Barbie Strikes (Part 2)

It appears that the massive lightning storm made landfall in Antarctica, directly confronting the monster covering the Antarctica continent's surface, engaging in close combat.

However, after Xiang Kun reached the skies above Antarctica, he did not land. Instead, he continued to fly at high speed, riding the lightning and clouds.

At the eye of the storm, thousands of "Super Coin" dispersed, decreased in altitude, and converged to form the outline of a lightning-streaked, eight-armed giant, beginning their attack on the "Ultimate Predator" in Antarctica.

The entire battle was actually very simple: the moment the "Lightning Eight-Armed Giant" and the "Ultimate Predator" made contact with the black special material that had condensed in Antarctica, the latter was immediately consumed as quickly as flammable material encountering an open flame.

The "Ultimate Predator" constantly changed its form, condensing the black matter, growing taller and stronger, becoming as ferocious as a spire reaching for the sky. But unfortunately, it only rose a hundred or two meters at most before being crushed and dissolved by the "Lightning Eight-Armed Giant" or other scattered "Super Coin" flying over.

As Xiang Kun flew through the air, he looked at the large amount of black matter on the ground that had not yet been dissolved. He watched it grotesquely change and try to climb upwards, and he could also vaguely sense the despair and unwillingness of the "Ultimate Predator".

In the end, it used this method, which was almost like triggering the self-destruction of all its High-Dimensional Factor, in an attempt to force Xiang Kun come in person by influencing Antarctica and affecting the global climate, thus forcing Xiang Kun to engage in a head-on "real" confrontation with it.

Perhaps in its view, Xiang Kun's previous use of Mr. Liang as "bait" to dismantle its control over the special factors within other organisms during its devouring and transformation process, in a way it couldn't understand and was akin to a sneak attack, caused it to lose its ability to control the life and death of all living beings, obtain information, and manipulate things from behind the scenes. This was a "soft operation" tactic.

At the microscopic level, in the confrontation with High-Dimensional Factor, the "Ultimate Predator" realized it was no match and crumbled at the slightest touch.

But what if we move to the actual physical level and perform "hard operations"?

It might believe that, over its long history, it has absorbed countless High-Dimensional Factor from "Mutated Creature," constructing a super life form that, from any perspective, is something no other life form can truly contend with. Even if Xiang Kun could control lightning, wield thunder, and command various weapons of mass destruction, he could not possibly defeat it in a true physical confrontation. This is because its size is too vast, and its deep microscopic structure makes it impervious to any destructive attack. Neither lightning nor the high temperatures of a nuclear explosion can completely destroy it; it will reconstruct itself at an extremely rapid pace, acquiring new characteristics.

It argues that in this level of confrontation, once an entity embodying all High-Dimensional Factor emerges, Xiang Kun's advantage at the microscopic level will cease to exist.

But what's unbelievable and incomprehensible is...

Xiang Kun actually created an energy that could directly destroy its constructs. Those "Lightning Eight-Armed Giant" were not simply surges of electricity. Those "Super Coin" were an irresistible weapon for its High-Dimensional Factor constructs.

Thus, the enormous, ever-changing black matter covering the Antarctica continent was instantly destroyed by the "Lightning Eight-Armed Giant," rapidly dissolving with overwhelming force.

Unexpectedly, even in physical confrontation and "hard tactics," Xiang Kun still managed to crush his opponents.

But this overwhelming dominance left the "Ultimate Predator" feeling incredibly frustrated.

It's like a martial arts master debating with someone in court, only to be utterly refuted, suffer a mental breakdown, and be sentenced to life imprisonment. But before being imprisoned, he desperately tries to escape, wanting to drag his opponent out for a one-on-one duel.

Although this action meant he was giving up any chance to survive, and that he would surely die regardless of the outcome, he believed that as long as he could force his opponent out to fight him hand-to-hand and in a one-on-one duel, he could drag his opponent down with him.

When they actually fought, it was discovered that although its opponent was many times smaller, it was not as helpless in a physical confrontation as it had expected.

It's like a giant beast facing a bullet traveling at high speed; it can only passively take hits and has no chance to use its primordial power.

The "Ultimate Predator" was crushed once again, and this time, it was truly devastating.

For Xiang Kun, eliminating the colossal entity of the "Ultimate Predator" was never a question; he even had dozens of plans and hundreds of methods.

What needs to be considered is which approach can minimize the impact on the environment, the planet, and the entire ecosystem, and shorten the duration of the conflict.

He didn't want to fight the "Ultimate Predator" from Antarctica to the Pacific Ocean, or even to other continents, causing collateral damage and destruction to numerous islands and coastal cities, or causing a huge impact that would lead to the rapid melting of the Antarctica ice sheet again, resulting in irreversible and severe consequences.

In that case, he might as well not go to Antarctica at all and just wait for the "Ultimate Predator" to collapse on its own.

Therefore, he ultimately chose a "gentle" and safe approach: using thousands of "Super-Link Object Matrix from around the world, along with " Super Coin " formed from the collective emotions of a large number of ordinary people, to deal with the " Ultimate Predator."

These "Super Coin" are essentially Xiang Kun's "creations," and are purer forms of "Super-Linked Object." Their "Super-Linked Object" characteristics are much stronger than those of ordinary "Super-Linked Object."

The most significant characteristic of "Super-Linked Object" is that they are a kind of "container" and a kind of "channel" created by High-Dimensional Factor.

The "Ultimate Predator" is High-Dimensional Factor that triggers it, causing the High-Dimensional Factor that originally controlled the specific factors in countless organisms to spontaneously return to its side and construct a physical entity in Antarctica.

Xiang Kun, however, used these thousands of "Super Coin" to create channels, or rather "teleportation arrays," for High-Dimensional Factor scattered throughout the world. Xiang Kun's High-Dimensional Factor could simultaneously exist in the "Super-Link Object Matrix" around the world, and also on the "Super Coin" he brought to Antarctica. When needed, they would bring together the combined power of High-Dimensional Factor across the globe.

At the micro level, the competition between High-Dimensional Factor is not simply a matter of quantity, but also of quality.

The High-Dimensional Factor of the "Ultimate Predator" were indeed several orders of magnitude more, but they were just wielding kitchen knives and shovels. Xiang Kun's High-Dimensional Factor, on the other hand, were like Gundams and Star Destroyers, and were instantly broken through and dissolved, which was actually quite natural.

The "Ultimate Predator" thought Xiang Kun was a lone wolf who could ride the clouds to take it down, and it suffered a humiliating defeat.

But in reality, Xiang Kun was using those thousands of "Super Coin" as a handle to twist the entire Earth and beat it, so it's not unjust that it lost.

After more than six hours of sweeping by Xiang Kun, over 90% of the "Ultimate Predator's" original form had been dissolved. Its ability to reconstruct High-Dimensional Factor was completely ineffective against the "Lightning Eight-Armed Giant." It seemed to have other plans, directly breaking through the ice layer and beginning to burrow underground.

Xiang Kun knew what it was going to do. Knowing there was no hope of resistance, it wanted to shift its target to the entire Antarctica continent, aiming to create a global impact before its collapse, causing enormous damage and shock to the human living environment—it clearly always knew that Xiang Kun valued and cared deeply about the entire human race.

However, its behavior was not beyond Xiang Kun's expectations. As soon as it dug a large hole in the ground, the "Lightning Eight-Armed Giant" broke into small, lightning-like spheres that rushed towards the ground.

Soon, the lightning danced and swayed on the ground, following the large black substance as it burrowed underground, like living electric snakes, relentlessly biting their prey.

Hovering in the air, surrounded by electric sparks, Xiang Kun indifferently watched the blackness of the large hole below diminish. At a certain point, he suddenly felt a long-lost sense of frenzy and hunger.

Xiang Kun knew that the "Ultimate Predator" had completely disintegrated and vanished.

In the instant it dissipated, the High-Dimensional Factor that originally belonged to it, through those "Super Coin," all recognized Xiang Kun's consciousness and submitted to him.

Now that Xiang Kun can perform microscopic manipulations through "extrasensory information," he no longer needs the "blood-drinking" ritual to make the target High-Dimensional Factor confirm its ownership. As long as Xiang Kun makes a move, his High-Dimensional Factor characteristics, like the North Star in the night sky, can make the destroyed High-Dimensional Factor recognize him as its master, leaving it no chance to escape...

If he had a choice, he actually wouldn't want to accept the submission of the "Ultimate Predator's " incredibly massive High-Dimensional Factors.

Unfortunately, he does not yet have the means to "invisible" to High-Dimensional Factor.

Xiang Kun sighed, resignedly descending from the sky and directly entering the large hole carved out by the "Ultimate Predator".

Then, the soil above was piled up again, and the ice layer was covered again, layer upon layer, extending continuously, merging with the surroundings, and no trace of the previous appearance could be seen anymore.

In the instant that the "Ultimate Predator" was completely destroyed and dissipated, a strange white light streaked across the sky around the world, and almost everyone felt it and looked up at the sky.

Although no obvious changes were found, it felt to them like a thin veil of mist had been lifted.

It wasn't until several hours later, when the thick clouds over Antarctica dissipated and satellite Antarctica showed that the area previously covered by the black monster was now covered in snow, that people realized the "Antarctic Crisis" had been averted.

The abnormal weather in various places has not disappeared immediately, but the relief is very obvious, at least the temperatures are back to what they should be in each season.

A heated discussion has taken place online, and the hottest topic is undoubtedly the "Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant illusion" that appeared around the world the day before.

The illusion appeared the day before, and the "Antarctic Crisis" ended and the Antarctica monster disappeared the next day. No one believed it wasn't the giant illusion that caused it.

Moreover, influenced by the divine message at the time, people were filled with excitement and shared the same thought—that the giants were going to fight the Antarctica monsters.

In retrospect, their intuition, that thought, was indeed correct.

These past few months have felt like a dream to most people, from the fear of the apocalypse to the exhilaration of being saved. The things that suddenly appeared before them made them realize that the world was not as ordinary as they had previously thought, and that it possessed a wonder that was completely beyond their comprehension.

Human beings have an innate desire to explore the unknown. Moreover, everyone sees the arrival of a New World and a new era, and everyone wants to have a place in it.

Around the world, official agencies or organizations that have access to some of the confidential information and were among the first to obtain it are holding urgent meetings to discuss the matter.

And a video appeared directly on the computer, television, projector, or other screen in their space.

The footage showed an eight-armed giant, shrouded in black mist, surrounded by lightning, and protected by a storm, stepping onto the Antarctica continent.

After setting foot on the Antarctica continent, its body changed with every step it took, until finally it transformed into an eight-armed giant made of lightning, and fought against the black monsters on the Antarctica continent that seemed to "grow" from the ground.

The entire video was only five minutes long, but it left everyone who saw it speechless. They could easily tell that it depicted a battle taking place in Antarctica, but the question remained: who filmed it, and how was it filmed?

It's important to understand that all electronic devices are affected and rendered unusable once they come within a certain distance of the Antarctica continent. When that massive lightning storm struck Antarctica, even satellites in the sky were unable to transmit data normally and obtain any remote sensing information.

In this situation, who could have captured this footage from the very heart of the battle? What equipment did they use?

Judging from the camera angle, it looks like it was filmed by an aircraft. Could it be a drone?

Furthermore, why was this video playing on their display device?

Countless questions arose in the minds of hundreds of people around the world who saw the video. They tried to find the source of the video, but naturally to no avail. The video appeared suddenly like a ghost, leaving no trace, as if it were just their hallucination.

This feeling reminded everyone of the Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant illusion that appeared around the world the day before.

So, was this a message that the Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Giant was sending them?

What is the intention behind this?

Below the Research Base established by Xiang Kun and Lao Xia in Chongyun Village.

The lights were now on in a previously empty storage room.

After Xiang Kun entered the underground cavern, absorbed all the High-Dimensional Factor of the "Ultimate Predator," and began to enter a dormant period of phased transformation, his thousands of "Super Coin" did not dissipate directly. Instead, they crossed the sea directly. However, this time, they were not as powerful as they had been, and they did not resemble countless ball lightning bolts. Instead, they simply flew in the sky.

Finally, they all arrived at Chongyun Village and were moved by Alice to this basement storage room.

Several thousand Coin might sound like a lot, but actually, when piled up, they weren't that many. Alice, however, spread them out on the ground, then lay down on top of them, rolling around, occasionally grabbing a handful, holding them in front of her, and chuckling to herself—a little miser's expression.