By the time the Apocalypse Unit's advance force arrived at high speed, Hell Island had completely vanished from Earth. The Mechanical Beast Legion, King Gordon, and everything that had once existed on Hell Island had all disappeared as well, leaving behind not the slightest trace on this Earth.
This advance squad included every high-mobility mecha in the Apocalypse Unit. More than a dozen machines piloted by Athrun, Heine, Lunamaria, Katia, Tinia, Melua, and the others all came to a halt amid the violent wind and rain some thirty to fifty kilometers from where Hell Island had originally stood, staring in disbelief at the white beam connecting heaven and earth as it slowly faded away.
Melua, the gentlest among them, covered her mouth in disbelief. Looking at the island that had already vanished and was still vanishing from the screen, she involuntarily asked, "Th-this... what happened here?"
"Hell Island has completely disappeared from this world." Heine answered Melua's question with a complicated expression. "The Mechanical Beast Legion, Doctor Hell, and Hell Island... they're gone..."
Athrun's throat moved as well. He opened his mouth, paused for a long while, and finally said with a bitter smile, "I thought we'd already grown stronger, that the gap between us and him was gradually narrowing... But not only hasn't it narrowed, it's grown even wider."
Katia was shocked, but also puzzled. "But what exactly happened just now? What kind of attack could make an island as enormous as Hell Island disappear completely? And what was that darkness in the earlier footage?"
"Two black holes appeared on Hell Island, causing spatial rifts and destruction."
A cold voice suddenly entered everyone's ears. To their astonishment, Xiao Ran's Dawn Tactical Armor gradually appeared before them.
"Lord Xiao Ran!"
Everyone called out in unison, while Xiao Ran's communication screen