Free Web NovelChapter 444: Chapter 358: Single-handed Suppression
They were just two ordinary survivors, yet now they had suddenly become his equals—or even his superiors.
But there was nothing he could do.
He was the weakest of the three, so he had no choice but to bow his head.
Facing beings more powerful than yourself required humility. This was the law of survival in this world. As for those who were too stubborn, their corpses were long lost.
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Gloomy, leaden clouds hung low, like a curtain covering the heavens and the earth.
Suddenly, a straight white line tore through the curtain like a pair of scissors, splitting it in two.
Hu Qi sat cross-legged within the white light, speeding toward a certain direction.
Behind him, the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place vanished in the blink of an eye.
His gaze fell upon the Gobi Desert rapidly flashing by below him as the layout of this world surfaced in his mind.
There were countless gathering places in this world, dotting the land like stars in the sky.
However, based on region and ethnicity, the world was divided into four major sectors: East, South, West, and North, each ruled by a Theater Command.
The giant city his main body had swatted out of existence when he first entered this world was the Western Theater Command’s Steel City, a place predominantly inhabited by Caucasians.
He was currently in the Southern Sector, and his destination was the Pan Mountain Gathering Place.
The Pan Mountain Gathering Place was over a hundred kilometers away from the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place.
He had also learned some information about the Pan Mountain Gathering Place from those few people earlier.
Unlike small settlements like the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place, Pan Mountain had a population of around five hundred thousand.
That was nearly two hundred times the population of the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place; the two simply couldn’t be compared.
And in the Southern Sector, there were as many as nine gathering places as massive as Pan Mountain.
If he wanted to increase his strength, collect Runes, and perfect that unknown Talisman, he had to start with Evolvers and Wild Beasts.
Wild Beasts were too scattered, but Evolvers were a different story.
Generally speaking, the more populous a gathering place, the more Evolvers it would have.
Furthermore, and most importantly, to become a Human War God, one’s Talisman completion had to reach ten percent. This world was not lacking in beings of the Human War God level.
At the very least, each of the four great Theater Commands had a Human War God presiding over it.
This also proved that these powerful Evolvers must know about Talismans.
’Perhaps they even have records of different Runes. That would undoubtedly save me a great deal of time.’
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"Look! What’s that?"
Sand and dust filled the air over the cracked, desolate Gobi.
In a gathering place built from piled Black Stone, a survivor looked up at the sky.
His chapped lips parted slightly as he stood there, stunned.
It was as if he had just witnessed something utterly incredible.
Hearing this, everyone looked toward the sky.
A white meteor tore through the dim, yellow sky like a thunderbolt.
In that instant, a blinding light showered down, illuminating their dust-caked faces.
"That’s..."
A figure flashed into view. She was a woman in her forties with a mole by the corner of her eye.
She was the leader of this gathering place.
Her expression was one of shock, laced with complex emotions.
Compared to ordinary people, her vision as an Evolver allowed her to faintly make out a figure seated cross-legged within the light.
’Clearly, this must be some powerful Evolver just passing through.’
’I’ve only ever heard of beings of this level; I’ve never actually seen one.’
Scenes like this were not uncommon.
Survivors and Evolvers alike could only gaze up as the white meteor vanished from sight, their eyes filled with envy and awe.
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Hu Qi paid no mind to the thoughts of the people below.
He was focused only on pressing forward.
As he continued his flight, putting more and more distance between himself and the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place, the land below gradually grew greener.
If the region he had just left was a Gobi desert, then he had now arrived over a boundless expanse of swamps and lakes.
BUZZZZ!
Just then, the commotion caused by Hu Qi seemed to attract the attention of the Wild Beasts within.
The air hummed as a dark-red tide, like a storm cloud, surged up from below, blocking Hu Qi’s path.
Looking closely, he saw they were swarms of one-meter-long bees, each with six wings and blood-red stripes.
Each one exuded the aura of a Tier Three creature. A quick glance revealed there were at least sixty or seventy of them.
With so many Tier Three Wild Beasts gathered together, even an ordinary Tier Four expert would have to avoid a direct confrontation.
Upon seeing Hu Qi, these six-winged, blood-striped bees immediately beat their wings.
They raised their sharp stingers and shot toward Hu Qi one after another, like black arrows.
Their speed approached the sound barrier in an instant, creating a terrifying, ear-piercing sonic boom.
Faced with this situation, Hu Qi slowed slightly, merely raising his palm and making a grasping motion.
In an instant, the six-winged, blood-striped bees were frozen in place, a layer of frost sealing them in ice.
The next moment, with a casual wave of his hand, Hu Qi caused the six-winged, blood-striped bees to explode on the spot.
All that remained were small clusters of white light, hovering in mid-air.
He reached out, pulling them into his palm. After a moment of observation, he confirmed what he expected: the Runes from these same-species Wild Beasts showed no significant differences.
After casually analyzing them, he continued on his way.
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「The Western Theater Command—the former site of the Steel City.」
As the main city of the Western Theater Command, it had been large enough to house millions of people. Its factories were numerous, and its facilities were fully intact, rivaling even the cities of the normal technological era.
But now, nothing remained.
