Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Fuel Town.

Over a dozen black tornadoes reaching toward the sky twisted through the air like writhing serpents.

Yu Yuan felt a bad premonition and immediately ordered Mie Mie to stay away from the airspace above those black tornadoes.

But under the Oil Giant's control, those black tornadoes twisted and swiftly pursued Yu Yuan from behind.

At the same time, Yu Yuan caught a strange smell in the air.

But before he could identify it, he saw the Oil Giant below slam its hands together, a spark of fire igniting between its palms.

The next moment.

The dozen or so black tornadoes made of crude oil that had been chasing him burst into roaring flames.

The fire instantly ignited the entire sky.

The airspace above and around the tornadoes also went up in flames.

Only then did Yu Yuan realize that as those oil tornadoes spun, they had spread oil vapor throughout the surrounding air. Now, at the sight of the flame, it had all detonated.

The shockwave from the massive oil vapor explosion sent Yu Yuan and Mie Mie flying, both of them thrown back violently.

Yu Yuan was hurled off.

"Mie Mie, Equip!"

The moment Mie Mie completed the equipment transformation, Yu Yuan activated [Shadow Stride], flickering through the shadows several times before reappearing hundreds of meters away in midair.

He summoned Mie Mie again.

Yu Yuan looked back at the oil tornadoes blazing like towering torches in the distance.

And the vast sea of flame stretching a full kilometer across the sky.

He couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.

"Holy shit... what the hell is this? How are these wild Silver-tier creatures all so ridiculously tough?"

"Too bad 'Canary's Cage' is still holding that 'Silver-glowing Blood' over at Miller's. If I want that civilization shard, I'll need another way!"

Yu Yuan stared down at the Oil Giant below, still rampaging in fury.

A series of plans flashed through his mind.

One by one, he personally shot them all down.

This Oil Giant, empowered by the civilization shard, had fairly basic attack methods, but getting close to it was proving extremely difficult. Especially since it had the crude oil mine below to fuel its recovery, giving it practically limitless regeneration.

Even against the devastating damage of the epic-tier [Rail Kinetic Pulse Sniper Rifle], it recovered in less than a second.

A regeneration ability even the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend couldn't match.

Can't get close. Can't kill it.

The only weakness Yu Yuan could think of was probably the civilization shard itself.

But that was his target; he couldn't attack it.

In the end, Yu Yuan had few options left.

A flash of the earlier attack on the Oil Giant crossed his mind.

"I can't miss out on that civilization shard! I'll just have to try the last resort."

At that moment, the dozen oil tornadoes, still wreathed in flames, were closing in.

"Mie Mie, get moving!"

Mie Mie began weaving through the sky.

The Oil Giant's gaze tracked Mie Mie relentlessly.

More and more oil tornadoes formed.

And just as the Oil Giant raised its hands again, preparing to trigger another detonation—

A cold glint flashed in Yu Yuan's eyes.

"Mie Mie, now—[Dawnbreak]!"

"Mie~ Mie~"

Still running, Mie Mie raised its two front hooves. Between its golden ram horns, a beam of hopeful dawnlight shot toward the Oil Giant.

This time, Mie Mie directly expended five [Dawnbreak] spiritual light charges.

The entire motion was flawlessly smooth.

The dawnlight struck in an instant.

Just as the Oil Giant's hands were about to crash together, the light slammed into its head.

Kreeee—

An incredibly piercing, high-frequency shriek erupted from the Oil Giant's mouth.

Even with Yu Yuan's mental resistance now approaching three hundred points, he felt his consciousness tremble slightly.

The Oil Giant began melting like an ice cream cone under the sun, starting from its head and rapidly dissolving under the dawnlight's rays.

And the civilization shard embedded in the Oil Giant's forehead.

Was instantly bathed in that dawnlight. In that moment, a massive surge of black energy erupted from it, completely shrouding the air above the Oil Giant's head.

Yu Yuan immediately noticed this sudden change.

He quickly understood that this black energy was coming from both the civilization shard and the Oil Giant.

This black energy gave Yu Yuan a feeling of oppression, wrongness, and discomfort, triggering an instinctive urge to flee.

But under the illumination of [Dawnbreak], the black energy dissipated on contact.

"Is this triggering [Dawnbreak]'s dissolution effect?"

The remaining black energy seemed to develop a will of its own, desperately trying to evade the [Dawnbreak] light.

[Dawnbreak] soon faded, revealing the Oil Giant with half its body already dissolved.

And the civilization shard, radiating a multicolored glow in midair.

In that moment, Yu Yuan understood.

He had thought the black-gold glow of this civilization shard was the mark of an oil civilization.

Now he saw clearly—it wasn't that at all. It was entirely because of this black energy.

In other words, this civilization shard had been polluted by black energy.

"So that's how it is."

The Oil Giant had already extended several oil tendrils toward the civilization shard, trying to reclaim it.

And the black energy in the sky surged toward the shard like a swarm toward a delicious feast, desperate to pollute it again.

Seeing this, Yu Yuan didn't hesitate.

"Mie Mie, hit it again!"

Mie Mie didn't speak; it simply raised its front hooves once more.

This time, it again consumed five [Dawnbreak] spiritual light charges.

The dawnlight descended once more. The black energy had just burrowed into the civilization shard, preparing to re-pollute it.

But it was instantly bathed in the light again. The black energy was purified from the shard, slowly dissolving.

Meanwhile, the Oil Giant's partially regenerated body melted once more.

When the civilization shard once again shone with its multicolored light, and the black energy and Oil Giant were both helpless under the dawnlight—

"Now!"

Zhi Zhi had already transformed into the Rat Tail Whip in Yu Yuan's hand.

[Shadow Stride] activated.

When he reappeared, Yu Yuan was directly above the Oil Giant.

He lashed out with the Rat Tail Whip, precisely wrapping around the civilization shard and yanking it back.

Yu Yuan could clearly feel some kind of resistance as he tried to retrieve the shard.

It was as if some invisible force was trying to stop him from taking it.

At the same time, the Oil Giant and the black energy in the sky both sensed Yu Yuan's actions and erupted into frenzy.

From the Oil Giant's partially dissolved body, a massive black hand shot out, grabbing for Yu Yuan.

The black energy above gathered like a dark cloud, forming into the head of some unknown creature, charging straight at Yu Yuan despite the dawnlight.

In that instant, an overwhelming pressure crashed down on Yu Yuan, making him feel like—

He was back in that fight against the Bloodline River of the Vampires, facing the attack of that Gold-tier vampire.

The threat of death descended. If that black energy struck him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

There was something seriously wrong with this black energy.

"Ah—"

Yu Yuan gritted his teeth and roared. Every muscle in his body tensed as he channeled his core strength.

His waist twisted, driving his arm as he violently snapped the whip.

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