Volume 4: Super-Tier Awakening & The Ancient Capital Calamity
Deep underground within the subterranean command center of the Ancient Capital’s military headquarters, the atmosphere was as biting and compressed as an absolute zero cryogenic chamber. The breaths of high-ranking generals, spatial magic masters, and reserve forbidden curse powerhouses were heavy and ragged. Along the solid titanium-alloy conference table, the only sound was the frantic, roaring whine of quantum computer cooling fans continuously processing energy fluctuation data pouring in from the northern suburbs.
Beneath the murky, crimson-tinted fluorescent lights, sweat streamed down Major General Lu Chen’s forehead. His combat uniform was stained with the dried blood of the recent battle to exterminate the Mountain-Cleaving Corpse Monarch, and his eyes were bloodshot from three grueling days and nights without a single moment of sleep.
At that moment, Professor Zhang Yuanming, an esteemed historian and archaeological master, stepped forward with trembling steps. His aged, calloused hands unfurled a thousand-year-old sheepskin tactical map across the war table. This map was no ordinary schematic; it was crafted from the hide of an ancient commander-tier beast, etched densely with oracle bone scripts and bloodstains that had long oxidized into a somber, knightly black.
“Everyone...” Zhang Yuanming’s voice was hoarse, sounding like two rusty iron blades grating together. “Our victory over the Mountain-Cleaving Corpse Monarch was truly an unprecedented miracle in humanity’s war against the undead.