"Oh no!"

Someone shouted in the intercom, but it was already too late.

The moment the black energy made contact with the helicopter, the entire fuselage corroded and disintegrated rapidly as if eroded by strong acid, becoming nothingness.

The pilots' screams echoed through the radio, but only for an instant, then abruptly ceased.

Everyone was stunned by the scene; they couldn't believe their eyes.

These advanced machines were destroyed in an instant, and even the pilots couldn't escape.

What was happening?

Only a few seconds passed.

Did they just witness the process of the most advanced materials on Blue Planet melting rapidly?

No!

If you think about it carefully, it's not "melting," but rather a process akin to "decay."

Eventually, the whole helicopter and its pilots decayed into nothingness...

Director Wang's face was as pale as paper, and his fingers holding the intercom couldn't help but tremble.

He knew that this time they faced real trouble, which couldn't be solved by regular weapons...

"Everyone, cease fire! Land at the designated location!"

"Received!"

The pilots, who usually possess iron-like will, responded now with voices noticeably shaky.

They probably won't forget that scene for the rest of their lives!

Director Wang's heart pounded like a drum, his gaze fixed on that black energy.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, after destroying several fighter jets, the energy seemed to have expended most of its power.

It started to slowly contract, eventually dissipating into the air as if it had never appeared.

Or perhaps...

The energy felt bewildering, as if it had no conscious awareness.

How to describe it?

It's like a room filled with traps, and you accidentally triggered the automatic counterattack system.

It just counterattacked once but couldn't consciously destroy all the fighter jets.

"Anyway, it's good that these bizarre abilities didn't spread,"

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, though the fear in their hearts hadn't completely faded.

They exchanged glances, filled with disbelief.

They'd thoroughly searched the vicinity of that altar yesterday.

It was just some ordinary black stones; who would've thought it could not only withstand missiles but also counterattack!

Director Wang's throat tightened; he felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

This was a power they couldn't control, but truly unknown.

"Evacuate immediately!"

Director Wang's voice was intermittent, yet his orders were resolute.

They hurried back to the predetermined safety zone and boarded the waiting helicopters.

As the helicopter's rotors began to spin, the aircraft slowly took off, and Director Wang's mood gradually relaxed.

He didn't know what consequences this action might bring, but he was already prepared to face everything.

"However, it was somewhat a good thing to have tested the altar's bizarre nature early."

The helicopter ascended higher, and through the window, Director Wang glanced down at the altar.

He saw the altar still standing in place, its black patterns shimmering with mysterious light under the sun.

This ancient power was beyond their understanding; perhaps they just shouldn't touch those ancient secrets.

Hmm?

Director Wang wondered if it was just his illusion; he thought he saw something alive emerging from there?

But when he grabbed the binoculars to look closely, he found nothing.

.....

Inside an underground hideout.

An old woman holding a bone staff looked up at the helicopter slowly disappearing from sight, unable to resist a cold sneer.

"This is the consequence of angering the gods."

The ground appeared calm, but hidden beneath was a vast underground hideout.

This is where the Nika Tribe's missing people were hiding.

They hadn't truly left but were secretly hiding right under Director Wang's nose.

The Nika Tribe was aware that these outsiders from afar didn't have any malicious intent, but they still felt it safer to hide just in case.

And their hiding place was somewhere Director Wang and the others might never imagine.

In fact, they hadn't really left but had directly hidden beneath the initial room.

Commonly known as "under the lamp, it's darkest."

Moreover, before nightfall, they intentionally left some traces of "escape" near the tribe.

This naturally led Director Wang and the others to assume the people of Nika Tribe had already escaped...

Who would have thought they never actually moved?

...

Jiang Xiao successfully landed in Hu-Kong.

And it was actually in Hu-Kong's central area.

As soon as they got off the plane, Jiang Xiao and Shi Shi couldn't help but wrinkle their noses.

As for those older gentlemen with weaker mental fortitude, they began doubling over and gagging.

Unfortunately, they'd already gagged cleanly while on the plane.

So now, all they could gag up was some stomach acid.

The main thing is...

These older gentlemen had donned full protective gear on the plane.

So now, if they vomited...

Yikes~

At first, Shi Shi felt the smell wasn't too bad, but seeing those gentlemen gag all over themselves made her stomach feel uneasy.

Regarding the protective gear.

Shi Shi's intuition told her that she and Jiang Xiao didn't need it, so they hadn't worn it.

Jiang Xiao originally wanted to wear it, but Shi Shi didn't allow him, saying it would make it difficult for Jiang Xiao to hug her.

"Oh dear, dad, don't be so tense. This thing definitely can't infect us; our bodies have long been immune to these infections."

...

"But still, what a dead smell here! Seriously stinks!"

Shi Shi accepted a mask from one of the older gentlemen, put it on, but still grumbled discontentedly.

The source of the smell...

Actually, Jiang Xiao had already seen it.

Corpses.

Countless corpses!

This Kaidan world is so inhumane?

Something like that would never happen on Blue Planet.

Everyone was just discarded like trash, left carelessly on the streets.

They hadn't even been buried or incinerated?

"Sigh, there's no way, the outbreak was too sudden, now everyone who hasn't been infected is afraid to leave their homes."

"The people who came to support are all fighting on the frontlines; who has the time to deal with so many corpses?"

Okay.

On second thought, the situation might actually be this way.

Hu-Kong had fallen into a paralyzed state.

They didn't have time to deal with the living, let alone have time for the dead.

"Were all these people sick with the same disease?" Jiang Xiao asked puzzledly.

"No, but more or less; the intelligence mentions infection diseases."

Oh~

Jiang Xiao nodded thoughtfully.

He noticed that not all the dead bodies had yellow pustules; others had symptoms like full-body ulcerations, oozing pus, or bodies melting as if corroded...

The entire Hu-Kong was eerily quiet, seemingly accompanied only by them and countless corpses.

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