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"Lianfeng, relay my orders." When he opened his eyes again, the heaviness and ambition that belonged to Commander Denuo had disappeared, replaced by a relieved calm.
"Declassify all the technologies and data of the Super God Academy related to the Deno civilization, as well as the follow-up plans of the three major god-making projects, and hand them over to the Super Soldier Company."
"General?!" Lianfeng looked at him in shock.
“They… no longer need me as their guide.” Dukao’s voice was hoarse, but tinged with relief. “They have found their own path. From today onward, Super God Academy is Earth’s Super God Academy. Super Soldier Company is Earth’s Super Soldier Company.”
"This war is ultimately their own war."
Just then, the sky, which had returned to its azure blue state, was once again used by an invisible hand as a blackboard for writing.
Everyone raised their heads subconsciously.
This time, there were no new problems.
Those insidious theories of "raising poisonous insects" and those profound theories of "collapse" have vanished without a trace, like chalk marks that have been erased.
Instead, there is a line of comments written with the most brilliant starlight, as if they came from the universe itself.
The hymn of humanity is a hymn of courage.
[Answer sheet: Currently qualified.]
These eleven simple words are like a medal, awarded to all the mortals on this planet who shed blood, struggled, and pondered for this victory.
Inside the seaside villa.
Feng Shayan looked at the words on the screen, let out a long sigh of relief, and slumped onto the sofa.
"Sir...they...they did it."
"Yes."
Zhou Ye finished the last sip of cola in his glass, let out a satisfied burp,
"A very good answer sheet."
"But they haven't really solved the Honkai problem, have they?" Feng Shayan asked curiously.
"That monster was merely sealed away, or rather, transformed. But the fundamental problems of civilization's development remain, and new Honkai Beasts will appear in the future."
"You're right."
Zhou Ye stood up, walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at the distant sea.
"They didn't give a final answer. Because this question, in itself, has no final answer."
"The continuation of a civilization is like a person walking a tightrope. Below is an abyss called collapse. You can't stop, because stopping means going backwards, it means falling. You can only keep moving forward and constantly adjusting your balance."
He turned around, looked at the sand swallow, and smiled gently.
"What they did today was not to find the end, but to prove to the universe that they are qualified to walk this tightrope well."
"They proved that when disaster strikes, they no longer place their hopes on the salvation of some god, nor do they blindly follow the command of some leader. They will think, they will argue, they will be angry, they will be confused, but in the end, they will unite and use their own hands, with the wisdom and courage of ordinary people, to find their own way to solve the problem."
"This is the answer I've been looking for."
Zhou Ye stretched and yawned.
"Alright, this class has been going on for a while, and I'm tired too. Let them digest the rest on their own."
On the ruins of North Star, the rising sun casts its golden rays upon the massive blue-gold crystal, refracting countless rays of light, like a sacred monument.
The soldiers of the Super Soldier Company, supporting each other, walked step by step out of the battlefield that had witnessed the shattering and rebirth of their faith, facing the rising sun.
There may be even more unknowns and challenges ahead of them.
But beneath their feet, a brand new path has been forged, a path that belongs only to mortals.
Chapter 440 Aftermath and New Fears
The dawn of the North Star carries a mixed scent of gunpowder smoke and crystalline dust, cold and pungent.
The colossal sculpture, transformed from a Honkai Beast, shimmered with a dreamlike brilliance in the rising sun, resembling an unnamed monument erected to this devastating victory. However, for the survivors, it served more as a wake-up call, a constant reminder of the terrifying abyss they had just crawled back from.
The soldiers of the Super Soldier Company sat scattered on the ruins, while medical personnel moved about, providing emergency treatment. Liu Chuang's arm was hastily bandaged; he grimaced as a nurse disinfected his wound, muttering under his breath:
"Gently, girl, gently... This arm of mine is made of god-slaying material, don't poke it too hard."
The nurse rolled her eyes at him, but unconsciously loosened her grip a little.
Zhao Xin leaned against a broken wall, his face pale but his spirits high. He was talking into the communicator, spitting as he boasted to his comrades aboard the Juxia:
"You guys didn't see it! That scene! Xiao Lun and Lena, one acting as the CPU and the other as the power source, actually managed to modify that monster's program! That's what you call a tech geek saving the world! This is it!"
Rose stood a short distance away, arms crossed, her gaze sweeping over the unconscious Ge Xiaolun and Lena. She listened to Zhao Xin's boasting, her brow furrowing slightly, but she didn't stop him. She knew everyone needed to release their emotions of surviving the ordeal in this way. Her gaze finally settled on the crystal sculpture, her eyes filled with complex emotions. They had won, but only by chance. That physical law called "Collapse" weighed heavily on everyone's hearts like a mountain.
In the command center, Dukao had already signed the final handover documents. He solemnly placed a chip containing the highest level of access in front of Lianfeng.
"From this moment forward, the supreme command of the Super God Academy will be transferred to the temporary committee jointly formed by you and the Super Soldier Company."
He stood ramrod straight, but his military uniform seemed somewhat empty, as if all his energy had been drained away overnight.
"My mission... is over."
Lianfeng looked at him, her lips moved, but she couldn't say anything. This man, who bore the weight of the entire Deno civilization's rise and fall, this architect who dragged Earth into the game of the Divine River War, finally chose to let go after witnessing the courage of mortals.
"General..."
"I am no longer a general."
Dukao interrupted her, a relieved smile appearing on his face.
"Just call me Lao Du. I will take those from the Super God Academy who are willing to leave and leave Earth. This is Mr. Zhou's request. Only when they leave will Earth be clean."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the command center where he had devoted half his life. His figure was no longer imposing, but it carried an unprecedented sense of ease.
Lianfeng picked up the chip, feeling its weight as heavy as Mount Tai. She knew an era had ended. An era in which gods and advanced civilizations dominated the fate of Earth had come to a complete end.
And at this moment, this event taking place on Earth
The storm caused by "pop quizzes" has only just begun to sweep across the entire known universe.
Angel Nebula, Merlot Heaven.
On the enormous throne, with He Xi's support, Angel Yan, who had become the new Heavenly Blade King, rested her chin on one hand, her expression more solemn than ever before.
On the giant screen in front of her, the final scene of Ge Xiaolun and Lena turning the tide of battle was played repeatedly, along with the words "The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage" from the sky.
Below the great hall, thousands of high-ranking angels remained silent. Their faces no longer held the satisfaction of seeing the demon queen punished; instead, they wore expressions of bewilderment and fear.
“Collapse…imaginary space…negative entropy…” He Xi, a researcher in charge of scientific research, reported in a dry voice.
"Yan, based on the remaining data from the large clock and the theory given by that teacher, we have made a preliminary deduction. The conclusion is... very pessimistic."
"explain."
Yan's voice was calm.
“Every technological explosion, every large-scale Heavenly Blade Judgment, every intergalactic expedition of our Angelic Civilization… from the perspective of collapse, is an extremely high emission of negative entropy. We… we have been accumulating Honkai energy for the universe. Keisha’s just order, objectively speaking, has accelerated the process of the universe heading towards collapse.”
This conclusion struck like a hammer blow to the heart of every angel who prides themselves on justice. They fought to maintain cosmic order, yet they were only accelerating the universe's destruction? This irony was more painful than any demon's whisper.
"So, from a physics perspective, Queen Keisha's justice is wrong?"
A young angel couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice.
"No!"
Yan suddenly stood up, flames burning in his golden pupils.
"Theory may be cold, but the heart that protects life burns bright! We are not wrong! It's just that our understanding needs to be updated!"
Her gaze swept over all the angels, her voice resolute:
"Issue my order! From this day forward, the Celestial Court of Merlo shall enter a state of highest-level research! All angel legions shall suspend all non-essential expeditions and trials, consolidate their defenses, and establish Honkai energy monitoring stations at the nebula level! I need to know where in this universe is safe and where is dangerous! I need to know where our swords should be pointed next!"
"Justice requires smarter minds, not just sharper swords!"
He Xi stood to the side, watching Yan make a swift decision, a hint of approval in her eyes. This young queen was, in her own way, shouldering the heavy burden of the sky.
In the Styx Galaxy, the main fleet of the Taotie (a mythical beast) reviewed the seven-year-old Shanling incident.
Inside the massive, cruciform flagship, the atmosphere was as oppressive as solidified lead. All the Taotie commanders stood there dejectedly, like eggplants wilted by frost.
Their god, my god Karl, has been "forced to shut down." Their ally, the scum king Hua Ye, has been turned into a "figurine."
Their other important ally, the demon queen Morgana, was punished by being sent to a godforsaken planet to "teach" for ten thousand years.
Just moments ago, they witnessed Earthlings, in a way they couldn't comprehend at all, defeat a monster that even the gods found difficult to handle. Finally, the mysterious "teacher" even gave them a "currently satisfactory" evaluation.
These messages, like a barrage of heavy artillery fire, shattered the last vestiges of pride and fighting spirit of the Taotie civilization.
"It's over...it's all over..."
A commander slumped to the ground, his eyes vacant. "My god is gone. What... what should we do?"
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"That Honkai...did you hear that? The more advanced a civilization is, the faster it dies...We're piloting fleets, waging war all over the universe, isn't that...isn't that just recklessly courting death?"
The other commander's voice trembled.
Fear spread like a virus through the fleet. They had once been plunderers of the universe, taking pleasure in destruction and devouring. But now, they found themselves nothing more than "ingredients" frantically adding fuel to the fire in the cauldron of the universe.
"King! Our king, Howler, is still on Earth!" a commander suddenly remembered something and shouted.
"Yes! The Howling King is still here! He will surely lead us..."
Before he could finish speaking, an even more devastating message arrived via clandestine communication.
"Report... Latest intelligence from Earth... Howling King... Howling King... in the previous battle, he was cleaved in two by Liu Chuang of the Super Soldier Squad with an axe... Commonly known as the 'brain-dead chop'."
Inside the flagship, there was a deathly silence.
After a long while, a suppressed curse, tinged with sobs, came from a corner.
"Damn it...this Earth is toxic!"
The dead planet T-897.
Morgana sat cross-legged on the cold red gravel, watching the first single-celled organism in the pool of "primordial soup" struggle to complete its division.
The previous madness and roaring were gone from her face. She had also "watched" the entire open class on Earth. When the "Collapse" theory appeared, her eyes, those of the former holy right wing and genius scientist Liang Bing, blazed with intense light.
"So that's how it is... So that's how the underlying code of the universe is written..."
She murmured to herself, completely absorbed in the allure of science.