The True Cataclysm Has Arrived!

Evening, 6:30 PM!

[Emergency News! Across all major regions of the country, after the mysterious aurora swept across the Star Blue Continent, numerous creatures have mutated into terrifying monsters. This mutation should only occur in creatures with special constitutions under the aurora's influence. During this period, the public is urged to keep all doors and windows shut. Do not go outside. Do not go outside!]

As time passed, Mutated Monsters continued to appear. The Hidden Dragon Empire reacted swiftly and immediately released this most urgent news bulletin.

The moment this news from the Hidden Dragon Empire came out, it swept across every major online platform.

Had the aurora not appeared earlier, people would never have believed it. Even so, they remained half-convinced and half-doubtful.

But as people around them began mutating into monsters one after another, all kinds of videos were uploaded to online platforms.

"Is the apocalypse coming?"

"Supplies! When the apocalypse comes, supplies are what matter most!"

"There's still time—hurry up and stockpile supplies!"

"Damn it! The apocalypse is really here! I saw my Dad mutate into a monster with my own eyes. I'm hiding under the bed right now, barely daring to breathe. What do I do?"

All 1.4 billion people of the Hidden Dragon Empire... panicked. Every supermarket was packed with crowds frantically scrambling for grain, frozen food, and other supplies.

In every major city across the country, terrified and despairing cries could be heard everywhere.

From time to time, grotesque monsters could be seen roaring as they hunted humans down.

Screams and shouts echoed through one bustling city after another.

Some people fleeing for their lives suddenly began foaming at the mouth as they ran. Then their entire heads split open, growing into grotesque, eyeless heads with huge, bloody mouths.

As their heads mutated, their bodies swelled as well. Tentacles grew from their backs, eyes sprouted from their chests, and a bizarre layer of scales covered their bodies.

The instant this person completed their mutation, the tentacles behind them shot out and wrapped around their former companions. Amid heart-rending screams, their chrysanthemum-like head, covered in tentacles and fangs, swallowed them bite by bite.

Such horrifying scenes unfolded in every city and on every street across the country.

Some trees had all their branches and leaves instantly wither and fall away, only for grotesque, eye-covered tentacles to grow out one after another. Whenever humans passed by, they were immediately ensnared and devoured.

The true cataclysm had arrived!

"Tut, tut. This was hell. Surviving for eight years in my previous life hadn't been easy at all."

Inside the chairman's office of the Huangtian Group building, Gu Qijue looked down over the entire city from the hundredth floor through the enormous floor-to-ceiling window.

Every street and residential complex was filled with all kinds of disgusting, grotesque monsters—mutated humans, mutated animals, and mutated plants—hunting down batch after batch of humans.

Four monster corpses lay in the office.

Gu Qijue held a Katana in his hand.

This blade was no ordinary weapon. It had been custom-made at great expense by the chairman of Huangtian Group. It had once been used in a livestream to chop iron; no matter how hard it was swung, the Katana's edge never rolled. It remained sharp enough to slice through hair as if it were mud.

Gu Qijue had come here precisely for this Katana.

The monsters were too disgusting. He simply could not bring himself to fight them barehanded.

Though he had the ability to do so.

"Master, should we first seize some supplies, or deal with the Monkey King at the zoo in this city first?"

Xiao Yao's voice rang out in Gu Qijue's mind.

"Ahhh!!"

Just then, a woman's scream came from outside the door.

Then a woman wearing professional office attire, with a perfect face and figure, screamed as she rushed into the office and slammed the door shut in a fluster.

After doing all that, she collapsed limply onto the floor. Her voluptuous body trembled slightly, and her face was filled with despair.

"Ah! You are..."

Only then did she notice that there was actually a stranger in the chairman's office.

She also saw the four monster corpses lying there.

Gu Qijue gave the woman an indifferent glance and strode toward the door.

Seeing this, the woman scrambled to one side, staring at him in terror.

Meanwhile, she secretly thought, Can I use this man to lure away the monsters outside, then get into the elevator and head to the underground warehouse?

On her way here, she had already betrayed several companions.

Now that she saw someone here, she immediately began harboring crooked thoughts.

With her looks, what man wouldn't be captivated by her?

Bang! Bang! Bang—

Suddenly, heavy blows slammed against the office door from outside. Roars could also be heard filtering in, making the woman's legs go weak with terror.

Ignoring the woman beside him, Gu Qijue walked to the door and prepared to open it.

"Don't!"

The woman cried miserably when she saw this.

Click!!

But Gu Qijue had already pulled the door open.

"It's over."

The woman, who had just managed to stand, collapsed onto the floor again.

Roar! Howl!!

At once, two insect-like Mutated Monsters raised their sharp claws and lunged inside.

Whoosh! Splurt—

Gu Qijue's Katana left its sheath. With a flash of cold light and two streaks of blood, the heads of the two monsters were instantly severed from their bodies, blood gushing everywhere.

The woman froze. Then hope burst into her eyes. She climbed to her feet and ran toward Gu Qijue. "Please, take me with you!"

"What the hell are you?"

Gu Qijue gave the woman a cold sidelong glance, sneered, and strode away.

"Don't, I... I'll trade my body for it. Please, take me with you, okay?"

The woman ran in front of Gu Qijue and began taking off her clothes, revealing her fair, luscious flesh.

"Get lost! In this apocalypse, women are the cheapest commodity, much less a worn-out slut like you."

Gu Qijue could not be bothered with her at all. He blocked her outside the elevator and pressed the button for the first floor.

"Bastard! You're leaving me to die! I curse you to die without a whole corpse..." the woman screamed in despair.

As the elevator doors closed, all she saw was an utterly indifferent face.

Every floor of Huangtian Tower had monsters, as well as survivors.

Gu Qijue turned a blind eye to all of them.

Human hearts were at their darkest in the apocalypse.

If you saved someone, they might not necessarily be grateful.

They might even stab you in the back.

Gu Qijue had seen too much of that during the eight years of his previous life.

The elevator reached the first floor, and the doors slowly opened. Four monsters immediately came into view.

Seeing someone in the elevator, they let out excited roars and pounced over.

Splurt! Splurt! Splurt—

Gu Qijue stepped forward and cut them down one by one. It was effortless, like chopping watermelons.

However, he knew these were only the weakest Mutated Monsters, so he did not let Xiao Yao come out and waste time devouring them.

It was nearly eight at night.

In the night sky, twin moons hung side by side—one a bright, radiant moon, the other a gray, massive moon.

"Master, where are we going?" Xiao Yao asked.

"To subdue an underground gang. One person's strength is limited in the end. The gang I intend to subdue has six or seven Super Martial Warriors."

Gu Qijue walked out of Huangtian Tower, raised his head to glance at the twin moons in the sky, casually cut down three monsters that lunged at him, and vanished into the night in a few flashes.