Earth's Light

A Flying Flame Beetle's left wing was torn off at the root, splattering fluorescent green fluid everywhere.

The beast fell down crookedly.

"Not bad, Chao'er!"

Grandma Wang couldn't see the battle situation outside clearly, but just looking at Meng Chao's spirit and energy as he fired three shots in a row, she clearly felt, "Not much worse than your uncle when he was alive!"

Meng Chao twitched his lips.

He had originally aimed at the center of its mouthparts.

That was the biggest weakness of the Black Beetle clan.

A three-round burst should have blown the beast apart directly.

But he was disturbed by Grandma Wang's nagging.

"You really are my dear grandma," Meng Chao said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Information popped up in his vision:

[Severely wounded Flying Flame Beetle, Contribution Points +1.1, Basic Gunmanship Proficiency Level increased by 0.8%, reaching 25%]

So stingy, only one Contribution Point.

But it felt pretty good, and he became more familiar with firearms again, the gun feel from his previous life gradually returning.

Meng Chao calmed his mind, went all out, and became smoother and smoother as he fought.

Amidst the flashing of strange flames, information jumped wildly:

[Killed a Flame Black Beetle, congratulations on completing your first kill, contributing to the defense of civilization, Contribution Points +10, Proficiency Level increased by 8%, reaching 53%]

[Killed a Flame Black Beetle, Contribution Points +1.9, Proficiency Level +0.9%, reaching 55%]

[Killed a Flying Flame Beetle, Contribution Points +3, Proficiency Level +2.5%, reaching 58%]

Meng Chao whistled, completely entering the zone.

The rhythmic gunfire made Meng Yishan a little apprehensive.

He was very busy with work and rarely cared about his son's studies, but he didn't know that high school students' marksmanship was so good now?

"I was injured last year, and it's difficult to practice martial arts anymore, so I might as well practice marksmanship more," Meng Chao explained in his spare time.

"Mm," Meng Yishan nodded, feeling a little distressed.

With the efforts of the two fathers and son and other shooters in the community, the monster's offensive was temporarily contained.

Only one Flying Flame Beetle landed on a residential building, waving its sharp mouthparts, piercing the outer wall armor like a can opener, tearing it frantically.

It had only torn open half a piece of armor when it was shot into a hornet's nest by crossfire.

The dense bullets detonated the flammable mucus in its body, causing the beast to turn into a fireball and fall down.

Cheers came from many shooting holes.

Meng Yishan also breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face.

Meng Chao, however, narrowed his eyes, continuing to search for the mysterious monster that had appeared in the nightmare flashback just now...

Suddenly, he saw a huge, vividly patterned Black Beetle quietly floating in the blood mist-shrouded night sky.

Whoosh!

Its wings opened, not transparent, but a pale gold, with two deep, ghost eye-like patterns on them.

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle's length exceeded ten meters, and each vibration sent golden powder rippling out, like a raging golden flame.

"It's it, the Flying Flame Beetle's evolved form, the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle!" Meng Chao's pupils suddenly contracted, and a terrifying name surfaced from the depths of his memory.

"What is that?"

In the shooting holes and the fortress and trenches behind the square, the residents' faces changed drastically.

They had never seen such a bizarre Flying Flame Beetle.

The eerie ghost eyes made their hearts palpitate with just one glance.

"Super Beast."

Li Dayong, the captain of the Tianfu Garden Joint Defense squad, his face pale, squeezed out two words from between his teeth.

Humans are divided into ordinary people and Superhumans.

Monsters are also divided into ordinary monsters and Super Beasts.

Ordinary monsters are nothing more than enhanced versions of wild beasts.

They are larger, faster, have sharper claws and teeth, thicker skin, and are cunning and ferocious.

Ordinary people can defeat them with thermal weapons and organized armies, unafraid of sacrifice.

But Super Beasts are a completely different matter.

He didn't expect Tianfu Garden to have such bad luck. After not having monsters for almost half a year, when they finally appeared, it was a Super Beast.

And it was a newly evolved, mysterious, and unpredictable unknown Super Beast, with no knowledge of its weaknesses, fighting style, or attack methods.

"Concentrate all firepower and take down this Super Beast!"

Li Dayong ordered, grabbing the communicator and shouting, "Tianfu Garden has discovered an unknown Super Beast, repeat, Tianfu Garden has discovered an unknown arthropod flying Super Beast, requesting Superhuman support!"

Unfortunately, with the mist descending and Spirit Energy surging wildly, the interference was extremely severe, and only a "static" sound came from the communication channel.

Monsters were invading the entire city, and it was unknown whether the Superhumans in the midst of fierce battles had heard Tianfu Garden's call for help.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The appearance of the Super Beast made the residents no longer stingy with bullets, and hundreds of lines of fire instantly enveloped the sky.

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle flapped its wings, stirring up a golden whirlwind, dodging the first wave of concentrated fire.

Then, they opened their four-lobed mouthparts, revealing blood basins, and spat out scarlet fireballs towards the ground.

The fireballs were like napalm bombs, and the flames quickly spread across the surface of the buildings.

Although they couldn't burn through the armor immediately, the flames and thick smoke greatly interfered with the gunmen behind the firing holes.

Other Flying Flame Beetles took the opportunity to break through the firepower network, landed on the surface of the buildings, and waved their mouthparts to destroy the facade.

That's not all.

The powder shaken off from the wings of the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetles also stimulated the ordinary Black Beetles that could not fly.

Many Flame Black Beetles were clearly smoking from being electrocuted, but after being contaminated with the golden powder, they seemed to have been injected with stimulants, and they actually regained some of their ferocity.

The black tide surged again, and several high-voltage power towers and automatic fortresses were pushed down, and the defense line was in jeopardy.

"Bayonet Squad, prepare!"

Faced with the surging tide of insects, Joint Defense Captain Li Dayong tore open his camouflage uniform, revealing his sturdy physique covered in scars.

He jumped onto the infantry fighting vehicle and shouted, "Residents of Tianfu Garden, I have called for support. The army and Superhumans will arrive soon, but before they arrive, let these beasts taste our power!"

"Charge!"

"Kill these beasts!"

"Let them see the power of Earthlings!"

The Bayonet Squad roared hoarsely.

Perhaps these residents are just ordinary people.

During the day, they are ordinary workers, white-collar workers, cooks, teachers, deliverymen, and takeaway guys, doing ordinary and boring work.

But every night when the mist descends and monsters appear.

Dragon City has no city walls, they are the city walls, they are the warriors, they are the swords and shields, they are the last line of defense between their wives, children, and the monsters.

The Black Beetle swarm is still one hundred meters away from the residents.

"Dragon City will win."

Li Dayong drew out his battle knife.

"Dragon City will win!"

A flash of swords and blades shone.

The Black Beetle swarm is still eighty meters away from the residents.

"Humanity will win."

Li Dayong took out a pen-shaped injector and pierced it into his heart.

"Humanity will win!"

The residents of the Bayonet Squad all took out the adrenaline-extracted "Burning Potion" and injected it into their hearts.

Accompanied by bursts of gasping sounds, their muscles swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Veins as thick as writhing dragons coiled around his extremely robust body.

The Black Beetle swarm was sixty meters away from them.

"Earth will prevail."

Li Dayong glanced at the sky.

The night sky was shrouded in thick fog, not a single star visible.

But he clearly saw, beyond the distant sea of stars, the blue mother planet, like a glittering blue crystal, watching over them.

"Earth will prevail!"

The soldiers raised their sabers high, letting the alien beasts see the light from Earth's civilization.

The Black Beetle swarm was only thirty meters away from them.

Humans could now clearly see the monsters' sharpness and ferocity.

Just then.

A series of distinctly different gunshots rang out from the residential building behind them.

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle's body tilted, bursting with a large cloud of golden powder, it had actually been hit!

"What?"

Both Li Dayong and the residents were quite surprised.

The Super Beast spewed fireballs, setting the building's facade ablaze. Although the armor wasn't afraid of burning, the smoke and fire made visibility nearly zero. Who fired the shot, and with such accuracy?

"Someone hit the Super Beast, the bullet seemed to come from our direction. I didn't expect there to be an expert in our unit."

In Room 704, Meng Yishan shouted, "Meng Chao, quickly take your mom, your sister, and Grandma Wang and run! I can hold this beast off."

"Dad, you can't do it alone. Let Mom and the others run first, we'll hold this place together," Meng Chao said through gritted teeth.

"Stop talking nonsense, don't get in the way. This is a Super Beast, not something you can handle!" Meng Yishan said anxiously.

"I know... what this beast is!"

Meng Chao lowered his voice, his eyes ice-cold, his murderous gaze locked firmly on the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle through the scope, smoke, and flames.

It was this beast.

In his past life's memories, it was this beast that slaughtered so many residents of Tianfu Garden.

It also severely injured his mother, leading his sister down a dark path.

"This time, I won't let you succeed."

Meng Chao pulled the trigger again.

The moment the armor-piercing bullet roared out, the muscles in his arm and shoulder twitched reflexively, canceling out the recoil, making the trajectory more precise and stable.

The armor-piercing bullet, engraved with runes and imbued with a "armor-piercing" effect, soared out with Spirit Energy wrapped around it, faster than ordinary bullets, tearing through smoke and flames, and piercing the Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle's right wing.

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle suddenly flapped its wings, narrowly dodging.

However, the bullet tore off a small portion of its wing, and even the ghost eye pattern on the right side was no longer complete, as if it had been disfigured.

The Ghost Eye Golden Winged Flame Beetle flew into a rage, emitting a "squeak, squeak" hiss, searching for the source of the attack.

Meng Chao cursed.

This thing flew too fast; with his ordinary-level Basic Gunmanship, it was impossible to kill it.

"The Super Beast is enraged, run!" Meng Yishan roared.

"Run?"

Meng Chao's face was twisted with ferocity. Fleeing in panic, letting the nightmare come true?

Absolutely not!