It was an unforgettable sight that anyone who witnessed it would remember for the rest of their lives.
Under the dusky, turbid sky, the dragons swooped down from the clouds. Their gigantic wings that blotted out the sun stirred the mana in the air and the sky, while their roars and bellows caused the clouds to tremble. The power of thunder, fire, and frost gushed out from the dragons and poured down like a storm onto the land, splashing over the endless mortal calamity that was undulating amidst the scorching lava and smoke. The resulting explosion and creeping calamity shook the entire Tarash Plains.
The Creeping Calamity's process of absorbing energy from the planet was interrupted by the sudden interruption. While the Giant Dragon's body was tiny compared to the Creeping Calamity, the latter was now battered by the continuous bombardment of the Dawn of the World. Its powerful energy shield and biological shell were all gone. The dragon's breath blasted directly onto its exposed organs and energy-conducting vascular vessels. The magic from the Deep Blue Network detonated in these organs one after another, as if a massive lightning storm had erupted within the Creeping Calamity's flesh. And in the eyes of Gina Prince, the biological cannons on the surface of the target were dimming bit by bit.
"… How much longer do we need to reload and cool down?!" Gina immediately asked. She saw that the Creeping Calamity had begun to retaliate. Various small-scale energy missiles and dancing tentacles pierced into the sky from the charred flesh. The Giant Dragon that could not dodge in time was caught in the barrage and fell onto the turbid 'land'. "We can't waste this opportunity!"
"The Dawn of the World's accelerator array has reached 92%. Ten more seconds." The Cortex Prime's calm and slightly mechanical voice seemed to have become the focus of everyone's emotions in the control hall. "The Gorgon Formation will be ready in thirty seconds."
Gina stared at the scene in the distance. The second batch of Giant Dragon had descended from the clouds. The Tarlonde Expeditionary Force was probably the only mortal force in the entire Alliance that could fight the Creeping Calamity at close range. But this so-called fight was just using casualties to buy time. Against the Creeping Calamity that had absorbed an unknown amount of energy from the depths of the planet, even the powerful Giant Dragon was falling from the sky in seconds.
"The Dawn of the World's accelerator array is ready. The Gorgon Formation will fire in twenty seconds."
The Cortex Prime's voice rang in the hall. Gina Prince immediately connected to the internal communication bus of the Alliance. She did not know which expeditionary force the Giant Dragon that was rushing out of the clouds belonged to, or if the entire Tarlonde Expeditionary Force was converging in the direction of the Creeping Calamity. But as one of the top commanders of the Alliance, she had the authority to make a call in all channels in an emergency. "The Dawn of the World is calling the dragons. Thank you for your assistance. We are ready for the next round of firing. Please evacuate the firing range in ten seconds."
There was a squeaking noise and whistling sound from the Mana Net terminal, and then a deep female voice rang out. "This is Coletta. We have received the notice that the dragons are retreating."
After a moment of delay, Jin Na saw that the dragons above the Creeping Calamity were beginning to retreat. One by one, the massive figures that were riddled with scars scattered and flew into the clouds. Almost at the same time, all the supercritical accelerators were finally ready.
Without any hesitation, Gina gave the order to fire. Dozens of dazzling white 'lances' shot out from the Dawn of the World's space battle group and crossed the vast sky of the Tarash Plains in the blink of an eye, bombarding the scorched earth beside the Deep Blue Well that had turned into purgatory.
A mushroom cloud and a cloud of dust once again covered the entire battlefield. The Dawn of the World's control hall was silent once again. Every pair of eyes stared at the holographic projection that was rippling with interference. Everyone felt as if their hearts were being tightly gripped by an invisible force. And in the silence, Gina Prince gave the order in a low voice. "All accelerators, reload."
One of the officers heard the order and looked at his commander in shock. But the latter only maintained a tense expression and did not say a word.
Kina did not know what would happen next, but unless the battle was over, she would insist that all the supercritical accelerators be ready at all times. Even if it did not meet the special safety standards of the supercritical accelerators, she would insist on it.
And at that moment, the cloud of dust in the distance had finally dissipated in the turbulent winds of the Tarash Plains. The high-temperature, high-energy interference in the cloud of dust had also thinned. The voice of the Cortex Prime rang in the hall. That mechanical and eternally calm voice instantly made everyone's heart sink to the bottom. "… The target is still there."
"How can this be …" One of the officers exclaimed. But before his voice trailed off, everyone in the hall saw the scene in the distant horizon. The Creeping Catastrophe was still lying beside the Deep Blue Well, but its injuries were not worse than before. There was an abnormal blue light curtain on the ground around it, and above it, there was a pale blue, crystal-like light that was gradually breaking down. It was a layer of barrier that had just been penetrated. There was no doubt that it was this barrier that had blocked the deadly bombardment.
"Barrier?" The officer nearby widened his eyes. "Didn't the organ used to make the barrier of the Creeping Catastrophe already …"
"It's the power of the Deep Blue Net." Gina's voice was low. "It has learned how to transform the power of the Deep Blue Net into a barrier …"
The pale blue light flowed on the ground in the distance as the massive energy absorbed from the depths of the planet began to be injected into the body of the Creeping Catastrophe, which was already at its limit. It was used to repair and strengthen the monster that was about to die. The Dawn of the World's accelerator array was about to complete a new round of recharging, but at that moment, it all seemed to be meaningless.
Unless there was someone who could constantly disrupt the process of the Creeping Catastrophe's barrier, even the most powerful weapon created by the humans could not break through the barrier that originated from the planet's power.
At that moment, a buzzing sound suddenly entered Gina's ears. The Mana Net terminal in front of her had activated, and the voice of the Giant Dragon Coretta came from it. "This is the Tarlonde Expeditionary Force. We can charge again. We have locked on the biological organ that controls the Deep Blue magic power in the Creeping Catastrophe's body. As long as we continue to suppress these organs, it will not be able to hold up the barrier. Please continue to prepare for the next round of attack. Once ready, launch immediately. "
Gina instantly understood what the Giant Dragon was trying to do. She felt her heart skip a beat. She immediately came to the communication desk. "Stop! This plan — "
"This is the best plan." Coretta's voice interrupted Gina. "We must stop this monster from continuing to grow. It is constantly extracting energy from the planet, and has deeply rooted itself in the Deep Blue Network. Once it has completely controlled the Deep Blue Network, we will never have a chance —"
Coretta's voice suddenly stopped, as if she was interrupted by something unexpected. Gina was about to say something, but she was stunned. Then she heard someone exclaiming, "Commander! Look over there! "
Gina instinctively looked up at the holographic projection, and then she was shocked to see … the air around the Creeping Catastrophe was rippling out of thin air.
It was a very strange scene. If she had not seen it with her own eyes, Gina felt that she would never have imagined such a scene. She saw the scorching hot and dry air suddenly ripple, and the surface of the plains in the distance was surging. Water appeared out of thin air, as if a spectacular illusion had torn through the barrier of reality and descended upon this land. Then, she saw the clouds above the Creeping Catastrophe begin to swirl, and almost in the blink of an eye, a storm began to pour down.
The entire Creeping Catastrophe was soaked in this vast curtain of rain.
Coretta was hovering in the clouds. She was ready to die, but now she could only watch in shock as the ground changed into a different scene in an instant. She saw countless raindrops falling from the wasteland as if the water vapor of the entire wasteland had been gathered on this small battlefield. And in the rolling waves, she smelled the scent of the sea.
The Creeping Catastrophe seemed to have finally sensed the danger. Its dark flesh twisted and wriggled violently in the rain, and all the wounds instantly burst open. But the water … was all-pervasive. As if it had a life of its own, the water quickly flowed along every inch of the Creeping Catastrophe's biological tissues, covering its charred skin, its swollen nerve clusters, and its open-air structure that was filled with blue light and was absorbing magic from the depths of the earth.
"Sorry, it took too long to prepare. It's not easy to collect so much water in such a dry place." A voice suddenly rang in Coretta's ears. The voice seemed to have come from the rain beside her. "You can leave now. We'll take over from here."
Then, Gina Prince, who was far away on the Dawn of the World, also heard the voice from the magic net terminal. The voice had a strong interference, but she could still hear it clearly. "This is the Antaverne Expeditionary Force. We have temporarily suppressed the activity of the Creeping Catastrophe … Ready to fire … We will not leave …"
Amidst the torrential rain, the rapidly converging water flow had covered the entire body of the Creeping Calamity. On the behemoth that was hundreds of kilometers long, the water flow that the sirens created could only cover a thin layer of the target's body. And yet, that thin layer of water was enough to interfere with the Creeping Calamity's perception and control of the Deep Blue Net. It struggled with all its might as if it wanted to open its shield again, but there were only a few fleeting blue ripples in the air, and its efforts were futile.
A voice rang out beside Gina. "Commander, we —"
"All supercritical accelerators, lock onto the target." Gina took a soft breath. The direction of the battle had completely exceeded her expectations. It had even exceeded her 'common sense' and 'understanding' as a soldier. But that did not stop her from making the right judgment in this bizarre situation. "Fire immediately after you complete the loading. Don't waste the opportunity that they have fought for with their lives."
Life was a precious thing. It should be used in the right place.
The sirens often used it in the right place.
In the distant sky, a powerful energy reaction was gathering. It was a powerful force even by the standards of the sirens' civilization. Even the War Lord of the Deep Sea could not fight against it.
In the pouring rain, Vanessa's blurry face appeared in the misty sky. Countless of sirens loomed in the air around her. They patrolled in the sky as if they were swimming in the deep sea.
Vanessa quietly looked down at the wriggling filthy flesh on the ground.
"You owe the deep sea a debt. Now it's settled."
Spears of light fell like rain. Vanessa's face and countless sirens were instantly torn to shreds by the powerful energy. The torrential rain that fell from the sky came to an abrupt stop. The entire battlefield that was filled with water vapor was torn into pieces by the shockwave that followed. Amidst the massive cloud of dust that spread across the land, the limbs of the Creeping Calamity erupted like a volcano.
The water that the Sea Monsters gathered evaporated in an instant. The massive amount of water vapor and the Sea Monsters themselves turned into a huge cloud between heaven and earth. As it rose with the wind, the huge cloud of water vapor eventually formed a clenched fist and an indomitable middle finger.
The entire Tarash Plains felt a massive tremor from the earth-shattering blow. Then, the entire battlefield fell silent for a brief moment.
The control hall of Dawn on Earth also fell into silence. Kina stared at the misty wasteland in the distance. She had unknowingly clenched her fists. The short wait after that seemed to be the longest few minutes of her life. The accelerator array had begun to reload. The skyscraper fortress's sensor system was scanning the target area for energy reactions at maximum power. And before the dust settled, she and her soldiers even became extremely cautious with their breathing.
Finally, the Cortex Prime's mechanical and calm voice rang in the hall.
"The Creeping Catastrophe has stopped."
The deathly silence lasted for another two seconds. Then, cheers finally sounded.
A nightmare had ended.
Even Kina's expression relaxed. She breathed a long sigh of relief. She felt her blood finally began to flow in her body again. She smiled as she watched her colleagues hugging each other in celebration. She heard the ground troops' reports from the Mana Net terminal in the command deck. The army of mutants in front of the various defensive lines in the Tarash Plains were in chaos. The frenzied biochemical beasts had even begun to kill each other. Although the chaotic monsters were still swarming towards the purification devices, they had clearly lost their unified command. The completely disorderly offensive had reduced the pressure on the defenders who were struggling to hold on.
A genuine smile bloomed on Jin Na's face. She wiped the sweat mixed with blood from her forehead with her hand. Only then did she notice that her clothes were soaked in sweat, and her golden hair was also wet and stuck to her body.
But at that moment, the Mana Net terminal beside her suddenly activated.
Gwen Cecil's deep and solemn voice silenced everyone in the hall. "Attention, all troops. Stay on high alert. The battle is not over yet."
Kina blinked. For a moment, she seemed to be in a daze. At that moment, a cry suddenly came from not far away. "Commander! There's a situation in the sky! "
Kina looked in the direction of the voice in shock. She saw an officer staring and pointing at a huge window at the side of the control hall.
That was the direction of the Creeping Catastrophe!
In the sky directly above that direction, a huge 'rift' was slowly emerging. Even without any auxiliary observation equipment, even from such a distance, the rift could be seen clearly!
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