"What... what is this?"
Hela's voice, unusually, began to tremble slightly.
She could sense that if this weapon were to detonate right in front of her, even she might not survive.
"Nuclear missiles, a terrifying weapon whose power surpasses that of other weapons."
"It shouldn't exist..." Nan Tian added.
The afterglow of the explosion slowly subsided, and the area touched by the firelight had become a desolate, scorched plain.
Hela stood on the scorched earth, experiencing the terror of humanity for the first time.
If I'm not mistaken, humans at this time should not have had any superpowers at all, and created this weapon purely through their own strength.
"The terror of nuclear weapons lies not only in their immense power, but also in the irreversible damage they cause to the environment."
He slowly bent down and stroked a flower on the scorched earth.
The flower withered instantly and vanished into nothingness.
"This is the radiation produced after the explosion..."
"Since the first nuclear bomb was detonated that year, wars around the world have become nuclear wars."
boom--!!!!
boom--!!!!
boom--!!!!
Mushroom clouds rose one after another around the earth as the ground trembled. If one were to observe the earth from space at this moment, one could even see tiny scars appearing on the surface.
"This nuclear war lasted for nearly two years, during which tens of thousands of nuclear bombs were dropped, leaving this beautiful planet riddled with holes."
Boom!
A terrifying bolt of lightning tore through the clouds and crashed to the ground.
Splash--!
Torrential rain poured down relentlessly, causing raging floods in various cities.
A tornado, reaching to the heavens, connects the ground and the sky, wandering endlessly.
The ground trembled, and the waves roared.
Countless natural disasters, both those Hela had seen and those she had never witnessed, converged on this world, destroying every inch of pure land.
A gloomy sky, a roaring world—everything before me seemed like the end of the world.
Finally, the Earth could no longer hold back its tears and began to weep.
Nan Tian suddenly clasped his hands together, as if in prayer. "Eliminate all these pests that harm me..."
"This is the will of the Earth, therefore the purge of humanity has begun."
"So the Earth wants humanity to die, and this natural disaster is happening?"
"That's right."
"This purge of humanity lasted for a full three months."
"But humans are both fragile and resilient."
Although this natural disaster wiped out most of humanity, many people still survived.
A snow-white rabbit lay in the floodwaters, struggling incessantly, slowly losing its Life.
With pity in his eyes, Nan Tian scooped up the rabbit's carcass. "But natural disasters harm not only humans, but also all sorts of other living beings."
"This is not what the Earth wanted, so the natural disasters stopped."
The humans who had been hiding in the basement came to the surface and, looking at the now calm environment, all showed joy at surviving the ordeal.
However, the dead rabbit in Nan Tian's hand suddenly twitched twice.
It was those blood-red eyes that suddenly opened, and sharp teeth and claws grew out of its frail body.
The rabbit roared angrily, as if it had seen its mortal enemy, jumped off Nan Tian's back, and pounced on the human with a howling voice.
It tore the nearest human to shreds, and the surrounding people gasped and scattered in panic.
But right there, monsters burst forth from the wasteland, instinctively hunting down anyone they encountered.
Hela watched all this like an observer, as if she understood something.
"The desire of the earth's inhabitants and those who have died because of humanity to destroy humanity is mixed together."
"This led to the birth of the Variant, humanity's natural enemy, in the world."
"Because they are born from the desire to destroy humanity, the only thing these Variant will do from birth to death is to destroy humanity."
"So..."
"Is my purpose in existence merely to destroy humanity?" Hela asked in a deep voice.
"That's right." Nan Tian nodded firmly.
Hela was about to say something when countless plumes of black smoke seeped from the ground and surged into the sky.
This is the physical manifestation of thought.
At the same time, wisps of scarlet smoke slowly rose from the countless dead animal carcasses and plant remains.
Compared to the white smoke seeping from the ground, they are nothing but a drop in the ocean.
Yet, countless crimson plumes of smoke slowly stained the white smoke red.
Large plumes of smoke gathered in the dark mist above, coalescing into a colossal beast that blotted out the sky.
In the dim light, Hela seemed to see a scarlet eye slowly opening within the large cloud of smoke.
Enveloped in mist, the colossal beast began to drift forward, carrying the mist with it.
For some reason, Hela felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity as she gazed at the colossal beast shrouded in mist, its features obscured.
"What is that? My ancestor?" Hela pointed on tiptoe at the giant beast in the mist.
"That's right, but to be precise, it's your father."
"You thought I didn't have a father? Then who is my mother?"
"Yes... He is both your father and your mother."
"Oh."
Nan Tian looked up at the colossal beast, his eyes filled with longing, "It is the strongest being in this world."
"We, the Light God Society, call it..."
" [Ultimate Level]."
"He is extremely powerful, theoretically the strongest being in this world."
Wherever [Ultimate] goes, it transforms into a living hell.
"This time, humanity seems to have realized the real danger, and they have actually united."
In Hela's vision, countless missiles hurtled towards her from all corners of the world.
As every cell in Hela trembled incessantly, one devastating explosion after another enveloped her colossal [Ultimate Level] body.
The powerful shockwave blasted a huge crater in the ground, resembling a meteorite crater.
It even blasted a giant shark that poked its head out of the Ocean nearby to death.
Hela felt that the giant shark looked very familiar, as if it were something she had forgotten.
A dozen nuclear bombs killed [Ultimate] on the beach.
"That's how it got blown up."
"No." Nan Tian shook his head. " [Ultimate] is the embodiment of the Earth and the will of all living beings. As long as the Earth does not disappear, it cannot die."
"It's just in a different form."
Amidst the debris left by the nuclear bombing, wisps of mist of various colors drifted out.
Some of them drifted into the sky, some drifted to the ground, and some split into four parts and drifted to all parts of the world.
One of them even entered the largest piece of corpse at the [Ultimate Level], and then slowly crawled into the Ocean, creating a lot of waves.
Within this, a wisp of blood-red mist, currently in a state of confusion, lingered in place.
Then, seemingly casually, he crawled into the nearest piece of meat.
The piece of meat began to wriggle, struggle, and start gnawing at the other pieces around it.
" [Five Calamities] were born in this way."