Chapter 129: Lava Monster
Li Qing in front was looking back.
The strong interference of the earthquake waves made him almost unable to hear any sound, and temporarily deprived him of the ability to locate the position by sound.
In order to survive this terrible natural disaster and earthquake, he had to disable the digitization mode and observe everything around him with his eyes.
At this moment, the shocking scene of the huge meteor falling from the sky immediately caught his attention.
He couldn't help but slow down and look back at the strange sight of the meteor falling to the ground.
Houses were crushed into rubble, stirring up a cloud of dust that blocked out the sky.
The dark red magma flowed freely on the huge body of the "meteor", shining brightly in the gray dust.
Then, fear welled up in Li Qing's eyes:
Because the "meteor" that was as much as thirty or forty meters long moved.
The huge "rock" that ejected from the ground and fell here from the sky... is actually moving!
It was covered with a thick layer of magma and used its huge body to knock away the smoke and dust that covered the area.
Then, this huge monster, as big as a tall building, suddenly shot out from the ruins at a speed that was no less than that of a car.
"this…"
"This thing...could it be...?"
Looking at that inexplicably familiar pattern of action, Li Qing's cheeks were trembling:
"That piece of meat?"
"It...was ejected...by a volcano?"
His guess was correct. The volcanic meteor that fell from the sky at this moment was exactly the piece of meat he had sealed in the underground lava layer nearly two hours ago.
From Li Qing's perspective at the time, it seemed that the piece of meat was constantly being destroyed by the high temperature in the lava, and was constantly absorbing energy and regenerating.
But that kind of subtle energy difference cannot be seen by the naked eye.
In fact, from the very beginning, the energy required to repair the wound and the energy absorbed by the flesh from the magma were only balanced on the surface.
Soon after Li Qing left, this seemingly maintained balance was broken.
The energy absorbed is greater than the energy consumed, and the body of the piece of meat slowly expands in the process of continuous destruction and regeneration.
The larger its body expands, the more magma it can swallow.
If the piece of meat is roughly regarded as a sphere, its body (volume) that can swallow the lava grows with the cube of the radius, while the surface area directly exposed to high temperature burning only grows with the square of the radius.
That is to say…
The meat will expand faster and faster in the lava, and the high temperature will have less and less effect on it.
Finally, after being trapped underground for nearly two hours, it expanded to its current diameter of nearly 40 meters.
It could be a chain reaction caused by the movement of the piece of meat underground, or it could be that Mother Earth could no longer tolerate this monster messing around in her body.
Before it grew out of control, the volcano erupted.
The piece of meat was sent up into the sky from underground by the high pressure of the volcanic eruption, but unfortunately it was too large to be ejected directly out of the earth.
final…
It ended up here by some strange chance.
Li Qing couldn't help but think of the flag he had raised after the piece of meat was sealed - although he didn't say it in full at the time, things still happened as he worried.
Not only was this piece of meat not locked up...
And it made me fat.
The block of meat, which was at least thirty or forty meters tall, stood not far behind. Its huge size brought tremendous pressure.
"what to do?"
"How do we fight this monster?"
Looking at this scene, Li Qing's soul was trembling:
He shouldn't be the one fighting a monster of this size, Ultraman has to come in.
He was at a loss for a moment, and then suddenly realized...
"This guy... doesn't seem to be coming for me?"
Li Qing was slightly stunned, and then he became much more sober:
"Yes, that's right..."
"No matter how big it is, it can't change the fact that it has no brain."
"This piece of meat will only chase the fastest thing. As long as you are careful, it will not pose any threat at all."
He couldn't help but think of the "Meat Hatred Formula" that he and Giorno had researched.
As long as we follow that formula and let the two people take turns to involve hatred, it will be easy to lead this monster away.
When the time comes, just throwing it into the sea will simply create a slightly larger sea monster on the sea.
However, that would have to wait until I reunited with my companions.
As for now…
"Although I don't know which warrior helped me attract hatred, but I promise..."
"I will help you get revenge."
Li Qing thanked the unknown warrior in his heart, then turned around and ran fast.
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"What the hell is this?!"
Diablo roared.
Li Qing had the chance to run out of the meat's perception range, but he was not so lucky.
He didn't even know what the monster that was chasing him was.
"How can the rocks ejected from the volcano move..."
"Is it a substitute?"
"Is there such a terrifying substitute in the world?"
Diablo's heart was full of doubts, and the biggest doubt was:
"Why is it chasing me!?"
"What on earth is there in my body that makes it chase after me?"
Such an absurd reality made Diablo have absurd thoughts:
Could it be that this world is really targeting him, so this devil-like monster was born?
"That's it, it must be so..."
"I am too powerful, so God sent such a monster to punish me..."
Diablo was driven nearly crazy.
Now he had no time to chase Li Qing, and it would be good enough if he could save his life from the monster behind him.
"Damn it...get out of here!"
He yelled madly and drove even faster.
The Crimson King, who was standing on the roof of the car , turned the gun and aimed the vehicle-mounted machine gun at the mountain-like monster behind him, and fired a burst of bullets tentatively.
Just as described in most literary works, human guns are useless against monsters.
But unlike those strange characters in the movies who knew bullets were useless but still shot at monsters with their pistols, Diablo fired these shots just to make sure whether he was crazy or not.
And it turns out that the monster beyond human cognition was not his hallucination.
The bullets actually hit its body covered with dark red lava, and also sparked a dazzling flame on the "lava armor" on its surface.
Even at the moment the bullet was fired, its huge body like a mountain suddenly burst out with an even more terrifying speed.
However, this "lava monster" did not use its speed to swallow up Diablo's armored vehicle in one breath.
It was like a domestic dog being fed bones, trying its best to face the bullets flying towards it.
Even the bullet that the Crimson King accidentally fired was firmly caught by its extended tentacles.
Then, the speed of the monster slowed down instantly, returning to its previous level where it was only slightly faster than the armored vehicle.
"this…"
Diablo, who shared perception with the Crimson King, also saw this strange scene:
"Isn't it coming after me?"
"With that speed just now, why didn't you just catch up, but went out of your way to get shot?"
"Could it be because..."
Anger and despair failed to corrupt the mind of a dark emperor, and he vaguely sensed something.
However, it was already too late.
Before the exact answer emerged in Diablo's mind, the lava-filled tentacles of the "lava beast" had already reached the armored vehicle.
“Damn it…”
Diablo's thoughts were interrupted instantly.
He had to retract his thoughts and prioritize his own escape:
"Crimson King—Let time leap!"
The Crimson King ignored him.
Because Diablo just used the Time Cutting technique too many times in a row, for too long, and without enough rest.
Human power has its limits, and the so-called Dark Emperor is no exception.
At this moment, the Crimson King has no use for time reduction at all.
Not even for a second.
"No way..."
Diablo's face froze instantly.
Looking at the monster that was about to swallow him up, he could not help but yell in despair:
"Don't... don't come over..."
"Don't come near me!!"
