CHAPTER 495: CHAPTER 279: TWO FLYING DEVICES (10,000 BLAZING EXPLOSIONS!)

Wei Kexue’s eyes shimmered slightly: "That time it was also marked as Level 5. Although the transfer was successful, we suffered heavy losses along the way. We hadn’t even reached the Wei River, and the entire team was annihilated..."

For a moment, Wei Kexue recalled many familiar faces.

"What kind of monster do you think is in Xilan City?"

"Jellyfish? Shark? Hahaha, anyway, it’s nothing good..." Wei Kexue laughed as he spoke.

Yu Yuheng also laughed a little, then quickly stopped smiling and softly said, "Professor Wei, I’m actually quite nervous."

"Me too." Wei Kexue looked at his trembling hand and also spoke in a low voice.

"Someone once said that I’m just a bookworm. Actually, I know what I’m really like; I originally just wanted to stay in the laboratory and be protected by others, even in the apocalypse, to be a bit safer..."

"It’s okay, I don’t think ’bookworm’ is a derogatory term."

"Do you think if we succeed, we’ll be heroes?"

Wei Kexue looked at the stormy sky outside the porthole and sighed: "Maybe... maybe."

Whoo-whoo-whoo~

Two Flying Devices flew above the clouds, already far away from the sound of gunfire. The fog obscured vision, and nothing could be seen outside the porthole. Wei Kexue and Yu Yuheng could only communicate via radio. Meanwhile, the Flying Device constantly attempted to contact the ground station, but communication had already been disrupted as they ascended.

The two of them became increasingly grave, constantly vigilant about changes in the surrounding airspace.

Apart from the roar of the Flying Device vibrating, the silence was terrifying.

Beep.

At this moment, the radar on the two Flying Devices suddenly flashed for a moment and then disappeared.

This unexpected change immediately tightened their hearts.

"Professor Wei, did you notice?"

"Yes, the radar just lit up."

Beep.

Just when they were puzzled, the radar flashed again.

This time, Wei Kexue paid special attention because he noticed that the radar didn’t just display a red dot—it was as if the entire radar turned red, like some sort of red transparent film covering it.

He couldn’t help but lean in closer while adjusting his glasses.

"What’s going on? Is the radar malfunctioning?"

"Zzzzzz..."

At this moment, all the communication systems on the Flying Device suddenly emitted a strong electrical noise. At the same time, Wei Kexue and Yu Yuheng suddenly felt as if the Flying Device lost power for an instant, dropping hundreds of meters in altitude like free fall.

"Ah!! What’s going on!" Wei Kexue pulled the Flying Device tightly. Fortunately, it was nothing dangerous, and he quickly stabilized the flight position.

At this moment, the Flying Device had just fallen out of a cloud layer, and the visibility improved significantly.

Beep beep beep, the Flying Device issued an alarm.

Just as Wei Kexue lowered his head to check the alert information on the flight instrument, his headphones suddenly erupted with Yu Yuheng’s loud voice.

"Professor Wei, it’s above us!!!"

...

Boom boom boom!

At 2:15 a.m., the battle raging under the night had lasted nearly eight hours. Throughout Xilan City, flames filled the sky, and the streets were littered with Snow Demon and human corpses, while the blizzard under the darkness became increasingly fierce. The air was filled with the scent of fear and death.

Thump!

Just then, a thunderous sound echoed above the sky, unlike ordinary thunder. It was like some enormous explosion of starry sky, instantly spreading out from the storm clouds and briefly illuminating the entire Xilan City district in white light.

"What’s happening?!"

"There’s an explosion in the sky?"

"What kind of weapon?"

"Look! Those monsters!!"

"What’s going on??!"

With the flash of white light, all the Snow Demons, Snow Demons, Winged Demons under the night suddenly emitted a piercing howl. The originally frenzied monster tide began to crazily retreat, the winged Abnormal Bodies flew away in the sky, and the ground’s monster tide withdrew massively into the snowy layers and sinkholes.

This bizarre scene left all survivors and soldiers of the Investigation Corps, who were in life-and-death resistance, completely surprised.

On the north city wall defense line, He Zhen watched the monster tide receding into the darkness like a fast tide. There was already a mountain of corpses piled several meters high beside the wall, and his pupils narrowed before he immediately picked up the communicator.

"Zhang Chengzhi, quickly arrange two recon teams to check what’s going on."

"Yes."

"This is He Zhen, the monster tide on the north line has completely retreated. Lao Zhao, how’s your side..."

On the high walls of East City, the Mechanical Corps’ Gatling cannons’ electrical sound gradually stopped, with hot steam emanating from the cannon barrels. In the canyon, the monster tide had completely disappeared, Zhao Yu turned to look at the sky. Even those monsters harassing the Dreadnought Level had vanished, so he also spoke over the communication frequency.

"The eastern city has retreated as well, Wen Zhuo, how’s the situation inside the city."

Above Michel Cathedral, Wen Zhuo hovered in the air, surrounded by hundreds of giant metallic frames and armor fragments spinning like a storm. The square was piled high with bodies, and besides this, hundreds of Nightwalkers occupied various parts of the central street—some in Dark Alley, some on tall buildings, some in the street center, some in the park—all covered in mud and blood, their eyes red with battle.

Even Zhou Wuer, Peng Peng, and dozens of Postman’s Nightwalker group stood on a pile of Snow Demon corpses, looking at the retreating monster tide with enigmatic expressions.

"Manager Zhao, all the monster tides near the central street have retreated just now. It’s very strange, it might be related to that loud noise earlier."