owlsbooks Chapter 655: Despair
Chapter 655: Despair
"It's a success! It's really a success! Ying, did you see it? Zuo Xi succeeded!"
Paimon's extremely excited voice came from the headset. Everyone just witnessed this historic moment together - the creatures on the earth successfully resisted the nails of punishment that fell from the sky!
All those who understood the meaning of this felt like they were dreaming... In fact, even Ruota, who had been fighting on the front line, did not hold out much hope.
After actually coming into contact with the Nail of Judgment, she had a deeper understanding of the fact that it was difficult to fight against it.
However, the reason why Paimon was so excited was not so profound. She was simply sincerely happy for successfully avoiding a huge disaster - in fact, this is also what most people think.
Being able to survive and not having the country destroyed is itself something to be happy about.
As for other profound principles...to be honest, they don’t understand them, and they have little to do with them.
"I see, I see. Paimon, don't be so excited. Be careful not to faint."
Of course, Ying also felt a sense of relief from the bottom of her heart. Her tense nerves almost made her fall down after a moment of relaxation, so she reminded Paimon not to get too excited.
"Oh! I see... Ying, where are you? I'll come find you, and then we'll go find Zuo Xi together!"
On the other end of the radio, Paimeng played a word of listening to advice. Then she suddenly realized that the crisis was over and there was no need to evacuate the people, so she thought of going to Zuo Xi with Ying to celebrate.
"Okay, um...but there's no landmark nearby. Let's just meet at Zuo Xi's spaceship in the sky."
Ying readily accepted Oh Paimon's proposal, she could fully understand his current mood.
In fact, her thoughts were similar to Zuo Xi's. Zuo Xi played an indispensable role in resolving this major crisis. She also wanted to go to Zuo Xi immediately to celebrate and share this joy.
"Great, great! Um...but Ying, how are you going to get up there?"
Paimeng nodded in agreement without thinking, and after agreeing, he suddenly realized that something was wrong... She could indeed fly, but Ying did not have the ability to fly, so how could she get to such a high place?
"Paimeng, have you forgotten? Didn't Zuo Xi give me something that can take off on the spot?"
Ying was talking about the time when she and Paimon first met Zuo Xi, and the thing that the other party gave her that could fly in the sky even without wind.
This is a pair of shoes that can be used to take off from the ground without any elemental force. Although Zuo Xi hates it because of his fear of heights, it is indeed a very good prop for Ying.
When she was swept up into the sky by Tevarin, this thing saved her life... Well, although in the end she knew that even without that thing, Wendy would have saved her. But anyway, this thing did help her a lot.
However, in her subsequent travels, she rarely used these shoes.
After all, she didn't need such strong mobility when it came to high-altitude combat. And in her daily adventures, she would fly too fast and Paimon would not be able to keep up with her speed... so the shoes had been hidden in her backpack for quite a long time.
I didn't expect that it would be useful now, and to use it to reunite with Zuo Xi... I have to say, this should also be a kind of fate, right?
"Oh oh oh! Yes, you still have that thing! Hehe... I haven't used it for a long time. If you didn't mention it, I would have almost forgotten it..."
After Ying reminded her, Paimeng remembered the pair of shoes Zuo Xi had given them as a gift. Although they were rarely used later due to some reasons, it was indeed a memorable item.
"Yeah, Paimon, you fly first. It will be easier for me to see you when you're flying... Hmm? What's going on..."
Ying let Paimeng fly up first, because the other party flew slower, and it would be easier to find him if he flew in the air first. She was faster, and she would have enough time to catch up with him after she saw Paimeng.
This is equivalent to gathering in the air, and it can also be regarded as gathering together before going to find Zuo Xi.
But she didn't have time to maintain her relaxed mood for long, as a strong sense of disharmony suddenly came over her... She overlooked one thing: the crisis had clearly been resolved, so why was the sky still so cloudy?
Moreover, the big hole in the sky that was blasted by Zuo Xi's cannon had disappeared at some point.
The entire sky was once again covered with dark clouds and the sun was nowhere to be seen, just like... just like the period before the Nail of Judgment fell.
A bad premonition rushed into her mind, and Ying looked up at the sky reflexively, and this glance became the source of her despair...
One, two…five, six…ten.
Ten cirrus vortexes identical to the previous ones swirled in the sky. A moment later, ten judgment spikes of the same size appeared at the same time and fell toward the ground below... just like a meteor shower falling from the sky.
The light is bright and the tail is dazzling... Ten dreamlike tracks interweave to form a road that leads to an ending beyond all despair.
Those who witnessed this magnificent scene were filled with boundless despair and could not muster the slightest thought of resistance.
Today is the end of everyone present.
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"..."
Zuo Xi's expression was very ugly, his face was so gloomy that it looked like water could drip out... He never expected that the other party would do this to him.
Although he guessed that there might be subsequent additional attacks, it was just a guess and he was not sure - this was also the reason why he was not sure whether the crisis could be resolved smoothly at the beginning, so he prioritized the evacuation plan.
Hyperion's main gun, the Moonlight Throne, can only fire once. If there is another Nail of Judgment, he will have to overload SkyFather to buy as much time as possible for everyone to evacuate.
But he never expected that things would be so serious... Ten, that’s ten.
The force was ten times greater than the previous round of attacks, leaving them no room to fight back or struggle. The sheer numbers and violence of their own power suppressed any thought of wiping out everything, completely crushing everyone's will to resist.
Even though Nashida was the only one around and he couldn't see other people's reactions and expressions, Zuo Xi could guess the reactions of everyone else... A considerable number of them must have given up resisting and collapsed to the ground.
It's not their fault. Even Zuo Xi could only feel a wave of despair at this moment... If there was only one, he could still buy time for everyone to evacuate at the cost of scrapping all his machines.
Although I'm sorry that I can't save Scaramucci, the earth veins of Xumi will probably become a turbulent flow... but there is always room for resistance.
Although it was a relief for him that Scaramucci was dead, there was nothing he could do about it - he was the first target after all.
As for the destruction of Xumi... although it is a pity, there is still hope as long as people are alive, and Nashida can still lead her people to build a brand new Xumi.
Zuo Xi could even help them rebuild their country. If he earned a favor and gained some future benefits, it would be mutually beneficial...
However, all of this was wiped out the moment ten nails of punishment fell from the sky.
The meteor flying towards the ground in the sky seemed to symbolize the fate of Gungnir, who had sentenced his target to death the moment he struck.
As for what was destroyed in the process of sentencing... that was just a by-product.
Ten of them! Even if you count Scaramucci's [Dangerous Wanderer], he only has three God-killing Armors.
Even with Rudra's help, none of them would be responsible for stopping almost three spikes of punishment... This was simply a fantasy.
Let alone stopping it, even if they all exposed themselves, it would only delay the time a little bit... and might not even delay it until all the penalty spikes fell.
Faced with this situation which can only be described as "desperate", anyone who can still stand up can be described as "courageous and courageous".
"..."
Looking at the nail of punishment falling rapidly from the sky, Zuo Xi silently closed his eyes, and his body began to tremble slightly... until a certain moment, he opened his eyes again. His body stopped trembling, his brows were no longer furrowed, and there was an ambiguous look in his eyes.
He has an idea.
"Zuo Xi Zuo Xi Zuo Xi! Something terrible has happened! From the sky, nails are raining down from the sky!"
Paimon's loud shouting voice was heard in the distance. Zuo Xi turned around and found that Ying and Paimon were flying towards him at a very fast speed.
Especially Paimon, who not only flew very hard, but also kept shouting that something terrible had happened... Anyone with eyes that are not blind should be able to see that something terrible had happened.
Not only Ying and Paimeng, but also other people who were arranged by Zuo Xi to evacuate the people and were capable of coming to the spaceship were approaching him one after another.
It seemed that everyone realized that the situation had taken a drastic turn. Instead of continuing with the original plan, they all chose to gather around Zuo Xi and ask him if he had any new ways to deal with it.
There was actually nothing wrong with this decision, but it gave Zuo Xi a headache... It was fine at any other time, but at this moment, he didn't want anyone to get close to him.