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nTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

nA Flying Flaming Beetle’s left wing was torn from its root, and fluorescent green liquid gushed out.

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nThe beast fell down while swaying in the air.

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n“Not bad, Chao’er!”

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nGranny Wang did not see the situation outside, but based on the energetic way Meng Chao fired the three shots, she could sense that they were good shots. “You aren’t much worse than my husband when he was still alive!”

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nMeng Chao’s lips twitched.

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nHe had been aiming at the center of the arthropod mouthpart, which was the greatest weakness of the Black Beetles.

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nHe had fired three consecutive shots, which should have made the creature explode.

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nBut he was distracted by Granny Wang’s chatter.

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n‘Are you on my side or?’ Meng Chao found himself not knowing whether he should cry or laugh.

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nA notification jumped in his field of vision.

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nSeverely injured a Flying Flaming Beetle. Increased contribution points by 1.1. Skillfulness of Normal Level Basic Gun Technique increased by 0.8%. It is now at 25%.

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nHow stingy, it just gave him one contribution point.

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nBut the feeling was still pretty great. His familiarity with guns grew a little, and his ability to handle them the way he did in his previous life gradually returned to him.

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nMeng Chao composed himself and fought at full strength. The more he attacked, the smoother his movements became.

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nThe strange flame shone, and notifications started jumping about.

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nKilled one Flaming Black Beetle. Congratulations on your first kill. You have contributed to defending civilization. Increased contribution points by 10. Increased Skillfulness by 8%. Current Skillfulness is at 53%.

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nKilled one Flaming Black Beetle. Increased contribution points by 1.9. Increased Skillfulness by 0.9%. Current Skillfulness is at 55%.

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nKilled one Flaming Black Beetle. Increased contribution points by 3. Increased Skillfulness by 2.5%. Current Skillfulness is at 58%.

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nMeng Chao whistled. He was completely in the zone now.

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nThe rising and falling of gunfire caused Meng Yishan’s heart to crawl.

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nHe was busy with work and seldom paid attention to his son’s education. He did not know that the high school students’ gun techniques had become so good.

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n“I was injured last year, so it was really hard for me to continue practicing martial arts and I decided to practice shooting more,” Meng Chao explained.

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n“Okay.” Meng Yishan nodded with his heart aching a little for his son.

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nAs the father-son duo and the other sharpshooters in the district worked together, the offense of the monsters came to a temporary halt.

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nOnly one Flying Flaming Beetle landed on a residential building. It brandished its sharp arthropod mouthpart, stabbed into the armor of the outer walls like a can opener, and started tearing at it madly.

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nIt only managed to tear open half of the armor when the crossfire shot it full of holes.

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nThe dense bullets ignited the flammable sticky liquid in its body, and the creature turned into a ball of flames that fell from the building.

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nCheers came from quite a number of embrasures.

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nMeng Yishan sighed in relief as well, and a smile appeared on his face.

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nBut Meng Chao narrowed his eyes. He continued to search through the area for the mysterious monster that appeared in the fragments of the nightmare he recalled just now.

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nSuddenly, he saw a large Black Beetle with bright spots levitating quietly in the dark sky shrouded by blood-red fog.

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nWhoosh!

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nIt opened its wings, but they were not transparent. Instead, they were golden. There were two profound spots resembling ghost eyes on them.

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nThe ghost-eyed golden wings were more than ten meters long. Every time they vibrated, golden powder spread out like golden flames.

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n‘That’s it! The evolved form of Flying Flaming Beetles! It’s the Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle!” Meng Chao’s pupils shrank as a terrifying name resurfaced from the depths of his memories.

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n“What’s that?”

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nThe expressions of the citizens in the embrasures, the fortresses behind the field, and the trenches changed drastically.

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nThey had never seen such a strange Flying Flame Beetle before.

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nTheir skins crawled at the sight of the terrifying ghost eyes.

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n“Superbeast,” Captain Li Dayong of Blessed Heavenly Garden’s Joint War Defense Tactics Team said through gritted teeth. His face was already pale white.

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nHumans were categorized into normal humans and superhumans.

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nMonsters were also categorized into normal monsters and superbeasts.

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nNormal monsters were just strengthened monsters.

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nThey were slightly larger, faster, had sharper teeth or claws, tougher skin, and were cunning as well as brutal.

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nNormal humans could win against them as long as they used firearms, worked with military organizations, and were not afraid of sacrificing their lives.

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nBut superbeasts were something completely different.

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nNo one had expected that Blessed Heavenly Garden would have such horrible luck. They did not run into monsters for half a year, and when they did run into monsters, a superbeast decided to drop by.

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nAnd it had just evolved, so it was a mysterious, inscrutable, unidentified superbeast. They had no idea of its weaknesses, its fighting style, or its attacking style.

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n“Gather all your firepower together and kill that superbeast!” Li Dayong gave an order and grabbed the communicator to start shouting into it. “We discovered an unidentified superbeast at Blessed Heavenly Garden. I repeat. We discovered an unidentified shell-type flying superbeast at Blessed Heavenly Garden! Please send superhumans for support!”

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nUnfortunately, the fog had descended, and spirit gas surged about. They created interference for radio waves and only static could be heard in the communication channel.

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nThere were monsters invading the entire city, so no one knew whether any superhumans who were all already in fights had heard Blessed Heavenly Garden’s cry for help.

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nBang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

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nBang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

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nBang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

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nThe citizens were no longer stingy with their bullets when a superbeast appeared. More than one hundred lines of fire instantly filled the sky.

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nThe Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle beat its wings and stirred up a golden whirlwind to avoid the first wave of concentrated firepower.

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nThen, it opened its four-sectioned arthropod mouthpart and revealed a gaping mouth. It spat out balls of red fire at the ground.

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nThe fireballs were like napalms. Flames quickly spread over the buildings.

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nEven though they could not burn through the armor, the crackling fire and thick smoke interfered with the sharpshooters behind the embrasures.

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nThe other Flying Flaming Beetles took the chance to break out and land on the surface of the building. They brandished their mouthparts to damage the external walls.

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nBut that was not all.

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nThe powder that fell from the Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle’s wings stimulated the normal Black Beetles who still did not know how to fly.

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nSmoke was coming out of many of the Flaming Black Beetles because of the electricity, but once the golden powder fell on them, it looked as if they had stimulants injected into them. It returned them some of their fierce nature.

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nThe black wave charged over again. A few of the high voltage electricity towers and automatic battle fortresses were pushed down. The defense line was in danger of collapsing.

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n“Bayonet Team, get ready!”

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nWhen faced with the aggressive insect horde, Joint Defense Captain Li Dayong tore apart his camouflage uniform to reveal his scar-ridden and built physique; his scars were left behind by knives and intersected with each other.

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nHe jumped on the infantry fighting vehicle and shouted loudly, “Citizens of Blessed Heavenly Garden, I’ve already called for reinforcements! The army and superhumans will arrive soon, but before they come here, we must make these bastards know just how powerful we are!”

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n“Attack!”

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n“Kill those bastards!”

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n“Let them see how strong Earthlings are!”

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nThe Bayonet Team shouted at the top of their lungs.

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nMost of the citizens were normal workers, white-collared workers, chefs, teachers, couriers, and food delivery workers. They did normal, boring, and dull jobs.

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nBut when fog descended and monsters appeared, since Dragon City did not have any walls, they became its walls, its warriors, weapons, and shields. They were also the last line of defense between their families and monsters.

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nThe Black Beetle swarm was only one hundred meters away from the citizens.

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n“Dragon City will definitely win!”

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nLi Dayong drew his saber.

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n“Dragon City will definitely win!”

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nThe shadows of weapons flashed.

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nThe Black Beetle swarm was only eighty meters away from the citizens.

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n“Humanity will definitely win!”

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nLi Dayong brought out a pen-shaped syringe and stabbed it into his chest.

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n“Humanity will definitely win!”

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nThe citizens in the Bayonet Team also brought out burning medicine, which was extracted from epinephrine. They injected it into their hearts.

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nAs they sucked in sharp breaths, their muscles started swelling at a visible rate.

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nThick veins popped up on their skin, and they looked like dragons flashing their teeth and claws. The veins circled around their extremely sturdy bodies.

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nThe Black Beetle swarm was only sixty meters away from them.

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n“Earth will definitely win.”

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nLi Dayong looked at the horizon briefly.

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nThe night sky was shrouded in thick fog. He could not see a single star.

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nBut he could clearly see their blue home planet in the distant shore of the ocean of stars. It sparkled brilliantly like a blue crystal and was staring at them from far away.

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n“Earth will definitely win!”

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nThe warriors raised their sabers, allowing the fearsome monsters from the other world to see the light of Earth’s civilization.

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nThe Black Beetle swarm was only thirty meters away from the humans.

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nThe defenders could already see the monsters’ sharp mouthparts and savage looks.

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nAt that moment, a series of incredibly unique gunshots rose from the residential building behind them.

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nThe Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle swayed. A large ball of golden powder gushed out from it. It was shot!

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n“What?”

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nRegardless of whether it was Li Dayong or the residents, all of them were incredibly shocked.

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nThe fireballs the superbeast spat out lit up the external wall of the building. Even though the armor was resistant to fire, there was still thick smoke and fire all around the place. Visibility was practically zero, so who could make such an accurate shot?

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nIn No.704, Meng Yishan shouted, “Someone managed to hit the superbeast, and the bullet seems to have come from our direction. I didn’t expect that there would be someone so powerful in our unit.

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n“A’chao, hurry up and bring your mom, sister, and Granny Wang outside. I can hold this bastard back.”

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n“Dad, you won’t be able to do it alone. Mom and the others should run away first. We’ll defend this place.” Meng Chao gritted his teeth.

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n“Enough with the nonsense and stop being a nuisance here. This is a superbeast. It’s not something you can handle!” Meng Yishan said anxiously.

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n“I know… what this bastard is!” Meng Chao said softly. His gaze was cold and filled with killing intent. Through the optical sight, smoke, and fire, he kept his eyes fixed on the Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle.

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nIt was this bastard.

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nIn his memories of the previous life, it was this bastard who had killed many of the residents in Blessed Heavenly Garden.

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nIt even injured his mother severely, which resulted in his sister walking down the path of darkness.

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n‘I won’t let you get your way this time.’

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nMeng Chao pulled the trigger again.

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nAt the moment the armor-piercing shell shot out, the muscles on his arms and shoulders twitched by reflex to negate the recoil so that the bullet trajectory would be more accurate and stable.

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nThe armor-piercing shell had runes carved into it, which gave it the effect of “armor break”. With spirit energy surrounding and pushing it, it could travel at a much faster speed than normal bullets. It tore through the smoke and flames with the intention of piercing into the Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle’s right wing.

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nThe Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle flapped its wings fiercely and dodged it by a hair’s breadth.

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nBut the bullet tore through a part of its wings, and the mark of the ghost eye on its right wing was no longer in a complete shape. It seemed to have been destroyed.

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nThe Ghost-eyed Golden Winged Flame Beetle flew into a rage. It let out buzzing screeches as it searched for the source of the attack.

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nMeng Chao cursed under his breath.

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n‘This bugger is flying too fast! I can’t kill it with just Normal Level Basic Gun Technique!’

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n“The superbeast is enraged. Let’s go!” Meng Yishao shouted.

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n“Leave?”

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nMeng Chao had a savage look on his face.

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n‘Flee, and let the nightmare come true?

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n‘Never!’

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