Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 513 The Pollution Monster

The City of Glory, one of the largest sanctuaries in the wasteland world.

The closer you get to that area, the more signs there are along the road, until they're practically everywhere. They seem like unreliable little guys affecting the city's appearance, but nobody seems to care.

There are many slogans on the signs, and some even have the words "The Last Glory of Mankind" on them, giving it a Noah's Ark feel.

However, the further Tang Zijun walked, the deeper her brows furrowed. "Didn't the gods of the Epoch look down on these life forms? Why would they preserve a human sanctuary of this size?"

"Because this was originally their territory," Zorin stated bluntly. "How do you think the experimental subjects in the hands of the Gods of the Epoch came about?"

"In this desolate place, most of the shelters are related to the gods of the era. The larger the shelter, the deeper the connection. They regularly offer experimental subjects to the gods of the era—in their words, they sacrifice some people to save the majority."

"Is there really no one who can change all of this now?" Tang Zijun asked, frowning.

"They resisted, in fact, such resistance happened all the time, but what good did it do? Compared to the gods of the era, these losers on the wasteland had no ability to stir up any trouble."

Suolin sighed softly. After talking about these things, her usually goofy personality had become much more subdued.

"General Snowlock once built a Predator army in hopes of reclaiming his daughter who had been captured as an experimental subject, but the Gods of the Ages dropped an antimatter bomb just as he had assembled his forces. The bomb landed with almost no error, and General Snowlock and his army were blown to the back of the black hole."

"The mad scientist Dr. Zan Zhicheng developed the Beyond Virus, a super virus that can alter and enhance the human body. He joined forces with many scavengers to try to take over his occupied laboratory. However, the next day, his Beyond Virus formula was collected by the AI ​​and became a cornerstone component of the technology used by the gods of the era to modify the human body."

"The giants of Napoleon were unwilling to accept defeat. After gaining the support of many, they declared war on the gods of the era. After the campaign began, they completely disappeared. No one knows their whereabouts, as if they had never appeared in this timeline."

"After being exiled to Earth, the alien Cyanoid gained invulnerability through the Earth's core due to its unique environment. He could not only fly and traverse the earth, but also unleash lasers from his eyes. His power allowed him to carve through areas ruled by omnics, but ultimately he was compressed into a two-dimensional being, becoming graffiti on the walls of the Temple of Nature..."

"If you want to know, I can keep talking. Although I've lost most of my memories, I still have backups of this information. But I believe you already understand what I'm trying to say."

It is said that one should go all out, but one should give up after a second attempt and then exhaust oneself. The process of constantly reversing and failing has exhausted the wastelanders' drive and fighting spirit. They have become increasingly numb and have even lost their former selves.

The wasteland dwellers now live like zombies, drifting through life with the mindset of just getting by day by day.

Tang Zijun also understood the implication in Suolin's words and was at a loss for what to say.

Just then, a rustling sound entered Tang Zijun's ears, instantly alerting his contemplative mind. Although his body had undergone some changes, his powerful hearing and sense of smell remained intact, so the moment the sound appeared, he immediately looked in the direction from which it came.

Extremely subtle, dense, and chaotic sounds arose, like the sound of countless claws rapidly scraping and moving on dry sand, converging rapidly from all directions.

Hidden in the shadows of the massive wreckage, deep within the cracks, behind the collapsed walls, they shattered the deathly silence of their surroundings like lurking assassins.

Tang Zijun paused slightly, and with a flick of his wrist, a shotgun appeared in his hand.

"It seems the first wave of welcoming ceremonies in the City of Glory has begun," Zolin chuckled.

"I don't think this can be called a 'welcome ceremony'." Tang Zijun frowned, pointing her gun at the guy who staggered out of the shadows.

The outline that once belonged to "human" can be barely discerned, but now it is distorted beyond recognition.

Their bodies were a grayish-green color like rotting leather, covered with swollen pustules and ulcers, as well as large lumps of hard growth. Some of their fingers were abnormally large, covered with a thick layer of keratin, and their heads were bizarre and varied.

These creatures move in ways that defy the common sense of biomechanics, crawling with their joints bent at bizarre angles, while others wriggle slightly, their limbs emitting teeth-grinding sounds.

A low growl escaped their throats, their eyes devoid of reason. The moment they saw Tang Zijun, they became excited.

"The aberrant organisms, also known as 'polluted monsters,' are creatures with high concentrations of residual radiation and unknown mutated bio-energy. They are disorganized, but possess basic hunting and cooperative abilities."

Suolin was equally excited, and she glanced at Tang Zijun with a smug look.

"These creatures are a specialty of the shelter. They are rarely seen in the wild and only appear in large human shelters. They were originally human, but their bodies had excessive levels of black sun radiation and they were injected with too much anti-concentration serum. After the two combined, they slowly turned into this."

"The fact that these creatures are here means that we are very close to the City of Glory, because they were all driven out of the city!"

The silver bullet exploded with a deafening roar, interrupting Zolin's words and instantly shattering the head of the growling monster opposite them into fragments. The corrupted monster that was hit stiffened for a moment, then fell straight to the ground.

"Thank you for the introduction, Suolin." Tang Zijun moved the muzzle of her gun. "If the environment were different, I believe you would definitely be the best post-apocalyptic guide."

Bang bang bang!

A series of silver lights exploded, and the eerie limbs disintegrated under the attack of bullets.

Faced with Tang Zijun's overwhelming firepower, the corrupted monsters couldn't even get close; they were all blasted to pieces the moment they appeared. Just as Tang Zijun aimed his gun at the last corrupted monster in his field of vision, he suddenly stopped.

The finger that was about to pull the trigger froze slightly, and no flames shot out from the muzzle.

Tang Zijun stared blankly at the "little man" struggling to crawl out of the crack, her eyebrows slightly raised.

She was a girl who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old. She still retained a human body and wasn't as repulsive as the other monsters. Half of the girl's face was twisted and festering, and the festering was spreading from her left cheek to her left hand. If this part of her face were covered up, you could tell that she was a pretty girl.

"Oh, this is someone who was just kicked out." Zorin blinked and said. "See? This is what happens when you take too much Black Sun radiation. Their bodies will start to rot little by little, and eventually their brains will rot, and they will completely lose their minds."

The girl walked tremblingly toward Tang Zijun step by step. Her leg must have been injured, as blood dripped onto the ground with each step, and she let out low growls.

"Shoot! What are you waiting for?" Suolin looked up at Tang Zijun.

Tang Zijun frowned slightly and slowly put down the shotgun in her hand.

He could tell that the girl in front of him hadn't completely lost her mind. Eyes don't lie; although her eyes were filled with fear, they still held a sliver of relief. She wanted him to relieve her pain.

Tang Zijun frowned deeply, ignoring Suolin in her arms, and instead took out the card of the God of Time and Space, and suddenly unleashed its power on the girl opposite her.

The next moment, a colorful halo shot out and instantly hit the girl's body.

The girl closed her eyes contentedly at the sight, awaiting death; she had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

She originally thought she would die at the hands of other corrupted monsters, but those guys seemed to treat her as one of their own. So she tried to jump off the rift to commit suicide, but her body was no longer human. Even jumping from a height of more than ten meters, she only broke one leg.

And now, she can finally end it all.

The girl waited quietly.

However, the expected death did not come. On the contrary, she felt warm all over her body, and the pain in all parts of her body began to disappear rapidly, replaced by a continuous feeling of strength.

The girl opened her eyes in surprise and looked down to find that the festering sore on her left hand was disappearing rapidly, replaced by fair skin.

The girl's entire body underwent drastic changes under the light, not only because of the festering flesh caused by the black sun radiation, but even her severed leg was recovering in an unusual way.

At the same time, her height was also shrinking, and in just a few seconds, she became a head shorter.

His disheveled hair began to shorten, his filthy face became clean again, and the blind eye on his left cheek regained its vitality. His pupils shone with an incredible strangeness.

Seeing the visible changes in the girl, Suolin stared blankly.

After a moment, she twitched her lips.

"Congratulations, Wolf Rider, you have successfully conquered the challenge of 'immortality'."