Zombie King Babysits the Reborn Empress

Chapter 542 553: Changes Across the Continent

Swish～

On the vast sea, the sea wind continuously stirred, with waves crashing on the surface. Occasionally, sea beasts would leap out of the water, but before they could get close, they were torn to pieces by the surrounding Sea Beast Corpse Puppets.

"Based on the time we took to get here, this sea journey should take about a month!

Now, ten days have passed since we left Ruins Island, which means we have about three to four days left before we reach the mainland!"

Gazing at the endless blue sea ahead, Lu Chuan estimated in his heart the approximate time it would take for their group to return to the mainland.

He couldn't help it; he was a bit bored.

On this vast, boundless sea, aside from occasional sea beasts seeking death, there was hardly any other life to be seen. If it weren't for Zhao Lin and Little Qiqi keeping him company, Lu Chuan might have gone crazy with frustration.

Lu Chuan turned around and glanced at Zhao Lin and Ji Ruxue, who were seated cross-legged opposite each other.

"It seems we're not far from the eighth stage."

The next moment, his gaze locked onto Zhao Lin, feeling the aura around her that was close to the eighth stage, he thought to himself.

At this moment, Zhao Lin, of course, did not notice Lu Chuan observing her. She was focused on mobilizing the Spiritual Essence within her, continuously refining the energy from the potion.

To break through to the eighth stage as quickly as possible, she had been racing against time in her cultivation, consuming twice the amount of energy potions as Ji Ruxue every day.

Sitting opposite Zhao Lin was Ji Ruxue, who was holding a jade slip, deeply immersed in comprehending its content.

During this time, besides cultivating, she spent almost all her remaining time on these jade slips retrieved from the ruins.

In her previous life, she was very interested in many of the cultivation techniques and battle skills within these jade slips, but unfortunately, she had access to very few of them.

Now, with such an opportunity, she naturally wouldn't let it pass.

Meanwhile, as Lu Chuan's trio was returning to the mainland, unbeknownst to them, a huge change had already taken place on the mainland.

After the trio left the mainland and entered the East Sea, a large number of alien races emerged from space rifts, their numbers at least ten times larger than before.

These alien races, upon entering this world, naturally began to encroach upon the human race's living space, instantly escalating the intensity of the conflicts between the two sides, with brutal battles occurring frequently.

The continuous warfare severely impacted the unprepared human side, causing numerous casualties among Evolvers and military forces.

To cope with the increasing number of alien races, the human side had no choice but to muster all their strength, even arming the entire population, distributing firearms to every survivor, and relying on the high walls of Base Cities to fiercely resist the alien forces' attacks.

Though this approach temporarily repelled the alien attacks, preventing any Base City from being overrun, facing the vast and ever-growing alien numbers, the human side appeared increasingly at a disadvantage.

It was foreseeable that if no significant change occurred, the downfall of the human race was only a matter of time.

Once the human race fell, faced with the bloodthirsty alien races, the only outcome would be extinction!

Despite this, the human race had no better solution, holding tightly to their last resort—a strategic human weapon, poised to deliver the heaviest blow to the aliens at the most critical moment.

However, misfortunes never come singly; just as the human race was retreating step by step against the alien forces, a more terrifying Void Insect Race descended widely.

After the widespread arrival of the Void Insect Race, they began to rampage across the mainland, slaughtering any fleshly creatures they encountered. In no time, many areas on the mainland were rendered desolate by these Void Insects.

Confronted with the individually powerful and numerous Void Insect Race, the human race, previously reliant on firearms against alien races, found it difficult to resist and had no effective means to curb the insects' numerical advantage.

As a result, in just over ten days, numerous Base Cities fell into the hands of the Void Insects.

In no time, the human race suffered heavy losses, with countless survivors perishing tragically, devoured by the Void Insects.

At this moment, in Black Province, in the Qingming Base City of the northern human territory.

The entire city was now eerily quiet, with a chilling murderous aura filling the air.

A large number of Evolvers and military soldiers stood steadfastly on the city walls, fully prepared, with serious expressions and resolute eyes.

In the rear, within the command center.

The white-haired, grim-faced leader of Qingming Base City surveyed the surrounding leaders, speaking in a deep voice: "According to reliable information, the Luming Base City ahead of us was breached by the Explosive Flame Insect Race three hours ago, and all survivors in the city were massacred.

Currently, the remaining Explosive Flame Insects are advancing toward our Qingming Base City. At their speed, they will reach us in about three hours.

This means we only have three hours to evacuate."

After the widespread arrival of the Void Insect Race, the human side specifically categorized and named these insects based on their characteristics.

For example, the Explosive Flame Insect is one type of Void Insect, not only scorching hot like magma but also capable of self-explosion.

The power of their self-explosions rivals that of heavy bombs and is inherently incendiary.

"In the next three hours, we must do our utmost to evacuate all survivors from the city," continued the Base City leader.

Listening to the leader's words, all the high-ranking officials had faces as heavy as water, feeling an immense pressure.

After all, it's the Insect Race we're facing; as of now, more than twenty Base Cities have been obliterated by them.

"Leader, I fear three hours won't be enough..."

At this moment, one high-ranking official, with a troubled expression, spoke with difficulty.

"I know, three hours from now, we'll have to rely on the Evolutionary Squad and military warriors to buy us more time," the Base City leader replied, his heart aching, as he helplessly shook his head.

Three hours passed in an instant.

"Fire! Fire!"

On the city wall, looking at the "crimson sea waves" rapidly approaching from the sky ahead, the commanding senior officer let out a desperate roar.

Bang bang bang～

In the next moment, gunfire erupted, pouring massive firepower onto the advancing swarm of Explosive Flame Insects.

Rumble～

In an instant, numerous Explosive Flame Insects were hit, exploding into fireballs.

Unfortunately, the insect swarm's numbers were overwhelmingly large, even with thousands dying, they were still unstoppable, quickly engulfing the entire city wall.

Rumble～

Under the self-explosions of numerous Explosive Flame Insects, the entire city wall turned into a hellish sea of fire in an instant...

Half an hour later, the news of Qingming Base City's destruction spread rapidly.