Chapter 1135: Chapter 1122 We Are Turning into Monsters Chapter 1135: Chapter 1122 We Are Turning into Monsters “Wait, I don’t understand what you mean, combat Desolate Beasts with fists?” Hearing the soldier ask his son this question, the man was immediately startled. He sized up the soldier with a look reserved for a madman,
“Are you saying that my son should have the power to contend with Desolate Beasts without becoming a Divine Machine User, without using a Divine Machine?”

“You have understood completely correct,” the soldier gave the man a thumbs up. “Don’t look at me with those eyes, I’m not crazy. I know it seems unbelievable for you scavengers, who don’t rely on Divine Machines, to physically combat Desolate Beasts directly, but in fact, our Glorious Base City already possesses this technology.”

“So, this is why you are widely taking in scavengers?” After the initial shock, the man calmed down and thought about it, then realized that if the Glorious Base City truly possessed this technology, then their boundless recruitment of scavengers seemed somewhat reasonable.

“No, the reason we are extensively taking in scavengers like you is because of an order from the Savior.”

“The Savior?” The man stepped back. Although he was quite ruthless, he was still wary of someone who seemed insane.

He looked through the cockpit window down at the earth below, wondering if he were to jump down with his son at that moment, what the chances were that they would survive.

Awe!

Just then, a roar filled with immense authority and unusually deep resonance sounded. The man saw a massive beast radiating blue light, trailing a visible streak of light with its flesh eyes, flying past not far away.

Although the beast was extremely far from them, its enormous body made its movements clearly visible to the man; he watched as the beast turned its head and glanced in their direction.

It was that glance that made the man involuntarily step back and then sit down on the ground, his body beginning to tremble. His ruthlessness did not prevent him from feeling fear in the presence of a being that could easily kill him.

“Praise the great green dragon… When your wings unfold, the sky turns blue…”
Just as the man felt certain he was doomed, he suddenly heard an almost delirious voice near his ear, and he turned his head towards it.

He saw that somewhat mad soldier kneeling on the ground, uttering words full of praise. Of course, from the man’s perspective, this indicated that the soldier had completely lost his mind.

“Why are you in that pose? If you want to worship, kneel like me, don’t sit on the ground.”

“Why would I worship a Desolate Beast that might kill me at any moment?”

“Oh, I forgot to explain, the one that just flew past is an Ancient Dragon, not a Desolate Beast.” As he kneeled, the soldier explained to the scavengers scared stiff by the recently passed Ancient Green Dragon.

“Hey buddy, is there something wrong with you?” A fellow scavenger tapped his own head, looking terrified, “Such a huge monster, if it’s not a Desolate Beast, what else could it be?”

“It is a Minion of the Savior.” The soldier patiently explained, “In our Base City, the Divine Machine Users have already retired from the frontline and no longer participate in battle. What truly protects our city are those beings named dragons, before whom Desolate Beasts are no match.”

“Wait a second, you mean the one that just flew past is actually a guardian of your Base City?”

“Yes.”

“Such a beast, no, such a dragon, how many does your base have?” The Ancient Green Dragon had already disappeared from the man’s sight; he stared at the lingering trail of light in the sky, then asked the soldier.

He thought he knew why the Glorious Base City behaved differently from other remaining base cities in the world, something must be amiss, and indeed, this base had something the others did not.

“A total of one hundred and nine!”

“How many?”

“One hundred and nine, is there a problem?”

“How can your Glorious Base City afford to keep so many giant beasts? Don’t they need to eat like Desolate Beasts?”

“Of course, dragons don’t need to eat; otherwise, our base city would have long experienced a famine, how could we possibly still take you in? Not only do they not need to eat, but they have also solved our food problem.”

“They also solved the food problem; are they that good?” The man looked dubious, pointing to the thorny jungle below, “Were these also planted by them?”

“Yes, only they have the ability to make plants grow again on the earth; otherwise, in this broken world where even the sun has disappeared, how could we possibly plant these useless things on a large scale?”

“Without using any instruments, to make plants grow from the earth again, isn’t that like a god? These things are useless to us humans, but for these dragons, it’s not necessarily so.”

The man stood up from the ground and then touched his chin, his eyes filled with deep caution—a trait that had become instinct from his long-time survival in the wilderness.

In his eyes, no one in this world would show kindness to others for no reason. Once they do show kindness, there must be an ulterior motive.

“Have you ever asked the dragons why they planted these plants?”

“We have asked, and they said our world has been too severely destroyed by those Desolate Beasts, the remaining species are too monotonous, not sufficient to form an Ecological Cycle, so they want to help our world reconstruct the ecological chain.”

“It sounds like a good thing, but I always feel there’s something not quite right.” The man’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed, forming a 王 character.

“Hey, kid, you just said this brother was crazy, but I think you’re the one who’s really crazy, always thinking this and that, acting like everyone is out to get you. In this broken world, just surviving and having a bite to eat is not easy. Why think so much?”

As the man was pondering, a scavenger who had boarded the plane with him chuckled and spoke.

The man, hearing someone mocking him, turned his head to look at her, then silently turned away, couldn’t be bothered to deal with him. In his view, it was better to die clearly than to live in confusion.

After thinking for a moment, the man gave up thinking because the information he received was too little; even if he racked his brains, he wouldn’t know the answer.

The man, giving up on thinking and starting to enjoy the scenery below, noticed that after the transport plane had flown for a while, a base city at the horizon that was still expanding appeared.

At the same time, the proud voice of the soldiers in the cabin rang out, “Gentlemen, welcome to Glorious Base City. From today onwards, you are members of the base city.”

At this moment, both this father-son duo and another group of scavengers were so stunned by the sight of the base city that they were speechless.

What shocked them was not the scale of the base city, or its buildings, but the residents or guardians of the base city, because these fantastical creatures were beyond their wildest imaginations.

“What are these?” As the transport plane landed, the man who had traveled thousands of kilometers across the wilderness with his son happened to make eye contact with a giant standing eighteen meters tall.

Even though he had faced the pursuit of desolate beasts without changing his expression and had fled with his son, at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel astonished.

Because the giant before him, whose eyeballs were bigger than his head, once again fiercely challenged the worldview he had reestablished after the apocalypse had struck. Because creatures of the same size had a much greater impact and shock than monsters.

“These are what I was just telling you about, the Saviour’s minions,” the soldier said calmly as he watched the giant that had just passed by the airfield. Although it was shocking at first to see the giants, after seeing them a lot, one gets used to it.

“You should get off now, someone will come to receive you shortly. We still have tasks; every day, many scavengers like you rush here.”

As the soldier hurried them, the man, along with his son and a few other scavengers, got off the transport plane, then looked around in astonishment. At this moment, he wondered if he was still in his original world.

“Huh, there’s a child among the scavengers this time? That’s rare, who are his relatives?”

A group of people in work clothes approached them and looked at the child with some surprise.

“I am,” replied the man, stepping forward.

“Good for you, you are a competent father,” the leader said, appreciating the man. Anyone who could travel from east to west with a burden in this apocalyptic world must possess a strong sense of responsibility.

“If you stand here, you are considered to have joined our Glorious Base. After this, you will live inside the base levels. Adapt for a while, and then based on your performance and abilities, we will arrange jobs for you. You have no objections to this, right?”

“None.”

“Very well. And just to let you know in advance, during the adaptation period, your bodies will undergo some special changes. Don’t be alarmed, all these changes are normal.”

“I want to ask, what kind of changes will occur?”

“It varies from person to person. You’ll understand when the changes occur.”

…

“Father, my body is turning green,” a crying voice rang out in the cramped room, prompting the man to rush into his son’s room immediately.

“What’s wrong?”

“There’s something strange growing on my stomach.”

“Let me see.” The man lifted his son’s shirt, then saw that a few small blue scales had sprouted on his stomach.

“Does it hurt?”

“No.”

“Do you feel anything else?”

“No,” the child shook his head, then hesitated, “I feel like I’ve gotten a bit stronger.”

“Then it’s fine,” the man said, smiling as he stroked his son’s forehead. “These changes are normal; don’t be afraid. We are just becoming monsters, that’s all.”

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