Chapter 2467 Lava Tide (1)
The night was lit up.
It wasn't dawn; it was lava that turned the earth upside down.
The mountains at the border of the East China Sea Region and the Jiangnan Region look as if they have been struck by a hammer from the earth's core.
The mountain split open, and a red light shot into the sky, with a pillar of fire swirling with black smoke piercing straight into the clouds.
Lava overflowed, rushing wildly along mountain ridges, ravines, tunnels, and drainage ditches, like a runaway red dragon. Wherever it went, forests turned to ash, roads bubbled, and buildings collapsed with every breath.
By the time people realized the magma eruption, the night had already been completely ignited and turned into a crimson night.
Immediately following, gurgling and bubbling, like the Qiantang River tidal bore, the scorching lava surged in from the distant horizon, seemingly slowly but actually like a tidal wave!
Under a state of emergency alert, the city walls were filled with heavily armed warriors and powerful superhumans.
But no matter how prepared they were, when they saw the terrifying waves of lava, all the border guards' eyes were filled with despair and fear!
"Quickly, call for backup! This is beyond our ability to handle!"
"Evacuate the crowd immediately. The city walls can still hold out for a while. Arrange for people to enter the underground shelters immediately. Those who can should escape from the south of the city!"
"Hurry up!"
In the first city near the lava eruption zone, before the alarms could be fully raised, the residential buildings were swallowed up to the second floor by the red waves.
The city walls, over fifty meters high, could withstand the erosion of the sea waves, but the magma erupting from beneath the earth was enough to destroy everything from the inside.
In the second city, white vapor first spewed from the subway exit, then red flames, and the glass curtain wall melted and fell down in large sections.
In the third city, the steel cables of the cross-sea bridge were baked blue by the heat wave, and then broke like a string. The bridge sank a section, and vehicles slid into the sea of fire like toys.
The crowd fled.
The radio was hoarse.
The rescue channel was filled with coordinates for help and intermittent cries for help.
"Requesting reinforcements—East Sea Region, A-17 grid—South side of the city—Lava has entered the core residential area—"
"Thousands of people are trapped in the protein factory in B-02, Jiangnan District—some people...some people are walking in the fire!"
"...Zhurong...which unit used this term? I can't hear you—repeat it—"
……
The whole world was in chaos, and the top leaders of each region were having trouble sleeping. They immediately convened a plenary meeting to discuss countermeasures.
The Jiangnan and Donghai regions were in the most panic because the ancient civilization appeared in a border area between their territories!
Several nearby cities have now been swallowed by lava, and they saw the shadow of the Zhu Rong clan in the images.
"We must send people over immediately to suppress this!"
The crisis broke out inland, and the supreme commanders of the two regions immediately sent people to investigate the situation upon learning of it.
In the high-level chat group of Huaxu Kingdom, two names popped up almost simultaneously.
[East Sea Region, Suzaku: Departure]
[Jiangnan Region, Zhurong: Departure]
Upon receiving Zhu Zheng's order, Tu Yunlie did not hesitate at all and immediately led the elite troops of his Yan Yun Guard to the disaster site aboard F-37 fighter jets.
Coincidentally, as a fire-type ability user, his codename is [Zhu Rong].
Five years after the apocalypse, he finally, with the accumulation of various resources, became an Inhuman of the Epsilon level.
"Ancient civilization! I'll probably die in battle."
Tu Yunlie thought to himself, but his face remained as cold as ice.
As a soldier, he was already very content to have survived for another five years after the apocalypse.
He wasn't a master like Zhang Yi or Zhu Yu, and he knew why Zhu Zheng had sent him ahead first.
The purpose was to have him act as a vanguard to explore the way, since Zhu Yu, as the trump card, could not be allowed to fall into trouble, otherwise Zhu Zheng's rule would be in jeopardy.
Tu Yunlie knew this was the case, but he carried out the mission without the slightest hesitation.
Soldiers are duty-bound to obey orders, and there are always those who need to sacrifice on the battlefield. Why can't it be him?
In the night sky, two state-of-the-art F-37 supersonic fighter jets flew towards the lava zone from Blizzard City in the Jiangnan region and New East Sea City in the East Sea region.
……
From the sky, one can see that the area where the two regions meet, spanning a diameter of over 500 kilometers, has turned completely crimson.
On the earth, lava flows like red syrup, possessing a destructive beauty.
Several surrounding cities have been destroyed, and thick smoke billows from them.
The soldiers who witnessed this scene had murderous eyes and were filled with killing intent!
"Ready to fight!"
The wind pressure was torn apart with a loud bang.
The Suzaku and Sea Dragon Guards were closer together and arrived at the battlefield first.
She was dressed in a deep red armor with clean lines on her neck and shoulders. The huge wings on her back were just phantom wings formed from frost and flames—cold and white, with tiny blue flames burning at their edges.
She descended from the sky at high speed, braving the scorching heat!
Above a city being eroded by lava, watching the red tide engulf the streets, his gaze was as cold as a knife.
"The heatwave has reached 3,600 degrees Celsius, and the surface air velocity is 30 meters per second." The environmental data was displayed in real-time on her tactical helmet. She muttered, "We need to cool this area down!"
She stood in mid-air, her icy blue wings hovering high, and slowly raised her right hand towards the endless ocean of lava below.
"Ice Flame!"
boom--
The power of the Ice Prison Vermilion Bird was fully unleashed. The icy blue flames, the cold flames, released a power that did not burn, but devoured!
The blazing blue flames spread across the city like a canvas.
Bingyan is also a fire-attribute character, which is quite strange, because she can directly absorb energy, and the more energy she absorbs, the stronger she becomes in combat.
The immense heat and energy contained within the magma were instantly devoured by the ice flames, turning into hard, black rock.
The air in the city suddenly turned cold, instantly forming thick, arched rock walls that stretched between the city and the lava.
Ice and fire collided, producing a reverberation of shattering glass and exploding oil.
The rocky wall was not a defensive line, but merely a way to deflect the surging red tide, leaving a gap for those still fleeing to escape.
"East China Sea Search and Rescue Team, advance from the left flank!"
She spoke quickly, “Watch out for any strange life forms! Protecting yourself is the top priority.”
The elite Hailong Guards of the East China Sea region immediately agreed and quickly entered the area in three-person teams to search for survivors and gather intelligence on the Zhurong clan in the cooling zone opened up by the Vermilion Bird.
"boom!!!"
The sound of an explosion suddenly came from the other side of the city, like a heavy heart suddenly leaping in the chest.
Tu Yunlie arrived riding on fire.
He didn't have the cold, elegant armor of the Vermilion Bird, but only a modified combat uniform with the "Jiangnan" emblem engraved on his shoulder armor and two ring-shaped energy collectors on his waist constantly flashing red light.
That cold, hard face was still half-hidden in the high collar of his military uniform, with only a pair of resolute eyes visible.
