Apocalypse Lord-Chapter 38 - 36: Unexpected Bonus?

Lin Lan finally gave up on communicating with the Giants.

This time, he seemed truly like a phantom visitor, even the sky-filled fire rain in the replica couldn’t harm him.

Ahead was an orderly four-person squad, their figures and the brilliant golden sealed armor made Lin Lan instinctively think of the heavy Titans from the sci-fi works of his previous life.

The captain’s words sparked his curiosity.

Is this the so-called Divine Kingdom?

At the same time, a serious female voice came through the squad members’ integrated headphones. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"The Ouroboros Angels have fooled the concept of space, and our Ark still cannot lock onto the exact position of the Sun. Headquarters needs you to establish a base station deep within the Divine Kingdom, providing continuous and stable coordinate information for the Ark."

"Additionally, the third, fourth, and sixth exploration teams have lost contact with command headquarters, and we cannot ascertain the danger level of the deep layers of the Divine Kingdom, so please remain vigilant."

She paused, her tone somewhat somber: "Good luck, warriors..."

The communication ended.

The captain turned to another squad member: "Vera, determine our specific landing spot."

"Understood."

A steady magnetic female voice emanated from another set of heavy armor, as Vera spread her palm and tossed a intricately designed cube into the sky.

The cube might be a kind of miniature mapping device, unfolding mid-air, radiating circle after circle of invisible electromagnetic waves, then Vera shared the information to the squad’s screens.

"Our current location is the entrance of Sun Praise Holy City, the place where devout followers’ souls arrive after death."

Vera looked up at the ruins in the sky: "The good news is, the Great Angel Aurora guarding the Holy City has been tied up on the front lines, so we don’t have to worry about angel-level mental pollution for now."

"Honestly, I never thought I’d live to reach the abode of the Holy Spirits..."

A somewhat youthful male voice came from the third set of heavy armor: "We won’t encounter the legendary ancestor figures, will we..."

Just then, the last squad member suddenly pointed to where Lin Lan was standing.

"Everyone, my spiritual intuition tells me something’s not right over there!"

He said coldly: "There seems to be something watching us from there!"

Lin Lan: ?

No buddy, you opened fire?

Next, he saw the captain raising the hand cannon embedded in his armor without hesitation, and in the next moment, flames roared!

The world before Lin Lan’s eyes turned into a glaring white, and the scorched earth beneath his feet evaporated in the light, he felt himself flying up.

"How about now, Priest Ansel?"

Captain Ota watched the pit before him warily.

"The sight has disappeared."

Ansel dismounted the double-handed heavy hammer from his back, his tone becoming solemn: "But I’m not sure if that thing is still there."

"The domain of Gods is indeed bizarre and dangerous, but we cannot stay here wasting time."

Captain Ota furrowed his brow, decisively issuing orders: "Vera, map out our route, Sami, monitor the squad’s sanity fluctuations, Priest Ansel, report any spiritual warnings promptly."

He took a deep breath: "Move out!"

"Yes!" The team members responded in unison.

The Giant Squad began to slowly advance forward.

Moments later, Lin Lan climbed out of the pit covered in dirt, spat out the mud in his mouth, looking somewhat exasperated.

Goodness, they fired without a word... if he couldn’t be harmed in the replica, he would have been blown to bits.

Lin Lan dusted off his pants, narrowed his gaze, tailing them at a trot.

The sky-filled fire rain engulfed the entire Divine Kingdom, growing more violent in the howling burning wind.

This was an endless fiery storm, without armor protection, any creature falling into this would instantly turn to charcoal.

The once glorious Holy City had now become fragmented, occasionally giant towers collapsed and disintegrated mid-air, crashing to the ground with deafening booms.

Suddenly, Priest Ansel in the team issued a warning: "Captain! The Holy Spirits have found us!"

A sudden change occurs.

Beams of sunlight cascaded like waterfalls from the sky ruins to the ground, within the beams some eerie shadows floated out, encircling the entire squad.

Lin Lan leaned closer, discovering the arrivals were floating golden robes, devoid of human shapes but compressed blinding light clusters inside.

"You mad blasphemers! You’ve betrayed your faith!"

The frantic roar echoed in everyone’s ears, the robes fluttering furiously in the storm, looking extremely enraged.

"We never betrayed the Sun, but the faith had issues long ago, old ones."

Ota raised his arm, pulling the trigger coldly: "Fanatics, Holy Spirits, and angels... you immortals shouldn’t have existed from the start!"

Cannon fire blossomed instantly across the ground, crushing the leading Holy Spirit.

From the start, the battle was intense!

Fierce beams hot enough to rip steel burst from the Holy Spirit’s body, but the Giant Squad remained unfazed as their firepower was even more ferocious!

Captain Ota’s power armor fully unfolded, the turrets on his arms, shoulders, and back rose mercilessly pouring fire.

Priest Ansel wielded his heavy hammer, the grim heavy weapon with boosters fiercely slamming the Holy Spirit’s body, leveling everything in his path.

Physician Sami and Mapper Vera’s pistols excelled in agility, always first to take out Holy Spirits attempting to approach the captain.

Lin Lan stood aside, watching the Giant Squad’s combat performance.

Quite powerful!

Next time, this mission felt like watching a blockbuster, Lin Lan marveled inwardly, suddenly his peripheral vision noticed something.

The Holy Spirits eliminated by the Giant Squad didn’t seem to vanish, under the broken robes faint light clusters still slowly flickered.

Curious, Lin Lan moved closer to the broken robe, reaching out, picking up the sunlight on the ground.

[Identifying item you picked up!]

[Item: Polluted Sun Ash Soil]

[Quality: Blue]

[Function: Create a new functional card!]

[Description: The anointed ones forever live in the paradise constructed by the Gods, their hollow desires flowing in the fire]

Lin Lan stood frozen.

Whoa! Unexpected bonus!

The light cluster quietly faded in his palm, simultaneously the system opened the card management interface, a card outline had been sketched.

Lin Lan’s eyes brightened, looking back, he saw four big players had forged a bloody path, the road sides scattered countless dim light clusters.

The big shots bringing him along!

Lin Lan felt delighted inside, eagerly trailing behind the squad, busily scrounging bodies.

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"When you die, your souls will suffer eternal torment!"

The broad robe facing the Giant Squad emitted a mad and venomous roar: "And you can never kill us!"

They had long received the blessing of immortality in the Divine Kingdom, even if dissipating temporarily, the Holy Spirits would regain new life under the blessing of the Divine Spirits.

Suddenly, the speaking Holy Spirit froze on spot, blankly looking back.

Wait...where are those companions waiting to resurrect?