Chapter 84

Chu Nan soon found out why Cane Ear, despite becoming stronger, still had to flee for his life.

In fact, when he saw the strange and terrifying fog churning, Chu Nan had a vague idea of what was happening.

Below the terrifying crack, layers of black shadows were flashing, getting closer and closer. The rustling sound and the bone-chilling cold were becoming more intense.

The skeleton army reappeared, and this time, they emerged from the bottom of the earth's crack.

These skeletons, some of which were just bones and others with some flesh and skin, moved as swiftly as lightning on the cliff face, not much slower than on flat ground. However, Chu Nan's climbing speed was severely hindered. Soon, the skeleton army, armed with bayonets, began to leap up the cliff, catching up to him.

Chu Nan dared not jump like them; a slight misstep could cause him to fall. Below were densely packed skeleton monsters. Even if he didn't die from the fall, being trapped in the midst of the skeleton army would mean certain death.

Thus, Chu Nan's speed on the cliff face was far slower than theirs. Soon, a skeleton monster caught up to him from below, aiming its bayonet at him.

Chu Nan's left hand, with the spider claw, dug into the rock to stabilize himself. His right hand, holding the dragon spine, swung down forcefully.

The dragon spine glowed, and Chu Nan activated the "Dragon Legacy Flash" power. A beam of light shot out, slicing through the skeleton monster that had caught up from below.

With a "swoosh," the skeleton monster and its bayonet split in two and fell down.

This delay allowed two more skeleton monsters to catch up and attack Chu Nan.

Chu Nan knew it was bad. If this continued, he would soon be surrounded by the skeleton army. Even if they didn't kill him, a fall would mean certain death.

Thinking quickly, Chu Nan's right hand, holding the dragon-shaped bone, swung down again. The "Dragon Legacy Flash" was terrifyingly powerful, and two beams of light shot out, slicing the two approaching skeleton monsters into pieces, which then fell into the abyss.

At the same moment, Chu Nan risked a leap, jumping several meters up. His left hand's spider claw dug into the rock, anchoring him, and his feet pushed off the cliff face, propelling him upward again.

To avoid being surrounded by the skeleton army, Chu Nan had to take risks, leaping and flying like the skeletons.

Otherwise, if he continued climbing as before, he would eventually be caught and fall to his death.

Soon, he was only forty to fifty meters from the top. Cane Ear, with its scaly skin, climbed even faster.

Chu Nan activated the Golden Power, his legs turning golden as he pushed off the rock, rocketing upward. Using the spider claw to anchor himself, he managed to stay ahead of the skeleton army, but they were still closing in.

Cane Ear, about ten meters ahead, climbed out of the crack and onto the ground, turning to look at Chu Nan below.

Chu Nan was at the forefront of the cliff, with the skeleton army just a few meters below him.

The rustling sound grew louder, making the hair on the back of his neck stand up.

With a long howl, in the final five meters, the nearest skeleton monster was only about a meter away, within striking distance.

Chu Nan knew it was bad. With a powerful howl, he leaped into the air, his golden legs bursting with strength, cracking a protruding rock. He shot up like an arrow, rolled in mid-air, and finally landed heavily on the ground above the crack.

His back hit the ground hard, and Chu Nan let out a long breath, feeling a sense of relief.

Almost immediately, the skeleton army swarmed out.

Cane Ear let out a low growl and turned to flee.

The fog rose, enveloping the area. In the fog, the skeleton monsters appeared and disappeared, swarming out of the crack.

Chu Nan, who had fallen to the ground, rolled to his feet and began to run in the direction Cane Ear had fled.

Even as a peak-level sixth-stage Awakened, and with the powerful dragon spine weapon, Chu Nan still had to flee from the skeleton army.

On solid ground, Chu Nan activated his Golden Legs, increasing his speed and quickly putting five meters between himself and the pursuing skeleton army. Suddenly, the ground shook, and from the ruins and cracks, wires were pulled out by an immense force, jumping out.

Startled, Chu Nan rolled to avoid them. He noticed that the wires were glowing with a faint blue light, indicating they carried electricity.

In shock, he rolled and turned to see a horrifying sight.

Countless wires, either shooting out from the ruins or flying through the air like snakes, struck the swarming skeleton army. With a series of "sizzles," the skeletons were electrocuted, emitting black smoke and falling apart, with many being thrown back into the crack.

"What... is happening...?" Chu Nan retreated, utterly terrified by the scene.

All the wires were charged with high voltage, dancing like demons, and wherever they touched, they emitted a loud, crackling sound, releasing blue and white sparks.

In this area, all the buried cables and overhead transmission lines seemed to come to life, either emerging from the ground or sweeping down from the sky, striking anything in their path, instantly turning it into charred remains. This was a relentless, indiscriminate attack.

The skeleton army suffered the most, with one after another being struck and thrown back into the crack.

Chu Nan, in a state of shock, desperately fled, narrowly escaping into a gap under a partially collapsed building.

The flying wires were too terrifying, and even someone as strong as him couldn't guarantee he wouldn't be hit. If struck, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Chu Nan didn't know how much electricity he could withstand.

At first, he thought someone was controlling the wires, but he soon realized that wasn't the case. The wires were attacking on their own, and their primary target was the swarming skeleton army.

But if no one was controlling them, why were the wires moving on their own?

Looking at the blue and white sparks, Chu Nan had a crazy idea.

There was a power plant near the outskirts of Jiangtian City, supplying electricity to the entire city. Now, with the wires dancing wildly, this couldn't be the work of a human... Could the electricity have gained consciousness? Or had the wires or the power plant undergone some mutation?

If this were true, what kind of terrifying monster would it be?

A power-generating monster capable of supplying the entire city? This was unimaginable.

Just thinking about it made Chu Nan shudder. This was beyond his comprehension.

"It's impossible... how could electricity become a monster... Maybe... but wires and cables are inanimate objects and can't mutate... But if bones that have been dead for years can come back to life, it's possible that wires and cables could mutate and come to life..."

Chu Nan's mind was in chaos, as everything he saw exceeded his imagination. His only option was to keep moving away from this area, which was too terrifying.

The wires continued to release electricity, attacking the skeleton army, while the fog grew thicker, spreading in all directions. The number of skeleton monsters emerging from the crack increased, and even the wire monsters, which were beyond imagination, couldn't stop them all.

Chu Nan kept retreating, and suddenly, he saw another crack a hundred meters away, from which a water jet shot out.

His eyes widened, and his mouth opened in disbelief.

What did he see?

He saw the water pipes buried underground come to life, breaking through the ground and striking the flying wires.

These were the city's water supply pipes.

Could it be that not only the electricity and wires had become monsters, but the water and water pipes had also mutated?

Damn it, was this still the human world? Was this still Earth?

Chu Nan was almost driven mad by what he saw. The water pipes, capable of spraying water, and the wires, capable of transmitting electricity, were fighting each other.

The wires gathered and twisted together, forming a thick cable, striking the water pipes. More water pipes emerged from the ground, gathering here, and more wires and cables from the ground and sky also converged.

This place would soon become a battlefield, with both sides possessing destructive power.

Could it be that electricity and water had gained consciousness and life?

If so, this would be an unimaginable superorganism, against which no one could stand.

Of course, this was only if they had truly come to life.