Chapter 995
The Forced Activation of Plan B
Although he never asked, Zheng Zha knew that it was a gift from Zhan Lan.
However, Zheng Zha did not expect that the pouch contained a resurrection item.
No, it's not a resurrection; it's more like a substitute for someone else's life.
Because just as Zheng Zha opened his eyes, Zhan Lan opposite him had already turned into a transparent shadow.
Within this figure, pieces of crystal-clear soul bone were embedded.
The transparent Zhan Lan, without giving Zheng Zha a chance to speak, smiled and spoke first:
"Don't overthink it, Zheng Zha. Even if I don't do this, I'll still die in the end."
"Because it's not just you who couldn't return to the Main God Space in time, it's me too."
"Yours is a genetic breakdown, mine is a mental breakdown."
"Yes, that's a side effect of those glasses."
"How could there be no side effects from converting such a huge amount of electrical energy into mental power? So don't blame Chu Xuan, this is my choice."
"Finally, thank you for the dream you gave me. I'm very satisfied."
"That's wonderful."
"Goodbye, maybe if I leave, you won't have to... hide from me anymore..."
That was the last sentence.
The figure vanished completely, and the red cloak enveloping Zhan Lan's spatial bag, along with the condensed crystal soul bone, flew towards Zheng Zha.
Upon hearing these last words, Zheng Zha's heart skipped a beat.
Because that's when he finally understood.
In the end, he still hurt the girl.
And Zhan Lan's last thought was...
Since the life-swapping talisman was successfully triggered, it at least shows that Zheng Zha loves her.
Since she couldn't get what she wanted, leaving was a good option after confirming that she was loved by someone.
Zhan Lan knew that this choice was not only for Zheng Zha to survive, but also for the entire team.
They all seem a bit too selfish.
But she really didn't want to see Zheng Zha die in front of her.
So, that's it...
Goodbye everyone.
Goodbye, everyone.
The rest is up to you.
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With Zhu Wen's possession, Li Xiao, carrying the two on his shoulders, increased his speed once again.
"The talisman has been used, but what about the Lesser Creation Pill?"
Zhu Wen immediately replied, "Chen Zilong has already taken it, but before he returns to the Main God Space, I'm afraid he..."
"What about Lingdian? How is he?"
Before Zhu Wen could answer, Lingdian's deep voice sounded from Li Xiao's right.
"I'm fine, I've recovered, and I can continue fighting."
"Also, you can travel on your own."
Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he woke up at midnight.
"It's good that you've recovered. You should rest a bit more. The Green Goblin's skateboard isn't faster than my flying sword."
"After they reunite, there will probably be another fierce battle."
Lingdian didn't refuse; she quietly nodded and began to adjust herself.
Li Xiao, speeding through the air, didn't need navigation at all, because the Decepticons overhead were the best navigators.
A few minutes later.
Li Xiao, who was following the robot, suddenly froze.
With a sudden inspiration, he looked at the points of light that were about to fall from the sky.
Li Xiaotong's pupils suddenly contracted, and he shouted:
"Nuclear bomb?"
Li Xiao hurriedly took out the slug, but before he could ask any questions, Xiao Honglu's voice rang out.
"Everyone, I have now activated the backup plan. Li Xiao, don't come any closer. Stay put and wait for my return."
I saw the slug in my hand looking up at the sky with a gleaming expression.
Li Xiao was still unaware of what had happened.
But as nuclear bombs continued to fall overhead, the inner screams of danger grew increasingly frantic.
After landing, Li Xiao kicked the soldier next to Chen Zilong flying.
"I know you can hear me, stop pretending to be asleep, or we'll all die!"
After saying that, Li Xiao stared intently, just as he was about to draw the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
The Ironclad Soldier flew up and began to melt directly above Li Xiao's head.
In the blink of an eye, a large dark golden sphere enveloped Li Xiao, Chen Zilong, Zhu Wen, and Lingdian.
After entering Transformers and learning about the main mission.
Chu Xuan immediately formulated two plans.
Plan A involves obtaining the Spark in the final stretch and sustaining the attack for one hour.
Plan B is to destroy the source of the spark and choose to complete the mission instantly, returning directly to the God Realm.
Obviously, the reason is unknown.
Xiao Honglu had already determined that they could not hold out for an hour, which forced him to adopt the backup Plan B.
The reason why we've come to this point is quite simple.
Thousands of miles away.
Xiao Honglu waved his hand after saying those words.
Another set of five-colored flags flew out from the cuff.
The triangular flags grew longer in the wind, replacing the broken defensive barriers on the position.
Even so, Cheng Xiao and Saito below felt no sense of security whatsoever.
Compared to just over ten minutes ago, their faces were now filled with terror.
Beside them was Bumblebee, who was holding Optimus Prime's head.
Compared to his usual talkative self, this person was kneeling on the ground, sobbing incessantly.
Just half an hour ago, there was a battlefield with nearly a million people.
Only a handful are still alive today.
Even the giant slug summoned by Cheng Xiao at the very center had vanished without a trace.
If we don't count the others who might be alive under the rubble.
Now, at this moment, only he and Saito Hajime remain to face the Decepticons on this battlefield.
If Bumblebee counts, then only the three of them are left.
The culprit behind all of this is the one right across from them.
Those three enormous figures, already reaching a thousand meters in height.
Yes, it was the kind of enemy that Zheng Zha and Li Xiao had to work together to barely kill.
At this moment, there were three people in front of Xiao Honglu.
Most importantly, these three enormous bodies are covered with numerous spark cores of varying sizes.
These flickering sparks were so crowded that they were densely packed together.
It looks like countless eyes, giving people an extremely terrifying feeling.
This is also why Zhao Yingkong ultimately decided to hand over the Rubik's Cube Spark Source to Xiao Honglu to execute the backup plan.
They had just reunited.
At this moment, Xiao Honglu, who has already reached the Nascent Soul realm with the help of the time-manipulation item, might be able to face one.
If Zhao Yingkong goes all out, she will most likely be able to take down one of them.
That last one could kill the rest of the Zhongzhou team.
Even if Li Xiao arrives in time.
With the recovery of some zero points, there might be a chance to solve this problem with the valuable disposable bullets.
Such strength is undeniably formidable.
Even with Lady Luck's blessing, everyone succeeded.
But then what?
Even if we survive after dealing with those three kilometer-long robots.
They either die or are crippled like Zheng Zha.
How can such a body continue to protect the Rubik's Cube's spark source? It's not entirely impossible.
The simplest way is to rely on Zhu Wen's resurrection skill.
However, the endless stream of robots pouring out of the deep pit made Xiao Honglu unable to gamble on the God of God's notoriously low moral standards.
God knows what will happen in the last half hour.
As for the plan to destroy the AllSpark Cube.
Just as Zhao Yingkong arrived at the battlefield and saw the three strangely shaped giant robots, she was stunned.
They had already reached a consensus with Xiao Honglu.
But if nothing unexpected happens, then something unexpected is bound to happen.
The attack was launched the instant Zhao Yingkong decided to execute Plan B.
But the next moment.
When he saw that the Soul-Slaying Blade hadn't left even a single mark on the metal cube.
Everyone who witnessed this scene realized the ultimate conspiracy of the Supreme God.
Because regardless of Plan A or Plan B, the members of the Zhongzhou team never actually made a choice from the beginning.
As they sensed the approach of the Fire Source Cube, the three giant robots, which had been temporarily suppressed by the formation, all reacted in the same way.
That was a frenzied attack.
But they weren't the only ones going crazy at this moment.
Because once it was confirmed that the Soul-Slaying Blade had not broken through his defenses, the Rebirth Talisman on Cheng Xiao's body had also burned out.
As the body returned to its peak condition, the gold needles inserted into it began to fall out.
In the next instant, countless flames of death energy erupted from his entire body.
The baby's body size expanded instantly, as if it were being inflated.
At the same time, a terrifying double-sided axe makes a dazzling appearance.
"Zhao Yingkong, let go!"
Upon hearing this, the girl immediately took a step back, severing her connection with the metal cube.
As the three-colored deathly flames enveloped the area, the giant axe, accompanied by a whistling sound, crashed down on the metal cube like a meteor.
"Oh!"
The moment the gleaming axe blade touched the Rubik's Cube, a blinding flash followed by a loud bang.
Like an explosion, Cheng Xiao and the axe in his hand were sent flying backward at an even faster speed than before.
Fortunately, Saito Hajime was always by his side, and with a flick of his golden bowl, he caught the deflated Cheng Xiao.
The baby-like boy looked at the torn flesh on his arm with an extremely serious expression.
Although these injuries were completely healed as the death flames passed by.
However, the metal cube that Cheng Xiao was staring at remained as shiny and new as ever, without any trace of damage.
This scene made both of them feel a chill in their hearts.
Above everyone's heads, Xiao Honglu's physical body, which was sitting beneath the Demon Refining Pot, opened its eyes again and spoke:
"Zhao Yingkong, give me the metal Rubik's Cube!"
"Take them away from here and prepare for the impact."
Compared to the completely bewildered Cheng Xiao and Saito Hajime, Zhao Yingkong clearly knew more.
After decisively completing the handover of the metal Rubik's Cube.
Zhao Yingkong took away more than just the unconscious Chu Xuan.
Saito and Cheng Xiao, who were behind them, also rescued Bumblebee and Optimus Prime's heads.
After confirming that the group had left.
Xiao Honglu's nascent soul looked at the Fire Source Core in front of him, which contained incredible energy, and revealed a helpless smile.
He never expected that the whole team would fight so desperately in the end.
They couldn't even bring back a complete Spark Cube.
As for why Xiao Honglu was confident in breaking this thing in front of him, which was comparable to an S-level side quest item.
The reason is also very simple.
That is a heavenly tribulation!
It's not the Golden Core Tribulation, nor the Nascent Soul Tribulation, but the legendary Divine Transformation Tribulation!
Even with precious artifacts acquired over decades, Xiao Honglu only barely advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.
Logically speaking, the path beyond this realm in the cultivation system is still very long and far.
Early stage, mid-stage, late stage, perfect, peak – it can be said that every step is a hurdle.
Even in a place like the Main God Space, which is full of opportunities, it is not something that can be advanced in a short period of time.
But don't forget that Xiao Honglu used the power of the Human Emperor Banner to advance from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core back then.
At this very moment, on this Earth where humanity is on the verge of extinction, what could be more abundant than the soul?
there is none left!
Holding a metal Rubik's Cube in one hand, Xiao Honglu looked up at the sky with blank eyes.
Having just chosen to unleash all his nuclear weapons, he now has no way out.
He only hoped that these nuclear bombs would have some impact on the mechanical army on the road.
Because he needs to use all the humans who have died during this period to advance to the level of a god.
Such a breakthrough, without any foundation, is impossible except for death.
But this is exactly the result Xiao Honglu wanted.
As long as he can trigger a heavenly tribulation, he will have achieved his goal.
At that time, regardless of whether the Heavenly Tribulation destroys the Fire Source Cube.
Even though the Spark Source Cube withstood the heavenly tribulation, he didn't lose out.
The former returns directly to the Main God Space.
If it is the latter, then Xiao Honglu is confident that he can use his Nascent Soul power to directly crush the mechanical legion that follows.
Three robots, each a kilometer tall, are terrifying.
The countless, endless mechanical army looked terrifying.
But at the moment.
Compared to that enormous banner that seemed to swallow the sun and moon and give rise to auspicious black clouds.
These seem insignificant.
Is the metal city big?
It is not only big, but also deep.
The depth reached several thousand meters.
The metal fortress, constructed entirely of modern machinery, is practically an otherworldly version of Cybertron.
But faced with this black presence in the sky, let alone a city.
Looking around, almost the entire sky was completely obscured.
Even the world was darkening at an extremely rapid pace due to the emergence of black auspicious clouds.
The silk banner, embroidered with flowers, birds, fish, insects, mountains, rivers, sun, and moon, gradually became bright and vivid as each point of light flew towards it.
These pale white dots of light appeared out of thin air, and only when they got close to the Emperor's Banner would a blurry human figure be revealed.
These points of light resemble a vast ocean, drifting above the clouds.
Just as the Emperor's Banner could never absorb everything, it could only ripple endlessly in the ocean of these light spots.
The saying "quantitative change leads to qualitative change" applies not only to robots.
This applies to everything.
This is also an eternal truth in the world.
As Xiao Honglu's nascent soul merged with his physical body.
The three giant robots that had been standing up fell to the ground again.
No matter how much the spark cores on their bodies flickered, they couldn't move an inch.
Xiao Honglu's hand holding the Rubik's Cube began to swell.
"Second-stage gene lock, next is the third stage..."
He muttered to himself, and the resounding sound of breaking chains echoed from within his body.
"The third stage of peak performance, is this the gene lock?"
"It's a strange road, but it doesn't seem to suit me."
After saying that, Xiao Honglu deliberately closed the three gene locks that had already been opened.
At the same time, Xiao Honglu's body felt surreal.
Another, transparent Xiao Honglu stepped out of the physical body. (End of Chapter)