Chapter 94

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Chapter 94: The Feast

Thus, a feast belonging to just three people began in the storage room.

The three of them acted like filters, freely drawing the mycelium components they desired from the nutritional paste.

The mycelium, already separated into fragments during processing, continuously restructured within their bodies, eventually forming long pathways that entered the hosts’ brains.

The voice that could only be faintly heard in a daze began to resonate powerfully in their minds.

The meaning behind the unknown language was slowly deconstructed.

From the void above, a great will was commanding them:

"Assimilate more individuals, join the eternal symbiosis!"

The three men, with blood-red eyes, stood up from the scattered nutritional paste.

At that moment, they had completely lost their thinking ability.

They became part of a community, like worker bees and ants in a swarm of insects, only needing to perform their designated tasks.

Meanwhile, the other rooms in the building plunged into varying degrees of chaos.

The murmurs belonging to that great foreign consciousness echoed like a broadcast addressing the world.

Whenever an individual capable of receiving the signals appeared, the signals in a certain range would be amplified.

In the past, because of "Holy Shield’s" special ability, extraordinary beasts could not pollute humans as long as they were cleared in time.

But now it was different.

"Holy Shield’s" ability had significantly weakened, and it could no longer sustain continuous protection for 24 hours.

Upon sensing this information, the great will of the symbiotic community quickly devised a straightforward plan.

Though, as a will, its thinking ability might not surpass that of a normally developed human brain.

Yet the plants that had been assimilated, the mycelium spreading across the earth, and each eye of the extraordinary beasts all revealed the nature of this world to it.

From the moment it was born, many things had already been predetermined.

It was born to envelop this planet; this was its desire and its instinct.

Thus, waves of low-level beast tides began to occur frequently within the last month.

Whenever an extraordinary beast died within that invisible, detestable shield, its power would be weakened by one degree.

Finally, four days ago, that invisible force could no longer be maintained and could only cover certain areas in a limited way.

It swiftly initiated a beast tide offensive. Although the third-tier extraordinary beasts representing its eyes were captured by those humans on the spot, a large amount of information was transmitted through its intangible perception.

Therefore, after nearly forty years of existence, the supreme will finally saw the overview of the Fortress for the first time, finally witnessed the one who had been using the shield to prevent its expansion, and finally observed the humans in white coats dissecting and studying the tribe individuals.

And now, it was ready to launch a fierce attack—a great internal and external siege.

"Report, signs of a beast tide have been found ten kilometers southeast."

"Report, signs of a beast tide have been found eight kilometers south."

"Report, abnormal changes have appeared on the eastern sea surface."

"…"

Important information was rapidly transmitted into the inner city, and red lights representing alarms began to flash.

A wave of Level Three beast tide was surging towards Hope City from all directions, including the Sea, which had been peaceful for over a decade.

In the command room, where the alarm bells rang loudly, a group of middle-aged men, usually calm and composed, now had deep wrinkles on their foreheads that could squash a swarm of mosquitoes.

They had been pulled from their beds early that morning under the pretext of a possible mass riot caused by unknown reasons in the outer city.

A riot among humans would naturally affect other humans, so the superpowered individuals were justifiably sent to guard the walls of the inner city.

But…

The complete beast tide launching an attack at this moment made everyone secretly anxious.

If the outer city was breached, humanity would lose at least sixty percent of its population.

At that point, whether the half-functional machine that was Hope City could continue to operate would be a question.

The remaining people might perish in prolonged famine and chaos, or perhaps a small number of survivors could enter underground living.

But that would only delay the inevitable demise.

"I propose we use Weapon 005!"

A voice suddenly suggested.

The others fell into thought; some began flipping through paper documents or the database on their communicators.

But in the end, all of them wore expressions of sudden realization.

【Weapon 005: Electromagnetic Cannon Group】

The leading man looked at another person beside him and asked,

"That’s a good idea, but what is the cost?"

The man thought for a moment and replied,

"Power restriction, large-scale power restriction."

"How large? For how long?"

"All civilian buildings outside the three major organizations will be restricted.

The inner city will receive power for eight hours daily, while the outer city will receive six hours daily, lasting for a month."

The man sighed and said,

"There’s nothing more to discuss, go prepare.

Also, send all remaining superhero teams with no missions to the walls of the outer city."

One command after another was issued, and Hope City entered a state of readiness once more.

But unlike many times before, this time, the situation seemed particularly severe.

—

"Boss, I’m hungry, can I eat something?"

A voice suddenly interrupted Li Rui, who was reading a book. He felt that his subordinates were acting strangely today.

They seemed like little children, all showing signs of "trouble."

He waved his hand and replied casually,

"Go ahead, bring me one too, get that one, the one that’s a bit less sweet."

The man turned and jogged off towards the warehouse.

Li Rui felt that he was definitely starving; normally, he would at least respond respectfully.

Listening to the sound of his subordinate’s uneven steps, his discomfort reached a peak.

This was so strange!

Both the events of the morning and the hungry guy just now gave him an indescribable feeling.

Li Rui had not read many books, making it difficult for him to articulate this odd sensation.

But he knew that Ashes’ true leader had been busy dealing with this situation, and his task was to protect the base.

At the other end of the yard, El, accompanied by Zhuang Mian and Ji Yongxing, entered, moving as carefully as usual.

However, once they entered the yard, the eyes around them immediately turned towards him.

In the past, those people only glanced at this clever young man, but today, multiple sinister gazes lingered like poisonous tongues that were hard to shake off.

Zhuang Mian and Ji Yongxing, one trained professionally and the other with exceptional observational skills, quickly noticed the problem.

The pace of the three began to slow down.