Chapter 293: Hitting Bottom

Chapter 293: Chapter 293: Hitting Bottom

The entire gate was instantly forced upward.

BEEP BEEP~

Instantly, a piercing alarm blared throughout the central control room.

Black warning boxes popped up one after another on the console screen.

"Warning: CWC parameters imbalanced!"

...

Immediately after, the power readings on all the monitoring dashboards plummeted.

The spiral, tower-like climate control device, which had just lit up, promptly went dark.

Qiansha and the others were stunned when they saw this.

"You’ve got to be kidding. What’s the point of releasing just a tiny bit of cold air?"

Jiang Huai and the others said in utter despair.

Qian Luobing, Luoxue, and the others all fell silent.

「In the central control room.」

Dr. Xu Rui stared at the gradually powering-down equipment and said numbly,

"It’s over!"

"This time, we’re completely finished."

...

A defiant rage burned in Long Ming’s heart. He angrily raised his fist and slammed it down hard on the central control console.

BAM~

The central control console was instantly dented from the impact.

ZZZT~

Sparks of electricity immediately flickered across the console’s surface.

But it still didn’t change anything.

The room was plunged into a dead silence.

Just then, the values on all the instruments, after having bottomed out, suddenly skyrocketed, reaching their maximum peak in the blink of an eye!

A chaotic mess of pop-up windows flooded the operation screen, and all the buttons became unresponsive!

Dr. Song Ru’s and the others’ eyes flew wide as they screamed in terror,

"This is bad, it’s out of control!"

...

Dr. Xu Rui’s heart leaped into his throat. He looked at the chaotic screen and yelled to Long Ming, his voice trembling,

"The equipment is out of control! It’s going to explode!"

"Let it be out of control. It’s better than being dead."

As Long Ming watched the console break down, his rage unexpectedly gave way to a sense of calm.

Hearing Long Ming’s words, Dr. Xu Rui and the others were all dumbfounded.

「Atop the circular disc.」

Qiansha and his team stared at the inactive climate control device, bitter expressions on all their faces.

Just then, something unexpected happened. The inactive climate control device suddenly lit up again.

"It’s starting up again!"

Jiang Huai and the others shouted in excitement.

A flicker of joy crossed the faces of Qiansha and his men.

But in the next second, violent arcs of lightning began to flicker across the entire climate control device.

"Something’s not right!"

"What’s happening to the device?"

...

Qian Wei and the others were shocked, and they all began to back away in terror.

CRACKLE~

The light from the climate control device grew increasingly blinding as arcs of lightning danced about wildly.

"ROAR!"

Kamu stared at the lit-up climate control device and let out a deeply uneasy roar.

Just then, Captain Alang and his men shouted, their faces pale with fright,

"Oh no, don’t tell me this thing is going to explode!"

"Everyone, run!"

...

But Qiansha, Qian Luobing, Brubo, and a few others stood their ground, not moving an inch.

"Sir, aren’t we going to run?"

Captain Alang asked, looking at Qiansha and the others in bewilderment.

"Run where? And what good would it do? If it really blows up, then so be it. I’m tired!"

Qiansha said to Alang, his voice hoarse.

"As you say, sir."

Hearing Qiansha’s words, the panic in Captain Alang’s and the others’ hearts immediately subsided.

Everyone turned to watch the berserk climate control device.

Just then, the flower-bud-shaped top of the climate device suddenly bloomed open, erupting in a brilliant flash of light as the entire machine violently released a terrifying wave of cold.

Before Qiansha and the others could even react, they were all frozen solid by a layer of frost.

A terrifying pillar of blue light shot straight into the sky, spreading out into a blue halo.

When the light from the climate device dimmed slightly, the exoskeleton and mechanical armors of Qiansha and his people automatically activated their heating modes.

They began to move their bodies.

CRACK~

The ice encasing their bodies shattered.

They looked up at the sky and witnessed a breathtaking scene: the blue pillar of light that had shot into the heavens was continuously expanding, forming a terrifying vortex of black clouds.

Immediately after, a heavy blizzard, with snowflakes as large as goose feathers, began to fall from the sky.

Luoxue turned her head to look at the surrounding Blood Breath Beasts.

She saw that the Blood Breath Beasts closest to Famons Base were all frozen into ice statues, while those farther away were roaring in distress.

"ROAR~"

Kamu let out an angry roar, trying to intimidate the agitated Blood Breath Beasts.

Unfortunately, it was no use.

The Blood Breath Beasts were completely out of control, fleeing in all directions!

"We did it!"

Qiansha and the others roared with exhilaration upon seeing this.

...

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「Ruins of the Royal City.」

Xi’om manipulated streams of blood tentacles, sending them piercing toward Qian Xing and Qian Yun.

The two of them scrambled to dodge.

Countless Blood Breath Beasts swarmed them from all sides, and Luo Lie and his men fought desperately to hold them back.

Soldiers were being pounced on and taken down one by one by the Blood Breath Beasts.

"I’ll take you down with me!"

They desperately twisted the spinning grenades they carried.

BOOM~

A massive explosion swept through the area.

Qian Xing glanced around with his peripheral vision.

The entire battle was almost completely one-sided.

In that moment, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up from the bottom of his heart.

Just as they were about to be overwhelmed and routed, a cold wind suddenly kicked up, and snow began to fall from the sky.

The temperature plummeted instantly.

"It’s snowing?"

Qian Xing and the others were stunned.

Just then, the Blood Breath Beasts surrounding them suddenly halted, letting out uneasy howls before scattering uncontrollably in all directions.

The smaller Blood Breath Beasts, like the Blood Breath Spiders, scurried into the crevices of the surrounding ruins.

The larger ones either sought cover behind the wreckage or fled outright.

"How can it be snowing?"

Xi’om roared with absolute fury upon seeing the heavy snowfall.

It tried desperately to control the surrounding Blood Breath Beasts, but the common ones ignored its commands completely. Only the elite- and general-grade beasts could barely overcome their instincts, but even their vitality and condition were affected to varying degrees.

"This is great! Qiansha and the others succeeded."

Qian Xing said joyfully to Qian Yun.

"Haha, that’s my boy! I knew he wouldn’t let me down. All those bastards have run off. Now we can focus our fire and take this thing down."

Qian Yun said with excitement.

"That’s right! Everyone, spread out and focus fire on Xi’om from a distance!"

Qian Xing immediately gave the order.

The soldiers all turned their guns and began shooting at Xi’om from afar.

BANG BANG~

A dense hail of bullets and a barrage of rockets rained down on Xi’om, exploding on impact.

BOOM BOOM BOOM~

Holes were instantly blasted into Xi’om’s body.

"You’re asking to die!"

Xi’om then opened its mouth and spewed a red mist over a wide area.

The red mist enveloped the soldiers.

But the soldiers charged right out of the red mist. Although some were burned, they had successfully withstood the attack.

"Great! The temperature of the mist it’s spewing has dropped."

The soldiers shouted excitedly as they continued to fire.

"Ants!"

Xi’om roared in fury.

Its many eyes lit up one by one, shooting dark red beams of light toward the soldiers.

BOOM BOOM BOOM~

Soldiers were sent flying by the blasts.

But because the attacking soldiers were widely dispersed, the number killed was limited.

Just then, Qian Xing and Qian Yun charged toward Xi’om again.

"You think you can win like this? Dream on!"

Xi’om manipulated its blood tentacles, sending them sweeping toward the two of them.

Qian Xing and Qian Yun swung their weapons, cleaving through tentacle after tentacle as they circled Xi’om, searching for an opening.

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