The apocalypse is coming, but thankfully I have a harem of paper dolls.

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“You found that tree, didn’t you? But the power you gained can’t save you. I can feel it. You’ve also been tainted by that power… corruption… is eroding you.”

Both men had served under Zhou Yaoyang and were from the same camp. After Ma Xiaolian escaped, the bald man, following Zhou Yaoyang's orders, led a group to hunt her down, experiencing many hardships in the process. Almost all of his men died; only he, as Ma Xiaolian had predicted, found the Demon Fruit Tree.

Unexpectedly, after several twists and turns, the two met again at the official camp in the west of the city.

It was because of the bald man's accusations that Ma Xiaolian's "troublesome" identity was exposed. She had nowhere to go and was unwilling to leave the camp to face those disgusting insects that were chasing after her to attack the camp.

And so, in utter despair, the Ionian Flower, a symbol of corruption, bloomed. The woman, her body riddled with sores and devoid of will to live, unconsciously unleashed the great terror lurking within her.

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“I can feel that you have also been tainted by that power... corruption... is eroding you.”

Before Ma Xiaolian could finish speaking, the bald man, whose body had grown to a gigantic size and whose veins were bulging, suddenly glared angrily, as if a sore spot had been hit. He knew, of course, that his body had been "contaminated," but thanks to his superhuman physique, he hadn't suffered the same rapid decline and loss of mobility as the others in the camp. But he could definitely feel the corruption invading his body, constantly eroding his life force.

"You monster! Even if I die, I'll kill you first!"

The bald man's eyes were bloodshot as he roared and lunged at Ma Xiaolian.

At this moment, Ma Xiaolian's manic smile suddenly vanished. She leaned forward and spat out a large mouthful of viscous liquid at the bald man! A large amount of mottled viscous liquid, intertwined with dark green and pitch black, carrying a putrid fumes, immediately made a "sizzling" sound upon contact with the bald man's body, violently corroding his body.

The surrounding insects seized the opportunity to swarm back in. Ma Xiaolian quietly retreated to the back of the insect swarm, as if she had completely abandoned her humanity, and simply watched coldly as the bald man was swallowed up by the surging insect tide.

at the same time.

In the air, on a helicopter.

Luo Jiajun took in the horrific scene below and couldn't help but shake his head, saying to Qin Feng beside him:

"The camp has been completely captured. Instead of risking going down to fight those monsters, we should just evacuate."

Qin Feng held up his binoculars and saw that in the camp below, the twisted branches of a withered tree had coiled into a bird's nest, supporting a woman whose body was covered in sores and who was on the verge of death, saving her from being devoured by the swarm of insects on the ground.

"No! We can't retreat!" Qin Feng immediately retorted, pointing to the woman in the tree and saying to Luo Jiajun, "Mr. Luo, please help us save the last survivor in the camp! That's Ms. Liu Li! Before the cataclysm, she was a flower enthusiast. After the apocalypse, the mutated plants around her all obeyed her commands! The Kun County government has been able to establish the camp and hold on until now entirely thanks to Ms. Liu Li! She has saved many people, and we can't just watch her die!"

Luo Jiajun had previously known almost nothing about the western camp, but now he understood that the authorities had indeed been aided by a "master" to establish it. Unfortunately, Liu Li wasn't a mutant, and the plants she controlled couldn't withstand the crimson decay. Luo Jiajun wanted to tell Qin Feng that saving Liu Li now was pointless; she was like someone suffering from severe nuclear radiation, and death was only a matter of time.

But Qin Feng, as an upright soldier, clearly held the belief of "never abandoning or giving up". Luo Jiajun simply stopped talking and directly stated his conditions: "Judging from the situation on the ground, I can take action, but according to the agreement, I have to get the item to summon the Rose Beast first."

"No problem!" Qin Feng didn't hesitate and immediately took out the corresponding Digivice for Rosemon and handed it to Luo Jiajun.

The situation was critical, and summoning the Rose Beast would be an extra powerful aid. Qin Feng had no reason to hesitate, and he also believed that Luo Jiajun would not break his promise—he understood the principle of trusting those he employed.

The moment Luo Jiajun got his hands on the Digimon, a stream of information naturally flooded into his mind: This is the key to another data world, where a powerful being sleeps—Rosemon! The first person to summon her will become her default master.

Without hesitation, Luo Jiajun gripped the Digimon and pressed the summon button in the center of the machine with his thumb!

"Om-!"

A pink beam of light, a hundred times brighter than the Digimon itself, suddenly shot out from the top of the Digimon! The beam of light did not shoot directly into the sky, but instead spread and spun rapidly in the air in front of Luo Jiajun and outside the cabin, forming a huge pink halo with a diameter of more than three meters!

Inside the light wheel, countless data streams composed of "0"s and "1"s surged, intertwined, and recombine like living things. A powerful yet gentle aura, brimming with astonishing vitality, permeated the air and rapidly solidified.

On the ground, the bald man, who was being overwhelmed by the swarm of insects, seemed to sense something and struggled to lift his head.

"Hiss!" The swarm of insects stirred briefly, and even Ma Xiaolian, who was in a frenzy at the heart of the flower, subconsciously looked up at the sky.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone (the insects), the data stream at the center of the light wheel condensed to its maximum, and then—exploded with a deafening roar!

In an instant, countless pink dots of light, like the most dazzling rain of flowers, fell in profusion. At the center of the rain of flowers, a tall, elegant figure, exuding a queen-like aura, solidified completely.

Rosemon!

Her appearance instantly made her the most dazzling presence in this crimson inferno.

The first thing that catches the eye is her magnificent dress, seemingly woven from the most delicate, deep red rose petals. Layers upon layers of petals cascade naturally down her skirt. Above the skirt is a corset, also made of rose petals, perfectly outlining her breathtaking curves.

Her face was partially obscured by a uniquely designed helmet, resembling a blooming rose. The helmet was a deep burgundy, with cheek guards extending from both sides like rose branches and leaves. Beneath the helmet, her eyes were covered, revealing only her beautifully shaped jawline and a lip that carried an air of indifference and detachment.

Most striking were the enormous butterfly wings behind her, composed of countless translucent pink energy petals! The wings fluttered gently, each flap scattering shimmering specks of light. These specks seemed to possess a purifying power; wherever they passed, the pervasive stench of decay in the air seemed to lessen slightly. Mei wasn't thinking about whether Lin was free...

At this moment, Rosemon faced the ground, calmly scanning the hellish scene below, before turning to Luo Jiajun, who was holding the Digivice inside the cabin.

"Master." Her voice was as melodious as a clear spring striking a rock. She bowed slightly to Luo Jiajun in mid-air, her posture elegant and impeccable.

Luo Jiajun felt reassured; the powerful aura of the Rose Beast invigorated him. He immediately assumed the role of commander, rapidly issuing orders to everyone in the cabin:

"Captain Qin! Please listen to me!"

"2B and I will parachute directly into the center of the camp to raid that red-haired woman! She's the source of the corruption and the swarm, so we have to take her out first!"

"Everyone else, including your team and my companions, land on the outskirts of the camp in areas with less decay! Your mission is to suppress the swarm with firepower and buy time for me and 2B!"

At this point, Luo Jiajun's tone suddenly became more serious, carrying an undeniable sternness:

"Remember! Everyone, avoid physical contact with the swarm or any decaying matter! This decay is extremely corrosive and contagious! 2B and I aren't afraid—I have a special form that resists it, and 2B is a robot and completely immune! But you can't! So keep your distance and just provide fire support!"

As soon as Luo Jiajun finished speaking, Qin Feng didn't hesitate at all and immediately shouted into the communicator:

"Attention all personnel! Execute Mr. Luo's orders! Descend from the outer perimeter! Suppress the insect swarm with firepower! Close contact is strictly prohibited! Repeat, close contact is strictly prohibited! Prepare for rappelling!"

"Archina, Rinko, Leda, Zyra, Xiaowu, Meiling, you guys cooperate with Captain Qin's men!" Luo Jiajun added to his team members, "Remember, if things get difficult, prioritize protecting yourselves!"

"Yes, Master!" Leda replied in a deep voice, her eyes sharp as an eagle's beneath her armor.

“Understood!” Zyra licked her lips, her eyes full of disdain for the swarm.

"Leave it to us!" Mai Shiranui was full of fighting spirit; her flames were not afraid of any corruption.

“2b!” Luo Jiajun finally looked at the silent white-haired combat doll beside him.

"Command confirmed: Escort, eliminate core threat." 2B's cool voice rang out, and she stepped forward to stand at the edge of the hatch, her pure white skirt and hair fluttering in the wind.

Luo Jiajun took a deep breath and gestured to Rosemon: "Rosemon, land with me!"

"Yes, Master." The energy butterfly wings on the back of the Rose Beast suddenly fluttered, scattering light dust, and she gracefully and swiftly flew to Luo Jiajun's side.

"Action!" Luo Jiajun gave the order and jumped out of the cabin without hesitation!

2b follows closely behind.

The Rose Beast transformed into a pink streak of light, gracefully and swiftly circling around the falling Luo Jiajun and 2B. The air currents generated by its petals and butterfly wings lifted the two, slowing their descent.

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Supported by the petals and wings of the Rose Beast, Luo Jiajun and 2B landed precisely in the center of the camp. The moment they landed, the shockwave sent the writhing swarms of insects and rotting flesh flying, clearing a brief vacuum.

The next second, 2B's figure transformed into a deadly streak of light. The greatsword on her back was drawn with a clang, the high-speed vibrating blade tearing through the air and emitting a high-frequency hum. Like the most precise killing machine, she sliced ​​into the swarm of insects. Wherever her blade passed, the hard carapace shattered like paper, and dark green juice and severed limbs flew everywhere.

Luo Jiajun had only one target—Ma Xiaolian!

His legs unleashed astonishing power, each step leaving deep footprints in the sticky, scarlet mud. He swiftly swept past the insects that tried to pounce, his eyes fixed only on the ominous red-haired figure.

The bald man, whose body had grown to a gigantic size, roared with a particularly tragic sound amidst the hissing of the insect swarm. His massive body was covered in wounds, his bluish-gray skin riddled with corroded pits and insect bites, and crimson lines of decay spread across his body as if they were alive.

Knowing he didn't have long to live, the bald man still swung the metal lamppost in his hand like a windmill, each blow accompanied by the explosion of several insects and the tremor of the ground.

"Kill that monster!" Seeing Luo Jiajun rushing closer, the bald man roared, then suddenly turned around and, like a mad bear, charged into the densest swarm of insects behind him.

In an instant, the lampposts danced wildly, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. The bald man's huge body was quickly swallowed up by the black tide. Only his frantic roar and the incessant sounds of bones shattering and carapace breaking proved his existence.

Luo Jiajun's pupils contracted slightly, but his steps did not falter in the slightest. He was determined to seize the opportunity of the insect swarm being held back and take down Ma Xiaolian in one fell swoop!

"Rosemon! Go save the other one!"

Seeing that the bald man was beyond saving, Luo Jiajun immediately gave a command to the Rose Beast hovering in the air. The Rose Beast's elegant figure spun rapidly in the air, and its huge energy wings scattered purifying dust. Several tough vines shot out from its hands like serpents, accurately wrapping around Liu Li, who was dying on a withered tree in the distance, and quickly and steadily carrying her away from this crimson inferno.

Luo Jiajun continued charging towards Ma Xiaolian. Facing this unexpected and uninvited guest, Ma Xiaolian stared intently at Luo Jiajun through her festering eye sockets.

She suddenly opened her mouth, as if connecting to another dimension deep within her throat. The next second, countless "Ionian Butterflies," shimmering with an eerie orange-red light and bearing decaying patterns on their wings, surged forth from her mouth like a burst dam! These butterflies, like a burning orange-red storm, carrying a chillingly corrupting energy, swept overwhelmingly towards Luo Jiajun and 2B, who followed closely behind!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!"

The swarm of butterflies instantly engulfed the two, followed by a series of violent explosions!

These exploding butterflies release putrefactive energy that splatters like viscous acid, and the shockwaves from the explosions mix with scarlet putrefactive spores, creating a devastating death zone.

2B reacted with lightning speed. The instant the explosion occurred, she swiftly pulled a nearby insectoid creature in front of her to act as a human shield! The violent explosion shattered the insectoid creature into pieces, splattering 2B with dark green fluid and broken shells. She herself was also violently thrown away by the shockwave of the explosion, crashing heavily into a pile of decaying ruins in the distance. The machine emitted a faint overload hum, but its core functions seemed to remain undamaged.

Luo Jiajun, on the other hand, took the full brunt of the explosion! The intense pain and corrosive energy caused him to let out a muffled groan. His clothes were instantly charred and torn, and burns and corrosion marks appeared on his skin. Wisps of orange-red putrid energy tried to burrow into his body like living things!

"Master!" cried the rose beast that was wrapping around Liu Li in vines as she was about to fly away.

"Don't worry about me! Take them away first!" Luo Jiajun, enduring the excruciating pain and the turmoil of the corrupting energy within him, sternly stopped Rosemon from approaching the core battlefield. After all, Rosemon wasn't like the machine-type 2B, completely immune to Crimson Corruption.

Just then, the flesh on Ma Xiaolian's back suddenly tore open! A pair of huge, bat-like fleshy wings, made of rotten flesh and dark red fascia, stretched out with a "poof"! The wings were covered with writhing blood vessels and putrid pustules, emitting a suffocating stench.

With a flap of her wings, she stirred up a stenchy gust of air carrying a putrid smell, and her body wobbled as she lifted off the ground, attempting to take off and escape!

“Da da da da da——!!!”

At the critical moment, a deafening roar of machine guns erupted from the perimeter of the camp! Qin Feng's Tenglong Special Task Force, along with Achina, Leda, and others, had landed on the outskirts and set up heavy firepower! Dense armor-piercing rounds accurately swept towards Ma Xiaolian, who had just taken off the ground!

The bullets struck the fleshy wings and decaying body, making muffled "thuds" and exploding into filthy blood and rotting tissue! Although they couldn't cause fatal wounds, the powerful impact and excruciating pain caused Ma Xiaolian's body, which had just taken off, to shake violently, instantly interrupting her upward momentum!

"Chance!"

Luo Jiajun seized the opportunity and used "Shadow Step," instantly appearing in mid-air behind Ma Xiaolian as if he had teleported.

"Get down here!!" Mei's here, I'm not here, you're free, Lin's here, aren't you...?

With a roar, Luo Jiajun pounced like a tiger, his arms outstretched, and with the force of a mountain crashing down, he precisely gripped the base of Ma Xiaolian's rotting fleshy wings! The enormous impact, combined with his entire weight, forcefully slammed Ma Xiaolian, who had just been lifted several meters off the ground, back down to the ground!

"boom--!"

A dull thud! The two men crashed heavily onto the rotten, sticky ground, splattering large amounts of blood and mud!

Ma Xiaolian let out a shrill scream as Luo Jiajun's iron-like hands gripped the base of her fleshy wings tightly. She began to struggle and writhe frantically, as a corrupting force surged from her body like a tidal wave, attempting to erode Luo Jiajun.

After a brief struggle on the ground, Luo Jiajun gained the upper hand and pinned Ma Xiaolian to the ground.

At this moment, another change occurred!

Ma Xiaolian, who was being pinned to the ground by Luo Jiajun, suddenly stiffened. Beneath her festering skin, a blinding orange-red light suddenly shone through! Clusters of translucent orange-red petals emerged from her body!

In an instant, an indescribable, deadly sense of crisis, originating from the depths of his soul, gripped Luo Jiajun! He recognized it immediately—a sign that the Flower of Ionia was about to bloom!

This is a "face-to-face" flower blooming experience at zero distance!

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Flowers bloom right up to your face!

"Not good!" Alarm bells rang in his mind, and Luo Jiajun, disregarding his energy expenditure, was about to use Shadow Step again.

But calamity comes even faster, arriving in an instant.

“Boom——!!!!!”

The moment the flower bloomed, an indescribable, terrifying explosion erupted, centered on the two people!

The enormous, orange-red energy flower, large enough to cover half the camp, bloomed wildly on the ground! The destructive shockwave released by the blooming petals spread wildly in all directions in a ring! Wherever it passed, the ground was turned up as if by an invisible giant plow, and rotting soil, insect corpses, and building ruins were all instantly crushed into dust!

The swarm of insects near the center of the explosion, whether ordinary centipedes and millipedes or powerful insectoids, were annihilated in the orange-red flames of destruction before they could even scream! Those a little further away were torn to pieces by the shockwave, like withered leaves swept up by a gale, their severed limbs mixed with dark green sap scattered everywhere!

Just before the explosion, 2B used the same trick again, dragging a giant insect corpse in front of her as cover. Even so, the terrifying shockwave still sent her and her "shield" flying dozens of meters away, crashing heavily into a pile of rubble. Multiple damage alarms sounded from the machine.

Meanwhile, Qin Feng, Achina, Leda, and the others, who were firing their weapons to suppress the insect swarm on the outskirts of the camp, were spared from the disaster. They stared in horror at the blooming flower of death in the center of the camp, their hearts filled with lingering fear—if Luo Jiajun hadn't strictly ordered them to land on the outer perimeter where the signs of decay were less pronounced, they would probably have already followed in the footsteps of the insect swarm!

Later, as the orange-red flames and smoke slowly dissipated, only the blooming flowers, radiating intense heat and a strong smell of decay, remained in the center of the camp.

Just as Qin Feng and the others were still in shock and preparing to risk entering the camp to search for Luo Jiajun and 2B, a tall, burly, and terrifying figure with a metallic feel slowly stood up from the heart of the flower, which was filled with smoke and dust.

Terminator form!

Deep blue liquid metal covered the bulging muscle lines, and on the cold metallic face, a pair of scarlet electronic eyes flashed with a violent light in the smoke and dust.

At this moment, Luo Jiajun was holding... or rather, carrying... Ma Xiaolian's battered and broken body.

No, that can no longer be called a body.

In his Terminator form, Luo Jiajun had one massive metal claw gripping Ma Xiaolian's lifeless, decaying head, while the other claw was deeply embedded in her chest! Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, the Terminator let out a low, destructive roar!

"Roar--!"

He suddenly spread his arms to the sides!

“Sizzle——!!!”

A chilling, blood-curdling tearing sound rang out!

Ma Xiaolian's body, like a tattered rag doll, was torn in two by the Terminator's inhuman and terrifying power!