Chapter 16

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Following Han Jing’s order, his team members were about to raise their guns.

Boom!

A human silhouette shot into the group behind, and because they were standing close to each other, a sweep of the spear instantly sent several of them flying backward.

The scene instantly fell into chaos.

Han Jing felt like his eyes were going to burst out of their sockets.

The small mishap from just now was something he could accept.

But now, with a cursory glance, he could tell that quite a few members of his team were dead or injured.

How could these survivors living out in the wild possess this level of strength?

And how could they move so secretively? He could not sense any Awakened energy from them.

Tang Yu would not answer him.

Number One and Number Two weren’t Awakened.

He stood there to intentionally draw their attention, not because he wanted to strike a pose. He had already ordered Number One and Number Two to sneak over.

Down below was chaos and disarray.

The two survivors rushed over, feeling fortunate that they had survived. No one was paying attention to them now.

“You can go now.”

The Awakened charging up had also noticed that something had gone wrong down below.

Instead of stopping, they accelerated.

Yilian gripped her wand and extended her hand.

At the top of the wand, three icicles formed, arranged in an upside-down triangle.

The icicles shot forward, their trailing snowflakes.

Their surfaces reflected the panic and fear within the eyes of the Awakened.

These people reacted quickly, rolling or lunging, doing their best to dodge, but Yilian had exceptional control over her icicles. Not only could she control when they detonated, she could control their direction within a certain range.

Pa! Pa! Pa!

The icicles exploded, and while the Awakened had dodged in time to avoid fatal wounds, they were frozen by the frigid air, their hands and feet covered in white frost.

And before they could relax, several more icicles flew out.

Their faces turned even more panicked, but their bodies were growing increasingly stiff.

After just a few seconds, they had all been slain or frozen into statues.

Down below…

Han Jing’s men were an elite group, and they quickly managed to stabilize the situation.

“Teams Two and Three, covering fire.”

Dadada!

Han Jing finally exhaled. He was well aware that given the power of those two, even if he joined the fray, it would be difficult to deal with them. His greatest advantage was his firepower.

Perhaps Awakened had limitless potential, but at this time, human gunfire still had a major advantage, particularly against humans and their rather fragile flesh.

Han Jing’s face suddenly went stiff.

The two armored fellows didn’t try to avoid the bullets, but a moment later, the bullets struck the armor and bounced off!

B-bounced off?

Han Jing didn’t dare to believe his eyes. Were these two wearing real suits of armor?

No, not even actual armor would be able to stop bullets. Moreover, the bullets hadn’t left a single mark on the armor!

What sort of armor was this?!

Han Jing had worked for his boss for many years and seen countless bizarre things. Moreover, after the apocalypse, his boss had wielded enormous authority in Lindong and was even able to get his hands on things from the Academy of Sciences. 

But not even the Academy of Sciences had armor that could be completely unscathed after being struck by bullets, right?

As his mind rapidly whirred, one of the armored figures approached.

The air exploded as the spear swung.

Han Jing instantly felt his blood run cold. He could feel that death was close!

Relying on his abundant fighting experience, Han Jing moved his foot and shifted his body, barely dodging the attack.

The spear pounded into the ground, fracturing the earth.

Han Jing had no idea what sort of person he was facing. This person was far stronger than he had imagined!

Fear crept into his heart.

His boss’s mission was important, but if they all died, there would be no mission to speak of.

The mission to find the Origin Crystal vein actually had no relation to them.

For the first time in his life, Han Jing felt some regret.

He threw down a smoke grenade and began to slink away. Using his team member as bait, he shook off Number One and madly ran into the distance.

If that was how Han Jing acted, the rest of his team would be even worse off.

If their captain was running, why were they still fighting?

Moreover, they could see that the Tier 3 Awakened deputy captain had been pierced through by a spear like a meat skewer. Their courage broke, and their will to fight completely dispersed.

“Monster!!!”

Someone made a break for it.

But others realized that they couldn’t run, and their faces turned crazed.

One of them raised a rocket launcher and roared, “Die!”

The rocket shot out in a trail of flames.

The fleeing Han Jing smiled. The armor might be able to stop a bullet, but there was no way it could stop a rocket!

He couldn’t help but cheer for his team members, but that didn’t mean he would stop running.

The rocket had been fired at just the right moment. Automaton Number Two had no time to dodge.

A moment later, the automaton stood firm.

Boom!!!

Dust plumed.

It gradually settled.

A figure still stood before them. The only difference was that the upper half of his spear was a little blackened.

Han Jing had lost all hope.

This was no wild Awakened!

Wild Awakened didn’t have this level of strength or this sort of equipment!

He was now speculating that these people had been dispatched by some other big boss, and it also had to be for the Origin Crystal vein!

They had miscalculated!

Fortunately, the rocket had finally managed to create a small problem for this man. In addition, the other monster had gone after the others. He still had a chance to run.

As long as he could get to where they had parked the cars, he could start a car and get far away. Not even those two monsters would be able to catch up.

Even if the mission had failed, he had to inform his boss about the situation here.

Han Jing looked around. Besides himself, another one of the more quick-witted team members and Wang Tai had fled with him.

A team of around twenty-some people had dwindled to three escapees. It was simply tragic.

For a moment, he cursed Wang Tai. If he didn’t know that Wang Tai still had some use, he would have killed him first.

He could already see the cars they had parked at the entrance to the vacation villa.

Han Jing sighed in relief.

The other team member and Wang Tai, who were somewhat behind him, quickly ran up with the light of hope in their eyes.

“The Lord has spoken. Those up there, halt.”

Two people emerged from behind a car.

One was dressed as an ordinary survivor, and the other wore heavy black armor.

Heavy and imposing.

Wang Tai recognized one of them as an Awakened of his shelter, but the other one left him frightened.

Not only was he wearing armor, he had a bloody and fiendish energy, seeming like a yawning abyss. Wang Tai felt like he was a tiny boat being tossed about by the waves, and his face turned ghastly pale.

Roger’s Tier 5 Awakened Energy was fully unleashed.

The fiendish energy that came from a lifetime of battle and the energy of an even higher Awakened tier were unleashed with it.

Even the wind seemed to stop blowing.

Han Jing had also gone ghastly pale.

Even in Lindong, this level of strength could be matched by the tiny number of experts at the very top.

Which big boss had sent these people?

Han Jing didn’t know, but he wasn’t willing to just sit around and wait for death. Taking his dagger in both hands, he readied himself to fight to the death.