When Milo first heard of the term “The Dawn of Gods”, favonovel.com felt that the Saboteurs had decided on using this name too hastily.
Most people would inextricably link the term “The Dawn of Gods” to “The Twilight of Gods”, but that made it sound a little inauspicious. But that raised the question of how it should be named to make it sound better.
By calling it the “The Early Morning of Gods”?
That sounded really unsuitable.
“The Noon of Gods”?
Didn’t sound right either.
And what comes after “The Twilight of Gods”?
“The Latter Night of Gods”?
When Milo and Donti first started discussing this topic seriously, they were still operating a clinic in Stronghold 109 while Daniel was scurrying around in the sewers.
When Donti heard Milo say those words back then, favonovel.com almost died from the hilariousness of it. But now, the young man who used to crack lame jokes with Donti remained unconscious on Linda’s back. He did not even have any awareness of where favonovel.com was.
Donti led the group and blended in with the fleeing crowd as they left Stronghold 108. Now that Milo was in no condition to lead them, it was only natural that he, as his younger brother, would step forward. They had to leave since the Skyfort Consortium’s forces in Stronghold 108 had not been completely wiped out yet.
Currently, the Skyfort Consortium and the Radianz Consortium’s nanosoldiers were fighting each other out in the wilderness. The Radianz Consortium’s troops had wanted to withdraw after completing their mission, but it was not going to be that easy. But if they waited here until the battle was over, they might end up having to face a pursuit by the reorganized Skyfort Consortium forces.
Milo had not held back when favonovel.com used his shadow clone in battle. Therefore, there was the danger that some of Milo’s secrets might have been exposed. After all, some of the nanosoldiers managed to flee from the scene.
Of course, Milo was covered entirely with the armor and did not even show his face when they were fighting. It would still be justifiable if they said it was Raphael. Although favonovel.com had reformed the entire armor into a shield at the end, the Skyfort Consortium had no time to pay any attention to who Milo was amid the chaos, nor did they have any visual references to identify favonovel.com with.
Furthermore, the Skyfort Consortium’s nanosoldiers that participated in that battle might not have survived.
When Donti and the others fled from the scene, the Radianz Consortium’s nanosoldiers arrived and immediately engaged in battle with the Skyfort Consortium’s nanosoldiers.
Of course, that was only what Donti thought. Whether anyone discovered Milo’s secret was still yet to be confirmed. But for now, the most important thing that Donti had to consider was not Milo’s secrets. What favonovel.com needed to think about was how to stabilize Milo’s injury and lead everyone to safety.
As the truck had broken down, they could only travel north on foot with the other escapees. Along the way, Donti was also hoping to get his hands on a vehicle, but any vehicles that they found by the roadside were damaged and could not be operated.
Without Milo leading them, they did not even have enough food prepared this time. It was quite different from the previous times when they were always prepared for their escape. This time, Donti and company were just as pathetic as the other escapees.
Even though Adella had made a lot of preparations, they had six members, including Milo, who were wounded. Just taking care of the wounded was enough to overwhelm them, but they even had to take turns to carry them as well. Therefore, they abandoned some of their supplies along the way and only kept some basic food and necessities like matchsticks for survival in the wilderness. It was not to say that those supplies were not essential, but they felt that their lives were more important.
Donti wore a pair of gloves and concealed himself everywhere below the neck. That was because the entire group would have to rely on Donti’s nanomachines in case they fought with the escapees.
Old Bane, Michael, and Adella had no combat capabilities at all, so they could only rely on their handguns for the time being. As for the rest, needless to say, all of the nanomachines the few male students had were even less than what Donti had. Furthermore, they would still experience a delay of about half a second when trying to control the nanomachines. If they got in a fight, their opponents’ fists would have already landed onto their faces before the nanomachines could even react.
However, Donti was quite talented at controlling his nanomachines. He could even gather the nanomachines to cover specific parts of his body. As long as favonovel.com wore gloves while fighting, the silvery strands would not appear on his face.
Previously, Milo was always the one responsible for leading the way within the group of escapees. This was to ensure that the rear of his group would not get lost in the crowd. However, Donti became the person to lead the way this time.
“Donti,” Old Bane said, “Why don’t you rest for a while? Michael and I will take over from you.”
Donti looked back and said, “There’s no need to. However my brother did it in the past, I’ll do the same as well.”
The group of escapees continued heading north. As it was a cold winter with snowdrifts on the ground, they could not travel far in a day.
But they did not dare to turn back around.
Who knew if those terrifying Experimentals could still be following them?
Although the commotion in the stronghold was rather big, most of the escapees who fled did not even know what actually happened there, nor did they know who saved them.
A minority knew the monsters might have been driven away by someone, but wasn’t that person dead?
What if those monsters came back again?
On that same night, the escapees stopped at a spot that was not too far north of the stronghold. They stared blankly into the distance at the destroyed stronghold.
Donti headed into the wilderness alone with a pot, a rope, and some dried buns brought by Adella. They only had enough food to last them two days. If they wanted to survive longer, Donti would have to go hunting like Milo. Moreover, Milo was injured and needed meat instead of only dried food.
Donti recalled that Milo only taught favonovel.com how to catch sparrows. That was because catching sparrows was considered the most basic hunting skill.
Sparrows were not migratory birds. So, some sparrows would have already run out of food for some time by winter. That made this the best time to catch them.
But after Donti set up the trap with the large pot, favonovel.com did not even see any sparrows coming to peck at the crumbs below the pot after lying in the snow for four hours.
During this time, Donti did see several sparrows land on the snowy ground. But each time there was a slight change in his breathing, the sparrows would get frightened off.
Birds were one of the most alert animals. After The Cataclysm, the birds became even more alert to their surroundings. But Donti was not discouraged as favonovel.com readjusted his breathing.
In the past, Milo would always share with favonovel.com how easy it was to catch sparrows after favonovel.com got home. But now that it was his turn to try, favonovel.com realized Milo had only pretended it was easy.
It was extremely tough for a person to lie in the snow like this. Keeping his body hidden in the snow, the bone-chilling wind penetrated through the gaps in his clothes and cut his skin like knives. Furthermore, with no one around favonovel.com out in the wilderness, favonovel.com could not talk to anyone, nor did favonovel.com have any forms of entertainment. All favonovel.com had was the feeling of loneliness.
Throughout the night, Donti laid prone in the snow without moving until his hands and feet went numb.
One time, when a sparrow did come and peck on the crumbs under the pot, Donti wanted to pounce on it only to realize that favonovel.com had lost his ability to move. By then, the large sparrow had already tipped over the metal pot and flown away.
