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

Chapter Fifteen: The Fall

Before Yu Chengyong could even feel happy, a pair of bone blades emerged from the pit, instantly chilling him to the bone.

"Is it immortal? The neutron bullet clearly hit it directly!" Yu Chengyong stared at the pair of bone blades that had brought countless deaths to his side, and couldn't help but think of another method.

"Do we really have to use nuclear weapons? But the price we'd have to pay would be far too high!"

Yu Chengyong knew that although the power of a nuclear bomb was many times greater than that of a neutron bomb, the long-lasting radioactive material would turn the area surrounding the Yongliang Military Administrative Zone into a dead zone!

The powerful nuclear radiation would annihilate any life forms that try to enter, and render all electronic devices unusable. In that case, people inside the city would be unable to leave, and people outside would be unable to enter, leaving them completely isolated and helpless.

Moreover, in order to avoid radioactive fallout, they had to move the defensive line of their base back more than ten kilometers to a safe distance, which was equivalent to giving up more than ten kilometers of land!

And most importantly, radioactive materials have no side effects on most mutated species!

In other words, they can freely enter and exit this nuclear radiation zone, which is a deadly place for humans, turning this abandoned land into their habitat, which is fatal to the entire Yongjing Military Administrative Region.

Yu Chengyong thought it over carefully. Although using nuclear weapons could indeed resolve the current crisis, it would only be a temporary solution. If it were actually used, it wouldn't just be a case of killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own, but rather killing a thousand enemies while losing eight thousand of your own!

Unable to think of a good solution for the time being, Yu Chengyong could only watch as the harvester climbed out of the pit, but he was stunned the moment it emerged.

The Reaper was indeed still alive, but it had suffered severe damage. Its hindquarters were completely obliterated in the neutron bomb explosion, and its once pristine white skeleton had turned pitch black, emitting faint wisps of smoke. If you got close, you could even smell a fragrance!

Hmm, it tastes like barbecue. As for whether it's crunchy, we'll have to try it to find out.

Seeing the Reaper, which had caused his side so much suffering, in such a miserable state, Yu Chengyong couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Am I stupid? I knew it! How could it possibly survive a neutron bomb head-on? It turns out I was scared out of my wits!"

Yes! No matter how powerful the Reaper is, how could it possibly survive a direct hit from a neutron bomb unscathed? Even a top-tier ninth-order expert couldn't do that!

Even though the Reaper was severely injured, its vitality remained strong. Even with only half of its body remaining, it was still over forty meters long! Its renewed activity put pressure on the soldiers.

"What are you standing there for? Bombard it! Mortars, tank guns, 155mm howitzers, give it your all! It's already at its last gasp, what are you afraid of?!" Yu Chengyong roared as he saw his men turn pale with fear.

These words immediately snapped everyone out of their fear. "Yeah, it's already half-dead, what are we afraid of? It's utterly shameful!"

But there was nothing they could do about it. After all, this monster had inflicted such heavy casualties on the battlefield that few could survive its blade. Even those who did were often missing limbs. Of the many brothers who died, more than a quarter were victims of its blade! The title of Reaper was well-deserved.

The crowd, realizing what was happening, quickly prepared to attack. Soon, countless black dots streaked across the sky, raining down on the Reaper. The flames from the explosion obscured its form.

After a full minute of continuous firepower ended, the Reaper could no longer move. Its once indestructible Death Bone Blade had turned into pieces of pitch-black fragments. Its increasingly dim eyes and sluggish movements suggested that it might die at any moment.

"squeak----"

Suddenly, as if in a final burst of energy, it used its broken arm to prop itself up, raised its head and roared as if summoning something. The piercing sound made the soldiers cover their ears.

The shrieking sound continued for a full thirty seconds without any sign of ending. Seeing this, Yu Chengyong gave another order—continue the firepower coverage, shut it up forever, and blow it to smithereens!

And so, the second wave of bombardment rained down on the Reaper, but the violent explosions could not stop it from roaring to the sky, its piercing screams still echoing across the heavens.

The barrage continued for another minute, and the shrieking sound seemed to be extinguished, disappearing into the roar of artillery fire.

Uneasy, Yu Chengyong did not issue a ceasefire order. After the screams subsided, the shelling continued for another thirty seconds before Yu Chengyong finally ordered a halt.

When the smoke cleared, only pieces of black bone remained at the center of the explosion, including the Reaper's head, clearly indicating that he was dead beyond any doubt.

Upon witnessing this scene, Yu Chengyong and many of his soldiers couldn't help but burst into tears. It was finally dead! The monster was finally dead! The fallen brothers could finally rest in peace!

"Quickly, those who can still fight, go and wipe out the beasts that have invaded the southern city wall. Leave a small group here and keep a close watch on these remaining beasts." Yu Chengyong quickly issued a new order.

That's right! We've only killed one Reaper so far. There are still hundreds of thousands of other mutated species lurking on the outskirts, but they're all too frightened by the Reaper's death to move and stay on the edge of the forest.

"Signal for reinforcements. I want to personally report this good news," Yu Chengyong said to his adjutant beside him.

The adjutant was also in high spirits, after all, the culprit who caused the trouble in the Yongliang Military Administrative Region had finally been killed by them, and as long as nothing unexpected happened, the battle in the Yongliang Military Administrative Region could come to an end.

"Hello, this is Yan Shan, the commander-in-chief of this rescue team. Please respond!"

Upon learning that the rescue team's commander was his idol, Yu Chengyong was immediately invigorated. He proudly declared, "Roger that! I am Yu Chengyong, the legion commander of the Yongjing Military Administrative Region. Just now, that monster that caused us so many casualties was—"

Before he could finish speaking, trees in the distant forest fell one by one, as if being trampled by something. A huge bone blade rose high from the forest and cleaved down, a milky white wave of air emanating from the bone blade, instantly spanning thousands of meters and cleaving Yu Chengyong, who was still happily reporting, in two from top to bottom!

A massive cloud of smoke obscured everyone's vision. Where the shockwave passed, a bottomless ravine was formed, and Yu Chengyong's body disappeared into the dust.

The adjutant gazed at the enormous figure in the distance and said in despair, "It's over... We're all finished..."

From this moment on, the Yongjing Military Administrative District has fallen!

Chapter Sixteen: The Worst-Case Plan

"Hello, please respond, please respond!" Yan Shan kept sending messages, but never received a response.

"Damn it, what happened?" Yan Shan was getting impatient. He had just received a report from the front lines, but before the person on the walkie-talkie could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a loud noise. Since then, Yan Shan had been unable to contact anyone from the Yongjing Military Administrative Region.

"Could something have gone wrong, like an enemy attack?" Huang Tao asked, his expression also showing some unease.

"But surely it's not like we can't even contact anyone?" Yan Shan had a premonition that something serious must have happened to cause this problem, leading to the inability to reach the people on the front lines, or even...

"I think we should prepare for the worst." Thinking of this possibility, Yan Shan's expression grew increasingly grim.

"The worst-case scenario? You don't mean..." Huang Tao had already guessed this possibility, but he just couldn't believe it until Yan Shan, the senior, said it, and then he became worried.

"Yes! The Yongjing Military Administrative District may have already been breached." These words echoed in the conference room like thunder. Huang Tao was so shocked by them that he felt dizzy. Fortunately, there was no one else in the conference room except the two of them, otherwise it would have caused a great deal of panic.

"Damn it, one minute it's a typhoon, the next it's the possibility of a landslide, why is everything so troublesome?" Huang Tao cursed, feeling that everything was going wrong today, and everything was going against them.

The figure in the eye of the typhoon was already putting a lot of pressure on them, and this added to the chaos, leaving even veteran military commander Huang Tao somewhat overwhelmed.

"Report! We have spotted a group of soldiers fighting a group of blue-faced ghouls below the plane. Judging from their uniforms, they seem to be from the Yongjing Military Administrative Region."

Just as Huang Tao was feeling anxious, a reporter came in and delivered an important message.

"Quickly, send a team to help them. Never mind, keep the marching speed the same, I'll go myself and see what's going on." Huang Tao was already quite impatient.

Although this opportunity to learn about intelligence from the front lines came just when he was troubled, he felt no joy.

Given the intense fighting on the front lines, the presence of a team from the Yongjing Military Base here raises several questions.

Either the front lines have collapsed, and the mutated species army has swept in, with this small squad fleeing here. Another possibility is that the fighting at the front lines has stabilized, and the squad was sent out to gather intelligence.

Huang Tao knew that the latter was unlikely, because they couldn't contact the front line at all! He didn't believe that mutated species had the means to shield electromagnetic waves.

But as long as he hadn't received decisive intelligence, Huang Tao still harbored a sliver of hope.

Huang Tao jumped directly out of the plane's cabin door, and as he fell from the sky, he precisely spotted a firefight taking place in a dense forest.

After spotting the target, a wind picked up around Huang Tao. The wind wasn't strong, but it propelled him forward at high speed, and he soon arrived at the area of ​​engagement.

"Damn it, Captain, these guys are too stubborn. 5.8mm bullets can't penetrate them at all!" a special forces soldier complained as he unleashed a hail of bullets.

"Lei Ming, are you an idiot? Aim for the back of their heads! Their faces are the hardest part of their bodies. It would be a miracle if you could even get through them!" Captain Jiang Ziwen cursed after seeing Lei Ming's terrible performance.

"Captain, take over here for a moment, I need to change a magazine." The other team member was a woman named Jiang Xinyan, who had just finished firing her rifle.

The three of them were from the Yongjing Military Administrative Region. While the Yongliang Military Administrative Region was still embroiled in fierce fighting, they were on a mission to search the forest for any information related to the Reapers. However, after searching for a long time, they found no clues and instead encountered wave after wave of attacks from mutated species.

Just now, they witnessed a gigantic skeleton, over two hundred meters long and radiating white light, moving through the forest, crushing tree after tree. They didn't know what kind of mutated species it was, because it was too fast for them to react before disappearing into the jungle.

However, as the team leader, Jiang Ziwen keenly recognized the direction the monster had gone—wasn't the Yongjing Administrative District over there? Upon learning this, the three immediately tried to contact the base, but to no avail. When they rushed back, they witnessed the enormous white figure smash through a thirty-meter-thick city wall, leaving behind a jumble of rubble and figures that had been thrown to another end of the Yongjing Administrative District.

The enormous, white, death-like figure went on a rampage through the city before disappearing directly onto the horizon.

Seeing this, they were furious, but the mutated species were too densely packed, and they couldn't get through. Helpless, they had no choice but to turn back and look for reinforcements on the way.

Thus, the scene before them came to be: hundreds of blue-faced ghouls surrounded them, putting them in a life-or-death situation.

"Xinyan, watch out behind you!" Jiang Ziwen saw a blue-faced ghoul circle around behind Jiang Xinyan while she was changing her magazine, preparing to ambush her. Just as he was about to raise his gun to fire, he realized he was out of bullets.

"Damn it, it's too late!" Jiang Ziwen was filled with grief and indignation. He had already lost his family in the city, and now even his comrades were leaving one by one.

boom--!

At the critical moment, a hurricane descended from the sky, tearing the blue-faced ghouls who were fighting them to shreds, and their dark green blood smeared all over the three of them.

The three people, their faces covered in smear, were completely bewildered. Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going?

As the hurricane subsided, a figure appeared before them—it was Huang Tao.

He glanced at the dozen or so remaining ghouls around him, spat disdainfully, and waved his hands. A whooshing sound rang out, and within a radius of a hundred meters, all the trees, including the remaining ghouls, were cut in half.

The three were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground. Who was this person? How could he be so powerful? He must be at least an eighth-level expert, or even a ninth-level one.

Huang Tao was able to become the highest military commander of the Jiangning Military Administrative Region not only because of his excellent combat strategies, but also because of his unparalleled strength. His special ability is: Wind Control! As for the level of his special ability, it is the ninth level.

Ninth rank! Even in the vast and resource-rich country of China, there are only a handful of such individuals, and they are all high-ranking military officials who can hold sway over a region on their own.

Huang Tao looked at the three people in front of him and frowned. "I am Huang Tao, the highest military commander of the Jiangning Military Administrative Region. You are from the Yongjing Military Administrative Region, right? Can any of you tell me what exactly happened at the front line?"

Jiang Ziwen was the first to recover from the shock. Hearing Huang Tao's words, he was filled with grief and indignation. "Yongjing Military Administrative Region? What Yongjing Military Administrative Region is there anymore! Our families, our city, are gone, all gone!"

"What?!" Jiang Ziwen's answer shattered the last glimmer of hope in Huang Tao's heart!

Chapter Seventeen: The Grim Situation

"What?! Explain yourself clearly!" Huang Tao's tone became noticeably heavier.

"Haven't I made myself clear enough? The Yongjing Military Administrative Region has been breached! Our families and friends are all dead!" Jiang Ziwen's voice was filled with sobs, and Lei Ming and Jiang Xinyan, upon hearing this, also burst into tears.

Huang Tao's face was as ugly as it could possibly be. He remained silent for a long time, then sighed and helplessly accepted the fact. "Let's talk about it when we get back. Please accept my condolences."

After he finished speaking, a gentle breeze swirled around the three of them, lifting them into the sky. Soon they caught up with the helicopter group that had already turned into small black dots on the horizon.

When Yan Shan saw Huang Tao return with three young men, he rushed forward and asked, "How is it? What exactly happened at the front?"