Qing City.

Nanshan Villa District.

Browsing posts on the Forum, Shen Fei saw that except for Ability Users who had inherited tank, constitution-enhancing, or special bloodline abilities, most people’s HP didn’t exceed 15. Some others had posted that many monsters now had visible HP displays, which made them feel easier to fight—or to be more precise, gave them a clearer objective in combat. Other than this, Shen Fei saw no other news about version 4.2.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Just as he was about to close the Forum and take a rest, a violent roar suddenly resounded throughout the entire city. It was unlike the monster roars that had filled the city at night right after the second wave of inheritances. The intensity of this roar was more than ten times greater than before.

It was as if, in an instant, countless hidden cannons had all opened fire at once. Amid the deafening sound, even the ground began to tremble slightly.

"What the—what’s happening?!"

Startled, Shen Fei heard his mother and sister cry out in alarm from the next room. He immediately used his Detection Tower to check the situation within a 5-kilometer radius.

It’s even farther away?

To Shen Fei’s surprise, after scanning a 5-kilometer radius, he found nothing out of the ordinary. The intense sound of cannon fire was coming from somewhere more than 5 kilometers away.

WHOOSH.

His eyes narrowed and, with a thought, he summoned a five-to-six-meter-tall Defense Tower shaped like an altar, with a unique design resembling a pair of upright hands on top.

[Name: Attribute Enhancement Tower]

[Tier: Tenth Tier (Max)]

[Type: Auxiliary Defense Tower]

[Enhance (6/6): Can select one of the following Attributes of a Defense Tower for Tenfold Enhancement: Range, Attack Power, Durability, or Attack Speed. Duration: 1 hour. Cooldown: 2 hours...]

To find out the source of the intense roaring, Shen Fei summoned the Attribute Enhancement Tower. He immediately cast its "Enhance" skill, increasing the range of his Detection Tower tenfold.

Instantly, the Detection Tower, which originally only had a 5-kilometer range, could now detect scenes up to 50 kilometers away.

Tanks firing in unison?

A thousand Grizzly Tanks!

Brother Zhang?

With the Detection Tower’s range enhanced to 50 kilometers, Shen Fei instantly understood the source of the roaring. He saw that to the north of Qing City, more than ten kilometers away, a defensive line had been established where the ring-road expressway used to be. Nearly a thousand six-to-seven-meter-long tanks, capable of automatic targeting and firing infinite ammunition, were arrayed neatly behind the defensive line, unleashing a volley from ten thousand cannons!

The vibrations from these massive shells hitting the ground traveled all the way to the urban area of Qing City, causing the ground there to tremble slightly.

Looking at those enormous steel tanks, Shen Fei recognized them. They were Grizzly Tanks. He also knew who these Grizzly Tanks belonged to.

Brother Zhang!

A man in his forties who had been a dedicated player of an ancient, last-century war game called *Red Alert II*.

In his past life, after he had inherited a shooting ability, he had ended up joining the Base City that this very Brother Zhang established with several thousand Grizzly Tanks. That was how he survived. But their Base City was just an ordinary settlement built from rebar and concrete, not a powerful Neutral City that came with its own various functions.

In the end, after that Super Boss named "Magnus" invaded reality, it easily crushed their Base City and killed him, sending him back three years in time.

Shen Fei never expected that he would be seeing the Grizzly Tanks again.

Previously, while riding the Golden Celestial Horse to the airport, he had seen the roaring of tanks in the west of the city from the air, but the situation had been urgent at the time, so he hadn’t paid it much attention.

Now, as he watched the Tank Array light up the entire northern part of the city, its ten thousand cannons firing in unison, Shen Fei understood. Brother Zhang, the old brother who had taken him in all those years ago, was from Qing City.

In his past life, he hadn’t known that Brother Zhang was from Qing City. Xihong City, a neighboring city that was practically a twin to Qing City, was also a possibility for where Brother Zhang lived, so he hadn’t gone looking for him after being reborn.

Now, seeing the roaring Tank Array again, he recognized an old acquaintance. Through the Detection Tower, he looked at the middle-aged man standing amidst the Tank Array, and then at the few familiar figures beside the man. A smile couldn’t help but touch the corners of Shen Fei’s lips.

RING! RING! RING!

Just as Shen Fei was about to see what the Tank Array was attacking, his phone suddenly rang. Looking at the caller ID, he saw it was his dad. The call connected, and Father Shen’s voice burst out like machine-gun fire.

"A monster tide has erupted in the north of Qing City! Preliminary Detection indicates it’s likely an Undead Calamity! Your Uncle Sun and I have to follow the Tourism Management Office to the north to repel the invasion! A player who inherited tanks has already established a defensive line in the north! According to the intel I’ve received from the Tourism Management Office, of all the cities in the world currently experiencing monster tides, not a single one has been able to hold! You need to get ready! If things start to look bad, take your mom, Shen Yue, and Yu, and leave Qing City on the Celestial Horse!"

A monster tide! A monster tide had erupted in Qing City! On the second day after the game abilities were inherited, a rare Undead Calamity monster tide had formed in Qing City.

That’s not right! This didn’t happen in my past life!

He had thought some Super Boss had appeared, but Shen Fei never expected it would be a monster tide. The Tank Array was actually attacking an Undead Calamity.

This didn’t exist in my past life!

WEE-WOO! WEE-WOO! WEE-WOO!

Just as he was about to ask for more details, a deafening air-raid siren suddenly blared from outside his window.

"Protect your mom and Shen Yue! Don’t worry about me! If the situation changes, your Uncle Sun and I will leave using the [Rook] chess piece!"