Chapter 49

Tom’s death really came as a surprise for Fang Zheng. Strictly speaking, although Fang Zheng didn’t have any feelings for this world, Tom did play his part as a hero. So, he wanted to have a good talk with him. But he didn’t expect that Tom would commit suicide as soon as heard ‘ability.’ Most likely, Tom was afraid that Fang Zheng would slice him… Sigh, judging from this, it’s quite apparent that it’s not too good to get accustomed to some things.

With the protagonist dead, Fang Zheng could only mourn for three seconds. What else could he do? The other party wanted to die, and he couldn’t stop it either.

Due to Tom’s death, the whole plot of Edge of Tomorrow must have collapsed but Fang Zheng didn’t care. He didn’t plan on taking the protagonist’s route. So, it wasn’t a problem for him whether Tom was dead or alive. As a matter of fact, it had little impact on humans because right now… the situation was so bad that it couldn’t possibly be any worse.

The troops that landed on the beach had been completely wiped out by the aliens. And without the protagonist’s protection, the alien monsters crossed the strait and totally destroyed London. Fang Zheng watched the entire area of London go up in a sea of flames through the live broadcast on the mobile phone before the screen was interrupted soon afterward. Fang Zheng might not have seen what happened there with his own eyes but he could easily determine the outcome.

In the following days, these mimics could be said to be advancing and attacking at every front. The whole of Europe had basically been occupied. The humans were losing on every front. After eliminating every living resistance in Europe, these aliens began to move towards the east where Fang Zheng was located.

It’s almost time.

Fang Zheng had already figured out the current situation on Earth 70% to 80% through the internet. Europe had already fallen but other places were also ravaged by the battle. The bald eagle could hardly look after itself. The Asian and European continents were struggling to support themselves. Apparently, humans had reached the tipping point of life and death. So according to the routing, it was time for the savior to make an entrance.

However, it was just that the savior didn’t look like a savior at all.

“Master.”

Just when Fang Zheng, holding the cell phone and observing the war, was thinking about the situation, Mylune came to him.

“The enemy is about to reach the front line… they’re currently fighting with the humans.”

“What’s the current situation?”

Fang Zheng wasn’t surprised by Mylune’s report. He knew a joint task force of Russia and China had arrived here and deployed a line of defense to defend against the imminent mimic army. Fang Zheng saw this with his own eyes but he didn’t make contact with the other party. He even ordered the Zergs across the mountains and plains to burrow underground and escape, so that the people wouldn’t notice that there was such a huge army of Zergs hiding beside them.

“The humans are continuously retreating. It’s only a matter of time before they will be completely wiped out.”

“Awesome.”

Fang Zheng nodded in satisfaction upon hearing Mylune’s reply. He then turned his phone off and stood up.

“Mylune, do you know why humans like superheroes?”

“Superheroes? Are they the ones from the story you talked about? I think it was because of their strength. Humans must be eager to obtain this power.”

Very good, this is a lot like the Zerg… But many humans do think in the same way. Maybe there are more similarities between the Zerg and humans than I thought!

“This is one of them but the most important thing is that the superheroes will always appear when people are most desperate and helpless, giving them something more precious than life itself; hope.”

“Praying for the help of a powerful individual is a sign of weakness, Master.”

Obviously, Mylune didn’t care about it. She might have looked like a human girl on the outside but she was still a Zerg, through and through.

“The weak only need to obey; they are not qualified to pray.”

“This is the difference between the Zerg and humans.”

Fang Zheng had no intention of convincing Mylune. After all, in the Zergs’ opinion, the only use for a powerful existence was to kill them and assimilate their genetic sequence, fuse the opposite party’s power into their own body, and make themselves stronger. This was the characteristic of the Zerg civilization. Convincing them to change this kind of thinking of theirs was like trying to persuade a tiger to be vegetarian. So, Fang Zheng had no qualms with Mylune’s answer.

“Anyway, it’s always good to have less trouble. It’s time for us to act. Mylune, get ready to attack!”

“As you wish, Master.”

“As you wish, Master.”

At this moment, the front line was already in chaos.

“Captain Wang!”

A soldier driving the mech-suit strode across the sand and came to a man dressed in an officer’s uniform, and wiped the blood on his face.

“What’s the instruction from the command center?”

“The command has ordered us to defend the front line with our life! The line of defense is the most important checkpoint to enter the east. We can’t lose it!”

The officer known as Captain Wang raised his hand, aimed at the sand dune before him, and pulled the trigger. Soon, a salvo of bullets from the machine gun on his arm shredded the mimic that happened to just jump out from the sand into pieces.

“We are short on manpower. We can’t hold on. How’s the situation on Minkowski’s side?”

“They are still holding on!”

BOOM!

Before Captain Wang’s voice had even fallen, a violent explosion interrupted him. The two hurriedly turned their heads, looking in the direction the explosion had come from. Immediately, they saw a pillar of fire rising from the ground, surging towards the sky.

“Damn it, it’s the Position 215. They must have fallen!”

Captain Wang’s face turned ashen white. He immediately switched on the communication and shouted aloud.

“It’s Position 128, can anyone hear me? Please answer me if you can hear? Damn it…”

Captain Wang angrily took off his helmet and threw it aside after receiving no response from the opposite side. He then raised the weapon in his hand and looked ahead. And right at this moment, the heads of mimics emerged from the ground as if they too had sensed that the enemy in front of them was at the end of the rope. They began to scream at the soldiers in front of them.

“You damn monsters! We will never give up, let alone retreat! Everyone, take a step forward!”

Along with Captain Wang’s furious shout, the remaining soldiers took a step forward with determined expressions before they raised their guns.

“You have to step over our corpses if you want to go through here, you damn monsters!”

“—!”‘

The aliens roared angrily in response to Captain Wang’s roar but the next moment, they did not advance as everyone thought. On the contrary, these aliens started to retreat, much to everyone’s surprise.

“Wh…What’s…”

“What’s going on? Captain Wang!?”

Everyone was really shocked by this scene. They were all ready to lay down their lives. They would have died for sure as long as the mimics pounced at them just now. But contrary to everyone’s expectations, these monsters retreated instead of charging forward. Could it be that their Captain was so terrifying that he could repel 800 elite troops with just a roar?

“I don’t know either.”

Captain Wang, raising the muzzle, was dumbfounded. Looking at these monsters in front of him, he didn’t know what they were doing. But when he looked carefully, he was surprised to find that these monsters seemed very…nervous?

Nervous!?

Captain Wang’s eyes widened in shock, looking at these monsters in front of him. He even rubbed his eyes and looked again. That’s right, these monsters seemed very restless, anxious, and nervous. They kept their eyes fixed dead on Captain Wang. Almost all of their tentacles were ready for action. It looked as if they had encountered some terrible enemy.

But it’s not like we have changed, have we? We are just ordinary soldiers, that’s all. When have these monsters been afraid of us?

BOOM BOOM BOOM…

But then Captain Wang heard some noises coming from behind. He lowered his head and was surprised to find that even the ground was shaking. The aliens seemed to have become more tense after hearing these noises. Whether it was conscious or unconscious, they even started retreating, forming a defensive formation!

Defense!? I have been fighting these guys for a lifetime and haven’t seen them defend, not even once!

What’s behind us?

“Capt…Captain Wang!”

At this moment, a trembling voice suddenly interrupted Captain Wang’s train of thought. Captain Wang turned to the source of the sound and saw a young soldier not far from him, who happened to have turned his head and was facing the other way. His face was pale at this moment. His body was trembling; it looked like he was going to collapse at any moment now. Captain Wang knew him. He was one of the bravest young soldiers under him. He wouldn’t even bat an eye even when a gun was pointed at his head. But now, this young man looked like a rookie who had just stepped onto the battlefield for the first time. In shock, he even took a few steps in the direction of the mimics before he collapsed. His legs went totally limp!

“What’s the matter with you? Brace yourself, what’s there?”

While he shouted, Captain Wang also turned his head and looked behind.

Then, he too was flabbergasted.

“My God…”