Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Please, save me
Rhine and Mengxin also woke up at E-rank.
Shan Ran received the most basic G-rank, but with the combination of her three abilities and the use of her weapon, she was confident that she could take on an E-rank opponent one-on-one and win.
Later, in line with superpowers, the research institute also classified nightmare beasts into levels.
The initial monsters that appear are all of the lowest level, G-rank, with the lowest defense and attack power.
Giant fire ants usually emerge in swarms. A single low-level fire ant is easy to deal with, but a swarm is troublesome and can even kill other monsters of higher levels.
Once humans learn to use their superpowers to cooperate, the team's combat power will increase significantly.
However, on the first day the monsters appeared, many people thought of running away the moment they saw these terrifying things, without any awareness of using their abilities and weapons to fight, resulting in heavy casualties.
A hellhound roared and pounced. Shan Ran rushed forward two steps, wielding his sword horizontally. The immense momentum sliced off the upper half of its head.
Several giant fire ants quickly crawled to Shan Ran's feet and began to bite her legs.
Shanran nimbly and nimbly leaped onto the head of the largest fire ant, plunging the tip of her knife into its head. The fire ant let out a piercing scream, and then more giant fire ants swarmed towards Shanran.
Shan Ran drew his longsword, used one foot to push off the ground, and leaped onto the heads of the two giant fire ants, taking their lives in the same way.
As more giant fire ants swarmed towards him, Shanran spread his wings and leaped into the air, then swooped down and slashed down a whole swarm with his sword.
A hellhound tried to ambush Shanran from behind. It took a few steps back, then used the momentum to lunge forward, attempting to bite Shanran's wing in mid-air.
A jet of water slammed into the hellhound's eyes, the immense force causing it to briefly lose its sight and let out a scream.
Shan Ran turned around and sliced off the dog's head with a single stroke.
She turned to look to the side, and Meng Xin smiled as he continued to smash the surrounding monsters with his hammer.
Meng Xinye's agility was even faster, and he quickly shifted his position on the field, walking the group of monsters like a dog.
He smashed the heads of all the surrounding monsters in every direction, flattening them all like playing whack-a-mole.
Occasionally, water prisms are used to strike their eyes; this is an action that can be performed throughout the entire event, assisting Yamazaki and Rhine.
However, Meng Xin was clearly paying more attention to Shan Ran's side, only occasionally sending a jet of water towards Rhine.
Rhine wielded the sword in both hands, his feet transformed into sharp claws, and wherever he went, the heads of the monsters were pierced by the sharp and powerful claws.
His swordsmanship was extremely superb. He used flight as an aid, and his claws helped him open gaps. With a cross-shaped sword, he reaped countless ferocious beasts.
Although the three had never fought together before, they were quite in sync for their first time.
These two types of monsters were of the same level as Shan Ran, and she soon felt exhausted.
So Shanran stopped her supernatural attacks, took a better position, took out her weapon, aimed at her target, and killed the monster with a single shot.
She would continue once her power bar was almost fully restored, and use her weapon when she ran out of strength. By repeating this process, her power improved rapidly.
Seeing that they had suffered too many losses on this side, the monsters that were attacking the villa area turned their attention to the other people in the villa area.
The entire villa area has thirty villas, and currently about twenty of them are inhabited, with as few as two people and as many as four or five people. Roughly speaking, there are about fifty or sixty people living there.
Nearly half of them do not have superpowers.
Everyone is now hiding in their rooms, trembling with fear.
Some people dared to look outside, and when they saw that someone actually dared to face those terrifying monsters, they quickly looked away when they saw the monsters' horrific deaths.
When the monster shifted its target to the people hiding inside the houses, they could only pile large items at the doorways and windows, hoping to hold them off for a while.
These monsters weren't physically strong, but under their continuous impact, cracks gradually appeared in the glass.
These intact panes of glass survived the natural disaster, but are about to shatter into pieces under the impact of the monster.
Finally, someone could no longer bear it and let out a sharp cry for help.
"Help! Please save me! There are three people outside. We have whatever you want. We have money and supplies at home. Please, come and save us!"
One of the female voices, distorted and piercing, was extremely penetrating and traveled a great distance. It was clearly not a sound that an ordinary person could produce, and it must have belonged to a person with enhanced vocal abilities.
Cries for help rose and fell. Shan Ran cut off a dog's leg, then turned and exchanged a glance with Rhein and Meng Xin.
Neither of them said anything; they simply looked at Shanran, waiting for her decision.
At this moment, the three of them were surrounded by the corpses of monsters, and very few of them were still alive.
Even the monsters have an instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm. Knowing that they couldn't catch people here and were likely to die, they basically all ran away.
Shan Ran took a moment to think, then nodded to the two men, signaling them to follow her.
She then went to the nearest villa, and the three of them worked together to clear out most of the monsters outside the door.
At the same time, Shan Ran said in a voice that everyone inside could hear: "We can only help you once. If there are any superhumans in your family, come out and face them yourselves, and learn to kill monsters."
If we don't kill them this time, we'll have to kill them next time. The monsters will only increase in number and become stronger.
After saying that, the nearest circle was almost cleared. The ferocious beasts on the outer perimeter roared and looked at the three of them, but were stunned and dared not go forward for the time being.
Shan Ran didn't linger and hurried to the next place with the other two.
"Aaaaaah! Don't go! Help us to the end, kill all these monsters!!"
Seeing Shan Ran and the others walk away without looking back, some people angrily uttered harsh curses.
Some people made up their minds, grabbed knives, chainsaws, or other tools that could be used as weapons, kissed their families, and bravely opened the door before the monsters surrounded them.
"Fuck you! You beast, come at me if you dare! I'll kill you!"
Upon hearing what Shan Ran said, one family immediately burst into mournful cries.
"Waaah! There are no superpowered people in our family! Please save us! Don't leave us!"
Shan Ran recognized that this was the voice ability user she had just heard.
Sound-based superpowers are considered superpowers, too. In the martial arts novels she read, it's called the Lion's Roar, which is very powerful.
She frowned and turned her head, only to see the front door of the house open.
A slender woman with delicate features walked out, carrying two kitchen knives in her hands. Behind her were an older woman and a man.
The older woman, her face filled with fear, pulled the younger woman along, her tone reproachful: "Wendy, why are you, a woman, getting involved in this mess? Wouldn't it be better to stay home? What will happen to my son if something happens to you?"
The man watched from behind, trembling with fear, but he didn't say a word.
Shan Ran recognized the older woman as the one who had unleashed the "Lion's Roar."
The pretty woman named Wendy struggled to break free but was not persuaded. "Mom, you and Aaron stay at home. My powers are still working."
What they said is right. If we don't face it now, we'll have to face it sooner or later. They helped us today, which relieved a lot of pressure, and I even have a chance to practice killing monsters. But others won't help us forever; we'll eventually have to rely on ourselves. Mom, let go, don't be afraid, go home quickly.”
He then turned away from the older woman's hand and slammed the door shut with his foot.
Wendy turned around and realized that the three people had been watching her.
She bowed deeply to express her gratitude, saying, "Thank you for your help. I will work hard from now on."
Shanran nodded. She admired such a brave woman. After accepting the other party's thanks, she waved and left for the next store.
Wendy watched the three figures disappear quickly, then composed herself and looked seriously at the approaching monster.
The monsters that had swarmed into the villa area have been largely cleared out by Shan Ran and the others. Now, there are only a few scattered monsters surrounding each household, which is indeed a very good training opportunity for them.
Wendy instinctively let out a low growl, then raised her hand and flung out two kitchen knives.
The two kitchen knives did not fall to the ground; instead, they traveled through the air in the direction the woman had thrown them, flying towards the monster's head.
She possesses metal-based superpowers, allowing her to manipulate metal.
From the moment she opened the door and stepped out, Wendy had a premonition that her life would never be the same again.
Shan Ran and the other two quickly explored the entire villa area.
Some people chose to bravely stand up and face the monster head-on, and even some without superpowers wielded tools and slashed at it.
However, some chose to cower in fear, refusing to come out even at the cost of their lives. The ferocious beasts outside quickly smashed through their windows and poured in through the gaps, instantly eliciting shrill screams from inside.
Some people only take up arms to fight when faced with such a life-or-death situation.
Some people were no longer able to cry for help.
Shan Ran and the other two returned home and each took a shower.
Not long after arriving home, Shanran received a video call request from Xie Qingheng.
A handsome face appeared on the phone screen.
This is a very striking face, so beautiful it's like a fairy.
So Xiaoshanran always called him "Little Fairy" or "Fairy Brother" back then.
Xie Qingheng had long, narrow eyes and deep-set brows. His brow bone cast shadows on his eye sockets, giving him a somewhat alluring appearance, but this was softened by his sharp expression.
He has a scar on his cheekbone, left from when he was brutally beaten by Xie Huaimin a few years ago. During that time, Xie Qingheng ran away from home, and the wound became infected and festered, leaving a noticeable scar.
The scars on his handsome face possessed a fragmented beauty.
There was no one on the other side of the camera. Xie Qingheng called out in a panic, "Ranran, are you alright? What happened to you? Are you hurt?"
Shan Ran appeared in the camera while drying her hair.
She had just finished showering and getting dressed when I answered the phone.
Her hair was still dripping wet, which flowed down into her clothes, blurring the color and creating a dark hue.
Xie Qingheng was stunned for a moment, then turned his head away, his Adam's apple bobbing.
They hadn't even video chatted since they met three years ago. This face had appeared countless times in his dreams, and now that it suddenly appeared on the screen, he felt a bit like the trepidation of returning home.
He didn't even dare to look.
"I'm glad you're alright, you scared me."
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