Chapter 102: The Sun Breaks Through the Clouds

After staying on the Grand Strait filled with radiation for three days, all data collection was completed, and the order to withdraw was finally received.

Since unconsciously using a ultimate move once, Zhou Liming was like a deflated ball, barely able to walk. Fortunately, everything was over, and they could withdraw from this terrifying Radiation Zone, then return to the rear, without needing to worry about Fierce Beasts, nor this damn radiation.

Having changed from the fiercest person to a wounded man, Zhou Liming could only stay on top of the armored vehicle.

Withdrawing was different from being sent in; the latter required protecting the experts, while the former allowed them to leave this place at the fastest speed. The speed of the armored vehicle, in these places, could reach forty or fifty kilometers per hour. From the moment the order to withdraw was received, the armored vehicle left this place at top speed, and in just an hour and a half, it successfully broke out of this area and returned to where the Transport Aircraft were located.

Qiao Bingsen and the others were not so lucky and still had to rely on their two legs to walk.

The entire mission could not be called dangerous, but it was definitely a test of a person’s courage; if you had no courage, would you dare to go deep into the central area of the radiation?

Zhou Liming’s only gain was that when he was halfway to success, he reduced himself to a state like a useless person. Since consuming all his power last time, his body became completely empty inside, and his power seemed to have vanished into thin air; no matter how hard Zhou Liming tried, there was no reaction at all.

But there was one thing Zhou Liming could confirm: his power had not disappeared, but was lying dormant, because he could feel its existence himself.

Two Transport Aircraft were parked safely in their original spots, with some ordinary soldiers guarding the side. After the expert group returned, they did not wait for Kahn and the others, but boarded one Transport Aircraft, then took off amidst the roar, as the expert group would return to New Delhi one step ahead.

Staying in the crew’s lounge, the experts of this expert group did not discuss anything, and their expressions were somewhat serious.

Zhou Liming thought about this investigation and asked Wei Junshan beside him, “Old Wei, is the situation very bad?”

Wei Junshan had always been engaged in geological work, and his experience was considerable; he nodded and said, “It is very bad. Various signs indicate that the Earth’s crust is very unstable. The reason for the crustal movement on the Indian Peninsula this time is preliminarily inferred to be the impact brought by the Nuclear Strike, which played a promoting role. If this result is finally confirmed, the plan to use Nuclear Strike to eliminate Fierce Beasts may have to be stranded.”

In fact, for a Nuclear Strike, excluding the factor of crustal movement, a large price still needed to be paid.

For example, after a Nuclear Bomb with a yield of two million was detonated, the area affected would be at least fifteen to twenty kilometers, especially within several kilometers of the blast point, which would become a forbidden zone where nothing existed. The use of a super-large yield Nuclear Bomb could turn an area of dozens of kilometers into a lifeless zone, where even sand would be turned into crystals by the high temperature. The shock force would cross nearly a hundred kilometers, overturning and destroying everything that blocked it.

Although it could eliminate the Fierce Beasts within the explosion range, what was left for humans was a forbidden zone for life spanning hundreds of kilometers.

But in the eyes of politicians, this price was worth it. The reason was simple: if humans were extinct, would they still need to worry about any forbidden zones for life? The pace of the Fierce Beasts had further compressed the space for human survival; over a hundred small countries were directly wiped out, and most of the territory of the surviving countries was occupied by Fierce Beasts. At this moment, it had reached the critical point of life and death for humanity; if using Nuclear Bombs could give humans space to survive, paying a certain price was very necessary.

In fact, behind various countries, after a large number of experts conducted research and analysis on the data, they finally reached the same result as Wei Junshan.

In Yu A, this temporary capital, the family members of important political figures had already left earlier; although the top personnel had not left yet, the preparations for withdrawal were ready, and once the Fierce Beasts reached the city of Yu A, the evacuation plan would be started immediately. The existence of the leaders was just to give confidence to the soldiers and civilians on the front line.

Nearly two months had passed since the advent of the Fierce Beast Era, and humans finally reacted, starting to stabilize their position; a large number of defense fortifications were built, and more powerful weapons began to be put into use. For example, new weapons like laser cannons, which were not yet mature, appeared on the battlefield.

The application of neutron bombs began to replace traditional shells; this tactical weapon, which possessed the power of Nuclear Weapons and was usable, began to be manufactured in large quantities. Although neutron bombs also had radioactive contamination, the duration of their contamination was not very long, and the damage to buildings and facilities was minimal, completely within the tolerance range of humans.

What was humanity’s greatest advantage? It was wisdom.

Once the vast scientific system focused its strength, with huge human and material resources, many difficult problems would be overcome. The most outstanding was the maturation of Electromagnetic Technology; after miniaturizing the huge accelerators, its value began to be infinitely magnified. Electromagnetic Cannon technology leaped to become the most dazzling technological star.

The most headache-inducing thing about Fierce Beasts was not their powerful attack power and Form Skills, but their defense power.

Ordinary guns and traditional gunpowder missiles and shells were fine against Fierce Beasts below Level Three, but once facing a Level Four Fierce Beast, they immediately lost their effectiveness. Humans possessed a huge population; even if they paid the price of a hundred people to exchange for one Level Four Fierce Beast, they would still win this war for survival. But the problem was that now, even if a thousand people were sacrificed, they could not deal with one Level Four Fierce Beast, which was what made people despair.

But now it was different; the emergence of energy weapon technology began to let humans turn this situation around.

The purpose of this investigation was actually not so much to prove whether Nuclear Bombs were usable or not, but to give people psychological comfort. If it had nothing to do with the Nuclear Strike, that was best; even if it was related, it did not matter, as they would still be used when necessary. For survival, even if more than half of the country was in a Radiation Zone, it would not be spared.

Therefore, when the experts unanimously concluded that the crustal movement in India was actually the result created by twenty-five large-yield Nuclear Bombs, and this was sent to the hands of the top personnel, this document, which was so important, was treated as ordinary data and placed in a folder. If all mankind was about to perish, what did it matter if the Earth was destroyed then?

Of course, Zhou Liming could not know all this; he was just a somewhat special soldier. In fact, the number of Fierce Beast Warriors was constantly increasing, which started to make this special branch of soldiers with terrifying power become more and more ordinary.

For a country that mobilized tens of millions of new soldiers, wanting to create a Fierce Beast Warrior corps, as long as there was enough time, it was not impossible. Internally, the popularization of Fierce Beast Warriors had already been confirmed; as long as the Biological Research Institute perfected the implantation method of the Fierce Beast Gene, and could extract this Fierce Beast Gene in large quantities, the ordinary soldiers at that time would also possess the Fierce Beast Gene and become Fierce Beast Warriors.

After the Transport Aircraft arrived at the military airport in New Delhi, they were not arranged to return to the hotel, but were arranged to rest at the military airport.

Since Zhou Liming had entered the Fierce Beast Form, he was still only wearing a pair of pants, with his upper body bare. Not having bathed for several days made Zhou Liming feel indescribably uncomfortable, so after being arranged to stay, the first thing he did, of course, was to take a nice bath.

Standing in front of the mirror, Zhou Liming looked at himself, who had changed slightly.

Zhou Liming could feel that the cells on his body were changing every moment, just not as intensely as the previous reaction, but in a gentle way. But no matter how slow this change was, it was still a change; looking at the interlaced muscles on his body, bulging up piece by piece, they were already close to the muscles of a bodybuilder.

A person who was somewhat thin had now become a fierce man nearly two meters tall, which made Zhou Liming somewhat unable to accept it.

He turned on the tap, filled the cup with water, then squeezed some toothpaste onto the toothbrush; as he picked up the cup, the overflowing water was shaken out a bit. This was just an extremely common phenomenon, but it made Zhou Liming, who had been confused all along, widen his eyes and stare dead at the cup in his hand.

“Water overflows when full, water overflows when full, water…”

His heart skipped a beat, and the dark clouds shrouding his heart were suddenly dispersed by the sunlight, making Zhou Liming instantly excited. He didn’t even brush his teeth, walked back and forth in the bathroom, muttering to himself, “Water overflows when full, water overflows when full, why didn’t I think of that? My condition is not some damn radiation, but a manifestation of the Fierce Beast Gene accelerating its growth under the stimulation of radiation.”

The amount a person’s body could bear was just this big; when the amount exceeded the endurance, naturally there would be adverse reactions.

The Fierce Beast Gene, under the infection of radiation, produced some mutations, like a premature birth, allowing it to prematurely enter the next maturity stage. Because the cells could not receive such huge power all at once, under metabolism, division occurred, splitting into more cells to carry this power. Then, amidst constant reorganization, the cells would assimilate some other cells, thereby making the power in the cells become stronger and more solid.

The reason for the hideous scene was mainly that the split cells had not had time to reorganize yet.

If his inference was correct, in a few days at most, his condition would disappear and return to his normal state. But one thing was certain: the more powerful ability brought by the growth of the Fierce Beast Gene again had not disappeared, but was absorbed by the cells and converted into energy that Zhou Liming could use.

Zhou Liming could already foresee that the powerful Death Light capable of destroying nearly a kilometer would absolutely be a nightmare for any human or beast.