That dazzling spear of light raced around the Earth like the World Serpent, and a global upheaval descended without warning.
The blue planet had entered an unprecedented period of intense crustal movement without the slightest warning!
Powerful earthquakes struck frequently all over the world. The ground trembled, leaving people terrified, as though the end of days had come.
Yet this sudden upheaval was only the beginning.
People discovered that the Earth was shrinking!
The Spear of Longinus was like a ravenous serpent of light.
The strange lines traced by its radiance coiled around the Earth, as though it intended to devour the planet whole.
Information could not spread faster than the catastrophe. When everyone in a region simply vanished, there was no one left to report what had happened there.
They turned into beautiful, colorless crystals, but piled together in the volume of a human body, those crystals appeared white. They were human-shaped pillars of salt.
As a result, every counterattack humanity had prepared against the Divine Spear was suspended.
The Spear of Longinus swept across the sky unopposed, and it was still extending.
According to the Technical Department's calculations,
in no more than six months, the spear of light circling the Earth would become a closed ring.
The Spear of Longinus was squeezing the Earth dry. When that process reached its conclusion,
destruction would await this planet.
Everything had happened so suddenly, and there was so much they did not understand that a strategy meeting began immediately in the Central Control Room.
"To defeat an opponent, we first have to understand them. So, about that black figure..."
Rei Ayanami had remained calm throughout, but Misato interrupted her as soon as she spoke.
"Almaloz!" she reminded her.
Almaloz was the name she had given the black giant that had appeared