My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 320 - 317 Overthinking
Chapter 320: Chapter 317: Overthinking
Chapter 320 -317: Overthinking
“What kind of monster is this!”
“It’s impossible! More than a dozen energy-gathering cannons locked on simultaneously. Even if it’s a Catastrophe Level Demonized Beast, it shouldn’t come out unscathed!” frёewebηovel.cѳm
A few high-ranking officials from Lindong who saw the video for the first time nearly had their eyes pop out.
It had been agreed that energy-gathering cannons could threaten Catastrophe Level Demonized Beasts—that with enough energy-gathering cannons installed on the city walls, the whole Sanctuary could be as secure as a fortress…
But now, the newly emerged Demonized Beast had completely shattered their understanding.
The ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ destroyed the nearby energy-gathering cannon assembly. With a flicker of his form, it crossed several hundred meters in an instant to another section of the wall. The limbs on its back generating wind pressure, it didn’t need to get close to turn several uncharged energy-gathering cannons to dust.
The biggest drawback of the energy-gathering cannon was its insufficient range.
Initially, when the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ appeared on the wall, it had plunged straight into the defensive trap of energy-gathering cannons, and yet it hadn’t been killed… rather, it hadn’t been injured at all. Despite the presence of many more energy-gathering cannons on other sections of the wall, they no longer posed a threat.
In the conference room, everyone could clearly see that after the brief battle, the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ had already figured out the features of the energy-gathering cannons, not giving them time to charge… In a blink of an eye, this entire stretch of the wall was relieved of all its cannons, and even the Awakeners guarding the wall suffered heavy casualties.
So-called Boss Level experts, in the face of the ‘Eight-Armed Monster,’ were as fragile as infants.
After destroying the threatening energy-gathering cannons, the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ stood atop the city wall, and its eight limbs suddenly unfolded.
Boom!
Even from afar, and despite watching through video, everyone present could feel that power.
With eight limbs pressing down, the majestic city wall crumbled as if it were a poorly constructed project made of brittle bean curd dregs—instantly collapsing.
It wasn’t just a stretch of wall, but almost an entire side of it, hundreds to thousands of meters of the wall came crashing down.
The Demon Tide surged in.
The scene that followed didn’t need imagination to understand; it was a one-sided massacre of humans by Demonized Beasts.
The video shook before finally freezing.
Zhou Zhenglei’s voice was heavy, “In the end, less than one ten-thousandth of the population of Xiajiang Sanctuary managed to escape. Everyone, please look here.”
When the wall collapsed and the Demon Tide poured in…
A high-ranking official suddenly interjected, “It’s that kind of Eight-Armed Monster again, how can there be… No, that’s not right, this one only has four limbs.”
There were quite a few Demonized Beasts that resembled the Eight-Armed Monster among the Demon Tide.
Black skin, muscles, four limbs.
Many Awakeners from the Sixth or Seventh Layer died at the hands of this type of creature in the Sanctuary.
“The Four-Armed Monsters and Eight-Armed Monsters obviously belong to the same species of Demonized Beast. We speculate that the more limbs it has, the stronger it is. Beiting has named this newly emerged powerful species of Demonized Beast the ‘Multi-Armed Black Demon.'”
Some thought calling it the ‘Eight-Armed Black Demon’ might roll off the tongue easier, but the majority of these black-skinned humanoid beasts actually only had four limbs; they hadn’t seen any with six in the videos, and the one with eight limbs was only the one that appeared initially.
The atmosphere inside the conference room was somewhat somber, but there wasn’t much panic.
It wasn’t because they were indifferent, but Xiajiang was located in the central part of Daxia Country, while Lindong was in the south… The species of Demonized Beasts were highly regional, and the types active around Heng City might not be seen in Lindong, and Xiajiang was even further away than Heng City…
Only the Demonized Wolf was something seen everywhere, north and south of Tiannan, known as one of the most suitable Demonized Beasts for beginners to handle.
Some of the higher-ups were harboring a stroke of luck, waiting for Zhou Zhenglei’s next words.
“Does Beiting have any instructions, like some kind of weakness for the Multi-Armed Black Demon, that we could exploit to organize our defenses against?”
The speaker was an elderly man wearing glasses, the most senior among those present, and even Lu Jianjun showed respect towards the elder.
The high-ranking officials of Lindong were considered part of the official strength, holding partial authority over the Sanctuary. For instance, Gu Dong had control over sixty percent of Lindong’s production lines, while some officials controlled the food production of the Sanctuary.
Yet, only the Military could be considered the ‘orthodoxy’. The other top figures had gained power and resources at the beginning of the apocalypse and the current situation was the result of mutual compromise.
And it was also only Lu Jianjun who had a way to communicate with Beiting… or rather, Beiting only kept in touch with Lu Jianjun.
Tang Yu had learned that, half a month after the apocalypse broke out, conventional long-distance communication methods had failed, but it didn’t take long for Beiting to develop an instrument that could send messages to every corner of Daxia Country.
Perhaps it wasn’t achieved solely through research…
Although there were many restrictions, and the cost seemed to be substantial, it was precisely this capability that kept Daxia Country from complete disintegration. It was said that some nations that weren’t weak before the apocalypse had fallen into complete chaos due to Demonized Beasts or civil wars, leaving few large Sanctuaries.
During this contemplation,
Lu Jianjun shook his head, “The strength of the Multi-Armed Black Demon is so great that even Beiting finds it troublesome. Such powerful Demonized Beasts may not have any obvious weaknesses…”
He paused, his expression becoming very serious.
A few of the high-ranking officials who were familiar with Lu Jianjun felt a knot in their stomachs, suddenly filled with an ominous premonition.
Then they heard him say, “A very important reason for calling you all here, despite your busy schedules, is that an Awakener has discovered a Multi-Armed Black Demon in the Huiyang area.”
Huiyang, located to the northeast of Lindong, was one of the Earth Level cities bordering Lin City.
It was very close to Lindong!
The hearts of several officials sank suddenly, especially the elderly man who had just spoken. He quickly asked, “Are there any photos? Could it just be a rumor someone concocted?”
“There are no photos, just an Awakener who witnessed from afar a Transfer Station being destroyed by several humanoid Demonized Beasts with four arms and dark skin. After comparing characteristics, we concluded it to be the Multi-Armed Black Demon. As for rumors…”
Zhou Zhenglei didn’t finish.
The high-ranking officials had just learned of the disaster at Xiajiang Sanctuary; ordinary Awakeners weren’t even aware of the existence of the Multi-Armed Black Demon. If not for the destruction of the Transfer Station and someone coincidentally witnessing it from afar…
The other officials weren’t fools. The elderly man quickly understood, but this realization made him even more anxious.
Until just recently, he had been able to adopt a detached attitude, but now, the site where the Multi-Armed Black Demon had appeared was only a little over a hundred kilometers away from the Lindong Sanctuary—it might well reach Lindong tomorrow.
“What should we do? What are we going to do?”
Zhou Zhenglei ignored the old man and turned his gaze toward Tang Yu, “Director Tang, I wonder if your Heavenly Thunder can kill the Eight-Armed Black Demon shown in the video?”
Tang Yu furrowed his brow, “Just watching the video makes it difficult to say, but given the Eight-Armed Black Demon’s ability to predict danger, I fear the Heavenly Thunder might not hit so easily.”
The conference room fell silent for a moment.
The bespectacled elder suddenly spoke up, “Right, Heavenly Thunder, we still have that! Its hit rate is much higher than that of the Energy-gathering Cannon. If one Heavenly Thunder doesn’t hit, then five, or ten all at once, that’s bound to work!”
“Brother Tang, how exactly is Heavenly Thunder produced? It wouldn’t hurt to share a bit. I’m not prying into Green Shadow’s proprietary technology just for the heck of it, but this is for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of survivors in Lindong. Who knows, with everyone pondering over it, perhaps we could even improve Heavenly Thunder. It’s a win-win situation.”
Win-win?
Tang Yu chuckled, his gaze sweeping over the others.
Some were silent, some had eyes spinning in thought, others were full of approval…
He leaned back in his chair, expressionless, and slowly uttered a few words:
“You’re, overthinking it.”
