Apocalypse Forecast

Death stranding. In that moment, his true face was revealed under the reflection of the blood sea.

On the burly body covered in thick fur, besides Yue Jun's head, there were two other hidden heads on each side.

One of them was a fierce female demon with countless snake hair, and the other was the disappeared Sphinx!

At this moment, Lao Xiao's body no longer had any original parts of his own. No, for a fusion person like him, there was no such thing as original parts.

But his current appearance was even more terrifying.

Not only were there Yin Yan's magical iron boots, the head of the Sphinx, and the petrifying eyes of the snake-haired demon... behind him, there were also several slowly wriggling long tails, with scales like snakes and suckers like octopus tentacles.

After a long period of hiding and collecting, Lao Xiao had almost gathered all the passengers on the ship onto his own body.

It was hard to say whether it was ugly or ferocious. The limbs that were roughly stitched together on his body seemed to be one, without any trace of stitching.

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It looked so harmonious, as if... it was natural!

He had completed his mission.

- Successfully completed another sublimation, advancing from the original "fusion person".

This was his secret, the mission he had to complete. Otherwise, without strong preservatives and special anti-rejection drugs, the fusion person, forcibly stitched together, would not live for more than a few days and would decay on its own.

But now, he had successfully left behind the shadow of death chasing him, completing his transformation and rebirth with the help of Yaga's magic medicine and the countless limbs he collected.

Few people understood the miracle of the "fusion person" that appeared in modern times. In history, countless of these fragmented and secluded lineages disappeared silently. Naturally, no one would know how incredible the advancement of the fusion person was.

- Chimera!

When Huai Shi recognized this advancement, he stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Or, to use a more accurate and appropriate modern term: "Body Fusion". In definition, it was a living organism composed of cells with different genotypes.

But unlike the dead objects like stitched corpses or flesh tanks, and unlike the fusion person who had to face the threat of decay and death, the chimera was alive, and "naturally so".

Even though it was formed later.

It had various different characteristics, simply and roughly combining all the advantages. And this miracle of reuniting many fragments into one was the true form of the chimera!

In the midst of the metal rain that could destroy any physical body, Lao Xiao laughed heartily, spreading his arms as if bathing, welcoming the madness of firepower.

With the Sphinx being cut off by him, the seemingly powerful Pharaoh died at Lily's hands, followed by Koseche's death in Yin Yan's conspiracy, and the last enemy, Baba Yaga, who could have been his opponent, refused to be fooled and played by the gods, choosing self-destruction in madness.

And he, stepping on the numerous corpses, had accumulated and made a breakthrough, entering the fourth stage.

Xing Ti!

Even though there was no power of the soul in this game, no "soul vision", he was already completely different from ordinary life.

Unafraid of any damage from ordinary iron, at most, the bullets powered by chemical energy were nothing more than a trivial drizzle to him.

Whether it was the extraordinary vitality, the terrifying power and speed like a horror story, or the various abilities plundered from others, they all made it easy for him to sweep away everything.

Now, there was no one who could be his opponent.

In the captain's roar, the rotating machine gun suddenly stopped, the ammunition belt had been emptied. In the momentary pause, when everyone looked up, Lao Xiao had already disappeared from the original spot.

Gone.

Silently.

Then, like teleportation, the huge body appeared behind the captain. The captain roared, crushed his pipe, his muscles swelled up, and he turned around, punching the enemy behind him.

But that fist was easily grabbed by a tentacle, and then, another arm shattered between the teeth of the Sphinx.

Then, the captain saw the head of the snake-haired demon wriggling with countless snakes.

The captain roared, raised his head fiercely, and crashed into the countless wriggling snakes. Ignoring his face being bitten to pieces, his movements suddenly stopped halfway.

As if frozen, a grayish-white color spread on his face, and in an instant, it covered his whole body. In front of the eyes of the demon, he turned into an angry stone statue.

"Fuck... your mother..."In the final moment, Captain stood in front of Lily.

Using all his strength, he raised his middle finger at Lao Xiao.

In the next moment, the stone statue crumbled.

In the scattered dust, the withered flowers lost their fragrance and fell into the pool of blood on the ground, turning into mud and leaving no trace.

But immediately after, another artificial human picked up the axe left by Huai Shi and rushed towards Lao Xiao, exerting all their strength. The axe struck the face of the snake-haired witch.

Several crew members rushed from behind and tightly held onto Lao Xiao's arms and legs. Someone stuffed the Gatling gun that had fallen on the ground into the open mouth of the Sphinx, propping up its sharp teeth.

In the next moment, they were torn to pieces.

Everything was destroyed.

Just like tearing a piece of thin paper.

But even as their bodies fell to the ground, the unaware artificial humans still used their last bit of strength to grab onto Lao Xiao's leg and tried to leave a deep tooth mark on his scales.

Finally, Lao Xiao lifted his foot and stomped down fiercely.

Amidst the roar, the cruise ship shook, and hot flames and acid spewed out from his two mouths, burning away the burdens on his body.

But more people rushed forward and blocked his path.

Lao Xiao roared and howled, pushing forward against the countless people pulling at him, angrily crashing through and crushing all the insects in his way. But when he looked up, he couldn't find any trace of Lily and Huai Shi.

They had escaped.

But they were on the vast sea.

They had nowhere to run.

"Go forward, turn right, and climb up the ladder directly."

The first mate gasped for breath and handed Lily a blood-stained key. "There's a lifeboat hidden in the dust cover below the aft deck. You can use it to leave... The second mate will take you there."

"What about you? Come with us." Lily reached out to try and hold him, but he took a step back, a proud expression on his charred face.

"No, I have my job. As long as you can survive, it's enough."

He gazed at the girl in front of him, slowly retreated, and bid farewell solemnly. "You must survive, in place of all of us..."

Heavy footsteps echoed from the corridor behind them.

In the final moment, the first mate turned to look at the girl in the distance, smiled, and waved goodbye.

The gate closed.

Behind the door came his roars and howls.

Then, silence.

Lily dared not look back anymore, suppressing the urge to cry, and ran forward. One by one, the broken artificial humans bid farewell to the group and stayed behind.

Disappearing amidst shouts and roars.

Until the end, the panting second mate gently placed Huai Shi on the ground and smiled goodbye at her.

"I... I've brought you here."

The thin young man hesitated for a moment and softly asked, "Miss, can... can you hug me?"

Lily held back the urge to cry and nodded vigorously.

"It's really nice, the taste of life."

The artificial human murmured softly, gently letting go of her embrace, taking a step back, and gratefully smiling. "Survive, Miss, please, you must survive."

This was their final farewell.

He turned around, smashed the glass cabinet next to him, pulled out a fire axe, shouted, and rushed into the cabin behind him.

Lily couldn't hold back her tears anymore.

She choked up, reached out, and picked up Huai Shi from the ground, step by step walking towards the lifeboat hanging behind. But as she walked, she felt Huai Shi's breath becoming weaker and weaker.

After his pulse disappeared, his heartbeat also stopped.

His breath ceased.

"Huai Shi? Huai Shi, can you hear me?"

She fearfully shook the vampire's shoulder, but there was no response. Huai Shi lowered his head, and fragments fell from his broken face.

Silent.

"Are you going to die too?" The girl finally realized, wanting to cry, but she didn't even have the strength to shed tears. "Why do you have to die too! Say something!"

She knelt down on the ground in a sorry state, futilely pouring all the potions onto Huai Shi's body, weakly pleading, "Are you annoyed with me again, Huai Shi? Aren't we friends?"

"Please, say something..."

"Please..."

In the hazy and shattered dream, Huai Shi seemed to be falling into the dark abyss, endlessly descending.

He felt like he might die, no, he was definitely going to die.

He was doomed.

"Ai Qing, are you there?" he softly called.

But there was no response.

It was as if they were too far apart, he couldn't even feel Ai Qing's presence anymore. Maybe the signal here wasn't very good? But all of that didn't matter anymore.

In the depths of profound exhaustion, everything became unimportant.He closed his eyes, allowing the icy cold of death to engulf him bit by bit, like a rising tide.

It seemed as if he had forgotten something important.

There seemed to be sounds of burning and shattering.

It seemed as if someone was calling out to him.

But he couldn't hear clearly.

He futilely tried to open his eyes, using all his strength, and then he saw a burning sailboat, a pitch-black sky, and a vast sea as tranquil as blood.

The endless ocean seemed to cover everything, just like death.

The new continent was still unreachable.

Like hope, like liberation, like redemption... like all beautiful things, they were all too far away.

Always, it was heartbreaking.

He stared blankly at the crying girl, his lips moved with difficulty, but no sound came out.

What a pity...

He couldn't save you.

He wanted to say, I'm sorry.

"Don't leave me alone... please..."

In his drowsiness, Huai Shi heard the girl's desperate words, "Please... you must... survive..."

And then, it was as if sweet dew had fallen on his parched lips.

Like a miraculous rain.