A series of loud noises came from the direction of the Gnarled Grove. It sounded like a roar, a thunderclap, or a simple cracking of the earth. The loud noises seemed to be chasing after the team. Even the elite soldiers, who had been through hundreds of battles, were frightened by the roar. They could only desperately run along the mountain path.
Everyone dismounted and walked. They either drove the horses to the front of the team or simply dispersed them when they encountered a fork in the mountain path. The mountain path ahead was steep. Once the horses were startled, they would be a huge threat. Listening to the terrible noises behind them, it was impossible for the horses not to be frightened.
Even though they had left the range of the roots of the Gnarled Grove, the ground under their feet was still trembling. The entire Beinz region was built on top of a huge underground world. Now that the underground world had collapsed, the huge force almost tore Dragonspine Ridge into several pieces. Listening to the continuous sounds of rocks cracking between the mountain walls, Ophra knew that they were not yet in a safe place. She waved her sword again to encourage her soldiers. "Keep going! Don't stop! We'll be safe once we cross the ridge! "
Elson ran in front of the team, using his wolf's sharp eyes to look for rocks falling nearby. Every rock that fell here could turn into a rock monster. And in this place far away from the Gnarled Grove, the rock monsters could not distinguish between friend and foe. They were as dangerous as the Devilbeasts and tentacles. The consequences would be disastrous if they encountered them.
During the final retreat, many soldiers were injured. Almost all the magicians were drained of magic power. Many were infected by the poisonous blood and miasma of the Devilbeasts. Now, these people had no combat ability other than the strength to run. Apart from Hao Ren's team and Ophra, only the five + 1 giant wolves, including Elson, were still able to fight. They had to find a way to avoid any battles along the way.
Despite the bad situation, Ophra's expression was still determined. Her dusty face was as heroic as ever. She knew that the Royal Knights were at the foot of the mountain on the east side of the mountain. As long as they reached there, there would be enough medicine and food, and the exhausted magicians would be able to fight again. In the face of a supernatural creature like the First Born, magicians were more useful than warriors.
But to be honest, she was well aware of the gap between mortals and ancient creatures. Thinking of the terrible monster that had been entrenched under the Beinz Diocese for tens of thousands of years, she did not believe that ordinary sorcerers could do anything.
Hao Ren glanced at Ophra and turned to Y 'zaks. "How's the meteorite preparation going?"
"The connection has been established. The mass is the limit of my control. It's a ferromanganese core." Y 'zaks' eyes flashed with green demonic fire. "When we reach the ridge, we can summon it down. Its power is almost enough to completely flatten the area between the Beinz Blood Lake and Dragonspine Ridge … six Tunguska."
Hao Ren calculated and found that it was far more powerful than the nuclear weapons made by humans. He felt a little relieved. "This should be enough to kill the First Born, right?"
"Control the power." Vivian suddenly thought of something. "West of the Beinz Blood Lake, beyond the Toxic Plain is the werewolf kingdom. Don't let it affect them."
Y 'zaks nodded. "I've calculated it. I'll set up a magic barrier. The shockwave will stop in the middle of the Toxic Plain. At most, it will cause a little shock at the sacred mountain of the werewolves. But I don't know how the werewolf tribal country will respond to this disaster. They should be able to see the changes in the Gnarled Grove … "
Hao Ren was really worried about this. Plus, Elson and his elite werewolves were probably even more worried about the situation in their hometown. But now the situation was dire. No matter how capable the mortals were, they could not go to the sacred mountain to report or investigate the situation. They had to put this worry aside for the time being. As long as Y 'zaks' meteorite could successfully kill the First Born, there was no need to worry about the werewolf tribal country.
"If the meteorite doesn't work … Is the power of the First Born enough to destroy the sacred mountain? Or spread further … "Y 'zaks suddenly frowned. He thought of the worst case scenario." We still don't know what its other powers are. We only know that it can cause geological disasters. But this should not be its full power. "
Nangong Wuyue could not believe that the First Born could be so powerful. "Really? No matter how powerful it is, isn't it still a tree? "
Y 'zaks shook his head and did not speak again.
After some trekking, the team finally approached the highest point of the ridge. At this time, there was a sudden sound of collapse coming from the direction of several peaks of Dragonspine Ridge. Lily subconsciously looked up and suddenly let out a cry of surprise. "Awoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Elson's voice followed. "The North Peak has collapsed! The North Peak and the South Peak have both collapsed! "
Hao Ren looked up in horror. He only saw that the two highest peaks of Dragonspine Ridge had been completely covered by a cloud of smoke. Under the hazy smoke, he could see that the peaks were slowly disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye. Vivian released a small bat to observe the scene from above. She was shocked to find that 70% of the entire western foothills of Dragonspine Ridge was disintegrating!
She told everyone what she saw. Ophra was stunned. "Is this mountain made up of rock monsters?!" "No, it shouldn't be.
"No, it shouldn't be. At least the mountain road under our feet hasn't collapsed. Fortunately, it hasn't." Hao Ren took a deep breath. "But this mountain range is 100% dedicated to fighting against the First Born. I finally know why the terrain of the Beinz Diocese is so strange. There are mountains on two sides, the sea on one side, and a canyon on the back. This is definitely not natural. It's really like the legend, it's an artificial terrain created by the ancient mage-emperors!
Becky's hand holding the longsword was a little shaky. "They could shape the world, but they still couldn't stop the First Born …"
Yes, the entire Beinz Diocese was a cage created by great power. The power of the ancient mage-emperors was terrifying, but didn't the ancient civilization still get destroyed by the First Born?
The army of rock monsters that fell from Dragonspine Ridge quickly formed a gray stone tide and rushed towards the Gnarled Grove. But these huge monsters finally looked as small as ants in front of the Gnarled Grove. The Gnarled Grove had now completely bulged into a strange half-bowl-shaped object. Countless huge, wriggling tentacles waved on the surface of the aggregate. The towering trees that used to be towering had all shed their leaves in the midst of the deformation, turning into sharp black spikes. This monster that was bigger than a mountain did not even care about the gray tide of rock monsters at its feet. It just shook its body slightly, and the ground around it collapsed into an endless pit. When the rock monsters fell into the big net of interwoven roots, they instantly lost their vitality and turned into lifeless gravel.
But more rock monsters were still rushing towards the First Born. It seemed that their original intention was to turn into debris and pile up around the First Born to form a new layer of rock shell.
By this time, Hao Ren and the rest had reached the ridge. They looked back and saw a terrible monster that was beyond the limits of human imagination. One look and one would lose all will to resist in fear.
A tangled, indescribable composite stood between heaven and earth, between plant and animal. It was as huge as a mountain, without any facial features or recognizable limbs. Countless strangely-shaped tentacles waved on its hundreds of kilometers wide torso. The ground under its feet had completely disappeared. It was not known if it had fallen into the original underground cavern or was absorbed by the roots. Now, there were only endless roots and weird tumor-like things under the feet of the composite, which made it look even more terrifying.
Hao Ren just glanced at the thing and felt dizzy. Apparently, the tentacles with the power of mental attack were releasing energy indiscriminately.
"Even if we escape... Is there really anyone in this world who can fight against this creature..." Ophra's calm face finally showed a look of fear. She realized that today's escape might just be a delayed death. Since this creature called the First Born had the ability to destroy the Second Season ecosystem, it would not stay in this place. This monster must have the ability to move or spread its power to other parts of the world. Under this premise, what was the point of today's escape?
Hao Ren looked at the chaotic creature. Through the MDT's repeated probes, he confirmed that he could not communicate with this monster. So he patted Y'zaks on the arm and said, "Let's do it."
Y'zaks nodded and walked away from the crowd to transform. Ophra looked at these strange "mercenaries" in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"Helping you solve the problem that you can't solve," Hao Ren exhaled. "You watch from the side. But if possible, can you let your soldiers leave first?"
It was not that he was worried about anything else. He was mainly worried that ordinary people could not stand the toxic steam after the meteorite impact. They would be safe once they left the ridge.
Ophra looked at Hao Ren in confusion. Suddenly, she felt a burst of extremely disturbing power from the big man. She immediately thought of something and waved to her soldiers. "Keep going, don't look back!"
After all the soldiers left, Y'zaks' power was finally fully released. In the scorching and pungent smell of lava and sulfur, the five-meter-tall giant demon stood up from the flames.
"De... demon?" Ophra was stunned. "There are still demons walking in this world? Who the hell are you? "
Y'zaks raised a hand and pointed to the sky, guiding the powerful meteorite magic. At the same time, he turned his head and spat out a cloud of sparks at Ophra. "I'll explain it to you later, little girl. Remember to stand still later!"
An abnormal fire cloud quickly gathered in the sky. A huge magic power that was powerful enough to change the weather gathered in the center of the fire cloud. The demon standing on the top of the mountain to guide the magic, the twisted sky, and under all this, the twisted and weird giant First Born. This scene made a heroine like Ophra tremble. Becky even muttered to herself, "... I'm finally qualified to be hung on the wall... Grandpa, did you see that? Your granddaughter has also completed the epic mission..."
The First Born under the cloud of fire seemed to have sensed some kind of danger. The top of its head split open and a few huge tentacles poked out. Hao Ren saw this and roared, "Now!"
With a loud bang, a dimensional door suddenly opened in the center of the fire cloud. This time, Y'zaks did not let the meteorite appear in the upper atmosphere. Instead, he opened the door directly above the target and let the meteorite fall at the original speed of moving in space. He only had one goal: the more powerful the better!
A huge meteorite the size of a hill appeared in the dimensional door. The moment it came into contact with the surrounding air, it was wrapped in a layer of red light. Even with Hao Ren's eyesight, he could barely see the high-speed space bomb when it appeared. This showed how fast it was.
But at the same time, the space above the First Born distorted abnormally, and the meteorite stopped high in the sky.
There was no movement, no explosion. Just like a movie film stuck, the huge ferromanganese meteorite came out of the dimensional door and suddenly stopped in the air. Then, it floated up and down slightly.
The space above the First Born began to ripple. The MDT sensed it and screamed, "What the f * ck! Anti-gravity field and kinetic energy neutralization field! "
Nangong Wuyue jumped on the spot. "Is this still a tree?"
The MDT yelled, "This was never a tree!"
The First Born easily stopped the low-tech meteorite. The few tentacles that it exposed earlier swayed in the air for a while, and suddenly pointed at the meteorite. The end of each tentacle emitted a strong light, and the meteorite with the ferromanganese core disintegrated into pieces under the strong light.
The First Born was unharmed!
Everyone on the ridge was stunned by what they saw. Even Y'zaks was stunned for a moment. At this moment, Vivian suddenly noticed that the surroundings of the First Born had changed again.
The surface of the huge composite organism began to ooze a red stream. This stream was the thick blood water that they saw in the pool in the cave. The red stream quickly formed a circle around the First Born, and then it grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The "water" pool surged and slowly expanded in all directions. The moment rocks and trees came into contact with it, they were swallowed and assimilated.
Whether there was life or not, everything seemed to be nutrients for the red liquid. It began to spread at a terrifying speed!
The young nun among the four ascetics suddenly remembered that she had also collected a bottle of 'water sample' before and immediately let out a cry of surprise. She hurriedly took out the bottle from her body and saw that the red water inside was surging wildly, corroding the crystal bottle. So she hurriedly threw the crystal bottle away with all her strength.
The crystal bottle shattered on the rock and the liquid inside spilled out. When the liquid came into contact with the surrounding rocks and soil, it immediately surged like rain after a long drought. In the blink of an eye, it grew into a ball of blood the size of a washbasin. It then flowed down the rock toward the body of the First Born, and continued to grow rapidly as it flowed down the rock.
Suddenly, Becky remembered the legend of the goddess who destroyed the world in various storybooks: The goddess threw her wine glass to the earth, and the wine in the glass spilled out and spread across the earth. It was a sea of fire that lasted for days, and everything in the world was charred...
It was not a sea of fire at all, but the thing in front of them!
This was the real attack of the First Born. Its tentacles may be able to destroy an army, and its burning beam may be able to shatter a mountain, but to reshape the entire ecosystem, it needed a more terrifying weapon — the red liquid was its most powerful weapon. This liquid would proliferate indefinitely, devouring all the basic elements that could form organic matter — including ready-made life and inanimate objects. This devouring and proliferation would increase exponentially, and there was no force in this world that could stop it from covering the entire planet. The ancient magic civilization was indeed powerful, but it was powerless in the face of this disaster. If it were not for the safety device left by the goddess at the last moment that locked the physiological activities of the First Born, the planet would not have survived until today, 10,000 years later!
As the first batch of creatures born from the Seed of Origin, the First Born had the ability to simulate the Tide of Blood, and this red liquid was probably imitating the Tide of Blood.
But at this time, it was not important to study what it was simulating. The important thing was to find out what could kill it!
"There's no other way." Hao Ren turned to look at the four ascetics and Ophra, whose faces were pale. Suddenly, he slapped his MDT. "So, can we use the backup plan that I discussed with you? Hurry up and give me a definite answer! "
As early as last night, when Hao Ren and Y'zaks were discussing the summoning of the meteorite, both of them had considered the worst-case scenario: what if the meteorite did not work? Although Y'zaks' ultimate move was theoretically more powerful than nuclear weapons, they dared not put all their hopes on a meteorite. There was no other reason — the ancient magic civilization was not necessarily weaker than the power of Y'zaks' hometown!
The ancient magic civilization had the ability to fly in space, to build a civilian-level teleportation portal between Earth and the moon, to build a colonial city on an alien planet, and even to study forbidden technology such as artificial life. It could be said that the ancestors had completely surpassed today's Earth in aerospace, physics, technology, chemistry, and all other fields. Even nuclear weapons were probably not cutting-edge technology to them, and even a meteorite strike was not a problem for them.
However, such a super-advanced magical civilization was destroyed by the First Born in a fit of rage. According to historical records, the First Born had no power to fight back.
So from the beginning, Hao Ren had considered a backup plan in case the meteorite failed. But this backup plan was the last resort. Even if he had to use it, he had to think it through.
The MDT was unusually silent for a long time this time. Finally, it asked in an emotionless electronic voice, "You have to think it through. It's written in the instruction manual — it's strictly forbidden to fire on the surface of the planet!"
"I know. I've read all the safety regulations. I know the reason why it's forbidden to fire on the surface is that it will cause regional ecological extinction and burn half of the country to glass." Hao Ren pointed to the First Born, which was constantly releasing the Blood Tide (suspected), and shouted, "But now this place is on the verge of ecological extinction! Just one shot is not too much! "
The MDT pondered for a few seconds before it floated up and down slightly. "It has been submitted to the Data Master Network and approved. But if there are any casualties beyond the calculation, both of us will be responsible — this is a big f * cking responsibility! Regional ecological extinction is enough to be executed. Don't you dare fire on the werewolf's hometown! And this is beyond the safety protocol. It has to be manually controlled. Do you understand? Manually controlled! "
Hao Ren took a deep breath and said, "I've finished reading the Introduction to Small Starship Cannons."
"... Are you sure?"
"... At least I've finished the first half of the book."
"Damn... Concentrate. I'll use you as a springboard to pull the Petrachelys into this world. But it can only be fired once. The psionic interference is very strong. We're using an emergency connection. After one shot, you will probably be ejected from this world. The next connection will be at least a month later. "
Becky watched Hao Ren argue with the MDT for a long time. She could not understand a word. Finally, she could not help but ask, "What... What are you talking about?"
Hao Ren took a deep breath and looked up at the sky.
"Artillery, bombard the motherf * cker. Orbital support, defend the four sides... Inspector Hao Ren, request for orbital bombardment!"
Becky was dumbfounded. "... What?!"
(I have something to do in the afternoon, so I don't have time to update. So I've combined the two chapters and posted them together! And everyone, happy new year ~ ~ ~)
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