Alien paradise

The moment it jumped out of the horizon, all the east-facing walls and roofs in the city were illuminated brightly, and slender figures appeared on the backlight. It was so bright that the sky became dim, and the real sun was covered by this light and turned into a gray sphere.

People subconsciously turned their heads to avoid the strong light. They saw the dazzling white light reflected on one side of their bodies, and even felt a burning sting on their exposed skin.

Such close contact with the "sun" does not come without a price.

As the farmland and thatched houses in the suburbs are closer to the Ash Hill Mine, when strong light radiation sweeps through, some flammable objects such as haystacks, shed roofs and drying millet are directly ignited, and plumes of black smoke are emitted.

Fortunately, the bright light disappeared just as quickly. After a few seconds, the shadow completely disappeared, and the sky gradually returned to its original color, as if everything was just an illusion.

But when people look to the northeast again, they know that it is not an illusion. The new sun is still rising, but its luster has become less bright. At the same time, it is no longer a wandering hemisphere without roots, but is closely connected with the ground. At some point, a thick pillar of dust rose up from the earth and connected with the bottom of the fireball. I don’t know that it is holding the fireball. Rising, the fireball is still pulling it up.

Everyone saw an extremely thick "mushroom".

"Spread out, spread out! Find a sheltered place to hide!" Xue Quan, who returned to his body, shouted loudly in the square in front of Yeni Temple.

Although the guards he trained didn't quite understand the meaning of the warning, they still shouted along out of trust. The nuns also quickly put down the bandages and medicine jars in their hands and rushed to the church. At this time, everyone could hear the rumble coming from the east.

Xue Quan knew that it was the tremor caused by the air being continuously squeezed by shock waves, like dominoes, passing layer by layer towards the Brilliant Castle.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the muffled sound turned into a deafening explosion! The sound waves mixed with the air flow rushed straight into the city, constantly changing their routes under the obstruction of houses and streets. At the same time, these air flow blind spots would also raise sand walls due to the impact. Fortunately, many houses in Brilliant Castle are reinforced concrete structures and can still stand upright after being hit by the shock wave. However, glass windows, doors and other objects are not so lucky. They are either shattered or flew away. In the distance, the temporary tent set up by the church for the refugees was blown to the ground.

Only now did people realize that this earth-shattering roar was caused by the "sun" just now. That was not a new birth, but an unimaginably violent explosion!

It seems the information is correct.

Xue Quan patted the dust on his head and thought to himself. The arcane artifact accurately diverted the energy of the lower half of the Tsar Bomb and released it upside down into the sky. This caused most of the destructive force to act on the mine, greatly weakening its lateral destructive power. Although the ultra-high temperature of the thermonuclear fusion reaction still produced a strong expansion shock wave, it was only a drop in the bucket compared to the original Czar tasted in Novaya Zemlya.

If the detonation time and explosion height data were slightly different, the effect would not be so perfect.

"Look! Is the floating island broken?"

"Bless me, why is the sky falling?"

"Don't yell, that's not the sky, it's a crack that collapsed!"

After the shock wave passed, people poked their heads out from their hiding places and looked in the direction of the Ash Hill Mine. Then they saw a shocking scene! At this moment, the fireball has become dim, like a thick black smoke. Its top is higher than the clouds, even the birds can't reach it. And its body, that is, the smoke column rising into the sky, is too slender to cover the entire mine. The small rock mountain floating in the air is also exposed to people's eyes at this moment. It was no longer a complete cone. The explosion shattered it into pieces. A large number of fragments seemed to have lost support and began to fall to the ground. Every time a large piece fell, residents in the city could hear a muffled sound. Like a mallet falling on a drum.

The same is true for the crimson fissure. It turned from an invisible object into a crescent-shaped entity, and shattered and fell like the mountain. It formed a sharp contrast with the blue pyroxene veins.

"Where's the red light? The red light seems to be missing!"

"What happened over there?"

"What the hell, couldn't all this be done by the city guards?"

Everyone was talking for a while, discussing this rare sight in a hundred years.

From the slowly rising of the mine, to the red light appearing on the ground, to the collapse of the mine, in just a few hours, they witnessed enough to brag about for a lifetime.

"Is it over?" Someone suddenly said from behind.

Before Xue Quan had time, Hai Qi beside him had already rushed over.

"Lovisya!"

"Mr. Chao didn't lie to you, right?" The latter smiled and hugged Hai Qi, and reached out to touch her head, "I am immortal now."

Xue Quan turned his attention to a man following Lovisya - his eyes clearly showed confusion. Whether he was looking at the crowd or looking at the mushroom cloud in the northeast, he seemed to be in a trance.

Although it was quite different from the original body, Xue Quan immediately guessed his identity: Reske. At the meeting of the Comprehensive Prevention and Control Center, they discovered a person who could not be saved no matter what, and that was Reske who was also on the off-road vehicle. Throw him off the car and he will be engulfed in red light. Take him with you and he will be vaporized by the explosion. More importantly, the park also pointed out that this person is not suitable to wake up before the plan is completed, otherwise it may cause the entire operation to collapse. In the end, Paradise decided to give up his true body and let him live on a specially provided body like Lovisya. Of course... the body he is using now is obviously temporarily selected from the base's reserves, and it doesn't look in harmony with him at all.

Judging from his confused look, it was clear that Le Yuan had not told him about this in advance.

Xue Quan sighed, walked up to Reske, and patted his shoulder, "Sorry... we can only do this."

"Have we...defeated the evil god?" the man murmured.

"It should be right, Brilliant Castle has been saved."

"I see..." He stood stunned for a moment and then said, "...it doesn't matter."

Xue Quan was slightly startled and turned his head to look at the other party. He found that after the other party said these words, his eyes gradually became focused.

Resker nodded to him, whether confirming his doubts or talking to himself - in any case, he repeated it again.

"Um...it's okay."

…

In the city guard station, Sandra Allen struggled to stand up from the recliner and slowly walked towards the observation tower.

"Sir, it's dangerous out there! The explosion just now made it quite unstable. If it happens again..." her men wanted to stop her.

"It's okay, you all wait below, I'll just go up there." Sandra waved her hand, indicating not to worry.

"But there is nothing up there, why do you still want to climb the tower?" someone asked.

And she didn't answer.

Stepping onto the gravel-covered stairs, Shantara walked up step by step—it has never recovered since this place was destroyed by cultists. Coupled with the unprecedented impact of the explosion, the tower looked even more dilapidated. Even the stone walls had several cracks, as if they would collapse at any time.

But until she stepped onto the top floor, the observation tower still stood tall.

This used to be her office, but now it has become a semi-open ruin. The roof and east wall have completely collapsed. The original bookcase and long table have also turned into a pile of broken wood and debris under the impact. . Through the damaged wall, she could see the smoke column reaching into the sky in the distance, as well as the gray-black clouds covering half of the sky. At first glance, it looked like a huge tree.

Since even standing in the city can feel such a strong impact, there is no need to say more about the fate of the city guards on the front line.

Not every soldier will join the Cult of Evil God. Among them there are also loyal soldiers like Stone and Woody. However, now, more than 700 people in the large army were buried on the land in the countryside, and there were only less than 20 soldiers left in the garrison.

She had nothing left at the moment.

This is the price of standing up to a cultist.

Sandra could not help but ask herself whether the price was too high... If she could know the outcome in advance, would she still insist on expelling the evil god believers from the city?

She couldn't get an answer anytime soon.

But Sandra was certain that if she had known how things were going to develop, she would not have handed over the command to Woody as an agent.

She should be the one responsible for all this.

Suddenly, she heard slight footsteps coming from behind.

She turned around and found that the other person was the subordinate who was guarding her.

Seeing that he was discovered, the man seemed a little at a loss for a moment.

"Didn't I tell you to wait for me below?"

"But we are worried..." He choked mid-sentence, as if he didn't know whether to continue.

Sandra raised her eyebrows, "Are you afraid that I'll commit suicide by jumping off the tower?"

"Uh..." The subordinate touched the back of his head.

"Ridiculous, who do you think I am!" Sandra scolded coldly. However, her annoyed expression did not last long, and turned into a hint of helplessness, "Don't worry, the more times this happens, the less you can escape by death. I came up here just to find a better place." Just saying goodbye to them."

After hearing what she said, his subordinates also breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you're not here anymore... we really don't know what to do."

"That's not necessarily true." Sandra shook her head, "The order of Glory Castle will be reestablished soon, perhaps faster than you think."

"But the city doesn't even have its lord..."

"The lord is not a problem. The Old Continent will send new lords sooner or later. But before that, someone will take over everything."

"who?"

Sandra didn't answer. She now understood why Gawei showed special respect when facing that person; why the usually aloof Shenji Cult was willing to gather a team to support the city guard's arrest; and why the Lord of Paradise Will respond to believers so frequently and easily.

Who else in this world can defeat an evil god who is about to come?

She could only think of one answer.

—another god.