[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train":3,"chapter-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-288":6,"glossary-terms-4414":23},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Apocalypse: I Built an Infinite Train",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2262052,4414,"Chapter 288","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-288",288,"\u003Cp>BOOM BOOM BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one in Xilan City expected that the first weird entity to appear after nightfall would be the corpse of the already-dead Abyss Worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the force of the massive collision, half of Zhongyang Street was instantly flattened; the black worm corpse shattered apart, its frozen flesh and blood turning to stone-like chunks that melted from air friction heat and shot hundreds of meters into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, rolling clouds of dust and snow-like debris rose like a nuclear explosion, blotting out the sun and sky, as if a colossal smoke bomb had detonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This earth-shaking tremor lasted over a minute; Wen Zhuo and his team rapidly retreated through the air, their expressions grim; when he glanced at the holographic battlefield screen, three of the thirty-five Hunting Team squads had vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Team 12, Team 15, Team 29, report your status!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Click click click...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the hum of static echoed through the communication channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the remaining thirty-two Hunting Team squads all grew grim-faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Team 12—Captain Zhu Jun is buried under rubble, we can’t find him—we’ve only got four left!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Team 29—I’m the only one who made it out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, voices came through the channel—but more bad news followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhuo stared at the glowing dots on the holographic terrain map, his gaze icy; he had anticipated mobility threats from the Abyss Worm, but never imagined it would be a corpse plummeting from above—falling with tremendous velocity, catching them completely off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How the hell did that worm’s corpse fall from the sky?!” Qin Xueming cried in horror—he’d never seen anything so terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need to wonder—it’s definitely the Cloud Black Thorn’s doing,” Han Jun said. “We dragged it to the northern outskirts, never thought it’d be thrown back in like this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It might not be that simple!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhuo looked toward the horizon, his voice sharp: “Don’t you find this stench unbearable?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, it’s foul!” Kiki covered her nose and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something’s amiss—this won’t end well,” Lu Xingchen said, watching the entire central district swallowed by thick smoke, a dread rising in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shattered remains of the worm, heated by high-speed impact, melted its icy outer shell; the massive ground impact sent up waves of blood and tissue, spreading stench over a radius of several kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was practically a biochemical weapon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, earthquakes continued beneath, while above, another strange sound emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like boiling clouds, like a sand bell violently shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a dense tide of black water surged from the clouds; everyone looked up and saw it wasn’t Winged Demons—it was something smaller, something like... crows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiki and Lu Xingchen both paled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—Corpse Crows!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight of this weird entity made Kiki’s heart skip a beat—how could Corpse Crows from Jiazhou be here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These demons carry parasitic worms that devour steel—extremely hard to kill, only fire works!” Lu Xingchen said grimly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?!” Han Jun and Qin Xueming exclaimed. “Where did these come from?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhuo immediately alerted all three defensive lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attention—Corpse Crow swarm! Use fire! Their parasites devour steel!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, whether Zhao Yu, He Zhen, Xiao He, or survivors in the convoy—all felt a chill run down their spines; they’d prepared for Snow Wraiths, Snow Demons, and Winged Demons—but the first to appear was another dark creature entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, this creature could easily dismantle their steel defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it the worm’s stench that drew them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Irrelevant, Lu Brother—light the fire now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine·Brahma!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Lu Xingchen surged upward, unleashing a sky-wide inferno that illuminated several city blocks; Kiki gritted her teeth, following close behind, her psychic waves rising like flames ascending the heavens, engulfing the clouds in fire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the massive fire cloud ignited within the swarm of Corpse Crows, triggering a chain reaction—the horizon exploded into a brilliant river of fire, blazing across the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quick! Flame throwers—aim upward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out for those crows!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prepare incendiary rounds!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“AAAAAAHHHH!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of Corpse Crows surged from all directions, infiltrating everywhere, shrieking like a storm of rain, diving toward any place with living people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within minutes, numerous vehicle lines and survivors were devoured; barbed wire, steel walls, metal barricades, and isolation zones visibly melted away; at the eastern airport, a commercial airliner had half its fuselage consumed in thirty seconds—the surviving defense personnel inside didn’t even scream before turning to ash and bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the three defensive lines—east, north, and south—fired every flame projector and missile at the sky filled with black Corpse Crows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM BOOM BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From three directions of Xilan City, brilliant fire clouds slowly rose into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Use fire fast—these things trigger chain reactions!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ignite everything!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“AHH! Dad! Mom!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Save them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t go near—parasites!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Someone’s on fire—put it out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Flame throwers! Flame throwers!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM BOOM BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled violently; Wen Zhuo listened to reports from all defensive lines, his face grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out—the worm is underground in Xilan City too!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhuo glanced at the Hell Black Chrysanthemum in his hand, then turned his gaze eastward—the seismic waves were rapidly approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here it comes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM BOOM BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earthquake roared on, resonating with stairwells in buildings; as it neared, countless structures and windows shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eastern steel plant’s industrial zone, the entire perimeter erupted in flames; the sky above was ablaze with Corpse Crows—before the firestorm could be contained, the earthquake intensified further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s happening?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As over ten thousand people stared in confusion, a deafening, mountain-splitting tremor erupted behind the steel plant—the entire smelting workshop collapsed instantly; a colossal Abyss Worm burst from the ground, swallowing a dozen vehicles carrying elderly people, children, and women, then crushing dozens more parked nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the eastern explosion, Wen Zhuo and the others were stunned—the worm hadn’t headed straight for the Hell Black Chrysanthemum?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it!” Han Jun’s face turned pale—his North Pole Alliance base was right there; the last thing anyone wanted was this giant worm bursting out of their camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we activate the shield?!” Qin Xueming shouted immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—the monster’s path is directly toward us!” Wen Zhuo gritted his teeth; this sudden turn of events had caught them completely off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Team 1, lure it out! Team 2, follow and cover! Everyone else, stand guard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without another word, Wen Zhuo and Kiki led their squad flying toward the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eastern steel plant’s industrial zone, the ground shook violently, the earth rippling like a storm-tossed lake, overturning countless defenses, dust rising everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH CRASH CRASH! KONG KONG KONG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, shattered concrete foundations, broken high-rise structures, and shockwaves radiated outward—within Xilan City, it felt like a ten-thousand-ton bomb had detonated, jolting tens of thousands to their cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The giant worm’s here!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The steel industrial zone is under attack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s coming!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“East city!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden attack by the Abyss Giant Worm caused massive casualties; worse, the sinkhole it tore open would inevitably draw a tidal wave of monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eastern steel plant’s industrial zone was crippled before it even began—hundreds died instantly; worst of all, the giant worm had opened a massive hole that could potentially wipe out the entire defensive line from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>OOOMMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst collapsing ruins, the Abyss Worm emitted a deafening hum that made the earth tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD THUD THUD! BAM BAM BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, every weapon on the line fired at the Abyss Worm as it surged from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill it fast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“AHHH! My wife’s still in that vehicle—I’ll fight you to the death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM BOOM BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rear assault delivered a crushing blow to everyone on high alert—pushing them to the brink of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, countless Corpse Crows continued their assault; the defensive lines quickly descended into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SSSSSSSS\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhuo’s Team 1 broke through the air first; behind him, he carried over a dozen steel beams weighing several tons each; as the giant worm hadn’t yet retracted, he hurled them with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold off the Corpse Crows first!” Wen Zhuo shouted to the four behind him as he acted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fire Fist!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire Brother enveloped the steel beams in flame mid-air and shot them straight toward the Abyss Worm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyss Worm, struck by Zhao Yu’s lightning bolts, merely roared—but now, it seemed to sense something; its body twisted sharply toward Wen Zhuo—and directly into the path of the flaming steel beams!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAM BAM BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the red-hot beams slammed into its gaping maw, erupting a jet of charred blood and gore; Kiki seized the moment, lunging forward, using her psychic force to grip the beams and twist violently inside its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Try swallowing that!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KONG KONG KONG KONG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violent metallic flames spun and exploded within the giant insect’s mouth, sending rolling black smoke into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Han Jun acted—vast amounts of water vapor condensed into crystalline ice sheets, blocking the diving corpse crows; then he raised both hands, and countless droplets of condensed vapor shot upward like a reverse storm of ten thousand needle-like projectiles, scouring the crow flock into scattered fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingchen sprayed fire at the abyssal worm with one hand, while the other, coordinating with Kiki, launched a massive fireball—Kiki compressed and encased it with telekinesis, then blasted it toward the fragments of the corpse crow flock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a beam of flame, it swept horizontally across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the horizon seemed scorched into blazing clouds, completely evaporating the blizzard above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, tens of thousands of survivors and Investigator Corps soldiers felt a wave of searing heat press down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, Qin Xueming plummeted from high above, his body glowing with blazing white fissures; he roared loudly and slammed down onto the worm’s back with tremendous kinetic force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shockwave from the unleashed energy tore a crater several meters wide directly into the worm’s back; its thick hide cracked inch by inch, spraying out flesh and tissue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaawwwm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal worm let out a deafening shriek, abruptly clamping its massive mouth shut, swallowing the flames and rebar whole; then it shattered all surrounding ice sheets and retreated underground with overwhelming force, burrowing away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s gone back underground again!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s seal the hole first.” Wen Zhuo sensed the anomaly and immediately sent his Hell Black Chrysanthemum flying, tossing it toward the second squad of flying psychics who were arriving from behind. “Squad 2, lure it toward the city center!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flying psychics of Squad 2 caught the Hell Black Chrysanthemum and instantly turned, flapping their wings as they flew toward the open central district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the rumbling tremors beneath the ground soon shifted toward Squad 2’s direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the abyssal worm departed, a boiling sound erupted from the sinkhole inside the steel plant; Wen Zhuo acted decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t let the horde burst out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hummm! Hummm! Hummm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gestured, sweeping up massive steel plates and beams and dumping them wildly into the sinkhole; Kiki used telekinesis to hurl large chunks of concrete debris from the ruins toward the opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lu Xingchen, seal it!” Wen Zhuo shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingchen landed from the air and unleashed full-power flames directly into the hole; the sinkhole instantly erupted like a volcano, flames roaring, heat spreading rapidly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby survivors and vehicles retreated en masse; countless soldiers raised their rifles, guarding the hole against monsters emerging below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scritch-scratch~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intense heat melted vast amounts of steel, fusing it with concrete; steam filled the air. Han Jun activated his water-based psychic ability, cooling and freezing the molten metal and red-hot steel; soon, the giant wormhole—over ten meters in diameter—was completely sealed, and the rumbling from below faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This coordinated tactic had been pre-rehearsed to counter sudden worm attacks emerging from holes; every hole in the city had been sealed this way in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another massive explosion echoed; Wen Zhuo and the others turned to look toward the city district, their voices grim: “It’s surfaced again—let’s move fast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Green Wind, send teams to secure this area—cordon it off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Jun called out to his deputy, then immediately rejoined Squad 1 as they headed toward Central Avenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang! Bang! Bang! Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the northern, southern, and eastern city walls were ablaze with gunfire and fire, the war fully ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 30,000-ton Dreadnought-class aerospace carrier hovered low in the sky; several Lightning-2 aerospace fighters darted and maneuvered at high altitude, missile explosions illuminating countless winged demon silhouettes within the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attack drones and floating wingmen surged from the clouds like a swarm, launching massive aerial assaults; the sky was filled with dense explosions and crackling energy beams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Du Jia Radar Array on the southern city mountains, thousands of flame projectors ignited huge blazes; alongside the rising azure plasma beams from the city’s plasma cluster emitters, they looked like dazzling blue and orange fireworks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distinctive hollow detonation of the Great Wall-50 orbital artillery batteries stood out sharply; as far as the eye could see, the sky blazed with countless tracers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With so many demon horde, that monster will surface again—otherwise, all our markers will be wiped clean!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the air, Kiki extended a telekinetic barrier and swiftly flew with Fire Brother and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The monster knows what we’re planning—we’re prepared, but so is it!” Qin Xueming cursed: “Damn it, it’s playing with us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Jun’s gaze sharpened: “I suspect the monster won’t emerge until it fully breaks our lines—it wants us to panic, to mutate, to descend into chaos before it marks the entire city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhuo frowned: “It might also be gathering power—last night’s explosion was extraordinary; marking the whole city probably isn’t simple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Makes sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regardless, we must hold the demon horde back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, kill the big worm—every hole it digs increases pressure on our rear lines!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the central district, glass shattered from skyscrapers; entire buildings collapsed like dominoes; streets surged like waves; sewer grates exploded in succession—all hunters felt the crushing pressure of something colossal approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, new sinkholes created by the abyssal worm began spewing forth waves of snow ghouls and snow demons, flooding streets like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squad 6!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hummm! Hummm! Hummm! A gust of wind swept in as the Hell Black Chrysanthemum landed in Wang Mocheng’s hand; he passed it immediately to Shu Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scritch! Scritch! Scritch! TRP power armor’s actuators surged with immense torque; fully armed Shu Qin darted between buildings like a cheetah; the ground trembled as an electric blade shot out, embedding itself in a rusted billboard; Lu Chang used the thin steel cable to swing like Spider-Man, snatching the blade from Shu Qin’s hand and leaping onto another building in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Squad 2 is pinned down by winged demons—head to Pre-Ambush Zone One!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spinning electric blade sliced through snow ghouls climbing the exterior walls; Lu Chang landed agilely on a supermarket roof and accelerated forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud! Thud! Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a large snow demon climbed up like a spider, its claw lunging straight for Lu Chang’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden appearance caught Lu Chang off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Danger! Danger!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power armor automatically reacted—hydraulic muscle units drove him backward, executing a perfect backflip to evade the lethal strike; at the same time, the spinning blade was thrown, carving a deep, bone-exposing gash into the snow demon’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This snow demon’s defense seemed far stronger than ordinary ones—this blow hadn’t been fatal; before Lu Chang could react, the demon lunged again with a claw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Chang stumbled back two steps and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Lu Chang spread his legs apart—the snow demon’s massive claw smashed through the floor between them, creating a large hole; whoosh! whoosh! The spool on his wrist spun rapidly, retracting the electric blade into his hand; he raised it and hurled it with force, driving it straight into the snow demon’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his strike didn’t kill it—the demon, still charging, lunged at him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dodge!” Suddenly, a blue afterimage flashed through the air; a foot stamped down on the snow demon’s foreleg, while another hand seized Lu Chang’s electric blade wrist, twisting the blade to cleanly slice off the demon’s skullcap; before the snow could spray, the figure landed smoothly in a fluid somersault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give it to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoqing stood before Lu Chang, extending her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Chang, pale with shock, exhaled in relief, snapped back to awareness, and immediately handed the Hell Black Chrysanthemum to Xiaoqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the parking lot beneath the supermarket, Ningjing punched forward, shattering two snow demons and dozens of snow ghouls into bloody pulp; the explosive force of her punch created a fan-shaped vacuum ahead, even scorching the air with a faint stench of burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run!” Ningjing shouted to Lu Chang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! 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Kill this thing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“On it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry up!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t let it get away!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out for the winged demons above!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floods of monsters surged from every street, while winged demons darkened the sky. Without fire support, even these hundred-plus berserk-level psychics looked painfully outnumbered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opportunity vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Lu Xingchen and Qin Xueming struck simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Divine·Flame Sword!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingchen formed a sword finger with both hands, accelerating the flame jets into a spiral. In half a breath, he unleashed a sixty-meter-long high-temperature flame sword, its core glowing white-hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive sonic boom exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tremendous recoil launched him soaring high into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flame sword had burned for only an instant, yet it carved a truck-sized gash clean through the abyss worm’s back. The intense heat melted the ground beneath, blasting a sharp, deep crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiki, fully focused on suppressing the giant worm, saw Lu Xingchen rocketing into the sky and cursed inwardly—she split off one hand to snatch him midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Idiot! 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