Ye Tongyu and Zhang Shiming, two college students, were walking downstairs. They were still struggling students without the luxury of owning a car, so they were preparing to wait for the bus.
"I find that little girl strange. She seems to know that the giant mosquito creature is just a façade," analyzed Ye Tongyu, referring to what Jia Lin had said earlier.
"I agree. She seems to understand that giant mosquito better than we do. Sometimes, it feels like she's had contact with the mosquito," Zhang Shiming chimed in.
Just behind them, a figure with a slight limp appeared slowly.
"Excuse me, I hope you two won't approach that girl again in the future."
It was a man with a bearded face, rugged and sturdy.
The man's expression was indifferent as he approached the two college students.
Upon seeing this man, Zhang Shiming's face turned pale with shock. Despite having studied combat martial arts with so-called experts, he had never encountered someone with such a killing intent. The man seemed to exude a tremendous aura of hostility, only recognizable by skilled martial artists like Zhang Shiming.
"This gentleman seems quite sensitive!" The bearded man looked somewhat surprised at Zhang Shiming. It seemed this college student wasn't just an ordinary person; he had some discernment.
"What gives you the right to tell us to stay away from that girl?" It was Ye Tongyu who asked, her expression showing some annoyance as she couldn't discern what kind of person the bearded man was due to being an ordinary person.
"Tongyu, let's not argue!" Zhang Shiming quickly pulled Ye Tongyu. Sensing the hostility emanating from the bearded man, he had no confidence in resisting and immediately pulled the girl who was about to speak.
"We're sorry, we won't appear in front of Jia Lin again!"
With that said, he hurriedly pulled Ye Tongyu away.
The bearded man looked on indifferently from behind. He believed that if the young man truly understood the aura of hostility emanating from him, he wouldn't be so foolish as to come back and seek death again.
The response of the two college students to the situation is not discussed. Neither is how the young man with glasses who went upstairs spoke to Jia Lin about these matters. Only Jia Yan, currently flying in the air, rapidly descending.
His current base was the town where he had stayed before.
This town no longer had any human presence. The scene of the giant mosquito's appearance earlier had prompted the prepared residents to pick up their belongings and join the exodus.
Jia Yan was pleased with this outcome. After all, outside the major cities at this time, many places were not safe. Scaring these people away might have saved their lives, who knows?
Descending swiftly.
The previous battles had left Jia Yan somewhat weary.
He carefully collected the bluish-gray pebbles he had harvested this time, one by one, and then found a relatively safe place to conceal them.
"The harvest this time is only about one-tenth of what I need. It seems I'll need to work even harder in the future."
Jia Yan estimated his harvest. Accustomed to rapid strength improvement, he couldn't bear such a long process of improvement.
"Perhaps I should change my approach. Although these bluish-gray pebbles are precious, when I fought against the army of metal monsters last time, I inflicted heavy casualties on them. If I encounter a smaller group of one or two hundred metal monsters in the future, perhaps I should consider using these bluish-gray pebbles to completely eliminate them. The rewards from such an action might be greater!"
Jia Yan pondered over a new attack strategy.
When he fought against a thousand metal monsters last time, if their numbers were fewer, he might have been able to annihilate them all.
So, if there were only a hundred or so of them, should he consider using the bluish-gray pebbles to wipe them out completely and then calculate whether the gains outweighed the costs?
Having considered this, Jia Yan once again took out some bluish-gray pebbles. It seemed impossible to achieve his goals without some experimentation!
No pain, no gain!
Here, Jia Yan engaged in repeated battles with the metal monsters.
The country of Huaxia as well as other human countries in the world were currently engaged in bitter struggles!
Another entity caught up in the bitter struggle was:
While Jia Yan was still fighting,
A disc-shaped object was flying in the sky!
Behind it was another object that looked like a long rod!
If any humans saw these two objects, they would surely be astonished. Because the most widely circulated objects in the world, apart from the UFO representing the disc-shaped flying saucer ahead, were the unidentified flying objects resembling the "flying rods" behind!
Zzzzzt!
White lightning-like objects were shot out from the front end of the flying rod.
The disc in front was dodging in a very precarious manner. Both sides were moving at extremely high speeds, almost reaching speeds that were invisible to the naked eye, making maneuvers in the air that even Jia Yan would find incredible.
The flying rod behind seemed to be in excellent condition, while the disc in front was in a sorry state. Its figure in the air continuously made a series of movements, but several times it narrowly avoided being hit by the white light emitted by the flying rod from behind.
However, it still managed to escape unscathed!
Both sides were moving at speeds that were at least five times faster than the speed of sound, almost like streaks of light in the sky.
Chasing and evading, they created countless light and shadow effects in the air.
If any humans saw the heavily damaged disc, they would surely recognize it as the one that had appeared in the media before. However, it seemed even more damaged now than when it was first publicized.
The two sides continued to attack and kill each other along the way, with the disc being decidedly at a disadvantage.
Their path gradually moved from the northern part of the Huaxia mainland toward the south.
Oddly enough, it wouldn't be long before they reached the vicinity of Shanghu City, where Jia Yan was.
The giant mosquito was unaware of this. After resting for a while, it continued to spread its wings and fly into the sky!
The land below was still a scene of devastation, but there were far fewer humans.
Those who needed to take refuge had succeeded, and those who hadn't were almost all dead.
In recent days, the metal monsters had become much more aggressive!
Ever since they demonstrated their powerful interception technology in the Land of Wa, almost no country could continue to use nuclear weapons.
Only the Land of Wa couldn't withstand the attacks of the metal monsters anymore. Their capital, the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, had fallen even more rapidly in recent days. So, after urgently requesting help from the Stars and Stripes, the latter, after careful consideration, once again allocated a batch of nuclear bombs to the Land of Wa.
This wave of nuclear bomb attacks consisted of a total of twenty bombs!
For countless people, this barrage of nuclear bombs was seen as a lifesaver!
If a single nuclear bomb could be withstood by the metal monsters, what about so many bombs fired together?
If they couldn't withstand them, then so many nuclear powers would certainly ignore future environmental issues and launch a massive nuclear attack!
Just as the giant mosquito ascended into the air with some bluish-gray pebbles on the Huaxia side,
Dozens of red beams appeared in front of these flying nuclear warheads!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Nuclear weapons of various yields were struck by the red light and exploded in the air!
A super-large fireball.
Countless people sat down on the ground when they saw this scene.
In fact, before using nuclear weapons, various powerful weapons had already been used to attack the areas occupied by the metal monsters!
Incendiary bombs, napalm bombs, poison gas bombs, and various weapons, whether publicly disclosed or not, were all used to attack the areas where the metal monsters were present!
However, these attacks were either intercepted and exploded by the red light, or they entered the areas where the metal monsters were present and received no response...