Elite — this word was full of contradictions. In theory, the so-called elites were the best of the best. They were the kind of people who would shine wherever they were, and they would shine wherever they were. They thought that they were the smartest people, and in most cases, everyone else thought so too.
But then again, although the elites aren't easy to deal with, in the face of the end of the world, this kind of fuel consumption is too high.
Right now, in front of me stood a group of people who use the most fuel.
A certain president, a certain minister, a certain entrepreneur, a certain highest leader, a certain military leader — — most of the people who were dug out from the underground shelters were like this. Of course, ordinary people don't have the qualifications to enter those shelters. Well, those elites aren't all annoying people. Among them, the smart ones who are satisfactory have already been sent to the nearest refugee area. To be able to stand at such a high position, most of them still have some basic qualities. As for the rest, they are the trouble of the trouble, the chuunibyou of chuunibyou. I really don't know how they managed to climb to this level with less than a two-digit IQ.
Fortunately, this group of fat idiots are few in number, less than 30 people. This means that the human civilization in the world of [Silent Revelation of Gakuen] was still quite satisfactory before it was destroyed.
"Alright, I heard that you guys have some special requests. It made my, erm, made my little sister very angry." After thinking about it for a moment, I decided to use the name "little sister" to refer to the foul-faced doll on my shoulder. I wasn't sure if this doll wouldn't use chicken feathers to bury me alive if I said words like "doll" or "pet."
"Hmph!" Mercury Lamp snorted in displeasure. She kicked my shoulder twice with her small feet, but she didn't go berserk. It can be considered that she acquiesced to this temporary identity.
As long as I have the mentality to grind an iron bar into a needle, I, the chairman, also have the courage to teach her a lesson!
"First of all, I represent humanity to thank you for your rescue. Friends from another world, you will be humanity's eternal friend. I hope that in the future …"
The one who spoke was the one with the biggest head in the group. The so-called fat head and oily face. This guy looks like the kind of successful person who has a bunch of uncles in the higher management departments and a bunch of nephews in the lower management departments. The way he speaks also perfectly reflects the habits of a person in his position: Once he speaks, he represents humanity.
Damn it, the humans are about to be wiped out, and you still won't let them go. What does this represent? Out of the 270,000 people, there are 27 who know you. I will bestow upon you the honorary title of Number Know-It-All!
"I don't like nonsense." I waved my hand to cut off this gas-guzzling elite's expert speech. "What did you ask for?"
"It's like this," a certain gas guzzler was rudely interrupted by me and felt a little awkward. However, years of honed skills to act dumb in the face of any unexpected situation allowed him to maintain his fatty smile, "We are all leaders of the human race before the Great Cataclysm, and we have a lot of experience in how to manage human society. We just had a meeting, and the result of our discussion was that the collapsed human society urgently needs to establish a new order, which is a new leadership system. This leadership system should naturally be taken up by us, and we hope that your side can assist us in dividing the humans that are currently mixed together according to our methods. Perhaps your side, which has already entered a unified world, is unable to understand our thoughts, but the complexity of human society …"
"And according to our teachings, mixing with heathens like this is also …"
"We are currently at war with Country D. Even if the end of the world comes, we will continue the Holy War to the end!"
"Humans should be led by humans. We are grateful for your help, but human society must maintain its independence and integrity!"
"How boring …"
I didn't even try to hide it as I raised my head to the sky and yawned. I no longer had any desire to understand this bunch of fuel-efficient people in front of me.
So it turns out that they are just a bunch of bigots who are obsessed with their own power, religious fanaticism, or nationalistic. To think that I thought they were just a bunch of ordinary idiots at the start. I really overestimated them.
I have to admit that in a peaceful era — — compared to a peaceful era at the end of the world — — these bigots might rely on their rotten tongues to trick the people into treating them as national heroes, outstanding politicians, or racist fighters. But in the current situation, these fellows are all idiots.
That will only lead to the final destruction of human society. I don't doubt that the moment that Holy War uncle with a headscarf achieves his wish, he will cause a riot among the remaining 270,000 humans on Earth, even if he and his enemies are all dead to the point where only a few hundred people are left. And the fellow who claimed to be the highest leader just now, perhaps he wants us to help him establish a new government? Or does he intend to find a position in the Empire's leadership?
Idiot, your social system is done for. You elites of the past are now worthless.
"Isolate these people, it's annoying to look at them — — You can choose to go on a hunger strike, sit quietly, shout slogans, or march in your own private isolation zone, but don't disturb our work." After saying that, I turned around and was about to leave. Behind me, I heard the protests of the fuel-efficient people. "You are looking down on human rights!" "You have no right to interfere with the internal affairs of humans!" "Return the freedom of humans to humans!" "Conspiracy! All of this is a conspiracy of you invaders! "
"Oh, I forgot to mention one thing." I suddenly stopped and turned around with a smile. "About twenty-four hours ago, we followed the relevant rules of the 'Rescue Measures for Advanced Civilizations in the Universe' (the version was just created two minutes ago) and removed all laws and regulations on Earth, from the United Nations Charter to the street code of civility. This place is now governed by the Empire Code. According to the Code, as the leader, I have the right to exterminate your race at any time, anywhere. So — — Be careful, don't let Earth's civilization be destroyed because of your stupid words."
"Hmph, if it were me, I would have killed all of these idiots long ago. They are as useless as trash!" After throwing the group of important figures to the Empire Soldiers to deal with, I carried the Mercury Lamp, who had almost become an accessory on my shoulder, out of the refugee zone. The latter was obviously still full of resentment towards the group of fat human elites. She was currently sitting on my shoulder and nagging.
"Why are you so angry?" I looked at Mercury Lamp in surprise. Those were just a bunch of idiots who felt good about themselves. Why was Mercury Lamp so angry?
"Just now, there was a bastard who treated me as an imitation doll made by aliens!" Mercury Lamp said angrily. "There was also a perverted fellow who wanted to tease me with a cat teaser! If it wasn't for your despicable soldiers who stopped me, I would have killed all of them! "
Cat … teaser?! Damn, which crazy person had such a creative idea?
"Alright, alright. Anyway, they are just a bunch of pitiful fellows whose country has been destroyed." I rubbed Mercury Lamp's silvery hair. The latter shook her head forcefully and dodged. "Also — — Do you think I will let those degenerates stay and interfere with the reconstruction of human civilization? Those fellows who have been used to a superior life will only be a burden. Keeping them around will only be a disaster. "
"Huh?"
"The darkness and viciousness of a ruler isn't something an ignorant little girl like you can understand."
Looking up at the sky, I revealed a look of infinite foresight.
"Hmph, so-so." Mercury Lamp kicked my arm twice. "What excuse are you going to use to execute them? Many refugees have seen their existence. If they suddenly disappear, won't it cause panic? Many of the refugees are already afraid of your Empire soldiers and those weird-looking Protosses, right? "
Ah? This 92.3 would even think about such a deep problem?
"Don't worry. In this period of time, humans don't have much energy to care about others," I said nonchalantly. "Didn't I say that I isolated them? Push the entire living cabin into Venus orbit and turn off the power. It will be quite exciting … "
On the afternoon of the third day, the global search for refugees officially came to an end.
The Empire's high-tech probes and the New Eden Federation's Marines and Dark Templars had turned the entire Earth upside down. In the end, the population of Earth after the end of the world was fixed at a cold number: 287,355 people.
The intelligent species that once dominated the entire planet with a population of 7 billion had now only had 280,000 people left. The number was cold, as cold as the reality.
I didn't know how Rolla managed to do it, but in short, the current situation of these refugees was still considered stable. Although it was impossible for everyone to be united and full of fighting spirit to restore the light of civilization, at the very least, there was no longer an atmosphere of extreme despair and desolation. Well, this was already good enough. After all, the last 280,000 refugees had almost all lost their friends and family. In fact, every single malnourished and emaciated face next to them was unfamiliar to them. The glory of humanity had already come to an end. Now, it was the first bell to ring in the long night. It was already good enough that they were able to welcome everything in peace.
I had also made a decision on how to settle these 280,000 refugees. Of course, I wouldn't bring them back to the City of Shadows. In fact, I couldn't even bring them back to our dimension — Jingle would definitely bite me to death if I did that. In fact, I had already helped the human refugees build a colony near the equator of Mars.
Well, it was just a Colony Sphere from the Admiral of the Empire to the surface of Mars. It was a real commercial building that could be used immediately after it was put into use. That thing was originally meant to be used for colonization. Before leaving the City of Shadows, the Bubble had modified it to a certain extent to make it more suitable for intensive living. Originally, it was to cater to Shallow Shallow's ambition of having ten thousand three bedrooms and one living room. But now, it was just right for the 280,000 refugees.
Of course, it would be quite crowded …
However, there were already more than a dozen constructors working on the surface of Mars. They were personally controlled by the Bubble who was far away in the City of Shadows. They would use the Mars Sanctuary (which was the Colony Sphere) as the center to expand a large low-level colony zone. These refugees would receive sufficient living space and … a new home similar to an ACG theme park.
As for the modification of the Martian environment, I had left it to the servants of the New Eden Confederation. The humans who had been struggling to survive in Kepru for many years were even more professional than the Schilling Empire in this aspect.
So, the final task was … purification.
"The EOP-03 lock-on system has been removed. The core area of the weapon has begun to respond. It is ready to be released at any time."
The Admiral of the Empire and every other spaceship in the Alliance Fleet abruptly rang with this emotionless mechanical announcement. At the same time, the isolation doors of the various refugee zones were lowered.
A huge holographic projection appeared in the sky above the spaceship. The projection showed the battered Earth and batches of containment ships that were leaving the surface and returning to the fleet. These images showed a unified perspective. They were all images directly transmitted from the Admiral of the Empire.
A dazzling white ball of light suddenly appeared below the projection and slowly moved toward Earth. Then, it changed orbit and entered a state of orbit.
"EOP-03 has been released. It is in orbit and is ready to attack at any time."
"Hey! What is going on!? Chen, what are you trying to do!? "
Komuro Takashi and his entourage ran out of their living quarters in a hurry, out of breath. I noticed that Kuwako Kaneko was following behind them. At this moment, she gave me an apologetic expression.
This girl … why did she still leave such a mess for me to deal with? Couldn't she have said it in advance to give them a buffer?
Due to her special identity, I had allowed Komuro Taka to move around the bridge. It seemed that the Empire soldiers didn't stop them this time. It brought me quite a bit of trouble.
"It's simple. Purify this planet."
I pointed at the huge blue planet on the holographic projection. A dazzling white ball of light was slowly orbiting above the planet. If it weren't for the EOP-03's powerful thrusters and coordinate engine, it would have broken through the second cosmic speed limit and disappeared without a trace.
"Purify?" Komuro Taka blinked and repeated the beautiful phrase that was synonymous with 'inhumane' in many literary works. "You want to destroy Earth!?"
"Are you going to keep it to continue harming humans?" I knew that I couldn't be friendly with him at this time, but why did I feel slightly annoyed that I was on the opposite side? "Dead bodies. According to our investigation, it wasn't caused by a virus. It might be related to some kind of energy. This energy known as the 'Abyss' has been harming countless worlds since hundreds of billions of years ago. We have been fighting it ever since we left our home planet. The danger of the Abyss is beyond your imagination. I even suspect that the frequent disasters on Earth are related to it. Although the human refugees have left Earth, this energy still exists and is growing stronger. Today, it can turn people into dead bodies through reinforced concrete. Tomorrow, it can travel through space and wipe out all the humans in the new shelters. Thus, Earth must be purified. This is the only way to eliminate this energy. "
My words sounded righteous, but I still felt a little guilty.
Although this was my guess, and the current situation on Earth did look like it had been contaminated by the Abyss, neither the special abyss detection device on the Empire Admiral nor my own spiritual power could detect any signs of the Abyss on the planet. There was only a brief energy release in the depths of the Earth's core and an unidentifiable energy emitted from a few cracks in the Earth's crust.
Proteus' Phoenix fighter shuttled through the storm clouds over South America for two days and two nights, collecting a bunch of inexplicable feed signals. Two well-trained Ghost Agents guarded a volcanic crater for twenty-four hours and finally came back with a head full of soot and 20G of garbled code. Even the Schilling Agent we sent out found nothing. They almost penetrated the Earth's mantle, but they still couldn't detect anything in the depths of the Earth's core.
The only valuable information was that there was an unusually powerful non-physical barrier deep in the Earth's mantle. It protected the Earth's core so tightly that even our best Empire Agent could only return empty-handed.
If we had more time, perhaps we could slowly analyze what the barrier was. But now, the growing sense of unease and Lin Xue's reminder were approaching at the same time, and I couldn't wait any longer.
No matter what was living on Earth, taking the initiative to attack was the best solution. Besides, it was still unknown whether the EOP-03, which was specifically designed to deal with the Earth's crust, could cause any damage to the Earth's core. Perhaps, it could only make "it" appear earlier.
Of course, Komuro Takashi and the others didn't know the complicated situation, but they had already realized from my expression that the destruction of Earth was inevitable.
Disappointment, anger, helplessness, and all kinds of other expressions converged together. Komuro Takashi's left cheek had egg written all over it, and his right cheek had pain written all over it. Sorry, I shouldn't have joked at this time.
"At this time, humans should learn to give up." I patted Komuro Takashi's shoulder. "Take a good look at this scene. Humans have never looked at the home they grew up in like this. At least, before it is destroyed, let's see it off."
At this moment, I felt like I was possessed by a wet person. Even though I had spent thirty minutes thinking of lines for this one second …
At this moment, an ear-piercing alarm suddenly resounded throughout the bridge.
"Highest level warning! Highest level warning! The target planet is collapsing violently, the formation of a Gate of the Abyss is detected. Repeat, the target planet is collapsing violently, the formation of a Gate of the Abyss is detected. Calculating threat level … Fatal threat, fatal threat! Suspected to be a highly assembled Gate of the Abyss! "
In an instant, the entire Alliance Fleet was broadcasting such an alarm. The refugees, who had just calmed down for a day, were in a state of panic once again. The alarm that resounded throughout the alien spaceship made them wonder if even these powerful space fortresses were about to fall. Laura, who was leading her followers to comfort the refugees, had no choice but to use a group comforting magic to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control.
"Calm down, everyone, please calm down. This spaceship is under the strictest protection..." Zola Stuart calmly tried to calm the panicking refugees while casting her big blue eyes in the direction of the command center in the distance. "Oh Lord, what is happening... Why are the Xi Ling apostles so nervous..."
"What … What exactly happened?!"
The sudden change caused Komuro Takashi and the rest to panic. Even the unusually calm Chestnut of Poison Island looked over anxiously. What they were most afraid of now wasn't the undead or the end of the world, but the fact that even the Shiring Apostles, who were powerful enough to reverse the end of the world, were on high alert, as though they were facing a great enemy. What kind of scale of threat was this?
"The Abyss, didn't you hear it? The Abyss has appeared … Tch, where was that thing hiding before? Why did it suddenly appear?!"
I said hurriedly as I adjusted the holographic projection in front of me to different angles. The Earth, which was gradually collapsing, was presented clearly in front of me. An unprecedented thunderstorm was wreaking havoc in the atmosphere. Bright flashes of light covered the surface of the planet like huge snowflakes. Raging flames were spreading in every corner of the blue planet. Even from outer space, we could see the dim red color. A tsunami, an unprecedentedly huge tsunami, engulfing the coastal areas of all the continents. On the image of the Earth, the boundary between blue and brown was constantly shaking due to the tsunami. I couldn't imagine that I could see such a scene from outer space. A few minutes later, the earthquake started.
No, it wasn't an earthquake, it was simply the Earth's crust collapsing! At first, there were only a few cracks that were almost indistinguishable. But when they suddenly extended and expanded into crimson lines, I realized that the entire planet was falling apart!
Some kind of ultimate power had gone out of control and was tearing this pitiful ship of life from the inside. The Abyss had finally opened its ferocious claws.
But I still couldn't imagine where this unprecedentedly powerful Abyss energy was hiding! The crust? The mantle? Or the core?
It was impossible! My spiritual power was capable of piercing through the boundless void. Even if the barrier in the depths of the earth's mantle blocked the empire's special agents, it wouldn't be able to stop me from sensing the energy within. There was no Chaos Abyss there, definitely not. But … it had appeared so suddenly.
"What you said … is true …" Komuro Takashi stared blankly at his familiar hometown collapsing under a mysterious and terrifying energy. He could not help but murmur to himself with a pale face, "What the hell is that thing …"
"Take them out of the bridge." I pressed hard on the guardrail of the bridge and said without turning my head, "Activate the teleportation and send these refugees to the ecological colony sphere that we have set up on the surface of Mars in batches …"
Fortunately, we had landed an ecological colony sphere on the surface of Mars in advance yesterday. Now, these refugees, who had no combat power at all and might even become a burden, could evacuate to a safe area in advance. Because I couldn't guarantee that the last 280,000 survivors on Earth wouldn't be affected by the battle with the Abyss energy here …
"I'm not leaving!"
A clear and determined voice suddenly rang out, interrupting my order.
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