The countdown to fate!

War God Palace, the top-floor conference hall.

This was the largest conference hall in War God Palace, where the War God Palace Council usually held its meetings.

Dressed in a golden robe, Luo Feng entered the conference hall. Quite a few people had already arrived, including councilors in golden robes and many war gods in white robes.

What exactly happened? Luo Feng felt uneasy.

Ever since the battle on Mist Island, Earth had enjoyed unprecedented peace. With the wood bud crystals obtained during that battle, humanity had added more than thirty councilors to its ranks in a very short time.

Although some councilors had fallen in the battle on Mist Island, the number of councilor-level experts on Earth had now reached an astonishing eighty-two.

Humanity's growing strength had made it easier to fend off monsters, so what could have prompted an emergency meeting of every councilor on Earth?

Just moments earlier, Luo Feng had been discussing something with Councilor Deng when he suddenly received a call from the Third Speaker, Ice Snow Emperor Mohanderson. He had bluntly stated that the survival of all Earth humans was at stake.

After entering, Luo Feng spoke briefly with several other councilors, but they clearly had no idea what had happened either. They only knew that the United States had sent out an urgent notification, and they had immediately entered the Virtual Space.

In less than five minutes, almost every councilor had arrived. The leaders of the Five Great Powers, the chairman of the HR Alliance, and the others were all present. The highest-ranking figures who ruled Earth had gathered here.

The atmosphere throughout the conference hall was heavy.

"Everyone, disaster is upon us!" The black president of the United States walked straight onto the podium. "Disaster has come to Earth. The end of the world is here!"

With that, he played a video, drawing everyone's attention to the enormous screen at the front.

In the video, a mysterious monster more than 180 meters long burst out of the water. Not only did its scales withstand the highest-frequency laser cannons, but it also swallowed an entire War Base in one gulp.

"What?"

"Impossible!"

"My God, what is that thing?"

Everyone present froze when they saw it. This scene was beyond anything human reasoning could comprehend. Science simply could not explain it.

A War Base more than five hundred meters long had risen into the air, shrunk continuously, and finally been eaten by that mysterious monster?

"This was only the beginning!" The black president drew a deep breath. On the screen, the mysterious monster swallowed yet another War Base.

Fortified bases, brave soldiers, powerful warriors... none of them could stop the mysterious monster. It swallowed them all in a single gulp.

"A nightmare!"

"A disaster!"

"The end of the world!"

Every person in the conference hall fell silent. For a while, no one spoke. Their hearts were heavy. More than two hundred thousand people had already died.

The crushing pressure left them struggling to breathe. Today, the dead were citizens of the United States.

What about tomorrow?

Yangzhou City, Mingyue Residential Area.

"A Golden Horned Beast. A Star Level Golden Horned Beast..." With the more accurate information he obtained from Babata No. 2, Luo Feng felt his very soul tremble.

The moment he left the Virtual Space, Luo Feng gathered his entire family around him.

He told his family to stay home and hide inside the modified Gravity Room if danger struck. It was a Gravity Room meant for Planetary Level experts to train in, built from extremely durable materials. Even a Planetary Level Nine expert would struggle to damage it.

Even Babata, who had followed his master for tens of millions of years, had only heard of terrifying starry sky behemoths like the Golden Horned Beast. Luo Feng was deeply worried that something might happen to his family.

I have to kill it!

His panic quickly gave way to composure, and Luo Feng immediately communicated through his consciousness. "No. 2, is there any way to kill him?"

Babata No. 2 was a copy Babata had left for Luo Feng when he departed Earth. Apart from being less intelligent than Babata, he had everything he needed.

"When Master left, he left behind a B6-grade laser cannon and three repaired Flowing Silver Guards. Used together properly, they are more than enough to kill a Golden Horned Beast that is only Stellar Level One."

When Yang Zheng left Earth, he had neither taken the Flowing Silver Guards nor dismantled and taken the B6-grade laser cannon, precisely as a precaution. He was worried that the Golden Horned Beast might emerge ahead of schedule.

The possibility had seemed remote.

But from the moment he unexpectedly encountered the Golden Horned Beast in the Pacific Ocean, Yang Zheng had begun making preparations. Having faced a threat to his life ahead of time, the Golden Horned Beast might very well evolve to Star Level early.

That was why Yang Zheng had chosen the route that took the least time and offered the greatest efficiency, bringing his return to Earth forward to before November.

"Really? We're saved! Earth is saved!"

Luo Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure a Star Level Golden Horned Beast placed on him was simply too great. That terrifying power was enough to destroy all of human civilization on Earth.

He could not imagine what meaning there would be in his family surviving alone after every other human had died.

Now...

At last, he had heard some good news.

"What?"

Luo Feng hung up with a grim expression. He had just received good news from Babata No. 2, but before he could enter the War God Palace meeting, Jia Yi brought him bad news.

After destroying every War Base in North America, the Golden Horned Beast had swiftly flown to Europe and begun wreaking havoc on several important War Bases there. Asia would be next.

Meanwhile, with no War Bases to hold them back, countless sea monsters were surging inland.

With the Golden Horned Beast's speed of over ten thousand meters per second, he could destroy every War Base on Earth in just half a day. At that point, every human Base City would face threats from monsters on land, at sea, and in the air.

Humanity was convening an emergency meeting, preparing to use nuclear weapons to eliminate the Devouring Beast in a single strike. With no more time to think, Luo Feng immediately entered the meeting in the Virtual Space.

There were not many people at this meeting. Only a dozen or so were discussing how to deploy a high-yield hydrogen bomb against the Devouring Beast. Most of the other councilors were outside, resisting the onslaught of monster hordes.

"Everyone!"

Everyone in the conference hall turned toward him. When they saw that the speaker was Luo Feng, they looked puzzled. Luo Feng was neither a nuclear weapons expert nor a national leader. What could he have to say?

Luo Feng looked at the national elites gathered in the conference hall, all maintaining their composure amid the crisis. His ringing voice echoed through the room.

"I'm confident I can kill

the Devouring Beast!"

Everyone in the conference hall was utterly stunned. The silence was so complete that even a falling pin could have been heard clearly. So far, not a single person on Earth had dared to claim they were confident they could kill the Devouring Beast.

Moreover, the hydrogen bomb attack they were planning would give them only one chance to strike the Devouring Beast.

They would not only have to deploy Hong's Primordial-Level Intelligent Fighter Jet, but also arrange for other "Extreme Model" fighter jets to carry atomic bombs and launch diversionary attacks.