Chapter 88: Nuclear Explosion

Chu Yunsheng's beast-sealing talisman could also confine a hundred beasts and a thousand monsters. The difference was that the creatures inside the beast-sealing talisman were soulless shells, completely controlled by his seal, without fear, without life or death, and without any emotion. In a sense, they were not living beings, but mere walking dead.

The little tiger, however, had a soul. Although it was the soul of an animal, it was alive, capable of happiness, anger, fear, and bravery, just like its mother. It had deep feelings for the keeper who raised it, ultimately sacrificing its life to protect its master.

At least, the little tiger did not require a large amount of flesh from Chu Yunsheng, nor did it need the nourishment of his own primordial energy. Its awakened energy grew stronger on its own every day.

On the road, Chu Yunsheng collected many bugs that had died fighting humans and used them to reshape his battle armor. When he was at the First Heaven realm, he could only inscribe Second Rank battle armor talismans.

According to the ancient books he had recently studied, the Second Rank battle armor talismans could be roughly divided into three stages:

The first stage was when Chu Yunsheng was at the First Heaven realm. At that time, the battle armor he first refined was considered a First Grade battle armor by the ancient books, with the lowest level, defense, and physical enhancement!

When Chu Yunsheng broke through to the Second Heaven realm and formed his own primordial energy, the battle armor he refined was the second stage. If fully formed, it would be a Second Grade battle armor. Later, in the Mist City, he refined the battle armor, making it lighter and stronger, which was this stage. However, due to the lack of time and insufficient bug armor as raw material, it did not fully form into a Second Grade battle armor, otherwise, it would not have been so easily shattered.

The last stage was only when he reached the peak of the Second Heaven realm, with almost the power to transform his entire body into a fusion body, could he refine a Third Grade battle armor. This was the strongest battle armor he could refine at the Second Heaven realm.

Of course, the power of the same grade battle armor could vary depending on the raw materials. The only raw materials Chu Yunsheng had now were the shells of red-armored bugs or, if a bit more advanced, the shells of blue-armored bugs.

Therefore, Chu Yunsheng often felt that his battle armor might be more appropriately called a bug armor.

Using the few bug shells he had collected, Chu Yunsheng refined a First Grade battle armor, tied the box containing the little tiger to his chest, and continued heading towards Jinling City.

After walking for a long time, Chu Yunsheng could barely judge from the advertisements on the broken walls that he was almost to Xicheng.

The frequency and number of bugs appearing increased, and he was forced back several times when he tried to bypass them.

After circling for a while, Chu Yunsheng was afraid that staying too long would lead to an encounter with the long-legged monster. Since the south was blocked by Lake Tai, he had to head north, planning to make a large detour and follow the Yangtze River to Jinling City.

This delay cost him several more days, and the little tiger had grown larger, no longer fitting in the small box.

Once Chu Yunsheng recovered, he moved quickly, and the little tiger naturally couldn't keep up. Chu Yunsheng had to carry it in his left arm, holding a sword in his right hand. When there was a faint light in the sky, he traveled, and when it was completely dark, he sought out hidden places to hide.

Bugs, whether in light or darkness, fearlessly roamed and fed.

Fortunately, the little tiger was relatively well-behaved. After seeing the violent red-armored bugs a few times, it never made a sound at night.

Tigers are nocturnal, and even the little tiger, which had lost its mother before opening its eyes, followed this ancient instinct.

Therefore, in the hidden hiding places, whenever Chu Yunsheng fell asleep, the little tiger would take on the role of a lookout. With its excellent hearing and the ability to control the wind, it could often detect approaching bugs from a distance.

Whenever it detected something unusual, the little tiger would lick Chu Yunsheng's face to wake him up. Chu Yunsheng would then hold it tightly in his arms, gripping the Qianbi Sword, listening to the bugs' cries nearby, and even the sound of them stepping on the ceiling, ready to fight or flee at any moment!

The man and the tiger, in the darkness, clung together, almost every night spent in such a terrifying atmosphere.

Chu Yunsheng, having lost his night vision goggles, tried to avoid conflicts with even a few isolated bugs in the dark.

Bugs had their own means of communication. When he couldn't see, he couldn't determine directions. Once a fight broke out, the bugs would send signals, and he might be surrounded by a large group without realizing it, or even run into a bug nest.

Therefore, he and the little tiger, in the pitch-black nights, preferred to huddle in cold corners rather than go out.

Fortunately, with the protection of the Six Jia Talisman, their scents were blocked. As long as they didn't make a sound, bugs rarely discovered them.

When the sky showed a faint light, Chu Yunsheng, with the sleepy little tiger, fled north. At night, when Chu Yunsheng was sound asleep, the little tiger would always perk up its ears in his arms, alertly listening to the slightest movements in the dark world outside.

With the little tiger's vigilance, since Yu Xiaohai was taken away by the blue-armored bugs, he had never slept so soundly.

A few days later, to avoid large groups of bugs, Chu Yunsheng wasted a lot of time and finally almost reached Chengcheng. The number of bugs did not decrease, and his intuition told him that there must be a terrifying swarm of bugs to the west.

On a windy night, with no light in the sky, Chu Yunsheng was about to hide in a civilian house with the little tiger. In the distant western horizon, he saw his first mushroom cloud in his life!

A flash of intense light illuminated the entire world, then disappeared, replaced by a massive, spherical rise of rolling flames from the distant horizon. Smoke and fire columns shot straight into the sky, forming a devilish mushroom head!

"Nuclear bomb!!!" Chu Yunsheng's mind stopped.

A vast, destructive shockwave, capable of destroying everything, centered on the mushroom cloud, accompanied by ground vibrations, surged forward, destroying anything that dared to stand in its way!

Dust and debris, mixed with a large amount of mud and soil, rolled away.

Just moments later, the residual power of the shockwave's edge advanced from the horizon toward Chu Yunsheng's position.

In an instant, Chu Yunsheng reacted, holding the little tiger and sprinting away!