As soon as Luo Yuan clicked on it, the giant lizard's body trembled slightly. It let out a comfortable grunt, its eyes shining brightly. The wounds on its body started to heal rapidly, and its scales became shiny. Even its body shape changed slightly.
However, the changes did not last long. In just 10 seconds, the changes were over.
It seemed to have felt some strength. It shook its body and stood up. The anxiety and fear on its face had lessened, replaced by excitement and joy.
Luo Yuan kept looking at the attributes panel. The giant lizard's attributes had changed to:
"Battle Beast: Giant Forest Lizard"
"Level: 3 (Dark Blue)"
"Attributes:"
"Strength: 20"
"Agility: 16"
"Physique: 18"
"Intelligence: 4"
"Sensory Perception: 5"
"Will: 12"
"Experience: 16209600"
"Skills: Biting Proficiency: 3, Tearing: 12, Ramming: 8, Tail Attack Proficiency: 2, Survival in the Wild: 18, Observing: 5, Breathing: 7"
"Natural Abilities: Danger Sense, Flame Breath"
"Status: Healthy"
"Loyalty: 80 (Will betray or run away anytime lower than 50. Maximum Value: 100)"
"Unassigned Attribute Points: 0"
"Unassigned Skill Points: 5"
Luo Yuan was relieved. Its Loyalty had not decreased by much, from 87 points to 80 points. Such a Loyalty was considered quite high. After all, most of the time it was only 70 points. Its status had also changed. It had gone from weak to healthy. Obviously, the aftereffects of the anesthetic were almost gone.
Other than that, various skills had also improved during this period. They had all increased by two or three points.
Since the attribute points had been added, the remaining five Skill Points did not matter much. He added two and three points respectively to Biting Proficiency.
The giant lizard's attributes were terrifyingly strong. Although its evolution level was only dark blue, its terrifying attributes were probably nothing more than a light green level. If the dark blue level was further divided, the dead Lao Huang would have been an ordinary unit, while the giant lizard would have been an elite unit. Now it could be considered a hero unit. Even a normal light green level could be easily defeated by it.
Luo Yuan jumped onto the giant lizard. Before he left, he looked up at the sky.
Strange phenomena appeared in the sky. Lightning and aurora intertwined, forming a scene of doomsday. The air was emitting a thick smell of ozone. What was even more terrifying was that there seemed to be a huge vortex with a radius of several tens of kilometers in the sky. Countless thick lightning bolts surrounded this vortex, swimming around it in a frenzy. The vortex was even spreading and moving rapidly.
This scene caused his hands and feet to go cold. His mind buzzed and became a mess.
He had never seen such a terrifying scene. Even if he were to add up all the lightning he had seen since he was born, it would probably only last a few seconds.
The giant lizard ran faster and faster, as if it was in a panic. Some small trees and shrubs were knocked down by its huge body. Luo Yuan, who was sitting on its back, could clearly feel its body shaking. If it were not for Luo Yuan's constant comforting and guidance, he would have run away.
As the thick lightning bolts continued to fall into the forest, thick smoke rose everywhere, and there were bursts of fire. The strong wind was howling, and the branches were almost connected to each other to form a dense forest. If it had been before the apocalypse, a fire would have been inevitable. Once it started burning, if no one put out the fire, the whole forest and countless mountains would have been burnt to ashes.
However, the fire in the forest was not big. The fire only lasted for a short while and soon disappeared. After a few minutes, even the thick smoke had dissipated.
During the apocalypse, not only animals, but plants had also evolved.
Many plants had their own ways to deal with the most harmful fire. Even if they could not move, they had an extremely fast stress response. When Luo Yuan passed by one of the plants that had been struck by lightning, he found that the burnt part had been wrapped in a milky white gel. This gel quickly extinguished the fire and prevented it from spreading further.
Luo Yuan was scared along the way, afraid that he would be struck by lightning. Fortunately, everything was fine. After spending about 10 minutes, he finally returned to the original place.
Luo Yuan jumped off the giant lizard, ran a few steps, and stopped. He turned around and looked at the giant lizard, worried that it would continue to go crazy in fear.
In the end, he saw the Giant Lizard's four limbs digging frantically. Its four cylindrical claws were like a giant excavator, quickly digging out several tons of soil. In just a short while, a deep hole had been dug on the ground. It did not stop moving and continued to dig quickly. Five minutes later, a deep pit about ten meters deep had been dug on the ground.
Then, it laid down in the hole and swept its tail around, sweeping the soil around it into the hole. Finally, it buried its entire body and head in the hole, not moving at all.
… …
The cave was dark without any light. Even the lightning outside could not bring any light.
When he walked into the cave, everyone was relieved.
"How's the situation outside?" Commander Xia asked in a hoarse voice.
"The lightning is getting worse, but fortunately, there is no fire in the forest." Luo Yuan paused and said calmly. He then sat down next to Huang Jiahui.
Everyone was silent, uneasiness and fear flashing in their eyes.
Huang Jiahui held Luo Yuan's arm tightly, her body trembling slightly. Luo Yuan patted her hand.
Wang Shishi quickly sat down and hugged Luo Yuan's other arm tightly. She asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Luo, are we going to die?"
"Are you afraid of death?" Luo Yuan asked after a moment of silence.
Wang Shishi shook her head hard. She looked at Luo Yuan in the dark with a passionate gaze. Even the uneasiness in her heart was suppressed. She said, "I'm afraid, but I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid when I'm with you."
If Wang Shishi had said this in the past, Huang Jiahui would have been jealous. However, at this critical moment, she only sighed softly.
Luo Yuan smiled awkwardly, his heart heavy. "Don't worry, it's not that bad yet. It will be over soon. You have to know that the Earth rotates. As long as we hold on for a night, the cosmic storm will disappear from our side."
Luo Yuan's words were, of course, to comfort Wang Shishi. Anyone with a little knowledge of astronomy would know that once the atmosphere was blown away by the cosmic storm, high energy cosmic rays would directly expose the ground. Everyone and every living thing would die.
As time passed, the lightning outside did not stop. In fact, it was getting more and more intense.
Occasionally, lightning would strike nearby, causing the cave to shake slightly. Gravel would fall from time to time. Everyone's faces were pale, and they prayed silently in their hearts.
"Does anyone want a cigarette?" Commander Xia asked in a trembling voice. He seemed to be in a bad mood, as if he was trying to suppress something.
A few men asked for one each, but Luo Yuan refused.
Commander Xia crumpled the empty cigarette box into a ball, took out a lighter, and lit the cigarette with trembling hands. He took a deep puff and said in a hoarse voice, "Brother Luo just asked if we were afraid of death.
Do you know what happened during our first mission? We had not fought for decades, so we had no concept of the cruelty of war. No matter how good the training was, we were still new soldiers. I remember that our regiment's first mission was to burn the barren land. At that time, the apocalypse had just begun. Our entire division was mobilized, riding trucks into the mountains to burn down the entire mountain. We were part of the encirclement, and I was only a deputy platoon leader.
When the mountain was on fire, countless mutated beasts swarmed out. I can still remember the scene clearly.
Do you know how many of us died? Almost half of us died. Many of them were shot by military judges on the spot as deserters. In fact, I didn't even fire a single shot. I just lay in the trench, trembling. I was so scared that my body was so weak that I couldn't even stand up to run. I've never felt so close to death before.
When I returned, I was scared out of my wits. I quickly submitted my retirement report, but the commander tore it up on the spot. He warned me that this would be the last time, or else I would be treated as a deserter.
Deserters would be shot. He did not lie to me. Not long after, a group of people were executed. They were executed and the army was purged.
That was only the first time. Then it was the second time, the third time …
When the commander died, the deputy commander took over. When the deputy commander died, the platoon leader took over. Soon, it was my turn to be the commander. Our company had a large number of new soldiers joining almost every month. Some of them could not even hold a gun properly when it was their first time on the battlefield. After a few months, there were almost no veterans left.
I was lucky to have survived. In my regiment, there were less than 50 people who could live longer than me. Logically speaking, a veteran like me should have nothing to fear. It's already a blessing to be able to live until now. However, I'm still afraid of every mission. My wife and daughter are waiting for me. I'm afraid that I'll never see them again … "Commander Xia's voice was choked with sobs as he spoke. He took a deep breath and raised his head for a long time without saying anything.
A few of the soldiers were also sobbing softly with tears in their eyes.
Luo Yuan let out a long sigh.
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