novelhk Chapter 50 The Unkillable Cockroach!
Chapter 50 The Unkillable Cockroach!
But in that instant, a roar that defied description spread across the entire earth's surface—
The world fell into a deeper "silence".
On the bridge of the Nova Corps, which had long since retreated to near-Earth orbit, all the observation screens simultaneously overloaded and then recovered, with the central main screen displaying a chilling star map:
The outline of the African continent pulsed for a full thirteen seconds in the aftershocks of the impact!
The area where Wakanda was originally located, when viewed from space, is no longer a basin, but a roughly circular "mark" with clear edges and a molten golden glow, as if the Earth had been slammed down by a giant seal forged by a god.
Even more chilling was the fact that a brief hole was torn in the atmosphere above the impact point, through which one could even see directly into the deep space.
The clouds surrounding the Earth's surface were pushed by the shock wave into a concentric circle of ripples that kept spreading, like ripples spreading after a boulder is thrown into a pond, except that the scale of these ripples spanned thousands of kilometers.
"This..." The Nova Corps commander's throat went dry. "Is this the fighting force a frontier planet should have?"
They had seen planet-destroying cannons firing in salvos and fleet battles, but the violent aesthetics before them—a mixture of space-based kinetic weapons and rule-based energy, with planets used as canvases for unrestrained expression—still defied conventional understanding.
The monitoring data coldly reveals that the instantaneous energy release from that attack caused the African continental plate to shift westward by approximately 0.011 millimeters.
The Earth's crust in the Wakanda region has subsided by an average of nearly seventeen meters...
"Fortunately, this planet is already..." The adjutant didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood.
If there were no living beings left on Earth, the global atmospheric shockwave triggered by the impact, followed by a super tsunami and climate collapse, would have been enough to wipe out any surface civilization.
The commander stared at the still-melting, glowing "mark" on the screen, recalling his earlier order to seal off Earth, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
If such an entity were to seek revenge later, let alone their fleet, even if the main forces of the three great empires were to gather together, who could stop them?
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The center of imprints, the land of molten gold.
The cold dew staggered and landed on the still slowly flowing, dark red, vitrified ground.
The three pairs of wings of light behind him, which had once spread out brilliantly, now appeared somewhat dim and withered, with the light at the edges flickering and twitching like breathing, scattering a few specks of light dust.
"The ground is hot enough to fry an egg," he muttered to himself, his voice hoarse. "Wow, what a lame joke."
He coughed a few times, and a trickle of blood foam with a golden sheen spilled from the corner of his mouth.
That attack, "Death Star Judgment," not only depleted the talisman's temporary energy reserves but also pushed his body, which served as an energy conduit, to its limits.
Forcibly drawing on stellar energy and simultaneously driving two Infinity Stones was far beyond the capacity of his "ordinary youth" body.
"With such a huge effort... it should be over by now."
He struggled to sit up and looked around.
Visibility was extremely low, and the air was filled with ultrafine radioactive dust and lingering mineral vapor, as if one were in the dying breath of a planet.
Only in the distance, the rainbow sky composed of six-colored infinite energy still rippled slightly, becoming the only clear directional signpost in this chaos.
He did not forget his ultimate goal.
Fighting was not his wish; his original plan was to collect all the gems and solve all the problems with a snap of his fingers!
"Speaking of which... who's going to snap their fingers?" he thought aimlessly as he stumbled towards the sky. "Thor? It can't be Icarus, can it..."
The "crack" sound of the sand being crushed underfoot was particularly clear in the deathly silence.
Just as he was about to touch the sky, an eerily calm voice resounded directly in his mind:
"The outsiders thought they had solved everything, but unfortunately, after the Zombie Queen discovered the power of the Earth's core, she became completely obsessed with it. She's just recuperating now and will soon be back!"
Hanlu paused in her steps.
"Realizing the enemy's formidable strength, the Zombie Queen had already abandoned her remaining body, forcibly merging her last consciousness with a dormant 'Celestial Group' embryo deep within the earth. Now, an even greater stillness is about to burst forth from the earth."
Hanlu: "...???"
He looked up, blinked, then looked down again.
Then, he tilted his head back slightly, pursed his lips, and his eyes felt a little sore.
This is not crying, but a kind of almost absurd, bottomless weariness and helplessness.
Saving the world? Whoever wants to save this damned Earth can save it!
Where is the Celestial Group? They've practically emptied their own kid's "kidneys" out, and there's still no sign of them!
The spoiler-filled voice in my mind was still echoing, but the Cold Dew would not linger.
He took a deep breath of the scalding air and plunged his hands back into the dazzling yet dangerous tide of boundless energy without hesitation.
Draw! Draw as fast as you can, without hesitation!
He's gambling.
He was betting that he could collect all the gems first, and that he could snap his fingers to decide everything before the monster fully arrived.
The deep red of the Reality Gem, the dark purple of the Power Gem, the orange-yellow of the Soul Gem... one by one, the light condensed and strengthened near his palm!
He could sense that only the last bit was missing, only that touch of azure and bright yellow that represented space and the soul...
However, their opponents also understood the significance of the Infinity Stones.
The zombie Scarlet Witch—or rather, her consciousness sustained by chaos magic and overwhelming resentment—made the most insane choice the instant her physical body was annihilated by the meteor shower.
Her remaining will, carrying the plundered cosmic energy, burrowed deep into the earth's crust into the embryonic form of the Celestials, which had been discovered by chance and was yet to awaken.
logic?
Reasonableness?
In this "what if" universe where anything is possible, her obsession with survival, as the core villain, is the most unreasonable cheat code.
The ethereal blue space gem began to coalesce.
The deep purple power rippled once more.
The orange-yellow aura of the soul gradually lit up.
A bright yellow spiritual radiance is about to take shape...
"It'll be soon...it'll be soon!"
Large beads of sweat rolled down Hanlu's forehead, turning into white smoke with a "hiss" in the high temperature before they even touched the ground.
His back was hunched from overwork, and his once upright figure now appeared fragile.
"Click—"
Not far away, a huge skeletal hand covered in dark red energy, resembling a withered ancient tree, suddenly pierced through the glassy earth!
Then came the second one. Two bony hands gripped the edge and pushed hard, and a terrifying figure, much larger than the first, with irregularly glowing organs embedded in its chest, a head that was almost a skull, and remnants of dry red hair, struggled to crawl out of the torn earth!
It was wrapped in twisted bands of light, interwoven with gold and red, radiating a malice that seemed to corrupt even the space itself.
Hanlu heard the roars and the earth-shattering sound behind him, but he did not turn around.
His hands were still deeply immersed in the energy tide, frantically drawing in the last crucial power.
Too slow... still too slow.
The newly born "Zombie Queen" crawled out of the pit, her crimson "gaze" instantly locking onto Hanlu and the soon-to-be-formed collection of Infinity Stones.
A roar, a mixture of metallic friction and shrill energy, erupted as it used all four legs to blast a giant crater in the ground. Halfway through, it soared into the air, its chaotic magic and cosmic energy merging into a massive, crimson net that blotted out the sky, and slammed down on Hanlu—the hateful "insect" in its eyes!
Hanlu seemed oblivious to everything behind her, her entire focus on the light that was about to reach its zenith in her palm.
Just as the giant net was about to close—
"BOOM!!!"
A bolt of lightning, thicker and more intense than ever before, seemingly containing all the fury of the entire thunderstorm cloud, roared down from the high sky!
Without bias, it struck the center of the giant net, tearing it apart, ionizing it, and turning it into countless red and black sparks scattered across the sky!
The Storm Axe spun, whistling as it sliced through space, and cleaved fiercely toward the monster's head!
Although it was deflected by the chaotic energy shield that suddenly condensed on the opponent's body, Mjolnir flew back with the battle axe at its master's summons!
Amidst dazzling lightning, Thor descended from the sky!
His silver armor reappeared, his red cloak fluttered in the wind, his eyes pulsated with complete and violent lightning power, and his golden hair flew about, exuding unparalleled divine king majesty.
He gripped Thor's hammer tightly in his left hand and Stormbreaker in his right. The lightning coiling around him was no longer a series of tiny arcs, but rather thick, dragon-like lightning snakes.
He stood between the frost and the monster, his back to his nearly exhausted companion, his voice steady and powerful:
Thanks.
Cold Dew did not respond, nor could it respond.
It was recreated using the last bit of Power Stone and the lightning power engraved within it, along with the Bright Reality Stone.
His consciousness had become blurred due to excessive consumption, and only the instinct to draw energy from his hands was still keeping him going.
Thor could feel the increasingly faint yet stubbornly gathering aura behind him.
He gripped the axe and hammer handles tightly, his gaze sharp as lightning, locking onto the twisted and powerful enemy before him, his chest churning with Asgardian fighting spirit and the resolve of a vengeful warrior.
He raised his weapon, and lightning gathered around him, forming a dazzling halo. His voice echoed throughout this land of molten gold:
"Come on, witch! Now—"
"Let me show you who the 'strongest Avenger' really is!"