Volume 13 Ancient Bronze City Ruins Chapter 643: Final Judgment
"What?!"
Before Ke Lan could react, he felt an indescribable pressure - the radiation cloud that had accumulated for a long time in the sky above Alpha suddenly split from south to north, and a line of sight that traversed countless spaces and times and seemed to be real fell on "another self".
At this moment, the stagnant time resumed its flow.
That gaze disappeared as if it had never appeared, but the other self who was originally standing in front of him melted like a wax figure exposed to the scorching sun.
"Is this... the price?"
Ke Lan stared blankly at the pool of burning blood on the ground, and couldn't help feeling an inexplicable sadness.
He didn't know why he felt sad... but before he could sort out his confused thoughts, something strange happened!
The range of the flames suddenly expanded and swallowed him whole.
But Ke Lan did not feel any burning pain, only a warmth surrounding him... and an extremely surging power!
The blood-red flames lifted him up, slowly rising to a height of tens of thousands of meters. Ke Lan lowered his head and saw that the rising flames formed a magnificent statue, facing Alexander from afar.
The moment he saw the colossus, a large amount of information flowed into Ke Lan's mind - "The god believed in by the Alpha people has numerous mortal enemies in the universe, and the 'Flame God Cthugha' is one of them. It is a huge super star that emits infinite heat, and the most important point is that it is a star with self-awareness.
Due to some kind of agreement or tacit understanding, gods rarely fight wars themselves, but instead have their own followers or servants carry out the work... These races and civilizations chosen by the gods fight each other in the universe, competing for limited resources and living space... Cthugha is no exception.
But it has no family, servants, or race that believes in it - because the terrifying high temperature it releases has made the entire galaxy where it is located an absolute forbidden area for life. No living creature can approach that area, and no living creature can accept its blessing.
But Cthugha is not a lone commander. He created countless offspring of various forms by splitting himself. These offspring drifted to distant star regions under the influence of inertia, burning all the alien civilizations to ashes..."
And what descended on Alpha at this time was the projection of the Flame Colossus, the clan of the descendants of Cthugya.
Although Cthugha has no family, his offspring, whose temperature is much lower than his, gave birth to a life form similar to the elemental creatures in fantasy novels. Before this elemental life could develop its own wisdom, it was transformed into a warrior by Cthugha's offspring and thrown into the endless war between the gods of gods.
The Colossus of Fire is the best among these warriors.
Of course, if a genuine Fire Colossus were dropped onto Alpha, the entire planet would instantly turn into purgatory - the current projection was only one ten-thousandth of the strength of the real Fire Colossus, but even so, its power was enough to rival Alexander.
Ke Lan's mind moved, and the Flame Colossus strode towards Alexander.
As an elemental creature, the Flame Colossus did not have a fixed form. However, driven by Ke Lan's subjective consciousness, this projection eventually transformed into the "Asura" in Buddhist legends - a 10,000-meter-tall body, sixteen muscular arms, three devil-like heads on shoulders, and eyes that constantly spewed out blue-white flames... In the Buddhist interpretation, Asura is the embodiment of revenge and anger, and also a symbol of the god of war. It is really appropriate to use it as the concrete image of the Flame Colossus.
The moment he saw the Flame Colossus appear, Alexander's upper body began to turn. When Ke Lan controlled the Flame Colossus to walk in front of Alexander, he was met by a beam of light that was chopped down from above.
Not long ago, the same beam of light split an aircraft carrier battleship without any hindrance like cutting paper, but now, it was blocked by the two arms raised by the Fire Colossus!
"boom!!"
A huge explosion sounded, and four flaming fists with a diameter of hundreds of meters smashed into Alexander's body, immediately triggering a series of explosions. The energy shields that the three fleets were helpless against were torn apart in an instant, and a huge pit appeared on Alexander's chest.
Countless broken metal parts crashed to the ground, but more of them were melted into red molten steel by the high temperature of the Fire Colossus's fist. The molten steel poured into Alexander's body and wrapped the rotating gears tightly - in a blink of an eye, one side of Alexander's body became paralyzed, and the huge arm gradually began to fall apart.
"Why are you stopping me!" The prophet's roar came from Alexander's body and resounded throughout the battlefield.
"Are you so willing to be a pawn of those people?"
"Have you ever thought about what their real purpose is?"
Every time the prophet roared, hundreds of lasers would burst out from Alexander's body. However, after the projection of the Flame Colossus was pierced by the lasers, it immediately returned to its original state - it was originally a ball of fire, and no matter how many times its body was cut, it could still gather together.
With another fierce straight punch, one of the Fire Colossus' arms directly pierced Alexander's right shoulder, while the other arms grabbed Alexander's right arm and tore it off his torso.
"Ugh...Ah--!!" the prophet let out a shrill scream. After he guided the ritual to awaken Alexander, his real body had already merged with this mechanical god. The damage to Alexander's body would naturally make him feel real pain.
"What is their purpose...and does it have anything to do with you who deserves to go to hell?" After Ke Lan finished speaking, he swung Alexander's giant arm and hit the other person's head hard!
"boom!!"
A circle of shock waves visible to the naked eye spread rapidly in all directions with Alexander as the center, and the originally chaotic battlefield was suddenly cleared up... As for Alexander, who was at the center of the shock wave, he was hit much shorter by this heavy blow.
Its upper body structure had been shattered, and it couldn't even maintain the integrity of its energy shield. Its lower body was smashed into the ground again, and spider-web-like cracks spread to more than ten kilometers away. The widest part of the rift even spanned more than a hundred meters.
"Why are you angry?" Compared with just now, the prophet's figure became much weaker. Alexander raised his other arm, trying to block the attack of the Fire Colossus, but was stepped on by the Fire Colossus. The Mechanical God, who was nearly ten thousand meters tall, lost his balance in an instant and fell face down to the ground.
If the Ark's ground forces had not been completely wiped out earlier, the earthquake caused by this incident alone would have been enough to cause them huge casualties.
The White Ridge Mountains in the distance began to experience avalanches due to the earthquake. The peaks originally covered with snow gradually revealed their true rock color, and majestic white waves completely filled the valleys. The 37th peak of the White Ridge Mountains, the "Pillar of Heaven", even broke directly in the middle, and the top of the nearly 1,000-meter-high peak rolled down with a thunderous sound.
This scene seems like the end of the world.
The projection of the Flame Colossus has faded a lot compared to when it just descended - the projection has a time limit. When that drop of God's blood is completely burned out, the projection will disappear from this world. Ke Lan must completely destroy Alexander before that.
Sixteen fists rained down on Alexander, explosions rang out one after another, the fortress-like Mechanical God was collapsing rapidly, and bloody flames gradually became the only color on the battlefield.
"Don't you know... they are using you?" The prophet was obviously not dead yet, even though Alexander was completely unable to move.
"I know." Ke Lan replied, but the Flame Colossus's fist did not stop.
"So you want to know... the things in the tower... that I didn't have time to tell you?"
The fist of the Fire Colossus hesitated for a moment, but finally smashed down heavily on Alexander.
"It seems that the negotiations have failed." The prophet seemed to sneer, but at this moment, Ke Lan suddenly felt a sense of alarm in his heart. He did not hesitate, and immediately controlled the Flame Colossus to leap back suddenly, distanced himself from Alexander.
Violent white light burst out from the cracks all over Alexander's body. Countless broken parts floated up and turned into powder in the white light. An extremely powerful energy continued to gather at the core of Alexander...
"Self-destruction?" Ke Lan was startled, and protected the sixteen arms of the Flame Colossus in front of him, posing a posture to resist the impact.
However, the imagined strong impact did not come. The white light went out at an extremely fast speed, and the high-intensity energy reaction inside Alexander also disappeared instantly. A white light as thick as a hair shot out from Alexander's body and penetrated the White Ridge Mountains in an instant.
"not good!"
Ke Lan wanted to block the white light, but he was a beat too late. A dazzling light came from the direction of the White Ridge Mountains. When the light faded away, a gap as wide as ten thousand meters suddenly appeared in the central area of the White Ridge Mountains.
Through this gap, you can see that about one-third of the east side of the Ark has disappeared, and the melted liquid metal has flowed down from the edge of the incision, gathering into a "steel lake" directly below the Ark.
"What a pity, it missed." These were the prophet 's last words before Alexander began to disintegrate on his own, collapsing into a pile of broken metallic gravel.
The Flame Colossus also disappeared, and Ke Lan fell to the ground. He was breathing heavily and looking in the direction of the Ark with some disbelief.
"This is Alexander's most powerful attack. If you had blocked the attack just now, even with the power of God's blood, you would have died." The voice of the intelligence dealer came from the headset.
"What's the current situation of the Ark?" Ke Lan asked anxiously.
"Communications in the East District have been completely cut off, and the North and South Districts have also suffered serious damage. Currently, the garrison troops and the Security Bureau are organizing rescue operations, but the situation is not optimistic." The intelligence dealer paused and continued, "Conservative estimates show that the number of casualties may reach more than half of the population of the entire Ark."
“…”
"It's not your fault. With the power of projection, it is impossible to stop Alexander's 'Ultimate Judgment'... This is an attack that gathers all the energy in Alexander's body. Its power is second only to the star-destroying weapon of the Alpha civilization... There is one thing you probably don't know. Alexander was designed as a one-time decisive battle weapon from the beginning."
"Are Layton and the others still alive?" Ke Lan asked tiredly.
"They were taken aboard the Garuda-class transport ship after leaving the battlefield. Everything is fine." The intelligence dealer replied, "By the way, there is one thing I need to remind you."
"What's up?"
"Don't trust the undead crew." The intelligence dealer said word by word.
"Sure enough, there is a traitor among the crew members, right?" Ke Lan was not too surprised. This guess had been lingering in his mind for a long time, but now it was finally confirmed.
"No, I mean, don't trust any of the Undead Crew."
"So you are also a member of the Undead Crew? Do you mean that I can't trust you either?" Ke Lan was stunned.
"right."
"According to this logic, what you said is simply a paradox..." Ke Lan said, "You asked me not to believe you, so does that mean that what you said itself might be a lie?"
"Don't believe anything anyone says, not just me, including yourself," the intelligence dealer continued.
"Including myself? Are you asking me not to believe in my own...memories?" Ke Lan immediately thought of what the prophet had said to him in the "tower".
It’s a pity that the prophet had died along with the destruction of Alexandria , and Ke Lan would never have the chance to pry anything out of him.
The intelligence dealer did not answer, and when Ke Lan wanted to ask something else, the communication was cut off.
He tried to dial back, but found that the number was invalid.
Just when he wanted to contact the other party's forum account, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Ke Lan was not unfamiliar with this number - it belonged to Demeter, the fourth "Queen" of the Undead Crew.
"Hello?" Ke Lan answered the phone.
"Pan is dead." The other party's first words made Ke Lan's heart stop for a moment.
"What did you say?"
"Pan was originally the person responsible for contacting you during this operation, but he lost contact with other members before the operation began. Just now, other members of the crew discovered that his body had been declared dead in the definition of physics. As for his consciousness..."
Demeter did not continue speaking, but changed the subject: "You have been in communication with him throughout the operation, right?"
