Chapter 698 Please do not disturb my fishing
When Walker first emerged from the mountains, his ambition was to become the king of this world, to revel in wealth and glory.
William was the brother he recognized at first sight.
After becoming a disciple of Moros, Walker's strength had greatly increased, but he was unhappy with William's reluctance to seize opportunities to become stronger.
However, William was his chosen brother, and how could he let him die at the hands of this vile centipede?
"Boom!"
In recent days, Walker had been studying witchcraft and his body had been tempered with herbs, greatly enhancing his strength. He threw a punch at the mutated giant centipede.
The force of the punch was so strong that it broke off one of the centipede's claws.
Losing a claw didn't really affect the centipede, especially since it hadn't sustained any fatal injuries. After Walker's punch, the centipede immediately bit at him.
"Damn!" Walker cursed, shifting his position and stepping back three steps. He grabbed William's arm, pulled him back, and shouted, "You run first, head to the city center!"
William let Walker pull him back and took two steps back before breaking into a run, showing no intention of helping. However, he didn't run towards the city center but towards the banks of the Bronx River instead.
The centipede was quite strong, but William could see that Walker's current strength was just enough to handle it. Moreover, other members of the Galactic Special Forces were already on their way to provide support.
"Hey! Where are you running? Head to the city center!" Walker yelled as he saw William running around with his fishing rod.
However, the centipede had no intention of letting Walker off so easily,its massive body swept towards Walker.
Its sharp claws were wrapped in a green glow, clearly venomous, and Walker couldn't afford to be careless, focusing solely on dealing with the mutated giant centipede.
As William turned and walked away, he encountered various mutated plants and animals, and also saw some humans infected by the virus...
Rather than calling them humans, they were more like zombies.
These creatures also launched attacks upon seeing William, but he didn't fight back. Using a "basic" rapid movement spell, he easily dodged these creatures.
Ten minutes later, he finally reached the riverbank.
To William, there wasn't much difference between high-ranking god-kings and various other powerful beings.
To him, high-ranking god-kings and the monsters he currently faced were pretty much the same.
It was just a matter of whether to punch a bit harder or lighter.
With the Earth undergoing drastic changes, William wasn't too keen on intervening. He had left home with his fishing rod, and naturally, he wanted to go fishing, not bother with monsters.
Arriving at the riverbank, William found a fat earthworm under a rock, baited it onto his hook, and started fishing.
Fishing was a pleasure for William. Otherwise, he could just throw the hook into the river without bait and still catch fish.
William found a rock to sit on and then tuned out everything else.
Boom!
A sound of exploding rocks came from behind him.
The mutated giant centipede, battered from its fight with Walker, had followed William and lunged at him, seeing him as an easy snack.
Those other guys couldn't beat it, but could it beat him?
"Are we not done yet?" William yanked his fishing rod, sending the hook flying behind him, hooking the centipede's mouth hard.
With a sharp tug, the flesh inside the giant mutated centipede turned to mush.
The huge centipede's body was thrown into the river, causing only a small splash.
The next moment, the entire surface of the lake boiled as various large, strange fish leaped to share the centipede's body.
William had intended to enjoy a leisurely fishing session, slowly reeling in fish, but he hadn't expected the centipede to so willingly offer up its body. In the end, he reluctantly accepted the gift.
The shell of the mutated centipede, originally so tough that swords could hardly pierce it, turned to powder under William's hook, leaving only a large clump of mush.
More and more fish appeared, but William's hook didn't catch any for a long time.
Hmm, these fish have gotten smarter!
William suddenly realized that after Dolly's antics, not only the land creatures had mutated, but the fish had become smarter too!
With plenty of centipede mush available, why would they go for a worm with a hook in it?
Thinking this, a smile appeared on William's face.
He could see that Dolly's antics were going to shake up the current civilization on Earth quite a bit.
But to reach a higher level of civilization, the old one must first be broken down. After various disasters, the newly formed civilization would undoubtedly be more splendid.
If the fish have become smarter, wouldn't fishing be even more interesting?
Watching a civilization reform and progress could actually be quite entertaining.
At least to William, this was far more interesting than fighting with those guardians controlled by the Cosmic Entity.
What's the fun in fighting? Now aware of his own strength, William had no interest in battling those guardians under the Cosmic Entity's control.
Especially after understanding the true nature of the Cosmic Entity, William thought it better to return and train Alice and watch Earth's civilization evolve.
Of course, he was well aware that Dolly was catering to his tastes, knowing that William liked novel things.
She might also want to pull some stunts in the Divine Realm while William was on Earth, possibly collaborating with the obsession that William had expelled from his body to stir up some trouble.
That would be fine by William,he was willing to give Dolly and the others this time.
"William, what are you doing?" Walker eventually found William and called out from a distance.
Without turning his head, William heard Walker approach and saw that he was still fishing, which made Walker roll his eyes, "Are you kidding me? You're still fishing here? Do you know what kind of monsters are in this river?"
"I saw them on the way here," William said with a smile, giving Walker a glance. "You seem pretty strong now."
Walker had several wounds on his body, clearly just hastily bandaged before coming to find William.
"Not bad! Cut the chatter and come with me! It's not safe here!" Walker glanced at the river and said, "I'll take you to the inner city first. Your shabby house, I don't know what's good about it, has been taken over by a powerful Shapeshifter. The whole of East 62nd Street, even Steven won't let anyone in, so you probably can't go back either."
"Alright! Just wait a sec, let me catch a fish before we go. I can't go back empty-handed," William replied nonchalantly. He had never returned from fishing empty-handed before,how embarrassing would that be to admit?
"Still fishing?" Walker was so frustrated he almost snatched the fishing rod from William's hands and snapped it. Couldn't he see he was covered in wounds?
William glanced at Walker and said, "You're so tough, even if we encounter any monsters, it shouldn't be a problem, right? Catching a fish, we can make a nice soup when we get back... You're not scared, are you?"
The simplest form of provocation.
Sure enough, Walker snorted and said, "Me, scared? Scared of what? Let me tell you, you didn't see how I knocked that centipede to the ground with one punch earlier. If it hadn't run away so fast, we'd be having roasted centipede tonight."
"Impressive!" William nodded and then continued fishing.
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