thefictionvixens Chapter 85 Humanity's Choice?
Chapter 85 Humanity's Choice?
However, it was too late.
The steel gate of the air-raid shelter was pushed open.
Those civilians who had been hiding underground, trembling and weeping because of the war outside, now seemed to have received some kind of divine summons, and walked out with empty eyes.
"What are you doing?! Go back! There's still fighting outside!" Hitler landed in front of the shelter, trying to use his massive body to block the crowd.
But then something chilling happened.
A mother, leading her young child, walked past Hitler's feet. A stray bullet struck them from the sky, landing less than ten meters in front of them and obliterating a building. Gravel grazed the mother's forehead, drawing blood.
But she didn't scream, she wasn't afraid, she didn't even flinch.
A bizarre, blissful smile graced her face. She tilted her head back, inhaling deeply the fragrant pollen of the kiwifruit in the air, her arms outstretched as if embracing a non-existent paradise.
"How wonderful... there's no more war..." the mother murmured to herself. "No monsters... no hunger... we've finally returned to paradise..."
The little boy next to her giggled, "Mommy, I saw a flying candy house..."
It's not just them.
Throughout the city, millions of people took to the war-torn streets. They trudged through ruins and trampled over blood, ignoring the giants of light and darkness locked in a fierce battle overhead.
Some people danced gracefully beside the burning inferno; others smiled and spread their arms, letting falling boulders smash them into a bloody pulp; even the defense soldiers who were originally maintaining order put down their weapons, took off their helmets, and greedily inhaled the deadly pollen, their faces showing blissful, insane smiles.
end.
This is the real apocalypse! Not screaming in destruction amidst raging flames, but smiling, basking in the ultimate false happiness, abandoning all resistance, and willingly walking towards annihilation!
"What... is going on?"
Tiga stopped what he was doing. He stared blankly at the humans below, the very people he was desperately trying to protect.
They stopped running, stopped calling for help, and stopped even glancing at the giants.
"Tiga! Watch out!" Camilla's exclamation rang out.
Karfa delivered a powerful punch to Tiga's chest, sending him flying. Tiga crashed through a temple and lay amidst the ruins, but instead of immediately getting up, he stared blankly at his hands.
The power of the Giant of Light comes from the inner belief and the "hope" in the hearts of those it protects—a yearning for survival and light.
But now, there is no hope.
Humanity no longer needs light. They have chosen the eternal dream bestowed upon them by Zigela.
With the collective demise of humanity's will to survive, all the giants of the guard regiments on the battlefield, who were drawn to the light, suddenly felt the inexhaustible energy of light within their bodies draining away at an extremely terrifying rate!
"My strength... is waning..." Darram stared in shock at his trembling hands. His once-proud strength was now so great that he could barely lift a boulder.
Daya and Soruka's Ultra Barrier collapsed instantly. They knelt on the ground, and the color timers on their chests began to flash extremely faintly and slowly. It was not a warning of energy depletion, but a lament that the source of life was drying up.
"Hahahaha!"
In the sky, Karfa let out an extremely maniacal laugh.
Although the pollen of the Chijera made the Dark Giants feel a little uncomfortable, their source of power was arrogance, humiliation, and the desire for destruction. The depravity of humanity only made the dark energy within them more violent.
Calfa slowly descended in front of Tiga, looking down at the former strongest warrior of the ancient times, his tone filled with pity and mockery:
"See that, Tiga? This is the ant you'd risk your life to protect!"
Karfa pointed at the humans who were dying with smiles on their faces in the inferno: "They didn't deserve the light! They were cowardly and greedy. Give them a little false sweetness, and they'll abandon their dignity like maggots! You shed your blood to protect them, but what about them? They're probably dreaming now, enjoying a bliss warmer than your light!"
Ultraman Tiga's body was trembling.
His eyes, which always shone with a gentle light, were now filled with deep despair and incomprehension.
From the communicator came Youlian's weary voice, trembling with tears.
"Tiga... Giants... Stop!"
Yu Lian's voice seemed to age ten years in an instant: "The pollen of the Qijiela has already entered the Earth's atmospheric cycle. It is an Earth plant, a choice made by humanity itself... The ironclad law of the Giants of Light... cannot interfere with humanity's choices. Since humanity has chosen to perish in the dream, then... the mission of the Giants of Light has ended."
The mission is over.
These words were like a heavy hammer blow, completely shattering the defenses.
Camilla's whip of light vanished. She walked to Tiga's side and gently supported his swaying shoulders. She didn't care about humans; she only cared about Tiga. But she could sense that the light in Tiga's heart was dying out.
"it's over?"
Karfa coldly raised his right hand, a dark purple light blade coalescing in his palm: "Now that your mission is over, I'll show mercy and send you hypocrites to your deaths alongside those humans! The purge truly begins now!"
Just as Karfa was about to deliver the fatal blow, and just as all the Giants of Light were plunged into deep despair and confusion.
A roar like that of a wild beast, accompanied by an extremely domineering interweaving of dark gold and crimson light, abruptly severed Karfa's aura.
"Bullshit!!!"
Kaul had somehow gotten up from the ruins.
His left hand clutched tightly at his still-bleeding right arm, but his body remained ramrod straight. He hadn't grown larger; he stood between Ultraman Tiga and Calfa, who were both over fifty meters tall, at the size of a human.
But at this moment, everyone could feel the overwhelming aura of a king emanating from this tiny figure!
"What utter bullshit about the ironclad laws of the Giants of Light! What utter bullshit about humanity's own choice!"
Kaul's eyes turned a brutal crimson, the aura of the ultimate ruler of the Reiblood people and the domineering will of the L77 Leo royal family soared into the sky without reservation at this moment!
He pointed in the direction of the headquarters where Yu Lian was, and cursed, "Yu Lian! Did Gatanothor eat your brain?! These civilians have been brainwashed by some kind of mental poison! You call this their choice?! If someone poisons you and makes you jump off a building, and people watching you jump say 'I respect your choice,' is that a damn ironclad rule? That's just a coward's excuse!"
The entire battlefield, even the fanatical Dark Giants, were stunned by Kaul's sudden outburst of rage.