Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The deafening impact was even louder than the previous earthquake. The research facility's grand gates crumpled like paper beneath Saint Saturn's body, instantly shattered and pierced through, leaving behind a huge hole with twisted, jagged edges.
The remaining force carried his body onward, smashing through several interior walls in succession and triggering widespread, cascading collapses across the front section of the facility's main structure.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Flames shot into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and shards of glass and building debris rained down.
Inside the research facility, the scientists and staff who had still managed to stay calm despite their lingering fear of the earthquake had never seen anything like this.
First a natural disaster, and now someone had been punched straight through the front gates? After a brief deathly silence came utter panic and chaos! People screamed and cried as they scrambled toward every exit, fleeing as though the end of the world had arrived.
"A genius like me can't end here. I can't stay here—I need to leave immediately."
Amid the chaotic crowd of researchers, Caesar made his decision after only a moment's thought.
Unlike the other scientists, who dared not act rashly because the World Government had control over their families, he had long been alone.
Besides, even if he still had family, it would not have changed his determination to survive and find a freer environment for his research. His body quietly transformed into elements, becoming an invisible cloud of gas that drifted silently along the ground toward the rear emergency passage.
Saint Saturn swayed as he rose to his feet. The immortality bestowed upon him was taking effect, his wounds healing rapidly as though time were reversing, his shattered shell and bones knitting back together while his aura swiftly recovered.
He