Master of the End Times

When Lei Ying heard Qin Feng’s name, he finally lost it like a startled cat.

“It’s all Qin Feng’s fault!”

Lei Ying had lost too much. He had invested hundreds of billions of ammunition and had more than twenty D-tier aptitude users sacrificed in the failed ambush. These were Leitang’s precious assets that he had accumulated painstakingly over the years.

The disastrous ambush pained him both mentally and financially. He had every reason to blame it on Qin Feng for the huge loss.

“If not because the brat had taken multiple actions and uploaded the video, I would not have been tempted to launch the ambush. It’s impossible to kill those beasts so easily. I am sure those videos were made-up hoaxes!”

Xu Qing did not even know what to say about Lei Ying anymore.

Qin Feng had actually suggested ambushing the Grans but definitely not in the same way Lei Ying had executed it. Lei Ying’s action was plain stupidity.

“You are lacking in both execution and brain cells. More pathetically, you don’t even have the gut to bear responsibility for your own failure…” Someone in the crowd spoke unhurriedly.

The crowd looked toward the direction of the voice. They subconsciously made way for the person, despite being C-tier aptitude users themselves.

The presence of Lei Ying only further underscored Qin Feng’s excellence as a tactician. The latter had earned his respect from the crowd.

Qin Feng held Bai Li’s hand and walked to the center of attention. He stood in front of Lei Ying and Xu Qing. His face carried a mocking smile. “Lei Ying, how old are you now? I would have thought that you are just a theorist in a university instead of a soldier in the frontline, judging by your naivety.” Qin Feng’s words were full of sarcasm.

The crowds were amused and laughed boisterously.

If Lei Ying tried to push the blame to Qin Feng in front of Leitang’s men, then maybe his underlings would have echoed him.

But shifting the blame in the middle of the hall in front of a B-tier general was just a brainless act.

His arrogance had gotten the better of him. Lei Ying’s action only revealed how narrow-minded and self-centered a person he was in front of the crowd. Everyone in the crowd lost their respect toward him.

“Quiet!” Xu Qing bellowed. He had grown tired of Lei Ying’s clown act. Qin Feng appeared even more amiable in front of Lei Ying.

“Now is not the time to laugh. Don’t you guys understand what’s going to happen soon?”

The laughter slowly died down. The same horrible thought began to creep into everyone’s mind.

“Qin Feng, tell them what’s going to happen next!” Xu Qing asked.

Qin Feng did not shy away. “At first, the Grans would probably be too frightened to make another move after losing some of their soldiers in the past two days. Unexpectedly, one of our comrades, Lei Ying here, had generously given them a lifeline. With the encouraging battle outcome, the Grans’ spirit must have been revitalized. I bet they are already on their way toward the colony.”

His words sent a dark cloud over everyone’s mind. The C-tier aptitude users in this hall were at the same level as Lei Ying and Wang Jian.

If Wang Jian could not survive against the Grans, then they probably would not stand a very high chance too.

If they wished to live, then the only way was to desert the colony.

But deserting before an imminent war would leave a bad record in their profile. Worse still, they might be given a warning by the Human Alliance and have their certification revoked.

Qin Feng watched the crowd and continued, “Based on my prediction, the Grans will reach Colony Three quickest by 5 hours and not later than 7 hours.”

Xu Qing nodded in agreement and ordered, “So stop standing here and prepare for battle!”

“Yes! General!”

The crowd left the hall in heavy footsteps.

Lei Ying, too, left grudgingly. He had come to the certification hall not to be mocked by the others. Instead, his plan was to inform Xu Qing about the movement of the Grans, hoping that he would be rewarded tens of billions for providing intel like Qin Feng.

All he got was being publicly shamed. Lei Ying was even holding a grudge over Xu Qing now.

But that was not his immediate concern at the moment. Lei Ying gathered his remaining troop and went back to his base. He needed to tend to his wound and set up a proper defense.

Two hours later, a spatial portal appeared on top of Longchuan Colony Three. Two figures flew out from it not long after.

Xu Qing, who was in the certification hall, opened his eyes sensing the arrival. He walked to the entrance to welcome the guests. The two hovering figures saw him and descended. They reached Xu Qing in the blink of an eye.

“Xu Qing!”

“Wang Zhou, Guang Wei!”

They shook hands and greeted each other.

Those inside the colony knew that the Human Alliance had dispatched two B-tier aptitude users from other Longchuan fortresses to aid Colony Three’s defense.

After all, this was where an all-out war would most likely erupt.

***

Five hours later.

The Grans had flown non-stop. They had reached the edge of Longchuan Mountain and would see the colony if they continued to move forward.

But it was already eight in the evening. The sun had set by now even though it was summertime.

The Grans could not help but recalled the mysterious creature that had hunted them in the dark the night before.

That “thing” was probably the same species as those that had attacked them today. However, he was far more superior as compared to those weaklings this morning.

“We will rest for now and continue our march tomorrow during the day.”

“Good idea!”

“Damn it. Let’s look for some food. I have not eaten for two days.”

“Yea! We need to battle with a full stomach. Who knows the slaves here might be too primitive to have proper food in their base?”

The Grans set into motion quickly. Thanks to their otherworldly battle capacity, most beasts living in the Longchuan Mountains were being hunted down.

Food for six thousand and five hundred Grans was not a small amount. Besides, they craved more after battling on an empty stomach for two days. It was highly inconvenient for them after they had lost their nutrient solution supply.

The Grans stationed on a hill after the meal and set up their camp.

On the other side of the hill, inside Colony Three that the Grans had yet to discover, the scout at the border had detected the Grans that were 20 km away.

To the elites, such distance was just about ten minutes away. So this distance had long been included within the scouting perimeter of the Longchuan surveillance drones.

Everyone inside the colony got nervous.

They had seen the Grans and their activities through the communicator.

A new map then came up on the communicator displaying concentrated purple spots near the hill. The amount of detected movement reflected six thousand beasts swarming the hill. That was an absurd number.

Even with a few B-tier aptitude users in the colony, they still feel that Colony Three could be easily trampled over by the Grans in a few hours.

At this moment, the aptitude users based inside the colony felt utterly hopeless.