I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1287 - 1282: Candy Cannon

Chapter 1287: Chapter 1282: Candy Cannon

"Everyone be careful, it’s about to start, adults watch your kids!" Su Sigui had just steered the car around a corner when he heard several soldiers shouting loudly. Then everyone saw cannons with exaggerated calibers set up on both sides of the road ahead. They were startled and thought there was some danger, but seeing that the vehicles ahead seemed unafraid and continued moving forward, and some even drove through sections surrounded by cannons, reassured them slightly.

At that point, Yan Xing carefully observed the road-side cannons and realized that, while these cannons were vast in size, their design wouldn’t allow the shells they fired to travel far. They looked more like cannons from the Lan Ou Middle Ages, which, regardless of their size, could not possibly harm a Level 8 Powerhouse.

However, having grown accustomed to extremely powerful and destructive weapons before the Apocalypse, seeing those massive cannons lining the streets still made everyone’s hearts skip a beat.

Though humanity had grown stronger with more powerful beings emerging, becoming a standard bearer of strength as Level 8 Powerhouses, human technology had not regressed. Some fanatical scientists had developed weapons terrifying enough to injure or even kill a Level 8 Powerhouse, like the Delta Sirius Star Observation Cannon. If a Level 8 Powerhouse wasn’t quick enough to dodge, they wouldn’t be killed instantly but would sustain severe injuries.

And the caliber of the Delta Sirius Star Observation Cannon was exactly the same as these huge cannons produced in the Lan Ou Middle Ages.

The group felt slightly relieved and instinctively looked at Su Sigui, finding him as calm as ever, perhaps already knowing these cannons posed no lethal threat. That made sense—after all, the Long Sky Banquet that happened every two months wouldn’t constantly feature these cannons firing if they posed a real danger; otherwise, there would inevitably be casualties, so who would attend every time?

While they mused, the soldiers on the road sides had lined up behind each cannon, and a nearby military officer started shouting out numbers, causing the children beside the adults to stir with excitement, seemingly anticipating something interesting about to happen.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

The officer’s resonant, unwavering voice echoed through the air, ringing like a giant bell entering people’s ears. There seemed to be other countdowns heard faintly, echoing similarly elsewhere, as if this same scene were unfolding in other places as well.

As the word "One!" fell, the soldiers behind the cannons pulled on a cord with force!

Bang! Bang! Bang, bang, bang!

The succession of loud booms echoed around them, many people covering their ears. Each cannon, targeting the sky, fired one black object after another, each seemingly as large as the tires of the vehicle they traveled in. These black objects, propelled by tremendous force, exploded around two hundred meters in the air.

At first, Su Sigui and her group thought they were fireworks. But they were mistaken—a lot of children screamed and ran toward the center of the road, forcing the moving vehicles to stop. They saw people stepping out of vehicles ahead, joining the children and looking up at the sky.

When the black objects burst open, they scattered candy of various dazzling colors. It wasn’t fireworks after all, Su Sigui observed clearly, it was all candy.

"This..." The scene left Yan Xing and the others a bit dazed. There was only one thought on their minds now—how wealthy must this Royal Court be to afford such extravagance? At the Cloud Gorge Base, due to the vast population, food supply had always been a critical issue. Many survived there, but many others remained in a perpetual state of hunger.

It wasn’t just these colorful candies—sometimes a few pieces of rock candy could cause several homicides in the area. The upper echelons didn’t care, as powerful individuals had their own means to live comfortably. But among average people, a piece of moldy bread, once seen by those nearly driven to madness by hunger, would surely lead to murder—killing you to steal your bread before you could even eat it!

In this Royal Court, however, they were using food for this spectacle—something unimaginable to those struggling to survive in the aftermath of the Apocalypse. Life before the Apocalypse seemed like perfect paradise compared to this!

Children and adults, excited and scolding, surged into the center of the road. Seeing that people in nearby vehicles were jumping out and joining in, Su Sigui and Yan Xing also got out of their car, joined by the surrounding children, and all looked up at the sky. After a short while, the sky-full of scattered candy fell like rain, and the atmosphere at the scene reached a climax!

All sorts of candies landed on the ground or hit their car roofs. Children rushed to collect them first, and reluctantly, the adults followed trying to gather as much candy as they could.

Su Sigui exchanged glances with others nearby and said, "Let’s join them."

"Okay."

So, Su Sigui and her group joined in. This wasn’t embarrassing since they had also seen some other adults smiling and vying with children elsewhere.

The candy scavenging didn’t last long. After a while, the children and adults dispersed from the road’s center. Seeing the vehicles in front proceeding, Su Sigui and her group returned to their car and followed suit.

As they continued, various interesting events unfolded around them, occasionally forcing them to stop their vehicle. But fortunately, with the help of several pedestrians, they reached the Khan’s palace.

The area around the so-called Khan’s palace outside the white walls was even more bustling than when they first entered. It seemed everyone who passed through the white walls aimed for this place. Upon arriving, Su Sigui and the others, like everyone else, had to abandon their vehicle and walk. She saw some people holding invitation letters entering a huge palace, and the soldiers at the door did not stop them.

"Sigh, I want to ask, if you have an invitation letter, can you bring others with you into the Khan’s palace?" Xu Tianyu saw a man with an invitation letter passing by and hurried over to ask.

"Yes, but if your companions aren’t Near-Heaven Level, you can’t bring them with you..." Before finishing his sentence, bystanders glanced at Su Sigui and the three people with her, instantly realizing they were companions of the young man in front of them.

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