Crimson Sun: I will do what I can do, what I can do as a mega pilot.

Chapter 339 Crimson Sun: I will do what I can do, what I can do as a mega pilot.

In the Neo Sinnoh underground base, the city lights are dim and the silence is deathly still. The stars in the sky cast their gaze down upon the world below.

Blatano gripped his shoulders with both hands. On the screen in front of him, the Crystal Chandelier Spirit was unabashedly cosplaying as the Civil Engineering guy, with blazing pillars of fire erupting continuously. Bright lava flowed in the giant crater beneath him that had been vaporized.

He glanced at the time on the screen, leaned down, and grasped the microphone on the control console: "It's exactly midnight now."

The moment the last word escaped his lips, the numbers on the screen all turned to zero. With a beep, the Crimson Sun, inside the Starfish, said, "Crimson Sun, we are all grateful that you are willing to pilot a Mega. Thank you."

Wearing a helmet, Chi Ri was immersed in the bodily fluids within the core of the gem starfish, his head bowed and eyes closed, offering no response; only the sound of his increasingly steady breathing could be heard from the speaker.

Blatano began to direct the entire operation: "Energy infusion begins, synergy field and protective wall simulation model construction begins, ground forces special attack and physical attack armaments are warmed up."

"reflection!"

As Blatano's voice traveled through the network to all the combat units scattered around the city, the once lifeless world instantly came alive. A mournful cry rang out in the sky, and steel birds burst out of their metal cages on the ground, flapping their wings in the sky, trailing black smoke. With a supersonic roar, they swept across the sky from all directions. Under the bright moonlight, countless pure white steel arrows drew arcs and fell towards the city center.

First, there was a loud bang.

The next instant, a violent circular burst of fire exploded in the sky, accompanied by a deafening roar. The entire city began to shake. Amidst the gushing flames and scorching heat waves, the glass of the city's buildings shattered, and the walls collapsed, then were engulfed in fire and light, emitting mournful cries in the merciless ravages.

Countless glowing fire arrows formed a curtain of light in the sky, eventually turning into fiery points of light and smoke, stretching endlessly.

Under the oversaturation bombardment, the terrifying explosions crushed the city, and countless pieces of steel fragments flew wildly in all directions, landing on the distant sea, where the splashing water reflected the stench of gunpowder rising from the city.

If such a scene were to occur in peacetime, regardless of the reasons behind it, it would certainly be condemned by all people of conscience.

At this moment, in the eyes of everyone in the operations room, it became a burning hope born from self-destruction.

"If only these weapons could destroy the Crystal Chandelier Spirit directly," an operator in the operations command center remarked sincerely.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. From satellite images loitering outside the atmosphere, it was clear that amidst the toxic smoke and thick fog, the body of the Crystal Chandelier Spirit was slowly rotating in the shattered city. The walls of light and reflective surfaces that spread out around it resembled black, transparent skirts and veils, like a dancer on a stage, gracefully dancing. Behind the veil, it kept its eyes closed, unwilling to even glance at the audience.

Because it didn't care at all, the oversaturation bombardment that could overturn a city more than ten times left no mark on the Crystal Chandelier Spirit, but simply revealed the true form of the invisible protective wall around it.

But that's enough.

Although Bond Field, Light Wall, and Reflect can completely defend against attacks other than Mega Evolutions, Reflect and Light Wall have higher priority. With the full operation of the supercomputer in the base, everything about Chandelure is displayed in front of everyone, including the faintly visible vulnerabilities in the rotating protective wall.

"Red Sun, Mars, I'm leaving the rest to you."

Dr. Blatano's solemn voice came to his ears. Chi Ri opened his eyes. With the help of the electronic screen and aiming system on the helmet, the 3D world in his eyes was like a comic book, turning into countless lines. With the help of the scrolling calibration scale bar and the aiming line composed of two large and one small triangles, Chi Ri saw the Crystal Chandelier Spirit in the distance, as well as the surging energy gathered in its body.

Once it hits the starfish, it will instantly evaporate both the starfish and the person, leaving no trace.

Following the glowing pipes behind him, energy continuously flowed into the gem starfish's body. The gem starfish's horns shimmered with blue light. With the blessing of the bond power, Akari felt it as if the cells in his body suddenly began to burn, consuming the oxygen in his body.

Chi Ri let out heavy, rapid breathing. No matter how hard he tried to calm himself, his thoughts began to race uncontrollably in directions he shouldn't have.

I don't have the same awareness as Mars, nor can I skillfully pilot a mega. I'm just like a tool being used by someone. Fear and hesitation magnified in his pupils. What is this about protecting humanity? Such an important thing, yet I don't feel anything. It's as if my soul has drifted to the back of my body, looking at my own blank self.

The rapid countdown was in my ears.

"4, 3, 2, 1!"

"Fire!" With the command in his ear, Akari immediately frowned, clenched his fist, and pulled the invisible trigger.

Root cause fluctuation!!!

The energy in the pipes behind the gem star was drained, causing it to deflate. A blue-green orb of light appeared in the sky, shooting out dazzling rays in all directions. Under the control of the scorching sun, the gem star strained its body to its limit.

Under the manipulation of superpowers, the four orbs of light began to rotate, and the four beams of light collided and fell into the special cannon barrel in front of them. They were compressed into an extremely thin beam of light, which shot out from the mountain and straight ahead. On the moonlit sea, a beam of light parted the silvery surface and rushed towards the Crystal Lamp Spirit at high speed and silently.

Thanks to the bombing that destroyed the city, the Root Flux encountered no obstacles along the way, precisely dodging the changing light walls and reflective barriers, and piercing through the crystal chandelier spirit's glass body.

In an instant, the crystal chandelier stopped spinning, its entire body of glass shattered, and accompanied by a shrill and ear-piercing shriek, countless energies, like frightened animals, spontaneously fled outwards from its broken remains, engulfing the city and the sky, and its body began to fall.

The scene on the screen made Blatano involuntarily clench his fist: "Destroyed?"

The next second, a sudden change occurred. The severely injured chandelier spirit, which had begun to fall, stopped in mid-air, its body flipped, and its remains rotated 180 degrees, still retaining some mobility.

"Not enough damage?" Dr. Blatano asked incredulously, his eyes wide.

"No, according to the satellite photos, it's a 'Hold On' skill." The operator projected a series of satellite photos onto the large screen. The photos showed that as the Root Wave bypassed the protective walls and approached Chandelure, piercing the Bond Field, Chandelure dispelled all the protective walls, channeling all its power into its body and forcefully withstanding Starmie's Root Wave.

The Crystal Chandelier Spirit's yellow eyes glared fiercely at the Crimson Sun, who had launched a deadly attack from behind. The Crimson Sun saw the Crystal Chandelier Spirit's two black iron mesh-like mouths split open, revealing a human interior, like an incinerator. Countless humanoid white creatures writhed and struggled within, stretching out their arms and emitting blood-curdling screams as they tried to escape. But the moment they came into contact with the outside world, a ghostly purple flame ignited from their very marrow. The vicious flames dissolved the bodies, or rather, the souls, of those creatures, ultimately squeezing out all their energy.

The scene before him was like an endless purgatory, and Chi Ri was so frightened that he stood there dumbfounded.

"It's nothing, just a mangled body. I'll notify the ground forces to launch an attack right now!" an operator said presumptuously, but Dr. Blatano immediately stopped him.

"No! The Crystal Lamp Fire Spirit's characteristic is to ignite fire. If it absorbs the flames from the explosion, the consequences will be unimaginable. We must let Crimson Sun launch another attack."

Immediately, a rapid alarm sounded from the computer, the lights in the command center flickered rapidly, and the various values ​​of the Crystal Lamp Spirit on the screen instantly jumped from the bottom to the highest point.

"A high-energy reaction has occurred within the target!" an operator reported nervously.

Dr. Blatano made a decisive decision: "Everyone, prepare for the impact, and be prepared for the next attack after the impact is over."

The next second, the Crystal Lamp Spirit flipped its body, its lower body opening up towards the blazing sun. Within the black metal frame, a large character was formed, with a red core appearing at the very center of the character, condensing immense energy and radiating light.

Large-character fire explosion!

A huge, fiery character erupted from the area where the blazing sun was located. Everyone only saw a flash in front of the crystal lamp's fire spirit. Following the expanding bright lines, some long and some short, a bright oval appeared against the mountain in front of the dark mountain. White smoke rose up and drifted backward. After a roar, the semi-circular mountain began to melt from the very front. Liquid soil and rocks were swept backward by the air waves. Light and evaporating water vapor complemented each other, and a pale human face could be vaguely seen in the sky, its mouth open, emitting a shriek.

The pure white light blinded the blazing sun. The massive fireball didn't hit her directly, but the scorching heatwave, mixed with the sound of shattering glass, and the rocks, molten iron, and metal covering her body felt like hot iron sheets were slicing off her skin, causing excruciating pain.

The Crystal Chandelier Spirit silently watched the evaporating hill, as black smoke and white vapor rose up under the orange glow of the fire.

The screens in the operations room were filled with red warnings until the alarms, which had been blaring under the tables and covering their heads, subsided. The room dimmed, and Dr. Blatano, leaning back in his chair, anxiously asked, "What about the energy system? Has the source fluctuation been fully charged?"

"Not yet!" an operator said, typing on the keyboard. "Some energy pipes are experiencing poor contact, which is slowing down the charging speed."

"Because of the impact?" Blatano bit his nails, his face grim. "What about the special cannon barrel? Is it damaged?"

"No, it's still usable, but it's been knocked off its original position due to the impact."

Blatano pressed his earpiece and commanded, "Akasaka, are you alright? Quickly pick up the fallen cannon barrel; the next attack is about to begin, and this time we must—"

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the operations room froze, staring blankly at the loudspeaker on the ceiling. A trembling sob came from the loudspeaker, filled with obvious fear.

Chi Ri sat inside the gem starfish, hugging his shoulders, his eyes tightly shut in terror. Although his body was unharmed under the protection of the gem starfish, the imminent explosion, smoke, and death, along with the mental pain, robbed him of the courage to act.

Seeing that the Crimson Sun had temporarily lost its ability to move, Pluto, in the underground office in the distance, issued a cold order: "Immediately replace the pilot of the Gem Star, and let Mars take over as the output operator. Those who are useless can only be discarded."

The useless fellow, the mockery in his ears made Chi Ri open his eyes. In a daze, he remembered some people's faces. He seemed to have said these words to some people as well. He couldn't remember for a moment. He only knew that this was what it felt like to be despised and abandoned. It was painful.

"Wait a minute," Dr. Blatano stepped forward firmly and retorted, "Red Sun bravely boarded the Gem Star. As long as he doesn't leave on his own, we should trust him."

The doctor's words were like a hand reaching out at the moment a vine on a cliff was about to break. Out of fear, Akari reached out and grasped the trust given to him, grasped the non-existent trigger, tears welling in his eyes.

Perhaps the intense impact affected his mind, for in a daze, he heard his friends' encouragement before the operation began.

"Um, Akari, please don't let me call you Akari-chan, okay?"

"Go, Akari!"

"Red Sun, you will definitely succeed."

Those he protected.

Unseen hands lifted the sun's back, pulling it out of the quagmire of pain. With painful groans and growls, the sun rose angrily from the dust and steam, piloting the Gem Star, and grabbed the cannon barrel that had fallen to the ground.

The doctor's words reached my ears.

"I've always believed in the pilot of the Jewel Starfish!"

Chi Ri strained to lift the cannon barrel, the bandages on Gem Starfish's feet broke apart, and he straightened his hunched back, standing tall on the smoke-filled mountaintop.

"Red Sun." Dr. Blatano's voice came again.

This time, Chi Ri responded: "Yes."

Standing atop the mountain, he saw countless vehicles parked below, and countless people disregarding the danger of being affected, struggling to lift the loose pipes. Even as the scorching pipes melted their gloves, their palms were scorched by the high temperature, and their faces were burned red by the steam, they still gritted their teeth and put the pipes back in place.

"Keep it up, everyone! Akari is still holding on. We can't let him fight alone."

"Are you alright? Your hand?"

"It's nothing. This minor injury is nothing compared to the dangers faced by Mega pilots. We must recharge before the next attack."

"Damn it, is this all I can do without the power of bonds? I want to pilot a Mega Evolution to fight too."

The voices and support of countless people, those voices from the heart, flowed into the bodies of Chi Ri and Gem Star through the reconnected channels.

Just as people entrusted him with something.

"Our destiny, our future, and all the survivors in this world, at this moment, have chosen to believe in you." Blatano clenched his fist and placed it in front of his forehead, closed his eyes, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Keep it up!"

"Yes!" Chi Ri wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve. Under immense pressure, his body trembled uncontrollably. It was a conditioned reflex etched into the biological genetic sequence when facing a deadly threat. At this moment, there are usually two choices.

Fight, or flee.

In the past, Chi Ri might have told himself not to run away, but things are different now.

She firmly fastened her helmet; the automatic aiming device had been deactivated by the impact, and she switched to manual aiming without hesitation.

She had to fight, for those who were willing to support her, and for the countless lights in the homes that might be extinguished.

Do it; it's something a mega pilot must do.

As the pipeline was connected, the Gem Star quickly began charging, aiming its cannon at the Chandelier Spirit, while the Chandelier Spirit also aimed its cannon at her, and even completed charging first, with a large character starting to burn.

"The target has reacted with high energy again."

The next second, the fiery red characters broke free from the circular sonic boom circle, and the high temperature and power swept over everything around them, rushing towards the mountain peak.

"Oh no!" Dr. Blatano exclaimed, his mouth agape in shock.

Chi Ri could only see a dazzling red light before his eyes, so bright that he couldn't open them. Then, he heard the sound of a collision and Dr. Blatano's anxious calls.

"Akahi!"

However, the expected death did not come. The massive fireball did not hit Chi Ri. There was only a violent shaking. The high temperature was kept out. Chi Ri struggled to open his eyes. After seeing the scene in front of him, his eyes widened suddenly.

A small, thin figure stood before him, holding a red crystal shield that swayed as it blocked the attack from Chandelure. It was a Dynamaxed Sableye.

"Mars!" Akari shouted the driver's name nervously.

"It's alright, Akatsuki, I will protect you, I will never let you die." The girl piloting the Soul-Hook Eye said firmly, her back to Akatsuki.

Under the impact of the surging energy, the crystal shield in Soul Reaper's hand shattered inch by inch, melted and evaporated layer by layer by the high temperature.

"The crystal shield is about to give out. How much charge do we have left?" Chi Ri asked anxiously.

"Five seconds left!" Dr. Bratano said.

Chi Ri gritted his teeth and grunted, staring at the countdown timer and urging, "Faster, faster!"

At the instant the countdown reached zero, the crystal shield was completely vaporized under the powerful attack, and the gem starfish also completed its recharge. Crimson Sun pulled the trigger, emptying all the energy in his body. Just as the Great Fireball was about to hit Spark, the energy shot along the cannon barrel, grazed the top of Soul Reaper's head, blocked the Great Fireball of the Crystal Lamp Spirit, shattered, and dispersed the surging waves in the dissipating flames and explosion.

The Crystal Chandelier Spirit immediately mobilized all its energy, and the Bond Field, Light Wall, and Reflective Barrier spun and bloomed in front of it like flowers.

Like a delicate flower, it was easily pierced by the concentrated source energy fluctuations, and its body was once again completely penetrated. The source energy fluctuations disappeared into the night in the far distance behind the crystal lamp spirit.

The crystal chandelier spirit's body fell along with the moonlight behind it, and the long night came to an end.

The battle ended, and everyone in the operations room and various ground operations centers raised their arms in deafening cheers. Dr. Blatano pressed his earpiece and asked, "Akatsuki, are you alright?"

Just as Akari was about to reply, he saw Soul-Eye crash to the ground with a thud. Facing Soul-Eye, which was radiating steam and exploding with a huge flame, Akari quickly maneuvered the Gem Star to crawl over, pulled the cockpit out of Soul-Eye's body, placed it on the ground, jumped out of the Gem Star's cockpit, and scrambled over.

Ignoring the scorching heat, the protective layer on his palms began to melt, he gritted his teeth, pried open the deformed emergency lock, and braved the billowing hot steam to rush into the cockpit, anxiously calling out the girl's name.

"Mars!"

"Are you alright, Mars?"

Turning her head, she saw in the oven-like cockpit that the girl's face was covered by fiery red hair, her head drooping limply, and in her outstretched hand she held a rusty little robot.

Hearing Akari's call, the girl let out a groan and struggled to lift her head. The girl was out of danger, and Akari's expression relaxed considerably. Akari then recalled the girl's farewell, which sounded like a last will and testament, and said, "Don't say that you have nothing but bonds anymore, and don't say sad words like farewell when we part."

Chi Ri lowered his gaze, his eyes filled with deep sorrow, and he sobbed uncontrollably in front of the girl.

"Why are you crying?" Mars asked, puzzled. Seeing Chi Ri unable to stop sobbing, he felt apologetic and looked away. "I'm sorry, I don't know what expression to make in this situation."

Chi Ri suddenly raised his head, stared at the girl's face, moved the corners of his mouth, and forced out a gentle smile: "At this time, all you need to do is smile."

Chi Ri's words made the girl's eyes widen. She stared at Chi Ri's smiling face, feeling something inside her being touched. Her long eyelashes drooped down her eyelids, and she pursed her lips. The gentle moonlight shone into the cockpit, falling on the girl's delicate face and illuminating her pure and beautiful smile.

Chi Ri was touched by this scene. He felt something strange in his heart that he had never understood and had always intentionally ignored. The girl's smile awakened him. Perhaps that was what people call the soul, or perhaps that was the bond between people.

It is the most beautiful and pure existence in this world.

The blazing sun reached out towards Mars, and a relieved smile appeared on its face the moment its palm touched Mars.

"A miracle worker indeed, Doctor Wei." Observing all this, Darkrai couldn't help but become sentimental. He took the tissue handed to him by Yukshi, wiped his tears, and then suddenly blew his nose.

Even a troubled teenager like Chi Ri, who was so autistic and antisocial that even Dean Yang shook his head and refused to treat him, was cured by Wei Xin.

The young master smiled! He smiled!

It's really gratifying.

"Where are we going this time?" Wei Xin glanced at Darkrai. "Four theatrical films, and this is only the prologue."

"besides?"

"Of course, there's also the matter of Chi Ri's illness. It's a chronic condition that can't be cured overnight. What if it relapses after he gets out?" Wei Xin stood up, twisted his wrists and neck to warm up, then looked at the television at his feet, grinned wickedly, and said, "I have to give him a strong dose of medicine. However, it seems that some viewers have said that this part of the story is too long, so the following episodes may need some cuts."

"Darkrai, you stay here and help stabilize the dream. We'll go, Keshi." Wei Xin leaped and landed on the television set beneath his feet.

Yukshi followed closely behind.

"Okay, I'll wait for you here," Darkrai replied.

On the pale moon, a coffin hissed open, and Wei Xin emerged, gazing at the fenced planet: "Let's skip the friendly, happy, and optimistic youth campus storyline and rush straight to the climax of the next theatrical version, the turning point, the aftermath of the Second Impact, the Third Impact!"

But can anyone tell me how I get back to Earth from the desolate moon?

Meanwhile, in the Kalos region, far from Sinnoh, Cynthia sat outside the cockpit, drifting on the sea, her entire body clad in a bodysuit.

In the distance, a defeated Dynamaxed Mega Poisonous Algae Dragon lay peacefully in the sea.

"Oops, my first time piloting Mega Sharpedo, I almost crashed," she said, taking off her helmet. Strands of black hair fell from the helmet and onto her shoulders. Cynthia looked down at her face reflected in the shiny helmet, sighed, and said resentfully, "Wei Xin, you really are something. Why didn't you create a character for me? Now I have to borrow my best friend's body. But it's okay, at least it's not easy to be discovered with Diantha's body. It's just that I'm not used to having my chest all bare."

She turned her head to the side, carefully examining her meticulously maintained pretty face, and then tugged at her hair: "Actually, I've wanted to complain for a long time. Your hairstyle, outfit, and eyeshadow don't suit you at all. You look much better in a different outfit."

She laughed with relief again: "But now I actually miss your old outfit."

She stood up, turned her head, and looked towards the other side of the sea, towards the distant Sinnoh.

"To treat Chi Ri's mental illness, you actually went so far as to use this script. You're really something, Wei Xin," she blinked and laughed helplessly. "Perfect, there's no better scenario than this to complete the re-creation."

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