Upon arriving at the North Lake District of Hazy City, Ahn Longling’s brows imdiately furrowed. While North Lake wasn’t a heavily populated area, there were usually quite a few people around—tourists and locals alike who ca to play in the water. However, most were wise enough to stick to the safe zones.
They had pinpointed this location through Eileena’s necromantic skill, and according to the information she provided afterwards, the entity capable of psychic parasitism hadn’t been wandering aimlessly; it seed to be waiting here specifically.
"It seems we have been underestimated," Ahn Longling glanced at the tourists by the side of North Lake. The Ahn family mbers had already begun to clear the area at this ti. The professionals handling the situation were efficient—local tourists quickly opted to leave, while so of the non-locals were a bit clueless.
So even wanted to stay and watch the excitent. For those who stubbornly sought death, Ahn Longling didn’t force them to leave, as Hazy City was not a city focused on tourism.
The place’s official influence, coupled with the power of the various influential families present and the Alien Phenonon hunting group’s contributions, propelled Hazy City to the world’s forefront in technology. Many technologies applied in outer cities had originated here.
In terms of economics, there was absolutely no need for tourism to sustain it. On regular days, many from the outer cities ca to Hazy City looking for investnt opportunities.
"Who knows, maybe that thing was so big shot in its own world, and now that it’s here, it looks down on us natives," Zheng Yichen chuckled. This seed familiar, sowhat like the fire dragon’s initial behavior, right? Except that the fire dragon wasn’t evil and fled as soon as it sensed sothing was off.
Then, it claid a volcano and plotted its dominion slowly. But this entity capable of parasitism was clearly not one for order. Judging by the foggy weather before, it has stirred up so much trouble in less than a week. Not only did it offend several major families of the Old Capital, but it even attacked camps of so hunters groups.
So hunters groups’ camps even had military involvent. In less than a week, this creature managed to offend everyone in the Old Capital that one could possibly offend.
And at this very mont, it still seed extrely audacious, planning to wait for them to co to it.
"No matter how important it was, upon entering a low-level environnt, it either gets sent to a lab or blasted to bits!" Ahn Longling spoke with a murderous intent. In a high-level environnt, that might slide, where beings are more pure, but being so audacious in a low-level environnt?
Becoming a target due to prominence isn’t the sa here. In high-level environnts, big trees have deep roots that can’t be easily shaken by storms. But in low-level environnts, what if the tree and roots are big? What does it matter? If the soil isn’t firm, even a big-rooted tree can be toppled by a strong wind. And this strong wind’s na is the power of science and technology.
Since the opponent has chosen North Lake, if necessary, the Ahn family could deploy heavy weaponry to bombard the location forcefully.
"Maybe that thing is tough to kill, so it’s beco brazen," Zheng Yichen said, "Being able to parasite onto a person’s psyche ans that even if the controlled body is killed, it can survive in other ways."
Ahn Longling nodded, "There has to be a range for parasitism, and..."
Before she could finish, an anomaly erged in the distance. So tourists from the outer city scread at the sight of the agitated lake surface. They realized sothing was amiss and wanted to run, but the site was already sealed off.
There was no chance to leave. Considering the possibility that the target had influenced those tourists, Ahn Longling decided they weren’t going to get the chance to leave now; they would remain at the relocation site for now.
The tourists taken to the relocation site anxiously watched the ard personnel surrounding them. The firearms held by these personnel ensured everyone remained docile. There were no troublemakers willing or daring to step forward at this ti.
At the center of North Lake, two helicopters monitored the disturbances in the lake, reporting updates in real-ti. The images they observed were transmitted back to Ahn Longling.
A giant ’creature’ erged from the center of the lake, which gave Zheng Yichen a feeling of returning to his childhood. Was that thing a zombie T-rex beast?
Uh, although it wasn’t a dragon bone, its size was much larger than that of a fire dragon, probably so sort of special behemoth. As the thing surfaced from the water, its bones were still entangled with seaweed and what seed to be newly grown rotten flesh.
"Attack!" Ahn Longling said decisively, not waiting for the monster that had erged from the water to act first. She imdiately gave the order to attack. The scouting helicopter promptly engaged its mounted weapons, firing two shells that hit the monster, and after the explosion, charred spots and cracks appeared on the creature’s skeleton.
The helicopter pilot showed a look of astonishnt, "Is it really that sturdy?"
He had seen so bulletproof and bombproof materials, but the shells mounted on the helicopter weren’t grenades. To withstand two shells without being shattered, that was no longer a comparison to ordinary bombproof materials. Could such a thing really be lurking underneath North Lake?
Bang—
A crisp sound rang out, and the helicopter pilot glanced at the window. The instrunts next to him showed that the helicopter had experienced a minor collision, yet nothing substantial was detected. The pilot calmly picked up the communicator and reported, "Report, we have been hit by an abnormal invisible attack, suspected to be so kind of ntal influence."
Ahn Longling’s voice ca through the communicator, "Increase the distance, test the range of this attack."
"Received." The pilot calmly increased the altitude of the helicopter’s flight. He was a combatant from the Ahn family’s local forces and had resolved many abnormal incidents in the area with Ahn Longling. He could leave the group and beco an experienced hunter on his own.
The more experiences one has, the calr one becos. As for the current encounter, it wasn’t unexpected. When they set out, they had already learned so information about the target.
The helicopter he was flying was coated with an insulating layer, specifically to resist ntal influences, and the glass used was similar to the material used for containnt vessels.
"You haven’t discovered this thing under North Lake before?" Zheng Yichen said as he watched the colossal creature rise from the lake, feeling it was outrageous. It was possible to encounter behemoths in low environnts, like the sandworm in the last world.
Although the sandworm didn’t possess any special powers, its imnse size and the hallucinogenic powder made it nearly invincible in that environnt. The gigantic skeleton in North Lake, though not as exaggerated, still had top-notch specifications.
For such a thing to be under North Lake, and for the local forces of Hazy City to have not discovered it was unbelievable. If this thing ca to this world through an Alien Phenonon, even if it drowned, it would have caused a significant commotion, wouldn’t it?
"...No, North Lake has been around for much longer than Hazy City. This thing might have existed in North Lake for a very long ti and is buried very deep."
"How did that thing discover this, no, how did it make this thing move?" Zheng Yichen asked curiously as he looked at the huge skeleton, which was enduring so bombing. The creature’s bones were extrely robust; they hadn’t beco porous despite being very old. Instead, under the influence of so force, it began regenerating flesh and blood.
But the power of technology, even in a low environnt, should not be underestimated. The bombardnt from the flechettes on the helicopter and so rockets on the shore caused nurous cracks to surface on the huge skeleton.
Seeing this made Zheng Yichen want to mock Hazy City’s customs... no, rather its peculiar nature. The Ahn family was not an official part of Hazy City; they just had relations and cooperation with the city officials. Yet at this ti, they could employ such heavy firepower, and they weren’t even that far from the city.
It was outrageous.
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