Chapter 7

Although the crowd failed to kill the lizardman and provided limited assistance to Gaofeng and Zhou Lei, their appearance warmed the hearts of the two. This proved that their hard-fought battle had earned the recognition and support of the crowd. The crowd was also willing to share the difficulties with Gaofeng and his companions. At critical moments, there were still people supporting them from behind. Even though this support was limited, it made Gaofeng and Zhou Lei highly motivated. This subtle psychological change was enough to influence the entire battle situation.

The lizardman, hit by the crowd's gunfire, was driven to a frenzy by the intense pain. It abandoned Gaofeng and Zhou Lei and lunged towards the crowd. The distance between the two sides was no more than fifty to sixty meters. For the lizardman, it would take only two to three seconds to rush into the crowd. At that time, it would inevitably be a massacre. The crowd, none of whom were combatants, were all panicked by the sight of the large, fierce lizardman charging towards them.

The leader, Zhu Bin, pale-faced, managed to maintain his composure and shouted, "Don't panic, shoot together!" The others were so scared that their hands and feet were trembling, but with Zhu Bin leading the way, no one felt it was right to run. Besides, given the lizardman's speed, they couldn't run away even if they wanted to.

More than ten laser guns fired in a chaotic manner, but unfortunately, the lizardman's speed was extremely fast. The crowd was also panicked and trembling, so the dense laser bullets, like rain, only sporadically hit the lizardman, which was not enough to stop its advance.

"Run quickly..." Zhou Lei shouted in a hurry, but it was too late to help.

Gaofeng couldn't just watch the crowd be killed. He took a deep breath, crossed his two swords in front of his chest, and pointed them at the lizardman's back, bursting forth again. The marble floor beneath his feet exploded, and Gaofeng's figure blurred as he shot forward.

The exquisite posture of the two swords cut through the air, increasing Gaofeng's speed by about 10%. Under the threat of the lizardman, the panicked crowd suddenly felt a bright light. A blinding white sword light deeply imprinted itself in their eyes. The sword light was so bright that Gaofeng's figure was too blurry for anyone to see him behind the light.

The straight sword light pointed directly at the lizardman. The lizardman also sensed something was wrong and suddenly stopped, turning around. It faced the sword light and fiercely thrust its claws forward.

Before the lizardman's claws arrived, Gaofeng's toes touched the ground, and the muscles on both sides of his back stretched and vibrated. Although he had no wings, the precise and coordinated muscle movements changed his direction at high speed, and Gaofeng leaped up like a bird.

The Sifeng sword in his right hand extended and fluttered like a bird's wing, the sword light slicing through the lizardman's neck. The high speed and full burst of strength made the lizardman's thick and tough scales tear like thin paper. The lizardman's head was severed by the sword.

"Whoosh..." The sharp sound of the sword slicing through the air echoed simultaneously.

The headless lizardman, losing its strength, stumbled forward and fell more than ten meters before stopping.

Gaofeng, maintaining the posture of his extended arms, landed steadily in front of the crowd. It was as graceful as a flying crane landing. The crowd was dumbfounded, thoroughly impressed by Gaofeng.

Previously, although Gaofeng had killed a lizardman, it was too far away to have a direct impact. This time, the lizardman was just a few steps away from them, and its fierce charge had terrified everyone. In their hearts, they all thought they were doomed. Especially those in front, like Zhu Bin, who were almost scared to death, their limbs trembling, and they had no strength to run.

But in the blink of an eye, Gaofeng, who was dozens of meters away, descended like a god, killing the lizardman as easily as slaughtering a chicken.

Witnessing this sword strike up close, their souls were truly shaken. They also felt for the first time the terrifying power hidden in Gaofeng's slender body.

After a moment of shock, the crowd cheered together. Gaofeng's timely arrival saved them. If he had been a step slower, they would have been in danger. The lucky escape made everyone release their pent-up fear and shout with genuine excitement.

Gaofeng's sword strike that killed the lizardman also greatly shocked the other lizardman. Although their intelligence was not high, they could sense the situation was dire. The lizardman hesitated for a moment, then tried to turn and run, but was caught by Zhou Lei. He controlled his mental command, activating the heavy strike rune on his gauntlet.

The light armor was essentially a mystical armor formed by the mental command as the core, the source power as the skeleton, and the light stone as the flesh. When the mental command formed the core, it had to be based on the light armor runes. The standard military technology of the War Wolf gauntlet had only one rune, the heavy strike.

When the mental command activated the rune, it could deliver a heavy strike three times more powerful than normal. The increase in strength also enhanced the speed to some extent. The heavy strike was a level one rune but was very practical.

A white light flashed on the gauntlet, and Zhou Lei suddenly lunged forward with a punch. His punch was like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, fierce and swift, and the punches came in rapid succession like a barrage of arrows.

The War Wolf gauntlet itself had the special ability of a heavy strike, which was activated by Zhou Lei's mental command. The pure brute force was even greater than that of the lizardman.

The more than one-foot-long fang-like punch spikes not only pierced dozens of deep blood holes in the lizardman's ribs but also shattered an unknown number of its ribs.

After a series of rapid punches, Zhou Lei's breath was also momentarily halted, and he quickly rolled to the ground to avoid the thick tail sweeping across. The lizardman let out a strange howl and, ignoring Zhou Lei, fled in another direction.

The lizardman escaped very quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, smashing through a glass door and rushing inside, the sound of broken objects quickly fading away.

Zhou Lei hesitated for a moment, but the lizardman was already gone. After some thought, he decided not to pursue it and quickly walked towards Gaofeng and the others.

When Zhou Lei arrived, Gaofeng was still in the posture of landing and extending his sword.

Zhou Lei asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Gaofeng, with a pained expression, whispered, "Muscle cramp, can't move..."

Zhou Lei couldn't help but laugh, understanding the situation. Only then did he realize that Gaofeng was a normal person, a teenager in his teens.

"Leave me alone, quickly lead them to the shelter..." Gaofeng saw Zhou Lei coming to help and quickly stopped him.

Zhou Lei thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright." He then said to Zhu Bin and the others, who were still standing there, "Go gather everyone. We need to get into the shelter quickly."

The shelter was located in the basement of the Anfu Building, on the third underground level. Zhou Lei went to scout the area and found a few scattered green dwarfs, which he cleared away.

When they reached the third level, the shelter door opened automatically. It turned out that many people were already hiding inside. They could see the outside through the surveillance cameras and came out to help when they saw the crowd.

More than five hundred people smoothly entered the shelter.

The shelter was built to accommodate ten thousand people. It had clean food, water, medicine, and many daily necessities. It also had an independent generator and a very high three-layer defense system.

Hiding inside was very safe. No matter how powerful the underground monsters were, they couldn't break through in a short time.

Zhou Lei settled his wife and daughter and then hurried out of the shelter. Gaofeng was still outside. Although he was very powerful, he was also exhausted after continuously killing strong enemies.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhou Lei greatly admired Gaofeng. He was capable, responsible, decisive, and most importantly, kind. It was precisely because of his kindness that Gaofeng's extraordinary performance didn't make people feel uneasy.

When Zhou Lei came out of the shelter, he saw Gaofeng still in the same posture. He couldn't help but smile, finding it quite amusing.

"How are you? Are you okay?" Zhou Lei walked over and asked.

Gaofeng gave Zhou Lei a helpless look, "Do I look okay?"

Zhou Lei thought for a moment and said, "I'll take you to the shelter to rest. You've used your burst techniques too much, and your muscles and bones can't handle it. You need to rest. I'll contact the underground security team and request a team of experts to clear the second level of monsters."

Gaofeng shook his head slightly, "The situation on the third level is very tense, and they can't spare anyone. This won't work."

Zhou Lei frowned, "What's your plan then?" Having witnessed Gaofeng's extraordinary abilities, Zhou Lei no longer treated him like an ordinary teenager but was willing to discuss strategies with him.

Gaofeng slowly moved his arms, enduring the intense pain of his muscles tearing, and slowly stood up. If he could, he would have preferred to stay crouched. But time was running out.

The most urgent task now was to find Sisi. As for his uncle, he was on duty. That was the core area of the base, heavily guarded. A few underground monsters couldn't pose a threat.

"I need to go to Area B to find a friend," Gaofeng said.

Zhou Lei was somewhat disappointed, thinking Gaofeng might have a plan to change the situation. Unconsciously, Zhou Lei had very high expectations for Gaofeng. But at this moment, going to save his friend and family was also a matter of course.

Although disappointed, Zhou Lei still asked, "Do you need my help?"

Gaofeng sheathed the Sifeng sword and stuck the other sword in the ground, slowly moving his limbs as he said, "If you're willing, that would be best."

Zhou Lei said seriously, "You saved my whole family. Whatever you want to do, I will help you."

Gaofeng smiled, "Brother Zhou, you don't need to be so serious. I won't do anything that goes against my principles. Let's go..."

Because of the urgency, Zhou Lei found an open-top electric car. This type of car usually circled the streets, specifically for transporting people, and was part of the base's public transportation system.

Zhou Lei, with his high authority, could temporarily activate the electric car. He pulled Gaofeng along, speeding towards Area B.

The streets were empty, and although the invading monsters were few, they had frightened everyone. Most people were hiding in their homes, afraid to go out.

Gaofeng remembered that the monster army had attacked the second level base around 5:00 AM. It was now 2:55 AM. He still had two hours.

Although he had memories of the future, Gaofeng had little confidence in saving the base. The appearance of the lizardmen and the ghost wolves indicated that the situation was nearly out of control.

Most importantly, the quantum communication network had been cut off, disrupting the base's communication. This was a fatal blow!

The question was, how could the underground races, with their limited intelligence, determine that the quantum network was the key? And how did they manage to destroy the quantum network host, which was heavily secured?

On the surface, this seemed like a counterattack by the underground races. But Gaofeng believed there must be a deeper reason.

In his future memories, Gaofeng had only narrowly escaped the disaster and survived. He had no idea what had happened. Even when he became the Sky Wolf King, he didn't realize there was a problem with the base incident.

When Gaofeng came back and could stand back and look at the big picture, he noticed many issues with the base's destruction.

So many problems appearing at once couldn't be a coincidence; it had to be a conspiracy.

"Conspiracy..." Gaofeng pondered the word. On his path to becoming the Sky Wolf King, he had seen too many conspiracies.

Conspiracies, ultimately, are things that can't be seen in the light. As long as one can grasp the threads, they can be unraveled.

Looking ahead, Gaofeng's eyes shone with unwavering determination.

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