Chapter 80 Acid Rain (Part 2)
The acid rain started falling in the evening and finally stopped at dawn the next day.
At this time, people in Ancheng came out to move around, and they were shocked to find that all the buildings in Ancheng had been corroded by acid rain and were in ruins.
The concrete roof of the building has been corroded and large holes have been formed, exposing the inner layer of the house.
The vehicles parked in the open air on the streets, the street lamps and trash cans on both sides of the road, the billboards, and even the asphalt roads are all corroded and pitted.
Ancheng is like a piece of melted candle.
Although the acid rain has stopped, the crisis has not been completely resolved.
As soon as Gu Nian walked outside the building, he heard huge roars and neighs of beasts. From the sound, it seemed to be coming from the outskirts of the city!
The Golden Falcon took her to a high place. Gu Nian looked out with a telescope and saw that all the buildings on the edge of Ancheng had been destroyed and piled up in a mess like broken toys, and the monsters from last night were still attacking!
Gu Nian gasped. She didn't expect that the worst case scenario she had imagined would actually happen!
The monsters continued to attack Ancheng in the acid rain. Their thick skin and shells effectively resisted the acid rain, so when humans fled in panic, they intensified their attacks.
The evil dragon also acted out of character, roaring in the suburbs of Ancheng, swinging its head, tail and four claws wildly, stirring up a flurry of sand and rocks. Under its sharp claws, the reinforced concrete was as fragile as tofu, and it easily tore open several houses.
Gu Nian looked through the telescope and saw that the houses on the outskirts of the city had been completely destroyed. She shuddered, unable to imagine how serious the damage to the people living in these houses had been under the acid rain.
Gu Nian finally understood why Yue Jian insisted on returning to the camp last night. If they had found a building on the outskirts of the city to take shelter from the rain, it would have been very likely that the building would have been destroyed by the dragon, and that would have been a dangerous time when the acidity of the rainwater would have increased. It was very likely that when the houses were opened, they would have been caught off guard and faced with concentrated sulfuric acid rain!
I have to say, it’s reassuring to have a companion with the early warning talent.
This group of monsters has now invaded the suburbs and entered the edge of Ancheng. Ancheng's official evolvers put on protective suits to deal with the monsters directly. The protective suits could not withstand such strong acid rain, so they had to be replaced every once in a while. When Gu Nian used a telescope to observe the situation, he saw an evolver sacrifice his life to hold back the monster, which gave his companions the opportunity to kill the monster.
It is conceivable that under the attack of acid rain last night, the official evolvers paid a lot of lives, and they were barely able to drag these monsters to the edge of Ancheng instead of attacking the city.
Although Gu Nian herself does not have such a high sense of sacrifice, she is full of admiration for this group of people.
Now that the acid rain has stopped, Gu Nian decides to help.
Once the monsters break through the official defense line and enter the city, Ancheng will surely fall into chaos, and it will only become more difficult for Gu Nian to complete the task.
Leaving Yuejian and other wounded soldiers to recuperate in the camp, and leaving five members behind, Gu Nian led the rest of the Aurora team members and rode the Golden Wing Falcon to the edge of Ancheng.
She led her team to surround the evil dragon.
The dragon's attack power was astonishing. Its sharp claws could be heard breaking through the air when they were swung. Its strength was so terrifying that once the fragile human body came into contact with it, it would be either death or injury.
But the golden-winged falcon's greatest advantage is its flexibility.
The Overlord of the Sky can move and turn at high speed in the wind. The members of the Aurora Team and the Golden Feather Falcon cooperated well. They attacked the dragon's head and tail, and quickly turned before the dragon's claws and fangs attacked, passing by the dragon. The difficulty was comparable to dancing on the scythe of the god of death.
The evil dragon was completely enraged by these humans.
In the distance, Gu Nian finally found the opportunity to shoot the arrow.
Two arrows were shot at the same time, traveling a tiny distance in the air, and then piercing straight into the dragon's lantern-sized pupils.
The evil dragon let out a shrill roar of pain.
The arrow shot by Gu Nian was made from the fangs of a sea monster. It not only had amazing penetrating power, but most importantly, it was extremely poisonous.
No matter how resistant this evil dragon is, it will still be blinded if it is shot in the eyes by a poisonous arrow.
Sure enough, after the dragon's eyes were injured, its movements slowed down significantly. In order to kill it, the Aurora team quickly launched a counterattack, leaving scars all over the dragon's body.
Gu Nian was stunned on the spot.
Just as her arrow hit the dragon, a red window popped up on the system.
"Beep, it is detected that the host is attacking the life spirit (contaminated). The life spirit can supply pure life energy to the planetary consciousness, allowing the planetary consciousness to evolve and mature, but the contaminated life spirit will cause the planetary consciousness to fall into madness and despair. Please confirm whether the host needs to attack the life spirit (contaminated)."
What is going on?
Gu Nian gave up the attack and quickly checked the task panel.
However, the system did not give any further prompts.
Gu Nian thought of the Spirit of Wind. After the Spirit of Wind was incorporated into the space, the planetary consciousness obtained enough energy to hatch into the light tree that now supports the heaven and earth. So, if the Life Spirit can supply pure life energy to the planetary consciousness, should she also supply the Life Spirit to the planetary consciousness?
The evil dragon in front of us should be a polluted life spirit, but according to the system, what the planetary consciousness needs is an unpolluted life spirit.
Gu Nian was hesitating whether to ask the Aurora Team to stop the attack. However, at this moment, the evil dragon let out a mournful cry, and swung its tail with all its might, leaving huge scars on the Aurora Team's body. It also broke free from the encirclement and fled to the edge of Ancheng.
Without the evil dragon and with the help of Team Aurora, the remaining monsters were quickly controlled and fell one by one.
It was not until then that the survivors were finally rescued.
Several ambulances were dispatched from the city, and teams of medical personnel got out of the vehicles and began to rescue the people living on the edge of Ancheng.
Last night, many buildings in the suburbs were destroyed by monsters and dragons, and the people inside who could not escape were also faced with acid rain. Fortunately, they could still carry thick blankets, hide in closets or under beds, and have some shelter, but even so, the strong acid rain directly corroded these shelters, completely burning people's skin epidermis and causing severe burns.
Some people who did not find shelter and faced the acid rain directly died, and their bodies were completely burned by the acid rain, turning into a mixture of bones, flesh and flesh.
Under the monster's attack, medical staff were unable to arrive, and only now were they able to lend a helping hand to the people.
I don't know who sobbed first.
Then there was more and more crying.
In the midst of grief, someone shouted first: "It's that dragon!"
"That dragon is the one that brought the acid rain!"
"I saw it with my own eyes. Last night, it launched its attack. The moment it started roaring, acid rain fell!"
"Kill that dragon! My mother is dead!"
"My son is dead too! Kill that dragon, kill those monsters!"
The survivors were completely out of control, and under the severe pain and the loss of their loved ones, they even started to attack the medical staff around them. "Why aren't you the one who got hurt? Why are my relatives dead, not yours?"
The scene was in complete chaos, and the official officials were trying their best to control the situation.
Gu Nian's heart sank. What was more terrifying than the monster attack was the chaos brought about by human hearts. Just as she was about to leave, she saw a person in protective clothing walking towards her.
The man unzipped his pants and revealed his face. It was Xu Can!
Xu Can did not evacuate last night, but stayed here to guard all night.
Xu Can did not hide his admiration and said to Gu Nian: "What a great archery skill! I didn't expect Miss Gu to be so skilled!"
Xu Can had seen Gu Nian's skills when she brought him into the city, but she didn't expect that Gu Nian could actually hurt the dragon. Now she had a higher assessment of Gu Nian's fighting ability, so she was willing to show more sincerity.
"The comparative study between the samples you gave me and those monsters has come out with results. Would you like to go to the research institute with me to take a look?" Xu Can invited.
Gu Nian didn't expect Xu Can to work so efficiently. She readily agreed, after all, Gu Nian was also curious about the result.
Leaving the Aurora Team to help on the scene, Gu Nian and Xu Can went to the Noah Research Institute together.
The Noah Research Institute in Ancheng is located in an abandoned factory park. Various instruments are placed in the high-ceilinged factory buildings, and each factory building is a laboratory.
Xu Can took Gu Nian and walked around the winding road and entered a small factory building at the innermost part.
There was only one female researcher here. She wore thick glasses and flowery clothes. To be honest, she looked like an ordinary country girl.
But Gu Nian would not underestimate her. Having dealt with Noah for such a long time, she already knew how powerful Researcher Noah was.
"This is Zhang Xiaohong," Xu Can introduced.
"Hello, my name is Gu Nian." Gu Nian said.
Xu Can added, "Xiaohong, the control group sample in your hand was given by Miss Gu. Now that the research results are out, you should tell her about them as well."
Zhang Xiaohong pushed up her glasses and said, "The samples that Miss Gu sent over are all human tissues, but their DNA has all mutated, causing these humans to become monsters. The one that induced the DNA mutation is a strange bacterium. After infection, this bacterium will integrate its own genetic gene fragments into the DNA clock of human cells, eventually inducing mutation."
"And the same bacteria was detected in the monster tissues found outside Ancheng City. Therefore, we have reason to speculate that the monsters outside Ancheng City are ordinary evolved beasts that have been mutated after bacteria have integrated their gene fragments."
"To put it simply, the monsters outside of Ancheng and the humans who turned into monsters in Yangcheng suffered from the same source of mutation."
Source of variation?
Gu Nian suddenly remembered the black liquid that Tian Jiaoyang made the members of the Besilda sect drink.
She blurted out: "It's the black liquid!"
"Black liquid? What is that?" Zhang Xiaohong asked, frowning.
Gu Nian told Xu Can and Zhang Xiaohong in detail the scene of the mutation of the members of the Bethida sect.
Zhang Xiaohong's eyes lit up and she said, "Your speculation makes sense! The black liquid should contain the bacteria that induce mutations!"
It seems that the Besilida sect, or Tian Jiaoyang and the Planetary Axis, have really arrived in Ancheng!
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