Chapter 3 Countdown

December 3, 568 of the Altino calendar, Shangri-La, the free city

Minutes before the cannon fired downwards, Reyns wasn't alone in the effort to escape at full speed toward the outskirts of Shangri-La.

The three good men on Shi Chong's side, the Gumo Lion, the Leech Demon, and Ananda, as well as Hao Kelian, who was captured by them and became a prisoner, were flying fast towards the west, preparing to join Shi Chong. Gong Jin was going to fire the Heavenly Cannon, they already knew about it, and they were withdrawing at full speed for this reason.

In the basic estimate, they thought that they could definitely get out of danger, because when they returned to the ground from the cave, the exit was already dozens of miles outside Shangri-La City, and they were leaving the flight at full speed, so when the blue-white bright pillar of light burned under Jinao Island, they were still very relieved, and gloated about the citizens of Shangri-La City.

"Killing so many people at one time, Zhou Gongjin's name will definitely remain in history forever. ”

"Hehe, what's the big deal about killing so many people? If I kill Zhou Gongjin, won't my reputation in history be even louder than him in the future?"

"Kill Zhou Gongjin? hehe, you think you are Your Majesty...... Hey, is it that Chiress maniac?"

The three of them were talking as they flew, however, their ridicule may have also reached the ears of the Red Dragon God and the Immortal Defa Song Great God, so when the Heavenly Cannon hit Shangri-La, a change that should not have happened occurred, the blue-white pillar of light actually moved rapidly towards the west, like a white light giant blade that cut the sky and the earth, and it was moving towards them impartially.

It's like standing alone on the shore, watching a towering tsunami roll up the surging waves and crash over everything. The despair that Izumi Sakura and the others had experienced before appeared tenfold in the hearts of the three demons in just this short moment.

It was inevitable that he would be frightened, but the most senior of them, the Guma Lion, still maintained a minimum of calm, grabbed it with his left hand and his right hand, and held the hands of his two companions at the same time, and shouted wildly, using the strongest magic power to make a teleportation spell, urgently shuttle through the space, and disappeared from the position just now.

The rational response of the Gumo Lion saved the lives of the three demons, however, when death came, this heavenly magician was not really calm, because although he still remembered to grab his companion to cast a spell, he completely forgot that he grabbed the leech demon with his left hand, but he kept grasping Hao Kelian who had become a captive with his right hand.

As a result, when the Guma Lion disappeared in an instant, Ananda, who had been abandoned by the two comrades, stayed where he was in place in a panic, glaring angrily, as the giant pillar of white light that divided the heavens and the earth got closer and closer.

"How, how could there be such a ridiculous thing......"

Standing stunned, the sturdy demon who finally realized that he had been abandoned by his comrades and fate let out the last roar of his life.

"Oh~~~"

White light, swiftly slicing through the ......

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The bombardment of the Babel cannon is over, looking at the past from Quan Sakura's point of view, the city wall of Shangri-La is intact, after experiencing the bombardment of the Babel cannon, it is really incredible to be able to keep such a complete building, Izumi Sakura can't help but have a thought, almost suspect that everything that happened just now is an illusion, she just had an untrue dream, and the Babel cannon did not bombard down.

However, when her vision was completely clear, Izumi Sakura realized that it was not the case, and that Shangri-La, who had been hit by the cannon of Tongtian, would never be unharmed, if not hit head-on.

The smoke and smoke in the sky gradually fell silent, and the vision ahead returned from cloudiness to clarity, and Izumi Sakura saw the real scene of Shangri-La.

It is true that there are many places that are still intact, but half of Shangri-La City is emitting white smoke, burning with the inevitable fire after the shelling; several famous landmark buildings are either half-destroyed or directly turned into ruins, which is unbearable; even if she is not at the scene, Izumi Sakura can feel the cry and groan of pain coming from the city, which represents how heavy the deaths and injuries in the city are.

But...... It is a miracle in itself that such a scene can occur. According to normal estimates, the whole Shangri-La will be destroyed in an instant, except for a huge deep hole with no bottom in sight, there will be no ruins, no broken buildings, no burning houses, no weeping and cries of pain.

"This ...... What the hell is ...... What a miracle?"

Izumi Sakura was puzzled, but Nile patted her shoulder and turned her head sideways, only to see Nier looking to the west with a shocked face, Izumi Sakura followed and looked over, her delicate body trembled, and she couldn't believe her eyes.

A cold light shimmering with magnificent colors, extending to the west, like the rumored aurora in the far north, changing with a cold colorful light, so beautiful that it is intoxicating, twisting and twisting, shaking cascading waves, spreading and disappearing on the western horizon.

Directly above this infinite aurora, the canopy of heaven is like a piece of the finest beautiful black satin, and the countless stars of the bright dawn are like jewels adorned on the black forging, shining brightly, reflecting the magnificent aurora on the ground, extending together to the end of the horizon.

The beautiful night scenery makes people feel refreshed, but there is only one thing that is very incongruous, that is, on both sides of this black satin, the sky is clear and cloudless, and the sun is high, blooming with bright sunshine that brings people hope.

In the whole sky, there is only one block that extends somewhere, and it is night!

Day and night, this strange and wonderful scene made Niel and Izumi Sakura's faces turn pale when they saw it, not to mention thinking about it, they had never even dreamed of it, and they couldn't imagine how much power it needed to be able to distort space and produce this situation.

"Uh......h Woo......"

The small sobbing sound attracted the attention of Izumi Sakura and Nier, and when they turned their heads, they saw that the source of the crying was Ailing. Under the protection of T1000, the girl was not injured at all, but the two "lucky people" who were rescued out of the city by her did not have such good luck, when the Tongtian cannon was about to be launched, and the three of them were bombarded by the pressure and fell to the ground, these two citizens who did not have enough protective strength had already gone to most of their lives, and then gave a strong sonic shock to the explosion, and they were killed on the spot, and when Ailing noticed, they had already lost their breath.

After a busy time, in the end no one was saved, looking at the two dead people who "lost their lives", the girl couldn't help crying.

Izumi Sakura and Nier hurriedly comforted and persuaded each other, but when the two of them looked at each other, they were puzzled, and they couldn't figure out why the Tongtian cannon would hit crookedly, which should be an impossible mistake for Gong Jin.

Although they prayed to the gods together when they were helpless, but when they really had to do a rational analysis, neither Izumi Sakura nor Niel thought that the gods' shelter could distort the direction of the shelling, and the only possibility was that something had happened to Jinao Island, and the efforts and struggles of someone or some people had changed the fate of Shangri-La.

"Is it my brother? or ...... Little Five?"

Nell's question, Izumi Sakura couldn't answer easily, only with the confusion in her heart, she looked up at the sky.

Shangri-La was lucky to escape, but Jinao Island was traumatized undeservedly, near the launch port at the bottom, it was touched by the aftermath of the oblique fire of the Babel cannon, there were many explosions, constantly burning and burning, and the lightning was chaotic, and many metal plate walls fell from the sky, but when they touched the protective shield, they were completely destroyed and did not fall to the ground.

"It seems that even that island in the air has been injured, I don't know if the situation is serious, my husband ......"

"It's not that serious, and the fact that the shield is still working is the best proof of that. ”

Ailing interjected from the side, she is a big expert in this area, and she can judge the damage to Jinao Island at a glance.

"In order to withstand the impact of the Tongtian cannon when it is fired, the nearby area is already specially strengthened, and a force field will definitely be set up, so the actual damage is not serious, these fires and damages, as long as a mechanical repair team is dispatched, they can be dealt with urgently and resume the most basic operation, senior brother...... Senior Brother Zhu Yan is on the island, and these things can't be difficult for him. ”

Thinking that he and his senior brother were so hostile, and that his senior brother had contributed to such a brutal massacre, and completely lost the benevolence that an ancient demon path researcher should have, Ailing felt sad, but ...... Despite all this happening, she still doesn't know if she should "clean up the portal" or not.

As Ailing predicted, the fires that were burning in many places at the bottom of Jinao Island were suddenly quickly extinguished, and the flashing mecha electric light also disappeared, and was rescued in time by the internal mechanical restoration team.

Jinao Island is still active, then this nightmare is not over, especially when the fire at the bottom of Jinao Island is extinguished, the cries and moans in Shangri-La City also quickly disappear, and soon becomes a dead city, Izumi Sakura is very sure that the inducing radio wave has started to work again, regaining control of the survivors who are still alive in Shangri-La.

"Why, how can there be such a person! He is more terrifying than Chires, and he has to kill these people until there is no one left?"

Ailing's voice was full of sadness, and he couldn't understand why human beings had to kill each other so much, and they had to kill enemies and innocent people until there was nothing left. Forget about the rejection of other races, they are all the same race, with the same color of blood, why do such cruel things?

Izumi Sakura couldn't answer, but she knew that if Gong Jin's purpose was really to kill the Fa, then it would be absolutely impossible to stop before he collected enough energy for him to break through, and he was bound to kill the tens of millions of people in Shangri-La.

"Worse than Chires...... That's right, it's Chires. ”

Silently listening to the conversation between Izumi Sakura and Ailing, Nier was still silent, quietly looking at Shangri-La in the smoke and flames, but after both of them fell silent, Nier suddenly seemed to think of something, Huo Ran stood up, asked Izumi Sakura and Ailing to assist, supported her tired body, and flew towards Shangri-La again.

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"The fire in Sector A99 is under control, and the Mecha Engineer Team moves to Sector S36. ”

"The exterior wall of the X21 zone was badly damaged and discarded by blasting to prevent further smoldering. ”

"The firing part of the Babel cannon is broken, and more engineering teams are called for support. ”

"The energy supply has been repaired, and the total output is gradually picking up. ”

It wasn't just Shangri-La that fell into chaos after that shelling, but even Jinao Island itself.

was broken into the main energy gate by Gengoro, I don't know what earth-shattering means were used, and the shot of the Tongtian cannon was completely misdirected, and at the moment of launch, part of the huge energy that was out of control flowed to Jinao Island itself, causing major damage in many places.

Leaving Zhu Yan in the main control room is the most correct personnel decision of Gong Jin in recent times, if he does not use the equipment of Jinao Island in an orderly manner to solve the different mechanical problems that occur everywhere one by one, then Jinao Island is likely to be under the influence of that cannon, causing a chain explosion on the island, and may even fall to the ground.

"Repair all the broken parts as little as possible, the sooner the better, be sure to restore the function as soon as possible, we are now in the war, this is the front line, please don't forget that. ”

Zhu Yan drank his subordinates, but the feeling in his heart was mixed, and he didn't know how to tell the difference, although the failure of the Tongtian cannon also caused some damage to Jinao Island, but he didn't feel how angry, and he felt a little relieved, how to explain this?

That Gengoro Amano was really remarkable, and although he didn't know what he had done, from the theory of the Ancient Demon Dao, there should be no means that could affect the main energy gate. The energy operating there is so vast that even the full strength of a Heavenly Rank Martial Artist is nothing more than hitting a stone with an egg.

Gengoro was able to influence the main energy gate with his own strength, so that one of the four energy gates that made up the launch of the Babel cannon made a mistake, and then destroyed the overall balance, and finally failed to launch, such a move can only be described by the word "miracle".

"Is there any message from R77?"

That area is where Gengoro is located, and it is also the area where the damage is most severe. But Zhu Yan's question was not answered, the overly powerful explosion destroyed all the machinery and equipment over there, no images or information could be transmitted, and it was even in a situation where the energy storm was raging, and it had to be continuously blocked with multiple gates, so as not to spread to other places.

(How can a flesh and blood body withstand such a terrifying energy storm?Even those scarf wrestlers were wiped out by the storm, are his bones harder than the super alloy?, they must have been evaporated a long time ago.) )

Even if the two sides were enemies of each other, Zhu Yan also seriously felt that this man who seemed to be a gentle woman was indeed a man whom he admired, and if it wasn't for the wrong occasion, he should really pray for some blessings for him.

"Report, SS equipment is affected, some of it is damaged and cannot be repaired, do you need to notify Gongjin-sama of this?"

“...... No, Lord Gongjin is busy fighting right now, and learning about this will definitely affect his mood, so don't bother him at this time. ”

The so-called SS equipment is a device used to absorb and store the soul of the deceased, in Gong Jin's reservation, the importance of this equipment is equivalent to the Tongtian cannon, and it is absolutely impossible to lose, but since Zhu Yan guessed the purpose of this equipment, he felt a strong hatred, thinking that martial arts cultivation depends on self-reliance and self-improvement, in the past, Lord Gong Jin went all the way with such a noble martial arts spirit, why did he suddenly change his position and learn the ghost way like Hua Tianxie?

Zhu Yan was very distressed by Lord Gongjin's personality mutation, so when he heard that the soul storage equipment was damaged, he didn't say anything more except for a faint instruction to repair it with all his might.

However, this painstaking effort was not conveyed to the manager. During a one-sided and boring battle with Lancelot, Gong Jin sensed the launch of the Babel Cannon, and knew that the launch was unsuccessful, and when the aftermath of the shaking of Jinao Island finally subsided, he immediately used his portable device to make a rough inquiry about the damage.

When the device was turned on, the golden light curtain enveloped Gong Jin, forming a golden transparent light mask, and many numbers quickly ran out of the surface, and under Gong Jin's operation, they quickly transformed into three-dimensional patterns, showing the damage in various places, including the Shangri-La directly below.

Lancelot didn't know anything about the Ancient Magic Path, but when Gong Jin's operation surfaced the three-dimensional layer of Shangri-La, he still recognized it at a glance and knew what it was.

Judging from the three-dimensional graphics, Shangri-La was badly injured, but it was still much better than the expected outcome of the direct attack of the Tongtian cannon, if it was only this level of damage, Izumi Sakura and Niel would definitely be safe and sound, and they would have fought here in vain.

(though...... The third child doesn't know how, his task doesn't seem to be easier than mine, and this time he was able to stop the Tongtian Cannon, all thanks to him. )

Lancelot couldn't sense Gengoro's existence, and if he called with Tianxin Consciousness, he might be able to get a response, but there were too many obstacles in Jinao Island, and there was a guy with Tianxin Consciousness far stronger than himself in front, so the call was probably useless, and besides, Gengoro looked like an immortal evergreen no matter how he looked at it, and he would definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune.

"Uh......"

Lancelot suddenly sensed a very bad thing, and perhaps his current situation was more worrying than Origin Goro, because the iron-masked demon with a weird yin and yang aura was completely different in his whole body after putting away the light.

The mask with a metallic luster still seems to be as cold as ever, but the dark blue eyes under the mask do not give people the impression of ice crystals like usual, but like an active volcano that is about to move, scorching hot, and will erupt at any time, burning everything in sight.

Gong Jin gave a few orders to the main control room, Lancelot couldn't hear clearly, but it was vaguely like an order to reserve energy again and fire a second shot underground.

"Hey, take that damaged broken copper and iron to attack, aren't you afraid of mechanical disintegration? ”

"Hmph, you worry about yourself first!"

After ending the communication, Gong Jin's gaze turned to Lancelot, and said in an extremely cold voice: "Miracles will not happen continuously, the Tongtian Cannon can be fired again, and this time you have no one to sacrifice again." Aren't you very happy that the women below have escaped? These are completely meaningless, even if they get away with it, it will not make any sense, because you will die here today, and after you die, no one will be able to take your place, and Reines is about to fall apart, which is the fate that God has set for you. ”

These were the things that Xiaocao was most worried about before, Gong Jin's keen and realistic strategic vision clearly pointed the enemy's flaws to this point, however, the non-realist Lancelot had a different idea.

"You're right, I'm an irreplaceable person in the current Reyns system, and if I kill the leader, I'll probably really fall apart because of this, but so what? Although people are gone, the ideal is still there, as long as everyone has a common ideal, even if Reins collapses, it is just a form, and it will soon be reunited in other forms. ”

Lancelot wiped the blood from his mouth, stood up again, and smiled: "The reason for deciding whether a group will exist is actual needs, not individuals, even if I am killed by you today, there will still be a second person who will inherit my ideas, continue to provoke you, and seek justice from Eltinor, on the contrary, you never seem to have thought that if you yourself are killed, then there is really no one to replace, and Altino will really be destroyed." ”

During the battle in Jerusalem, Lancelot was not present, so it was impossible for him to know what Wang Wu had said to Gong Jin. However, this pair of like-minded brothers said the same words, which had a big impact on Gong Jin, and made him really experience the feeling of passing on the torch, at this moment in his eyes, Lancelot's eloquent and peaceful expression of not being humble or arrogant, undoubtedly carried the shadow of Wang Wu.

What's more, the problem that Lancelot pointed out was a problem that Gong Jin had been unwilling to face for many years, and now that he was being blamed positively, his anger and resentment suddenly poured out like a torrent.

Lancelot felt this, but he didn't regret that he had overstimulated his opponent and lost his chance to sneak away. The difference in strength is so huge, it is useless to escape to the ends of the earth if it is locked by the opponent's Tianxin consciousness, unless it can give the other party an effective blow first and block the operation of Tianxin, this may be a little hopeful, but ...... What to do?

"Just think about it, if you can't defeat me, it's your turn to die this time. ”

"Oh, yes? I seem to have died so many times just now, I don't know who the man is standing here and jumping around now?"

"You don't have to get too complacent, I suggest you start thinking about a question. ”

Gong Jin said in a cold voice: "If I use the Essence of All Things to lock and seal your Heavenly Rank Power and cut off your head with one blow, I don't know if you have a way to regenerate the flesh below the neck with the Aether Immortal Body?