Chapter 227

"You can confirm it later. Now, let's wait for Scorpius to arrive."

Li Yue didn't say anything more, but crossed her arms and looked towards the Pacific Ocean.

Kageyasu Zaibatsu didn't say anything more. Instead, he stood up, stood behind Li Yue, put on his top hat, and then they looked towards the Pacific Ocean, because that was where Scorpius would appear.

As the Qixing Relic was unlocked, Scorpius, far away in the Pacific Ocean, immediately sensed the presence of that tricycle and began rushing towards Tokyo.

The movements of Scorpius naturally did not escape the notice of satellites in Tokyo. Because a large number of dark clouds suddenly appeared over the forests surrounding Tokyo, the satellites could only focus their lenses on the outer edge of the clouds, and then they saw the movements on the sea.

Scorpius is so large that even when it moves underwater, it causes violent ripples on the surface of the water. Wherever it moves, the seawater surges up due to its impact, forming a huge bulge. This scene was easily captured by satellites.

As the satellite images were transmitted back to the command center in Tokyo, the Holy Emperor and Kikunojyo Tendo learned of it.

"The Qixing's Legacy has been unlocked!"

408. Tokyo Destruction Crisis

[Perverted Scum Man: Is this the post-apocalyptic world? But it doesn't feel like the end of the world at all.]

[So Arrogant! This is clearly a perfectly normal city, not a post-apocalyptic one. And that tower... that's the Tokyo Tower! This is Tokyo!]

[Fat Woman in Black Stockings: This must be Tokyo in Otherworld.]

[I am hungry: Although you might not think this is the end of the world, and this is indeed Tokyo region.]

[The Perverted Scum Man: Well, it's not that your place isn't apocalyptic enough. After all, the Senior Group Leader said before that your world has already lost 90% of its population, making it an absolute apocalypse. But your Tokyo doesn't look apocalyptic at all!]

[So Arrogant! Yes, yes, what post-apocalyptic world has a magnificent city like yours? You should be building wasteland structures! Those so-called glamorous cities built in the apocalypse are a complete waste of resources! With those resources for such massive construction, you should strengthen your defenses and prepare properly for enemy attacks!]

[I am hungry: How about this? Unfortunately, I don't quite understand.]

[Meme Lord: It's understandable if you don't quite understand. Even though it's the end of the world, those in power are still in power. Naturally, they want to live comfortably, so they build skyscrapers. And the wealthy people under them also want to live comfortably, so they also build skyscrapers. The so-called wasteland is just a place where those without money or power live.]

[Fat Woman in Black Stockings: Tsk, even in this apocalyptic world, she's still like this. She deserves to look like this.]

While waiting for Scorpius to arrive, Li Yue didn't just stand there. Instead, she opened the Chat Group and started a live stream, letting the Chat Group members see what this world was like.

However, Tokyo doesn't really look like a post-apocalyptic city, which has led to some group members making a lot of sarcastic comments.

[Meme Lord: People always want to live a good life. Although I don't quite understand how Tokyo, such a small place, can run its businesses so well, and even have time to produce anime like "Girls of the Sky Jewels," I guess their resources are never a problem.]

Tokyo in the world of Black Bullet is indeed outrageous. The Tokyo area is not large, but it is no different from before the disaster. It has everything, and resources do not seem to be scarce at all. People even have time to hold demonstrations. The resources required to maintain modern life for so many people in the Tokyo area are terrifying. The reason why Tokyo was able to appear so prosperous in the Tokyo was that almost half of Japan was sending resources to Tokyo.

Industrial and agricultural resources are constantly being transported to Tokyo, which is why Tokyo is so prosperous. In other words, every major city relies on the supply of resources from surrounding areas or even distant regions to develop. Tokyo, with such a small area, is able to do such a fancy thing. It can only be said that their resources seem to have appeared out of thin air.

[I am hungry: But, even though I'm in Tokyo, it's the first time I've experienced seeing Tokyo from someone else's perspective. It feels quite magical.]

[Meme Lord: You're about to see something even more shocking.]

Li Yue adjusted the camera's angle, pointing it towards the sea.

[Perverted Scum Man: The forest?]

So Arrogant: the ocean?

[Fat Woman in Black Stockings: What's so magical about this?]

[Meme Lord: The magical time hasn't arrived yet, but you'll see it very soon.]

In the field of vision, the once calm sea began to ripple. Although it was night, the moonlight still shone on the sea. The dark clouds that Li Yue had gathered earlier had dissipated under Li Yue's control. Since the Cursed Children of the Cursed Children had all left, there was no need to use the Power of the North Wind retrieve them, so the dark clouds were no longer needed.

Under the moonlight, the waves on the sea grew larger and larger, and the sea became increasingly turbid. The seawater near the shore looked as if it were being churned up by a bunch of propellers.

[Meme Lord: Here I am.]

On the beach, the seawater that had been constantly washing over the sand suddenly began to recede rapidly, like the ebb tide. However, the speed of this receding tide was astonishing. After the seawater receded by tens of meters, huge waves began to rise on the surface of the sea and rushed directly towards the shore.

[Perverted Scum Man: It's a tsunami!]

The seawater gathered together, turning into a tsunami that rushed onto the beach, swept across the sand and into the forest. The trees in the forest were instantly snapped, and some were even uprooted. Only the thick trees that had grown for decades were able to hold on and not be swept away.

The Gastrea hidden in the forest were naturally washed away by the sea. The Gastrea, which were usually incredibly heavy, were swept away by the sea and carried deep into the land. Some Gastrea were washed onto the rocks and smashed in half, while others were even torn to pieces.

Blood of various colors mingled with the seawater, turning the already murky waters completely black.

But this was just the appetizer; the real culprit that triggered this terrifying tsunami has now appeared.

A colossal body slowly emerged as the seawater surged ashore. Its dark brown, cracked muscles were covered in scars, resembling those of smallpox, with protrusions growing on them. Eight sickle-shaped, barbed objects pierced the skin from its neck, head, and right eye. Its head was abnormally large, with a bird-beak-like curved object extending unnaturally from the corner of its mouth. Its left eye was pitifully small. After emerging from the water, this enormous body slowly stood upright, reaching a height of several hundred meters. This towering body moved on its two thick legs, but the ground was too soft for it, causing both legs to sink into the muddy sand near the shore. This meant that although it had emerged from the sea and stood up, it could not walk quickly, each step sinking deep into the mud.

[Perverted Scum Man: What is this? A monster?]

[Meme Lord: Remember what I said before about the virus monster that humans created themselves?]

[Fat Woman in Black Stockings: So, this is the Gastrea that was infected with Gastrea Virus?]

[Meme Lord: That's right, and they're the Gastrea that caused the most casualties among humans.]

[I am hungry: Is this Scorpius is like?]

[Meme Lord: Yes, now, the crisis of Tokyo's destruction has begun!]

409. The Final Battle Weapon

Scorpius was attempting to land, but the soft seabed slowed its progress. Before it could fully reach the shore, the Tokyo Maritime Self-Defense Force launched an attack.

Despite having experienced the Gastrea Wars, Tokyo still had the money and resources to establish the Maritime Self-Defense Force. However, this hard-won Maritime Self-Defense Force was ruthlessly crushed by Scorpius.

The naval forces in the Tokyo area were completely destroyed on the spot. After destroying the Tokyo Maritime Self-Defense Force, Scorpius continued to advance towards land. The Qixing Relics that summoned it were originally in a church by the sea, but the tsunami it caused by landing washed the Qixing Relics deep into the land, and that direction happened to be towards Tokyo.

Scorpius's enormous body slowly moved into the darkness. Like the seabed, the land was still relatively soft for it, causing it to leave a crater more than ten meters deep with each step. Its heavy and massive body made it move extremely slowly and with great difficulty on land. If it were in the sea, it could lie down and use its huge tentacles to move forward quickly, but unfortunately, the conditions on land were far inferior to those in the sea.

Scorpius has appeared, and the commotion is so great that it has been felt throughout Tokyo. Even from a distance, some high-rise buildings in Tokyo can see Scorpius 'Scorpius massive body, which is incredibly clear under the moonlight, even from tens of kilometers away.

"Scorpius has finally appeared."

Inside the Tokyo command center, the Holy Emperor looked at the enormous figure of Scorpius on the screen and sat down helplessly.

"Assistant Tendou, is there any way to stop Scorpius?"

"Unfortunately, our army does not have the weapons to stop him."

"Wouldn't Tokyo be destroyed?"

"That's not necessarily true. Although our army doesn't have the weapons to stop it, there are outside of Tokyo!"

Kikunojyo Tendo directly ordered the controller to move the satellite's camera and focus it on a giant building in the forest outside Tokyo.

"This is the Sky Ladder, officially named the Linear Super electromagnetic Projection Device."

This is the ultimate weapon built by humans to fight against the Zodiac during the Gastrea Wars. It is a railgun module that can fire metal projectiles with a diameter of less than 800mm at sub-light speed. Before it could be officially used in the Gastrea Wars, humans were defeated and forced to withdraw, and it was abandoned in the forest.

Although the cell phone was abandoned, the main body of the weapon was completed and it was ready to be used. However, due to its large size, it was difficult to move. In addition, with the Gastrea attack, humans could not defend it to the death for the sake of the weapon, as the casualties would be too great. Therefore, it was abandoned. In essence, it was still usable.

"Scorpius has begun its landing, but this weapon is also usable. We can send someone to activate it and use it to kill Scorpius!"

"Then send someone over quickly!"

The Holy Emperor was very anxious. She immediately issued an order to send people to activate the Sky Ladder, determined to keep Scorpius out of Tokyo.

After the Holy Emperor gave the order, Kikunojyo Tendo nodded to the officers, and only then did the officers begin to act.

Since the police had already withdrawn, and it was only the first day, Rentaro Satomi had no chance to become the hero in this battle against Scorpius. The military directly dispatched helicopters carrying Prometheus Metal shells to transport them to the Sky Ladder.

Li Yue and Kageyasu Zaibatsu stood atop the stone monument, where they could clearly see the helicopter that had departed from Tokyo and was flying towards the Sky Ladder.

"Sir, should I stop them?"

Kageyasu Zaibatsu was naturally familiar with the Sky Ladder. After all, it was the ultimate weapon known to the whole world back then, but it had never been fired even once.

Seeing helicopters flying in that direction, Kageyasu Zaibatsu learned of Tokyo's intentions and volunteered to Li Yue.

"I can guarantee I'll stop them!"

As Li Yue had previously stated, the Sky Ladder was one of the methods Tokyo used to stop Scorpius, but as a subordinate of Li Yue, Kageyasu Zaibatsu couldn't let Li Yue do it himself. So, he had to do the dirty work.

Moreover, he was quite happy to do this kind of dirty and tiring work.

"No need. It's too much of a waste of time to go all that way to deal with those people."

Li Yue shook his head, rejecting Kageyasu Zaibatsu's application to participate in the competition.

"I see. You must have already prepared a solution, sir. I have overstepped my bounds."

Kageyasu Zaibatsu immediately and very consciously admitted his mistake, displaying the demeanor of a loyal lackey. Li Yue was secretly surprised to see this. This person adapted to his identity too quickly. If we hadn't only met less than a day ago, I would have suspected that you had been with me for several years and were my most loyal subordinate.

After internally complaining, Li Yue turned her attention to the helicopters. The stone tablet was too high, over a thousand meters high, so the helicopters didn't fly that high; they flew directly under the stone tablet. Li Yue, Kageyasu Zaibatsu, and Kohina watched as two helicopters flew towards the Sky Ladder.

Perhaps they were worried that an aircraft might have a margin for error, and what if it were shot down by Gastrea? After all, some Gastrea can fly, such as insect-type Gastrea, which can fly at low altitudes, and some Gastrea can even carry out long-range attacks and strike the air.

However, the commotion caused by Scorpius was so great that it attracted the attention of the Gastrea, causing all the Gastrea lurking in the forest to run towards Scorpius, thus making the two helicopters safer.

Two helicopters flew safely to the side of the Sky Ladder and landed at the foot of this huge weapon. Two groups of people got off the helicopters, carrying huge boxes, and ran towards the Sky Ladder. They carried two shells, one of which was the main shell and the other was a spare.

As for whether you can fire two shots in the Sky Ladder, that depends on luck.

Two groups of soldiers quickly entered the Sky Ladder, while the remaining soldiers stood guard Sky Ladder. Although most Gastrea headed towards Scorpius, some Gastrea remained in place. These were relatively weak LV1s, whose mobility was inferior to those of LV2, LV3, and even LV4.

Although they were small, they were the most numerous. These Gastrea sensed the movement near the Sky Ladder and began to gather towards Sky Ladder.

The soldiers, relying on the machine guns on the helicopters, began a difficult defense, hoping to at least hold them off for a while so that the soldiers entering the Sky Ladder could fire shells and take care of that damned Scorpius!

However, as the soldiers entered the Sky Ladder, Li Yue also placed his right hand on his Enma's Blade.

410. The Vanishing Shell

"Kageyasu Zaibatsu, what do you think is the most despairing thing?"

"My lord, the most desperate moment is when hope is shattered the instant it is about to be realized."

"You know a lot about this stuff. Looks like you've done this kind of thing quite a few times."

Li Yue smiled and looked at Kageyasu Zaibatsu, while Kageyasu Zaibatsu also bent down and looked up at Li Yue with a smile. Although he was wearing a mask, Li Yue could feel his joy. Meanwhile, Kohina, who was next to him, looked at Kageyasu Zaibatsu and then at Li Yue, her head full of question marks.

"To counter Scorpius, Tokyo has sent people to activate the Sky Ladder, hoping to use Sky Ladder powerful firepower to kill Scorpius. Do you think if I destroy their shells the moment they fire, they will instantly fall into Abyss of despair?"

"Of course!"

Li Yue nodded in satisfaction.

I played the villain pretty well!

"Then let me bestow despair upon them!"

The Sky Ladder was very tall, so it could be seen from afar. Especially when Li Yue stood on the even taller stone Sky Ladder, he could see the Sky Ladder clearly from above. As the soldiers entered, the Sky Ladder was activated. A huge amount of electricity was transmitted to the Sky Ladder, and Sky Ladder large and long cannons began to rotate, turning towards the Scorpius on the coastline, preparing to aim at the head of the Scorpius.

The best way to kill Scorpius in one blow is to pierce its head. As for piercing its heart, its location is now impossible to pinpoint. Even an 800mm shell would be like an ant compared to a human to Scorpius, making it extremely difficult to find its heart.

However, Scorpius's enormous head cannot be hidden at all; it is clearly visible. Since the head is visible, let's aim directly at the head and see if we can blow it off!

"The shell is loaded and aimed at the head, Captain, you can fire!"

Inside the turret, the soldiers who had finished loading and aiming looked at the squad leader. After receiving the report, the squad leader did not immediately order the firing, because the chance was likely to be only once, so he had to ensure that it would be foolproof.

The captain nervously glanced through the scope, confirming that he was aiming at Scorpius's head, which was dozens of kilometers away.

Through the scope, Scorpius's head bobbed up and down with the movement of his opponent, the fluctuations being quite large due to the opponent's enormous size.

Fortunately, Scorpius's head is big enough that no matter how it bullies someone, its aim is always on the other person's head.

The captain swallowed hard and gave the order.

"Ready to launch!"

All eyes were on the gunner. Though called a gunner, he was actually just an ordinary team member whose job was to press the fire button. Under everyone's watchful eyes, the gunner began to sweat nervously. This was a shot that would determine the fate of Tokyo!

The gunner looked at the captain, waiting for the captain to give the order, but the captain turned around and said something else.

"You decide when to fire!"

"Ah?"

The gunner was shocked. Were they really going to give him authority like this? Didn't that mean that if they made a mistake, the blame for the destruction of Tokyo would fall on him?

"Hurry! The fate of Tokyo rests on your shoulders!"

The captain didn't give the gunner a chance to object, and directly placed one hand on his shoulder, firmly pressing him down in front of the button.