Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

But even so, they never would have imagined there was a sniper rifle down there capable of a ground-to-air strike...

"Jump! We’ll regroup on the ground!"

Although Jin Wei had transformed into a monster, he could still speak. His voice was just deeper and more guttural than before.

As he shouted, Jin Wei had already leaped from the plane, his dozen-plus tentacles thrashing wildly in the wind.

Inside the cabin, the Tier Two Moon Worshipers were stunned as they watched their bosses jump from the plane one after another.

’Jump from the plane?’

’No one said this was part of the plan!’

’Parachutes?’

’There aren’t any!’

’We’re only Tier Two! A jump from over a thousand meters would be fatal!’

’We’d definitely die!’

Many of the smarter Tier Two Moon Worshipers were already prepared, clinging tightly to their seats.

’Can’t jump!’

’Jumping is a death sentence!’

If they didn’t jump, even if the plane crashed, their Tier Two strength offered a slim chance of survival. By using their Flesh Manipulation Ability right before impact, they might just make it.

The Moon Worshipers on the plane were instantly divided into several factions.

There were those who jumped willingly, those who were sucked out against their will, and those who chose to remain inside the plane...

Of the over one hundred Tier Twos, about thirty remained on the plane.

...

In mid-air, Jin Wei was about a hundred meters away from the plane, which was now diagonally above him.

Before jumping, he had used his tentacles to propel himself downwards.

It was this very action that saved him.

A deafening CRACK tore through the air, and Jin Wei felt one of his tentacles get severed by something.

Before he could react, Jin Wei suddenly saw a sphere of light blossom where the plane had been.

It was as if a sun had appeared in the sky.

’A nuke? This has to be a fucking nuke, right?’

Even though Jin Wei had transformed into a tentacle monster, his entire body couldn’t stop trembling.

The bright light forced his protruding single eye shut, and a grayish-white fluid quickly covered it.

Immediately after, an intense burning sensation and a violent shockwave washed over his entire body.

His nearly boneless body was slammed toward the ground at an even faster speed by the shockwave.

Jin Wei didn’t know it, but his guess was actually correct.

The S-Class mini-loitering munition, the Little Flying Stick, employed the most straightforward of attack methods.

Nuclear fission.

This thing was essentially a miniature nuclear bomb equipped with an Intelligent Brain and a super engine from the Cyber World.

Nuclear power was widely used in S-Class Weapons; the Little Flying Stick was merely an ordinary weapon with a conventional kill mechanism.

The reason it was slated to be a flagship product for Liu’s Heavy Industries was entirely due to its sufficiently advanced multi-stage engine.

It might not be guaranteed to kill a Tier Four, but its chances of hitting one were far higher than other weapons of its class.

If the kill mechanism could be changed, the product’s positioning could be elevated by another half-tier.

Unfortunately, a corporation of Liu’s Heavy Industries’ size didn’t have the qualifications to produce a weapon that advanced.

Top-tier S-Class products were the exclusive domain of Intercontinental Giant Corporations.

...

「Mo University Camp, Club Activity Building, rooftop.」

Wang Qiang was stunned. After recovering his senses, he finally asked, "Was that... a nuke?"

Wang Qiang was sure he had seen what the thing looked like before it exploded. The weapon was only as thick as half a forearm and just over a handspan in length.

’And now I’m being told that thing was basically a nuke?’

’From my limited knowledge, that shouldn’t even be enough for critical mass, right?’

Lin Qi nodded, confirming Wang Qiang’s guess. "A mini-cruise missile. It is indeed loaded with radioactive material as its kill mechanism."

Lin Qi’s explanation was relatively vague; he didn’t mention the specific reactive elements.

In the Cyber World, to maximize energy efficiency, nuclear power had been developed for countless applications.

Liu’s Heavy Industries alone had mastered no fewer than ten types of catalysts for nuclear materials.

Lin Qi didn’t let Wang Qiang dwell on it for long. Based on the images displayed by his detection-type Prosthetic Body, Lin Qi said to him, "Six Tier Threes escaped. The Tier Twos are almost completely wiped out. Get ready. We have a tough fight ahead."

Lin Qi had basically played all his long-range "cards."

Limited by the volume of weapons he could carry, Lin Qi couldn’t just become an arsenal of infinite firepower.

The combat capabilities of this Prosthetic Body were mostly focused on close-quarters combat.

’As for other long-range methods?’

Within a range of one thousand meters, Lin Qi had better options.

Hearing this, Wang Qiang immediately took a deep breath.

’Only six left?’

Wang Qiang finally felt a glimmer of hope.

Who would have thought that while facing more than ten Tier Three Moon Worshipers in this apocalyptic environment, Lin Qi could still use technology to turn the tables to this extent.

Planes, nukes—Headquarters had these weapons too, but they were difficult to use against small, Tier Three creatures.

Not to mention that Moon Worshipers were "humans" with brains; they were better at countering conventional weapons than monsters were.

Seeing that Lin Qi was about to leave the rooftop, Wang Qiang quickly followed him.

He had to protect Lin Qi at close range and prevent any accidents.

...

In the sky, a shower of fragmented parts rained down toward the ground like a meteor storm.

It covered an area of more than ten square kilometers.

At this moment, the Tier Three Blood Moon Envoy, Jin Wei, resembled a piece of burnt seafood, lying limply stuck to the center of a commercial plaza.

His consciousness was fading, but he still maintained his monstrous form.

He didn’t snap out of it until another charred tentacle touched him.

A dozen or so tentacles dragged the central, gelatinous, tumor-like body slowly to its feet. The single eye, coated in mucus, was revealed once more.

He looked around at the others and then spoke. "We still underestimated the Dragon Country’s official power."

Five monsters, nearly identical in appearance to Jin Wei, surrounded him. One of them slowly spoke up, asking in a language that wasn’t from the Dragon Country, "I remember you said before that the Dragon Country still had operational fighter jets, and that they even used nuclear weapons to attack a Tier Four aggregate creature."

Another one responded before Jin Wei could. "I didn’t see any other planes. And what kind of nuke is this weak? One that only blows us up and not the city?"

"Just how many tricks do you Dragon Country People have up your sleeves? Jin Wei, you’re not hiding something from us, are you?"

"I strongly suspect he’s an undercover agent for the Dragon Country’s government. He got a full ten Blood Moon Envoys killed this time!"

Jin Wei looked at the last one who spoke and actually managed to roll his lidless, single eye with the help of his mucus.

’Undercover agent, my ass!’

’What kind of undercover agent could possibly bear the Blood Moon Will?’

’These barbarians from outside the pass... even after becoming Moon Worshipers, they still don’t have a single brain cell between them!’

If it weren’t for the grand plan of the Blood Moon’s revival, he wouldn’t want to deal with this bunch of brainless trash at all.

’Damn foreign illiterates!’

"Mo University Camp’s defenses exceeded our expectations. The advancement of their weapons is nothing like what was publicly disclosed during peacetime. We’ve lost almost all our men; we must rethink our strategy."

"Everything is for the Blood Moon. Only when the Blood Moon is truly revived can we obtain the authority It grants us and wield the true power of a Blood Moon Envoy."

"We will, along with the Blood Moon, attain eternal life!"

Without a moment’s hesitation, Jin Wei began to sway the other five Blood Moon Envoys with intensely religious language.

As fellow Blood Moon Envoys, there was no hierarchy among them.

To get them to cooperate with his plan, he had to persuade their individual wills.

This line of reasoning was clearly effective. The highly educated among this group of Blood Moon Envoys from the Southeast Asian Region had mostly died on the plane; they never listened to Jin Wei’s advice anyway.

The remaining few, while close enough to the Blood Moon, were obviously not very bright.

"We’re already in Modu. We must do something for It, so we can earn more of Its Will’s favor. You’re from the Dragon Country, and a doctor on top of that. I’m willing to listen to you!"

"I’ll listen to you!"

"I... Fine. Since we’re already here, I’ll listen to you."

A consensus was quickly reached. Jin Wei instantly felt that the advantage was his!

A large but disobedient team was not necessarily any stronger than the one he had now.

The mucus around Jin Wei’s single eye receded completely. After a moment of thought, he said:

"A frontal assault? Unwise! The enemy was able to make us lose ten Tier Threes. They might have other hidden weapons."

"A sneak attack? No good! The enemy was clearly prepared. I don’t know where they got their intelligence, but they’ve most likely laid a trap and are waiting for us to walk into it."

"Give up now? Impossible! For the revival of the Blood Moon, we must never give up."

"We must outsmart them!"

"However, from what I know, the one in charge of the Mo University Camp has a very good relationship with the Hongshan Camp..."

As the only brain left among the remaining Moon Worshipers, Jin Wei quickly thought of a way to break the stalemate.

In this vast city of Modu, the Mo University Camp wasn’t the only survivor stronghold!