Chapter 759: Reshaping, The Dusk of the Old Earth (1/2)

Day 157 - 3:17 PM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon

Time began to flow once more, so as the wake of destruction.

Gigantic chunks of unknown metal continued to rain all over the entire Earth.

Buildings collapsed, homes crumbled, even lives were not spared.

Settlements were crushed, survivors faced their helpless deaths.

Humans screamed in terror as they watched the sky.

The oceans overflowed with tidal waves, swallowing everything near the coast.

Seawater began to heat up, causing marine animals and plants to perish.

Mutated marine animals dived deeper and deeper into the ocean to escape.

Mountains and hills turned into craters, and forests were ignited ablaze.

Roars of mutated animals could be heard as they fled in utmost fear.

Parts of cities turned into piles of rubble, burying anything inside, alive or not.

And the infected, of course, watched the sky in curiosity until their bodies turned into scattered pieces of meat or even dust.

It was all because of the pieces of planetary debris that rained from the sky.

All of it happened during the time that the Eyes were late.

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As the time freeze ended, Mei flinched. As someone whose eyes were enhanced, she immediately realized the sudden changes in her surroundings.

Mark was flying in a different place, while an unknown woman was now shouting at him like a child.

”Gege? Who?” Mei asked, not realizing who the woman was until she saw the woman's familiar eyes. ”Ah...”

It was not surprising that Mei did not recognize Fourth immediately. Compared to her body as a little girl, her current rich lady-like appearance was too different. Not to mention her attitude that did not change even a tiny bit.

After shouting at Mark, telling him to go home, Fourth immediately faced the sky.

There was no time to waste further.

Fourth raised both her hands, her three vertical eyes glowed.

Mark and Mei raised their heads. They could see a faint light slowly cover the entire sky.

Then, the two frowned. Mark released the [Mental Crystals] from the [PsyCrystal]. Mei took out her sniper rifle, the [Shooting Moon Blade]. They were ready to attack as they saw a large, flaming red chunk of metal falling towards their home.

The falling planetary debris was about seventy meters in diameter. It was more or less the length of a passenger airplane. Not only was its surface entirely red because of its entry through the atmosphere, but it was also falling too fast.

It would definitely turn the base into a heat-filled hell even if it could not entirely flatten it because of the [Blood Metal] structures.

But before the two could act, Fourth's voice rang into their ears.

”Just stay put if you two are not going home!”

With her words, the two immediately knew that Fourth was going to handle this problem.

The enormous debris collided with the veil of light above the base as soon as the two relaxed.

Then, the three people trembled at the explosion-like collision. They all watched the debris as it crumbled into smaller pieces, raining towards the land. Furthermore, those pieces fell not towards the base but in different directions, unprotected by the veil of light.

Nonetheless, those smaller pieces of debris had various sizes. The largest ones were the size of a passenger bus. Their fall towards the land still caused substantial damage to the surroundings.

At that scene, Fourth took the initiative to explain, glancing at Mark and Mei behind her.

”You two don't have to worry. This barrier extends all over Southeast Asia, which is the area under my protection. I can guarantee that as long as there are no unexpected circumstances, none of these useless pieces of metal will fall unto your base.”

When Fourth said those words with confidence, a few more large chunks of metal were falling towards their direction.

And as Fourth had said, all of them crumbled as they collided with the veil of light. The large ones split into smaller pieces before scattering, while the smaller ones were obliterated entirely.

But then, Mark asked a question, looking at a large piece of debris that created a wide crater by the foot of the mountain.

”You said that it covered your whole territory, but those fell not too far. And you're not only protecting our place, right?”

”Duh, of course not!” Fourth yelled with hands raised and eyes glowing. ”Our powers are limited given that the number of humans on Earth dwindled drastically! There is no way that we will be able to cover the entire Earth and maintain it while facing all this falling debris! Besides, our duty is to protect humans! Other things come second!”

Several explosions were heard as several gigantic chunks of space debris crashed onto the barrier that covered the New Infanta Settlement. The space debris also broke down into pieces and fell away from the settlement.

However, Mark noticed something.

”Isn't Infanta Settlement's barrier weaker than ours?”

It was not hard to notice. The chunks of space debris that fell from the ones that were supposed to hit Mark's base were thrown far all the way to the foot of the mountain. Those in New Infanta Settlement fell quite close, enough that the dust and tremors from the crash reached the settlement.

”It can't be helped!” Fourth irritatingly replied. ”The strength of the barrier corresponds to the humans inside it!”

That statement made both Mark and Mei confused.

It was not surprising that the strength of the barrier would scale with the humans since the existence and powers of the Eyes also rely on humans. Specifically, the collected emotions of the entire human race.

However, the population of the New Infanta Settlement was within several thousand. Mark's base could not compare to it, considering it only had around two hundred people.

And yet, the barrier around Mark's base was more powerful compared to the one that covered New Infanta Settlement.

As if knowing what was inside Mark's mind, Fourth added.