For the next half year, the entire world was in chaos. Strange insectoids and evil humanoids were everywhere, devouring the world—cities, towns, and villages alike.
Dozens of smaller countries had already been wiped out, while larger nations could barely look after themselves. After the initial panic, the armies of the major powers tried to counterattack, but the insects were everywhere. The evil humanoids could not be killed with light weapons, and even heavy weapons struggled against them.
An invasion by creatures from another world would have been bad enough, but the crucial problem was that magical energy from that world was being transmitted here through the warped space. It caused all kinds of life on Earth to mutate, and nearly all of those mutations turned in an evil direction.
Who could have imagined that a ladybug that inhaled a breath of magical gas would swell to twenty times its original size and grow a pair of enormous mandibles? A city near the mountains was wiped out by those ladybugs in the blink of an eye.
Rats that inhaled magical gas grew as large as cars and evolved to resemble humans. They looked like ratmen and possessed self-awareness. Many cities had been destroyed by ratmen.
There were countless cases like these. Before humanity could launch many attacks against creatures from another world, it had to turn its guns on the mutated creatures of Earth.
Lu Yang was able to witness all this because the Underground City had a complete power system and a self-sustaining living system, and it could stay in contact with the outside world through satellites.
Several nearby military corps had moved into the Underground City and protected the surrounding area. With their heavy firepower, the Underground City remained unharmed.
During this time, Lu Yang's personal prestige reached unprecedented