The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics

Chapter 780: The Source of Fear—The Mysterious Wild Man

The Spear Bureau's Circular Fortress.

Director Zheng Xian was sitting in the command center, listening to his subordinates' reports.

After the Three Sovereigns Squad retreated, the giants of Shennongjia were handed over to an army, but the situation on the ground did not improve.

These giants appeared to be made of flesh and blood, but each one was equivalent to a tank. Ordinary firearms couldn't penetrate their skin, and only large-caliber firearms could cause some damage.

To harm these giants, artillery shells or missiles were needed, but the terrain of Shennongjia made it impossible to transport tanks in. If the giants continued to hide in Shennongjia, the military would have no way to deal with them.

Just when the military thought these giants would shrink back into Shennongjia and fight a protracted war, the giants exceeded their expectations and walked out of Shennongjia.

The ever-vigilant army fought the giants, and the result was shocking. Only ten giants defeated the army, even with the heavy firepower deployed based on the Spear Bureau's advice.

If they had followed the initial plan and only brought light equipment, it was unimaginable how badly they would have been beaten. It was entirely possible that they would have been annihilated.

Seeing the giants' formidable combat power and based on the data brought back by the Three Sovereigns Squad, and considering that hundreds of giants were hiding in Shennongjia, the higher-ups immediately decided to annihilate all the giants, even if it meant abandoning the entire Shennongjia.

So, several warplanes were dispatched to Shennongjia, carrying missiles with sufficient power to wipe out all the giants in one go.

But this confident attack resulted in the news that all the giants had disappeared. According to the warplane pilots, they flew all over Shennongjia but couldn't find a single giant in the air.

Some people thought it was because the giants had hidden themselves, but others denied it. It might not be easy to find one giant hiding in Shennongjia, but there were hundreds of them, each about five meters tall.

Even Shennongjia couldn't hide such a large group of creatures.

Someone then proposed a guess: could it be that these giants used some kind of magic to hide themselves, which is why the pilots couldn't find them?

After all, magic and witchcraft are very mysterious to modern humans, and even within the Spear Bureau, there are only a few people with relevant skills, so this guess was agreed upon by most people.

But just as everyone was discussing, the giants who had disappeared suddenly appeared in the city.

Everyone then realized that the giants had not used any hiding magic, but had used teleportation magic to transfer the main force from Shennongjia.

Helpless, everyone could only choose to run after the giants, mobilizing the army and evacuating the people. Of course, because it was in a downtown area, weapons of mass destruction could not be used.

Zheng Xian's expression was grave. He remembered that Ji Shuangshuang had reported to him when she came back that the giants' leader had picked up a celestial hammer. His purpose in raiding Shennongjia was to rescue the celestial hammer under their protection.

And now that the giants had left Shennongjia, did that mean that the celestial hammer had also found a user?

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“Huff… Huff…”

In the snowy Shennongjia primeval forest, a figure shuttled back and forth between the trees. The figure's speed was not particularly fast, but it knew how to use the trees to hide itself, almost always staying in the shadows.

Like a wild beast, it was difficult to detect.

Finally, the figure stopped after climbing an ancient tree. It stuck its claws into the tree trunk to stabilize itself. Surprisingly, even though the figure's size was not exaggerated, it caused the tree supporting it to make a mournful sound of being unable to bear the weight.

It should be known that this was an ancient tree that could barely be encircled by one person. It was estimated that even a compact car could support it. No one knew where this little guy got his weight.

The figure wanted to check the surroundings in the distance, so it poked its head out, exposing half of its face to the sunlight, revealing half of a hideous face and hair that stood up like animal ears.

Such a peculiar hairstyle combined with the man's face made him look like a wolverine hiding in the bushes.

Seeing the giants camping in the distance, the man bared his teeth and thought about a solution. But he had been away from human society for too long, and his brain usually only performed simple exercises. Now, suddenly asking him to think of a solution, he really couldn't think of any effective methods.

After all, he usually only dealt with wild beasts, and at most avoided some humans who wanted to photograph wild men, so he didn't need to use much brainpower.

If there was any major disturbance in the forest in the past, he would definitely hide honestly, but today, he didn't know why, he always heard a voice in his heart.

This voice sounded after the meteor fell last night. The man had always lived deep in the forest, and coupled with his slow pace, it took him a lot of time to reach the location where the meteor fell.

As soon as he arrived, he saw a group of people dressed neatly, like an army. They protected the location where the meteor fell, and the man couldn't break through. Helpless, he could only retreat and prepare to make a long-term plan.

To his surprise, less than half a day later, there was another loud noise from the direction of the meteor. This time, the people from the army disappeared, leaving behind a pile of exaggeratedly large creatures, which were the giants in front of him.

The man was in a dilemma. If he could, he really didn't want to contact other people, but the voice in his heart kept urging him.

That voice told him that as long as he came into contact with that meteor, all his previous confusions would be answered, and he wouldn't have to hide like he was now.

'Giants shouldn't be considered ordinary humans.'

With this thought, the man retracted the claws that were horizontally stuck into the tree, and before he fell, he inserted the claws vertically and allowed the weight to pull him to the ground.

With the help of the claws' cushioning, the man landed safely with only a small sound. After he retracted the claws, the originally integrated tree trunk suddenly split into four pieces and began to collapse.

The cut surface of the tree trunk was very flat, which showed that the man's claws were sharper than ordinary people could imagine.

Next, the man slowed down and came to the bushes not far from the giants' camp at a constant speed and hid. Although he had made a decision, he certainly couldn't rush in directly like a real beast.

These giants were not just for show. The man was confident that he could fight one or two head-on, but there were hundreds of them here, so it was better to sneak in honestly.