Novel Full Chapter 1606: Different abilities
A transparent, palm-sized energy shield encased a glowing, ethereal figure with a human head and fish-like body—no larger than an infant’s fist.
These small objects were being launched from various parts of Gyanendra’s vehicle. Due to firing intervals, their numbers weren’t overwhelming—each firing port discharged one every two seconds.
However, with over a hundred firing ports, at least a hundred energy projectiles were airborne at any given moment.
These energy projectiles were bizarre—not exceptionally fast, but devastatingly powerful. Upon hitting the frenzied marine mutants attacking the convoy, they would pierce through armor and embed themselves into the creatures’ bodies. The mutants would shudder briefly before dropping dead instantly.
Crab-like mutants fared slightly better—their shells might not stop the bubble-like energy projectiles, but their corpses only leaked flesh and blood. The serpentine mutants, however, fared far worse. Upon impact, their bodies would explode into clouds of minced flesh.
Clearly, these energy bubbles didn’t just penetrate—they triggered secondary explosive damage inside their targets.
The sheer power was staggering.
These marine mutants generally ranked higher in evolution levels than their terrestrial counterparts. The two types assaulting Gyanendra’s forces consisted mostly of level five creatures, with a quarter reaching level six. While none were level eight threats, level seven specimens were abundant.
Yet neither level six nor seven mutants could withstand a single energy bubble.
Despite their potency, these projectiles alone couldn’t hold back the horde. From the floating armored vehicles in Gyanendra’s formation, long-barreled autocannons extended and unleashed a storm of fire.Instead of bullets, they fired laser-like beams that swept across the battlefield, each claiming dozens of lives.
Additionally, there were armored exosuits that drew sidelong glances from other factions—not towering mechs like Gundams, but full-body mechanical armor protecting vital areas. Ye Zhongming didn’t know the function of other parts, but he was surprised by the weapons mounted on their hands and shoulders.
They were emitters that discharged pale blue mist.
The mist remained cohesive for dozens of meters before dispersing into a wide, cloud-like area.
These were deployed where autocannons and energy bubbles couldn’t reach. Any mutant touched by the mist instantly froze into ice sculptures—whether dead or not, they were immobilized in the short term.
In such intense combat, being immobilized was practically a death sentence.
Nearly ten thousand mutants were swiftly subdued by Gyanendra’s forces. It wouldn’t be long before they routed the enemy entirely.
As an observer from the temporarily unscathed Cloud Peak contingent, Ye Zhongming found himself more intrigued by the seemingly crude exosuits than by the alien vehicle (which he guessed was from the alien races).
He noticed something peculiar: each exosuit had a backpack-like device on the wearer’s back. At the onset of battle, these packs unfurled, revealing a grid-like structure that rapidly drew in surrounding air. Then, the front-mounted weapons activated.
Given the ultra-low-temperature mist they emitted, Ye Zhongming suspected these suits absorbed and compressed frigid air to generate the freezing fog.
If true, these devices were perfect weapons here, with an inexhaustible energy source.
A thunderous explosion interrupted Ye Zhongming’s thoughts as combat peaked in Cannibal Chain’s sector.
Compared to the ten-thousand-strong horde facing Gyanendra, Cannibal Chain was unlucky—their attackers outnumbered theirs several times over. Judging by the mutant cores and species, these foes were also more formidable.
Initially, Ruan Xiao, Wu Xiu, and others relied on ranged skills and weapons. But when the mutants closed within dozens of meters, they unveiled a staggering tactic.
Red clouds suddenly gathered in the sky around them before exploding into countless fireballs, forming a 360-degree kill zone that rained down on the marine mutants, annihilating them completely.
The battle ended in seconds.
Every witness was dumbfounded.
Tens of thousands of mutants—wiped out in an instant? Gyanendra’s spectacle had been impressive, but this…
Everyone recognized the skill: Fireball—the most common ability available from level one to four wheels, present on 50% of them. It was arguably the most widely mastered skill in the apocalypse.
Yet here, this mundane skill had produced staggering results.