In the Unmanned Zone, the Black Zone and the Red Zone operated in two completely different ways. The Red Zone was chaotic; walk a hundred meters in any direction, and you were bound to run into a beast herd.
Before long, there would be two herds, three herds, four herds, more and more, like dumplings dropping into a pot, until they completely swallowed you up.
The Black Zone was different. It was silent and empty. Apart from the large number of mutated plants, there wasn't a sound.
Ironhide drove cautiously, slowly traveling along the boundary between the red and white zones.
His armored vehicle could force its way through most places in the Red Zone, but in the Black Zone, he suspected that once he drove in, he would never get back out.
Aunt Xiang stared blankly at the surroundings. After a long while, she finally said, "A long time ago, the urban circle looked like this."
"Back then, the radiation ecosystem had yet to fully take shape. Every place was bound to have an overlord that commanded all the radiation beasts."
"An overlord?"
High Engineer spoke softly with his eyes closed.
After a long while, Ironhide said, "Boss, I think I just saw a beast."
"Was it a radiation beast or a mechanical bio-beast?"
"A radiation beast."
"Then keep driving."
"Oh."
For High Engineer, radiation beasts were far easier to kill than mechanical bio-beasts. Radiation beasts had no heavy armored hide, much less built-in mechanical weapons. Their only reliance was their ability to self-destruct.
High Engineer happened to be their natural nemesis.
But once their level rose to B-rank, the situation was reversed.
There was no other reason. Every B-rank radiation beast was gigantic.
High Engineer couldn't achieve a perfect kill by striking its vital points.
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