When Linnaeus and his group returned, they rode in the back of a large truck, disguised as furniture vendors.
The truck had been driving all night when it suddenly encountered a traffic jam on the highway.
"What's going on?" Lieutenant Li asked.
The driver replied, "There seems to be a traffic accident ahead; it's so congested that we can't move at all."
Lieutenant Li: "Are there any other routes we can take?"
The driver said, "It's possible, but it'll be a long detour."
Gao Xuan got out of the car, looked at the situation ahead, and came back to say, "The road ahead is completely blocked. It looks like we have to take a detour."
"How could there be a sudden traffic jam?" Lieutenant Li asked, puzzled.
"It seems there was a battle between superhumans on the highway," Gao Xuan said. "It directly caused a landslide, blocking the entire highway tunnel."
Lieutenant Li sighed, "How could this happen..." He turned to look at Lin Nai and the others, who were still fast asleep in the car.
“I know a road in the suburbs that won’t take you too far, but it’s a bit remote.” Gao Xuan also looked at Lin Nai and the others who were still fast asleep: “Let these kids rest a bit more. It’s still a long way from the capital. They’ve just finished their mission and are exhausted. We can’t exactly make them get out of the car and run back, can we?”
“That makes sense,” Lieutenant Li said to the driver. “Then let’s take a detour.”
Driver: "Okay."
The truck made a U-turn and headed towards the suburbs.
After driving for several hours, the surrounding environment became increasingly remote, almost deserted.
Meng Feifei groggily opened her eyes: "Hmm...where am I? Am I not home yet?"
Lin Nai and the others also woke up one after another.
Gao Xuan said, "The original highway was blocked, so we are taking a long detour, which will probably take another day."
"Really..." Meng Feifei yawned sleepily, "That's good. Let's drive a bit more on the road. If we get back to base later, we can have fewer classes and a legitimate day off, hehehe..."
Hua Yingwen glanced at him and said, "That's all you've got."
Lin Nai looked out the car window and said, "How can the environment around here be so bad?"
Along the way, all Linnai saw was desolate Gobi Desert, without a single person in sight. There were only some abandoned houses and the plants were all eerily black, some of them withered. There was no life at all, and the desolation was just like a post-apocalyptic scene in a movie.
Lieutenant Li explained, "Because this area used to be part of Ancheng."
"Ancheng?" Meng Feifei asked, puzzled. "I've never heard of this city before."
Lieutenant Li said, "Because Ancheng disappeared thirty years ago."
"Disappeared??" Hua Yingwen exclaimed in surprise.
“I know Ancheng,” Truman said. “It used to be a first-tier city, comparable in scale to Shanhai City.”
"Then why did it turn out like this?" Fang Wu frowned, looking at the apocalyptic scenery outside the car window, puzzled.
"Thirty years ago, the demon race invaded," Lieutenant Li said solemnly. "The ones who invaded Ancheng through the spatial gate were pure-blooded demons. In that battle, the human race was massacred and hunted by the demons, with nearly a million people killed or wounded. After that war, Ancheng became what it is today."
"Pure-blooded demon race?" Hua Lingze said, "If I remember correctly, the demon race is the number one super-high-level civilization race among the demon races. Their overall strength is even above the second-ranked Fallen Black Angels."
Lin Nai raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.
“That’s right.” Lieutenant Li sighed. “So even though Ancheng is a super metropolis with very high defensive attributes, it has no chance of resisting the demon race. At that time, a level 30 human Night Watchman commander guarding Ancheng was defeated by the enemy’s Myriad-type demon commander in less than three rounds. Moreover, he died a miserable death, and only one finger could be found on his body.”
"Holy crap..." Meng Feifei's mouth dropped open.
"After the Night's Watch commander was killed in battle, Ancheng fell completely." Lieutenant Li shook his head: "Tens of thousands of demon legions rushed into Ancheng, and it was a one-sided massacre."
"So how did the Yan Kingdom eventually defeat the demon race?" Lin Nai asked at this moment.
"At that time, the official dispatched two super sky carriers, the White Tiger and the Black Tortoise, along with more than a dozen level 30 superhumans, including three apostles, as support, which barely managed to repel the demon legion and drive them out of the human plane. Fortunately, the strongest enemy at that time was only at the eighth level of the Myriad Manifestations Realm, and there were no invaders who had reached the Lord level."
Gao Xuan paused for a moment, then continued, "But no matter what, it's too late. Ancheng has been destroyed. The once prosperous city has been almost completely razed to the ground. Moreover, that great battle caused serious demonic pollution. To this day, no plants can grow in the area around Ancheng. Even those that do grow are mutated black plants."
"That's terrifying..." Tong Yi exclaimed, her face pale.
Lin Nai turned to look out the car window.
Imagining this desolate Gobi Desert outside, which may have once been a bustling metropolis, Lin Nai couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy.
No wonder Elder Ji and Po Bing were so eager to activate the Divine Source Weapon.
How long can this peace last?
If another demonic war like that were to happen...
Given humanity's current inability to even unite internally, what are its chances of winning?
......
The truck continued driving forward for a while.
Bored, Meng Feifei, Hua Yingwen, Fang Wu, and Yu Yuanyuan started playing cards in the car.
"Two of them!"
Yu Yuanyuan said with a smile, "Sorry, I won again. Little Mengzi, remember the thirty soul crystals you owe me when we get back to the base!"
"..." Meng Feifei's lips twitched: "Damn, what kind of luck is this..."
Linna leaned against the car window, still looking out.
At that moment, Lin Nai suddenly saw several dark figures moving quickly across the wilderness.
"Hmm?" Lin Nai narrowed his eyes and turned around to say, "Lieutenant Li, Instructor Gao Xuan, come here for a moment."
"It seems like we're being followed."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and looked up.
"ha?"
Meng Feifei asked in surprise: "Stalking?"
"Yes, I already noticed it without you telling me." Lieutenant Li glanced out the car window: "These guys have been following us suspiciously all the way here."
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