Survival Guide in the Age of Cataclysm

Chapter 66 Death

Black blood, slightly warm, splashed onto my face; the jagged, serrated edges were about two centimeters from my skull.

Xu Yang blinked.

He almost died at the hands of his own troops.

What saved his life was not the soldier's sudden mercy, but the words he had just uttered.

The snake-like creatures spoke human language through their vocal cords.

The armored man looked puzzled.

Only then did he take a closer look around.

Among the black rubble were the corpses of several alien creatures. It seemed that the alien creature in front of them had killed them, and it was even holding the head of one of its own kind in its hand.

The key point is that there were no signs of nibbling on the corpses.

It seems they are simply hunting for the sake of hunting.

Add to that the other party's fluent federal language—this is illogical.

The armored man frowned.

Instead of retracting the chainsaw, he quickly pressed it against Xu Yang's neck.

He said in a deep voice, "You...how do you know the Commonwealth language?"

Xu Yang glanced at the chainsaw around his neck.

I can't say I'm scared, but I just have a strange feeling.

After all, why would a normal person worry about dying in a game?

Xu Yang replied directly: "Whether you believe it or not, everything that happened here today is a genetic memory."

He couldn't think of a more reasonable explanation at the moment, so he might as well tell the whole story.

Moreover, he was also curious about what would happen if he told the person in the memory about a memory.

It's like telling a character in a movie—

You are just a figment of your imagination, and you're mistakenly believing you're still alive.

Xu Yang watched the armored man with great interest, its sharp serrations pressed against his neck.

It's a little itchy.

Then, he deliberately pressed his neck against it and rubbed it against it.

Before him, the armored man remained silent for a moment, without putting down the chainsaw in his hand.

He suddenly raised an eyebrow: "So we won in the end?"

"That should be it," Xu Yang said with a smile. "Can you put the chainsaw down now?"

"cannot."

Xu Yang was taken aback: "Why?"

"You can't prove what you're saying. Besides, if it's genetic memory—"

The chainsaw teeth dug into Xu Yang's neck, and the armored man said coldly, "With your strength, you're not qualified to be a lure."

"Wait, there's something wrong with this genetic memory, it..."

Xu Yang paused, then didn't continue.

If something cannot be verified, it cannot be trusted; it's better to—

"Forget it, I have another suggestion. You stay and guard me, and I'll take you to the place where those monsters gather. After we've done it, you can kill me. How about that?"

Xu Yang stared directly at the armored man.

"I am human too," he continued. "I also want the Serpent Clan to die; we have the same goal."

After a long while, the armored man put away his chainsaw and gave him a deep look.

This stemmed from both his earlier doubts and his confidence in his own abilities, perhaps also from sensing the coldness in his words.

As long as... it can kill the aliens!

He nodded slightly, indicating that the other party should lead the way.

Xu Yang touched the broken scales on his neck and grinned.

Compared to surviving, being a traitor and leading the "Imperial" army was much more interesting than fighting alone before.

Suddenly, I felt like I had gained a powerful backer.

He led the armored men straight toward the towering structure in the distance.

To ensure the journey wouldn't be too boring, Xu Yang specifically chose a route that passed through the cross-section of the giant snake.

There were many snake-like beings along the way, as well as other legion warriors.

"They're human! These guys are human!"

A serpent-tailed serpent was hissing loudly as it tore open the helmet of an armored man.

Xu Yang could see it clearly from not far away.

The black and gold armor had huge scratches, and some armor fragments had broken open. The Serpents swarmed forward.

Sharp claws ripped through the alloy fragments, revealing the human body within.

An excitement surfaced in the eyes of the Serpent Clan.

In their inherited memories, they had witnessed the massacres of hundreds of years ago, and no one understood the fragility of humanity better than they did.

They rushed forward...

"We were hit by those long worms during landing." The armored man glanced at it. "The armor can't hold up anymore."

As he spoke, he casually crushed the head of another snake-like creature and continued searching for prey around him.

Not far away, that figure had already been swallowed up by the snake-like creatures.

Xu Yang hesitated and asked, "Aren't you going to save him?"

"Save what?"

Without even turning his head, the armored man cleaved another monster in two.

Bang!

The explosion was deafening, and a bunch of dark figures flew out in all directions.

Before Xu Yang could react, something fell in front of him—half an arm.

He belatedly looked up.

Ahead, the many snake-like creatures that had been besieged by the humans had disappeared, leaving a black stone pit in the surrounding area.

At this moment, the man whose armor had been removed looked grim, and some lava-colored lines floated on his body.

characteristic?

Xu Yang's eyes twitched as he looked at the armor fragments at the opponent's feet.

He inexplicably felt that the armor was less dangerous than the human body inside it.

Xu Yang exhaled and looked around at the snake descendants who had been blown away.

His figure moved swiftly, reaching out his dark hand—

puff!

……

Xu Yang and the armored man rushed toward the tower while hunting the snake-like creatures.

They even gradually developed a tacit understanding.

The armored man took the lead in the attack, while Xu Yang, using his snake-like identity, roamed around the monsters, lowering their guard and then quickly finishing them off.

After walking and stopping frequently, the two arrived at the foot of the tower.

The armored man was about to step inside when Xu Yang quickly said, "Wait a minute, don't go in yet. There's a black sphere inside that can extract consciousness. When I went in before, my consciousness was sent to Gu Ling."

"Guling is the master of these serpent-like beings," he explained, then continued, "Do you have any way to eliminate the serpent-like beings inside from the outside, like I did before—"

From the tower cave emerged a serpent.

Xu Yang met its eyes.

The next moment, a chainsaw suddenly exploded.

Swish!

The snake's head slid off its neck.

At this moment, even more monsters emerged from the cave.

Xu Yang felt the gazes of the armored man and the snake-like beings sweep over him.

He twitched the corner of his mouth.

The snake spirit suddenly appeared, making it seem as if he had just deliberately stopped the armored man.

Fortunately, the other person only glanced at them briefly and didn't seem to mind.

The key is the group of snake-like beings in front of him. They are more evolved than him, and they probably just heard him speaking.

It's impossible to launch a sneak attack like before.

Xu Yang shook his head inwardly as he stood next to the armored man.

The next moment, it charged towards the nearest snake-like creature.

bang——

With a muffled thud, the Serpent's hand gripped his fist.

His vertical pupils stared coldly at him, his tongue flicking out like a snake's tongue: "Traitor! How dare you betray Gu—"

puff.

The chainsaw pierced the Serpent's chest, tearing open half of his body with a rip.

In an instant, his body fell to the ground, and at the same moment, the armored man charged towards a group of snake-like beings without hesitation.

Xu Yang touched his face; the blood was still warm.

He looked ahead and saw that the armored men were already clashing with the Serpentkin.

The battle was fierce.

It's no longer something he has the ability to intervene in.

Thinking of this, he simply took a step back.

hum...

A thick cloud of black dust suddenly filled my lungs, and a surge of physiological ecstasy exploded in my brain in that instant—

puff.

Xu Yang felt a chill in his chest and lowered his head.

A black hand pierced through his chest from behind, its fingertips protruding from his chest, clutching a black, twitching object.

His heart.

A trembling voice came:

"Lord Guling has awakened... You... will all die..."

The Serpent, whose body had been pierced earlier, stood up, then collapsed, the light in his pupils finally fading.

With a thud, Xu Yang also fell to the ground.

His vision slowly opened, and he saw his own corpse, the black and gold power armor, the entire city…

A question echoed in my mind—

Hey, how come you're still not dead?