad news came, leaving him stunned on the spot.

"Report! The southern city wall has been breached! Tens of thousands of mutated species have... stormed in!"

"The southern city wall has been breached?" This news was like a bolt from the blue for Yu Chengyong.

The thought of the city's residents being torn apart by the mutated creatures made Yu Chengyong's heart feel like it was being ripped apart, and he couldn't help but cry out, "I am a sinner against China!"

"General! Now is not the time for self-reproach. Please give instructions on the next course of action," the adjutant advised from the side.

"Where are the reinforcements? How long until they arrive?" Yu Chengyong roared into the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"Report! The Sanqin and Xihai military administrative regions will still be more than four hours away. The advance troops of the Jiangning military administrative region are almost there, but they will still be an hour away!"

Upon hearing this news, Yu Chengyong spoke into the walkie-talkie, "Hold on for another hour! Launch both neutron bombs on the southern city wall and move all the superhumans from the southern city wall into the city. We must minimize civilian casualties!"

After saying that, he turned his gaze to the Reapers circling in the battlefield, his eyes filled with determination!

Chapter Fourteen Neutron Bomb

Centered on Yu Chengyong, as if being squeezed by a heavy object, the surrounding land cracked inch by inch, spreading outwards in a spider web pattern, and a powerful aura swept in all directions.

Eighth Rank! Supernatural Gravity Manipulation. Everyone within his gravity domain has to endure pressure ten times greater than usual. This is one of the biggest reasons why Yu Chengyong was able to stop the Reaper.

The Reaper sensed the surging energy fluctuations of the eighth-tier ability user and turned his gaze, which was originally fixed on the neutron bomb, toward Yu Chengyong.

It stared at Yu Chengyong, its originally crimson eyes shining brightly. In the last battle, this human had risked his life to block it and even broke several of its legs.

Enemies meeting are bound to be extremely hostile, let alone when both sides are mortal enemies of different races.

Yu Chengyong took the lead, stepping onto the ground and causing the ground to collapse more than ten meters. The huge reaction force allowed him to instantly cross a distance of more than a thousand meters and swing a heavy hammer at the harvester.

Before the hammer even arrived, the powerful gravitational field had already caused the ground around the Reaper to collapse. The Reaper's movement speed seemed to be greatly suppressed, and it had to cross its bone blades to block Yu Chengyong's hammer blow.

"Clang—!" The heavy hammer and the bone blade collided, producing a crisp explosion. Suddenly, the battlefield seemed to fall silent, but this momentary silence was a harbinger of an impending explosion!

A circular shockwave spread out from the point of impact between the two, and the massive shockwave caused the already collapsed ground to collapse again, swirling countless pieces of debris into the sky.

The reaper's body sank slightly, while Yu Chengyong was thrown hundreds of meters away by the shockwave.

Yu Chengyong, who had been thrown back, had his tiger's mouth split open, and drops of blood flowed down his remaining arm onto the warhammer. Yet, his large hand still gripped the warhammer firmly, his fighting spirit undiminished, but instead rising even higher.

The Reaper, having withstood the blow, let out a scream similar to that of a spider. Yu Chengyong's attack had caused it great pain, but it was only pain; it didn't bear a single scratch.

The Reaper leaped forward, covering the hundred-meter distance in just one second, and was in front of Yu Chengyong in the blink of an eye. It swung its sharp bone blade, and the strong wind tore at Yu Chengyong's body, making it impossible for him to open his eyes.

Having already experienced the power of these bone blades, Yu Chengyong knew that he couldn't take this attack head-on. He folded his body in half to avoid the fatal blow.

Before he could react, the second blow came right after him. Unable to dodge, Yu Chengyong had no choice but to raise his warhammer and take the blow head-on with the bone blade.

He was thrown back again. He looked at the warhammer in his hand, which had begun to show faint cracks. It seemed that if he was hit a few more times, the giant hammer would be completely shattered. It was made of titanium alloy!

The Reaper, having gained the upper hand, remained relentless, raising its bone blade once more and charging towards Yu Chengyong, sending sand and stones flying in its wake, determined to kill the human before it.

Its attacks lacked any skill, consisting only of the simplest horizontal and vertical slashes. Yet, with such simple tactics, it completely suppressed Yu Chengyong. Its sharp bone blade was its greatest asset; if Yu Chengyong was even slightly grazed, he would either die or suffer severe injuries.

The bone blades on his arms swung continuously, their speed increasing until they even left faint afterimages. Keep in mind, this was all while Yu Chengyong's gravity barrier was still intact! If he had lost this gravity barrier, Yu Chengyong would have been torn to pieces long ago.

boom! ! !

From the direction of the southern city wall, two dazzling white lights burst forth, illuminating the entire sky. The mutated species on the battlefield all turned their gazes toward the white light.

These beasts quickly paid the price for their actions. The blinding white light caused the mutated species on the battlefield to cover their eyes and howl in agony.

That's right, the white light from the southern city wall was the light produced by the neutron bomb explosion, and our personnel received an order before the launch: close your eyes!

As it turned out, the military's actions were absolutely correct. Before the neutron radiation from the explosion had even spread, at least half of the mutated species on the southern city wall had been blinded, becoming completely blind. The intense pain caused them to frantically kill each other on the spot.

However, after the burst of white light, a violent explosion accompanied by powerful neutron radiation followed. Wherever the shockwave passed, no matter how powerful the mutated species, their bodies began to burn fiercely, their enormous bodies instantly reduced to charcoal. The monster at the epicenter of the explosion was burned to ashes.

Centered on the impact points of the two neutron bombs, the originally hard earth began to soften from the scorching heat of tens of thousands of degrees, and even took on the form of dark red lava! The mutated species within a radius of several kilometers were wiped out, with only a few powerful ones surviving, but they were practically dead.

Such a commotion naturally startled the Reaper, which was fighting Yu Chengyong. Like a dog with its tail between its legs, it turned around and left without paying any attention to Yu Chengyong, who was still fighting it.

However, this also gave Yu Chengyong an opportunity.

"Now!" Seeing that the beast had its back to him, Yu Chengyong immediately seized the opportunity and poured all his supernatural energy into the warhammer. The warhammer, which originally weighed only about 300 pounds, directly became more than 30 tons!

With veins bulging on his hands, Yu Chengyong hurled the heavy hammer, weighing over thirty tons, at the Reaper. The moment it was thrown, it created a shockwave, a sign that the sound barrier had been broken!

Feeling the strong wind behind him, the Reaper felt immense pressure and twisted his body to avoid the giant hammer's attack.

But before the harvester could even rejoice, the ground beneath his feet collapsed, forming a giant pit over fifty meters deep, and the falling boulders buried half of his body.

Just then, a strange whistling sound rang out from the sky, and a small black dot streaked across the sky, landing in the pit where the harvester was, like a meteorite hitting the ground!

Boom! A massive pillar of fire shot into the sky from the crater, and a dazzling white light once again illuminated the heavens. The intense heat caused the surrounding ground to vitrify.

Watching the last neutron bomb successfully hit the Reaper, Yu Chengyong, who was exhausted and slumped on the ground, revealed a knowing smile. With this biggest threat on the battlefield gone, all that was left was to wipe out the mutated species that had invaded the southern city wall, and the mission would be accomplished.

Before they could even give orders, a pair of enormous bone blades shot up from the pit, extinguishing everyone's hopes!