The first step is completed, and now it's time to see how the Jia family is progressing within this crowd.
Meanwhile, Jia Yan flew in the air, gazing downward.
His vision now extended far beyond what it used to be; he was no longer the tiny mosquito with a range of just a few meters.
The crowd below was peculiar.
"That giant mosquito monster is really following us. It's truly a bizarre phenomenon. Could it be planning to capture us when it gets hungry?" Someone below gazed at the giant mosquito above with concern. However, they were resigned; if they didn't move forward, the metal monsters might attack them at any moment. They had no choice but to keep moving forward to have a chance at survival!
At times like this, humans tended to bring out their potential. With Jia Yan flying above and the people below progressing, time passed slowly, and gradually, the people below became accustomed to his presence!
However, he still couldn't get too close. He could only hover at heights of hundreds or tens of meters.
The speed of human walking was incredibly slow compared to his flying speed.
Jia Yan flew while observing the distance.
Below on the road, there were countless humans, all walking forward, like an endless dragon of people!
If there were no problems ahead of this dragon, the Jia family should be safe.
Jia Yan pondered for a moment, then flapped his wings and flew upward!
"Look, that giant mosquito monster is flying away. Is it leaving?" Voices from below quickly faded as Jia Yan's body ascended rapidly!
Five hundred meters.
One thousand meters.
One thousand five hundred meters!
When he reached a height of one thousand five hundred meters, Jia Yan's ascent came to a halt.
He looked ahead at the road.
From high above, the human world didn't seem that large. The neighboring counties that seemed far away before were merely under one's nose. And the humans below looked like tiny ants, forming a dragon along the road, heading towards the endless path.
Reaching such a height changed the perspective. Just like Jia Yan now, his way of looking at things was different from before. Thus, he felt that the human situation below and this disaster didn't seem as severe as before.
He couldn't pinpoint it precisely, but he felt like things weren't as dire, and perhaps the problems within humanity itself could be more serious than the attacks by metal monsters!
"Thinking about this is futile. Anyway, it's not something I need to consider now. After all, I'm no longer human. My only concern now is to protect my family, and everything else is irrelevant!"
Jia Yan continued to fly forward with a simple mindset. His plan was to explore the road ahead and deal with any issues that arose. This way, he could eliminate uncertainties before his parents and sister arrived!
His figure moved swiftly forward.
With his current speed, covering tens of kilometers was almost instantaneous! Such distances were enough for the Jia family to walk for a long time, maybe even a whole day!
After observing the situation from this distance, Jia Yan decided to return.
But as he was about to turn back, his compound eyes narrowed slightly!
His vision could reach very far now. Even from over a thousand meters high, he could see much farther. What he saw in the distance, several tens of kilometers away, seemed different, catching his attention!
It was a silver tide!
Countless humans were crying and fleeing within that tide!
"What's that?" A slight movement stirred in Jia Yan's heart, and a strong sense of crisis emanated from that direction, making his heart beat faster!
This intense feeling of fear was something Jia Yan experienced for the first time!
"What is it? It's too far for me to see clearly!" Jia Yan's mind trembled slightly as he looked in that direction intently!
No matter how he looked at it, it felt extremely dangerous. Now that Jia Yan had undergone further mutation, his sensory abilities were vastly superior. His instinctive senses had saved his life many times, so he trusted them deeply!
"That path must not be taken! Going there is a dead end!" Jia Yan thought, realizing that he couldn't risk investigating and immediately turned back!
That distant place, which had once been a relatively large city, now exuded a terrifying threat, which Jia Yan couldn't have imagined before!
But regardless of how unimaginable it was, it had become reality. Now, the question wasn't whether it was real or not but how to divert his family away from that direction!
As he had feared, there were still cries of humans emanating from that distant place. And as he watched, it seemed something there had noticed him, and a slender object changed its direction, seemingly preparing to launch something towards him!
But fortunately, before it could pose a threat, Jia Yan urgently retreated!
Once the threat disappeared, it seemed to give up its attack and left Jia Yan alone!
That place was too far, and no matter how he looked, he couldn't make out what was happening there.
"What is it? Obviously not something human. Could it be the work of the metal monsters? Do these creatures have other characteristics?" Jia Yan felt a chill. There were too many mysteries surrounding these metal monsters. When he thought back, if he had inadvertently released or attracted them, it would be a great sin.
Was the carbon-coated result of these beings his fault?
"It's impossible. The metal monsters, with their enormous scale, would have appeared sooner or later, even if not because of me. At most, I've only accelerated their appearance by a bit!"
Jia Yan tried to explain it to himself, feeling immense pressure. Although he was no longer human, the thought of so many humans dying because of him still weighed heavily on his conscience!
He sped back at a fast pace, covering dozens of kilometers almost instantly, returning to the vicinity of Tan City.
The reappearance of the giant mosquito caused panic among the newly joined refugees below. However, some who had seen Jia Yan before managed to reassure others, calming them down slightly.
However, Jia Yan's arrival disrupted the progress of the refugee army below.
Some people had already chosen alternative routes rather than walking under the gaze of the giant mosquito, leaving their fate to chance!
So, some refugees headed towards other paths, but Jia Yan was disappointed to find that his parents and sister were not among them.
Those strange buildings dozens of kilometers away and the silver tide, if Jia Yan's speculation was correct, were created by those metal monsters. And the silver tide was undoubtedly the metal monster army!
At the current speed of these humans, if they didn't change direction quickly, they would be in great danger, and more importantly, Jia Yan's family was among them!
"No, even if I have to resort to some intimidation, I must drive them in another direction!"
Jia Yan gritted his teeth in the air. From this high vantage point, he could clearly see the silver tide, which had been far away just moments ago, rapidly approaching. The human caravan along the way was about to be engulfed by the silver tide!
Although it was still dozens of kilometers away, with the speed of this silver tide, it wouldn't take long to reach this place!
As for the human caravan below, Jia Yan estimated that his parents had left Tan City about twenty minutes ago. However, they had only walked a few kilometers
. At this rate, the silver tide would catch up with them very quickly!
"There's a fork in the road ahead. If they enter that fork, it will definitely delay the silver tide for a while. At worst, it will make the other humans serve as a shield against the silver metal monster tide. At this point, I can't worry too much. Even if more people die, my main goal is still to protect my family!"
Thinking of this, Jia Yan descended even faster!
He searched through the crowd continuously and soon spotted his parents and sister among the vast sea of people!
At this moment, the family of three had only walked for a short twenty minutes or so, but they were already sweating profusely. Especially Jia's father, whose legs were not fully healed, so moving caused him considerable pain. In short, they were moving very slowly!
"It's that giant mosquito! I heard someone from the construction project yesterday say that it won't harm people. It even saved many people last night. This giant mosquito definitely won't hurt us!" A man on the side of the road spoke confidently, reassuring those around him that the giant mosquito wasn't as brutal as people imagined!
But as soon as this person finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind sweeping over his head!
Whoosh!
A huge mosquito swooped down from above!
"Ah!" The man exclaimed in shock.
In almost an instant, a long slender leg brushed lightly over his head!
It brushed past a few strands of hair, almost terrifying the man to death on the spot!
The man rolled and crawled on the ground, and those around him reacted similarly. As the giant mosquito descended, the momentum it brought was unimaginable!
The man who had just said that the giant mosquito wouldn't harm people was the first to scream. And when he got up from the ground, he scrambled in panic towards the other side of the road!