The End

"Roar!"

This time, even a deaf person could tell it was Mad Ape's scream of agony.

The sound was shrill and hoarse, utterly devoid of its earlier high spirits.

It was like an ambitious young graduate whose heart had already died at twenty-five after two years of brutal beatings from society, while the body would not be buried until eighty.

Its edges had been worn away by society and life.

Mad Ape was much the same now. When it had first crossed the wormhole to Earth, it had been full of high spirits, but the relentless blows one after another had made it question its beastly existence.

Although Mount Tai had lost the battle, it had also inflicted tremendous damage on Mad Ape.

And if the surrounding people had not restricted Mount Tai's ability to fight, Mad Ape would never have lasted until Cherno Alpha arrived.

For one thing, Mount Tai had had many chances to use its Electromagnetic Particle Cannon, but had chosen to engage in close combat out of fear of accidentally injuring civilians.

But Cherno Alpha did not need to worry about that now. It was not that it did not care about civilian casualties; it simply had no large-scale destructive weapons.

It could fight Mad Ape without holding back.

The range of its arc pulses could only envelop Mad Ape, so there was no need to worry about the safety of the surrounding civilians.

Moreover, Mad Ape was already at the end of its strength, suffering repeated injuries in its man-to-man showdown with Cherno Alpha.

Every punch that landed on its body caused it unbearable pain, and its howls rose without end.

After the successive blows, Mad Ape's eyes turned bloodshot. Like a gambler staking everything on one final throw, it prepared to launch its last charge at the iron barrel before it!

"Explosive Steel Nails ready!"

Seeing Mad Ape about to charge, Sasha and Alex did not choose to retreat. Instead, they advanced to meet it head-on.

In truth, they could not retreat either. Cherno Alpha's agility was truly hard to praise.

Steel nails shot out from Cherno Alpha's feet and sank deep into the seabed.

Mad Ape's charge did not force Cherno Alpha back. Instead, it took two more punches head-on.

It was not that Mad Ape had been passively taking hits the whole time. Its attacks simply amounted to nothing against Cherno Alpha.

If it had been at full strength, there might have been something worth watching. But now, its attacks were truly not enough against Cherno Alpha, which had maxed out its defense.

Xiao Shou and Xie Yushan, watching from the side, were also fired up, as were the civilians taking shelter nearby.

Blows that landed with every punch could awaken the beastliness hidden deep within people's hearts.

Uh, I meant their blood was boiling...

"Weapons system reboot complete!"

Hearing the system prompt inside Mount Tai, Xiao Shou and Xie Yushan's expressions brightened. At last, they no longer had to remain spectators.

"Disable safety mode. Switch to electromagnetic pulse wave mode!"

An electromagnetic storm ring appeared around Mount Tai's right arm. A cannon barrel extended from its hand and aimed at Mad Ape.

"Alpha, get farther away from Mad Ape!"

Sasha and Alex, Cherno Alpha's pilots, looked toward Mount Tai as it raised its right arm enveloped in the electromagnetic storm ring, and immediately understood.

They disengaged Explosive Steel Nails mode, knocked Mad Ape back with a punch, then quickly retreated.

After so much maneuvering, the surrounding crowd had also moved away from the battlefield. There was no longer any need to worry about civilians being caught in the crossfire.

Mount Tai braced its right arm with its left, stabilizing it to ensure the weapon's firing accuracy.

Unlike the Electromagnetic Particle Cannon, the electromagnetic pulse wave was more destructive, but correspondingly harder to control and produced immense recoil.

A dragon-like arc shot from the cannon barrel and struck Mad Ape squarely.

The entire world was left with only that deep blue radiance.

Against the darkness of night, it seemed so sacred and imposing.

As though it were heavenly punishment!

The electromagnetic pulse wave struck Mad Ape's back and triggered a violent explosion, while arcs of electricity continuously slithered over its body.

Mad Ape, which had been struggling to stand, instantly froze—or rather, became paralyzed—and knelt in the sea, unable to move for a long time.

That attack was like the final straw that broke the camel's back.

It destroyed Mad Ape's will to struggle again.

Mount Tai gripped the sword hilt in its left hand. The electromagnetic stimulator in its hand activated, and the laser sword shot out once more.

The electromagnetic stimulator in its right arm had previously been bitten apart by Mad Ape. Fortunately, the device had been installed in both hands.

As soon as the weapons system recovered, it could be used again.

Mount Tai slowly walked up to Mad Ape and looked at the old opponent it had fought for so long.

It seemed that the electromagnetic pulse wave just now had severed the connection between Mad Ape and them.

Mad Ape's eyes were no longer blood-red. Instead, it looked at Mount Tai with a strangely human, pleading gaze.

Mount Tai did not hesitate. It raised the laser sword in its left hand slightly.

Perhaps you were innocent, forced here only because someone controlled you.

But the moment you crossed the wormhole and came here, this ending was already inevitable.

There was no longer any room to turn back from the civilian casualties caused by your arrival, nor from the fallen heroes who had died with hatred in their hearts.

Because this was a war between species. This was a war for survival.

War had no mercy, only endless bloodshed. It would not stop until one side had been completely exterminated.

The laser sword fell.

"Crack!"

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, splitting apart the darkness.

The weather was changing. A storm was coming.