Chapter 626: Obscuring the Heavens
In this final minute, dozens of faint white lights shot out from all sides of the Moon's atmosphere.
They were the handful of individuals who had first learned the truth about the impending collision between Mars and the Moon.
More than ten minutes earlier, after confirming that the Universal Gravity System was out of control, their true bodies had, with utmost speed, begun to swiftly and completely gather all critical supplies and data.
Meanwhile, their numerous projections and avatars, within that severely limited timeframe, did their best to evacuate the closest people around them.
Then, once the storm of the great celestial collision subsided, the spaceships would land once more upon the post-impact ruins, attempting to rebuild human civilization.
Of course, to guard against any unforeseen circumstances, they also left one or two avatars to appear, creating the illusion of holding out until the very last moment.
After all, they still needed a little face. Should there truly be any survivors blessed with heaven-defying Qi Luck later on, how embarrassing would it be for these council members who had fled faster than rabbits?
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Stemming from an inherent distrust of Bai Mo, and fearing that he might one day capriciously go back on his word and detonate the Moon, every council member of sufficiently high status had, in fact, secretly prepared their own private spaceship.
They just hadn't expected that before Bai Mo even went mad, the Moon itself was already preparing to explode...
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"Hehehe, a mere fireworks display forced all those mole-like individuals' backup plans into the open."
Edward Teach, with his rather chaotic evil alignment, was the instigator of all these events, yet he watched the myriad spaceships fleeing in panic across the sky with a smiling face.
Whether it was the Path of Despair he had pioneered and cultivated, or his own personality, he greatly enjoyed building his happiness upon the suffering of others.
Back when he had faced the Disciple of the Crimson World, he had vaguely guessed at the other party's path. However, while the Disciple of the Crimson World gained power from inciting rebellion, Edward Teach obtained this twisted spiritual strength through the process of manufacturing despair.
As he gazed at the scattered spaceships, a playful idea suddenly occurred to him.
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"Hey! I've found reinforcements!"
Edward Teach used his monstrous tail as an antenna, sending this maliciously teasing remark via a special frequency signal to the numerous spaceships already in outer space.
He hadn't said it early, nor had he said it late; he specifically waited until everyone else had already fled before speaking.
"..."
"..."
The spaceships decelerated almost visibly.
While Edward Teach was universally acknowledged as having a vile personality, he did possess half a virtue: he never lied. As for the other half, it was that he never told the whole truth.
However, if he said he would kill your entire family, he would indeed kill your entire family; he would never just threaten without acting. He would ensure your whole family was neatly accounted for.
Many of the council members on the spaceships were old acquaintances who had dealt with him for decades and knew his nature, so upon hearing the message from him, they subconsciously made their spaceships slow down.
And it was precisely in the instant they looked back that a miracle occurred!
"It's beginning..."
The people on the Moon, who had been swaying erratically, suddenly felt an inexplicable force emerge, brutally locking everything in place.
Even the very act of breathing to sustain life required every ounce of effort to grasp the air, which felt as if it had solidified.
Invisible psychic force, like viscous resin, silently sealed off the Moon, along with all the people who hadn't managed to escape, transforming them into a colossal amber gem beyond compare.
Everything was submerged within the vast and mighty torrent of psychic force.
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The same thing also occurred on Mars.
In the Black Beast Tribe, two black beastmen had, one after another, seized a certain pointed-eared individual, just about to perform actions that would necessitate omitting hundreds of words of description below.
However, as a wave of psychic force swept through, the three of them were fixed in an inverted "H" shape, unable to move a single iota.
Qiu Yi's Ash Hoof Tribe.
Qiu Yi, who had been gazing at the Moon and sighing, was instantly turned into a "Moon-Gazing Stone" by the psychic force.
Puzzled, he tried to struggle a few times, only to find that he could break free of the restraint with just a little effort.
That boundless force, it seemed, was spread too thinly because the area it needed to cover was too vast, leaving little left for high-tier superhumans like them.
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As for Bai Mo, he had already completely transformed into a ball of light. Any explosive muscles or formidable physique were instantly crushed to ash under the pressure of two planets closing in on him.
The light-form human he had previously manifested could not even maintain its humanoid shape.
The kinetic energy of the Moon and the kinetic energy of Mars were both rapidly converted by him into thermal and light energy, transforming into an ocean of light and heat, spanning the space between the two planets.
Due to the extreme proximity, from the perspective of Mars and the Moon, this ocean of light was thousands of times brighter than the Sun, and the heat it contained was terrifying beyond compare.
The rampant brilliance obscured even the Sun.
The surface of the artificial atmosphere on the Moon God was heated to a plasma state within thirty seconds, and Mars's atmosphere, which had been at minus fifty degrees Celsius year-round, slowly began to boil within this super electromagnetic stove.
If this continued, in about half a day, the surfaces of the Moon and Mars would be covered with a layer of semi-transparent crystal.
The surfaces of both planets were about to begin the process of glassification!
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"Reborn twice every second..."
Due to the extremely severe overload, Bai Mo's projection would self-destruct twice every second, only to be reborn through the Ghost Immortal's lossless power projection. This meant he was continuously using the power of his true body to sustain this consumption.
"Tie Xin Mie Jue Zhe, I'm giving you twenty-four hours."
From within the ocean of light, such a psionic wave, spanning planets, was transmitted!
"...Burning through the entire Spirit Energy of a level 60 Ability User every two seconds. A year ago, the ratio Li Shunsheng calculated using his time-delay lever was that he was approximately equivalent to twelve thousand standard level 60 combat power units. And now, a year later, his total Spirit Energy alone already exceeds forty thousand times that of a standard level 60?"
Simply from the number 'twenty-four hours,' Edward Teach deduced a conclusion that grew more terrifying the more he pondered it.
No sooner had Bai Mo's words fallen than the scorching ocean of light slowly began to contract, attempting to reform into a humanoid shape.
However, the effort to regain a humanoid form seemed arduous; often, just as the left hand took shape, the right hand would explode again, and as the left foot formed, the right foot would burst into dozens of light tentacles.
A single six-tier projection was still too fragile. If Bai Mo's true body were controlling this power, his mastery would absolutely not be so poor.
He was currently akin to remotely controlling a Transformer made of paper to fight an invading monster; the slightest bit of force would immediately tear it apart again.
PS: Happy 520, everyone.
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