Chapter 102: The Delay Plan Fails

In Qin Hao’s memory, the alteration of the [Survival] mission occurred in the sixth year of the apocalypse.

Ling Bo’s delay strategy granted humanity six years of respite. Because Tan Xiaowei maintained only minimal strength, he only unlocked the secondary gene lock when most humans had reached third-tier evolution, and only unlocked the tertiary gene lock when most had reached fourth-tier evolution.

Under these circumstances, humanity not only did not perish but grew stronger and stronger.

At this time, the invading alliance also became aware of humanity’s plan.

If things continued this way, their invasion would inevitably fail, for heroes never truly die.

Thus, a new plan was devised that did not violate the cosmic treaty: after modification, each hero would be assigned a [Survival] mission.

Once a gene lock was unlocked, a [Survival] mission would appear, and as the hero’s strength increased, so too would the number of hunting creatures pursuing them.

More and more civilizations would join the invasion.

Eventually, Earth would be surrounded by countless hunting creatures.

Some people feared these creatures and dared not advance their power; solitary heroes would cease to exist, requiring more people to assist.

But top-tier heroes would face blow after blow.

If today Qin Hao were to receive the [Survival 4] mission, level-three hunting creatures would surely appear. If Qin Hao were to die at this moment, these level-three hunters could easily slaughter any surviving base in the Magic City.

How terrifying is that?

Qin Hao could hold on, but what about the others?

He believed that heroes who had unlocked the secondary gene lock through the hero system without proper experience could not withstand such pressure.

This was also why, even after Ling Bo’s death, the hero prison persisted.

Back then, top-tier heroes fighting hunting creatures were supported by many others of equal or lesser rank.

But who could help whom during the first disaster?

It was destined to further reduce the number of human survivors.

Qin Hao had just resisted a viral invasion to prevent a zombie outbreak, and yet, in the very next moment, he had to face a new disaster dispatched by the invading alliance.

All these calamities weighed heavily on Qin Hao’s shoulders because he had reversed time and been reborn.

“No, how could I care about these disasters? Even if time is scarce, so what? If humanity perishes again, then after I become a god, I will annihilate their invading alliance,” Qin Hao thought furiously.

At that moment, midnight arrived, and a spatial black hole tore open a rift.

The civilization that always appeared then must be the Claw Civilization.

“Still dare to come!” Qin Hao’s eyes blazed with killing intent.

At this time, he still bore the butcher title of the Iron Chain Demon. The breeding chamber across the spatial black hole naturally sensed the evil curse and the blood of their fallen kin, so the Iron Chain Demon dared not come forward.

Instead, one after another, the Gnawers crawled out.

Gnawers were stronger among first-tier evolved hunting creatures; ordinary first-tier evolvers could not resist them, let alone so many emerging at once.

But now, whether the common people watching Qin Hao from inside the building or the cautious evolvers scouting him knew that these hunting creatures were one-way travelers.

Sure enough, as soon as these hunters appeared, Qin Hao unleashed a massacre.

He threw iron balls, conjured hundreds of long blades, and slashed the Gnawers horizontally.

Though they looked ferocious, these Gnawers were mere chicks compared to Qin Hao’s might.

He slaughtered with abandon.

Meanwhile, the spatial black hole kept spewing Gnawers, eventually sending a total of 480,000 to Earth.

Yet, the thousand Gnawers in Kyoto could never be fully replenished.

Qin Hao’s eyes turned blood red as he fought fiercely.

After ten minutes, the hero system officially released the main quest.

Heroes who had just survived a disaster and hoped to catch their breath suddenly tensed.

Especially the leaders of major survivor bases, most of whom were second-tier evolvers, now had to face this new calamity.

Even Ling Bo, standing beside Qin Hao, was momentarily stunned before furrowing his brow.

Clearly, his plan, which had only just begun a few days before, was forced to end.

Because under the invading alliance’s revisions, the previous delay plan had become meaningless.

Ling Bo glanced at Qin Hao, who was still furiously slaughtering hunting creatures.

One Gnawer killed for every one that appeared—five emerged every three seconds, a hundred slain per minute, six thousand per hour.

Within an hour, a blood-red curse appeared again on Qin Hao’s body.

Blood soaked the square as Qin Hao unleashed his supernatural abilities, devouring the blood.

“Gene Devouring Technique.”

“Blood Sacrifice Demon Form.”

The energy within the blood merged into every cell of Qin Hao, then continuously compressed. Countless genes were rapidly shattered and rearranged, searching for the perfect gene.

“A god-level gene fragment.”

Qin Hao quickly found a god-level gene shard.

The Gnawers’ genes could strengthen his bones, but their teeth were the strongest.

Their teeth were so hard they could crush steel; no metal or even the toughest substances could withstand them.

This divine gene was meant to reinforce teeth.

Without hesitation, Qin Hao imprinted the god-level gene fragment onto his own base genes.

As the fragment was absorbed, he felt his teeth become perfectly aligned and incredibly dense. Something was pushed out from his rear molars; spitting it out, he found it was a tooth he had once lost.

Perfect genes left no flaw uncorrected. Qin Hao’s teeth were completely restored, and if he bit down in attack, the power would rival the peak of third-tier evolved Gnawers.

“Heh, an unexpected gain,” Qin Hao smiled faintly, then looked toward the spatial black hole.

At that moment, another kind of creature crawled out.

The Giant Maw Demon.

The pinnacle of first-tier evolved hunting creatures, the strongest of their kind.

Unfortunately for them, Qin Hao could only slaughter them endlessly.

With two sword strikes, he killed one.

Within minutes, he had slain hundreds of Giant Maw Demons.

Suddenly, the spatial black hole shrank rapidly and then vanished.

The nighttime spatial black hole invasion was complete, and the city would return to calm—but the survivors’ hearts would not.

They watched Qin Hao slaughter the monsters, and the mounds of corpses piling up in the square meant that their city would be rid of two types of hunting creatures for at least a day.

Gnawers and Giant Maw Demons.

They could hardly believe such results were caused by a single person.

Humanity, it seemed, could indeed be this strong.