The Creatures That We Are

Chapter 735: Save Us

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

The next second, countless elemental arrows stabbed into Gray Bear’s body. Like a mountain, Gray Bear shielded Lithe Snake from the attacks.

“Fucking...making me...trouble...”

Gray Bear could no longer endure it. He dropped to one knee.

Lithe Snake hid behind Gray Bear with their backs pressed together. They panted heavily, unable to even utter words.

[Lithe Snake: You’re just going to waste your life if you’re alone, Gray Bear. You won’t be saving anyone. With me here, though, we can turn things around. That’s my value, got it?]

[Gray Bear: Piss off! I’m the MVP of this round!]

[Lithe Snake: I won’t fight for it this time. Let’s call it a draw.]

[Gray Bear: Fine.]

[Can: No! No... I’m coming to save you. I can save all of you...]

[Nine Frost: Go now!]

[Can: I won’t! I’ll die with all of you. I’m not scared...]

[Gray Bear: Listen to us, Can. Stay alive and avenge us.]

[Lithe Snake: Captain still needs you.]

[Can: ...]

[Nine Frost: Can! This is an order!]

[Can: Roger that!]

Lithe Snake slumped to the ground, his face having reverted to its original appearance.

His eyes were red, and his face was covered in cracks. Blinding red light flickered and shone through the cracks.

Gray Bear could sense the chaotic and wild energy inside Lithe Snake’s body. He growled and picked himself back up, doing his best to extend his arms in the direction of the Starcatching Pavilion.

“Do you ever regret it, Lithe Snake?” Gray Bear asked with a smile.

“Regret?” Lithe Snake looked up. The scar running from between his brows to his nose bridge flickered with a strange deep red light, too. “I don’t do regret.”

“I do. When I left base this morning...I should’ve gotten a drink.” Gray Bear snorted.

“That’s nothing. Just remember that in your next life.”

Lithe Snake smiled. It was a relaxed, natural, and even friendly smile.

He had wanted to crack jokes like other people did and be a little more approachable, but he couldn’t do it. He wasn’t sure what had been stopping him.

At this moment, having affirmed his belief, Lithe Snake reached level 7 with both Gecko and Self-Detonate.

As his consciousness faded, he seemed to have returned to the tropical rainforest on an island twenty years ago. The group of men were sweaty and smelly from days of no washing. They killed time by sleeping in tents, having canned food, smoking, drinking potent alcohol, and singing their home country’s songs.

While cutting up a snake with a dagger, Lithe Snake saw Benson, their captain, holding a camera, saw the hateable Hyena, and many companions of his. There were Captain Three Air, Captain Gao Yang, Deputy Gray Bear, Ronnie, Xiran, and Can...

Gray Bear’s laughter dragged him back to reality.

“Lithe Snake, let’s be brothers in our next life, too.”

“Who’s your brother to begin with?”

...

Boom!

Lithe Snake exploded.

The body housing a powerful will and vitality turned into an armory filled with terrifyingly destructive weapons, exploding into a blindingly white hemisphere of light, which quickly spread to devour several street blocks in the area.

Strangely, there was a crack in the hemisphere, as if a slice was missing from a pizza.

Nearest to the armory, Gray Bear’s giant body had prevented the explosion from spreading in a certain direction with his arms extended—it was the direction of the ruined Starcatching Pavilion.

There lay the leader of the Nine Scions.

He couldn’t die yet!

He must fight and fight some more, he must fight with everything he had!

Gray Bear’s hair was the first to evaporate, followed by his skin, muscles, and blood. The tremendous heat and destructive energy tore the tissues into countless strands. Then his skeleton and red heart met the same fate.

The man smiled when he turned into ashes.

He saw a bright, captivating path before him. It was his light of dawn.

...

Thirty seconds ago.

Yan Liang heard the enthralling laughter and felt a powerful hatred rise in him. He wanted nothing but to locate the source of the sound and break Gray Bear apart.

He almost turned around, but he stopped himself.

With his strong will, he struggled to settle down and not be drawn away by level 7 Jeer, but the act alone required his full concentration.

The dying Gao Yang was right before him, yet he couldn’t kill the young man.

If he stopped concentrating on resisting for even a fraction of a second, he would be compelled to turn around and go after Gray Bear. It was as if killing the man was the most important thing in the world.

Soon, Gray Bear’s laughter stopped. It seemed that Zero Hatred and the others had gone there already.

Yan Liang quickly raised his hands at Gao Yang...

Pew.

A bullet brushed past his hand and almost cut off two of his fingers, skewing his aim.

Yan Liang frowned and jumped backward. Another two bullets hit the ground under his feet.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

Then about a dozen air blades shot at him from above. Yan Liang raised his hands to distort space, and the air blades were instantly shifted elsewhere, scattering like aimless flies. However, more air blades were coming his way.

Yan Liang dodged while looking for the invisible Can and for a chance to kill Gao Yang.

Boom!

Then blinding light and a tremendous explosion came from behind him.

The earth itself shook. An unstoppable heat current and fire great enough to reach the sky devoured the entire street block, spreading in all directions.

The freezing poisonous mist was instantly scattered. Even the source of the mist up in the air was impacted. If Small Luo hadn’t lifted the toy UFO in time, they would’ve gotten shot down.

The sudden explosion further disturbed the flow of the chaotic battle. Yan Liang got thrown off his feet. Can, invisible in the air, got swept away as well.

[Nine Frost: Nainai, wake up!]

[Nine Frost: The poisonous mist is gone! Recover your energy and body warmth! Wake up! Wake up now! Quickly!]

[Nine Frost: Aren’t you always dependable? Be dependable once more!]

[Nine Frost: Wake up! Dammit...]

[Can: Your Majesty! Save us... The people of the Fallen...Fallen Angel are wailing... We...we need your light of salvation... Wah...save everyone, save Captain. Please...]

...

Things gradually settled down in the aftermath of the explosion, leaving embers raining down from the sky.

Amid the rubbles, Nainai lay on the ground with her messy purple hair covering half her face. She wasn’t moving at all. If she weren’t breathing weakly, it would’ve seemed like she was dead.

The tenth second after the poisonous mist dispersed, a breeze brought up dust from the charred ground under her face, rustling her messy hair.

She suddenly opened her eyes.

[Nine Frost: Go big! Save everyone! Teleport!]

[Nine Frost: Go big! Save everyone! Teleport!]

[Nine Frost: Go big! Save everyone! Teleport!]

Nine Frost’s voice repeated the same words in her head loudly. She had no time to think, not even a second! She must act now!

Nainai propped herself up with both hands, shouting, “Power of Titan!”

In the blink of an eye, Nainai increased in size to thirty meters tall, all the while looking for her companions in the ruins with keen eyes.

She first grabbed the most important and closest person—Gao Yang.

The moment she made contact, she copied Gao Yang’s level 7 Teleportation with Shapeshifter.

Then with her right hand, she grabbed the unconscious Zhang Wei and a similarly unconscious Chen Ying near him.

Who else?

Who else is alive?

Nainai the giant turned her head slightly, spotting Sha Ye, her chest pierced by a stone pillar, and Herb Snail, who had lost a third of his body.

She couldn’t afford to hesitate. Using her other hand like an excavator, she carved out the rubble and ground to pick up Sha Ye and Herb Snail.

Teleport!

The giant vanished with a booming rumble and a powerful gust.