RNP Chapter 41: Gathering
Chapter 41: Gathering
The global headquarters of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy, the core control center of the Dome of Light.
Led by a promising senior officer, Luo Feng passed through three heavy isolation doors that required both iris and genetic verification, and finally arrived at the "brain" of the Dome of Light.
Dozens of technicians were busily working in front of their respective screens. Most of them were pale and had sunken eyes, clearly having worked continuously for a long time. The constant clatter of keyboards and the low hum of data verification formed the only main melody here.
When they saw Luo Feng, a young man, walk in accompanied by a senior officer, everyone cast surprised, puzzled, and scrutinizing glances at him.
Wang Yi, the chief technical officer, strode forward to greet him. He was a middle-aged man with graying hair, his face etched with undisguised worry and confusion.
"Inspector Luo..." Wang Yi's voice was a little hoarse. He glanced at Luo Feng, then at the senior officers behind him, and finally obeyed the order, making a "please" gesture to the largest control panel in the center.
"The Master has issued the highest order: from this moment forward, you have the highest operational authority here. However..."
He couldn't help but speak, his voice trembling with struggle, "This system concerns the safety of tens of billions of people worldwide. Every line of its code affects the defense systems of every base city. Any incorrect parameter could lead to an irreparable disaster... Are you... are you really sure you can handle this?"
He couldn't understand why Master Hong would entrust such important authority to a young man who looked to be under twenty. Even if he was the world's most dazzling martial arts genius, that was completely different from controlling a planet-level defense system.
Luo Feng didn't explain further, but simply nodded calmly: "I understand the consequences."
He walked straight to the control room and sat down under everyone's astonished and uncertain gaze.
He didn't touch the complicated control buttons, but slowly closed his eyes.
"Babata, let's begin."
Luo Feng issued the command within his own sea of consciousness.
"Hehe, just you wait and see, Luo Feng! I'll show you the power of the great Lord Babata!"
next second!
Without any warning, all the screens in the control center that were lit up, including the huge main screen that displayed the real-time dynamics of the global oceans, suddenly turned into a chilling blackout!
hum - hum - hum -
A piercing alarm blared throughout the hall, and all the backup power indicator lights and fault warning lights flashed a blinding red!
"Report! The core database is unresponsive!"
"Level 1 Alert! An unknown protocol has been detected forcibly writing into the system's underlying layer! Unable to stop it! Unable to intercept it!"
"System...system crashed! Mainframe...mainframe has been formatted!"
The screams of the technicians rose and fell, and the entire core control center was thrown into complete chaos.
……
Meanwhile, in a circular conference room with the highest access level within the virtual universe network, the atmosphere was as heavy as iron.
Hong, his black combat suit projected onto the main seat, slowly swept his calm gaze across the five people in front of him.
America, the Soviet Union, Europe, India and Vatican City, and China. The holographic projections of the supreme leaders of these five great nations converge here, representing the pinnacle of power on this planet.
There were no pleasantries or small talk.
Hong waved his hand and played a high-definition video of the Golden Horned Beast appearing and devouring the Eight-Clawed Beast King.
On the enormous virtual screen, the earth-shattering battle scenes and the bloody and brutal process of devouring were displayed in exquisite detail.
After a long silence, the American leader, who always presented a tough stance, swallowed hard and spoke with difficulty in a dry, almost hoarse voice: "First Speaker... what exactly is this?"
Hong's gaze swept over everyone, taking in the horror on their faces.
"Its name is the Golden Horned Beast. It feeds on metal and can continuously evolve until it devours our entire planet, along with our civilization. The Eight-Clawed Beast King is like a child before it."
He paused for a moment, then delivered even more despairing information.
"Furthermore, it has completed its first evolution and entered the 'Hengxing' level. Most importantly... it can perfectly conceal all its traces. Unless it chooses to or actively appears, we cannot find its whereabouts or launch an attack; we can only passively accept the attack."
The meeting room was completely silent. The leaders of the five major powers stared at the figure of the golden-horned behemoth, their faces ashen.
"This...this is a global extinction catastrophe!" The Soviet leader slammed his fist on the table, his voice filled with barely suppressed fear. "First Speaker, you must have a plan, right?"
Hong looked at him coldly.
"From this moment forward, Earth is in a state of war."
"First, all coastal base cities worldwide should immediately activate the highest priority emergency evacuation plan."
"Second, all strategic resources, including weapons, energy, and medical supplies, from all countries will be handed over to the newly established wartime committee for unified allocation."
"Third, all councilors must remain on standby 24 hours a day. Anyone who disobeys orders will be punished as a traitor."
He looked around at everyone and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "Does anyone have any objections?"
……
Just as the human world was shaken by the appearance of the Golden Horned Beast, deep in the vast Pacific Ocean, the dark golden beast, which had just finished a hearty meal, was quietly suspended in the endless darkness.
The enormous life energy of the Octopus Beast King was being rapidly digested and absorbed within its body.
At the same time, ancient memories from the deepest recesses of its bloodline surged forth like a tidal wave. These were the inherited memories etched into its genes by its ancestors—battle, destruction, devouring…
Its scarlet eyes slowly opened.
An invisible spiritual wave, centered on it, swept across the entire Pacific Ocean in an instant, like an unseen ripple!
At this moment, from the frigid Bering Strait to the warm equatorial seas, and then to the distant Antarctic glaciers...
From tiger sharks hunting on the East China Sea continental shelf to giant squid slumbering in the abyss of the west coast...
Countless sea monsters lurking throughout the ocean, regardless of their activities—whether they were soldiers, lords, or even kings—seemed to hear a divine summons the moment they sensed that spiritual fluctuation!
They abandoned their territory, forsaken their prey, and even stopped fighting.
Subsequently, all the monsters simultaneously changed direction and began an unprecedented great migration from all directions toward the location of the Golden Horned Beast!
The entire ocean's ecosystem was forcibly reversed at this moment by a tyrannical force.
Hundreds of millions of monsters roam the deep sea, converging into a torrent.
After gathering a sufficiently large number of sea monsters, the Golden Horned Beast turned its attention to the continent.
In its perception, the war bases on the land, exuding a "delicious" metallic scent, were incredibly tempting.
"roar!"
With a joyful roar, the golden-horned behemoth vanished from its spot.
Before savoring the delicious war bases on land, it will venture to the seabed to find other broken metal relics to whet its appetite.
The largest and most desperate super beast tide in Earth's history is about to begin.