Looking out from the direction of Rock City, you can see that under the night, the middle of the army camp of the Pope's Hall is blooming with various colors of light and flames, thunder and fire are flying from time to time, and mixed with a torrent of energy that is strong but has no attributes. A faint blue curtain of light surrounded the high-level battlefield like flowing water, preventing the attacks of other soldiers or mechs in the Papal Hall.

The aqua light curtain came from Cinderella's handiwork, and the beautiful captain did not participate directly in the battle, but created such a barrier outside the high-level war zone. The blue light in the barrier flowed like a stream of water, seemingly weak, but even the mech's revolver cannon couldn't blast them. As soon as the powerful bullet entered the light barrier, it was like falling into the deep sea, the kinetic energy was constantly consumed, and then the trajectory was distorted, and finally when it barely penetrated the light barrier, it only flew a distance of one or two meters before jumping weakly to the ground.

The only thing that can do this effect on this force field is the firepower of the level of heavy artillery or missiles, but there are self-owned commanders in it, and no one dares to bomb the heavy artillery or missiles into the range of the war zone. Therefore, Cinderella seemed very idle, she even folded her hands on her chest, and turned sideways to look at the battle situation in the light curtain from time to time, but she did not know such a posture, but left the soldiers in the Papal Hall with a wonderful side curve.

So much so that she is obviously an enemy, but few people point their guns in her direction. First, knowing that Cinderella is also a high-level, such an attack does not pose a threat to her at all, and second, because of her beauty, people will always subconsciously ignore her identity as an enemy.

So Cinderella became the most idle one on the battlefield, and the people behind the water curtain barrier, both the enemy and the enemy, went all out, and the battle was in full swing.

However, it is nearing the end.

Adam gasped and slapped his hand towards Zero again, a vague force field on his palm. This force field is constantly vibrating, enough to clap the chariot into a discus. No matter how strong the force is, it must be successful in the shoot.

Zero takes a different route entirely, and the more he evolves, the more Zero embodies the horror of his even, explosive body type. His speed, tenacity, and explosive power make him the most formidable opponent on the battlefield. Under Adam's iron fist, zero was as light as cotton, and Adam's fist wind could not reach him at all, but blew him away.

From the fight to the present, Adam has achieved nothing at all except for consuming energy in vain.

"It's time to finish......" Zero said suddenly.

"It's early!" said Adam, still strong.

But he saw that the four void energy stones on Zero's body suddenly lit up, and then he didn't take an evasive posture, but slammed into him hard. The clash of power Adam has always been not afraid, but willing to do so. The iron-cast man had a sinister smile on his face and threw a punch at Zero with all his might.

Zero didn't show weakness, and threw the same punch. It's just that this punch seems to be slow, but it leaves countless fist shadows in the process of swinging, like hundreds of zeros are swinging at the same time. Adam felt as if he had seen this image somewhere, and then his mind swept over the amazing sword that Ri Su had swung. That sword buried his army of 2,000 men.

But on that day, there were only two remnants of the sword that Sura came out. And in front of him, Zero's fist shadow is a hundred times more than Su!

What kind of power should that have?

Adam didn't have time to regret it, and the fist and Zero met. At the moment when the fists collided, Zero's countless afterimages miraculously overlapped together, like a sea of rivers. These fist shadows are all rushing rivers, and when they converge, they immediately form a vast sea of anger.

Angry seas!

Zero's fist power exploded, and in an instant, it lifted a wall of heaven and sea like a sea of rage, and it was pressed with an irresistible attitude. In the face of this blow, Adam's power was like a small sailing ship, and in an instant, the wall of the sea was crushed and torn apart.

The shadow of death completely enveloped Adam. He screamed, his frightened eyes reflecting that his only remaining arm was trembling, and then from the edge of his fist, the armor and rough secondary armor on his body exploded. Flying armor fragments were a mist of blood spewing from broken veins.

Armor, armor, skin, muscles, and even bones crumbled before the unspeakable force of it. The terrifying force destroyed every tiniest unit of Adam's arm, and the fragments of his arm were scattered like withered petals, like a torrent of energy that instantly swept through the arm, blasting it to smithereens, leaving a huge gap in Adam's chest.

Zero punched him, shattering his arms, shoulders, and small half of his chest. Adam looked at Zero in disbelief, and until the moment when his consciousness fell into darkness forever, he still couldn't figure out why that little fist had such a great power to avoid mountains.

With a thud, Adam's wide-eyed corpse fell to the ground. At this time, blood flowed out of the huge wound on his body, and in an instant, it gathered into a puddle of blood. With zero exhalation, the explosion barrage that overlapped hundreds of times was further improved under the power of the tenth order. It has shrunk from the original 5 centimeters to about 4 centimeters, which is a slight difference, but it has more than doubled the power of the bursting barrage.

Under this highly restrained torrent of energy, the biological armor that Adam was proud of was as fragile as paper. Looking at the rest of the battlefield, the battles of Su and the others also ended one by one. All of the High Ranks, including Sirius and Ron, who had been tainted by the power of Prosius, were slain one by one. After a few moments, the battlefield fell silent, as all the high-ranking members of the Papal Hall had been killed.

Seeing this, Cinderella also lowered the water curtain, because there was no longer any need to maintain it.

The troops in the Pope Hall, from the soldiers to the officers, were all dumbfounded, looking at the corpses of the regimental commander and the high-ranking powerhouse who had fallen to the ground, and lost all their strength for a while. Not to mention that he can't afford to avenge the chief, he doesn't even have the strength to escape. After all, the corpses that fell there were their beliefs, and now that their beliefs have collapsed, what are the soldiers fighting for?

"It's over......"

Zero-activated anti-gravity field, the person floated into the air, floating to a height of ten meters, looking down on the army in the papal hall below. He didn't raise his voice much, but let his voice sound in every corner of the camp: "Soldiers, this war is over. You have no reason to continue fighting, look at these corpses lying on the ground, they are not your commanders. Your commander died before he set out on the expedition. At least here......"

Zero nodded his head and said, "I think everyone present should remember the video footage that was suddenly released in Rome City, yes, it is the scene in the palace of Sauron, the chief of your knights." Those who fell to the ground, including your Knights, Sauron, have chosen to succumb to a certain power in exchange for greater power. Think about it, how have these people ever had such power before!"

Zero's words aroused suspicion in the hearts of soldiers, especially some officers. Adam, not to mention these regimental commanders, are the officers who have been forcibly strengthened by Gaia, and there are their old friends among them. Old friends of these officers knew that when they went to Rome and reappeared, they were completely different people.

"Now that I am here, I can tell you clearly. Your commander-in-chief, Sauron, has been killed in battle at the military base on Victoria Island. You are the sword in his hand, and you who have been deceived have become the instruments of his selfish desires. Now that the sword-wielding man is gone, I hope this war ends here. Soldiers, stop turning your guns on your fellow citizens, and think about the people in that city who are just like you. Of course, if you still want to continue, I will accompany you to the end!" Zero descended, fell to the ground, and gestured to the others.

All the capable people consciously came behind Zero, and Cinderella was in the closest position to Zero, watching these ten or so high-level people gather together, even if the number of people on the Knights' side was more than a thousand times that of the other party, no one dared to lift a finger. When Zero started to take a step, even the soldiers who stood in his way consciously moved out of the way.

Zero and the others walked straight in the direction of Rock City surrounded by enemy troops, and suddenly, someone behind them shouted, "Wait. ”

Zero looked back, it was an officer. Judging by the badge on his shoulder, he is still a second-level commander who can be in charge of a regional battlefield. He suddenly gave a military salute to Zero and said in a deep voice, "Thank you!"

Zero nodded at him, didn't say anything, and left the camp with the powerhouses.

The night finally passed. The next day, when the troops in the Papal Hall were preparing to leave the camp, a letter from Zero was delivered to the officer who had taken over the provisional command of the army. The letter was addressed to Paul, and the content was simple: Zero hoped that Paul would not embarrass the officers who had participated in the war and continue to reuse them. With Zero's current status, even Paul sat on the throne of the city of Rome, and he did not dare to despise his opinion, not to mention that Paul had not yet sat on it.

With Zero's letter, the officers did not have to worry about being snubbed and ostracized, or even executed. After all, at the moment when Zoro and his henchmen were all killed, it was already clear how the situation would develop. There is no doubt that Paul will become the new master of the city of Rome and the continent. In such a situation, Zero's letter is undoubtedly a talisman for the officers.

In the afternoon, the Knights began to evacuate. They only took the identification plates of the war dead, and as for the corpses, Zero had promised to dispose of them on their behalf. So after the Knights left, the militia and even the residents of Rock City and the soldiers of the Poseidon Regiment began to clean up the battlefield, the broken fortifications, the corpses of the dead on both sides, the wreckage of mecha and chariots, etc., there were too many things to clean up.

In this process, it is necessary to dispose of the body or object separately. The bodies will be gathered in an open field for cremation, and they will have the highest priority. After all, winter has passed, and spring is the season of bacterial growth, which is not much different from the old and new eras. The only difference is that the germs of the new age are more deadly, and once a plague is formed by too many corpses, it is out of control.

Soon, however, several fires appeared on the battlefield outside the Rock City, in an area far from the city. At this moment, there is no distinction between friend and foe, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior. The cremation work lasted for a long time, except for some people who were left to watch the fire so that the flames would not spread to other places, and the rest of the people continued to clean up the battlefield.

The scene after the war was like a huge garbage dump. Cleaning up is not an easy task, whether it is soldiers or residents, first of all, they need to prioritize the recovery of weapons and magazines that can be reused, secondly, those mechs or vehicles that are damaged but can still be repaired and can be used, and finally those things that are no longer useful, but even if they are guns that can no longer be used, or the wreckage of chariots that have been smashed into discus, they can still be pulled back to Rock City and refined to extract metal from them, which can be used elsewhere.

In general, if you carefully clean the battlefield, you can still recover some of the war materials.

Just as the city was busy, three trucks following Zero drove into the city. They stopped in front of a factory on the outskirts of the city that was being hit by the artillery fire of the Papal Chamber. The factory is no longer usable, and there is no manpower to repair it for the time being, so it is very quiet at this time. Zero and Franklin had arrived early, and at this time, Zero should have been in the town hall to listen to the post-war derogation report. But he dragged Franklin to this place, much to the wonder of the big man.

Franklin shuddered uncontrollably as he saw the hibernation-like devices on the truck put the two zero-adjusted lifting machines on the ground one by one. He walked over to one of the devices and watched as the faces inside snarled in a language Zero didn't understand, and then in front of the hibernation chambers, Franklin kept shouting words that Zero didn't understand.

Zero guessed that it was supposed to be the language of Atlantis, and as for Franklin's shouting, it was probably the names of the people inside. Franklin burst into tears of excitement in the corners of his eyes, and he strode back, his hands outstretched to give Zero a powerful hug. Zero swears that if it weren't him, even a violent bear would have to hug Franklin alive.

After putting Zero down, Franklin wiped away his tears and said, "Thank you, my friend. You saved my compatriots, I ...... I really don't know what words to use to express what I feel at this moment. ”

Zero patted him on the arm and said, "Needless to say, we are friends and partners." I...... Trust you!"

A complicated array of lights flashed in Franklin's eyes, and he finally stood up. As if having made some kind of decision, he walked towards one of the hibernation chambers. That hibernation chamber, Zero made a special mark. It was the man with the neutral face who was sleeping, and Franklin stared through the porthole of the installation and said, "I'm sorry, Oncores. According to the plan, you should be the first gardener to awaken and be responsible for creating the tree of life. But now there is no need, this era is no longer ours...... Please, sleep forever. ”

This was in a language that Zero could understand, and it was clear that Franklin intended it to let Zero know. Franklin expertly typed Dao commands on a light screen in the hibernation chamber, and suddenly, the man in the hibernation chamber opened his eyes and began to struggle. The entire hibernation chamber can be seen constantly shaking, and it is clear that the person inside wants to come out. But the strength of the struggle became weaker and weaker, and at the end, he looked at Franklin helplessly.

In the porthole, his mouth moved, and then there was no movement. Franklin knew he was asking himself "why." Franklin didn't answer because it was the answer that had to be given to zero, and as a kind of return for zero trust.

Franklin looked at the neutral face inside and said, "His name is Oncores, strictly speaking, he is not us Atlanteans, but the tree of life of the previous generation." On that day, when Sky City collapsed, the Tree of Life stored its entire gene pool in a humanoid version of itself that it generated, and he was Oncores. According to the program we set up early in the morning, when our ship automatically recognizes that the current environment meets the standard of survival, Oncoles will be the first to wake up. He will be responsible for further improving the environment, as well as planting new species of life trees......"

"But now, it's all gone. Franklin turned around and said, "This era is no longer ours, but you, Zero." ”

"......No," Zero said, "There is no difference between you and me, it is us, we can usher in another era, an era in which humans, Atlanteans, and other alien races can survive!"

"So, I need your help, Franklin!"

Franklin looked at Zero requisitionably, and finally, a smile escaped from his steely face.

The giant nodded.

No passionate promises, no catchy language. At this moment, there is only the most simple trust!

At night, Rock City is lit up. Tonight is a night of revelry, a night of celebration. Soldiers and residents alike took to the streets to drink wine, drink local folk songs, dance familiar dances, and everyone had a heartfelt smile on their faces. Celebrate the end of the war with singing and wine.

Tonight, all bars offer all services for free, and people you don't know can get drunk together on the street.

In a certain bar, the injured Manshan and Hook are drinking together, and a bunch of people next to them are heckling. On the roof of the bar, Yeliu and Haiwei both skimmed by, shuttling through all corners of the city, sometimes stopping for a wonderful dance in the street, and sometimes even interspersed, clumsily dancing with the people, and then even Yaru would show a casual smile or two.

Mr. X and Mamilo sat on the stone railing on the roof of the town hall, looking down at the brightly lit city below. Behind them was a pile of empty bottles, but they still had a half-drunk bottle in their hands. The drunken two smiled and picked up their respective wine bottles and touched each other, and then shouted in unison: "To this era!"

In the end, there was a burst of laughter, and then he fell to the rooftop, and fell asleep with the wine bottle in his arms.

The night is dark, but in the city, the carnival continues.