The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 701 - 694: Fleeting in a Moment

Monsters also have intelligence, which contradicts Gao Yuan’s previous understanding.

However, the performance of the giant beast did seem very much like that of an intelligent being; but according to common sense, since the beast was created by the Serpent People, it was impossible for the monster to have intelligence.

When things were unclear, one should ask Xinghe, for if Xinghe didn’t know, then no one else would.

"I am aware of this type of creature."

Xinghe spoke with astuteness, "Carbon-based life form, in existence for approximately thirty million years. Although its evolution has been slow, it still has developed basic intelligence; perhaps in a few hundred thousand years, this creature could begin using tools. However, because this life form dominates its homeworld, there isn’t a strong evolutionary demand, so it is very likely that until extinction, the creature would never use tools."

"Does it have language?"

"Yes!"

Xinghe confirmed Gao Yuan’s guess without hesitation and then said gravely, "This creature is no longer within the category of animals, yet it isn’t at the level of civilization—typical of a civilization’s eve, like primitive man, who had yet to use fire."

Just then, suddenly lights came on.

The interior of the mothership lit up like a room being illuminated, lights flickering on one by one, quickly spreading into the distance amidst the darkness.

It resembled the sudden appearance of numerous fireflies on a night, not a collective brightness but speckles of light throughout.

"The Serpent People’s mothership has arrived!"

Gao Yuan stood up in shock and then saw ripples suddenly appearing around those Serpent People who were about to be destroyed by the monsters. freewёbnoνel.com

It was the process of flesh melting instantaneously, followed by new monsters colliding into it, continuing the melting process.

In a circle, a group of taller and shorter monsters instantly turned into liquid and fell, with new monsters taking their place and also turning into liquid, forming a rippling circle of monsters that came and went like waves of people.

Many devices recovered operation, such as the spaceships and some of the weapons; and just as the monsters were about to tear apart and swallow the last few Serpent People, the Serpent People finally regained control over a portion of their weapons.

Suddenly, Xinghe stepped in front of Gao Yuan, and her Mecha’s surface began to emit streaks of flowing light, an effect of some strange force or microwaves at work, but no one could understand it.

Whether for the Serpent People or the Celestials, Kinetic Weapons were simply not an option, and it was normal for humans, who were still at the stage of Kinetic Weapons, to not understand.

Right at that moment, the giant beast that had been using its roars to control the monsters finally moved.

The giant beast sprang up from a lower deck, and it was only after the beast had sprung up that Gao Yuan could see the full appearance of this giant beast.

Its neck was long, and its body was big, the beast somewhat resembled a limbless giraffe, or a horse without limbs, but with a longer neck.

The head of the giant beast stretched towards the remaining Serpent People, but as long as its neck was, it was still a few meters short of the deck where the Serpent People were located.

Another roar powerful enough to burst eardrums echoed, but this time, the beast’s roar was filled with anger and unwillingness.

Six triangular ships silently appeared around the Serpent People; those monsters that were previously ferociously attacking the Serpent People now obediently stayed in place, neither moving nor making any sound.

The Serpent People had finally regained control of the situation, they turned these creatures into mere weapons in their hands as long as they had energy.

The bullets and shells fired from the Mecha seemed to disappear in mid-air, rendering the Mecha’s attack on the Serpent People ineffective at the moment.

Gao Yuan and his team were now focused on how to survive, and with that, Gao Yuan bellowed, "Retreat!"

The giant beast tried to leap again, but its limbless body rendered the attempt laughable and clumsy.

Having retracted its neck, it struck out towards the Serpent People again, but the beast’s mouth fell short of its target by about four or five meters, forcing it to angrily swing its head back and forth.

The giant beast’s head smashed onto the deck, then bounced up, making use of the recoil and the swinging force of its neck to lunge towards the Serpent People once more.

Even if the giant beast were to stretch its neck to the point of breaking, it would still not reach; however, at that moment, a triangular ship fired a laser that had once instantly killed Lizhizi, illuminating the giant beast’s body.

The giant beast’s body shattered instantaneously, but its head broke free from the restraints.

Only the head of the giant beast remained, along with a small portion of its neck, flying into the air. When it fell upon the head of the Serpent People, it was struck by another wave, reducing the beast’s head to just a tiny fraction.

But the head of the giant beast, along with its mouth, was as large as a room.

The giant beast’s head fell onto the remaining Serpent People’s last small area, and then the gaping mouth snapped shut under the reflex action of the remaining nerves.

There was a clang as the two rows of teeth snapped together, followed by a sound of squelching as the giant beast’s head instantly turned into a mass of shattered flesh, along with the Serpent People it enclosed.

In the end, the giant beast had bitten the Serpent People—whether this was fulfillment of the beast’s dying wish was anyone’s guess.

All of the Serpent People aboard the mother ship had perished, so next, Gao Yuan and his companions would have to face the assault of the unmanned ships.

All of these changes had occurred within the span of merely one or two seconds, and at that time, Gao Yuan truly did not know what to do next.

But at that moment, the unmanned ships suddenly began to plummet like uncontrolled stones, falling straight down, their lights going out as quickly as they had appeared.

From light to dark, it took just a few seconds, but now the monsters that had hardly been damaged all turned their gaze uniformly towards Gao Yuan.

Without the slightest pause, the creatures began swarming towards Gao Yuan’s location.

Xinghe then urgently said, "The Serpent People have abandoned the rescue, the monsters are out of control!"

First, the monster was controlled by the bizarre giant beast, then by the unmanned ships once energy supply was restored, but now with the giant beast dead and all the Serpent People gone, the monsters naturally lost control.

"Retreat!"

Without any hesitation, Gao Yuan shouted loudly, then grabbed Xinghe saying, "Light it up, we need to retreat quickly!"

Three Mechas and a man began to turn and run, but Xinghe shouted back, "Aren’t we going to wipe out all the monsters?"

Gao Yuan matched his speed to that of the Mechas, and while shouting, he had to cover his mouth with his hand to prevent his words from being drowned out by the strong wind.

"Forget the monsters for now, we’ll talk about them later, let’s see what’s going on outside first!"

Some of the monsters were able to see in the dark, but not all of them, so from behind or below there were intermittent crashing sounds; however, the monsters that could see Xinghe continued to follow the only source of light.

Gao Yuan jumped onto Xinghe’s back and yelled, "Turn off the light, carry me and run."

After looking back and seeing nothing but pitch darkness, Gao Yuan continued, "This doesn’t look good, has the second mother ship arrived?"