Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 114

Chapter 114 Whales

Someone, observing District Three from afar, was equally awestruck by the magnificent spectacle.

The fourteen thousand square kilometer city of District Three rose from the ground, hovering five hundred meters in the air, like a giant, long dormant in the earth, awakening from the ancient legends. Its awakening shook the heavens, eclipsing the sun.

The man remembered watching an anime called “Castle in the Sky” before the apocalypse. It depicted a vast, ancient, steam-powered city soaring through the sky, its treasures buried within, a source of endless scramble.

“It’s been so long since I’ve watched anime again. I really want to see it again…” Lost in his memories, the man suddenly realized something was wrong.

“Wait, District Three’s gone! Where am I going?” he cried.

He was a Level Two Enhancer. Without any trusted teammates, he had been exploring the abandoned city alone, hunting zombies.

He had just left District Three for a few days, intending to return after gathering enough Brain Cores. How could District Three have vanished just as he was about to return?

He began to fear. No matter how bad District Three was, it was still District Three, a place to restock supplies. Now that District Three was gone, the fate of this lone ranger was either starvation or death by zombies.

Just as he was feeling utterly terrified, he realized he, like District Three, was taking flight, drifting towards it.

“Huh? Huh, huh—”

Bewildered, he returned to District Three and found the people there vastly different from before he left. They weren’t exactly smiling, but at least their eyes were brighter.

He asked around to find out what had happened in District Three and learned that the chaebol and Longtu, who had exploited them, were dead.

Someone pointed to the figure overhead, wondering why District Three was taking flight.

Who else could have done this but this powerful figure of unknown origin?

News of the entire city taking flight quickly spread throughout District Three, and the people were in disbelief. Besides the initial vibration, they felt nothing, and even the tinnitus they heard about when a plane takes off was unheard of.

If the entire city really was taking flight, it would be incredibly smooth.

However, from time to time, enhanced personnel from outside the city would fly back, repeatedly confirming the news of takeoff. Dubious, people arrived at the city gates, only to see the scenery receding on both sides and finally fully believe it.

Ye Du, upon hearing that the entire city had taken flight, was stunned for a long time.

He had personally heard the boss say, “It’s a bit troublesome.” So, getting District Three to take flight was just a bit of a hassle?!

The air wasn’t entirely safe. Not to mention the transformed birds, Jiang Li encountered the whale zombie Ye Wu had mentioned while transporting District Three to District One. Countless fish zombies crawled in and out of it like maggot-infested bread.

The whale zombie paid no attention to the fish on its body. It flapped its enormous fleshy wings, sending up gusts of fishy, sickening wind.

The whale zombie was also a high-level zombie, possessing a certain level of intelligence, but when it saw the sky city, it couldn’t understand how it had become airborne.

Regardless, it knew there must be plenty of food in the city, and faced with such a huge temptation, it couldn’t let it go.

It let out a long, unpleasant, hoarse cry, like the wailing of a thousand demons in hell.

The gatekeepers continued diligently, guarding the gate, unsure of their purpose.

But now, it was indeed working. Seeing the whale zombies, emanating an ominous aura, they cried out in terror.

“A-A whale zombie attack!”

The words uttered, setting off a chain of reactions.

The whale zombies’ power surpassed even the zombie tidal wave. This was a fear etched deep in memory. The swift defeat of humanity by the zombies back then was largely due to these whale zombies.

Despite their enormous size, the whale zombies flew with incredible speed, and their hide was so thick that missiles couldn’t even break through their skin.

Whale zombies usually appeared in swarms, and this time was no exception. Dozens of them danced through the air, darkening the sky as if to signal the approach of disaster.

The leader, leading the others, flapped their wings and flew towards Area Three.

Despair grew in the crowd.

District Three had originally had a plan to deal with the whale zombies, but that required the cooperation of all Level 3 and Level 4 powerhouses, as well as Long Tu. Now that all Level 4 powerhouses and Long Tu were dead, could District Three’s plasma barrier and kinetic missiles alone withstand the whale swarm?

People began to despair. The expert who had killed Long Tu and sent District Three flying was surely safe, but that didn’t mean he could protect everyone. If even a single whale entered the city, the massive parasitic fish it carried would put District Three in jeopardy.

“Contact that expert!” someone shouted.

“Yes, yes, contact him! As long as we kill them before they get close, we’ll be alright!” Thinking of Jiang Li’s strength, hope ignited in the crowd.

The leading whale zombie was a Level 5, and Long Tu didn’t dare engage it head-on. Although Level 5 powerhouses were highly resistant to the zombie virus, they could still be infected. Long Tu, fearing infection himself, had always relied on a human wave to defeat the whale zombies, resulting in heavy casualties every time he faced the swarm.

But that powerful figure was different. If he could easily kill Long Tu, then killing the whale zombie wouldn’t be difficult either.

“Where is he?”

The question stumped everyone.

Yes, where was that powerful figure?

Everyone realized they knew nothing about Jiang Li: his name, age, rank, origins, and purpose.

Even his current location was unknown.

Despair fell upon them once again. While

others didn’t know Jiang Li’s whereabouts, Ye Du did.

He wanted to experience the feeling of being in the air, so he went to the door and looked down. Unexpectedly, he encountered this.

The moment Ye Du saw the whale zombie, his mind went blank, his childhood fear taking over. Now, hearing people discussing Jiang Li, he remembered that he could find him.

He pulled out his walkie-talkie.

…

Jiang Li sat on the sofa, his legs crossed on the wooden table, slightly raised above his hips.

By confining the space around District Three and then using his mind to lift up the mere ten thousand square kilometers of District Three, it would be easy to make it take off.

Jiang Li also released his spiritual sense to retrieve those who had left the city.

As expected, he saw the ugly and disgusting zombie whales and their parasitic fish.

Jiang Li sighed, feeling his eyes had been tainted.

With a click, thick dark clouds gathered in the sky, and a thick purple-blue thunderbolt rolled down, annihilating the whale zombies and their parasitic fish to ashes.

Jiang Li slapped his forehead in regret, “I forgot to leave my brain core behind.” While

the brain core was useless to him, it was still very useful to the people in District Three.

…

“Sister! Tell the boss quickly, there’s a pod of whales…” Ye Du spoke to Ye Wu on the intercom. Before he could finish, he saw the dark clouds that had accompanied the pod of whales transform and rain down terrifying lightning, slaying all the whales.

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong with the whales?” Ye Wu asked hurriedly. She also had a deep fear of whales.

“No, nothing.”

Ye Du put down the walkie-talkie awkwardly and fell into deep thought.

Should I get used to the boss’s methods? It’s not good to be so startled all the time.

(End of this chapter)