Because they absorbed the energy, there were no more than three of them in the world.

"I need to leave for a while. You keep an eye on things here," Chu Nian said to Lin Jingting, intending to find out the source of the three monsters.

Lin Jingting quickly said, "Where are you going? I'll go too."

It is said that those monsters are quite fast. Just as Chu Nian and Lin Jingting were talking, the avian monsters had already arrived first.

Everyone felt a dark cloud roaring and rushing in.

Behind a flock of birds that seemed to gather like a silver river, Chu Nian saw a giant eagle with wingspans that could cover half the sky; its size was comparable to that of the Golden-Winged Roc.

Although they were still far away, both she and Lin Jingting had already sensed the enormous nuclear energy within the giant flying eagle.

As it flew in, it continued to devour other birds, generating massive amounts of nuclear energy through fusion. This caused a sudden and rapid increase in nuclear pollution in the air.

The massive mushroom cloud was created when it devoured other birds and fused together.

Countless people with superpowers paled at the sight.

However, in the storyline, the military successfully intercepted the first wave of attacks from the monster birds, stopping them a thousand miles from the sky by releasing missiles. Because it wasn't a nearby mushroom cloud, it didn't cause any substantial damage to the superhumans.

This allowed the superhumans to hold out for a while during the subsequent monster attacks until the protagonist arrived. Otherwise, the entire sky would probably have been wiped out in that monster wave.

Even so, most of the human superhumans were lost in this monster wave. It was only after the protagonist joined that the overall combat power of humanity was greatly improved, and they gradually began to gain the upper hand in the battle against the monsters.

Now, seeing the monster army approaching, Chu Nian could only say, "Fine, Jing Ting, watch what I do!"

Lin Jingting's eyes lit up, guessing that Chu Nian had taught him another technique. He immediately focused his attention on the flow of spiritual energy within Chu Nian's body.

Chu Nian raised a hand, palm facing the monsters. Lin Jingting felt spiritual energy overflowing from that palm, shooting onto the monsters, turning them into ashes in that instant, and the nuclear energy originally contained within them also vanished without a trace.

The nuclear energy was stored in the spatial artifact in Chu Nian's other hand. In order to allow Lin Jingting to clearly sense every step of her spiritual power flow, she also made the spatial artifact display the internal situation. Her spiritual power carried the nuclear energy, condensed it, and after a new round of absorption, fusion, and fission, the nuclear energy turned into radioactive metal.

Lin Jingting asked in bewilderment, "What's the use of collecting nuclear energy and turning it back into radioactive metal?"

Chu Nian smiled and said, "Nuclear energy is actually a very large energy source. Would cultivators like you and me be afraid of nuclear radiation? Of course not, so we can use nuclear energy to our heart's content."

In front of Lin Jingting, she created a hydrogen bomb inside the spatial artifact.

After such a long period of research, her ability to apply this skill has become quite formidable. Therefore, after the hydrogen bomb, she began generating electricity, converting radio waves into mental energy.

Lin Jingting suddenly realized and asked, "Niannian, you've become so skilled with nuclear energy. Could it be that the world's nuclear pollution has become so severe because of you?"

Chu Nian angrily retorted, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Lin Jingting pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps during the years I've been asleep, you also came here, and then used this nuclear energy extensively, and then..."

Chu Nian said, "While what you've said isn't impossible, my people have already researched it, and the nuclear contamination in this era most likely comes from space debris. It's caused by collisions with asteroids, resulting in this debris falling to Earth."

Humans on Earth knew nothing about extraterrestrial technology and had no idea what kind of disaster the materials falling to Earth would bring to humanity, therefore they failed to take sufficient protective measures in time.

Lin Jingting: "That's just your guess!"

The horde of monsters drew ever closer, and the military's missiles were already in sight. Chu Nian quickly contacted the president, hoping to delay the missile launch.

While missiles can temporarily slow down the monster horde, they are completely useless in addressing nuclear contamination. Moreover, once the monsters' bodies disperse, it will accelerate the devouring of the three larger monsters, allowing them to continue growing larger and stronger.

Given her capabilities, the president agreed to delay the missile launch by two minutes. Only two minutes; otherwise, the monsters would get too close, and even if the missile destroyed them, it would still harm the frontline superhumans.

Chu Nian said to Lin Jingting, "You try it once."

Lin Jingting said helplessly, "At a time like this, you still have the leisure to watch me demonstrate your Devouring Technique!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and copied Chu Nian's previous steps with great precision.

Chu Nian smiled and said, "As expected of my disciple, you learn it in one lesson."

Hearing her praise, Lin Jingting raised an eyebrow with a hint of pride.

Chu Nian said, "I'll go intercept these monsters; you stay here."

Lin Jingting: "I'll go with you."

Just then, a woman below shouted, "Niannian! Niannian!"

The two looked down and saw Qi Meili waving frantically at Chu Nian from the second protective wall.

Her action attracted a lot of attention. Everyone who was watching the monstrous cloud in the distance looked up at the sky above them, following her gaze.

Qi Meili was initially stunned by the vast cloud of flying birds, just like everyone else. But in the blink of an eye, she saw Chu Nian standing on the clouds with the handsome young man they had met during the Huai Mountain beast tide.

The words of the Peng brothers were still ringing in her ears when Qi Meili deliberately shouted loudly at Chu Nian. Afraid that this wouldn't attract enough attention, she waved her hands frantically while shouting.

Lin Jingting said coldly, "What time is it? This woman is still so excited."

Chu Nian: "You stay here to protect Qi Meili."

Lin Jingting asked in surprise, "What?"

Chu Nian: "It's this woman down here." As she spoke, she rode away on a cloud, heading towards the swiftly approaching cloud of flying birds.

Lin Jingting glared angrily at her retreating figure.

She remained nonchalantly there, without pausing for a moment.

Everyone was already stunned by the two who were standing directly on the clouds. Only level twelve powerhouses could stand on the clouds. The fact that they could move so quickly while standing on the clouds left even the old Ks in awe.

Jing Yue and the others, except for Wang Chao, who had been warned by Raine beforehand, were not completely stunned by the scene. Everyone else was completely dumbfounded.