The throat of the wormhole.
The Gipsy Danger, carrying the monster, slowly descended towards the other end of the wormhole.
Looking out the window, Raleigh saw the wormhole, a sight never before seen or even imagined by humankind. A dazzling array of colors blended together, their boundaries indistinguishable, like trying to decipher tiny print in a comic book flashing past a train window – just a glance was enough to make one's head spin.
Zhang Qing stared blankly at the air in front of him and said, "The chairman said we need to set the time for the nuclear bomb to explode now."
The system's communication page floated in the void before him.
Inside the wormhole, all signals cannot be transmitted out, so Zhang Tianyuan temporarily gave him a communication slot. As long as they complete the mission or are about to pass through the wormhole, they can immediately call back.
He is currently communicating with Zhang Qing aboard the Pangu.
"Let's start now. We don't have much time left. We don't know when we'll be on the other side of the wormhole. The guild leader said there's extremely strong radiation on the other side. Once we get there, we're doomed."
Urged on, Raleigh stopped looking out the window and focused his attention on the monitor in front of him, which was the nuclear bomb's settings page.
Beep beep beep...
A notification sound plays when the button is pressed.
Following his previous training, Raleigh entered the operating code on the control panel, preparing to activate the automatic detonation settings of the nuclear bomb.
He pressed the confirm button, and information quickly returned on the screen - ノ②З
[Setup successful]
While waiting at the bottom of the sea, Zhang Tianyuan's eyelids twitched slightly, and his eyes turned to the system in the void.
He had received a message from Zhang Qing that preparations inside the wormhole were complete.
He used Spacetime Tunnel to bring the two Gipsy back to the Pacific Rim Spacetime, and then continuously opened a Spacetime Tunnel inside the mech.
As long as the Gipsy reaches the other side of the wormhole and is destroyed.
Then he would obtain the historical coordinates of a Precursors planet.
After doing all this, he turned to Mako Mori and said, "The nuclear weapons have been deployed, and Raleigh and Zhang Qing have been sent back to the Hong Kong hospital. Tell command."
"Thank you so much!" Mako Mori exclaimed excitedly, instinctively wanting to bow, but forgetting that she was currently strapped into her seat.
Only then did she realize that there would never be any more monster invasions.
My long-held dream was realized without any major incident.
She avenged her parents, and no one in their world will ever be killed by monsters like her parents.
After letting out this sigh, Mako Mori felt a sense of emptiness, as if life had lost its meaning.
She has lived for this ideal for more than ten years, and even believes that she will fight for it for the rest of her life, or die on the road.
But now all of this...
It's all coming to an end.
Mako Mori raised her head, puffed out her cheeks, and poured out all the sorrow and anticipation that had been accumulating in her heart for over a decade.
Zhang Tianyuan glanced at her distraught appearance and roughly understood her emotions.
He maneuvered the mech away from the wormhole to avoid being caught in its collapse, and smiled slightly, "What's wrong? Feeling like you've lost your purpose?"
"I've seen many people like you in other timelines, struggling to survive in apocalyptic worlds, living under constant pressure. Then one day, all that pressure is released, and they don't know what to do anymore..."
Mako Mori turned her head in confusion, hoping he could give her an answer, "Then, President, what should I do now?"
Zhang Tianyuan said, "Go back and get a good night's sleep, go out for a walk, participate in more social activities, relax and adapt to the new pace of life."
This was also the advice Wu Yisi gave in several other timelines.
Zhang Tianyuan paused for a moment, then continued, "Also, don't forget, from now on you are also members of the Mutual Aid Society, and you have new jobs."
What is our mission?
Mako Mori blinked twice, a smile returning to her face, which quickly faded as she solemnly said:
"United we stand, we help each other!"
"President, Mako Mori, a member of the Mutual Aid Society Joint Military Defense Force, is reporting for duty!"
Despite her inability to stand up, Mako Mori still gave a solemn salute.
Zhang Tianyuan, controlling the Pangu, shrugged. "I'm glad to see you've bounced back, but you got the organization name wrong. I didn't intend for you to change it to that..."
"Breaking News--"
"Just now, we learned that the Plan to Nuke the Wormhole has entered the implementation phase, led by the Mutual Aid Society and P..."
After defeating four monsters, the combined PDC force successfully carried a nuclear missile into the wormhole...
We are still waiting for the latest news...
"It is understood that PPDC received assistance from the president of the Mutual Aid Society during this mission..."
Monster attacks, the Plan to Nuke the Wormhole finally being executed, mysterious new mechs...
News reports from various media outlets can be seen everywhere on television and online.
Official photos of Zhang Tianyuan, videos of Pangu battling monsters, and the successful delivery of a nuclear bomb...
Countless messages bombarded people's eyes one after another.
Many people who had just woken up or had been busy were extremely surprised to see these news reports, and even felt that they had become disconnected from society in just a few hours since they last went online.
But after the initial surprise, everyone started to focus on the same question.
"Didn't they say the wormhole had been successfully deployed?"
"When will the nuclear bomb be detonated?"
Does the wormhole still exist?
"Was the plan successful?"
A barrage of questions rained down on PPDC and onto Old Pan's phone.
Even Raleigh and Zhang Qing, who had already been taken to the hospital and were undergoing examinations, were not exempt.
When doctors and nurses communicated with them, they would always inquire, intentionally or unintentionally, whether the nuclear bomb had destroyed the wormhole.
Even Sasha and her husband, and Herc and his son, who were at the same hospital, couldn't resist coming over to "visit" them when they heard they were there.
Of these four people, the one in the best condition arrived in a wheelchair, while the one in the worst condition was lying in bed and was pushed all the way here by a caregiver.
For example, Chuck.
Lying on the bed, Zhang Qing looked at Chuck, who was also lying opposite him and whose entire body was wrapped in bandages, and couldn't help but feel a black line appear on his forehead.
Dude, do we really need to push ourselves this hard?
Just then, a bell rang.
The caregiver came over and said, "Mr. Zhang, your personal phone is ringing. The caller ID shows Wei Chang..."
at the same time.
The other end of the wormhole.
Above the scarlet sky, a dying sun cast a pale light, barely able to penetrate the clouds.
Beneath the sky lies a colossal city constructed from flesh and blood, with body, bones, and various organs forming everything within it.
Roads and bridges formed from bones, strange silt-like solutions creating flowing rivers and lakes, and countless houses made of hard bones with beating organs inside, providing everything the city needs to function.
Nourished by a multitude of organs, the enormous city seemed to breathe, producing subtle undulations.
If Raleigh and Zhang Qing were to come here and see this, they would surely gasp in surprise.
This city is practically alive!
The city contains many enormous buildings, but the three largest of them are the largest.
One of them is the Monster Factory, where all the processes of designing, classifying, breeding, mixing, and assembling monsters are completed in the factory.
One is the council hall for the Precursors. The Precursors vary in size, some only a few meters tall, while others are warriors larger than monsters. Mechs are just children in front of these Precursors warriors.
The last remaining massive structure is a complex and mysterious biomechanical device.
This is precisely the device used by the Precursors to create wormholes.
It sits in the heart of a flesh-and-blood city, so enormous that it is larger than Mount Everest and more majestic than Mount Tai, judging by its appearance alone.
From the inside of the device, it resembles a small world, with no visible boundaries.
At the very top of the sky are layers upon layers of membranous gates, shaped like a super-magnified red blood cell, rounded on all sides, with only a faint crack in the center, revealing a tightly closed small opening.
Behind these membranous doors lies a wormhole connecting to Earth. Below is a vast, empty space filled with dark red light, and the mist generated by the device's operation forms a thick cloud.
Below that is the main body of the entire device.
Various enormous mechanical organs pulsated rhythmically, and the massive artificial neural pathways twisted and turned in various ways, tightly connecting countless organisms here to the even larger city outside.
These links are hidden in the clouds, like bridges in the sky, constantly transmitting countless amounts of data to devices and every corner of the city.
Streaks of lightning flashed between the link and the machine, tearing through the clouds and creating a deafening roar.
Many Precursors stood atop these neural links, looking upwards.
At their feet, in the very center of the device, there is a magnetic field, which surrounds the surrounding anatomical organs.
The system emits pulses that cause the wormhole to oscillate at a frequency through the membrane gate above, thus maintaining the wormhole's openness.
Millions of years ago, they were able to come here from another planet thanks to this enormous device, and now they want to use it to get away from this dying planet and reach a new home.
Today is an ordinary yet extraordinary day.
Because today is the day of the decisive battle.
Just recently, their latest weapon was deployed to the other side of the wormhole.
Many Precursors couldn't resist coming to the scene to await the outcome of the decisive battle. They exchanged information in their own languages and discussed their predictions about the result.
If they successfully destroy humanity's resistance this time, and the vanguard monsters manage to establish themselves on Earth, they can then send out even more monsters to conquer the planet and usher in an era of colonization...
Just as many Precursors were having a heated discussion, a few suddenly sensed something was amiss.
Because the membrane door above had somehow opened—
Mwah~~
The sound became clearer and clearer.
The scene fell silent immediately.
Because it contains a lot of mucus, the sound of the membranous door opening is viscous and dull, and seems particularly long inside the quiet device.
Many Precursors looked up, their eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty as they gazed at the Membrane Gate.
This sound is undoubtedly the sound of an object passing through the wormhole from the other side.
Only monsters can pass through wormholes, so does that mean the monsters are currently inside the wormhole?
But how could the monster return from the other side of the wormhole?
Just when the Precursors were perplexed.
The last membrane door was finally opened.
The first thing to fall from inside was indeed a monster.
But it was a monster that had lost its limbs and was no longer alive!
And what landed in unison behind the monster was something they were all familiar with!
On the other side of the wormhole, those insects use their weapons to fight against the monsters!
That familiar human silhouette instilled a deep unease in many Precursors.
Some of the smart ones immediately turned around and tried to leave the scene.
The towering Precursors warriors, undeterred, stepped forward to carefully observe the mechs.
The two mechs tumbled and slowly descended in the middle of the magnetic field, constantly changing their posture.
Suddenly, the Striker Eureka's head was facing downwards, its eyes seemingly meeting the gaze of the Precursors warriors below who were scrutinizing it.
Through the mech's eyes, one could also see a bright red light flashing inside the cockpit.
Even the Precursors warriors felt uneasy and wanted to leave.
But it was too late.
In the cockpit, where the Precursors couldn't hear, the countdown to the nuclear explosion had already begun.
"..."
"1--"
Boom!
A new sun is born!
The immense energy released by the fission reaction spread in all directions from the Striker Eureka as its center.
The closest Gipsy Danger, was torn to shreds as easily as paper.
Then, the membrane gate above was vaporized and sublimated in the blink of an eye, and the wormhole connected to it was like a bubble being gently popped, leaving no trace.
The explosion continued outwards.
Even with an enormous wormhole device, it couldn't withstand the devastation of a nuclear bomb.
The shockwave from the nuclear explosion collapsed the entire facility the instant it reached the ground. The Precursors, who were preparing to escape, vanished without a trace before they could even scream...
Earth.
Zhang Tianyuan and Mako Mori are still at the bottom of the sea.
The two stared silently at the wormhole.
There are also many deep-sea sonar arrays around them, constantly reporting the situation of the wormhole to the Shatterdome Base.
There, Tendo Choi also waited nervously in front of the instruments.
Old Pan was so nervous that his hands were full of sweat, and his nose was bleeding uncontrollably.
Taylor was also circling around.
Although Ning Jihua didn't make any move, he personally stood behind Tendo Choi, staring intently at the screen.
Outside the base, countless citizens and reporters had gathered. In the February winter heat, bundled in thick coats, they huddled together, staring intently at the towering steel walls of the dome, awaiting the answer they longed for...
" Mako, how's the situation on the ground?" Tendo Choi asked every minute.
Mako Mori's answer, which she kept a close eye on wormholes, remained unchanged:
"The wormhole still exists..."
As Mako Mori was speaking, she suddenly heard Zhang Tianyuan's voice:
"Look ahead!" Xxs-2
She immediately looked up—
The seabed ahead was now silent; the plasma light emanating from the wormhole was no longer visible...
"The wormhole has disappeared." After staring for a while, Mako Mori finally reported blankly to Tendo Choi on the other end, urged on by his voice.