Chapter 616 Humanity Never Backs Down
Above the blood-red sky, the colossal red eye that blots out the sun remains suspended.
The whites of his eyes were a murky crimson, like a pool of congealed blood, while his dark pupils remained perfectly still, reflecting the fleeing armored vehicles below like an abyss.
Until the armored vehicle completely disappeared into the depths of the tunnel, darkness swallowed the last lingering image.
A crimson light flowed slowly across the whites of his eyes; there was no anger, no pursuit, only an almost indifferent gaze.
At that moment, another passage appeared, and the woman in the white dress slowly walked out.
"You're just going to let her go back like that?"
The giant eye did not move, and a very faint ripple appeared in its blood-red pupil.
In its eyes, they were all like ants.
What right do ants have to question its decision?
The woman seemed used to being ignored and continued speaking without any fear: "She's like a different person since she grew up. If we just let her go back like this, things will go wrong sooner or later."
You dare touch her?
The woman in the white dress stiffened at the thought of Yun Jue, that madman.
In her quest for immortality, she searches the universe for the dark matter of the Shadow Clan.
Having finally achieved his wish of becoming a god who rules his own world, he was targeted by that madman Yun Jue and was forced to stay here.
As Yun Zhao's temporary 'guardians', she and Red Eyes knew that if something happened to Yun Zhao here, regardless of whether she was responsible, that man would definitely pin it all on her.
Once that madman comes out, my death is imminent.
I've been searching for her for over a decade. All she wants is for me to come back; I've fulfilled my contract.
Upon hearing this, the woman in the white dress felt a surge of inexplicable anger.
Contracts, contracts—are so-called advanced civilizations really so rigid?
The woman in the white dress suppressed her apprehension and asked, "Now that the person is back, what do you plan to do?"
The enormous eyeball remained high above, a deep hum echoing beneath the dome, indistinguishable as either a response or the sound of the wind:
Now that the people have returned, it's time to reap the rewards, but unfortunately, they're all unfinished products...
The woman in the white dress was taken aback and blurted out, "What about Yun Zhao?"
We can't kill them, and keeping them here will only make things worse.
I will keep my promise and take her away to the Federation.
The woman in the white dress was overjoyed upon hearing this; after being trapped for a hundred years, she could finally leave.
The enormous eyeballs looked down indifferently at the woman in the white dress below, who was trembling slightly with joy, a cold sneer flashing deep in their pupils.
The deep hum seemed to come from the abyss, making the air tremble.
Before the woman could react, her red pupils suddenly contracted!
Countless jet-black, viscous dark substances surged forth from the depths of its massive body like a burst dam, instantly engulfing the entire space and beginning to spread wildly outwards at an astonishing speed.
[It's merely cleaning up the failed experimental field, preparing for the next planting.]
The red-eyed consciousness spoke coldly, as if stating a trivial matter.
The joy on the woman in the white dress froze instantly, turning into extreme fear.
She watched helplessly as the pure, all-consuming darkness swept past her, causing no harm whatsoever. The dark matter, as if possessing its own consciousness, bypassed her, relentlessly devouring everything else within its sight.
The woman then felt relieved.
The enormous eyeballs slowly closed, as if it had lost the last bit of interest in the tragedy unfolding outside.
Only that chilling echo reverberated in the space that had fallen into complete darkness:
[Let's go. Before the final reckoning arrives, you have a little time left to say goodbye to this nest you've cultivated for a century...]
*
The outer perimeter of Pollution Zone No. 6.
Upon receiving news that Team 5S had been caught up in the incident involving Team 6, the four bases dispatched two additional reinforcements, who have just arrived nearby.
The swirling gray fog suddenly changed.
It began to spread in all directions at an extremely rapid pace.
"Oh no! It's spreading again!"
The two adjutants' expressions changed slightly, and they hurriedly picked up their communicators. "Retreat! Retreat! All squads, retreat immediately!"
The sentries didn't have time to pack their things; they jumped into the vehicles and slammed on the gas to escape.
at the same time.
Anomalies were detected in signal towers across various locations, and several contaminated areas within the affected area collapsed, releasing a torrent of dark matter.
The signal is abnormal, and there is a crackling sound from the electrical current.
Mixed with the distant rumble of collapse, it sounded just like the despairing prelude to the day "darkness descended" two hundred years ago.
The concentration of pollution in the air is rising rapidly.
"Reporting to command center, this is sentry post number 39... hissing... a collapse has occurred in contaminated zone number 39!"
"Report to command center, contaminated zone 128 is spreading rapidly, evacuation requested!"
"Buzz... Report..."
The shrill ringing of the telephone echoed continuously in the operations command center.
On the large screen in front of us, the previously orderly moving safe zone is shrinking at a visible speed.
The coordinates of each polluted area continued to expand and overlap, and the originally clear boundary lines were swallowed by distorted red ripples. The values representing pollution concentrations soared wildly, and the red warning line was breached time and time again.
The area of shadow is spreading and encroaching wildly outwards from the polluted areas.
The alarm indicator light at the edge of the screen is flashing rapidly.
The command center was filled with ringing phones, anxious shouts, and system overload warnings.
Minister Duan stood in front of the huge circular screen, her crisp military uniform making her figure appear particularly imposing.
"minister!"
The intelligence team leader strode over. "Dark matter is leaking out exponentially, and fourteen outposts have already lost contact."
"The incident happened too suddenly, should we send out a team...?"
"Need not."
Minister Duan raised her hand to interrupt, her crisp military uniform making her eyes appear even sharper and more piercing: "At the beginning of the year, I gave the order that if any signal tower malfunctioned, we should immediately abandon our post and withdraw to the base at all costs."
Based on the testing results, the mutation started on the sixth day.
We don't know what's going on inside right now, but it's not hard to guess that if the dark matter continues to spread like this, darkness will soon return to the world...
Minister Duan: "Pass down the order: all Unicom sentries that can be contacted outside the base must immediately return to their bases and prepare for battle."
"Understood." Team Leader Huo didn't waste any more words and turned to make the arrangements.
The anomaly did not throw the command center into chaos; on the contrary, everything proceeded in an orderly manner.
At the dozens of workstations directly in front of the screen, the measurement team was compiling statistics on the contaminated area, calculating the pollution increase, and analyzing the time until darkness returned, their keyboards clattering loudly.
As early as the beginning of this year, the base was already well-defended and ready for war.
No matter how powerful the enemy, humanity will never back down!
The communicator on my wrist vibrated.
Minister Duan answered the call and then instructed his assistant, "Preserving manpower is the priority. Go and ask Chief Shen to open all the air-raid shelters in the base and be prepared to evacuate the people to safety at any time."
"yes!"
She had been waiting for this moment for far too long.
Her lifelong wish was to reclaim lost territory and eliminate the contaminated areas and dark matter within her lifetime.
...
And at this moment.
The rest of Team Zero were leading a convoy of supplies back to base.
When they received the notification, they already sensed something was wrong.
Not far from them, a contaminated area collapsed without warning.
Countless mutant figures materialized in the dissipating gray fog, howling as they charged straight at the convoy.
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