Inside the fortress.
“Have we made contact with the front lines?” the temporary commander asked anxiously.
A reply came quickly from beside her. “We made contact. Chief Mu responded that he has already sent people back to assist.”
Hearing this, everyone’s faces lit up at first, then slowly sank.
“Reinforcements?”
“Easy to say, but how can they return?”
They were also receiving real-time battle reports from the front, learning of Lin Mowei’s battle with the humanoid creature and the damage to the positron cannon.
Currently, there were not many ways to effectively damage the King Beast, and the positron cannon was still the simplest.
But even if they repaired it, who could guarantee that after firing one more shot, it would still work?
Finally, someone couldn’t hold back. “Commander! Let me go out. I don’t want to die so pathetically!”
Her words echoed the feelings of many, and immediately many voices chimed in agreement.
“Yeah, let us out. Even if we die, we can’t just die here with the fortress breached!” “Commander…”
Although the fortress was built to extremely high specifications, under these circumstances, it was only a matter of time before the King Beast breached its defenses. They simply couldn’t wait for reinforcements from the front.
In fact, it wasn’t just them; even the temporary commander thought the same, but she had her responsibilities and couldn’t send her own people to their deaths.
“Look! What’s that!”
At that moment, a voice sounded from another monitor, which was a camera facing the resort.
The temporary commander hurried over and looked at the monitor screen.
“Zoom in. That is…”
As the image enlarged, the figure in the rain gradually became clearer.
The person in the screen slightly lifted their umbrella, revealing their face, and waved toward the camera.
Some who didn’t recognize Qin Wuyue stared in shock, wide-eyed, at their commander, who wore the same expression.
“Qin Wuyue… Doctor Qin…”
Hearing that name, the previously chaotic room fell into dead silence, with only the thump thump of the impacts from outside still echoing.
They didn’t know who Qin Wuyue was, but they knew what the name “Doctor Qin” represented.
Within the organization, it was like a taboo. Whenever something involved Doctor Qin, everyone would remain silent and then quietly act as if it had never happened, as if it didn’t exist.
It was quite abnormal and bizarre.
A newly hired staff member whispered, “Um, is Doctor Qin here to save us?”
Hiss…
The sound of people sucking in cold air rose one after another.
Those with a bit more seniority suddenly realized—yes, it really was!
“Get ready! Support Doctor Qin at a moment’s notice!”
Just as Qin Wuyue had feared, some smart aleck brought that up.
And then they heard the commander staring at the monitor shout, “Wait!”
“Huh?” Everyone was puzzled.
Then the temporary commander slowly spoke. “We… we should prepare to head over to the resort. Don’t cause trouble for Doctor Qin.”
“Commander, what are you saying? This…”
Obviously, this was not a normal order.
“Stop talking nonsense. Carry out the order!”
“Yes, sir…”
Those who hadn’t seen the monitor grabbed the people who had been watching and asked what had happened.
That person was also a bit dazed and described it dryly. “It’s just… Doctor Qin pointed at herself, then at the King Beast, then at the fortress, and finally at the direction of the resort.”
After hearing his description, an unbelievable thought appeared in their minds.
Doctor Qin is going to fight the King Beast herself? This…
*
Qin Wuyue arrived 50 meters from the King Beast, looking askance at the colossal creature that was a war machine, her gaze cold.
“How did you people handle this? How could something this big sneak here so silently?”
After speaking, she seemed to realize why, and glanced at the ripples in the small puddles around her.
“Hmph, it even knows to use the rain to cover its sounds. It’s really improved.”
She closed her umbrella, shook it out of habit, but the cold raindrops hitting her face immediately made her pause.
‘Ah… seems like it wasn’t necessary after all…’
The rain soaked through her dress, clinging tightly to her skin, revealing her mature and voluptuous figure.
“Tsk…” Qin Wuyue looked down at her clothes and made a displeased sound. “I actually quite liked this dress.”
She tossed the umbrella aside, took off the hair tie from her wrist, and tied her wet long hair up high.
Xia Yanran liked to wear a high ponytail, which she had learned from Qin Wuyue. Later, when her mother stopped using that hairstyle, she had already gotten used to it.
After preparing, she approached the King Beast step by step. As she got closer, the feeling of vibration under her feet became more pronounced.
The King Beast over there seemed not to notice this; to it, she was just a tiny figure.
No, perhaps it did notice, but didn’t care.
From that figure, it didn’t sense any frequency of power, that is, Starlit Resonance.
Compared to ordinary Rift Beasts, the King Beast, as a high-level combatant, possessed intelligence and could think.
So it didn’t even bother to act deliberately, intending to wait until the human got closer and then casually step on her to death.
But the next moment, it knew it was wrong, horribly wrong.
When it wanted to see where that insignificant human had gone, it suddenly found she had disappeared.
This realization made it even stop its ramming motion, and then…
“ROAR!!!”
The people who had finished preparing and were withdrawing from the other side, about to enter the resort, heard a roar from behind.
They all turned to look, and the sight directly filled their faces with horror.
The King Beast’s head had been struck heavily by something, its massive body shifted, staggering a few steps to the side.
“Did… did Doctor Qin do that?”
No one answered, and no answer was needed.
“Stop staring, let’s hurry. Don’t waste the time Doctor Qin bought for us. Get to the resort and set up the equipment again.”
The temporary commander also saw that scene, and her heart shook violently.
She was one of the senior veterans and had heard stories about Qin Wuyue. She used to think they were exaggerated, but now… that was far too conservative.
Is she even human?
No equipment at all, whether with fists or kicks, that one blow…
Over here, the King Beast was truly stunned by the blow.
The damage wasn’t severe; its armor wasn’t that fragile, but the humiliation was immense.
It let out another roar, and the several pairs of eyes on both sides of its head scanned the surroundings without blind spots, trying to find the insignificant human who dared to provoke it.
Powerful creatures all share a common bad habit—they never look up when searching for enemies.
Because they believe no one would dare appear above them, who are so overwhelmingly powerful.
However, in a sense, Qin Wuyue was stronger than the King Beast.
Using the momentum from that kick, she had already flown directly above the King Beast.
Then, she kicked off violently, as if stepping on air, and accelerated toward a relatively weak spot in the armor on the King Beast’s head.
Raindrops rushed past her, and in the blink of an eye, she had reached the attack position.
She turned over, raised her right leg high like a sharp, snow-white crescent blade, and smashed it down on that piece of armor.
Tender skin clashed with hard armor, and what shattered turned out to be the latter.
Crack!
A sound like bones breaking pierced through the rain curtain to the resort, like a hammer striking their hearts, causing everyone to involuntarily shiver.
That must have hurt so much…
Soon, the King Beast’s somewhat miserable roar confirmed their thoughts.
“OWW—!!!”
In Lin Yu’s room, a young man and a young woman stood at the window, watching the scene of a superhuman battling a monster not far away.
Both were dumbfounded, mouths slightly open but unable to utter a word.
After a long moment, Lin Yu suddenly spoke. “Your mom is amazing.”
He had thought Qin Wuyue was strong, but hadn’t expected her to be this strong.
八）
“?” Xia Yanran shot him a sideways glance, feeling there was something off about his words, but she still agreed. “I didn’t know my mom was this amazing either.”