Game: Civilization Paradise

Granted, this inhabitant couldn’t truly be considered alive, but it at least possessed some self-awareness.

An idea came to Long Ming, and he spoke.

"Esteemed Mr. Ailo, we mean you no harm. Please, stop your attacks and open the base’s gate so we can leave."

"Leave? That’s impossible. I absolutely will not allow any aberrations to exist!"

Ailo’s mood instantly turned agitated.

"Aberrations? Mr. Ailo, forgive me for being blunt, but you were once human too, weren’t you?"

Long Ming replied in a low voice.

"Shut up! It was all their fault! They’re the ones who turned me into this."

Ailo roared furiously at Long Ming.

"Mr. Ailo, please, try to calm down. What exactly happened here? Why did all of you turn into... this?"

Long Ming tried to guide Ailo, hoping to get some useful information.

’Even though they’d injected the Genetic Potion, their chances of beating this guy were slim to none.’

Hearing Long Ming’s words, Ailo gradually calmed down. He seemed to get lost in his memories before speaking in a hoarse voice.

"For some unknown reason, the world’s climate became incredibly harsh. A cold wave swept over our city. I was very young when I came here with my father and mother to take shelter. Originally, my father planned to build a climate control device to change the environment, but the project required an enormous amount of funding and a very long time to complete. But we were running out of time. That’s when Dr. Cadiduo proposed a crazy idea: to research a special Genetic Potion. If we could just inject a cold-resistant gene into the human body, we would no longer fear the severe cold and could adapt to the harsh environment!"

"And then?"

"And then? Dr. Cadiduo quickly developed the Genetic Potion, but every volunteer who tested it died violently. Not a single one survived! That’s when Dr. Cadiduo wanted to find a young test subject. And my father, Akovi, the City Lord... he used me as a test subject! I was injected with the Genetic Potion. I felt so cold... so cold, like I was freezing to death. But in the end, I pulled through. But... but they all looked at me like I was an aberration! I’m not a monster! I’m not a monster!"

Ailo roared in fury.

"So you turned them all into... this?"

Long Ming narrowed his eyes at Ailo.

"That’s right. I fought tooth and nail to suppress the side effects and misled Dr. Cadiduo, making them think they had succeeded. They mass-produced the Genetic Potion, and I successfully tricked everyone into getting injected! By the time my father, mother, and everyone else realized what was happening, it was too late! Everyone became just like me! Haha!"

Ailo let out a piercing laugh.

"You single-handedly destroyed everyone."

Luoxue said coldly.

"Shut up! It’s not my fault! It’s my father’s fault! Why did he have to use me for the experiment?"

Ailo roared in fury.

Hearing this, Long Ming spoke in a low, measured voice.

"That’s right. Your father certainly wronged you. But he did right by everyone else. As the City Lord, he had no other choice."

"Hypocrites! Hypocrites! You all deserve to die!"

Ailo was completely enraged. His eyes became bloodshot, and he let out a roar.

Hordes of monsters surged toward the two of them.

"Take him out."

Without hesitation, Luoxue charged the oncoming monsters, swinging her sharp blade in a wide arc.

Swarms of monsters were cut down.

Long Ming was surprised by this. He tried to gather the cold energy to form an ice blade himself, but couldn’t manage it. He rushed to Luoxue’s side, sent a monster flying with a punch, and asked.

"Luoxue, how do you form the ice blade?"

"I just form it."

Luoxue replied nonchalantly.

Long Ming was left speechless. He proceeded to knock the approaching monsters away, one after another.

Seeing that the horde of monsters couldn’t stop the two, Ailo charged forward in a frenzy.

"I’ll take him!"

Long Ming sped up to meet him.

"Die!"

Ailo furiously raised his fist and smashed it toward Long Ming.

Long Ming also unleashed his full power, clenching his right fist and slamming it forward to meet the blow.

BOOM—

Their fists collided violently. A terrifying shockwave mixed with shards of ice erupted outward.

Luoxue quickly raised her left arm to defend herself.

The next second, Long Ming was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing hard against the central mechanical pillar.

Seeing this, Luoxue’s eyes turned cold. She rushed forward, slashing at Ailo with her ice blade.

Ailo raised his left arm to block!

KRAK!

Luoxue’s blade struck his arm, sinking into flesh and blood.

Ailo violently swung his left arm, swatting Luoxue away.

"You bastard!"

Just then, Long Ming staggered to his feet. He cracked his neck, charged forward again, and threw a heavy punch.

Ailo immediately swung his right fist, smashing it toward Long Ming.

Seeing this, Luoxue quickly shouted.

"Don’t fight him head-on! You can’t beat him in a contest of strength!"

But it was as if Long Ming hadn’t heard her; he continued to meet the attack.

Just as their fists were about to collide...

Long Ming suddenly ducked, dodging the punch and ramming his fist squarely into Ailo’s groin.

"..."

Luoxue was rendered speechless by the sight.

THUD—

"AARGH!"

Ailo let out a wretched scream and staggered back wildly.

With his attack successful, Long Ming pressed his advantage, aiming a punch at Ailo’s head.

BANG—

Ailo’s head snapped to the side, but a second later, he whipped his head back to face Long Ming and slammed a vicious punch into his body.

SWOOSH—

Long Ming went flying.

This time, however, he didn’t hit the ground. Luoxue caught him from behind.

"Thanks!"

Long Ming said quickly.

"Are you okay?"

"I’m fine. I can still fight."

"Mm."

Luoxue nodded in response.

When they looked back at Ailo...

They saw him struggling to his feet. A frigid aura erupted from his body, and frost rapidly sealed all his wounds.

’This is bad, time is running out. We have less than nine minutes left. This thing’s healing ability is insane. There’s no way we can kill it like this.’

"Attack its heart. Otherwise, it will just keep healing."

Luoxue told Long Ming calmly.

Hearing Luoxue’s words, Long Ming immediately said.

"Create an opening for me!"

"Okay!"

Without a moment’s hesitation, Luoxue ran to the edge of the staircase and shouted upward.

"Jing Chuan, throw down the C4!"

A moment later, a block of C4 was tossed down.

Luoxue reached out and caught the C4, then turned to Long Ming and asked.

"Ready?"

"Ready!"

Long Ming nodded.

"Let’s go."

Luoxue pulled out a high-explosive grenade, pulled the pin, counted down for a second, and threw it at Ailo.

Enraged, Ailo threw a punch at the incoming grenade.

BOOM!

The high-explosive grenade detonated.