Apocalypse: Transmigrated with an Overlord System
Chapter 155: Shadow in the Dark

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Shadow in the Dark

As dusk fell, the last ray of sunlight in the sky slowly faded away, and the night came like a tide, shrouding the earth in gloomy silence.

The lights outside the base had not yet been fully lit, and the entire wall was silent like a sleeping beast. After Liora left the management center, the entire base operated as usual. Everything seemed calm and orderly, even with a rare sense of stability and order.

However, far away, deep in the forest, another storm was brewing.

A burst of hurried and heavy footsteps broke the tranquility of the night. Intermittent sounds of branches breaking, gasping, and painful groans could be heard from the dense forest. Those sounds, mixed with mud and blood, carried a strong smell of death.

They were a group of survivors in a very miserable state.

Their clothes were already tattered, some were covered in blood, some even had a broken arm or leg. Blood kept gushing out from their broken limbs, dripping along their skin onto the mud, leaving a trail of thrilling bloodstains.

One of the middle-aged men was carrying an unconscious girl on his back, his face looking haggard and tired. His legs had already cramped, and his shoulders were shaking violently from the weight. Every step he took was almost entirely supported by his will. He clenched his teeth and dared not stop for a moment, because he knew that if he stopped, he would die.

Behind him was a group of dozens of survivors, each of them with fear and deathly silence in their eyes. Their eyes were empty, like ghosts crawling out of hell. They were on the run, but they didn’t even know if they had a chance to survive.

"Hurry... hurry up, or it’s all over..." An old man stumbled and held onto the tree trunk, but his feet were no longer under his control. His vision was blurry and he couldn’t see clearly what was ahead, so he could only move forward mechanically.

Another woman held the baby tightly in her arms. The child’s throat had become hoarse from crying and he could only whimper weakly. The woman’s face was covered in tears, but she didn’t dare to stop, or even open her mouth to comfort him, for fear that if she made any loud noise, she would be discovered by that horrible thing.

And behind them, a roar like an earthquake was approaching one after another.

Those were heavy and massive footsteps, the sound of some giant creature crushing the ground.

Boom——

Boom——

The rhythm was slow, but it was like the countdown of death, and every step seemed to be stepping on everyone’s heart.

"Yes... it’s catching up... it’s coming again..."

A young woman was sobbing softly, her legs trembling as she almost fell to her knees. Her eyes were already red and swollen, as if she had been crying for too long. Her brother had turned into a pool of blood and mud in the previous battle in order to stop the mutant beast.

She had no time to grieve, no time to mourn, she could only run away desperately. But the more they fled, the more desperate she felt.

"Hurry! Hold on! There is light ahead!" A blood-stained young man finally shouted loudly. His voice was hoarse, but in the endless darkness, it was like a ray of thunder that cut through despair.

In the distance, a faint light appeared at the edge of vision.

That’s the base’s light.

That is - hope.

"Is... is it a base!?" A woman’s voice trembled. She could hardly believe her eyes. Her legs were almost weak, but when she saw the light, they seemed to be injected with new strength and she ran forward step by step.

Excited cries broke out in the crowd. They roared, ran, and almost used up their last bit of life to rush towards the high wall. The wall stood like a giant in the night, and warm light shone from inside the wall, like a guiding star illuminating the way forward for them.

But at this moment, the god of death once again extended its claws.

"Roar--!"

A deafening roar sounded from behind, and the entire forest trembled. The level nine mutant giant turtle finally caught up.

Its body was like a mountain, and the earth shook with every step it took. The black shell gleamed with a cold light, its surface was covered with sharp spikes, and the foul air exhaled from its mouth was filled with corruption and blood. Its eyes were fixed on the fugitives, as if it were looking at a group of struggling ants.

It leaped suddenly, and its huge body cast a large shadow in the air.

"Boom!!"

The giant foot landed on the ground, cracking the earth, raising dust and scattering gravel. A young man had no time to dodge and was hit on the leg by the rubble. He fell to the ground with a scream.

"It’s Xiaotian!"

"Don’t come back! Run! Leave this to me!" Xiaotian gritted his teeth and yelled, trying to cover his teammates’ escape.

But one person in the crowd rushed back without hesitation, knelt down and pulled Xiaotian out of the mud.

"I can’t leave you behind! Even if we die, we have to go together!"

The two supported each other and staggered towards the base. However, the huge body of the mutant giant turtle was approaching from behind, and the airwave seemed to swallow them up in one gulp.

Everyone stopped and watched the scene, but was unable to do anything. Their hearts were trembling and their souls were wailing. This was the end of the world, there were no miracles, only death.

However, fate spoke differently at this moment.

"Whoosh!"

A black shadow streaked across the night sky.

The speed was so fast that it was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye. A black shadow broke through the air and pierced through the giant turtle’s head like the scythe of the god of death.

"Bang!"

The shadow exploded, and black flames splashed everywhere. The giant turtle’s body was stiff, with a look of disbelief in its ferocious eyes. It let out a muffled roar towards the sky, then fell to the ground with a loud bang, causing ripples on the ground and raising thick dust and blood mist.

Quiet.

Deathly silence.

The survivors all stood there in a daze, even forgetting to breathe.

The dark shadow landed quietly on the ground. He pulled out a crystal core shining with dark golden light from the cracked skull of the giant turtle, weighed it slightly, and turned and left.

His figure disappeared silently into the woods like the night wind.

As if it had never appeared.

After a long while, someone finally spoke in a trembling voice.

"Is that... a human?"

"Is he the... protector of the base?"

"He saved us... Who is he...?"

The crowd gradually came to their senses. Some burst into tears, some fell to their knees and sobbed, and some looked at the shining walls of the base with eyes full of awe.

What kind of existence was behind that wall?

Who was the person who saved them from death?

But it was too blurry and dark, that they could only see the silhouette in the dark and nothing more.

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