Chapter 1 The Rescue is Interrupted

At this moment, the EU helicopter was nearly a kilometer away from where Lu Chi was. With his enhanced vision as an evolver, Lu Chi clearly saw the EU evolvers rappelling down. They were wearing the same conspicuous combat suits they had worn at the "World Performance." They descended from a height of several hundred meters, releasing their ropes about eighty meters above the ground and falling freely.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

As the heavy thuds of bodies landing echoed, Lu Chi quickly counted their numbers: about twenty.

The helicopter then dropped several boxes, presumably containing weapons and equipment. After the drop, it departed.

Because Lu Chi's location was well-concealed, they hadn't detected him. Furthermore, the signals that had been continuously emitted from the shelter had stopped after his brief communication with them. This group had no idea that they weren't the only humans in this ruined sea city.

Lu Chi watched the EU evolver team below, who were methodically distributing equipment. Recalling the powerful strength they had displayed when defeating the Beast King, he felt an intense urge to fight them.

Since becoming an evolver, he hadn't had a chance to fully unleash his power in combat with any creature. This EU team was the perfect choice.

But he quickly suppressed the impulse.

He hadn't forgotten his mission: to recruit new people for Li Tianran as discreetly as possible, to expand their ranks.

To achieve this, he certainly couldn't go around attacking EU evolver teams. Their identities were too sensitive. If he engaged them in battle, the EU would do everything in its power to hunt him down. Not only would he be in trouble, but even Kuangxi Island would be implicated.

Lu Chi was the type of person who could clearly distinguish between priorities. In other words, he knew his place. He understood that Li Tianran had turned him into an evolver and brought him into the farm so that he could be a vanguard for Li Tianran, smoothing things over.

Not so he could run wild, causing trouble everywhere just because he had some strength!

An uncontrollable sword wouldn't be kept by its master for long.

Lu Chi curled up in a corner like a cat, observing the movements of the EU evolvers with the corner of his eye. He tried to keep his emotions perfectly steady, as he wasn't sure if there were any Zhineng (Brain-Type) evolvers in their group. If his emotions fluctuated wildly, causing significant fluctuations in his brainwaves, a Zhineng evolver could easily detect his position within this range.

The EU evolvers below began to spread out in pairs, moving around the area. They fired low-altitude colored flares into the sky. The loud bangs and the vast expanse of colored powder, along with the light, illuminated the sky. For a moment, the entire sea city seemed to stir.

No, it wasn't an illusion.

After the EU evolver team launched the colored flares, Lu Chi really felt the walls of the shelter under his feet begin to vibrate slightly. The roars in the distance suddenly intensified. The sea city, which had seemed somewhat lifeless, began to revive. One by one, mutant beasts hidden in the darkness, wandering through the ruins and devouring corpses, emerged like sharks smelling blood. They surged toward the location of the flares from all directions.

Lu Chi was in a high place. He saw a large number of mutant beasts crawling out of the ruins in the distance. A rough count revealed no fewer than three hundred. And this was only what had appeared in the last ten seconds, within his field of vision. He believed that before long, even more mutant beasts would hear the commotion and rush to the area.

Lu Chi's guess was correct: this EU evolver team was indeed using the sea city as their practical training ground!

"..." Lu Chi now felt like uttering a standard curse. He wanted to complete this mission peacefully, but these sudden intruders had disrupted all his plans. The entire sea city was now in chaos. Even mutant beasts inside the shelter were gradually climbing out, using their sharp claws or suction cups to grip the shelter's tall walls and climb outwards.

Before long, this place would become a battlefield for mutant beasts and evolvers. In this situation, it was impossible for Lu Chi to sneak into the underground area where the survivors were and take them away.

He thought for a moment and decided to give up.

Although these survivors met his requirements, there were no conditions for rescuing them now. So, Lu Chi made a decision in a few seconds: he would leave.

He ignored the anxious inquiries from the survivors in the signal device, who were asking about the external chaos. He calmly pressed the power button, disconnecting the communication, and organized his weapons, preparing to find an opportunity to escape.

But at this moment, the mutant beasts moving outwards from the shelter had already climbed to within twenty meters of Lu Chi, and were continuing to approach his hiding place. Lu Chi looked around. There was no way to get around them.

Lu Chi cursed the EU evolvers as jinxes. He adjusted every inch of his muscles to peak condition. A second later, when the foremost mutant beast had entered within three meters of him, his figure instantly darted out from behind the cover. He kicked the unlucky mutant beast's head, then stomped hard on its body, using the powerful reaction force to propel himself like an arrow shot from a bow, rapidly falling towards the foot of the wall!

The headless corpse of the mutant beast, kicked by Lu Chi, rolled backwards, crashing into dozens of mutant beasts behind it and knocking them off the shelter wall. Accompanied by a series of shrill, angry roars, several mutant beasts madly chased after Lu Chi.

On the other side, the EU evolver teams of two were engaging the mutant beasts that had arrived. Their equipment was excellent, especially the alloy steel knives in their hands. Each swing resulted in the death of a mutant beast. Even armored turtle-type mutant beasts had their defenses instantly breached and their limbs torn apart!

Their coordination was very skilled. They used the terrain to constantly pull and stretch the mutant beasts. In just ten seconds of fighting, more than thirty mutant beasts had died at their hands, and the mutant beasts hadn't even touched their clothing.

However, the movements on the shelter wall attracted their attention. Two evolver soldiers saw Lu Chi falling straight down from the high altitude and skillfully killing several mutant beasts. Because at this distance, a figure descending from a high place couldn't be concealed. They exchanged a look and asked on the communication system, "Are there any other countries' evolver teams participating in this training?"

Soon, the captain's response came: "The only participants in this training are the great EU 'Gods' Second Team, a total of twenty people! We have not received any requests for joint training from other countries!"

"We have discovered an evolver who doesn't belong to us!" the soldier said simply. "Possibly a spy from another country! For the perfect completion of this training mission, I request permission to pursue and kill him!"

The captain was silent for a moment, then said decisively, "Permission granted!"