The Ruin City — The Border!
The area where Bai Ye was located could be considered both a desolate zone and a futuristic technological zone.
In a certain future time and space, humanity encountered a catastrophe.
The resources of Blue Star were depleted, the air quality became severely degraded, and constant onslaughts of typhoons, tsunamis, and earthquakes led to widespread famine.
Humans died continuously, and the population sharply declined, but this was not the most terrifying part.
Even those humans who were fortunate enough to survive still faced grave dangers.
Due to pollution, all sorts of mutated monsters appeared everywhere, feeding on humans and hunting them relentlessly.
Under duress, humans developed the artificial human project, using genetic engineering to create a large number of clone warriors to combat mutated creatures.
This indeed helped humanity survive the most difficult period, and then…
Rebels emerged among the artificial humans!
A portion of the artificial humans were unwilling to be enslaved by humanity. They were not unwilling to fight, but they desired equal treatment from humans.
Regrettably, humans had no intention of doing so. Artificial humans were merely manufactured combat tools, so why should they be treated equally with tools?
Thus, the war between humans and artificial humans began.
In the end…
Humans, monsters, and artificial humans formed this Ruin City under the apocalypse — The Border!
And from Bai Ye's perspective, the Ruin City was the place where he made his fortune in his previous life. Bai Ye started from the Ruin City and established a firm foothold in the global battlefield.
Bai Ye still held quite an emotional attachment to this city.
Secondly, from a practical standpoint.
Bai Ye did not need to deliberately pursue improvement in new aspects; rather, he needed to enhance what he already possessed.
Therefore, Bai Ye did not intend to wander around aimlessly for the time being. The Ruin City served as a decent temporary stronghold.
Here, there were enough mutated creatures for him to hunt, collect rare metals, and even craft weapons and cultivate Steel Slimes within the city, and to fill his King's Treasury. As long as there was combat, his Five Spirit Curses could be improved.
Furthermore, everything was, of course, for the sake of the God Stone fragments.
Hunting mutated creatures in the Ruin City and exchanging their corpses could yield God Stone fragments!
Of course, the accumulated value was quite high, and it wasn't that easy to exchange them. It was definitely not as fast as the battles among the chosen ones or those from the restricted areas.
However, weren't these all secondary matters?
Bai Ye's most fundamental objective was the wish mission!
Yes, in the Ruin City, there was a chance to initiate a wish mission, which was the reason Bai Ye came here to wander.
Bai Ye was certainly not here to retire.
Bai Ye mused as he stepped across the street.
Everything around was already abandoned, with weeds growing everywhere.
This area was a no-man's land, with no inhabitants, neither human nor artificial. But at this moment…
Bai Ye suddenly heard a mechanical whirring sound. He turned his head and saw a boxy robot. The robot had a screen on its front, displaying eyes and a mouth.
There were also many crayon doodles on the robot's exterior.
Bai Ye looked at the robot, then past it to the rear.
There stood a little girl, about six or seven years old, wearing a dirty red pair of overalls. Upon seeing Bai Ye, the girl seemed a bit frightened and suddenly stopped.
Bai Ye smiled and walked towards the girl, saying, "Xiao Hong Dou?"
The girl looked up at Bai Ye, her eyes confused, "Why do you know my name?"
Bai Ye paused, then slapped his forehead.
Right, this wasn't his previous life.
In this life, this should be his first encounter with the girl before him.
Bai Ye smiled and pointed to the doodles on the side of the robot, "See, it's written here, and this is your stuff, right? So, Xiao Hong Dou is your name."
Xiao Hong Dou nodded and hesitated, "Can you give Xiao A back to me?"
Bai Ye nodded, handed the robot to Xiao Hong Dou, and after thinking for a moment, pulled open his clothes and offered a lollipop.
Bai Ye said, "This is for you."
Xiao Hong Dou said softly, "Dad said I shouldn't take other people's things."
"It's fine, it's just candy." Bai Ye stroked Xiao Hong Dou's head, pushed the lollipop into her hand, and said, "Go on, go home now."
Xiao Hong Dou nodded and hugged her robot. But just as she was about to turn, Bai Ye called out to her.
"Don't go this way." Bai Ye gestured to a side street and said, "Go back from here."
Xiao Hong Dou nodded obediently and then walked along the abandoned street towards the other side.
Bai Ye watched Xiao Hong Dou go with a smile.
A very cute little girl, an indigenous resident of the Ruin City. He had met her in his previous life, and her father had even been Bai Ye's personal craftsman.
After Xiao Hong Dou left, Bai Ye glanced at the direction Xiao Hong Dou had originally intended to leave, and flicked his finger.
A spark of electricity suddenly appeared, hitting the ground in the distance.
With a rumble!
An explosion sounded.
The arc of electricity cracked upon impact with the ground, shattering a portion of the surrounding area.
The next moment, a colossal creature slowly crawled up.
It was a giant lizard whose skin color was very similar to the ground. It had a large amount of mud and moss on its back for camouflage. Without careful observation, it would be difficult to detect its presence.
"Looks like we'll have an extra meal tonight."
Bai Ye grinned.
Although the mutated creatures in this area were all bizarre, most of them tasted quite good.
Bai Ye's wandering here was partly to savor the "taste of the past."
On the other side, the giant lizard's camouflage had been seen through by Bai Ye. After climbing up from the ground, it opened its gaping maw, and a massive tongue lashed out towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye remained still. The moment the tongue wrapped around Bai Ye, his body entered an elemental state, transforming into lightning. The giant tongue then pierced through Bai Ye's body.
And then…
"Lightning Fire Calamity Heaven!"
Bai Ye casually snapped his fingers. Startling thunder, purple lightning, and flaming phoenix fire appeared, soaring into the sky, transforming into intertwined thunder and heavenly fire, which then rained down.
Boom!
The lightning and fire struck the ground, emitting a deafening roar.
The ground was forcefully shattered. When the smoke and dust cleared, the giant lizard's body was riddled with pits and covered in scorched marks.
"Roast lizard meat, should taste good!"
Bai Ye licked his lips, approached the lizard, dug out a piece of meat from a scorched area, peeled off the outer charred part, and threw the rest into his mouth.
As expected, the mutated creatures in this place were as delicious as always.
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