Chapter 991: Falling (12,000 bonus)

Inside the ruins of a certain city.

Claire held her child Jamie, struggling as she rummaged through a pile of trash for food.

Ever since the popularization of the Floating City, the world naturally divided into first-class and second-class citizens.

First-class citizens were naturally those who could move to the Floating City and continue to enjoy various modern conveniences, which, due to the application of Psionic Energy, had even vaguely reached a magical level.

As for second-class citizens, they were the people who remained on the ground.

Not only did they have to endure the distress of various resource shortages and currency devaluation, but they also had to face the invasion of "Weird"...

After all, ordinary cities did not have the powerful Psionic Maze Lock of the Floating City, which could block the Weird from the outside.

Jamie's eyes lit up as he dug half a can of luncheon meat out of the trash heap.

In space.

At the same time, the technicians roared, "Psionic Energy core function is malfunctioning... it has already broken through the Fourth Critical... no, the Fifth Critical, it is about to explode!!!"

Their general danger level is not considered very high—but that is only for those with Psionic Energy; for ordinary people, they are still lethal!

At the same time, that "Heaven" was also constantly falling, falling... the edges of the city rubbed against the atmosphere, blooming with terrifying flames, and explosions were constantly being generated.

All anomalies stopped abruptly.

Suddenly, Jamie seemed to have seen something, and he covered his face in fear and began to cry.

From within "Heaven", glowing human figures flew out, attempting to flee.

"Whoosh!"

Near the garbage dump.

A scream full of despair rang out in the unfinished building.

A group of scavengers surrounded them: "Don't you know this is our territory? Leave behind what you have on you..."

Claire's hand moved toward her waist; as a single mother, she naturally possessed a certain amount of Wu to survive in this ruined city.

A face whose features were all black holes!

"Idiot, leave her behind too! This woman looks like she's not bad-looking..."

Because among the scavengers, another white man suddenly disappeared, leaving only a pitch-black Shadow on the wall...

"Woman, stop!"

Jamie raised his head, and what appeared in Claire's eyes was, shockingly...

A moment later, intense light shot into the sky, followed by a shockwave like a tsunami, sweeping over fiercely.

Of course, she did not want to use it unless it was a critical moment.

"Come... something good to eat."

"See that? This woman still wants to resist..."

It is not Jamie!

But rather—a Weird!

Finally, it landed at the end of the horizon like a sun.

Looking at that twisted, struggling black Shadow, the group of scavengers began to tremble: "It's the Weird... those Weird things have come!"

"Ah!"

The next moment!

Jamie widened his eyes, seeing that tall "Heaven" seemingly falling downward.

"Haha... the little brat is just a coward."

"Officer..."

"Mommy... I don't want to die!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Claire held her child and slowly retreated.

Jamie muttered.

"Is that... an Angel?"

She patted Jamie's head comfortingly, took out the can of luncheon meat, dug out a spoonful of meat, and fed it into her own mouth.

"Whoosh!"

A smile appeared on Claire's face: "Jamie is so good..."

The observer looked at the Floating Cities falling one after another above the planet, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Hehe..."

"Mommy, look at what I found?"

At this time, there was indeed no one left to pay attention to her.

—Even though the three great 【Ancient Evil Object】s had been sealed, many Strange Objects born from Aaron's previous series of experiments and the influence of Them were still wandering on this planet.

Those human figures fell from the high firmament like birds with broken wings.

Jamie picked up a teddy bear with a broken arm; tired, sleepy, and hungry, he had reached the edge of the city without knowing it.

Only he, perhaps by some twist of fate, had avoided the Weird's killing rules and had instead stumbled his way into surviving until now.

Claire looked at Jamie and gritted her teeth.

But in the wasteland era, it was a rare delicacy.

A scavenger thought the little boy was afraid of them and had just said a word, when his voice suddenly stopped abruptly.

Claire's wish was to take him with her and immigrate to live in those floating "Heaven"s.

The speed at which "Heaven" was falling became faster and faster, as if it had turned into a giant meteorite.

The attention of the Psionic Energy Floating City and even the World Government was completely drawn to Luofu Island; therefore, these second-class citizens could only play hide-and-seek with Strange Objects day and night, living in dire misery within the cracks.

The two scavengers behind grinned hideously, pulled shotguns from their backs, and aimed at Claire: "Woman... you have two choices: one is to face this gun of ours, and the other is to face our other gun..."

Although the taste was a bit strange, it barely had a meaty flavor.

Jamie walked while calling out for his mother.

This terrifying scene caused the teddy bear in his hands to fall to the ground.

Suddenly, her expression quickly turned nervous again; she hid the canned food on her person and, clutching her son, prepared to leave.

"You..."

Gazing at its towering figure, Jamie suddenly wiped away his tears, thinking of his mother's wish.

Furthermore, because there were too many of them, they could not be cleared away at all.

A group of scavengers revealed their true colors, displaying all sorts of ugly behavior.

Those scavengers had shockingly transformed into streaks of pitch-black Shadow, forever fixed in one place.

Subsequently, he saw those 'Angel's emitting mournful cries and even roars; whether relying on their own Psionic Energy for Flight, piloting Alchemy Mecha, or using wings grown from consuming Flying Magic Potion... everything lost its effect in an instant.

This type of military ration was widely criticized in the former army, known as 'Mysterious meat' or 'meat that isn't meat'.

"Mommy!"

Suddenly...

"Idiot... calm down... the Weird kill according to patterns... do not violate the taboos..."

"Mommy!"

She looked at Jamie, a happy smile appearing on her face.

Claire held Jamie and ran for two streets in one breath before stopping in a dilapidated, unfinished building.

"It's okay, sweetheart!"

Immediately following was a burst of laughter that every man understands.

And in the distant sky, a magnificent and brilliant Floating City appeared in view.

The accomplice looked over, only to see that the person had already vanished, leaving behind only a black Shadow on the spot, branded onto the ground like a watercolor painting.

Even at the waist, there was a homemade firearm.

The officer wearing a captain's uniform looked at that scarred planet and the vast space, a bitter smile appearing on his face: "We thought we could conquer the universe and the starry sky... in the end, the only ones conquered were ourselves..."

As his words fell, the Floating City in space also turned into fireworks one after another...

(End of this chapter)