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Countless cracks spread on the broken ground, the black smoke obscured the setting sun's peripheral vision, countless people struggled to walk on the muddy road. Their faces were filled with despair and fear, and from time to time, someone fell into the crack, their cries never ending.

Since the disaster on Earth half a year ago, evolved people have been appearing one after another.

Lu Yin jumped up and used a single hand to chop off the mutated dog's head. Blood spilled on the ground and dyed the grass red.

Lu Yin took back the iron rod and looked at it. There were a few cracks on it, "Looks like it won't be used for long".

As the sun went down in the west, the earth became dark. All the evolved humans ignited their flames and spread out along the team, hoping to use this method to drive away the mutated beasts. At the same time, the team also stopped moving forward.

Going to a strange place in the dark was suicide.

A husky electric current sounded out from the walkie-talkie on Lu Yin's waist, "Evolved ones with a tail number of 3 are searching for food, its range is one kilometre."

Lu Yin's evolved human code name was 103. Raising his head, he looked at the mutated dog that had been killed, picked it up and threw it in front of the team, "Eat."

Noises came from the team, followed by a few men. They had gotten used to it long ago, even if there were human bones at the corner of the dog's mouth.

A mutated dog was only enough for about 20 people. Lu Yin walked out of the bonfire, gripped his iron rod tightly and started walking away.

The chewing sounds in their ears never stopped. In the darkness, pairs of eyes that were emitting green light were staring at Lu Yin. This was a mutated rat. Although its appearance was ugly, the quality of the meat was edible.

Lu Yin swung his iron rod and killed more than ten mutated rats. He threw it at the team. That was enough for him.

Lu Yin didn't need to look to know that the evolved man had died, and he didn't intend to save him either. Who knows what attacked the evolved man, maybe it was a venomous snake, a blood-sucking mosquito, or a powerful mutated rat that could bite through steel.

The team was very quiet. Everyone was hiding behind the flames, as if a thin layer of flames could really protect them.

Lu Yin looked at these people in pity, then looked up at the sky. The stars were so bright, and the polluted air had completely recovered half a year ago.

No one knew why the mutation occurred, but in just one night, the creatures had become terrifying. Many people had become zombies, devouring living things. These people were called zombies.

The rest of the survivors' bodies had become stronger. Although they hadn't changed much, they could still strengthen themselves by swallowing the crystals from the mutated organisms. This was the evolved man.

In one night, Earth seemed to have returned to the ancient era where the strong preyed on the weak. The huge armoury that once ruled Earth was almost destroyed, and Lu Yin saw with his own eyes the explosion of the armoury of his city, as if those modern weapons were not allowed to live in this era.

A strong wind blew. The blood-stained newspaper on the ground was pressed down by the stones, making a rustling sound.

Lu Yin picked up the newspaper and looked at the headline 'Feb. 3, 2200, a day recorded in history. That day, China Sky No.5 entered Neptune, Whitesnow became the first astronaut to explore Neptune. Neptune became the gas planet, that day... Lu Yin threw away the newspaper. A little girl carefully handed him a roasted animal leg.

Lu Yin received the beast leg and said with a faint smile, "Thank you."

The little girl shyly smiled and ran back into the group.

The beast leg was very unpalatable. Although it was sprinkled with seasonings, it was still unpalatable. However, Lu Yin ate very contentedly. Only when she was full would she have the strength to eat.

The flame suddenly fluctuated and Lu Yin pulled out his iron rod, smashing a mutated mantis to death. This kind of mutated mantis would cause great casualties if it charged into the group. The blades reflected red light, which was no weaker than Lu Yin's iron rod.

During the night, Lu Yin only rested for two hours. During that time, he killed more than ten mutated beasts that were trying to rush into the group.

There were not many casualties on his side, but the other areas were different. Some of the survivors along with the evolved humans were killed by a giant mutated boar, which could shoot out hard manes and kill a lot of people in one round of attacks. If it were not for the stronger evolved people, the casualties would have been even greater.

As the sun rose, the team continued to advance towards the south. They were going to Jinling, to the biggest gathering place in Su Province. There was an army there, as well as many evolved people.

The apocalypse that had occurred half a year ago had given birth to quite a few evolved people and had even given birth to a powerful expert known as the Seven Saints.

Not long ago, evolved people were divided into different levels: ordinary evolved people who had just swallowed a crystal, human warriors who had the power to crush ordinary evolved people, and those who had the power to destroy cities. They were also known as Earth Tremor Rankers, which was also known as Earth Tremor Rankers.

The highest level was the Flying Heaven Realm. As the name implied, it could fly in the sky and was also known as a Heaven Realm expert. As for the Seven Saints of China, they were seven of them.

However, as long as the seven experts who could fly in the sky didn't die, they would always be at the top. This was also the origin of the word 'Sage', and it was also possible that countless survivors were looking forward to their protection, so they were called Saints.

In Jinling, there was only one Saint, Heaven Punisher Mountain.

The team continued forward. They were still over a hundred kilometers away from Jinling. The journey that would take hours in the peaceful era would take at least a few days now.

A few kilometers away from the line, countless zombies slowly moved closer, as if they could smell the scent of living things.

The evolved people on both sides of the team were on high alert, and many of the evolved people had fear in their eyes. Although the zombies weren't fast, they were strong, and their blood contained poison.

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes and gripped the iron rod tightly. Fighting with zombies was not difficult, they would always be like that, not like evolved people who could become stronger. This was also a blessing for countless survivors.

Currently, the biggest enemy of the survivors was the mutated beasts.

Just when Lu Yin and the rest were about to fight with the group of zombies, the zombies suddenly stopped and turned around to leave. Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad premonition.

The ground suddenly shook as a huge vine rose from the ground in front of the team. The leaves seemed to have a mind of their own as they grabbed a lot of survivors, and with a despairing howl, all the survivors were crushed into a pool of blood, watering them in the ground where the vines had taken root.

All the survivors were scared to escape, even many of the evolved men were the same.

Lu Yin's eyelids twitched. This mutated vine was definitely at the Earth Level. It was not something an ordinary evolved human could compare to, even if it was a Human Level warrior.

The evolved men in the team didn't plan to fight it head-on at all. They all ran to the back to avoid the vines.

After a while, the vine seemed to have eaten its fill and retreated back into the ground.

Countless survivors cried out in despair. Many would break down mentally in this kind of environment, even some of the evolved people were the same.

Very soon, the hoarse sound of electric currents could be heard. From the walkie-talkie on his waist, a voice could be heard. "Rest here and rest. The Punishment Saint will personally come to pick us up."

Countless people cheered upon hearing this news. To the current survivors, Heaven Stage experts were like gods, as if as long as they appeared, anything could be resolved.

Lu Yin revealed a mocking expression. "Sheng?" He covered his left arm with one hand. Until now, half of his body was still in pain. The pain was bone-piercing, as if it would forever remind him of that night.

The entire city had been abandoned, and all the undestroyed weapons had been released into the city. The entire city had been abandoned, and all the undestroyed weapons had been unleashed into the city.

Liu Shaoge, he would never forget the man known as the Light Saint, one of the Seven Saints. This caused him to experience extreme pain. This pain, Lu Yin swore to repay him tenfold.

As the flames rose, the sky turned dark. Just as Lu Yin was preparing to rest, screams and cries came from not too far away.

Lu Yin frowned and turned around. A hundred meters away, a few girls were surrounded by more than ten evolved men. They teased them wantonly, and some of the girls only had a little bit of clothes left, crying silently.

This scene was no stranger to him. Doomsday had arrived, and his humanity had sunk into depravity. It was very normal, and Lu Yin had seen it many times.

Lu Yin closed his eyes and slowed down a little.

In the distance, a young girl screamed out as she was slapped to the ground, "Fuck, laozi will protect you all no matter what, so what if I play with you guys? Don't be so shameless, laozi played with a little celebrity a few days ago, now laozi is begging you laozi, don't even play with laozi, get up!"

The girl glared at the evolved man with red eyes.

The surrounding evolved people laughed. They liked this era, so they could play as they pleased. No one could stop them.

A gust of wind blew past and a person appeared in front of the evolved man's eyes. It was Lu Yin. At this moment, Lu Yin was holding the iron rod against the evolved man's neck, and he said, "Get lost."

The surroundings were completely silent. Only the young girls were silently crying.

The evolved man who was threatened by Lu Yin had an extremely unsightly expression. He gritted his teeth and said, "Lu, this has nothing to do with you. They are under my protection."

"You're disturbing me," Lu Yin said lightly. The sharp side of the iron rod pressed down, causing the evolved man's skin to crack and blood to flow along the iron rod.

The evolved man was shocked, "Good, good, you are ruthless, they are all yours, I can't move anymore."

Lu Yin kept his iron rod and walked coldly back to where he stood. Many people in the group quietly watched this scene. They were already used to it. Even when those girls were killed, no one helped. Lu Yin seemed very strange to them.

The ten or so evolved men looked at each other angrily, but they did not act rashly. Lu Yin was very strong, they knew that.

The few young girls wanted to say something after arriving at Lu Yin's side, but Lu Yin closed his eyes and ignored them. They could only look gratefully at Lu Yin and carefully sat down.

After a short while, a young woman, with a gorgeous appearance and revealing clothes, arrived beside Lu Yin with a smile. Her sharp eyes swept over those few young girls, immediately scaring them and causing them to immediately retreat, lowering their heads in fear.

Only then did the gorgeous woman feel satisfied. She sat beside Lu Zhe and blew into his ear.

Lu Yin raised his hand to pinch the woman's neck, opened his eyes, and coldly said, "Next time, die."

The gorgeous woman's gaze was gloomy and cold, barely revealing a trace of a charming smile. "You're still so merciless."

Lu Yin let go of her hand and stared coldly at the woman, "What is it?"

The woman rubbed her neck and rolled her eyes at Lu Yin, "Do you know that you've offended someone?"

Lu Yin did not reply.

The woman continued, "Zhang Tong and his men are plotting against you. There are more than ten of them, and you're only one person. If you can't deal with them, be careful."

"Thank you," Lu Yin replied plainly.

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