"It was my first transformation. I still lacked experience..."
"If only I could be like Ultraman and turn into light when leaving. Then my Human Form could appear wherever I wanted."
Luo Bing thought enviously.
When the Lips Are Gone, the Teeth Grow Cold
This time, Luo Bing slipped away without a sound and returned just as sneakily.
While everyone was focused on the battle situation, no one paid any attention to the beach where they usually hung out.
Luo Bing only had one problem now: before leaving, he had taken a set of diving gear, but now he had no way to return it.
Only after transforming into Godzilla and changing back did he realize that his clothes were completely undamaged, as if they had been sealed away after entering the Super-dimensional Tunnel.
It was somewhat like Hulk's stretchy underpants in Marvel—absurdly elastic, impossible to tear no matter how hard they were pulled.
If he had known it would be this convenient, he would not have thrown away the diving suit.
But on second thought...
Transforming into the King of Monsters while wearing a full diving suit was not impossible, but it would definitely look weird...
"I'd better use my private savings to make up for it. That'll save me from causing more trouble."
Luo Bing quickly made his decision and silently mourned his increasingly shriveled wallet for three seconds.
Then he returned home.
While quite a few people in the base prayed for the King of Monsters to leave far away, none of them could have imagined that the Beast King was already lurking right beside them.
"Xiao Yun, have you eaten? Did you eat enough?"
Luo Bing thoughtfully asked after his little sister, showing the concern expected of an older brother.
"You're still growing. Don't just eat meat without eating rice. You need a balanced diet!"
Luo Bing flipped open the rice cooker, and his expression immediately fell apart. Barely any rice had been touched.
Then he looked at the table. Well, well—the braised pork was completely gone.
Even the plates had been washed!
"Didn't you say you wanted to lose weight?"
Luo Bing could not help complaining.
Luo Yun poked her little head out from around the corner.
"Hehe, you said I'm still growing too!"
She mischievously stared at Luo Bing for a while before speaking again.
"There's still half left. I put it in the thermal container!"
Luo Bing immediately beamed.
"Good, good. I didn't spoil you for nothing."
As Luo Bing stuffed rice into his mouth and tore into the braised pork, he nearly burst into tears at the satisfying weight in his hands.
Before transmigrating, he had gone a very long time without eating pork. After transmigrating into a world overrun by monsters, he could eat braised pork to his heart's content.
For a foodie, that was undoubtedly bliss.
"Bro, while you were out, Uncle Luo called. He was looking for you."
Luo Bing's expression remained calm as he asked,
"What did he want from me?"
"Uncle Luo said the country might send another large mecha here as reinforcements. As the chief reserve, you need to hurry up, recover from your injuries, and return to duty!"
Luo Bing's hand froze slightly as he held a piece of braised pork between his chopsticks, then he stuffed it into his mouth.
"I understand."
He said through a mouthful of food,
"They're continuing to reinforce Sakurajima. To hold this outer line of defense, Commander Lan really has incredible courage."
To send a mecha across the sea to guard the area from afar, only Chief Commander Lan had the authority to make that deployment.
That was while they still did not know whether Godzilla was friend or foe.
That was after three monsters had appeared on Sakurajima in rapid succession within a single day.
Commander Lan had still made that decision.
To outsiders, it looked like throwing meat buns to a dog. He had gone mad.
But to Luo Bing, it was genuine courage on a grand scale.
Luo Yun asked nervously,
"I heard some people saying Chief Commander Lan could be accused of betraying the country for doing this!"
"They said all their strength should be used to defend their own homeland. How could they have the energy to help elsewhere? Everyone is already struggling to protect themselves!"
As Luo Bing listened, he finished off a whole bowl of rice.
After transforming into Godzilla once, his appetite had also skyrocketed.
Only then did he offer Luo Yun a brief explanation.
"That's why it's called strategic vision. Some people who only care about what's right in front of them can't understand it."
"Ninety percent of monster attacks come from the sea. As long as the coastline is defended, safety is guaranteed!"
"Concentrating all their strength on the homeland can indeed maximize their defensive forces, but Xiao Yun, have you ever heard of something?"
Luo Yun blinked.
"Truth is often in the hands of the minority?"
Luo Bing was drinking water at the time and immediately choked.
"Cough, cough..."
After catching his breath, he said helplessly,
"That's not exactly wrong, but that's not what I meant..."
"What I mean is, when the lips are gone, the teeth grow cold!"
"The Sakurajima defense line stands right here. If monsters want to reach the mainland, they have to pass through here first!"
"As long as it is within their means, protecting Sakurajima means protecting the mainland's coastal regions!"
Drawing on the knowledge in his memories, Luo Bing patiently explained it to Luo Yun.
"Take Lighthouse, for example. They are a typical case of total strategic contraction! They pulled all their forces back inland and completely abandoned the coastal regions!"
"Their pressure did drop sharply. Some monsters wrecked the coast for a while before returning to the sea. How could their pressure not decrease?"
"But over the past two years, the consequences have gradually emerged. Those people have no desire to improve, and they are losing more battles against monsters than they win. The territory they abandon keeps growing too!"
Luo Bing could not help sneering.
"Since ancient times, how many countries that shut themselves off from the world ever ended well?"
Luo Yun was nearly an adult now. Her thoughts had matured, and she knew how to think through problems on her own.
As she listened to Luo Bing's explanation, she nodded lightly, seeming to understand something.
So she asked again,
"Bro, then when are you going back to work?"
"Uncle Luo believes you, but you can't fool me! I'm more and more convinced that you're fine. You're just pretending!"
The corner of Luo Bing's mouth twitched helplessly.
Sometimes, being too familiar with family was not a good thing.
"Soon, soon. Just give your brother a little more time!"
Luo Bing brushed her off with a headache.
A large mecha required two people to pilot it together.
During the deep connection process, both pilots could sense each other's memories and emotions.
The higher the synchronization during the deep connection, the more thoroughly their memories would be exchanged!
Luo Bing did not have many memories he could not let others see. Only two.
But whether it was the fact that he was a transmigrator or the fact that he was Godzilla, neither could ever be known by anyone else!
That would truly cause a huge disaster.
Perhaps he would become a national idol, rising in one leap to become humanity's Savior in the body of a Beast King!
But the more likely outcome...
Anyway, Luo Bing did not dare gamble.
The human heart was far too complicated!!!
"What a headache."
"I should hurry up, wash the dishes, and get back to bed to study my Golden Finger."
"After taking out two monsters in a row, that thing that looked like an experience bar is finally full!"
After thinking it over, Luo Bing temporarily set himself a goal.
Reinforcements Have Arrived!
Long before today, while Luo Bing had been studying his Golden Finger, he had already been guessing at its many functions.
Transforming into the King of Monsters from the flat illustration was naturally the Golden Finger's greatest ability.
But beyond that main function, Luo Bing guessed there should be other branches as well.
If you wanted a decent experience in a free-to-play mobile game, you had to spend money.
Naturally, Luo Bing's Golden Finger could not accept money.
But Luo Bing suspected that the experience-bar-like thing beneath the King of Monsters illustration was probably where the payment came in.
The only difference was that free-to-play games took money, while this progress bar took monsters' lives!
Luo Bing had observed carefully that after he killed Scythe Head with a single blast of atomic breath, the experience bar instantly rose to over eighty percent, nearly ninety percent!
Then, after he tore the monster Serpent King apart with his bare hands, the experience bar finally filled up and turned into a sparkling Little Star that circled around the King of Monsters illustration.
After the Little Star flew away, the experience bar reset to zero as well.
However, perhaps because the experience from killing Serpent King had not been fully used up, the bar later rose again to around forty percent before stopping.
Clearly, filling this experience bar also required payment, and the currency was monster lives.
However, Luo Bing suspected that there was more than one way to fill the experience bar...
As for how to use the Little Star, he would have to keep looking.
Below the experience bar section, there were another five sections.
They were "Body Size," "Skills," "Evolution," "Action Duration," and "Grand Roulette."
Previously, all five branches had been dimmed out, impossible even to open.
But after the Little Star was born, all four sections except "Evolution" lit up!
Clearly, that meant these branches could finally be checked!
When he opened Body Size, a three-dimensional image of Godzilla immediately appeared in his mind, majestic and terrifying, with a savage appearance that was somewhat frightening.
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