Dominion's End

V6C8: Sudden Death From Above

Dominion's End Volume 6: The Unknown Elite

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我 (Yu Wo)

Chapter 8: Sudden Death From Above—translated by Miaka_Mei, lucathia & Elkin (proofread by Arcedemius; C/E edited by lucathia)

I made sure to be as quiet as possible, silently making my way toward Shangguan Chenhong's group. Fortunately, there was a mountain forest behind the base. I wouldn't be easily detected when moving through the forest.

The enemy stopped in front of the back entrance before splitting into two groups. Shangguan Chenhong had four people standing by his side, while the rest spread out in a clear search for me.

Just how much do they underestimate my strength? Even if they didn't go up the walls and see the frozen horned mice shish kebabs, shouldn't they at least take me seriously for ambushing and killing fifty of their men?

Shangguan Chenhong probably thinks that I wasn't alone in that night's ambush. He even has a dozen fully armed elite soldiers under his command. Maybe that's why he's acting so carelessly... Hmm. If he didn't encounter a tier three like me, perhaps it wouldn't be careless of him. Having powerful firepower and energy guns, and a body strengthened from eating crystals, it's more than enough to let him do whatever he wants in the early stages of the apocalypse.

At least, it's sufficient enough until the arrival of the second Moment of Judgment.

After the second Judgment's arrival, the aberrants' strength increased. Although humans grew stronger, the aberrants gained a bigger leap in strength. The disparity between the strong and the weak became even larger. It was even more difficult for humans to survive.

After waking from a night of torture and agony, humans had to deal with even stronger aberrants. Supplies were getting scarce, and the winter was growing colder. Suicide rates peaked during the first few months after the third Moment of Judgment. The good-hearted ones would blow their head off while committing suicide, so as to avoid harming others after waking up and turning into an aberrant.

They killed themselves because all hope was gone, right?

Despite how harsh the apocalypse was, if there was some hope in staying alive, most humans would want to keep living. Not to mention my people, we're definitely tough enough!

If people were given a little bit of hope...

I took a deep breath, not wanting to think about things so far into the future. Let's deal with what's right in front of us first. I tapped my chest with a finger, and let Xiaorong's branches creep along the ground in that direction.

The enemy had more than ten people, and they were moving separately. If I wanted to fight it out, it wasn't impossible to win as long as I played some tricks, but my aim was to take Shangguan Chenhong hostage and then "reason" with Zhu Yuanzhou. Killing more people would only deepen their grudge. That wouldn't be good for anybody. We might as well use them to fight off the aberrants.

Let's just have Xiaorong drag Shangguan Chenhong over. Once I've got him in my hands, the enemy would have no choice but to listen to us.

To avoid attracting attention, Xiaorong stuck close to the ground as he slowly made his way over. However, the longer he extended his branches, the thinner my chest armor became. Looks like Xiaorong isn't strong enough. I'll have to feed him more crystals after this. I can't lose my armor every time Xiaorong extends his branches. That'll be too disadvantageous in battle.

The branches finally reached Shangguan Chenhong's feet. I lifted my crystal energy gun, planning on setting off a series of loud noises as a diversion so I could drag him over in one go. Translucent branches gently wrapped around Shangguan Chenhong's ankle. He was wearing army boots, so his ankles were covered. As long as we don't grab him too tightly, he shouldn't notice—