Chapter 134: Outbreak

As soon as Caesar and his companions brought Anno onto the floating island, they headed straight for the core location.

Upon arriving on the island, Anno immediately connected with the core. Their Zerg-specific consciousness network allowed them to sense the core's location synchronously, which is why they had to bring Anno with them to the island.

As long as she's there, they can pinpoint the core with absolute accuracy.

Secris looked down at Anno, whose consciousness, which had just stabilized, was starting to become disordered again. She couldn't use her abilities on this island, and Tanwell's abilities were also starting to fail.

They appeared calm on the surface, but were extremely anxious inside, and flew quickly towards the core location without daring to waste a moment.

The Federation had already sensed something was wrong, and the people they sent were approaching the floating island, while the rest of the people guarding the island also began to land on it.

When Dennis discovered that Brightman was missing, he knew it was the Zerg's doing. They took Brightman away without a word because they knew he was the key.

He absolutely cannot allow the Zerg to obtain the core and take the King away.

In the conference room, Dennis was holding an emergency meeting with a tense expression when a huge explosion rang out, shaking even the federal building.

Everyone immediately stood up and looked outside. Flames were shooting into the sky outside the Federal Building, and explosions were happening one after another. The guards were exchanging fire with another group of people.

Soon, the security department's communications came through: "Minister! It's the rebels! They've infiltrated Isabel and are attacking and causing damage everywhere!"

Dennis frowned and snorted coldly, "It seems they're just putting up a smokescreen to take the core themselves. Just protect the Federal Building."

After hanging up with the security department, he dialed another number: "Get things moving quickly at the Sky Tower! Aloo and Brightman have to be brought back to me!"

Sky Tower Floating Island.

Caesar and the others led Anno to the winged city where the core was located. They silently infiltrated the center of the lake and flew quickly along the edge towards the city not far ahead.

At this moment, Anno's consciousness began to become chaotic. She was trapped in a dream, and jumbled memories swirled in her mind. She felt as if she were sinking into a swamp, constantly sinking deeper and deeper.

Suddenly, she seemed to hear a cry, and her body plummeted downwards.

"Father, Mother, don't you want Anunu anymore? Waaaaah..."

On the snow-covered plain, Anno saw a small figure running frantically forward in the twilight. The crying was very loud on the empty plain, and it was heartbreaking to hear.

She saw the little one fall to the ground and immediately rushed over to help her up. The little one was sobbing and wouldn't stop.

She wiped away her tears and asked with heartache, "Little girl, why are you all alone here? Where are your parents?"

The little boy looked at her and sobbed, "I don't know, I can't find my mom and dad, sister, do you know where my mom and dad are?"

Anuo looked around. "I...I don't know either. Don't cry. I'll take you to find them, okay?"

She held the baby in her arms, and the next second, the scene in front of her changed.

This is a cave. The little cub, wrapped in a dirty blanket, is huddled against the wall. A huge gray wolf carrying a deer enters the cave. When the little cub sees it, it immediately gets up and runs excitedly towards it.

"Wow, Mommy, you're back!"

The little cub rubbed against the gray wolf, and the gray wolf put down its prey and gently nudged her with its head.

Anno unconsciously approached them, and the gray wolf turned its head, its pair of emerald green eyes looking at her calmly and gently.

On the gray wolf's forehead, there was a tuft of stray hair that looked like a flame. She couldn't resist reaching out to touch it, but as soon as she touched it, the scene in front of her immediately vanished.

"What a pity, it turns out she was raised by this wolf. If we could communicate with them, we could take them back with us and have another fighting force in the future."

“We couldn’t communicate with it. That wolf attacked us right away, and it’s mutated.”

"Forget it, we still have enough food stored up. Let's not eat it. Let's burn it and cut off a tuft of wolf fur for the little girl as a souvenir."

"Stop dawdling, just look at that red patch on its forehead, it's about to burn, or we'll attract other mutants."

Anno watched as the men poured gasoline on the mother wolf's carcass and threw torches at it, instantly engulfing it in flames.

A wave of sadness washed over her. Her gaze shifted to the people beside her, and she was startled when she saw their faces.

Is that Captain Zhou?

And what about Brother Xiaobai and Sister Wenjia?

Anno will never forget the rare warmth and happiness she once had when she was four or five years old, in a small base with about twenty people.

The older brothers and sisters at the base took great care of her, and they always thought of her first when they received the best supplies.

Anuo watched as Sister Wenjia hung the tuft of wolf fur, which had been made into a necklace, on the little cub. The little cub held the wolf fur with a forlorn expression.

When she saw the baby's pinkish-gold hair after it was washed, she realized with a start that this was her when she was a child.

She couldn't help but run towards them, calling out, "Sister Wenjia, Brother Xiaobai!"

They all looked at her and smiled at her.

But suddenly the scene before her eyes seemed to have been mixed together like oil paint, and the picture became chaotic. Anno fell forward to the ground.

Anno jolted awake and opened his eyes instantly.

When she opened her eyes, she saw a handsome, unfamiliar face above her. She was lying in his arms, with a dazzling starry sky above her. She was no longer in her room.

Sensing Anno's awakening consciousness, Secris and Caesar all looked at her.

Caesar immediately took her from Cyrus's arms, "Your Highness..."

Anno was stunned for a moment. "Caesar, you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, the light band behind her ears flashed with intense light, and the patterns on her body also emitted a bright light, making the previously faint patterns clearly visible.

Anno's eyes became dazed. She pushed Caesar's chest, jumped off his arms, and leaped towards the center of the lake.

Caesar and the others tried to grab her, but a loud, deafening bell rang in the night sky, followed by a tremendous energy that pressed them to the ground with overwhelming pressure.

That is Anno's core energy.

Anno walked barefoot on the water's surface, her almost solidified core energy allowing her to float lightly.

She went toward the energy that kept calling to her.

Brightman, who was being carried by Mingxiao, opened his eyes, straightened up and tumbled off his shoulder. When he landed, the whip that bound him had been cut into several pieces by his sharp blade.

Unaffected by this energy, he chased after Anno.

As the bell rang, as if it were a signal, countless winged beings appeared in the sky. They flew rapidly toward Caesar and his companions, their spears and blades gleaming coldly.

Caesar and the others connected the consciousness network, pulling Anno's consciousness into it as well, and kept calling out to her.

She is now in a state of unconsciousness, following her instincts to pursue her core.

The core had been away from its owner for too long. Even though it was covered, the moment it was activated, the energy spread outward like a volcanic eruption, instantly covering the entire island. All the winged people on the island flew over here.

Sensing Caesar and the others' meaning, Anno snapped out of his reverie and stopped.

She glanced behind her, raised her hand slightly, and the oppressive aura emanating from the Zerg superiors dissipated from Caesar and the others.

As the suppression dissipated, Caesar and his men immediately drew their weapons, met the winged people's attack head-on, and chased after her.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

"It's Xiao Qi!"

"Nono!"

Karina and Bazel, who had already infiltrated the city, sensed something was wrong when the bell rang. After feeling Anno's incredibly surging energy, they immediately ran outside. When they reached the lake, they saw Anno walking on the water, step by step, towards the center of the lake.

Bazel's pupils contracted, and he immediately transformed into his beast form, rushing towards Anno from the long bridge over the lake. Those winged people who tried to stop him were all tackled to the ground, torn apart, and thrown away.

Karina watched as many winged people flew towards Anno, took a longbow from her back, nocked an arrow, drew the bow fully, and shot down the winged people one by one. Then, she ran towards Anno while shooting.

Xia Li and Ji Yue cleared a path for Karina, flying into the air to clear out the winged people.

By this time, the rebels had reached the lakeside. Seeing the scene before them, they knew that the core had been found by others, and hundreds of rebels immediately rushed towards the center of the lake.

Countless arrows flew through the air. One arrow fell towards Anno, but Brightman, who had caught up, pulled her aside and avoided the arrow.

Anno stared blankly at Brightman, who was now about ten years old, with the blanket wrapped around her hanging down to her ankles like a skirt.

"Aloo, come back with me..."

As soon as Brightman finished speaking, Anno lunged at him, grabbed his neck, and slammed him to the ground.