Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
To block R’lyeh City from approaching the East Sea Great Wall, countless Purifiers detonated themselves within R’lyeh. They used their lives to delay R’lyeh City’s advance and killed the Starspawn with all their might. Their efforts did slow down R’lyeh City’s approach.
However, the number of Old Ones’ Retainers was simply too great. For every Old Ones’ Retainer that died, a new one would be born. Even if a high-ranking Starspawn was killed, a newly born one would fly out from R’lyeh City. They were as endless as a swarm of locusts passing through.
Ultimately, R’lyeh City successfully landed. The moment a corner of the giant city touched the beach, the entire city seemed to come alive. The towering bluestone buildings twisted and turned, as if they had become malleable like rubber. Amidst the chaotic dance of demons in the gray fog, several emerald beams of light shot into the sky. The night sky stretching tens of thousands of miles before the East Sea Great Wall was dyed a deep green.
As a roar, like that of a bull or a tiger, echoed from within the city, a monster larger than the Starspawn crawled out of the light beams. It was about a hundred meters tall, with a head like a combination of an elephant and an octopus. It had six legs and a rhino-like back. Its gray, rough skin was covered in dense wrinkles and scales. It was obvious that this thick hide could withstand all sorts of powerful attacks. As the colossal beast appeared, the green light beams vanished.
The number of light beams that rose from R’lyeh City indicated the number of such monsters that were about to emerge. Once the light beams disappeared, it meant these monsters had been born. Seeing this, everyone on and around the East Sea Great Wall had a change in their expression. They had thought that pushing R’lyeh towards the East Sea Great Wall was the Old Ones’ Retainers’ desperate gamble, but they hadn’t expected the real killing blow to be held back until now. They didn’t even bother using R’lyeh City to ram the wall, merely using it as a springboard to send out such terrifying behemoths.
The sky whizzed and hummed as a squadron of fighter jets flew towards R’lyeh City in a V-formation. While nuclear weapons couldn’t be used, more precise and equally powerful missiles could be employed at this moment. As the twelve fighter jets climbed, they drew an arc before the behemoth. Air-to-ground missiles shot out, hitting their target in a flash. Explosions erupted successively on the behemoth.
The fighter jets circled the mist generated by the explosions. All the pilots focused their attention on everything within the dust. “Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—” Sharp whistling sounds attacked. Dense root-like tendrils suddenly emerged from the dust, intertwining to form a massive black net. The lead fighter pilot only had time to shout “Pull up!” before being covered by the giant net. These extremely tough tentacles couldn’t be blown up or shattered. They blotted out the sky, and in just a few moments, they pierced the metal skin, mangled the propellers, and twisted the engines, shredding the first few fighter jets into pieces.
The other fighter jets retreated according to the temporary battlefield orders. However, the flailing tentacles had already broken the sound barrier. With a whoosh, all the fighter jets were shot down. Nobody Does Human Things had already entered R’lyeh City. He held a steel sword, its blade shattered, but still held together by the power of his Qi. A circle of Deep Ones surrounded him, and the mental control of the Starspawn was being connected to him one after another, but it was all resisted by his powerful willpower. He had originally intended to kill his way to the core of R’lyeh City alone with his sword, to see if he could destroy the city. However, this city was like a colossal maze, and he couldn’t find any core. When he looked back, he saw the behemoth arriving at the city. The East Sea Great Wall was in imminent danger. “No, I have to go back!” Nobody Does Human Things decided immediately and turned to return to the East Sea Great Wall. However, about fifty meters in front of him, a huge pit wriggled open like flesh and blood. Then, a green light beam shot into the sky, and the ground trembled. Nobody Does Human Things was also knocked to the ground. When he steadied himself, a behemoth had crawled out of the pit. Its pair of emerald eyes were fixed on the insignificant Nobody Does Human Things. Compared to the behemoth’s massive body, Nobody Does Human Things was like a soybean. “You’re going to stop me?” Nobody Does Human Things straightened his back, disregarding the behemoth. Due to the requests of many loyal readers, the VIP membership ad-free feature is now available. Click to view. His scarred right hand gripped the sword hilt. The sword was drawn half an inch, and the Wind Breath Qi enveloped his entire body. The behemoth couldn’t speak. But Nobody Does Human Things could see the disdain in its eyes. This disdain didn’t instill fear in Nobody Does Human Things. Instead, it ignited his ferocity. “When I was killing monsters in Cain, you were still an egg!” The steel sword was drawn, leaving a long, narrow streak of green light. It slashed directly towards the behemoth’s head. At the same time, his figure transformed into a whirlwind and charged directly at the behemoth. Compared to the creature, a human was like an ant trying to shake a tree, or an egg trying to shatter a rock. Yet, even an ant has the strength to move mountains. This green light sword cut through the flesh and shot straight into the sky. A bloodstain appeared on the behemoth’s forehead, splitting it in two. However, with this strike, his strength was also exhausted.
Nobody Does Human Things fought his way to the center of R’lyeh City, killing countless Old Ones’ Retainers along the way. The filthy blood left by the Old Ones’ Retainers had turned him into someone covered in blood. If not for the divine protection from Cain, he would have long since become a complete madman. The behemoth was dead. There were still countless Old Ones’ Retainers around him. Nobody Does Human Things’ Qi was depleted, and his steel sword shattered inch by inch. He actually knew very well that even without the behemoth blocking him, he wouldn’t have been able to return to the East Sea Great Wall. Knowing he was doomed, he no longer felt fear. He stood proudly amidst the surrounding enemies, holding his broken sword, his eyes still gleaming fiercely. “If I, Nobody Does Human Things, can die here, then I would have finally done something human… Come at me! Fight!” In the center of R’lyeh, the Old Ones’ Retainers, layer upon layer, pounced towards Nobody Does Human Things. On the East Sea Great Wall, the behemoth roared like a crazed bull and charged towards the city wall, its momentum unstoppable! On the wall, humans gritted their teeth and unleashed their firepower. Inside the wall, countless people looked up at the sky and silently prayed. Mo Yu watched the city wall about to be breached, his eyes tearing up. Bai Yuekui cut down a leaping Deep One, then turned back to look at the city wall with a pale face. Leisurely Moment stood with his sword, the unburnt cigarette in his hand falling to the ground. Aryk looked at the approaching behemoth and tightened his grip on his shield. At this moment, the entire world seemed to enter slow motion. The scenes in every human’s eyes advanced frame by frame. Just then, a golden point of light flashed in the pitch-black night sky. The point of light approached in the blink of an eye, with a piercing whistle, like a falling meteor. However, it suddenly hovered high in the sky. By the time it reached the East Sea’s battlements, it was already like a blazing sun. A terrifying pressure descended. The entire Blue Star’s power systems instantly collapsed amidst the fluctuating divine power. Lights went out one by one, and darkness descended upon every city, yet they were all enveloped in the supreme brilliance of that blazing sun. Vaguely, a blurry figure could be seen within the blazing sun. As the brilliance of the blazing sun gradually receded, the figure within was finally visible. It was a knight clad in black armor, holding a greatsword in one hand, and with three pairs of wings, golden and dark, on his back. When the knight slightly tilted his head and looked towards the East Sea Great Wall, whether it was Nobody Does Human Things, who was surrounded, or the Players on and around the wall fighting on the battlefield, they instantly recognized the knight’s identity. He was… the King of Winter!
