The Ruined City - Frontier!
The area where Bai Ye was located could be considered both a post-apocalyptic zone and a future technology zone.
In a certain future timeline, humanity encountered a catastrophe.
The resources of the Blue Star were depleted, the air quality deteriorated, and constant natural disasters like typhoons, tsunamis, and earthquakes caused widespread famine.
Humanity was dying out, and the population plummeted, but this was not the most terrifying part.
Even those who narrowly survived still faced numerous dangers.
Due to pollution, various mutated monsters appeared everywhere, feeding on humans and hunting them down.
Under duress, humanity developed the android project, using genetic engineering to create a large number of clone warriors to combat mutated creatures.
This did help humanity survive the most difficult period, and then...
Rebellion occurred among the androids!
Some androids were unwilling to be enslaved by humans. They were not unwilling to fight, but they wished to be treated equally by humans.
Unfortunately, humanity did not intend to do so. The androids were merely manufactured combat tools, so why should they be treated equally to tools?
Thus, the war between humans and androids began.
Finally...
Humans, monsters, and androids formed this ruined city under the apocalypse - Frontier!
From Bai Ye's perspective, the Ruined City was the place where he made his fortune in his previous life. Bai Ye started from the Ruined City and firmly established himself on the world stage.
Bai Ye had quite an emotional attachment to this city.
Secondly, from a practical standpoint.
Bai Ye did not need to deliberately pursue improvements to himself at this moment; instead, he needed to enhance what he already possessed.
Therefore, Bai Ye did not plan to wander around aimlessly for the time being. The Ruined City was a good temporary base.
There were enough mutated creatures for him to hunt, collect rare metals, forge weapons within the city, cultivate Steel Slimes, and fill the King's Treasury. As long as there was combat, he could improve his Five Spirit Curses.
Secondly, everything was, of course, for the fragments of the God Stone.
Hunting mutated creatures in the Ruined City and exchanging their corpses could earn God Stone fragments!
Of course, the accumulated value was quite high, and it wasn't easy to exchange, definitely not as fast as the battles between the chosen ones or from the forbidden zones.
However, weren't these all incidental matters?
Bai Ye's most fundamental goal was - the Wish Mission!
Yes, in the Ruined City, there was hope of initiating a Wish Mission, which was the reason Bai Ye came here to roam.
Bai Ye was not here to retire.
Bai Ye thought to himself as he strode down the street.
Everything around was already desolate, overgrown with weeds.
This area was a no-man's-land, inhabited by neither humans nor androids, but at this moment...
Bai Ye suddenly heard the sound of mechanical rotation. He turned his head and saw a cubic robot. The robot had a screen on its front with eyes and a mouth.
There were also many crayon drawings on the robot's casing.
Bai Ye looked at the robot, then past it to the area behind.
There was a little girl, about six or seven years old, wearing dirty red overalls. Seeing Bai Ye, the little girl appeared a bit scared and suddenly stopped.
Bai Ye smiled and walked towards the girl, saying, "Xiao Hong Dou?"
The girl looked up at Bai Ye, bewildered, and asked, "Why do you know my name?"
Bai Ye paused, then slapped his forehead.
Right, this was not his previous life.
In this life, he should be meeting the little girl for the first time.
Bai Ye smiled and pointed to the drawing on the side of the robot, saying, "See, it says here, and this is your thing, right? So, Xiao Hong Dou is your name."
Xiao Hong Dou nodded, hesitated, and then asked, "Can you give Xiao A back to me?"
Bai Ye nodded and handed the robot to Xiao Hong Dou. After thinking for a moment, Bai Ye unbuttoned his shirt and took out a lollipop, offering it to her.
Bai Ye said, "This is for you."
Xiao Hong Dou said softly, "Dad said I shouldn't take things from others."
"It's okay, it's just candy." Bai Ye patted Xiao Hong Dou's head, put the lollipop into her hand, and said, "Go on, go home."
Xiao Hong Dou nodded, 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 the side street and said, "Go back from here."
Xiao Hong Dou obediently nodded and then walked along the abandoned street to the other side.
Bai Ye watched Xiao Hong Dou walk away with a smile.
A very cute little girl, a native of the Ruined City. He had interacted with 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 where she had originally intended to leave, and then flicked his finger.
An arc of electricity suddenly appeared and struck the ground in the distance.
With a rumbling sound!
An explosion occurred.
As the arc of electricity hit the ground, it cracked open, shattering a patch of ground around it.
The next moment, a colossal creature slowly crawled up.
It was a giant lizard with skin color very similar to the ground. There were large amounts of mud and moss on its back for camouflage. If one wasn't paying close attention, it would be difficult to detect its presence.
"Looks like I'll have an extra meal tonight."
Bai Ye grinned.
Although the mutated creatures in this area were all strange and grotesque, most of them tasted quite good.
Part of the reason Bai Ye came here to roam was to taste "the flavors of the past."
Meanwhile, the giant lizard's camouflage had been exposed by Bai Ye. After crawling up from the ground, it opened its gaping maw, and a huge tongue shot out towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye's body remained still. The moment the tongue wrapped around Bai Ye, his body entered an elemental state, transforming into lightning. The giant tongue passed straight through Bai Ye's body.
Then...
"Thunder Fire Tribulation!"
Bai Ye casually snapped his fingers. Thunderbolts and purple lightning, along with blazing phoenix fire, appeared and shot up into the sky, intertwining as lightning and heavenly fire before descending.
Rumble!
The thunder and fire struck the ground with a deafening roar.
A portion of the ground was blasted apart. When the smoke and dust cleared, the giant lizard's body was riddled with holes and covered in scorched marks.
"Roasted lizard meat, it should taste good!"
Bai Ye licked his lips, approached the lizard, and dug out a piece of meat from the scorched area. He peeled off the outer charred part and threw the rest into his mouth.
As expected, the mutated creatures from this place were as delicious as always.
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