Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 794 - 400. Final Battle (2)

Chapter 794: 400. Final Battle (2)

The ’Sea Maiden’ Melissa rarely prayed, especially with such serious kneeling prayer.

But today, when she intended to earnestly ask for the King’s protection, her companion rudely interrupted her.

The ’Peddler’ Mashnat walked over slowly and asked:

"Melissa, how are the preparations going?"

Melissa was silent for a moment, then stood up and said:

"...The people at the institute said it’s almost ready, and the subsecretary is also coming soon. But isn’t the cost a bit too high for doing this?"

Mashnat shook his head:

"We have no choice. With the rebels ahead, while their False God hasn’t stepped in, we must make a decision. The survival of the entire planet hinges on this moment."

"...I understand. Don’t worry, I’ll handle it."

"Kingdom of Divine Help, may we sleep peacefully every night thereafter."

.........

Things don’t always go smoothly.

"Ha, the Kingdom Army has no usable soldiers left!"

"We’ve reached the coastline, and still nobody has come to intercept us."

"Great, it feels like it won’t be long before we can go home for the Lantern Festival."

The Empire’s ships sailed with ease, enough to spot the shells and crabs on Hyland Pearl’s coast. People’s minds suddenly relaxed, even starting to discuss where to camp.

But just then, the sky and sea changed dramatically, waves surged turbulently, and one by one, warships were lifted high by the tides, thrown into the sky, then harshly smashed onto the coastal reefs, shattered and broken.

"Mere traitors, how dare you dream of overthrowing the Kingdom Parliament! A bunch of outcasts with no sense of their own insignificance!"

Above the surging sea waves, a voice rumbled like thunder, and amid the surviving strugglers and panic, a massive figure slowly emerged from the gloomy clouds: it had a stingray-like head, four eyes flickering with ominous yellow light, and just looking at it caused the warriors, seasoned by combat, to become confused and their souls to tremble.

"It’s the Knights of the High Table!"

Someone recognized that terrifying massive figure and screamed in fright:

The ’Sea Maiden’ Melissa, rumored to be able to stir the sea! Get to the shore quickly!"

However, for a Knight of the High Table, even if the Empire’s warriors reacted swiftly, it meant nothing. Melissa gently raised her hand, the sea immediately started to whirlpool, and then an ancient and terrifying roar echoed from beneath the deep water.

Vroom...

The low-frequency sound waves shattered hearts, and the warriors fell in batches like products on an assembly line, falling into the sea, devoured completely by the frenzied fish and crabs in less than half a second.

In less than half a minute, the near sea of Hyland Pearl was already stained crimson.

Li Aozi stepped out from the timeline, activated the gravity distortion beam, and quietly set foot on the shore. He glanced back at the massacre on the sea and nodded slightly:

"This is the necessary cost; later, I’ll send you to a happy dimension for life."

Li Aozi never promised what he couldn’t deliver, although these people were believers of Gio Zieou, they indeed died for Li Aozi’s goals.

"I need to hurry; Hyland Pearl Province is large, I must search quickly."

His goal was clear, the entire plan was a typical reverse overlord strategy.

Gio Zieou would lead the troops in a frontal assault, forcibly landing, drawing attention, and if lucky, might force the full deployment of the High Table Knights.

And Li Aozi would take the opportunity to quickly search Hyland Pearl Province, find the Fermi Research Institute’s ’High Tower.’

When they captured the capital, they didn’t see the King’s shadow, and after sweeping the entire continent, they still didn’t find the Fermi Research Institute’s trace.

So obviously, the process of elimination leaves only the final Hyland Pearl Province as the answer.

Li Aozi moved quickly and secretly. At the same time, he didn’t forget to use the remaining flesh puppets to continue watching the battle near the sea.

He had to wait for Gio Zieou to act personally to move more assuredly.

The entire plan was highly efficient, if luck favored them, they might take it down in as little as one hour and twenty-two minutes.

But the premise was, Gio Zieou must act.

If Gio Zieou didn’t act, relying on ordinary Empire soldiers alone was not enough to stall for time.

Li Aozi swiftly passed through each populated point, from small village settlements to large towns, but found nothing.

In just twenty minutes, Li Aozi had circled several million square kilometers, checking every city, yet still found no sign of the so-called ’High Tower’ or the King’s presence.

"Could it be that it’s not here?"

Even he had doubts now.

Throughout Hyland Pearl Province, there wasn’t a single Fermi Research Institute base on the surface, and the number of towns and populated points was shockingly few, resembling a utopia completely.

"This can’t be right. If there is no institute base here, no King here... could they have relocated to the Void Fallen Zone?"

This thought was immediately dismissed by Li Aozi, as it clearly didn’t fit the logic.

Previously, to strike the Kingdom as hard as possible, he intentionally didn’t press the Kingdom Parliament, not to mention that they still had Zhi Xiang, and the most powerful King hadn’t moved, leaving the Kingdom plenty of hope for a counterattack.

As long as there is hope, the other side will continuously organize a great counterattack, and then, just intentionally leaving a gap, they would keep jumping into it.

This is the easy-to-understand and user-friendly Mala Farm Tactics. It is used to injure living forces, encircle points, and strike reinforcements, very effectively.

And now, Li Aozi has discovered a problem.

The premise of Mala Farm is that the opponent has a large amount of living forces.

But the problem is...

"Where are the people?"

Li Aozi landed in the center of a city, looked around, and saw the streets were empty. The shops were open as usual, yet there was no sign of people anywhere.

The entire city was eerily silent, not even a cat could be found.

He fired an Arcane Missile of the Eye of Truth into the sky, and the silver brilliance fell like a rain of crystal, directly presenting a large amount of information: The material structure of the houses, the life expectancy, the last traces of roads...

However, there was no biological information about people.

All the information related to ’people’ in the entire city seemed to have been erased like with a rubber eraser.

"...Something’s not right."

Li Aozi frowned, immediately thinking of the sacrifice ritual in the belief system of an Evil God.

Aside from the Mysterious Pathway and some Demon Spells, only the Evil Gods in the Starry Abyss fully master the sacrifice process. The believers of the Evil God use the lives of beings and filthy existence to please the Evil God in order to receive its support and rewards.

But the Void completely opposes this whole process.

Despite its nature, an Evil God is still a structured religion, emphasizing rituals and beliefs. The Void doesn’t care at all. Its sole reverence is for nothingness, absolute nullity, despising all forms and preaching.

No matter what, the situation is so bizarre, making Li Aozi feel extremely uneasy.

He decided not to hide his identity any longer, moving at full speed, sweeping through the streets and alleys of the Hyland Pearl Province in a short time.

"No one..."

A moment later, Li Aozi stood on a hillside, his gaze heavy:

"In the entire Hyland Pearl Province, not a single living person can be found."

"It’s not just people; even wild animals, domesticated livestock, and mosquitoes have vanished. The number of microorganisms in the air continues to decrease sharply, and the trees and plants are rapidly heading towards destruction due to ecological collapse."

"It’s simply an ecological extinction."

From large-scale human and plant life to small-scale viruses and bacteria.

Anything that slightly touches the concept of ’life’ in the entire Hyland Pearl Province has been oppressed and ravaged by an invisible force, as if something exists in the shadows, wantonly harvesting these beings.

What is this concept?

The Hyland Pearl Province spans 4.59 million square kilometers, and even considering the number of bacteria at 4,000 per cubic meter, it’s an astronomical figure.

To cause such severe extinction in a short period, with a precision akin to committee ’extermination’, its potency and precision are indescribable.

——It’s like drawing Along the River During the Qingming Festival on a chromosome with a pen.

"This couldn’t be achieved by Iota (9)."

Li Aozi knelt on one knee, hands spread, covering the entire island with gravity, constantly using gravity waves to transmit malevolent information.

Although he is no longer the Echoer, the skills learned earlier are ingrained in his bones.

As long as the other party is still a creature, they will instinctively become alert to such malevolent information.

But when Li Aozi emitted gravity waves, the only response was dead silence like stagnant water.

——There’s nothing here.

Bang!

Gio Zieou threw a punch, and just the breeze from it was enough to vaporize a hundred-meter-long sea beast instantly.

The High Table Knight ’Sea Maiden’ Melissa who took his attack head-on collapsed, her body quickly shrinking to mortal form, crawling on the ground with difficulty. She reached out, trying to grasp the trident stuck in the tidal flat.

Slap.

Gio Zieou mercilessly stomped her hand, slowly turned his body, grabbed the other’s head, and said lightly:

"As a mortal, you fought quite well."

Saying this, he slightly moved his fingertips, using Divine Power, attempting to extract the mask from the opponent.

However, after several attempts, Gio Zieou found nothing.

His gaze slightly serious, he intended to interrogate the opponent, but ’Sea Maiden’ Melissa tilted her head and lost her breath.

"...What a joke, she actually chose suicide so decisively, what is she trying to hide?"

Gio Zieou was a bit surprised.

In his past campaigns, he had seen warriors with unyielding spirits, but most people would leave a last word or talk about ’so be it’ before dying, sometimes even cursing or counterattacking.

But this High Table Knight was different.

She realized she couldn’t defeat Gio Zieou and decisively chose suicide, using anything but ordinary means. Through void material infection causing death, even the integrity of the soul was stripped and shattered, totally buried to the Void.

Gio Zieou is merely a combat expert; he is completely unfamiliar with such matters.