King Ghidorah in Another World
Chapter 178

A barren world

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In a desolate and chaotic world, several suns tower over the sky.

Their positions are different - some are in the east, some are directly above the head, and some are at the edge of the horizon, like a few handfuls of beans scattered in the sky by someone.

Their light comes down.

Let every corner of this world be exposed to light without blind spots and without shadows.

The earth is barren.

The distant horizon is flat, without any undulations, no ridges, nothing that could be called "mountains" or "hills".

A group of giant beasts walked slowly on that land. They were so big that every step they took would leave a deep pit with a diameter of more than ten meters on the ground.

They have different shapes - some look like rhinos magnified countless times, with three curved horns on their heads;

Some are like giant turtles without shells, with thick limbs, long necks, and no teeth in their mouths, only two rows of bony plates like comb teeth;

There are also lizards that stand up, walk on two hind legs, have short forelimbs, and drag their tails on the ground, plowing a deep furrow.

Their speed is very slow, as if there are no natural enemies in this world - or in other words, they think there are none.

Then the shadows from the sky cast down.

The shadow came without warning and "appeared" directly above their heads.

A giant claw stretched out from the sky. The sharp claws on the toes were like five scythes enlarged to ridiculous sizes, shining with dazzling white light in the light of multiple suns.

The huge claw suddenly grabbed it.

A huge rhinoceros-like beast was captured.

Its entire body penetrated like a piece of meat on a bamboo stick, and it didn't even have time to cry out.

The giant beast that looked like an enlarged version of a flying dragon swooped down from the sky, grabbing its prey with its two hind claws. Its body flipped and rotated in the air, and its wings made a sharp whistle in the air.

It's celebrating.

Its cry was very loud, like the sound of metal friction, echoing in the open land and spreading far and wide.

Then it got dark again.

The flying dragon raised its head and looked at the sky with its two yellow compound eyes - there was a gray-white, smooth thing falling rapidly.

It hasn't reacted yet.

Its consciousness stayed in the excitement of "I caught the prey".

Then it was swallowed.

The mouth split from the chin to the abdomen, like a huge door that was opened.

The flying dragon didn't even have time to struggle, and was swallowed by the mouth together with the prey under its claws.

The beast's mouth closed.

Its body is gray-white, with a smooth surface, like a stone that has been polished by something.

Its size is several times that of a flying dragon, but its method of movement is not "flying", but "swimming" - swimming in the air.

Its body rises and falls in the air, and its tail swings from side to side, like a whale swimming in the deep sea.

It turned around and flew into the distance. In that direction, there was a group of gray-white giant beasts like it, suspended in the air, swimming slowly.

It flies to its own tribe.

When the shadow on the ground appeared again, the gray-white whale was about to join the group.

It was projected from the bottomless huge pit that even the rays of multiple suns could not illuminate.

The diameter of the crater is several kilometers, and it looks like rock that has been polished by something.

The depth of the pothole - no one knows. Because light cannot enter.

The rays of multiple suns shine down from the edge of the crater, leaving the lower part in pure darkness.

Two red lights lit up from the darkness.

A red light ball with a diameter of tens of meters was suspended in the darkness of the pit.

They lit up for less than half a second, then suddenly rushed upward.

A giant snake rushed out of the pit.

Its upper body rose from the hole so fast that the gray-white powder was blown around by the strong wind it brought up, forming a circular dust cloud that was spreading outward.

Its scales are dark purple, with edges as sharp as razor blades, shining coldly in the rays of multiple suns.

Its mouth was open - there were no teeth in it, just circles and circles of bone barbs arranged in a spiral.

It opened its mouth and sucked in the gray-white whales swimming in the air together with the air around them.

It pulled the giant beasts that were much smaller than it from the sky and dragged them into its mouth. The whales struggled, their tails flapping crazily in the air.

But they can't escape.

The suction force was so strong that even the air and dust were flowing backwards toward the mouth, forming a series of rotating dust pillars moving toward the pothole.

The giant snake swallowed them.

Then slowly and contentedly, like a satiated python, it began to shrink its body, and its body slowly retracted from the hole.

Then a golden light suddenly appeared in the center of its body.

It was as if a lamp was lit in its belly, and the light penetrated its muscles and scales, illuminating its body transparently.

The golden light moved rapidly inside its body, from the abdomen upward, toward the head, and toward the heart.

The giant snake's body began to twitch violently, its head suddenly raised, and its mouth opened as wide as possible.

Rumble--

The giant snake was blown into two pieces.

The upper and lower halves were pushed in opposite directions by the shock wave of the explosion. Fragments of flesh, bone, and scales flew in all directions, like a rainstorm composed of organic matter.

The upper half of the body - including the head and about half of the torso - rolled several times in the air and then hit the ground heavily.

It was like a high-speed train derailed and rushed off the track. Most of the snake's body hit the ground, causing the gray-white powder to fly around, leaving a winding ravine on the ground.

The blown debris was scattered within a few kilometers, some were still smoking, and some were mostly covered with gray-white powder.

"Fuck, what the hell is this place?"

King Ghidorah slowly walked out from the pieces of flesh and blood flying in the sky.

One of his front paws pushed aside a scale as big as a hill that was still dripping with blood, and the other front paw pushed away a broken bone.

His three heads emerged from the cracks in the minced meat, shook off the blood and broken bones on their heads, and looked around.

His golden scales were stained with dark purple blood and gray-white minced flesh, looking like a blood-soaked battle robe.

Godzilla also climbed out.

He stepped on the ground with two feet and shook his body. The blood and scraps of flesh stuck to its scales were shaken off like raindrops.

There is no change in its expression.

It still has a dark face and an expressionless face.

"Old Dragon, what are you doing for me?" King Ghidorah The head on the left turned to the pile of minced meat behind it that was still emitting white smoke.

In the pile of minced meat and bones, something was crawling. Several slender necks covered with scales of different colors protruded from the minced meat.

Then there were several heads of different colors... each head was covered with blood and minced meat, and their expressions were all the same confused "What did I just experience?"

Dragon Ancestor slowly climbed up from the minced meat. It shook its wings, and the minced meat and blood clots stuck to the wing membrane fell like snowflakes.

Its seven heads looked around at the same time.

Then they all turn to King Ghidorah simultaneously.

"Uh, this... I don't know."

The seven heads tilted slightly at the same time, as if they were recalling.

"I actually haven't been to the outside world a few times..."

The three heads of King Ghidorah stopped staring at Dragon Ancestor and began to observe the environment of this world.

In the distance, on the horizon illuminated by multiple suns, there seemed to be some giant creature wandering around.

Their outlines appear blurry and distorted under the illumination of multiple lights, but it can be seen that they are very large, so big that even from such a long distance, their shapes can still be seen clearly - some are like flying dragons, some are like whales, and some are like those ancient marine creatures that have been extinct for who knows how many years.

They wander in the sky, walk on the ground, and hibernate in potholes. In this world where there is no difference between day and night and no change of seasons, they repeat the same cycle of survival day after day.

King Ghidorah's gaze retracted from the distance and fell on the upper half of the giant snake beside him.

The half body that was still twitching slightly, the head alone was so big that it could be used as a nest for him.

He could even imagine curling up his whole body into that big mouth, folding his wings, curling up his tail, and sleeping comfortably.

King Ghidorah pushed this thought out of his mind and looked at Dragon Ancestor.

"Not long ago," his tone sounded like he was reviewing the case, "King Ghidorah asked Dragon Ancestor to open 'World Teleportation'." He paused, and then his tone became subtle, "Then... they seemed to be transported into the body of an animal."

Dragon Ancestor's seven heads lowered their heads at the same time. That gesture was not a "salute", but a "guilt".

"Then, there was violent shaking inside the animal they were in -" King Ghidorah continued to review.

"It seems to have been swallowed by something." One of Dragon Ancestor's heads added in a low voice.

"Then later - this is what it is now."

King Ghidorah spread out a front paw and pointed at the surrounding land covered with minced meat and blood.

What he means is: You saw it.

Dragon Ancestor's seven heads nodded at the same time, and then lowered their heads a little at the same time.

King Ghidorah looked at Dragon Ancestor for two seconds, and then sighed. "Actually, this situation is not bad, at least there are creatures here."

"I remember you said before that there was nothing in the world you traveled through..."

"What do you mean nothing?" King Ghidorah asked.

"There is just nothing." The voice of the head was very flat, "No light, no living things. Nothing."

King Ghidorah was silent for a moment.

He glanced at Godzilla. Godzilla stood there, looking at the giant group of creatures wandering in the distance.

"Okay, okay." King Ghidorah withdrew his gaze and looked at Dragon Ancestor again, "Then do you still need to see this broken world? These things have the intelligence of a beast. You can ask questions."

Godzilla turned his head and glanced at King Ghidorah.

Its telepathy didn't ring, but its eyes said - it agreed.

King Ghidorah took another look at the gray-white whales wandering in the sky, the rhino-like giants walking on the ground, and the giant snakes sticking their heads out of the potholes.

The level of that snake - judging from its size and energy fluctuations - is almost as good as Dragon Ancestor.

But "energy" and "intelligence" are two different things.

That this world can breed such a huge amount of life in such a harsh environment shows that it has sufficient energy and rich ecological niches.

But those life forms did not evolve intelligence.

They don't need intelligence, because in this world, size and strength are everything.

Nor do we think about "why are we here" or ask "what else is outside this world".

They only know how to eat, sleep, and reproduce.

Dragon Ancestor also looked at the surrounding environment, and the seven heads nodded slightly at the same time.

"Otherwise, let's leave first. The magic power I have stored now can take us back."

King Ghidorah looked at Godzilla. "Boss Goji, there is nothing to see."

Godzilla nodded.

"Let's go."

Dragon Ancestor's seven heads raised up at the same time, seven mouths opened at the same time, and seven different colors of light poured out from the depths of those throats.

They gathered and rotated in the air, forming a circular light gate with a diameter of tens of meters, an ever-expanding circular light gate with blurred edges.

Dragon Ancestor drilled in.

Starting from the head, its body slowly submerged into the darkness like a python entering a cave.

Its tail stayed outside the light door for a moment, and then disappeared.

Godzilla glanced at King Ghidorah. King Ghidorah glanced at Godzilla. "Let's go."

They walked into the darkness at the same time.

The light door slowly shrank and disappeared behind them.

On that piece of land, only the upper half of the giant snake's body was left, still squirming desperately.

Its nervous system is still working and its muscles are still contracting. It doesn't know that its body has been broken in two.

All it knows is - move, move, move.

As long as it's still moving, it's still alive. Its head turns slowly on the ground, its triangular mouth opens and closes, and those spiral bone barbs shine dimly in the light of multiple suns.

It looked at the sky, at the suns, and at the gray-white whales wandering in the distance.

Its eyes are red, but those red colors are slowly fading.

It looked at the sky as if it had seen something.

A black shadow slowly enveloped the world.

It's like someone poured a basin of ink on the canvas of this world. The blacks spread from the edges to the center, swallowing up the light and space.

The earth turned black, the dark purple snake body turned black, and the rays of the suns became weaker and weaker in the black, like light bulbs that were about to go out.

The giant snake's red eyes completely darkened.

Everything went dark.

And then--nothing.

No light, no heat, no living things...

Like Dragon Ancestor said, nothing.

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