This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 16 Apprentice Level 6, Human Losses

Whoosh—Boom!

A flash of flame, followed by the spread of smoke.

"Is the monster dead?" came the question through the helicopter crew's headset.

"It seems..." The crew and pilot stared intently at the smoke and dust ahead.

They seemed to see a flash of light.

The next moment... a blazing red beam shot out from the smoke and dust, giving no one any time to react, and struck the helicopter 500 meters away!

The behemoth roared even more furiously, its eyes flashing with savagery and hatred, while more mutated monsters began to wreak havoc and slaughter in the city.

"Oh my god..."

A police officer fired his handgun at a mutated two-headed frog 10 meters away, but even after emptying the magazine, he couldn't hit it with a single shot.

Two-headed frogs have incredibly fast reflexes and terrifying dynamic vision, allowing them to dodge attacks with ease.

Even if it were hit, the pitifully weak pistol bullets wouldn't be able to cause fatal damage.

quack!

With a single gulp, its pink and smooth tongue suddenly shot out, striking the officer's head like a bullet and then carrying it into the frog's mouth.

On this day, hundreds of incredibly powerful monsters stormed into the city. They were impossible to hit or even kill; human light weapons had almost no effect on them.

Three hours later, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force finally arrived with their tanks and self-propelled artillery.

After they entered the city, they fired their heavy machine guns at the monsters and achieved good results, killing and wounding more than a dozen beast-soldier level monsters.

Faced with the intertwined barrage of fire, even beast-general level monsters would have to retreat.

However, this action undoubtedly angered the leading behemoth, which roared and shot out a blazing red beam of light, sweeping across several armored vehicles.

Large sections of the vehicle's armor melted, and the vehicle's air conditioning system instantly failed and started smoking. The immense heat made the occupants feel as if they were in an oven, and they would suffocate inside within seconds.

The tank aimed at the charging behemoth and fired!

However, armor-piercing rounds that can penetrate thick armor can only create a small hole in the behemoth, chipping off a few scales.

No actual harm was caused!

"Mom, I want to go home..."

The tank commander saw the behemoth charging towards him, stomped his foot, and was filled with despair and terror.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

The behemoth overturned the tank, ravaged it, and then sprayed beams of light, repeatedly scorching it.

This thing, I just hit it hard.

……

"Still not good... 61.8 tons, still a bit short of the 64 tons required for a seventh-level apprentice."

Ye Yang shook his head, stopped training, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This morning he suddenly received a huge sum of 5 Destiny Points; I wonder what major event has happened this time.

So after four hours of training, he planned to rest and browse the news.

Over the past three months, his physical strength has improved dramatically. His brute strength has increased from 1.6 tons when he returned from Kyoto to 61.8 tons now, a 38-fold increase!

This miracle was created through a combination of factors: the gravity training room, the "Basic Breathing Method," the RR virus, and Ye Yang's rigorous training.

"Unfortunately, the mysteries of the human body are too complex. I dare not use the rare and precious materials from the Immortal Alliance that can increase physical strength, the mythical bloodlines from countless dungeons, the great medicines of heaven and earth, gene modification... all these methods that can enhance the physical body on myself."

"I will only dare to take it after purchasing it and testing it on the local humans who are devouring the world."

Ye Yang checked his body in the Devouring Dungeon and found that the cost of reviving it once was as high as 61 Destiny Points!

And as their strength increases, this cost is rising rapidly.

Of course, Ye Yang could also spend 1.4 points to revive his body from when he first entered the first stage of apprenticeship.

But in that case, he would lose all the power he had cultivated and would have to start from scratch.

Therefore, even if one can be resurrected, one should not easily risk one's life!

Now look at his current Fate Points – 44.

As China in this world launched numerous plans and projects to cope with the increasingly severe monster disasters, Ye Yang acquired a large number of Destiny Points.

These deviations from the plot all occurred due to his influence.

By May, the entire population of China had basically been infected with the RR virus once, and the "Basic Breathing Method" had been spread and promoted by hundreds of thousands of soldiers, becoming a practice for the entire population.

Statistics show that in the first month and a half, the mortality rate of Chinese people infected with RR virus was the highest, reaching as high as 18%!

More than five million people have lost their lives as a result!

However, since the Basic Breathing Method was fully implemented in China starting in March, the mortality rate among infected individuals has plummeted to 1%, and ultimately only 18 million people died in China during the RR virus crisis.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Some people who are frail or sick, or elderly people, either do not have the conditions to practice the "Basic Breathing Method" at all, or even if they do practice, their bodies are not strong enough to endure it.

But compared to other countries, China's situation is nothing short of miraculous.

Ye Yang's "Basic Breathing Method" had already spread overseas via the internet in March, but unfortunately not many people were willing to believe it.

It wasn't until after April that some countries confirmed the efficacy of the Basic Breathing Method and began to promote it, but by then it was too late.

Those small and underdeveloped countries experienced mass infections within the first month or two, with mortality rates exceeding a terrifying 40%!

Even the world's leading superpower, the United States, suffered heavy losses in the face of this disaster. Despite its efforts to cover it up, the reported death toll exceeded 20 million, with a reported mortality rate as high as 24%!

By May, virtually everyone in the world had been infected with the RR virus, with a subsequent mortality rate as high as 26%!

The whole world is shrouded in grief.

Fortunately, it's all in the past now. Humanity is quietly licking its wounds and beginning to rebuild its home.

Everyone believes that tomorrow will be even better!

Meanwhile, the untimely and alarmist statements made by some countries that "animals are mutating and we must take it seriously" were simply ignored by mainstream international media.

If they don't save themselves, they won't be saved either, and Ye Yang doesn't have the energy to care about those people.

He already felt overwhelmed just from dealing with the beast-general-level monsters that had emerged in the Jiangnan region.

Since June, sporadic Beast Soldier-level monsters have appeared and invaded human settlements, mostly rural areas and a few cities, causing hundreds of bloody incidents every day!

Among Ye Yang's hundreds of disciples, 12 have successfully entered the first stage of apprenticeship, and 3 have even reached the second stage of apprenticeship, but they are still not the main force to deal with sporadic monsters.

Although the Beast Soldier-level monsters are powerful and can easily slaughter ordinary people, ordinary people wielding large-caliber firearms can also harm them.

Countless trained militiamen took up rifles and became the main force protecting their homeland before the rise of human warriors!

However, ordinary people can only deal with beast-level monsters at most with firearms.

Those terrifying beast-general level monsters, though now few in number, each one can cause enormous casualties!

Ye Yang, on the other hand, was stationed in the Jiangnan region, where he annihilated all beast general-level monsters.

With mental strength that far surpasses his physical abilities and throwing knives comparable to B-grade metal, no beast-general-level monster can cause any trouble in front of Ye Yang.

During this period, construction has begun on six major base city projects located in the heart of China!

This will include massive urban clusters, as well as a multi-layered defense perimeter consisting of numerous fortresses and other military installations.

The defensive perimeter of the base city must not only protect the human residents within the city, but also safeguard the agricultural areas outside the city!

At the same time, research projects such as underground farms, synthetic starch, space power stations, uncontrolled nuclear fusion power generation, electromagnetic guns, ultra-high energy laser guns, and monster new materials were launched one after another.

Ye Yang sat on the ground and picked up his phone.

However, the first thing he saw when he clicked on the headline was these:

Shocking! Godzilla lands on Sendai Island! Causing destruction in Sendai city! 18 dead! 30 injured! 60 homeless!

Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater into the ocean has finally brought about its own consequences!

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force tanks fire at Godzilla: Failed to penetrate enemy armor!

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