Chapter 18: It doesn't matter, with Xu Gu (crossed out) a big shot stepping in!

At the farthest reaches of Xia City,

In the sky, a gigantic dark blue vortex appeared, with countless lightning explosions inside, the dazzling light sweeping across, extending downwards into a tornado, twisting and devouring everything around it.

Above, the vortex was spewing out extraordinary power from the Mechanical Abyss, as if it intended to turn all things in the world into machinery and steel.

Plants and animals, birds and beasts, none were exceptions.

Vegetation and animals within Xia City also showed faint signs of steel transformation.

The Steel Beasts, already tainted by the power of the Mechanical Abyss, fell into a frenzy, with blood-red eyes and violent breaths, charging towards Xia City.

The cries of the beasts thundered, their momentum like a tide.

Behind these raging Steel Beasts, even greater terror was brewing.

Panic and despair were spreading.

Faced with such a formation, even without notification from the Association, the people could guess what happened.

The Mechanical Abyss had descended!

A Mechanical Beast Tide was about to erupt!

Xia City was doomed!

Their doomsday had arrived!

"Damn it! How could we be so unlucky!"

"It's all over! Everything was still fine this morning!"

"When will the rescue come?"

"What is the Association doing?"

Both Mechanical Men and ordinary people were emotionally breaking down, unable to endure such significant mental shocks.

But disaster is such that it always arrives suddenly, never announcing its arrival to anyone beforehand.

...

"Every ordinary person, hurry up onto the vehicles! Evacuate Xia City! Fast!"

Xia An looked anxious, repeatedly urging those ordinary people on the brink of mental collapse, behind her was a line of evacuation convoys.

Inside every colossal transport vehicle were people packed to the brim, with ordinary people desperately trying to squeeze inside.

Legend has it that Mechanical Men, at the highest Level, could reproduce, but in the end, it is only a legend.

These ordinary people are still the foundation of Hua Country.

There must be no loss.

"It's useless, this is a Beast Tide! A Mechanical Monster Tide! Where could we possibly escape?"

"If there is no support, it's even more dangerous outside!"

"It's all over, I want to stay here! At least, this is where I come from!"

Those resisting were many, and the scene was in chaos.

"We can definitely get through this..."

Xia An's words halted halfway, falling into silence; in the face of such a natural disaster, the power of Xia City was too weak to resist.

Without the protection of steel walls outside, danger was everywhere! These ordinary people, once sent into the wild, mostly faced certain death.

Even she was feeling all hope was lost...

If only that Lord were to escort them, there might still be some hope...

But, that Lord clearly had more important tasks!

The sliver of hope that had just risen in Xia An was once again throttled, deeply pessimistic.

However,

at this moment,

Boom!

Suddenly a loud explosion came from the distance!

As if a nuclear bomb had been set off.

Then,

first, a seemingly insignificant small orb of light flickered, and then, it expanded rapidly, triggering some kind of extremely terrifying energy reaction!

In an instant, it unleashed a light as terrible and intense as the sun's explosion, a pale blue radiance sweeping across all directions, as if destined to destroy the heavens and the earth.

Countless Mechanical Men and ordinary people were shocked by this amazing scene.

They even forgot their fear.

Falling into deep stupor and boundless astonishment.

"What..."

"What's happening?"

"My God! Did the Mechanical Abyss explode?"

The crowd hadn't had the time to figure out what exactly was going on.

Immediately after,

[Alert! The concentration of power from the Mechanical Abyss is declining!]

[Alert! The concentration of power from the Mechanical Abyss is declining!]

[Alert!...]

The alert sounded.

Everyone was still in a daze, utterly confused, not understanding what exactly was happening!

Until, the Association Chairman of the Mechanical Man, standing at the front line, made an almost hysterical announcement.

"All Mechanical Men on command! The Mechanical Beast Tide has vanished into thin air! A great figure has taken action, slaying the Lord within the Mechanical Abyss! Wiping out all Mechanical Monsters!

"Only some Steel Beasts, as worthless as rotten fish and shrimp, are left!

"It's our time to counterattack!"

The Association Chairman repeated this three times, with each repetition his excitement soaring to the brink of madness!

Silence!

Dead silence.

Everyone fell into a silent stupor, somewhat unable to process and accept this unexpected joy.

Seconds later,

Whoosh!

The world erupted in astonishment!

Xia City was completely boiling over, the populace ecstatic and cheering uncontrollably, losing their composure, some even crying tears of joy, embracing their families, burying their heads in sobs.

"What exactly happened?"

Xia An was the first one to rush out, like a red lightning bolt, speeding towards the city walls, eager to reach the front line and clarify the situation.

How could such a mighty attack appear in Xia City?

And besides, given the intensity of that recent attack, it would have been more than sufficient to subdue a Two-star Mechanical Abyss, right?

Just which major figure passed by Xia City and quelled this disaster for them.

And all with such extravagance?

Xia An's mind buzzed chaotically, stirring up tumultuous waves.

It wasn't just her - the other high-ranking officials of Xia City were in the same state.

"Could it be that gentleman? Or perhaps that gentleman's teacher?"

Xia An stood atop the city walls towering like mountains, gazing into the distance, indeed no longer seeing the dark mists released by those Mechanical Monsters.

Her Power Core pulsed violently.

For a moment, her mind was filled only with the image of that giant figure in red and blue, making her body involuntarily go numb.

...

Xu Gu naturally was unaware that his casual action had caused such a massive stir.

He only knew that his recent expedition had been extraordinarily rewarding.

Not only did he level up straight to Level 8, but he also earned at least a million points!

Outside the city walls, a large number of Mechanical Men gathered. Although the Mechanical Monster Tide had been extinguished, the Steel Beast Tide still surged forward.

They needed to resist the onslaught of these Steel Beasts.

Meanwhile, the city gates would not open easily and could only be entered by descending from the walls or scaling them.

Fortunately, the Steel Beast Tide was not very strong, so they were able to hold it off, and the Mechanical Men in distress were also being gradually found. Those able to fight joined the battle directly.

Those unable to fight, mostly consisting of students who had just awakened today, lined up to return to the city.

Soon after Xu Gu's return, it deeply moved the crowd.

Because of his gigantic stature, and being the only S-level in Xia City within the last five years, his reputation was immense. Even without having seen him before, people could easily guess his identity.

"Are you alright?"

Seeing Xu Gu return, Lin Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief instantly, while Lin Liu came over directly, her pretty face full of concern.

Sweetheart felt the same.

As for Wang Lishuo and Zhang Chao, their faces turned extremely unsightly as they watched Xu Gu return, their hearts clenched suddenly, all their previous fantasy shattered.

"Damn it, how could he come back!"

The surrounding crowd was mostly newly awakened students, who looked at Xu Gu's return with envy while the two school beauties quickly approached to offer care and comfort, almost clinging to Xu Gu.

The students' hearts were filled with envy.

But what truly struck them was Lin Changfeng's next remark:

"How can the glow on you be so strong? What Level are you now? Level 3? Or Level 4? No, this intensity doesn't feel like Level 4.

"Could it be... Level 5!"

Lin Changfeng's eyes widened, his breathing hastened.

As his words fell, the scene was suddenly struck with awe, as if thunder had struck out of a clear sky, landing in the hearts of those around him.

It left everyone in profound shock.

"What? Level 5?"