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

Bang! Rumble! Crack...

Although the mutated species is stronger than other mutant species of the same level, according to Si Mo, its strength level should be close to the sequence level. However, under the insane firepower of these five people, it was on the defensive the whole time. If it weren't for its thick shell, it could have been killed by now.

It can't get away anymore.

Being targeted by these five people, unless it has a backup plan, it is doomed to die today.

Yan Ziming and the others were also on guard against this backup plan.

Yan Ziming and the others attacked with all their might while remaining vigilant against a possible attack from the Mirage Dragon, but the Mirage Dragon did not seem to be there and did not make a move.

Is it out of caution? Do they think we wouldn't dare to just swagger in like this?

Yan Ziming frowned.

The fact that the Mirage Dragon follows the Gu King must mean that the Gu King is of great use to it. If you ask what the Mirage Dragon's greatest goal is, it is nothing more than breaking through to the Soul Heaven realm. The Gu King may be able to help it reach this realm. Would it just stand by and watch the Gu King be killed by them?

What were they thinking..., Mirage Dragon...?

After such a short period of contemplation, the battle was nearing its end.

Even with its top-tier defensive capabilities, it still suffered significant damage from the combined attacks of five ninth-tier fighters. Its carapace was shattered and torn, revealing the flesh beneath, and it took a huge hit.

Any counterattack it launches is doomed to failure. Even a Sequence-level being would be wary of Yan Ziming's lineup, let alone a mere SSS-level mutated species.

The battle lasted for about five minutes, and in just those five minutes, the final blow was achieved.

The Spear of Victory, connected to countless bolts of lightning, was hurled by Yan Ziming. In that instant, the sky seemed to collapse. The Spear of Victory left trails of afterimages in the void, the traces of which lingered for a long time.

Zzz ...

The spear of victory pierced through it from head to toe, its momentum undiminished, and landed on a mountaintop a kilometer away, where it was blasted away by terrifying lightning.

It was as if most of its terrifying power had been transferred to the Gu King. Its body was covered with a terrifyingly dense electric current, and its internal body tissues were already in complete disarray. Meanwhile, the Victory Spear, the instigator, lay quietly among the pile of rubble, like a lever that could be found anywhere.

Yan Ziming coldly looked at the dying Gu King, raised her hand, and the Spear of Victory flew back and fell back into her hand.

At this moment, the spear of victory, which had been ordinary just moments before, transformed into a weapon of divine power, its sharpness fully revealed.

She held back.

However, she still raised the spear of victory and gently touched the Gu King.

"Hurry... if you don't come soon, it's going to die!"

Yan Ziming kept chanting in his heart, but when the spear of victory was completely struck, the Gu King's body turned to ashes in a red light, and the Mirage Dragon was nowhere to be seen.

The dust has settled.

The Gu King is dead, and a huge threat that hung over China and even the whole world has come to an end.

"Really dead?"

Ye Qianxue felt it was a bit too unreal, and seemed a bit too simple.

"Dead, not even ashes remained." Yan Ziming also had some doubts, but she truly felt that she had been struck by the Gu King, and there was no way to fake it.

"The Mirage Dragon hasn't appeared..." Ozawa revealed a regretful expression, with a hint of killing intent flowing within.

"Perhaps we were being too deliberate!" Yan Ziming sighed. "It's time to go back."

But in any case, the outcome is good, and this will be a game-changer in the battle between humans and insectoid beasts.

.................

Beian

"Okay, I received it."

Bai He put down the phone and paced around the living room for a long time.

She had received news of the Gu King's death, which should have been a joyous occasion, but a gloomy feeling lingered in her heart. She muttered to herself:

"The Gu King has been destroyed... but... why are the dark clouds still there?"

63. Heated discussion

The killing of the Gu King caused a huge uproar among the top echelons of China.

"Great!"

Li Hao slammed his hand on the table in delight. The Gu King was dead, which meant that the remaining insect beasts no longer had the chance to evolve. A hidden great threat had been eliminated!

However, Bai He, who plays a decisive role in China's decision-making, expressed her concerns.

Bai He had just arrived, and her face immediately turned somber as she entered. Li Hao's initially cheerful expression also froze, and he asked seriously, "charlatan, is there anything else that's going to happen?"

“Although the Gu King is dead… in my opinion, nothing seems to have changed, and the ominous feeling has not been dispelled,” Bai He said frankly.

Li Haoyi frowned.

This is troublesome. Could it be that we killed the wrong person?

"Let Yan Ziming come over."

After Bai He finished speaking, she sat there quietly without moving. Li Hao had no choice but to call Yan Ziming over.

"Hello? Where are you guys right now?"

"On the way back, I have something to tell you. Wait for me, I'll call the charlatan."

Yan Ziming hung up, gestured to Mu Mu, and then said to Ye Qianxue and the others, "You guys come too, Xian'er, do you want to come?"

"can."

Liu Mengxian responded softly, and Mu Mu then led them to the military region of Bei'an.

dong dong——

"Come in." Yan Ziming knocked twice and went straight in. Li Haoyi and Bai He were already waiting inside.

Seeing the main characters arrive, and even the extraordinary Liu Mengxian was there, Li Hao's eyes widened as he looked at Bai He: "Charlatan, it's your turn to speak."

Before they could all sit down, Bai He asked, "I have no other doubts, but I only care about one thing: are you sure you killed the Gu King?"

"..." Yan Ziming was silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "If the information is correct."

The implication is that they are not sure either.

She came specifically for this matter; because she was uncertain, she wanted to ask Bai He about the actual situation.

To be honest, Yan Ziming also felt it wasn't very real. It felt too easy. The Mirage Dragon didn't come out to cause trouble. If it had sensed that Liu Mengxian was also there, it would be normal that it didn't dare to come out. But there's also the possibility that it didn't sense it.

As the one who personally killed the Gu King, her experience best expresses the issue.

The room fell silent for a second.

“It seems we have similar ideas,” Yan Ziming broke the silence first.

If everything were truly alright, Bai He wouldn't have said that; there must still be some doubts.

Liu Mengxian looked over with her ethereal eyes, "What's your opinion?"

Bai He slowly recounted her feelings: "Although you say that the Gu King is dead, I have not sensed any sign that the situation has become more favorable as a result."

"So you mean...?" Yan Ziming asked anxiously.

Bai He placed her hands on her knees. "Ever since I said that it would be best to eliminate the Gu King as soon as possible, I have felt uneasy. Now you say that the Gu King is dead, but this unease still haunts me. What does this mean?"

“There are only two possibilities,” she said, holding up a finger. “Either the Gu King isn’t dead, and you killed the wrong person.”

Then, she raised a second finger, "Either it's too late, and although you killed the Gu King, it, or the Mirage Dragon, has already achieved some purpose during this time."

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

If it's the former possibility, then it's not too bad, there's still some cache space left; if it's the latter possibility... it will definitely be a huge problem.

“I think the first possibility is more likely,” Mu Mu suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Li Hao looked at her.

Mu Mu sat down unceremoniously in the chair that belonged to Li Haoyi and analyzed, "In the end, do we really know enough about the Gu King?"

She went on to give examples one by one: "Its appearance? Its features? Its specific abilities? These are all just our own speculations, right? We're probably not even one-tenth of the guesses are correct."

"You're right," Li Hao sighed deeply.

In fact, all their information about the Gu King was speculation. Only with the supplementary explanation from Si Mo earlier could they barely determine a range.

Yan Ziming: "I just brought back some samples of the Gu King's corpse to Luo Li and the others. Hopefully, we can find some results."

Bai He shook her head and said, "Difficult. According to our previous thinking, the insect beasts were merely creations of the Gu King. They were simply creator and created, so they shouldn't have any shared genes. If they did..."

"If so?"

"If so, it means that the Gu King you killed is very likely a fake, just a substitute created by the real Gu King to deceive us."

"I suspect that the Gu King might have some big plans after this, and it's afraid of attracting our attention, so it made us think it was dead in advance so that it could complete its plan smoothly."

Everyone was shocked, and at the same time, they felt a sense of admiration for this pillar of China.

If it weren't for Bai He, and only Yan Ziming and the others had doubts, today's events might have ended without resolution. China would have been immersed in the joy of victory, stepping step by step into the enemy's trap.

But no matter how much the Gu King planned, he never imagined that there would be someone like Bai He in China; his plan was doomed from the start.

"Well, that's true, but if the Gu King has the ability to create a mutant species with such strength, that would be a very terrifying thing..."