"Boom!"
A burst of fire erupted in the distance, illuminating half the sky.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
At the same time, large numbers of anti-aircraft guns fired from all over the city. Like fireworks, they exploded in midair, blossoming into clusters of flame.
Chen Shouyi and Luo Jingwen had gathered their belongings and walked into the street, only to discover that the place had already descended into utter chaos.
Large numbers of cultists poured into the streets, staring at the fire in the distance and the aircraft belonging to Great Xia Nation.
Their faces showed confusion, fear, and unease. More than anything, their emotions were tangled and complicated.
Several giant monsters flew into the air in the distance, but were soon set ablaze all over by the cannons of the fighter jets arranged in battle formations. They fell from the sky like meteors.
After the cult occupied Donghai Province, it had paid little attention to technology and had instead deliberately restricted its development.
Life here seemed to have returned to ancient times.
While steam-powered cars in other regions had long since begun filling the streets, there was not a single one here, let alone the new generation of diesel- and gasoline-powered machinery, electricity, or communications.
Humanity's strength had fallen into a trough after the mutation, but it was now recovering rapidly and growing stronger by the day.
When nimble, high-speed fighter jets replaced the slow-moving airships and gained control of the skies, humanity's power took a giant leap forward.
"Bzzzt, bzzzt, bzzzt..."
A long chain of fire, like Death's whip, swept down from the sky. The nearby anti-aircraft guns quickly fell silent, and it seemed to have struck a shell as well, triggering a violent secondary explosion that sent flames soaring into the heavens.
The air filled with thick gun smoke.