Chapter 84 I've Seen It Before
Qi An broke the surface of the water.
She was on one side of the shore, but turned her head, her dark eyes staring straight to the other side.
On the other side was the battlefield, and the flames had already reached the forest on this section of the shore. The crater where the Ash Priest had been blown up was right in front of them.
Everyone who survived crossed to the other side, but Feng Xu chose to go to the extremely dangerous side.
In the water, just as he was about to push her away, he seemed to say something.
What were those lip movements?
“I’ve seen it before.”
What have you seen?
Deep in Feng Xu's memory, there seems to be a similar raging fire.
The base is being destroyed, and the boy is being pushed and shoved onto the escape bus.
The car had already started, and everyone anxiously urged each other to run! But the boy strained to look up through the dirty, dim window at the burning base and at the sky.
The smoke of battle blurred everything into a blurry, anxious gray.
But that figure, that angelic, godlike being, with its three pairs of large wings outstretched, hovering in the sky, creating destruction, and indifferently looking down upon it, was still clearly imprinted in the boy's eyes and etched in his heart!
The image of the soldier, hoarsely shouting "Run!" and still covering the evacuation of civilians just moments before falling into the fire, is etched even more deeply into our memories.
The vehicle had already driven far away, but the boy still gazed at the wisp of smoke from the burning soldiers.
Is this a metaphor that fate has given him?
He grew up, he picked up a gun, he encountered his enemy again, and he fought like that soldier until he fell into the abyss forever!
Not only did he fall into the abyss forever, but all the team members from South China have also died.
No one answered Feng Xu's call.
Around the campfire, some hesitated, contemplating the dangers of the battlefield, while others, with their base right behind them, never had the option to retreat.
Qi An seemed to hear a sound.
From gentle to intense, to what seemed like a deafening roar!
"When we get back to base, I'll play the piano and sing for you..." he said with a smile in her ear.
How are you going to sing it for me?
Which song would you like to sing?
I've already decided; I'll pick a sunny day with a breeze.
When we get to the rooftop, I'll bring out a chair that's the same color as the sky, prop my head up on it, and listen to you sing with utmost concentration.
I've also prepared my phone. You just sing for me, and I'll take as many photos as I want.
Aren't all the girls at your base so envious and jealous that they want to devour me?
The river flows on and on, its surface forever unchanged, leaving no trace.
Qi An, clutching the robot, stumbled and staggered along the shore.
She saw the captain rushing towards her, and she also sensed the Ash Priest behind her.
Even with the slow-moving drone swarm holding her back, the Ash Priestess quickly recovered, her wings unfurling once more amidst the raging flames!
Before its main body even flew over, two golden bubbles had already floated across the wide river and burst right next to Qi An!
Qi An reacted much slower, and his lunge was not timely enough, resulting in his entire upper body being torn open.
In the chaos, Yu Shuang rushed towards her, braving the shockwave, the intense heat, and the flying debris, and pulled Qi An up.
"Go! Xiao Qi! Don't stop!" Yu Shuang's voice was dry and hoarse, and her steps were extremely unsteady.
The person further away seemed to be Zhao Bohan. He appeared unable to stand, supporting himself with his arms as he desperately tried to crawl towards them.
For some reason, tears suddenly streamed down Qi An's somewhat dazed face.
Her legs were also immobile, but she gritted her teeth and fought back fiercely. Behind her, clusters of tentacles bloomed like demonic flowers, completely enveloping her and Yu Shuang, and they rolled to the side!
Half a second after it tumbled out, another bubble exploded on the spot.
Qi An was on fire, but the thin blade tentacles cut off all the charred tentacles!
The severed granulation tissue dragged her and Yu Shuang forward a considerable distance!
It exploded again, rolled again, and tentacles were constantly being severed and then regrown. Qi An's mutation level was almost 90%.
But the bubbles weren't endless; the Ash Priest's true form burst forth from the flames.
Its destination was perfectly clear: it flew straight towards Qi An, and upon landing, it even took a few steps closer to him.
Despite the overwhelming pressure, it did not immediately crush the two lambs to the slaughter.
It moved closer to Qi An, stared at him, and then, as if thinking of something, squatted down in front of him and stared blankly for a few seconds.
These are just a few seconds! A golden opportunity for "Weaver Girl"!
Yu Shuang took the control unit from her arms, and a blue light flashed.
Another black "ribbon" in the sky—the swarm of drones that seemed to have lost their minds and were wandering aimlessly in the air suddenly swooped down as if on command.
The drones that chased the Ash Priest to the bottom of the pit have all been burned, but "Blue Star" has learned its lesson and left a large portion of the drones in the air to stand by!
Control transfer complete, network connection re-established, commands issued!
Drones swarmed down, heading straight for the Ash Priest's head.
The Ash Priest's human-like eyes instantly turned pitch black, and countless tentacles sprouted from his back!
These tentacles cluster together like several large hands, sweeping and grasping in the air!
Just like a dense swarm of flies being hit by a giant fly swatter, the swarm of bees was instantly knocked down and most of it was caught!
The tips of the tentacles are extremely hot; if they were slapped on the ground, they would leave a charred patch. Any bee swarm that gets squeezed would be turned into molten iron!
But a red light shone from beneath the Ash Priest's feet, between her slender ankles, and her ankles were cleanly severed!
The Ash Priestess, who was crouching, suddenly lost her balance and fell forward!
"Weaver Girl" No. 2 was activated while the Ash Priestess was in a daze. Several large drones lurked out from the grass before the black swarm moved.
That massive swarm of bees was merely a decoy.
Two red lights flashed again, slicing the body that had just fallen and was lying across into three pieces!
Then it lights up again, and both sides light up too!
The remaining swarm of bees escaped from the inactivated tentacles, transforming once again into a black curtain, a large net!
The net descended from above, covering the Ash Priest's head, while the large drone's red net rose from below.
The two networks are combined...
The green blood splattered on the ground, and the enormous stench of pollution was completely annihilated in Qi An's perception.
The Ash Priestess is dead!
[I told you, I'm very reliable!] The AI's voice is cheerful and upbeat; if it had a physical form, its nose would probably be pointing to the sky!
But Qi An didn't immediately come to his senses. Neither did Yu Shuang.
It wasn't because the end of the brutal battle left them in a daze, but because, in those few seconds when the Ash Priest was in a daze, its face—that face that resembled a human but also had a distinctly alien appearance—revealed its true human form!
She has an oval face, a straight nose, full and moist lips, and large, round eyes with slightly upturned corners, like a pair of slanted almonds.
The pair of almonds placed at an angle stared blankly at Qi An's almost identical pair of "almonds".
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