In the dimly lit audio-visual room, Luo Feng felt his mind instantly go blank, all external sounds vanishing from his ears.
“Failed?”
“Failed? It actually failed? How could it fail? Why did it fail!” Overwhelmed by a surge of regret and agony, Luo Feng had pinned so much hope on this attack! Ever since the failure of the nuclear assault, humanity seemed to have only one final move left—sending Hong and Thunder God, the two mightiest warriors of Earth, to fight to the death.
But even a desperate battle offered no certainty.
Yet the B6-grade laser cannon he had acquired was considered highly reliable, exciting the world’s elite! Everyone had eagerly anticipated that decisive strike!
Indeed!
The laser fired by the B6-grade laser cannon was immensely powerful, easily piercing through the head of the Gold-Horned Beast and extending all the way into outer space. But!! No one had expected that the Gold-Horned Beast, with only its mouth left after its head was destroyed, was still alive—still refusing to die!!!
“It’s impossible for it to survive! How can this be?” Within the intelligent space on his wrist, Babata shook his head in shock. “No, no, something’s wrong. Whether human or animal, the soul resides in the consciousness sea, which is located in the head! Destroy the head, and death is certain. Unless its consciousness is embedded into every single cell, allowing regeneration from any cell.”
“But Star-Level warriors absolutely cannot reach that stage!” Babata shook his head again. “Could this Gold-Horned Beast possess some special ability?”
Unknown!
Within the universe, knowledge about cosmic beasts was extremely scarce. Even the master of Yantom Star had never encountered a single Gold-Horned Beast in his entire life. Humanity’s understanding of them was far too limited!
…
Inside the audio-visual room.
“Hurry! Retrieve the laser cannon, bring it back immediately!” Jia Yi suddenly roared.
The other eleven people in the room snapped out of their shock.
“The laser cannon!”
Luo Feng’s eyes widened as he stared at the screen. On it, a black metallic robot was clutching the laser cannon, fleeing at full speed. Another image displayed a massive phantom chasing it furiously from beneath the ocean.
“The metallic robot’s flight speed is 2110 meters per second. The Devouring Beast’s underwater pursuit speed is 36069 meters per second. Distance between them: 520 kilometers, 460 kilometers, 398 kilometers…” The emotionless electronic voice in the audio-visual room continued its report, causing everyone’s faces to pale.
“Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!” Thunder God urged anxiously.
“It’s too late,” Hong said, his face pale as he shook his head. “Earlier, the distance between them was about 1000 kilometers. At the Devouring Beast’s speed of 36 kilometers per second, the robot is far too slow. It will be caught within 30 seconds. There’s no way the laser cannon can fire a second shot.”
A group of nearby Star-Level warriors clenched their fists in frustration, their knuckles cracking.
Luo Feng stared fixedly at the screen.
Satellites could no longer capture the Devouring Beast as it moved at high speed beneath the ocean, but they could still track the immense life force of the Gold-Horned Beast. Its life force was simply too immense. Especially now, after its speed had increased more than double, its life force had surged dramatically.
…
At a depth of approximately 3200 meters beneath the ocean’s surface, the Gold-Horned Beast’s wings had grown even larger than before, its scales denser and tighter. The golden mystical runes on its scales now seemed to radiate an eerie magical power, enabling the beast to reach an unimaginable speed underwater!
Fury!
The Gold-Horned Beast had never felt such rage. Even the previous hydrogen bomb attack had only been a minor wound to it. But this time, the injury was ten, even a hundred times worse—unprecedentedly severe. This grievous wound had awakened the beast’s innate brutality and madness.
Suddenly, the Gold-Horned Beast abruptly slowed!
“Roar!”
One of the two horns on its back—one longer and one shorter—suddenly flared with brilliant golden light. It transformed into a golden beam, surging upward in an instant!
Whoosh!
Fast as lightning!
The golden horn pierced through over three kilometers of seawater, bursting through the surface at incredible speed. The black metallic robot above had no time to evade—the B6-grade laser cannon it held in both hands was still charging.
“Boom!”
The golden horn pierced straight through the exquisitely crafted crystal-like laser cannon, instantly interrupting its charge. With a loud crack, the cannon shattered like glass. The golden horn then slammed into the black metallic robot, and with a thunderous explosion, the robot—forged from Wuyi metal—was struck with immense force.
Buzz~~
The robot transformed into a meteor, flying dozens of kilometers through the air before plummeting downward into the ocean with a splash.
…
Inside the audio-visual room, Hong, Thunder God, Luo Feng, and the other ten members silently stared at the screen.
On the screen, the phantom beneath the ocean continued to dive deeper and deeper…
“Luofeng, the robot suffered a severe impact, damaging its internal control system. It can no longer be recalled,” Babata’s voice echoed in Luo Feng’s mind. Luo Feng closed his eyes. The loss of a maintenance robot was trivial, but… this attack, which had determined the fate of humanity, had failed!
“Sorry, Luo Feng. My database on cosmic beasts was already extremely limited. As for the Gold-Horned Beast, there’s even less information—just some basic knowledge,” Babata apologized.
He was fully aware of what this failure meant for humanity.
Silence.
The audio-visual room was completely silent.
Jia Yi stood by the window, pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and smoked in silence.
“Give me one,” Zhu Xi took a cigarette and lit it as well.
Others sat quietly or closed their eyes in anguish. Everyone was uncharacteristically quiet.
“Powerful defense, incredible speed, and even the ability to accelerate to even greater speeds! Not only that, but even after its head was destroyed, it still lived and attacked! And it could even control its horn from afar, like a mentalist! With immense power,” Luo Feng’s mind raced with these thoughts. “It possesses an internal world, capable of directly consuming large amounts of metal.”
“And its growth rate is astonishing!”
Heaven!
How had such a cosmic beast descended upon Earth? How could humanity resist?
“Buzzzz~~”
Suddenly, the vibration of a communication watch rang out. The twelve people in the audio-visual room turned their heads almost simultaneously. It was from Muhandesen’s watch. He pressed the button, and a voice speaking American English came through: “Do you have any ideas? Any other options? Ask Luo Feng, ask the two speakers—do they have any other plans?”
“Alright, I’ll ask,” Muhandesen replied softly before ending the call.
He turned to the others.
Luo Feng shook his head slightly.
Hong and Thunder God exchanged glances, then simultaneously displayed a faint, strange smile—one filled with a sense of determination to face death, a soul-shaking smile.
…
This failure dealt a devastating blow to all nations across the globe. Hope had been high, and when they saw the head of the Gold-Horned Beast destroyed, many had even been so excited they fainted. But then, they fell from heaven to hell, plunging into a nightmare.
The Devouring Beast was even more terrifying and powerful than humanity had imagined!
Even with its head destroyed, it remained formidable—and now flew even faster!
“Heaven!”
“God, save your children!”
“Heavenly Lord.”
Some high-ranking Earth elites, who had never prayed or believed in deities before, now silently began to pray. Only in times of despair and helplessness do people seek spiritual solace. And now, even these elites were searching for their own spiritual refuge! Clearly… they were utterly hopeless!
…
Deep within the ocean bedrock, about 23,000 meters beneath the surface.
The massive body of the Gold-Horned Beast lay coiled in darkness. Faint golden light flickered across its body. Where its head had once been—now reduced to just its mouth and neck—muscle and flesh began to intertwine, skin stretched outward, and scales emerged, rapidly regenerating. Ears grew back, and gradually, its pair of dark golden eyes reformed.
Finally!
The entire head had regenerated. The long and short horns fused back into its skull, though the scales on its new head were tender and not yet as hard as those on the rest of its body. Its dark golden eyes burned with boundless fury—like flames consuming everything!
“Wo—”
“Woow—”
A deep, furious roar rumbled from its throat.
Its injuries were too severe!
It would never forget that sudden flash of white light. In that blinding moment, it had no time to dodge, no strength to resist! The horn—its most concentrated source of power—was indeed indestructible and razor-sharp. Though it had been knocked far away and wounded, it had not been destroyed.
“Wo!”
After fully recovering its injuries, the Gold-Horned Beast felt an unprecedented hunger. Its internal world was also ravenous! Every single cell in its body screamed for sustenance!
It had expended too much energy, and its power had greatly diminished.
It urgently needed to replenish. “Wo—” letting out a low growl, the Gold-Horned Beast rapidly burrowed upward through the bedrock. It needed to feed! Feed on metal!
…
Outside Luo Feng’s home audio-visual room, dusk was approaching.
Ten people in the room watched two individuals—Hong and Thunder God.
“If we keep going like this, we won’t survive. This Devouring Beast is too powerful, too strange,” Hong shook his head. “If we allow it to grow stronger, even those humans hiding in ancient ruins will eventually be killed. And I believe, after being hit by the laser cannon, its injuries must be severe. I suspect its final burst of speed was a desperate last stand—an omen of death’s approach!”
After saying the last sentence, even Hong himself doubted his words.
“Even if it isn’t a final surge, its strength must have dropped significantly,” Hong said solemnly. “Strike while it’s weak. End its life!”
“Yes, we can’t let this chance slip away,” Thunder God nodded slightly.
Luo Feng and the others felt sorrow.
Would they really watch Hong and Thunder God go off to their deaths?
“Both Thunder God and I have our own domains. If we truly fight to the death, there’s hope,” Hong smiled, and Thunder God beside him nodded with a smile as well.
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