chsdbacks Chapter 574 The light of hope
Chapter 574 The light of hope
Chapter 574 The light of hope
Sky, earth, ocean.
Humans, Pokémon, planet.
The light emanating from the entire Earth converged in one place, making Qingyu, who was at the center, shine brightly.
But when Qingyu called out the name of Sylveon's Z-Move, the two figures that were shining in the dazzling light suddenly disappeared and were swallowed into the golden light.
For a fleeting moment, people all over the world who were looking up at the sky and the Pokémon seemed to be on the same wavelength, collectively falling into a state of reverie.
This one-of-a-kind S.A.B. Z, crafted by the "Master Craftsman" Tapu Mimou, already boasts exceptionally wide coverage.
Ultimate aura, or "light," acts as an amplifier, allowing moves that were originally of average power to suddenly unleash terrifying power.
Now, Blue Feather and Sylveon have gathered the light of hope from all over the world, and that light has even completely suppressed the radiance emanating from Ultra Necrozma, instead swallowing it up.
At that moment, Necrozma, who had fully gathered his power and was preparing to unleash his Z-Move to destroy the world, suddenly lost consciousness.
But when it opened its eyes again—
The light that it didn't belong to, yet which it instinctively longed for, vanished in an instant, and the world returned to darkness once more.
No----
wrong!
Upon noticing the incredibly familiar scene before him, Necrozma's anger surged instantly.
This is its prison!
"Lord Necrozma, please grant your followers even more light!"
Below, a human was kneeling on the ground, praying earnestly to it.
"roar--!!!"
Having seen through the inherent flaws of humanity, Necrozma did not hesitate at all and immediately planned to use the Prism Laser to eliminate the hypocritical human in front of her.
It once chose to believe in humanity and that all creations of the Creator are kind-hearted, so it generously brought the last glimmer of light from its body to a corner of the universe.
However, betrayal awaited it.
The roar did not restore Necrozma's power. Having lost all its light, it could no longer gather even a glimmer of radiance and could only vent its emotions through angry roars.
The "respectful" human below stared at it for a while before standing up in disappointment.
"It seems the researchers were right. Necrozma can no longer condense light; it's just a dark lump of iron left."
"But we need more light, otherwise even this ultimate metropolis won't be able to survive."
"Now we can only try and see if the legend works."
"Notify the Ultimate Survey Team to bring Solgaleo and Lunala, who are willing to help us, over so they can attempt to fuse with Ultimate Necrozma!"
The human spoke into the device as he slowly left.
Everything was exactly as Necrozma had personally experienced.
Those humans on the edge of the universe revered themselves as "Radiant Gods," whose ancestors grew up in the light they emitted and relied on this gift to develop the first ultimate metropolis.
However, humanity betrayed it.
In order to seize more light, they imprisoned the weakened creature in the lowest level of the metropolis, using it as the core to sustain the entire city, constantly squeezing out the little power it had left.
I don't know how long this went on.
It wasn't until one day it finally lost its last bit of light that humanity remembered its existence again.
What happened next?
Necrozma used its remaining sanity to think, and the scene before it began to change rapidly according to its memories.
Ultimately, it stopped on the day the "disaster" struck.
The newly born humans at the edge of the universe are actually very clear about the relationship between Solgaleo and Lunala and themselves, but for the sake of the survival and continuation of humanity, they choose to take a gamble.
Even after absorbing two legendary Pokémon representing the sun and the moon, Necrozma, now restored to its radiance, can still be controlled by them.
Unfortunately, they made the wrong bet.
"Help!!!"
"Lord Necrozma, please regain your sanity! We are all your followers!"
"The Ultimate Metropolis cannot be destroyed; humanity's future must be secured—"
"boom--!"
Having regained its light, Ultimate Necrozma became merciless, unleashing endless prism lasers that bombarded the city, quickly turning it into ruins.
Don't you humans need your own light?
Alright then, let's see if you can handle it!
Having relived the entire process of destroying Metropolis, Ultimate Necrozma did not regret what it had done.
Even if it were to happen ten thousand times, it would still make the same choice.
Humans are pests of this world!
They don't deserve any sympathy at all!
Not only for it imprisoned underground, but also for Solgaleo and Lunala, whom humans could sacrifice at will for their own selfish desires, and for the "Ultra Beasts" that were mutated after their light was stolen—
It must destroy these disgusting humans!
Standing quietly atop the ruins of the ultimate metropolis, Ultimate Necrozma looked up at the horizon.
The stars are guiding its way.
According to the rules left by Arceus, life must exist wherever the sun exists.
What it needs to do is to reclaim all the light it once spread out and bring the world back to its original starting point!
If the Creator had witnessed my own experiences, He would never have stopped me!
A distorted wormhole immediately appeared before Ultimate Necrozma, and the unique aura of the Ultimate Aura emanated from the other side of the wormhole.
Once it locked onto its target, it was preparing to head to that planet immediately to complete its mission.
However, at this moment—
"So that's why you went mad?"
A familiar human voice came from behind. Ultimate Necrozma turned around abruptly, and a blazing beam of light immediately condensed in its core, shooting straight towards the direction of the voice.
"boom--!"
At such close range, humans have no time to react and are immediately caught up in the attack.
The laser beam shot straight into the ruins, causing a violent roar.
But the floating figure did not disappear; it reappeared before Necrozma after the laser light faded.
"Don't be so impatient, I'm here to have a proper chat with you."
Qingyu smiled at it and spread her hands to indicate that she posed no threat.
"boom--!"
Necrozma, unwilling to trust humans any longer, unleashed countless beams of light, completely engulfing him.
You can't hurt me.
However, its attack still had no effect. After the light dissipated, Qingyu still stared at it calmly and slowly spoke.
"I can understand your prejudice against humanity, and I roughly understand why Arceus has remained silent this time —"
"That guy created a world riddled with bugs, and in the end, he had to rely on the biggest bug to solve the problem. What an incompetent creator."
Necrozma's pupils suddenly shrank, and the core of the rainbow in the light locked onto the tiny human before him.
It remembers this guy.
Previously on another planet, he and other hateful humans tried to stop him from reclaiming the power he had once given them.
But why did I return to this world afterward and relive my past experiences like a revolving lantern?
Ultimate Necrozma vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
For the first time, it looked seriously at the human in front of it.
His body was shimmering with tiny points of light, seemingly inconspicuous, but the power contained within them made even this "first light of the universe" feel a bit afraid.
Clearly, he was behind all of this, and it seems I have no way to stop him.
And more importantly—
That guy definitely had the aura left behind by the Creator.
Was he sent by the Creator to stop him?
Necrozma's gaze gradually became complicated.
Even if it doesn't want to have any contact with humans, it seems that for now it can only listen to what he has to say.
Human, you cannot convince me.
Your existence defiles the beautiful world left behind by the Creator.
Qingyu remained noncommittal in response to its words.
"I don't intend to stop you."
After all, Necrozma had only encountered humans in the Metropolis world once, and was tortured to the point of almost losing her mind.
It's pointless to reason with it now; it's already committed to launching a human extermination plan.
But letting it out is obviously impossible.
Therefore, Qingyu decided to go all out: "You were once revered as the 'Radiant God,' selflessly bestowing your light upon the entire world."
"This time, it's our turn, the humans and Pokémon you have blessed, to return the light to you."
After saying that, Qingyu stretched out her hands.
A soft light emerged from between his hands and moved toward Necrozma at an extremely slow pace.
Necrozma couldn't understand what he was trying to do, but she could sense it through the light.
This human is actually serious!
Is he really planning to give me all the brilliance in his body?
It did not refuse, but accepted the gift from the tiny human with some hesitation.
This feeling left Necrozma with incredibly mixed emotions.
But soon, as the light continued to shine into its body and merged with the light it had found, it was stunned.
Because it was not the pure light that it had created, but rather—
A simple and unadorned ray of hope, imbued with a certain emotion.
It was not aggressive at all, and did not resist its absorption, easily becoming a part of Necrozma's body.
And that is why Necrozma suddenly saw frames of images carried by those lights of hope.
It saw a group of humans sitting around a television, shining with the same light in the same posture, sending their will to some place without reservation.
And those Pokémon living in the wild, who should be competing with humans for resources, also shared all the light in their hearts at the same time.
Not only humans and Pokémon, but every blade of grass, every forest, and even the ocean and the ice beneath it all shone with light, transforming their power into tiny specks of light that were transmitted in the same direction.
Those lights came from all over the world on the blue planet, spreading along countless converging and intersecting paths until the view gradually came to the ocean where it fought against humanity.
Those powerful humans who were fighting to the death just moments before are now doing the same thing as other life forms, channeling their power into the golden sphere above.
Even the creations of the Creator God that it could recognize chose to stand against it.
Dragons and birds flapped their wings, and Kyogre soared into the air, singing a song of hope. Groudon on the sea looked up at the sky—
Necrozma hesitated for a moment.
Because it even detected its own scent nearby.
He remained curled up, gathering his strength to unleash the Z-Move, seemingly only a few seconds away from successfully releasing the move.
But the world seemed to freeze in time. Although it could see its own body through the perspective of light, it had no way to manipulate it and deliver the final blow to end the world.
What did you do?
Clearly, only humans can do all of this.
Ultimate Necrozma stared at him calmly, but the other party only smiled at it.
"To show you the possibilities of life."
"I know that the humans in Metropolis have done terrible things, but in this world, the existence of humans is recognized by all other living beings."
"Not only did the gods choose to believe in me, but even the creator god who has returned to the void did so."
"Perhaps some humans make mistakes due to their own selfish desires, but I believe that humanity ultimately yearns for good, which is why a light of hope, different from yours, can be born."
"So, stop now, Necrozma."
Qingyu's voice made Necrozma hesitate.
Because all that light was transmitted into its own body, it was able to feel more clearly that, at least on that planet, humanity was indeed loved by all things in the world.
Even knowing they were no match, the creations of the creator gods would stand against them for the sake of humanity and that planet.
Light of Hope —
Necrozma closed her eyes, feeling the warm glow within her.
The first light came from the mercy of the creator god.
The universe is too dark; even if life were to be born, it would only exist in a pitch-black, chaotic world.
Thus, Necrozma was born.
Inheriting the will of the creator god, it spreads its light throughout the universe, both to bring light to the world and to quietly plant a seed called hope.
And now, at its most out of control—
This seed actually gave it a glimmer of hope.
Necrozma fell silent, but Qingyu smiled upon seeing this.
At that moment, he knew that Necrozma had come to her senses.
The surrounding ruins of the ultimate metropolis were gradually enveloped in light. After the light of hope, no different from before, enveloped the entire world, the familiar sense of disorientation returned.
When Ultimate Necrozma opened its eyes again, it had already returned to its body.
However, this time it chose to spread its wings and transform the energy it had accumulated into softer light, scattering it across every corner of this blue planet.
I'm willing to believe in you just this once, messenger of the Creator.
Necrozma glanced at Aoba, who was smiling and watching her, and left with a final, warning-like remark.
If one day you lose that light that made me change my mind —
By then, please don't stop me anymore.
"Of course, I promise."
Qingyu nodded, and only after watching Ultimate Necrozma flap its wings and transform into a beam of light to fly into the universe did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, it fell headfirst off the back of the Salamence.