Giant demon beasts appeared in the bustling downtown area, rampaging as if through uninhabited land, destroying buildings on a massive scale and devouring humans.
Before a major disaster, everyone seemed to become incredibly equal at this moment.
Whether they were warlords, casino owners, pimps, drug addicts, wealthy merchants, soldiers, or the poor, they were as fragile as wheat cut down by a scythe in the face of the colossal demon beasts.
Humans, who had lived in comfort for so many years, suffered a crushing defeat when faced with the raw terror of an apex predator.
After these giant monsters appeared in Manggu, they began to slaughter civilians wantonly, destroying everything in their sight.
The day the royal family of Tailande received the news, they immediately dispatched the royal army to assist the local government in evacuating ordinary citizens.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense dispatched the army from the Second Military District to eliminate the monsters.
However, these large creatures were numerous and colossal, possessing various special abilities such as spitting fire and water.
The army, completely lacking experience in this kind of combat, suffered heavy casualties the moment they clashed with them.
Because the downtown area was densely populated, fighter jets could not lock onto their targets. In addition, a large number of civilians were still trapped in Manggu, making it impossible to use heavy weaponry for support.
The Tailande government could only do its best to organize the evacuation of surviving citizens while calling on the Coast Guard and aviation companies for help, using Manggu as a barrier to delay the demon beasts' outward advance and minimize losses as much as possible.
—To put it bluntly, the local government had already half-abandoned Manggu. They planned to herd the demon beasts from the outskirts, surround and attack them together, and use this city as the primary battlefield against the beasts.
Abandoned along with the city were the tens of millions of civilians trapped in Manggu and the warlord forces under Basong Zhalunpeng.
Anyone with eyes could see that the high-ranking officials of Tailande wanted to use the chaos to strike at Basong's warlord forces, reclaiming control over Manggu in one fell swoop.
Manggu did not have to belong to Basong, but it had to belong to Tailande.
Thus, in just a few short days, Manggu completely transformed from a highly prosperous modern metropolis into the primary battlefield of the conflict between humans and demon beasts.
Death, wailing, despair, and terror spread, as the hideous shrieks of the demon beasts echoed through the city's night sky.
Even the moon in the sky was tinged with an ominous shade of red.
This was a natural disaster, but even more so, a man-made calamity.
Even when faced with condemnation from five sides—Huaxia, Russia, America, Britain, and France—as well as the anger of UN humanitarian organizations, the royal family of Tailande still refused international aid, claiming it was an “internal affair” that other nations had no right to interfere with.
For refusing international aid, abandoning its citizens, and using the chaos to strike at warlords, the Tailande government was heavily criticized.
For a moment, the eyes of the entire world were focused on Manggu.
Countless people sat in front of their televisions, praying in silence, waiting for a miracle to happen.
“Whirrrrr—”
A helicopter hovered high in the sky over Manggu, its rapidly spinning rotors producing a series of deafening noises.
“Hey! Look! That giant snake monster—the local Manggu army is fighting back! We're in luck; this altitude is just high enough to avoid being attacked by those damn monsters.”
The reporter wearing headphones leaned out to look down. Once he clearly saw the giant snake of terrifying proportions, his face filled with shock and fear.
“Oh, my God! Human armies simply cannot fight against these giant monsters! It's too terrifying. Has the end of the world really arrived?”
Atop a tall building, a giant snake coiled around the skyscraper, spitting corrosive pus downward. The accompanying cameraman quickly pointed the lens at it—
The giant snake roared, the scales on both sides of its head flaring slightly. Its massive snake eyes were incredibly cold. Every time it shot out its scales, people fell down wailing.
The footage was transmitted to a live-streaming website. Even through the screen, people watching the giant snake harvest lives were terrified by those emotionless, vertical pupils.
Comments from all over the world refreshed one after another, densely covering the entire screen:
「Bullets can't even pierce it? What kind of monster is this?!」
「Doesn't Tailande worship the Naga Goddess? Could this thing be the true body of the Naga?」
「How do they even fight this? They can't use heavy firepower, and they have to protect ordinary people. Oh my god, they are heroes! They are fighting for their people!」
「May Amaterasu bless Japan!」
「Come on, it's not that they don't have heavy firepower. The Tailande government is deliberately withholding support to strike at the local warlord forces. Once Manggu falls, won't it be easy to just drop a big toy and kill all these things?」
「This is so scary! In the north of the town where I live, a truck-sized millipede appeared some time ago, but it was very gentle.」
「That depends on the situation. This thing is clearly a carnivore, and humans happen to be on its menu. If they don't kill it, are they just going to wait for it to become an even bigger threat?」
「Holy crap, I just saw the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' statement. Our evacuation ship has already docked at the port. Is our motherland about to take action?」
「Probably not yet. It's a mess inside right now; our country still has to weigh the options.」
「Didn't they say an economic exchange delegation went missing in Manggu? Can't we go in to find them? We can't even go in to rescue our own people?!」
「It seems America also had a camera crew there filming a documentary, and they happened to go missing in Manggu as well... The more you think about it, the more terrifying it gets...」
「Even a shallow thought is terrifying.」
「I'm from Northern Europe, and I once saw a giant fish with a human head by the sea, as well as the legendary siren. Could this be the “Apocalypse”?」
「Just bypassed the firewall. The domestic live stream is censored the entire time, without even a single shot of the demon beasts—holy crap... this is so bloody, barf...」
「More people are going to die.」
「Pestilence, War, Famine, Death! The Four Horsemen will eventually descend to cleanse the sins of this planet. This is what Tailande is destined to face.」
「These damn demon beasts, get the hell off our Blue Star!」
「Without heavy firepower, this is absolutely a one-sided slaughter!」
「Look at the very bottom, oh my god!」
「There's a kid! He looks underage!!」
「!! You beast! Get away from that child, ahhhhh!」
「I can't watch this anymore!!」
The camera zoomed in near the ruins of a slum.
Covered in dust, Patipan held the emaciated Sariya in a daze, a giant hand reaching toward him reflected in his pupils.
It was a four-meter-tall mountain demon.
With a colorful face, blue body, black hair, and backward-facing heels, it had a massive mouth like a basin. Its teeth were sparse and three inches long. As its tongue moved and its throat rumbled, it exhaled a wave of incredibly foul-smelling bloody qi.
“Hehehehe—”
A highly unsettling grin stretched across the mountain demon's colorful face, with a thread of crimson flesh still clinging to its thick, long teeth.
Patipan could no longer run.
At the precipice of life and death, he simply sat on the ground blankly, not knowing how to face his demise.
The moment the mountain demon's giant hand descended, Patipan suddenly recalled the flame that had danced in the palm of that Huaxia woman.
Bright, warm, and full of power.
A transcendent.
Holding Sariya, he closed his eyes tightly.
But the expected death did not come.
Cool liquid dripped onto his face—viscous, wet, and foul-smelling.
Patipan opened his eyes and witnessed the most unforgettable sight of his life.
Hundreds of streaks of azure light surged out from the direction of Baoshan Temple.
The azure light glowed like fireflies, like a falling galaxy.
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