Chapter 314: Calamity Enters the City

*Scratch—*

The tip of a match struck the rough sandpaper, and a wisp of flame struggled to ignite in the cold wind.

A hand raised the flame to a thick cigarette, but before the heat could light the tip, a slight gust of frost and snow blew it out. Wisps of smoke drifted past Han Meng's face, while the cigarette in his hand remained hard and cold.

Han Meng held the cigarette in his mouth, silent for a long time amidst the black snow, before finally shaking his head helplessly.

He stepped forward and continued walking.

Aurora City, which had just been echoing with the aftermath of battle, was now completely plunged into deathly silence. In this city frozen by frost and snow, it felt as if he were the only one left, abandoned among the ruins that no one cared about.

To ensure the "Hand of Redemption" plan proceeded smoothly, he and Tan Xin had split up. Tan Xin went to draw fire, while he was responsible for ensuring the detonator didn't fall into the wrong hands... No one would have guessed that Tan Xin, who had betrayed the Aurora Base alone, would trust the newly arrived Han Meng enough to leave the crucial detonator with him.

As it turned out, Tan Xin's plan was correct. During the chaos, no one paid any attention to Han Meng. Until the "Hand of Redemption" was successfully implemented, he had protected the detonator perfectly and survived until the end.

A few minutes ago, Han Meng had seen almost all the high-ranking Enforcers who hadn't frozen to death begin to evacuate Aurora City. That mysterious curtain blocking the Forbidden Sea had bought them enough time; with their strength, there was still a high probability of survival.

"Hoo..."

The biting cold gnawed at every inch of Han Meng's skin, as if freezing his soul. He let out a long sigh, and the instantly frozen water vapor turned his lips purple.

[Judgment] was, after all, a path with weak defenses, lacking skills to enhance vitality or resistance to anomalies. Exposed to extreme cold for so long, Han Meng's body was nearly frozen stiff. Even so, he maintained a steady pace, otherwise, his condition would only worsen.

Swirling snowflakes drifted from the sky, and the world was so quiet that only Han Meng's heavy breathing remained, until his soles stepped into a pool of thin seawater, sending ripples outward.

*Clust—*

Immediately after, a soft sound came from the side.

Han Meng looked in the direction of the sound and saw a pair of eerie red flowers suddenly sprout from the eye sockets of a frozen child's skeleton by the street, staring straight at him like a pair of bewitching, terrifying eyes.

Between the petals of the red flowers, one could vaguely see incantations crawling slowly, devouring the flesh and brain matter within the skull.

"This is..." Han Meng's brow furrowed tightly.

*Clust, clust, clust...*

More and more soft sounds arose from the surroundings. Only then did Han Meng realize that, at some point, a large number of incantations had poured into the city, frantically searching for human corpses, and eerie red flowers were blooming silently in the deathly stillness.

Han Meng seemed to realize something, his expression turning visibly ugly.

"[Judgment]."

As Han Meng raised his muzzle, the Judgment Court suddenly descended upon the street. But the moment he pulled the trigger, dozens of skeletons throughout the street disintegrated into nothingness simultaneously, taking the bewitching Forbidden Flowers with them.

But the next moment, a massive influx of incantations poured in from afar, and at the same time, bursts of angry roars erupted from outside the city gate.

Han Meng's brow furrowed deeper. He realized this wouldn't be fast enough, and his gaze finally fell on the detonator in his arms...

"I didn't expect this thing to come in handy."

Han Meng muttered to himself. Holding the detonator, he turned to look at the tallest tower in Aurora City. At the top of that tower, a red kite danced in the wind.

As the Gray Realm gradually intersected, numerous voids appeared in the sky, like dense gaps burned by cigarette butts. Endless gray spread from the voids, and swarms of flying Calamities squeezed out, sealing off the entire sky.

*BOOM—!!*

Almost simultaneously, a deafening roar erupted from outside the city, and then the roars of those giant beasts, which had previously seemed muffled, suddenly became clear!

The red curtain of the curtain call was finally torn to shreds. Countless Calamities, having waited for a long time, rushed frantically from the Forbidden Sea into Aurora City, like countless actors rushing onto an empty stage, about to begin their final carnival!

And at this moment, the majority of the Calamities were charging straight toward Han Meng!

Perhaps because Han Meng had killed dozens of their young in one go, the hatred in the hearts of the Calamities had been maxed out. Looking from afar, it was like a roaring tide surrounding him.

Han Meng's heart sank to the bottom, but he knew there was no turning back.

Holding his gun in one hand, his Enforcer trench coat dancing in the cold wind, he charged toward the towering tower, lonely and resolute, against the incoming tide of Calamities!

The sky had been sealed off by a large number of Calamities, and none of them were lower in rank than him, so Han Meng decisively gave up on taking to the air. Instead, he used the complex terrain of Aurora City to fly close to the ground, covering hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye!

*THUD—!*

A tentacle of incantations, resembling seaweed, suddenly emerged from a reflection on the sea surface, whipping across Han Meng's path like lightning. With a bolt of black lightning accompanying the incantations, the black-clad Enforcer figure was caught off guard and sent flying!

Han Meng spat out a mouthful of blood, his body launched like a cannonball into the Aurora Base, breaking through two walls in succession before barely coming to a stop. A hideous tear had been ripped into the back of his trench coat!

"Damn it..."

Han Meng staggered to his feet, only to see a behemoth resembling an octopus slowly rising from the sea, thousands of tentacles writhing in the air, almost completely sealing off his path.

If Chen Ling were here, he would recognize at a glance that this was the Tier 7 Calamity that had wiped out Winter Harbor.

And at this moment, it wasn't just this one Calamity surrounding Han Meng.

Four or five flying fish wreathed in electric light circled above Han Meng, each possessing the aura of a Tier 5. Like hunters who had found their prey, their scarlet pupils watched the Han Meng below vigilantly, seemingly ready to dive and snatch him away at any moment.

The base warehouse next to Han Meng was smashed to the ground. Amidst the swirling dust, the outline of a thirty-meter-tall giant of incantations was slowly sketched out. It grabbed debris from the warehouse and twisted it into a long staff in its hands, letting out a deafening, angry roar at Han Meng!

*ROAR—!!!*

Beyond that, more and more Calamities broke into Aurora City, surrounding Han Meng. Among them were even several Tier 6s, and an even greater number of Tier 5s...

They sealed off all paths like a net, eyeing the wounded man in black with predatory intent.