Chapter 1712: Chapter 1712
1712: Chapter 1708: Awakening 1712: Chapter 1708: Awakening “Has it started?”
The owl responded to Lu Ping’an, and this time, its presence gave him an overwhelming sense of pressure.
Lu Ping’an’s Eye of Truth allowed him to perceive a considerable portion of their presence on the island.
By the looks of it, even Lord Xiu Yi had personally arrived this time.
“Heh, for someone like us, one individual could be equivalent to tens of thousands…”
That was no exaggeration.
Top Life Series extraordinaries were armies in themselves.
Rather than laboriously launching beach landings, losing three to five-tenths of forces along the way, it would be better to air-drop a few top-tier extraordinaries.
As soon as they deployed, they would form a military presence.
And now, that’s exactly how it was.
Giant trees rose from the ground across the island, beast swarms surged in waves, and exotic insect swarms could already smell the fragrant scent of fresh flesh…
at this stage, high-tier Life Series extraordinaries couldn’t even guarantee their own survival and certainly wouldn’t hold back.
Especially given the plan, this area’s fate…
A sudden droning sound drew everyone’s attention.
Looking towards the coastline, a massive “black cloud” was speeding in.
Using binoculars would reveal it clearly—an overwhelming swarm of drones enough to make one’s scalp crawl.
On the beach, a countless number of unmanned crabs and unmanned boats had already landed.
As the small landing crafts reached the shore, their hatches opened.
Instantly, six mechanical dogs and mechanical spiders leaped out.
Quadrupedal, hexapedal, and octopedal mechanical beasts had already proved their adaptability and stability, making them particularly suited for complex terrains.
Offshore, naval artillery began its assault.
The first wave targeted all manner of giant sea beasts and coastal fortifications.
This time, Peepers in the sky had already obtained extensive intelligence.
All critical locations were meticulously marked, and the sound of continuous explosions roared on, every strike aimed at key targets.
Above the skies, amidst the drones’ black cloud, medium-sized airships and high-speed assault crafts occasionally passed by.
Deployed down to the ground were not just various objects delivering death, but also the top combat power of their own forces.
In decisive opening moves, the human side spared no cost, pouring massive resources… resources, not troops.
Few mid- to low-level soldiers or warriors were sent in for landing.
Those ordinary troops equipped with military gear—the true backbone of the human army—were largely absent.
“Deploying all-out within a limited scope?”
The stream of high-speed data flashed across the tablet in Lu Ping’an’s hands.
This quantum reading method was routine to him.
Through it, he observed battlefields ignited all across regions and saw intelligence related to his own targets.
The tablet exploded directly in his hand, turning into a pile of scrap.
This wasn’t caused by any fantastical attribute like characters from anime or games whose touch magically wipes out electronics—it was due to the altered physical laws of this peculiar world.
Even functioning at startup was already lucky for electronic devices here; survival for long was impossible.
Lu Ping’an sighed helplessly… then pulled out another device.
“Use it as long as it lasts,” he thought, as he quickly resumed browsing, watching battle updates across various locations.
In fact, rather than the Fishman invasion, it was this change in “natural laws” that posed the greatest destructive threat to local species.
Far-reaching impacts aside, ignoring accelerated biological metabolism, Earth’s temperature had noticeably dropped while humidity had sharply risen.
Even basics like natural metal resistance or photosynthesis had warped into bizarre and unpredictable variables.
Left unchecked, the foundations of modern civilization—its technological creations—would undoubtedly collapse entirely.
What’s worse, humans were purely terrestrial creatures and incredibly fragile within the Extraordinary World.
“You’re a level-one member of the Nirvana Plan now, right?
You should’ve participated in the Xuanwu Plan.
Even with steady improvements in species quality under various project provisions, if forceful exoticization occurs, 97% of the population will directly perish…”
The answer from Lord Xiu Yi’s avatar was even more grim and disheartening.
The black clouds in the sky descended, and every corner of the island nation was simultaneously under siege.
However, such attacks were entirely unprofitable—practically suicidal…
Right in Lu Ping’an’s sight, a drone suddenly plummeted, bursting into sparks despite never being attacked.
cough, it’s self-destructing so quickly?
Even with a defensive coating applied.”
The truth behind the drones’ crash was the same as the exploding tablet: erosion by exotic physical laws causing self-destruction.
Mere mortals could only die in such environments, while professionals could resist to an extent.
These drones had a defensive coating applied—a method akin to pseudo-pollutant adaptation.
Entering an Exotic Realm put them under its rules, leading to erosion as constants like metal melting points shifted.
The coatings theoretically resisted this exoticization briefly.
Yet evidently, the coatings had their limits—and in this environment, those limits emerged alarmingly fast.
One spark after another marked wasted costs.
Some drones failed simply because time was up; others due to shoddy coatings.
Regardless, these weapons were fated to become one-off consumables, unable to be reclaimed.
Explosions erupted everywhere.
Drones descended onto the island, dispersing on all sides, the majority carrying out indiscriminate slaughter orders.
Gunfire and explosives brought swift and brutal death.
On Lu Ping’an’s tablet screen, countless flashing red dots marked points of engagement.
The drones were the main offensive force, but also served as smoke screens to divert focus.
Before they were entirely expended, chaos would engulf the island.
Even the sharpest decision-makers couldn’t definitively identify the attackers’ priorities amidst simultaneous widespread assaults.
They were doomed to be consumed here, but only for…
Lu Ping’an bid farewell to Xiu Yi’s clone and initiated his own military presence.
It was a culmination of years of preparation.
Three years ago, Lu Ping’an could only boast of his eighth-tier rank as a Newborn.
But three years of devouring immense resources—including state-strategic nurturing (despite its cuts)—had put his accumulations far beyond most eighth-tier professionals.
“Go forth, my wolf pack…”
Lu Ping’an was sentimental—or perhaps—his wolf pack from the Green Planet had been with him for so long that they had developed countless mutations.
More so, through bloodline excavation, those beast species originating from planets with supreme divine beasts had already demonstrated extraordinary potential.
Particularly when Lu Ping’an discovered their compatibility with divine beast bones…
The wolf pack emerged, howling skyward.
It was not merely a beast swarm but an army.
Unlike previous organizational designs like “Knights” or “Kings,” this time it was an entire tribe—a collective viewing Creator Lu Ping’an as their deity.
The six-year-old Wolf King slowly approached Lu Ping’an.
Towering over seven meters tall, the grandiose silver-furred Wolf-man shimmered with divine light.
Its kin, some evolving from wolves into humanoid wolf hybrids, stood an average three meters tall.
Together, the giant wolf pack constituted a beast tide that was nigh unstoppable in most environments.
Dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands…
not even Lu Ping’an knew how many he had amassed (the numbers changed daily).
But today might be the time to go all-in.
“Attack every non-human entity.”
Lu Ping’an calmly issued the most straightforward killing order.
In the next moment, black flames surged across the wolf pack, and each roaring predator destined to hunt humans turned their gaze upon the Fishmen as their new prey.
And this was only a fraction of Lu Ping’an’s military presence.
As someone like him began seriously wielding his power, he alone embodied war.