Apocalypse: Last Traveler-Chapter 385 - 364: Descending From the Heavens

Luo Ping and his team were deceived.

Luo Ping never imagined they could be fooled.

The red dots moving on the Resonant Gene Scanner map were being closely monitored by Luo Ping and his team, so they were 100% sure that the two people who had just entered Qin Mountain were indeed their leaders.

The two previous gunshots also sounded so familiar; although they were somewhat distant, they could still discern that they were fired from the senior’s sniper rifle.

Regarding this sound, Luo Ping, Chai Xin, and Liu Hua, who were other models of Neo-Humans, could barely hear it, while Chou Nu and Tang Er could hear it clearly and easily distinguish it.

Therefore, when they saw the two red dots enter the mountain and heard the two gunshots, Luo Ping and the others were simultaneously tense, relieved, and deeply worried.

From the time they met Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei until now, they had received help from their leaders many times and fought alongside them. Their leaders were always incredibly reliable and strong, which was reassuring.

So, seeing Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei come up the mountain, there was a sense of relief, as if trouble was no longer trouble, and everything was getting better.

However, they had been battling with the enemy before, and Old Tang, Yao, and Lu Shou had been captured by the enemy. Such severe personnel losses were enough to illustrate the enemy’s formidable strength.

Could their leaders defeat these enemies? They were still a bit unsure.

Thus, they felt so conflicted and tense until they saw on the Resonant Gene Scanner that the two red dots from the base disappeared after the gunshots sounded.

Victory!

That was Luo Ping and his group’s immediate reaction.

After the four red dots collided, the two red dots descending the mountain disappeared swiftly. If that wasn’t winning, then what was?

Seeing the red dots representing Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei retreating on the Resonant Gene Scanner, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and celebrated.

Luo Ping confidently said, "Watch, next our leaders will certainly lie low here, waiting for the chance to strike at those who are alone, taking them out one by one, ambushing them!"

He also spoke to Shu, "Shu, do you remember where our leaders hid before? When those two Neo-Humans snatched our base, we both hid there as well.

"It’s very secluded there; the outsiders definitely won’t discover it.

"They surrounded us, while our leaders surrounded them. We still have supplies and can hold on a bit longer, but they probably can’t last and must send people out to find food. This gives our leaders a chance to take them out one by one."

Shu nodded at the time but still asked a question: "Will our leaders be marked? What if they are marked, what should we do?"

Luo Ping, somewhat uncertain but aiming to stabilize morale, speculated: "Probably not, our leaders solve problems so quickly, how would they easily be marked?

"They would need to spend some time if they wanted to mark people, right?"

Everyone nodded repeatedly, saying, "True."

But then they saw outsiders simultaneously moving on the Resonant Gene Scanner map, seemingly abandoning them, heading down the mountain together.

It seemed like they had locked on to Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei, intending to settle scores with them.

Those in the 923 Base couldn’t help but speculate whether their leaders were marked, prompting the outsiders to temporarily abandon encircling the base, deciding instead to group up against their leaders, planning to resolve with them first before returning to deal with them.

In such circumstances, they could not stand idly by and watch their leaders fall into the encirclement.

Their leaders were formidable, but the enemy was equally formidable.

Their leaders could eliminate one or two enemies, taking them out one by one, but could they withstand the combined force of so many enemies?

They dared not gamble.

So everyone demanded they could not continue hiding; to prevent their leaders from facing mortal danger, they must go out and reinforce them.

Luo Ping finally made the decision, opened the base gate, and chased outside.

The only contingency Luo Ping left was asking Shu to stay inside and not go out, closing the gate tightly once they had exited.

He instructed Shu to judge the situation carefully through the Resonant Gene Scanner, and if something was amiss, definitely not to open the gate rashly.

—Of course, if Shu momentarily lost his senses and opened the gate, there was no fear. As long as he wasn’t dead, he could shut the gate.

He, like Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei, held the highest authority here.

At critical moments, the base would only follow his orders, not Shu’s.

But he was about to die now.

Luo Ping hadn’t expected this was the enemy’s plot.

Once they chased out from the 923 Base, the enemy suddenly all turned back and cornered them outside the base.

A fierce battle was imminent, and the enemy, seemingly due to multiple losses of allies, spared no effort, launching a full attack on them, appearing determined to kill them all before stopping.

Fortunately, the long-term training had given them absolute rapport and very strong combat skills, while compared to before, the enemy was short by two people, weakening their combat strength.

Thus, they managed to engage with the enemies temporarily, and things could still proceed according to Luo Ping’s plan and expectations. With their tacit cooperation, the ones that were repeatedly "killed" by the enemy were always Luo Ping and Bottle, both B-type Neo-Humans.

Blade, Tang Er, and Chou Nu, the three A-type Neo-Humans, were also supporting from the side, trying to protect everyone as much as possible before making their move, and then looking for opportunities to see if they could reduce the enemy’s numbers.

But after one battle, Luo Ping and Bottle were on the brink of death repeatedly, food was almost depleted, yet the enemy hadn’t lost a single fighter.

The gap in strength remained severe, causing despair.

Hence Luo Ping said in despair, "I’m sorry, brothers and sisters."

They made a rash move and let down their brothers and sisters.

Actually, Luo Ping’s voice wasn’t very loud, like it came from deep in his throat, but to Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei, it sounded like shouting.

That kind of muffled, desperate, unwilling to show, inward scream.

He merely said "brothers and sisters," but Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei could tell that this "brothers and sisters" was also intended for the people behind him.

Those companions who he repeatedly died in place of, trusted him unconditionally, and followed his every command.

So it turned out the enemy wasn’t just left with three A-type Neo-Humans; there were six A-type Neo-Humans.

At this moment, among these six A-type Neo-Humans, three were barely held back by Blade, Tang Er, and Chou Nu, while the remaining three simultaneously attacked Luo Ping.

Four people combined in one strike, although it hadn’t hit Luo Ping yet, he had already made a judgment—

The injury from this strike would be extremely severe, and although he already had food in his mouth, the energy from this food was no longer enough to bring him back from the brink of death once again.

He was definitely going to die.

Forget it, it’s come to this, if death is inevitable, so be it.

At least let him be the first to die.

In that instant, Luo Ping’s eyes widened, staring intently at the enemies’ attack, stretching his body to the fullest, thinking to himself.

He had to keep a close watch on the enemies’ attack, then open his body as much as possible, to become an adequate meat shield, trying his best to block the enemies’ attack.

——After all, the enemies were three A-type Neo-Humans, his eyes and movements couldn’t really keep up.

Everything required complete focus and effort, everything needed to be anticipated in advance, ready.

Even if it means sacrificing himself.

But just then, he suddenly felt a blur in front of him, followed by three thudding noises merging into one.

The gust already hitting his body suddenly disappeared.

The wind produced by the enemies’ attack, their strikes should have followed after.

But now, both the attack and the wind vanished together.

In their place were two new figures appearing before him.

These two appeared so suddenly, with such swift movements, like gods or demons descending from the sky, even the three A-type Neo-Humans couldn’t react in time, their heads were smashed into the ground.

"Brothers and sisters?!"

Behind him, Chai Xin’s voice rang out, both surprised and delighted—this girl had been using her powers to keep them invisible while also helping control Liu Hua’s flying ants.

In fact, there was initially a giant with suspenders, but unfortunately, it had been kicked to death by an A-type Neo-Human, so now Chai Xin didn’t need to help with it anymore.

Because she helped with invisibility and had the flying ants finding opportunities on the side, the enemies’ attacks weren’t as smooth, always falling on Luo Ping and Bottle.

These enemies genuinely didn’t have a single B-type or D-type, they were all A-types and Type Cs.

Of the remaining five, there were still three A-types and two D-types.

And now, the three A-types among the enemies had their heads smashed into the ground by Luo Ping and Yao Wei, unable to pull them out for the moment.

Only then did Luo Ping realize, the blur in front of his eyes was caused by brothers and sisters intervening.

Brothers and sisters had noticed the sudden situation here, rushed over, and arrived like heavenly soldiers, smashing the heads of the three A-types into the ground, pulling him back from death’s doorstep.

Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei didn’t pause, after smacking the enemies’ heads into the ground, without waiting for them to pull their heads out, they stomped on them, holding the heads down with their feet, then twisted and pulled the bodies off the heads.

Lu Xi’an was fine, his moves were neat and tidy, as calm as always.

But the others watching from behind only saw Yao Wei stomping on an enemy, and her actions of pulling the two bodies off seemed so savage and violent, as if wanting to vent endless anger, terrifying to behold.

After a series of short, sharp noises, the three A-type Neo-Humans were beheaded, their blood, flesh, and bones spraying out from the rift, flung away by Yao Wei and Lu Xi’an.

Luo Ping watched in shock, unable to help a twitch at the corner of his mouth, speaking with heart-pounding apprehension, "Brothers and sisters... I’m... I’m not dead yet, you don’t need to be that fierce..."