Chapter 381 - Tunnel Protection Squad (1/2)

“Th-Thank you so much!”

After the fan, who seemed like a high school student, took a picture with Meng Chao, she said excitedly, “I didn’t expect that the legendary Meng Chao was so friendly!”

“I’m not a Deity Realm superhuman, just someone at the peak of Earth Realm. There’s no need for me to put on airs,” Meng Chao said with a smile. “But with such a cute supporter like you, I will definitely work hard and reach Heaven Realm as soon as possible! You’re still in high school, right? My younger sister is a high school student too. You have to work hard together with her. Train nonstop and become stronger!”

The fan was so excited after she received his encouragement that her eyes sparkled. She swung her arms and said seriously, “I’ll definitely work hard!”

“Work hard. Also, when you fight against zombies, be careful. Don’t get too close to them!”

Meng Chao smiled and bade farewell to the fan.

He felt really guilty, so he did not quite dare to look Lu Siya in the eye.

“Seize every second possible, huh?” Lu Siya asked with the ghost of a smile.

“You don’t understand,” Meng Chao replied seriously. “The abnormal beasts have changed their tactics and are using psychological tactics. They want to exaggerate the difference between superhumans and normal people so that they can intensify the conflict between them. Then, they can tear apart the communities in Dragon City.

“With that kind of situation in mind, as superhumans, we can’t put on airs in front of normal people. We have to be friendly and be part of the people’s lives. So, we should try to satisfy the fans’ requests, since that will allow us to maintain the harmony in Dragon City!”

“Makes sense. But if this fan was a burly man weighing more than one hundred kilograms, built like a tank, with scars covering his face, and a beard, would you still patiently give your signature and take a picture with him just like you did with the female fan? If you did, you’d make even more sense.”

Meng Chao scratched his head and wanted to defend himself further, but Lu Siya had already flown away.

The Heaven Realm superhumans might be able to freely apply maglev and soar through the skies, but if they wanted to travel long distances, they could not be fast.

After all, the physiological structure of the human body made it certain that humans could not fly.

Even though they could activate their spirit energy and perform short-distance sprints in the air, it used up a lot of spirit energy.

Hence, Heaven Realm superhumans often carried with them lightweight gliders. While above the people, they could glide through the air quickly while subtly changing their direction nonstop until they reached their destination.

When Lu Siya had already risen one hundred meters into the air and started gliding to Red Dragon River, Meng Chao activated his 3D mobile gear and jumped high into the air. Loud puffs of air came out from his gear as he jumped among the buildings. He moved as if he was flying.

One of them jumped and the other glided. Both of them rushed forward. Soon, they passed more than ten streets.

Smoke still curled up from the areas under them. Gunshots and shouts rose and fell. Quite a number of streets still had zombies in them.

One of the shelter areas with temporary tents was thrown into chaos by the zombies.

The two could see a lot of citizens wanting to escape. They squeezed themselves into narrow streets and shoved at each other. Those places were cramped.

It was difficult for the tanks and armored vehicles outside to come in. It was also difficult for the superhumans to make the citizens spread out.

If even one of the citizens there were infected by the new zombie virus, the consequences would be dire.

‘We have to set up defenses everywhere and can’t be hit anywhere. The Home Party’s ideals will put us in a far too passive position against the enemy’s surprise attacks!’

Meng Chao sighed in his heart.

Right now, they only faced monsters and zombies.

In the future, they would face elves, dwarves, dragons, magicians, and all sorts of strange Other World creatures.

Their magic, curses, plagues, bewitchment, and mind control were much stronger than the zombies in terms of invasiveness and destructiveness.

The Colonization Party’s method would not work, but there were problems with the Home Party’s ideals as well. If they thought that building a hoop-shaped defense line around Dragon City would make their defenses impenetrable and let them sleep peacefully, they would end up being beaten up and become mangled sitting ducks.

‘The Colonization Party is full of mad dogs, but the Home Party is full of cowards. Just which path should Dragon City take in the future? It’s a real headache!’ Meng Chao thought.

‘Let’s talk about the battle in front of us right now. We’re just defending and fighting back passively. We can’t win the Monster War like this. It’d be better for us to find the abnormal beasts’ nest, which is likely the satellite city that is even more terrifying than Dragon King Town. That’s the only way!’

The tragedy in front of him made Meng Chao come to a decision. He had to reach Heaven Realm as soon as possible and join the operation to destroy the satellite city that was controlled by the abnormal beasts.

However, he first had to deal with the problem of the abnormal beasts invading and attacking them from all sides.

He and Lu Siya soon left the southern part of the city and reached the banks of Red Dragon River.

During winter, the Red Dragon River was like a hibernating aquatic dragon. It flowed slower than during the wet season in summer, which was why winter was the best period of time to construct a tunnel under the river.

But a lot of minerals and crystals came from upstream, where Monster Mountain Range was, so there were still patches of black shadows rising and falling in the slightly red water.

They were terrifying aquatic monsters who were flushed down by the rapid waters.

If the city used deep water bombs, they could hunt down these monsters and use them as nutritious food.

Yet there were seldom any superhumans who dared to jump into Red Dragon River to fight against the aquatic monsters with their fists deep in the river, because the water flowed too rapidly.

“Is that… a Lion Dragon Fish?”

Now that Meng Chao was at the peak of Earth Realm, his eyesight had become much sharper than when he was a one-star superhuman. Even when he was high in the sky, he could see a large body moving in the river.

On his mission for the Red Radiance Jade mine, Meng Chao and Lu Siya had fought fiercely against two Lion Dragon Fishes in a mysterious lake deep in Graveyard Forest.

Even now, when their cultivation realms and fighting strength had increased a lot, their hearts would fill with fear upon recalling that fight. They did not want a repeat of that fight.