Four sunsets later, on the shores of Lake Michigan, in the Half-Blood Alliance's most secret conference room.

Sumo, Ange, and the Night's Watch sat in the triangle of the conference table, with Fingal and EVA guarding the door.

"What's going on now?"

Su Mo, who was in the first place, opened his mouth to ask, and then added.

"I'm asking about Red Rain."

Needless to say, the global red rain has sparked a worldwide collective panic and has become a major problem that politicians have to confront.

If the detonation of the Tsar's hydrogen bomb can be covered up with perfunctory reasons such as nuclear tests, then the day and night above their heads, which rotate almost every hour, are something that cannot be concealed.

No amount of confusing explanations can be given by experts to believe that this global mutation is a collective spiritual illusion.

Unlike the previous situation of secretly slaying dragons, this time, the half-breed world is completely incapable of hiding the truth, and the existence of the dragon clan can no longer continue to be kept secret in the shadow of human society.

It is no exaggeration to say that the whole world is now in great chaos, and the impact of miraculous phenomena on the inherent common sense of mankind is far greater than that of World War I, World War II, and even the Cold War.

However, it is the task of politicians to pacify the population, and it is more important for them, the fighters, to clear the status quo and the enemy.

Hearing Su Mo's inquiry, the night watchman took out the tablet and swiped it a few times, and a holographic projection of the solar system appeared in front of the three of them.

"According to the data obtained by the space probe, the impact of red rain has even reached the edge of the atmosphere, even the Earth Resources Satellite has been affected, but the geosynchronous orbit satellite is not in the range of influence. According to a variety of data, the specific impact of red rain includes the atmosphere at an altitude of 2,000 kilometers upwards and all known core depths below. ”

To put it simply, this temporal enchantment envelopes at least the entire biosphere.

"Outside the sphere of influence, from the perspective of geosynchronous satellites or circumlunar probes, the speed of the earth itself is no different from before, and the red rain only changes the speed of time in the field, and has no effect on the outside world."

This is also a natural thing, no matter how strong Nidhogg is, he will not be able to interfere with the flow of time at the cosmic level.

On the scale of the solar system, the Earth moves as usual, except that the people in the box feel it differently.

"What about the specific rate? How long will it take to reach the end of the world? ”

Su Mo asked the point.

The concept of time is very vague in the subjective world of the individual, but it is very clear in the objective world.

Since ancient times, both the lunar and solar calendars have been astronomical calendars, which is also a place where the meaning is absolutely clear, and it is difficult to have any ambiguity in any culture.

Both the prophecies in the dragons and the results recorded in the Mayan culture were recorded in the form of an astronomical calendar.

In other words, no matter what the concept of time is for the people living on earth, whether they will redefine the AD calendar or not, as long as the earth itself moves to where it should be on December 21, 2012, and the star map corresponds, Nidhogg's prophecy will be true, and he will break the last shackles and be born into the world in the form of a tree of life.

Reaching the prophesied end as quickly as possible is the greatest intention of Nidhogg to carry out a planet-level alchemy matrix.

"At the current rate, there are still two months."

The night watchman immediately answered Su Mo's question, obviously prepared.

As an alchemy master, although his level is far inferior to Su Mo, astrology is also one of the subjects that alchemy must learn.

"When the planet's internal clock reaches December 21, 2008, the planet's external clock will arrive on December 21, 2012."

"There are only two months left......"

Hearing this result, Su Mo sighed, not surprised.

Despite the fact that there have been four sunsets, only four hours have actually passed in the internal system of the planet, and it is estimated that Nidhogg has compressed time by more than twenty times, turning four years into two months.

So, you can see a day-night rotation every hour.

"Yes, two months! It's not enough to even have a child, I just don't know if it's too late to start building a nuclear bomb with all my might! ”

Hearing Su Mo sigh, the night watchman also sighed on the side.

If it weren't for the reality clearly laid out in front of him, I'm afraid Su Mo wouldn't believe that Nidhogg would be able to make such a large-scale move.

The planet-level alchemy matrix, this day of fantasy-like things would actually appear in front of you so suddenly.

Sure enough, stories need logic, reality doesn't.

"Unless it's a stellar hydrogen bomb, it doesn't make sense."

Su Mo shook his head.

Ordinary nuclear bombs are not even in the eyes of the Black King, let alone the Tree of Life.

Seeing that the faces of the two were not optimistic, Ange on the side groaned for a few seconds before speaking to Su Mo.

"Your Excellency Su Mo, you said earlier that this Red Rain was a restriction made by Nidhogg in order to target you. In other words, you have the possibility of being able to deal with the evolved Nidhogg? ”

As a warrior, Ange only cares about finding a chance to win and achieving it, and does not care about the obstacles and costs that will be encountered on the way.

Only ignoring is the greatest contempt, since Nidhogg deliberately targeted Su Mo and did not ignore it, it shows that there is no way to break the situation on their side.

In the face of Ange's inquiry, Su Mo did not hide it.

"Yes, as long as I am given enough time, even if Nidhogg is resurrected, he will definitely not be my opponent."

"Actually, if the red rain is the only obstacle, it won't be a problem for me."

Whether it was to build a Nibelungen by himself, reset the time flow rate in it, or go directly to outer space and break away from the time barrier, it was not difficult for Su Mo.

The planet-level alchemy matrix, no matter how powerful it sounds, cannot take effect outside the planet. And with Su Mo's current strength, although the power of the Black King will be much weaker outside the planet, the authority of the scientific side will not be discounted, and the strong body of the god domain level is enough for him to survive in the universe.

For him with space ability, as long as he brings enough supplies, he can go on an interstellar journey alone and completely get rid of the influence of Nidhogg.

Just wait until the upgrade is successful and come back, and you can easily solve Niederhogg.

Hearing Su Mo say this, Ange and the Night's Watch were divided into eyes, and even Fingal at the door breathed a sigh of relief.

is worthy of Lord Su Mo, simply invincible!

Seeing everyone's performance, Su Mo shook his head helplessly and woke them up.

"But the problem now is that in addition to the red rain, there is also a big trouble."

Hearing this, Ange immediately came to his senses.

"You mean to ...... Herd? ”

Naturally, the monsters mass-produced by Nidhogg are not only found in the Arctic Ocean, but can actually be seen in all the oceans of the world.

Now, these herds have been judged by Norma to be at the same level as the false god Patsy, a crisis of the same level of extinction.

"Hmm."

Su Mo nodded.

"These monsters can reach the Dragon King Realm at every turn, and even reach the God Domain level, and it is almost impossible for non-existent beings of the same level to destroy them, and even if they are eliminated, the corresponding genetic combination will be recorded, and they may make a comeback at any time. For humans, they should be considered a more terrible disaster than the dragon king, right? ”

Hearing this, the night watchman patted his thigh.

"Who's to say it isn't! I just saw a piece of information that the Pacific Fleet was facing off against a king-level pest, and then in less than half an hour, the Pacific Fleet was destroyed! Although the king beast was seriously injured, it did not die, and it recovered quickly! ”

The power of human conventional weapons is actually not weak, but it is a pity that the development direction of the human technology tree has not been developed towards the specialization of large monsters, so that it cannot cause fatal injuries to monsters at the level of the dragon king.

And with the vitality that those king beasts possessed, which was even higher than that of ordinary dragon kings, as long as they didn't die, they would soon be able to recover their blood after nibbling on the fish.

Once such an unequal battle starts, the result will naturally be completely one-sided.

Unless nuclear bombs are used again, humanity will be defeated.

"Fortunately, the Xia Mi girl who passed by was beautiful and kind, and helped to solve all those king beasts, and took the initiative to face other divine beasts, otherwise Japan might have to be flooded again."

Although Natsumi herself is not here, the night watchman doesn't mind patting the ass, after all, it is a queen-level existence.

Ange on the side didn't say anything, even if he knew that this girl was the dragon king, but she was indeed helping humans now!

I don't know if Su Mo has any special training methods, otherwise, how could the legendary Dragon King be so well-behaved and obedient?

After suppressing the gossip in his heart, following the words of the night watchman, Ange asked.

"Those king beasts and divine beasts, although they can't be matched by humans, but for the dragon king, it shouldn't be too much of a problem, right? According to the eyewitness information compiled so far, those king beasts basically supported the hands of several dragon kings for less than ten seconds, and those divine beasts could not last more than a few minutes at most, even if there were more than one enemy, it didn't seem to be too much of an obstacle. ”

The dragon king of the same level can basically crush those mass-produced monsters, even if the number of opponents is too large, he can use his authority to fight flexibly and break them one by one.

The herd of beasts is enough for humans to destroy the world, but it is not so dangerous for dragons, at least looking at the current record, Su Mo's side seems to be far ahead.

So, what does he have to worry about?

Hearing Ange's words, before Su Mo could answer, the night watchman refuted on the spot, pointing out his blind spots.

"Naïve, naïve! Ange, this is because he treats the beasts as if they were another kind of dragon, so he subconsciously thinks that they are not to be worried. In fact, the beasts and dragons are two different species entirely, and they are not even pure species. To be able to say this means that you haven't really understood the most terrifying part of the herd! ”

As he spoke, as a scholar, he subconsciously became excited, and directly clicked on the holographic projection to project the double helix DNA structure, and then patiently explained.

"No matter how powerful dragons are, no matter how unstable their genes are, they will only be affected by the environment a little more when they breed. In fact, no matter how often they mutate, the genes of dragons are very stable in the gene pool of the species. ”

"But the herd is different, even when they are not breeding, the genes in their bodies are not updated all the time, and the changes in the genes in their bodies are changing in seconds. From a biological point of view, they are evolving all the time, and from the perspective of alchemy, they are alchemy transforming themselves every minute and every second, and genetic changes of such a degree as violent blood are commonplace for them. ”

"Although the vast majority of the results of evolution are failures, and even most of the time may be life-threatening, under the massive iteration of the system, they will inevitably find a route with results, and they must also have a way to record this successful line."

"In this way, under the infinite iteration, they will accumulate more and more correct combinations, and their strength will inevitably improve every minute, don't look at them now that they are not the opponents of the dragon kings at all, with the speed of their evolution, it will not be long before it will become a great trouble!"

Although Nidhogg has abandoned the World Tree, he has obviously not given up alchemy, in the scope of biology he is doing iterative evolution of species, in the concept of alchemy, he is now studying the alchemy of organisms, and the two are very different.

After listening to the night watchman's explanation, Ange looked terrified and immediately looked at Su Mo.

"He's right."

Su Mo nodded, agreeing with the night watchman's inference.

"The original divine beasts couldn't even hold up for three seconds under the flames of Levatin, but it didn't take long for them to evolve."

Hearing this, the Night's Watch asked curiously.

"Have they evolved to resist the World-Destroying Demon Sword?"

For the genes of living things, flame is undoubtedly the biggest enemy, and no matter how strong a creature is, it can't keep its own proteins from denatured due to high temperatures, right?

"No, they ran faster, so they survived two more seconds."

Su Mo shook his head.

“…… It makes sense. ”

The night watchman couldn't laugh or cry.

Life can always find a way out, but it is not forbidden to escape, and running fast is always an advantage.

Hearing the content of the conversation between the two, Ange, who was frowning because of the night watchman's previous words, suddenly relaxed, and he immediately asked.

"I want to ask, with their evolution speed, is it possible to grow to the level of the Black King within two months?"

"Probably not, right?"

The night watchman was slightly stunned and analyzed.

"Even if it is a genetic iteration, it must follow the law of diminishing marginal effect, they will evolve quickly at the beginning, and it may not be as terrifying as it is now."

After all, it is just the genes of the earth's organisms, and it will not allow the creatures to evolve to the extent of devouring the heavens and the earth all at once.

"Impossible."

Su Mo gave a very definite answer.

"The dragon itself is the pinnacle of the earth's gene pool for billions of years, and it is the jewel in the crown of the planet's life catalog, so it will not be caught up so easily. Not to mention the Black King, even if it is the White King and the ordinary God Domain level Dragon King, they may not be able to catch up. ”

The disadvantage of authority is that it cannot be mass-produced, and the advantage is that it is really easy to use.

Just like the gap between the powerless dragon king and the power dragon king, no matter how much the beast group evolves, it can't make up for the power gap.

"The problem is that even if we can't keep up with our individual strength, with the advantage of being able to mass produce them, they may still drag us down completely, and that's where I'm worried."

"If I'm completely held back by these guys, then even if I have a way to circumvent the Time Enchantment, I won't be able to use it."

Su Mo pointed out his real predicament.

A simple red rain is not a problem, and a simple beast herd is not a problem, but once the red rain and the beast herd are added together, it will completely bind Su Mo, leaving him with no way to get out of the time limit.

Even with Su Mo's speed of getting stronger, he couldn't say that he would definitely be promoted to LV8 within two months, not to mention, he couldn't concentrate on becoming stronger in these two months, and he needed to deal with the beasts all the time.

In this case, it is almost impossible to successfully reach the level of the Tree of Life.

Hearing Su Mo's words, Ange and the night watchman were slightly stunned, and glanced at each other, their expressions even more heavy.

After a moment's hesitation, Ange asked.

"In other words, only if you don't make a move and others can solve the herd, can you break the barrier of Red Rain and give you time to prepare for the real apocalypse?"

"No, in fact, even if I need my strength, it's not impossible, I have a plan to borrow the existing power, but if it goes beyond the existing level, it will be a bit troublesome."

Su Mo said so.

"In this case, we need to collect the evolution data of the herd and let Norma simulate and analyze it to know how much pressure the herd can bring...... Especially the Divine Beasts! ”

The night watchman spoke immediately.

Although he didn't know what Su Mo's so-called plan was, he understood the general direction.

If the pressure brought by the beast herd is not so great, and it can be solved by relying only on the human nuclear bomb, the strength of Natsumi-Eri, and Su Mo's so-called plan, then it is naturally the best, Su Mo has his own way to deal with Nidhogg with peace of mind.

But if the pressure brought by the herd is too great for Su Mo's plan to withstand it...... That's the end of it!

"Don't worry about collecting data, I've already had people do it, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here with peace of mind."

Speaking of this, Su Mo's heart moved.

"Just in time, she's back!"

The moment the words landed, a petite blonde girl appeared directly from the center of the conference room.

Fingal, who noticed the mutation, was a spirit, and almost directly entered the state of "Flame Dragon Slasher", but after seeing the height of the girl in front of him, he immediately regained his composure.

It turned out to be the head of the eldest sister!

Zero's petite figure is so iconic that even though she wears a black mask on her face, Ange and the Night's Watch recognize her immediately.

"This is the alchemy prop that can borrow the authority of the Dragon King?"

The plan that Su Mo said to be able to lend his own strength is to borrow a mask and let Zero help him fight on his behalf?

It does sound good, but this also means that the key to Su Mo's victory over Nidhogg has little to do with the power of the Black King?

The Night's Watch looked curiously at the majestic mask and sighed.

"is worthy of being Su Mo's favorite secretary, and the treatment is different."

said that he was the most favored secretary, in fact, Su Mo was also the secretary, and after careful analysis, he knew that it was very clumsy, but he couldn't help but have someone who loved to listen to it.

With Zero's character, she naturally didn't have the slightest emotional fluctuation in this remark, and of course, she did feel that this bad old man was a little pleasing to the eye.

After taking off the mask, she took out the data one by one, as well as the results of the EVA calculation, and reported it in a summary report.

"According to the results of my sampling investigation in the past few hours, as well as the information obtained by the authority of fate, EVA has successfully constructed a mimic function, and the evolution of the beast herd will reach its peak in two days, when the benefits of ordinary path evolution will slow down, and they will inevitably turn to increasing their size to enhance their strength, and give up the underlying deduction, and begin to officially mass-produce divine beasts to supplement their combat power...... And according to the EVA calculation results, even with their current resources, they are enough to produce more than three-digit divine beasts, and these divine beasts will greatly increase their speed and resistance. With our current strength, we won't be able to stop them before they can inflict devastating damage! ”

It is impossible to construct an effective simulation function so quickly by pure scientific means, and it is not the same when it comes to the power of fate, which can directly get accurate answers across the long river of time.

Although the fate of the Black King is not enough to dominate these divine beasts, it is enough to peep.

The data given by Zero undoubtedly completely extinguished everyone's luck mentality.

Not to mention solving the beast herd in the absence of the Black King's power, looking at the results, even if the Black King is not absent, it will be difficult to deal with the crisis of the beast herd.

It's not that they can't win, with the power of the Black King, they won't be defeated no matter what, but the problem is that these divine beasts can completely destroy human civilization before they are killed by Su Mo.

Just like in the same tower pushing game, Su Mo can easily kill five times, but he can't stop the enemy from stealing the tower, no matter how strong he is tactically, he will lose strategically.

"Can't even add up the power of the Black King?"

The Night's Watch was utterly stunned.

Isn't this really a mortal situation?

"It's just that the existing forces can't do it."

Zero shook his head and corrected.

"If we fight in the form of a dragon, we will be able to repel all the divine beasts."

The opponent that can only be solved in one minute by the human body, the dragon body may not be ten seconds, and the gap between the two is nothing to Su Mo himself, but it is enough to affect the survival of the entire human civilization.

"You can fight with a dragon body, and the mask is useless."

Su Mo shook his head.

If he only needs the power of the Black King in human form, he can also use the mask to stay out of the matter and level up with peace of mind.

The power of the black king in the dragon form is not so simple, even if Su Mo turns into a dragon, zero can only exert the power of the human form.

Hearing this, the Night's Watch became worried again.

The three Su Mo in dragon form are enough to deal with the beast herd, but they can't deal with Nidhogg, who will awaken in the future, so the symptoms are not cured, and the fundamental problem still cannot be solved.

Red Rain and the herd go hand in hand, and there really isn't much that can be done about it unless you sit back and watch the humans perish.

"It seems that Nidhogg has already carefully calculated everything, and deliberately left redundancy, otherwise we would not be so passive."

Ange took a deep breath and sighed.

It's no wonder that Nidhogg didn't use all his strength to maintain the time barrier, and with his accumulation, he could obviously further compress time, but he didn't do this, but used his excess power to contain Su Mo.

Facts have proved that his trick is indeed effective, and Su Mo is firmly bound in the trap.

It is worthy of being able to lay out tens of thousands of years of old yinbi, even with his eyesight, there is no loophole in this plan.

Red rain and beasts, two moves to complete the general.

Even more terrifying than Ned Hogg's incomparably meticulous plan was his prudence.

Maybe Su Mo hadn't noticed it yet, but in fact, Nidhogg's desperate situation was more than that.

With that in mind, Ange and the Night's Watch looked at each other again, and only then did they have time to say another piece of information that they had been trying to say.

"Your Excellency Su Mo, I know that the current two predicaments are difficult enough. But in fact, in addition to the red rain and the herd, there is a more deadly crisis at the moment. ”

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(End of chapter)