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Chapter 58 Mimicry
At 20:23, the time travel began. Instantly, Li Qing was surrounded by white light and disappeared from the room.
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On a deserted beach, Li Qing landed with his eyes closed. The soft touch under his feet made him open his eyes, and he was still in an unfamiliar environment.
Li Qing observed his surroundings. Behind him stretched the boundless sea into the distance, while in other directions lay uneven sand dunes.
Not right, not right.
Despite being on the beach, there were still traces of seabirds, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.
The entire beach appeared lifeless.
Li Qing dared not let his guard down. Danger always comes from the unknown. He should not let his guard down until he understood the situation. A psychic shield formed around Li Qing.
Suddenly, a sound came from deep within the sand beneath my feet.
It seems that some unknown creature has discovered Li Qing, the visitor.
The creatures were rushing towards where Li Qing was standing.
Furthermore, those creatures approached Li Qing at an extremely fast speed, and even traveling through the sand did not affect their speed in the slightest.
The next moment, a huge bulge appeared on the flat beach in front of Li Qing. Then, sand flew up and a strangely shaped creature sprang out of the beach and pounced on Li Qing.
The creature's appearance clearly indicated that it was not from Earth.
The creature is enormous, comparable in size to an adult water buffalo. It's hard to imagine that such a massive body could move so quickly through the sand.
The monster was covered in black armor, with its torso and head shimmering with orange light. Several black tentacles extended from its torso, making it look like a monster made of vines.
Having seen the monster's full form, Li Qing immediately recognized it as the Mimic, the monster that invaded Earth from the movie "Edge of Tomorrow."
This monster is similar to the Taotie from the previous world's "The Great Wall". Both are commanded by a leader. Once the leader is killed, all the individual monsters will lose their ability to move.
However, unlike Taotie, Mimic is one with the leader. The leader, Omega, can learn about news and intelligence through Mimic. Even more incredible is that Omega has the power to turn back time.
Omega, with its ability to reverse time, is far stronger than the Taotie Beast King. The Taotie, also an alien monster invading Earth, is no match for the mimic.
However, Omega's power to control time reversal is limited; it is not invincible and cannot arbitrarily choose to return to the past. Otherwise, Earth would have been occupied by the mimics long ago, and humans would not have been able to hold out for five years.
Li Qing watched the mimic rushing towards him, but did not dodge, letting it get closer. The next moment, the mimic crashed into a transparent wall, making a loud impact sound.
The impact left the mimicry somewhat dazed, causing it to stagger backward and stand not far from Li Qing, angrily waving its tentacles.
With a roar, the mimic roared, and dozens of other mimics lurking on the beach sprang out. They then dispersed and formed a circle, surrounding Li Qing in the center.
A mimic roared, and its tentacles on its back suddenly extended, stabbing towards Li Qing like spears.
The tentacles were incredibly fast, instantly striking Li Qing's psychic shield. Given Li Qing's current mental strength and the high intensity of his psychic shield, the tentacles shattered upon impact, much like bullets hitting a titanium alloy plate, sending tentacle fragments flying everywhere.
The mimic let out a painful roar and retracted its shortened tentacles.
The mimics surrounding Li Qing roared simultaneously, suggesting they were exchanging information.
All the mimics lowered their bodies, their tentacles stretching out from behind them and waving wildly in the air.
The next moment, hundreds of tentacles simultaneously stabbed at Li Qing. The tentacles came from all directions, leaving no blind spots. If Li Qing's shield was not strong enough, he would definitely be riddled with holes by these tentacles.
Unfortunately, Lee Sin's psychic power, enhanced by the Horse Talisman, never runs out, continuously channeling psychic power into the shield to maintain its strength.
The shield, which had shown signs of cracking, was restored to its original state. After a series of attacks, Li Qing inside the shield was completely unharmed, but many of the hundreds of tentacles were broken off, with the shattered tentacles scattered all over the ground.
Seeing that ordinary attacks could not harm Li Qing at all, the mimics roared again.
The orange light that had originally only flickered on the torso and head spread towards the tentacles on its back. Eventually, the tentacles on its back were slowly lit up by the orange light, and the light kept flashing as it surged toward the tips of the tentacles and gathered.
It looks like it's accumulating energy.
Li Qing was not surprised to see this. The mimicry in the movie has a long-range attack method. It can input energy into the tentacles and then fire. The fired energy bullet can effectively hit transport planes flying at high altitudes. The power of a single energy bullet is comparable to that of an RPG, which is quite powerful.
With so many energy projectiles attacking Li Qing, he dared not be careless and summoned his internal magic weapon, the Sun Golden Wheel, which shot out from his left palm.
Li Qing held the Sun Golden Wheel in his left hand and activated it. A shield radiating blue light appeared and enveloped Li Qing.
As Li Qing cast a shield on himself, the energy of the mimicry was fully gathered, and hundreds of orange energy bullets were launched, the overwhelming energy bullets trailing black flames as they shot towards Li Qing.
The energy blast struck the shield and exploded, instantly engulfing Li Qing in flames.
Under the massive shockwave, yellow sand filled the surrounding area.
The hundreds of energy blasts were beyond the capacity of Li Qing's current psychic shield. The shield was shattered the moment the energy blasts exploded, giving Li Qing no time to rebuild it.
Fortunately, the defensive capabilities of the Sun Golden Wheel did not disappoint Li Qing, and it withstood all the attacks. After all, the Sun Golden Wheel was the treasure of the Kunlun Sect.
As the firelight subsided, a huge crater remained where Li Qing had stood, and Li Qing reappeared unharmed before the mimic.
Li Qing floated in the air, the sand beneath his feet had melted under the high temperature.
This left the mimics frozen in place. They couldn't attack Li Qing at all; they couldn't break through his defenses. What were they going to do now?
Mimicry was helpless against Li Qing and could only seek help from Omega. So, it passed messages to Omega in the neural network, and an enemy that was difficult to deal with appeared.
Located in a space beneath the Louvre Museum in Paris, a giant blue anemone floats within. Its enormous blue tentacles sway from side to side, and in the center of each tentacle is a huge sphere with an uneven surface. Blue light emanates from the sphere's crevices. This blue anemone is Omega, the leader of all mimicry.
Omega was also incredulous when it received the information from the mimic. Looking at the humans in the transmitted images and the shields that glowed with a bluish light, could these shields be a new technology of humankind?
Based on Omega's understanding of humanity, they believe that if humans possessed such a weapon, they would have used such a shield in previous battles.
I think this human is a huge variable that mimics the takeover of Earth.
As for what to do if they can't deal with Li Qing, Omega can only say that if they can't handle him, they should run away.
Omega then sent a message to the mimics, ordering them to retreat.
The mimicry immediately received a message from Omega, and naturally dared not disobey Omega's orders.
The mimicry group retreated.
Upon seeing the mimicry, Li Qing laughed and said, "You think you can just hit me and run away? There's no such thing as a free lunch."
Snapped!
Li Qing snapped his fingers lightly with his right hand, and the Moon Golden Wheel flew out of his body.
The Moon Wheel drew a beautiful arc in the air as it flew toward the mimicry.
The magical artifact, the Moon Golden Wheel, automatically tracks each fleeing mimic and slices across its body at incredible speed, as easily as cutting tofu. The sharp blade instantly tears the mimic's body apart.
The mimicry was split in two, the upper and lower parts separated, and both fell onto the beach.
As the orange light on the mimics gradually faded, Li Qing was certain that all thirty-odd mimics had been wiped out.
Li Qing held the Sun Golden Wheel in his left hand and summoned back the Moon Golden Wheel, which simultaneously returned to his body.
Having just entered the world, Li Qing was immediately attacked by a mimicry system, and had not yet inquired about the mission with the system.
But given the system's habit of issuing missions after being transported to the world of "Edge of Tomorrow," Li Qing guessed that the mission was nothing more than eliminating the mimic Omega and Alpha.
"System, what is the world mission?" Li Qing asked the system.
"World Mission 1: Kill 10,000 ordinary mimics. The reward for completing the mission is two system lottery draws. (32/)"
"World Mission Two: Ensure humanity wins the beach battle. Completion of the mission will reward you with three chances to win a prize through the system."
"World Mission Three: Kill the Mimic Omega. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with four chances to win a prize from the system."
Looking at the tasks displayed on the system panel, Li Qing realized that they were indeed similar to what he had expected.
Given that this beach is located in France, Li Qing speculates that it is the battlefield of the beach battle in the story, where the protagonist, William Cage, will gain the ability to rewind time after death.
Judging from the condition of this beach, the plot hasn't started yet. Li Qing can go directly to London, England, where he can find Cage at the Joint Defense Center headquarters.
By simply following Cage Lee Sin, you can easily find the Mimic Alpha.
Looking at Mission Three, Li Qing even considered flying directly to the Louvre in Paris to kill Omega.
But Li Qing thought again that this idea was not realistic. The Mimic Omega could control time reversal, so to kill the Mimic Omega, the Mimic Alpha had to be controlled in advance.
Only by controlling Alpha can Omega be prevented from using time reversal.
If Lee Sin goes to the Louvre now, he will only alert Omega. If he goes to the Louvre rashly, Omega can control Alpha to commit suicide, and Lee Sin may be trapped in the time loop forever or be caught in the time turbulence.
After all, Li Qing is a time traveler; he doesn't belong to this world.
His arrival may have an unknown impact on the world.
If Lee Sin were to be killed by Omega, Omega would have successfully reversed time.
If time reversal is disrupted by his appearance and time rewinds to a point before Li Qing arrived in this world, where will Li Qing go? Will he be sent back to the main world by time reversal?
Or were they transported to some location in spacetime by the power of time?
Li Qing couldn't even imagine what that scene would be like.
The power of time is beyond Li Qing's comprehension now, so it's best not to take that risk.
Li Qing made up his mind to find the protagonist, Cage, first.
Once Li Qing determined his direction, he flew towards London, with the Joint Defense Center headquarters as his destination.
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In the world of Edge of Tomorrow, only parts of Britain and France remain untouched by the mimics; the rest of Europe was occupied by them within five years.
The beach battles were the last line of defense to prevent the simulated occupation of Britain; if the beach battles had failed, Britain would have been occupied by the simulated forces.
Li Qing entered London, stopped flying, and walked into the streets.
The streets of London were no longer bustling as before; there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets. The war was urgent, and people understood the danger, so they were probably all hiding at home.
Only a few people were wandering the streets. Those who were still wandering around at this time were probably not decent people. After all, there will always be some people who take advantage of the chaos and do petty theft when things are in disarray.
Li Qing passed by a shop, where a television in the window was broadcasting news about the war.
In the television series, Major Cage recounts the great feats of Rita Verataski, the angel of Verdun, who single-handedly killed hundreds of mimics while clad in armor.
We hope more people will join the army and be trained to participate in beach battles.
At the end of the scene, Major Cage says with a solemn expression and seemingly hopeful eyes, "We will win. All we have to do is fight."
People who don't know Cage might believe him and be moved by his speech to join the army.
Li Qing just smiled at this. Cage himself was just a clerk, terrified of going to the battlefield, and could only do things to encourage others.
People who haven't undergone extensive armor training will only be cannon fodder on the battlefield; it's simply impossible to go to the battlefield and kill mimics after just one day of training.
During the Battle of Verdun, Rita was able to stay alive for one day entirely because she accidentally came into contact with Alpha's blood, which gave her the ability to rewind time after death.
Rita was able to kill hundreds of mimics in a single day by memorizing their movements after experiencing hundreds of deaths.
An ordinary person goes to the battlefield with only one life. How can he fight against a mimic with just that simple suit of armor?
The speed of mimicry is no joke; with that speed, who could accurately hit the mimicry during its movement?
It also has the ability to mimic and ambush on the beach. If you are caught off guard, you will be instantly killed. Even if you have armor, it is useless because the armor's defense is pitifully weak.
Rita, whom they called the Angel of Verdun, lost her ability to rewind after death, making it difficult for her to kill even one person.
In the movie, many people become cannon fodder as soon as the battle begins.
Li Qing looked up at Big Ben in the distance, a landmark building in Britain, and the headquarters of the Joint Defence Centre was located near Big Ben.
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Inside a military helicopter, Major Cage was comfortably lying in his seat, fast asleep, his military cap covering half of his face.
Cage was invited by General Brigham, commander of the Joint Defense Center, to visit the Joint Defense Center for a promotional event.
"Major Cage, wake up, we've arrived at the Joint Defense Tower headquarters." The soldier inside the helicopter woke Cage and opened the helicopter door.
A cold wind blew on Cage's face as he slept, waking him up.
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