Chapter 27: An Unprecedented Opponent

Lin Lei sat cross-legged with his eyes closed at the entrance of the cave, waiting for the possible counterattack from the family of giant Komodo Beasts.

Sigh, forcefully taking someone else’s house really did come with a lot of aftereffects, but who told Lin Lei to like this cool cave so much?

Even with the star shining brightly outside, the cave remained refreshingly cool; resting here was truly comfortable.

However, the longer Lin Lei sat, the heavier his heart felt, as if a force was squeezing his soul.

Lin Lei knew this was a premonition of danger, but he could not figure out where the danger came from at all.

He had seen carnivorous beasts on the Hebrew Continent—the large ones, the medium ones, and the small ones—and they were stronger than those on the Floating Island, but he could still handle them easily.

Since the danger did not come from wild beasts, could it be a natural disaster?

That was a possibility… Wait, a flash of inspiration struck Lin Lei’s mind; he felt he had missed some very important information, but he just could not recall it at that moment.

Lin Lei’s gaze wandered around the cave, trying to find a clue, and finally, his eyes stopped on Fuweili.

Why did Fuweili say she came to Blue Rain Star? Lin Lei frowned and began to recall bit by bit.

Memories turned back time in Lin Lei’s mind like a movie… Epic Beast! That was right, she said she came for the Epic Beast.

Listening to the name, it was surely a powerful guy; otherwise, a beast was just a beast, so why add the prefix “Epic”?

Lin Lei intuitively felt he had found the key to the problem; this matter was a matter of life and death, and he had to ask clearly.

Fuweili was currently immersed in a sweet dream; she dreamed she had returned to Apocalypse Star, and what surprised her even more was that the friends who came with her this time were actually still alive, and they were all smiling and greeting her. She dreamed that Lin Lei had also returned to Apocalypse Star with her; he was wearing well-fitted clothes, and after grooming, he was truly fascinating…

This felt really good; Fuweili’s heart was overflowing with joy and peace.

However, all of this was interrupted by someone, and the culprit was Lin Lei, who was dressed sharply in the dream but was naked in reality!

“Lei, what are you doing?! I was sleeping so soundly.” Fuweili’s tone could not hide her resentment; she had finally had a good dream, and just like that, it was gone. Anyone would be in a bad mood.

Lin Lei was in a hurry to ask her about the Epic Beast, so how could he have the mood to care about other things? He saw Fuweili’s dissatisfaction, but he did not have time to care.

“Wake up quickly, this is a dangerous alien planet. How can you treat it like sleeping in your own home? I shouted for you for a long time, and you still didn’t wake up!”

Lin Lei was completely depressed; this woman’s nerves were truly thick; she could sleep so soundly on the hard stone floor that hurt people.

Not to mention wild beasts, just having him, a grown man, here, and she was just so at ease!?

So it seemed all the things were left for him to worry about alone. Never mind, he had to ask things clearly first.

“Fuweili, what is an Epic Beast? Didn’t you say you came for this thing?”

Fuweili’s brain was still a bit groggy, and hearing Lin Lei ask, she instinctively answered: “You’re talking about that? An Epic Beast is just a very, very powerful wild beast, a kind of Epic Creature.”

Damn, could you explain it clearly? Lin Lei felt the crisis in his heart becoming heavier and could not help but press on: “How powerful is ‘very powerful’! Wake up, Fuweili, you are not in outer space right now. If we run into that thing, what do you think we should do?”

Lin Lei grabbed Fuweili’s shoulders and shook her, trying to make her recognize the current situation.

Now Fuweili’s brain was awake, and she was also a bit panicked: “What’s wrong, Lei? You’re saying we will run into an Epic Beast?”

…She was truly panicked; as a powerful individual, an Epic Beast was far from something a single intelligent creature could handle. If an individual encountered one, there was no other outcome but death.

In the current Galaxy, only the warriors of the three major Watcher Races could contend with them, and of course, they had to rely on Mechas.

Lin Lei frowned and did not directly answer Fuweili’s question; he said in a deep voice: “Give me a specific introduction to the situation of the Epic Beast.”

Lin Lei became serious, and there was an air of authority between his brows, which was condensed from experiencing life and death many times. The simple Fuweili could not go against Lin Lei’s submissive will at all; she obediently said “Oh” and then spoke out what she knew.

In this Universe, there was a type of creature that, for some reason, obtained powerful strength far exceeding the level of their environment. They broke the natural balance and dominated the environment they were in.

This type of creature was generally recorded in the epics of early civilizations and usually left behind terrifying and powerful legends, so they were broadly referred to as Epic Creatures.

Later, after research by various high-level civilizations, some commonalities were summarized. Epic Creatures usually existed on primeval planets and planets in the early stages of intelligent life development. They all possessed innate abilities to control Protective Force Fields and energy, and their physical qualities were at least one order of magnitude higher than the general standard of natural creatures.

Epic Beasts were one of the wild beast branches, generally mutated from a certain type of wild beast.

Lin Lei was greatly shocked; not to mention manipulating force fields and energy, a physical quality one order of magnitude higher was far from something he could contend with.

How could there be such a perverted creature in the world!

Lin Lei’s heart became increasingly heavy; he almost had a clear premonition that if he stayed in this cave, he would definitely run into that so-called Epic Beast!

This was the sensitivity he had honed through many life-and-death crises!

“Fuweili, we can’t stay in this cave anymore, we have to leave. I have a feeling that if we stay here, we will really run into that damn thing!”

“Ah, how could that be? Then where do we go?” Fuweili was made flustered by Lin Lei’s affirmative tone and lost all her own judgment.

Lin Lei did not have a destination either; he was just following the guidance of his feeling: “I don’t know, get on my back, we have to hurry.”

“I can do it myself…”

“Don’t talk nonsense! Hurry!” The pressure in Lin Lei’s heart had almost become substance, and he felt like he couldn’t breathe.

He didn’t have the mood to care about Fuweili’s feelings and carried her on his back in one motion.

“Hmm, legs are straight and elastic, chest is big” was Lin Lei’s first feeling, and little Lin Lei had a tendency to rise; down there was completely involuntary muscle, not under his control at all.

Damn, what was he thinking! Escaping was the priority. Lin Lei didn’t know if Fuweili saw his awkward state, and regardless of the star shining brightly and the hot climate outside, he strode out of the cave.

Once out of the cave entrance, he followed his feeling, chose a direction where the pressure decreased, and started running with all his strength.

In Fuweili’s eyes, Lin Lei had always been calm and composed; now, this near-loss-of-control escape made her face turn pale too.

If Lin Lei couldn’t handle it, it could only be an Epic Beast, and an Epic Beast was an irresistible legendary creature. Fuweili didn’t expect that she would have a day of being hunted by a legendary creature; it was truly a tragic honor.

Just as she was thinking randomly, from the direction of the cave behind, a terrible beast roar suddenly came!

This roar was like thunder and like a tide, galloping along the horizon, startling countless birds and beasts along the way. Every wild beast, no matter how tall and strong, competed to flee, and even in the air, one could faintly see twisted ripples in the air.

This was definitely an Epic Beast; the unparalleled might of this roar alone was enough to qualify it to be recorded in the epics of civilization.

Lin Lei’s speed forcibly increased another level; a gentleman should stay away from the place of trouble, and he couldn’t lose his life for nothing.

However, the fact greatly surprised Lin Lei; the terrifying beast behind him seemed to have a grudge against Lin Lei and actually came in Lin Lei’s direction, and it was approaching at an astonishing high speed.

Lin Lei had run for fifteen minutes earlier, but looking at the situation now, he would be caught up in two minutes!

He couldn’t run anymore, so Lin Lei simply stopped and put Fuweili down from his back.

“You run quickly; this wild beast is coming for me, I can feel it.” Lin Lei felt a stinging killing intent on his back like a needle; if he didn’t believe it was coming for him, he wouldn’t be convinced.

“No, I won’t go! If we die, we die together!” Fuweili’s head heated up, and she shouted directly.

On this primeval planet, she probably wouldn’t survive a few days alone; rather than dying in the belly of some unknown wild beast, it was better to die together with Lin Lei, at least having a companion.

“Heh heh!” Lin Lei bared his teeth and smiled: “It’s not certain who will die yet!”

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the fast-moving black shadow in the distance; he could see that this Epic Beast was a mutant of a giant Komodo Beast, definitely coming to take revenge for its family.

He had said that the cave was such a good place, how could it be occupied by a female beast with cubs; it turned out there was a big backer.

Lin Lei never regretted what he had done, and besides, there was no room for it now. Looking at the angry roar of this Epic Beast, that female beast should be dead by now.

This was the Law of nature: either you die or I die, the strong survive, and the weak are eliminated.

If Lin Lei had been a bit weaker, then after barging into the cave back then, the one dead would have been him.

Lin Lei’s eyes were bloodshot and red, and he said to Fuweili, who was already stunned with fear: “You stand aside, don’t get hurt.”

The System’s information stream brushed through his mind like a waterfall.

Giant Komodo Beast Mutant (D-grade Epic Beast)

Tail length: 8 meters

Weight: 600 kilograms

Physical Energy Level: 180 Standard Energy Levels

Maximum Physical Burst Energy Level: 20.6 Standard Energy Levels

Body Protective Force Field Energy Level: 20.3 Standard Energy Levels

Main attack methods: Pounce, Claw Strike, Bite, all attacks attached with 15.8 Standard Energy Levels of destructive energy.

Danger Level: SSS

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Lin Lei had the impulse to faint; this… this was indeed one order of magnitude higher!