noffsinger Chapter 1194 A Flame of Hope
Chapter 1194 A Flame of Hope
"puff!"
Just as everyone was looking at the broken bone spike, accompanied by a muffled thud, Arrogance's incomparably hard and powerful body, under the blazing red light of the giant sword, was completely cleaved in two by Qin Zhong, like a piece of rotten wood.
Furthermore, a raging fire instantly erupted on the remains of arrogance, burning them to a crisp in a matter of moments, turning them into two pieces of charcoal that fell heavily to the ground.
"Phew, that was tough, but I finally took him down!"
With a single sword strike, Qin Zhong slew arrogance, and a flush of excitement appeared on his pale face.
That attack just now truly used up all of Qin Zhong's energy. Moreover, the Thunder Sword was completely destroyed by that attack and needs to be reforged.
However, the attack power unleashed in this strike can be said to have surpassed the peak of Qin Zhong's abilities; otherwise, he would not have been able to so easily kill Arrogance and burn his remains to ruins.
"What a powerful sword strike!"
Unlike Qin Zhong's inexplicable excitement, the powerful figures present were completely awestruck by the power of Qin Zhong's sword strike.
It should be noted that their combined attack only injured Pride, but did not truly threaten its life.
But Qin Chongyi killed him with a single move. Such power and such a disparity in strength undoubtedly left everyone with mixed feelings.
King Arthur, the Pope, and others who had good relations with Qin Zhong were shocked, but more so delighted. However, those who had been Qin Zhong's enemies, such as Xiao Yibai and Joseph, felt an irresistible fear from the bottom of their hearts.
They knew that if that sword was aimed at them, their fate would be the same as Pride's: to be reduced to charred remains like those before them, or perhaps not even to remains at all.
Such a disparity undoubtedly made them feel uneasy and anxious, prompting them to consider how to ease their relationship with Qin Zhong.
"What a pity, my Thunder Sword..."
At this moment, Qin Zhong had no idea what these people were thinking. Coming back to his senses from his ecstasy, he only felt a pang of heartache.
It should be noted that this thunder sword, formed from the condensation of metal and fire elements, took him a great deal of effort to condense.
More importantly, during this period, Qin Zhong absorbed a large amount of gold and fire elements every day and injected them into the Thunder Sword to temper the sword body and strengthen its blade.
Now, although his strongest strike has killed Arrogance, if he wants to unleash such a powerful sword strike again, he can only do so by continuously refining the Thunder Sword after it has been condensed, so that the power it contains can reach the level it just did.
Reaching this level requires at least three to seven days of dedicated training; otherwise, it's highly unlikely.
The outcome of the dungeon war was already decided from the moment Arrogance died.
However, what puzzled Qin Zhong, King Arthur, and the others was that Gu Shantong, the true leader of Devil Mountain, never appeared until his arrogant death.
However, Qin Zhong and the others remained vigilant. Who knew if Gu Shantong was hiding there? What if they let their guard down and Gu Shantong suddenly appeared, delivering a heavy blow to them?
What puzzled everyone was that Gu Shantong did not appear until the biological weapons were almost completely destroyed, which also puzzled Qin Zhong and the others.
However, Qin Zhong and the others soon turned their attention to the remaining biological weapons.
Although the biological weapon legion's desperate counterattack inflicted heavy casualties on the human alliance, they ultimately failed to turn the tide of the war.
After Qin Chong and others intervened in the battle and eliminated the high-level biological weapons one by one, the remaining low- and mid-level biological weapons were completely wiped out by the allied forces and the tracking forces. Only a few were left alive, which Chu Jiu used anesthetic to anesthetize and sealed in a refrigerated container for future research.
After annihilating the X-Alien bioweapon legion, the human coalition began the tedious yet exciting takeover operation.
Under the joint command of Chen Fang and others, the human alliance gradually eroded the entire underground city. Fortunately, although the X aliens had set up many traps in the underground city, triggering them would have caused heavy casualties to the human alliance.
However, precisely because these traps are high-tech traps that require energy to operate, they become useless once the powerful humans destroy the energy generation system.
Apart from a very few physical traps that have caused some unfortunate people to lose their lives, the vast majority of traps lie there quietly, without making a sound no matter how many people come and go.
Of course, Qin Chong and his group discovered these things after entering the central control hub of the underground city.
When they saw the trap locations marked on the control center and the trap descriptions, even the daring and knowledgeable Qin Zhong and his companions couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, secretly feeling lingering fear.
Based on the descriptions of the traps' power, if they were to accidentally trigger them, the number of soldiers who would survive the war would likely be reduced by at least a third, or even more.
If these traps only made Qin Zhong and the others break out in a cold sweat, what they saw next made them instantly soak their vests with sweat and even curse out loud.
Only now did everyone realize that there was a terrifying self-destruct system in the underground city.
Although the description did not explain how powerful this destruction system was, anyone with a brain could imagine that to destroy such a massive underground city, the power of its self-destruct system would probably be no less than that of one or two nuclear bombs.
Fortunately, because Qin Chong and his group arrived so quickly, and the X-stars probably didn't expect to fail, the arrogant ones didn't think about activating the dungeon's self-destruct system.
That's why everyone was spared from disaster.
Otherwise, once the self-destruct system is activated, even if a top expert like Qin Zhong can escape the violent explosion, the hundreds of thousands of human soldiers in this underground city will be destined to be wiped out.
Without these elite soldiers, even if humanity wins, it will lose all its advantage in future battles against zombies and mutated beasts!
The underground city is extremely large, and even though the human alliance still has more than 100,000 soldiers left, it is still not an easy task to take control of the underground city in a short period of time.
In particular, places like the underground arsenal and laboratory were completely monopolized by Chu Jiu and Hu Meng, along with a group of researchers, who did not allow anyone to approach them alone.
Of course, this decision initially aroused dissatisfaction among the vast majority of the coalition forces.
After all, the data and technology in the underground arsenal and laboratory are priceless treasures to everyone.
Especially now that the headquarters of Devil Mountain has been destroyed and the external threat seems to have been eliminated, discordant voices have gradually emerged within the coalition forces, driven by "interested individuals".
Many countries and leaders of various forces have demanded that Qin Zhong share the technology from his laboratories and arsenals. Some even want to take this opportunity to create momentum and force Qin Zhong to hand over the formulas for the virus cure and evolution agents.
Suddenly, without the threat of external forces, the human alliance, which had previously cooperated wholeheartedly to fight against a powerful enemy, began to show signs of instability and infighting.
Faced with this overwhelming public anger, Qin Zhong, at Chu Jiu's signal, calmly stepped aside and stopped blocking others from entering the underground city laboratory and armory.
After seeing Qin Chong make concessions, the leaders of various countries were greatly encouraged, believing that Qin Chong and his group were genuinely afraid of their united resistance, which was why they had no choice but to concede.
Subsequently, apart from Joseph and others who had a deep understanding of and fear of Qin Zhong, most of the powerful figures and leaders of other countries, along with their confidants or sent people, entered the arsenal and laboratory, attempting to plunder the technology and resources inside.
However, once they entered these two places, they discovered that they had not only arrived at a paradise full of wealth and opportunity, but also a hell full of danger and despair!
Actually, it's also the fault of these people who were blinded by greed and didn't think about what kind of places laboratories and arsenals are.
This is the most dangerous place in the dungeon!
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The foreign powerhouses who entered the arsenal fared relatively well; they were simply forced out by the various defensive biological weapons inside, and their casualties were not too severe.
Those powerful individuals who entered the laboratory were in dire straits. One of them accidentally knocked over a bottle of reagent, and the entire group of powerful individuals who entered the laboratory were poisoned to death by that terrifying viral reagent.
A total of 146 evolved beings, their remains turned into blood, which flowed out through the laboratory's drainage pipes.
Seeing the filthy blood flowing from the laboratory's drainage pipes—blood that had been filtered countless times and was non-toxic but still filthy—the leaders of various powers who had been clamoring to share the wealth of the laboratory and arsenal fell silent.
Only now did they realize that no matter how precious the wealth, they needed to have the ability to acquire it.
If you lack the ability but still try to achieve something, you will pay a price that exceeds your means.
After the turmoil at the laboratory and arsenal, discordant voices within the coalition forces diminished considerably.
They finally began to realize that these Chinese not only surpassed them in combat strength, but also had a significant technological advantage.
Seeing that Chu Jiu seemed completely unaffected, leading his research team and with the cooperation of other members of the Tian Gang organization, he successfully took over the laboratory and arsenal. The various powers could only swallow their saliva and had no other recourse.
The only option now is to find another way to win the favor of the Tiangang organization and get them to part with some benefits so that we can share them with them.
After this incident, the troops of all countries recognized the current situation, and the atmosphere within the entire coalition changed instantly, becoming incredibly harmonious and pleasant.
Those who have survived to this day in the apocalypse are all shrewd and capable leaders who would never act irrationally out of momentary anger.
Therefore, in the following days, all orders issued by the Tiangang Organization were finally obeyed without question.
The smooth transmission and execution of military orders greatly increased the efficiency of the allied forces in controlling the underground city. In at most ten days to half a month, they would be able to completely control the underground city.
Of course, having control over the city is one thing, but digesting the wealth and technology it contains is another.
Such a vast amount of technical data and wealth could not be fully digested in less than three to seven years, or even more than ten years.
At the same time, Qin Zhong also noticed the change in the atmosphere within the allied forces. This was after he discussed the matter with Chen Fang, King Arthur, and other key members.
Qin Zhong entrusted the formula for the virus cure to the leaders of various countries who had contributed to the battle and performed well.
Even though these leaders don't yet have the special material R21 to manufacture the virus cure, it's enough to make them extremely excited.
Other national leaders and powerful figures, seeing the benefits these people received, also worked even harder and became more "friendly" towards the Tiangang Organization.
At the same time, Qin Zhong also reciprocated this kindness by providing evolution potions to help more people awaken and become evolvers.
In an instant, after a combination of coercion and enticement, only the voices of the Heavenly Gang Organization and its allies remained within the entire human alliance!
The victory in the Dungeon War was a milestone in the war between human civilization and the X-planet civilization, and a crucial victory for humanity.
Winning this unprecedentedly fierce war not only brought the human alliance a large amount of resources and technology, greatly increasing its strength, but also greatly boosted the morale of the survivors from various countries who had been pessimistic.
It should be understood that most of the soldiers who participated in this battle were prepared to die.
Because, in the eyes of most survivors, the alien colonial civilization of Planet X, which has been passed down for countless years, is not on the same level as human civilization at all.
The other side could easily spread a virus and destroy most of human civilization. For them, the barely surviving survivors, to fight against the other side is tantamount to throwing their lives away.
If it weren't for the irreconcilable blood feud with Planet X, if it weren't for their loss of faith in the future and their determination to perish together with the people of Planet X, they probably wouldn't have participated in this extremely brutal war.
However, the victory in this war greatly changed everyone's views, whether it was the soldiers who had experienced the war or the various countries that had been observing and had not directly participated in the war.
They finally discovered that the seemingly invincible X-planet civilization they had imagined was not as powerful and unstoppable as they had thought.
If they have enough plans and preparations, they may be able to defeat this powerful alien civilization.
Just like this dungeon battle!
The victory in the underground city battle was like a spark that ignited a wildfire, completely rekindling the flame of hope in the hearts of the human survivors.
When Qin Chong and his group deliberately spread the news of their victory through various channels, humanity, which had been filled with despair for the future, finally began to believe that there was still hope for their future.
As time went on, more and more survivor units began to join the human alliance.
These people joined the coalition not just for the virus cure and evolution potions, but more so for their own hope for tomorrow.
As survivors from various countries continued to pour in, the human alliance, which had been reduced to just over 100,000 after the underground war, not only quickly recovered to a strength of 300,000, but also continued to expand.
At this rate of expansion, the human alliance could reach a size of over 600,000 in just one more month.
That's an absolutely terrifying number!