Cave Refuge

But the observant knew in their hearts that the monster, under so many Missile attacks, had retreated only a few steps at most, and its body had not sustained any serious injuries.

As the monster retracted into the water, the continuous Missile attacks came to a sudden halt.

It's not that the Officials were unaware of the principle of taking advantage of one's opponent's weakness. The halting of the missile launch at this time was primarily because most of the Missile stockpile at the base had been depleted. The remaining few Missiles still had important roles to play, so this round of Missile attacks could be considered to have used up more than half a year's stockpile.

Yet even so, the monster was neither killed nor seriously injured.

Sensing that the relentless Missile attacks had ceased, the monster tentatively made landfall once more.

When the monster emerged from the water and stepped back onto land, those who were watching the situation through the camera, even though they had already seen it once before, were startled by the beast's massive body again.

At this moment, an underground base was created about a hundred meters below the central area of the Magic Capital Base.

At the Command Center of the underground base, upon receiving the details of the monster's physical attributes, someone suddenly asked the young man who had delivered the information: "Is the data you brought real or fake? The height could have been estimated using the length of a shadow, but how did you manage to calculate the weight of the monster?"

Hearing the questions about the authenticity of the data in hand, the staff member who distributed the information did not directly respond. After finishing the distribution, that person left immediately.

After everyone finished examining the data, some murmured to themselves that if the calculations in the data were correct, they would need to play another trump card from Magic Capital Base to kill the monster again.

Sensing the silence in the Conference Room, a person seated in the third row on the right took the initiative to speak up: "While it has not yet entered our camp, should we hit it hard?"

Hearing this suggestion, the others immediately understood the idea, but they were also aware that if they chose to 'plant mushrooms', due to the close distance between them and the monster, the Magic Capital Base would naturally suffer great losses from the mushroom cloud explosion.

"Can't we find a way to lure the monster away from here, to a remote island, and do what we want there?"

Upon hearing another proposal, someone immediately rebutted: "When the monster first approached, we also tried to lure it away, but after so many attempts, we never successfully diverted it. Sending people now, who can guarantee we can lure it away?"

Subsequently, the crowd continued to put forth new suggestions, each being directly refuted by others.

While they had yet to formulate a suitable plan, the monster was not like an NPC in a game that would stand still and wait.

Confirming that there would be no more Missile attacks upon approach, the creature immediately quickened its pace and charged towards Magic Capital Base.

Before the underground group could reach a consensus, the monster had already scaled the wall and entered Magic Capital Base.

Having received prior notice, the survivors who originally lived in Magic Capital Base had long practiced evacuation, so what was left behind was just an empty shell.

Of course, there were some with malicious intent. While others evacuated Magic Capital Base in an orderly manner to take refuge, some saw this as an opportunity to score like 'pulling chestnuts out of the fire'.

So taking advantage of the others' departure, these desperadoes went straight to the houses they had previously scouted, hoping to scoop up a windfall before leaving.

Though they were greedy, they knew the difference between greed and risking their lives,

Their plan was not to remain and resist the enemy, but rather, to collect the belongings others had not taken while leaving Magic Capital Base.

The reason the monster headed straight for Magic Capital Base was that it sensed a large number of life signals there.

It was also because it detected so many life signals that it ignored the surrounding Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and directly broke into Magic Capital Base.

But once it truly entered the Magic Capital Base, it found that most survivors had already left before its arrival.

However, when it used its Lifebound Ability again to probe the life signals around, the life auras within a hundred miles centered on the Magic Capital Base were all locked down by it.

Although those survivors who had left the Magic Capital Base early had retreated in groups of about a hundred to prevent accidents, setting up camps in different areas,

This way, even if something unexpected happened later, it would not have much of an impact on the Magic Capital Base as a whole.

At this moment, those survivors who had grievances about leaving the Magic Capital Base immediately shut their mouths after seeing that towering figure standing in the base.

Just as others were observing the next move of that monster, they found it charging directly towards the area where people had gathered.

Despite the monster's bulky size, its massive frame allowed it to cover tens to hundreds of meters with each step.

Comparing the monster's speed to a human is like comparing a human racing against an ant, the distance an ant struggles to cover in a whole day is just a few strides for a human.

And because of this, the survivors' makeshift camps set up around the Magic Capital gathering area became the graveyard under the monster's feet.

After rushing over, the monster did not stoop to fight but used its feet to stomp on the temporarily settled survivors, crushing them like ants.

Once the monster had trampled everyone in that temporary camp to death, it continued its assault in silence towards the nearest temporary camp of survivors.

And when that creature charged toward another nearby temporary camp of survivors, everyone received a message sent by the Officials.

When the survivors picked up their phones, they saw a notification highlighted in red bold letters on the communicator.

Upon opening this message, everyone then realized that the reason the air-raid alarms went off twice was that of the same monster.

The first time the monster appeared, it was swiftly killed by people, but this time when the monster reappeared, no one had the capability to kill it, hence the urgency to evacuate the Magic Capital Base.

In this panic, no one noticed that although the monster stood over a hundred meters tall, besides its slaughtering of survivors, it remained in place yet undetectable at other times.

Perhaps it was that ability that protected it; each attack was swift and deadly, crushing all the people cleanly.

And those employees who were trampled to death, even in their demise, did not shed a drop of blood.

Now, as time passed, every part of the monster's body had developed the ability to absorb blood.

So at this time, the monster only needed to use its feet to swiftly annihilate each temporary camp of about a hundred people.

The number of survivors inside the Magic Capital Base was not small; even as the monster trampled and killed, the killing speed was still limited compared to firearms.

But as the monster absorbed more and more blood, it evolved. Although its appearance remained unchanged, its eyes began to glow red.

Fortunately, these eyes were of little use in combat.

Unfortunately, the auxiliary ability of these eyes was somewhat special, allowing it to see directly which areas around had living beings present.

The ability of the monster's newly acquired eyes was almost the same as an infrared thermal imager.