usenovelonline Chapter 223 The First Impact
Chapter 223 The First Impact
Chapter 223 The First Impact
Staring intently at the singularity detector in her hand, Xia An could confirm that their positions were almost exactly aligned with the target red dot.
Logically speaking, they should be able to easily spot their target right now, instead of wandering around like headless flies.
"Unless... that guy's hiding place isn't on the surface." She muttered to herself, then suddenly looked up.
The sky, shrouded in blizzard, was dark and gloomy, but it couldn't obstruct her vision.
My gaze swept across every part of the sky, but I still couldn't spot the target.
"So, it's underground."
Xia An lowered his head, shifted his gaze, and looked at the thick layer of ice and frozen soil.
Unfortunately, her vision couldn't penetrate the ground; she could only vaguely sense whether there was anything unusual below through her spiritual sense.
"Xia An, Xia An? Xia An!" The girl with pigtails waved her hand in front of her, but received no response, so she puffed up her cheeks like balloons.
After a moment, Xia An came to his senses and said, "I'm listening... Cheng Nuo, use your abilities to make a fortune here."
"Hmm, always ordering people around." Cheng Nuo pouted, but still obediently took out his paintbrush. "You said you'd paint a stroke here, what are the specific requirements?"
"Just make a slit, the longer, wider and deeper the better."
Cheng Nuo watched Xia An's gestures, nodded, gripped his paintbrush, and casually drew a line on the ground.
A bluish-purple radiance clung to the tip of the brush, falling to the ground as the brush moved.
In an instant, a scratch mark several meters wide and thousands of meters long appeared on the ground.
A bluish-purple glow flashed across the scratch, and then a portion of the permafrost vanished into thin air, replaced by a crack of unknown depth.
It is almost like a naturally formed rift valley.
"Well done," Xia An said casually, standing at the edge of the rift and looking down into it.
Facing the dark and deep chasm, she uttered a simple word: "Light."
Her words seemed to possess a certain magic; with just a single word, the entire rift valley was instantly illuminated.
A soft light filled the entire rift valley, revealing what was hidden within.
Everything inside the ice was clearly visible.
The two girls looked towards the rocky cliffs of the rift valley, and through the clear ice, they could vaguely see a huge black shadow frozen inside.
And on the silhouette of the shadow, there were six red lights that had appeared out of nowhere.
A strong sense of foreboding swept over them, and without hesitation, the two pushed off with their feet and retreated more than a hundred meters away.
The next moment, a roar came from under the thick ice layer, and the sound wave swept away into the distance, carrying ice and snow, mixed with three hissing sounds with slightly different tones.
The dragon's roar was loud and clear, shaking the heavens and the earth. The two people who had just run a hundred meters away changed their expressions, as if their heartbeats were also drawn by the sound.
The earth trembled, ice shattered with a loud crack, and a huge black shadow slowly rose into the blizzard.
"That's... a dragon?" Cheng Nuo stared blankly at the dark figure, his gaze reflecting the outline of the figure's head.
The silhouette of the shadowy head has the characteristics of an Eastern dragon, but it has three heads.
Its body resembles a Western dragon, with its two feet supporting the ground, a pair of huge bat wings spread out in the blizzard, and three dragon heads roaring to the sky.
The two forked tails slammed heavily onto the ice, creating a large cloud of ice mist that shook the earth.
This scene reminded Cheng Nuo of a painting he had once seen.
"The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Covered in Sunlight"... Could this be the story recorded in the Bible?
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"This is bad! The energy level of the singularity is rising rapidly! Cheng Nuo, we have to do something right away!"
Xia An's shout interrupted her thoughts, and she subconsciously picked up her paintbrush and added a stroke to the three-headed dragon.
Red paint fell onto the dragon's outline, and she intended to imitate her earlier act of splitting the earth, drawing a scar on the dragon.
But she failed; the red paint merely added decoration to the dragon and served no purpose.
"Some kind of force field on it is shielding my abilities," Cheng Nuo shouted, his voice cutting through the wind. "Xia An, quickly use your invincible power of words to think of a solution!"
"Shut up." Xia An frowned, and the noise around him immediately disappeared.
She glanced at the scrolling comments, and her already bad mood worsened.
A large portion of the comments were expressions of amazement at the dragon-shaped black shadow, and some even used the live stream function to set up betting games.
The bet was on how many moves the two of them could withstand.
Those viewers watching from behind their screens had no idea how dangerous it was or how much damage it would cause to the environment.
For them, the Ring is just a virtual world behind a screen, inaccessible and therefore indifferent.
But to Xia An, who knew some of the inside information, their remarks seemed ridiculous.
If this dragon were allowed to grow even larger, who knows if it would break through the dimensional barrier and actually descend upon their world, just like during that previous virus crisis?
"They'll get their comeuppance sooner or later for making such sarcastic remarks," she muttered to herself, but clearly uttered a single word: "Stop."
An invisible force spread with the voice, and under the girl's personal will, it acted precisely on the dragon-shaped outline.
The dragon's roar abruptly stopped, and the dragon-shaped black shadow also paused for a moment.
Xia An's eyes sharpened, and he uttered another incantation: "Die."
The moment she uttered the word "death," before the power of her words could even take effect, the world in her eyes was filled with vibrant golden light.
At the same time, an even louder dragon roar echoed above the icy and snowy landscape.
"Watch out, my words of power didn't work at all!" Xia An's eyes widened, and she quickly pulled her companion away.
The moment they took their first step, a beam of light descended from the sky.
Cheng Nuo opened his eyes wide, feeling the energy surge only a few meters away from him, and instinctively wielded his brush.
She drew a barrier in one stroke, blocking the beam of light and absorbing all the aftershocks.
Wild golden arcs of electricity danced across the barrier, causing it to emit a mournful cry of unbearable strain.
In the golden electric light illuminating the polar night, the two glanced hastily at the shadowy figure, their hearts skipping a beat.
The three-headed dragon, covered in golden scales, lowered its head, its six ominous red eyes locking onto them with chilling malice, as if it wanted to devour them.
"Let's go. It's beyond our capabilities. Don't sacrifice this body for it."
Xia An grabbed Cheng Nuo by the collar and released several spells.
"Wind, speed, swiftness, reduced drag..."
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The incantation was activated, and the two disappeared into the vast snowstorm in the blink of an eye, leaving only the three-headed dragon with its arc of electricity gradually dimming.
The wind and snow continued to howl, and Antarctica was once again shrouded in darkness. But deep within the darkness, there always existed a shadow even more profound than the night itself.
After a long while, a faint sigh was heard.
"They arrived too quickly. This Blood God Child hadn't even finished developing when they disturbed it. The inserted data wasn't complete either, so it could only operate as a 'giant beast that flew from distant Venus.'"
"Rather than calling it a Blood God Child, it's more accurate to say it's a combination of three mature Blood God Children, with each dragon head corresponding to one, and their abilities derived from self-compiled pages."
"The administrators of the Ring have already used their authority. They have begun to control political figures from various countries, and these people are unaware that they are being manipulated, but the Styx worms implanted in their bodies can."
The three heads took turns roaring, the meaning of which was incomprehensible to onlookers, but only they could understand it.
"The administrators haven't discovered the Styx worms we implanted yet. Unless those political figures act against orders, the difficulty of manipulating various countries will increase significantly. It's best not to touch them for now."
"The data insertion for the remaining behemoths is nearing completion and should be available before countries take action."
"Then let us launch the first assault and announce the return of the Titans."
The middle dragon head made the final decision, and the other two dragon heads had no other objections.
The three-headed dragon spread its wings completely, with a wingspan of over 500 meters.
Bioelectric currents pulsed across the highly conductive epidermis, once again illuminating the dim Antarctic with a shimmering golden light.
It flapped its wings, stirring up a huge storm, and its body moved with the storm, disappearing into the Antarctic night sky.
After a long time, the blizzard stirred up by the dragon gradually subsided, and the silent night once again enveloped the place.
In an ice cave somewhere in Antarctica, two small figures peeked their heads out of the cave.
"That dragon seems to have flown away."
Cheng Nuo breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the scrolling comments, and immediately puffed out her cheeks.
"What deserter? I'm not a deserter, this is called a strategic retreat."
After arguing angrily with the audience for a few moments, she deflated and looked at Xia An, who remained calm and composed, and envied her composure.
"If only I could be like you, Xia An, and always have a calm and peaceful mind."
For them, the viewers in the live stream are both a source of faith and an essential foundation for achieving divinity.
They must know how to guide public opinion, how to create hype, and how to interact with the audience in order to maximize their popularity and gather faith.
Few witches can be indifferent to the opinions of the audience. On the contrary, there are many witches whose image collapses and who fall from their pedestal because they are angered by the audience's words.
Whether carrying out missions or in their daily lives, they must be extremely careful to avoid making inappropriate remarks that could lead people astray and cause them to lose their faith.
"Xia An, what are you thinking about?"
Cheng Nuo waved his hand in front of his companion and called out a few times before finally getting her attention.
Xia An grabbed the hand that was shaking incessantly and said calmly, "I was just confirming the information sent from above."
"Hey, has anything been sent over from above?" Cheng Nuo asked, puzzled.
"See for yourself."
Through the personal system, Xia An sent the information he had just seen to her.
"This is the singularity data retrieved by the administrator with the appropriate permissions, which has been presented in text form."
Cheng Nuo opened the document, and the doubt in his eyes instantly turned into surprise.
"The Singularity Titan—Ghidorah—is an alien species that descended upon the world in ancient times. How is that possible? With current human computer technology, we can only barely simulate our planet and moon; it's impossible to simulate the situation of another planet."
"Therefore, the higher-ups suspect that this is a major vulnerability that already existed in the early stages of the ring's operation," Xia An explained.