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As the trio drew ever closer to the meteorite's core, a sudden voice startled everyone present.
"But it's not your turn to sacrifice yourselves yet..."
Along with the voice that appeared out of nowhere, came a tall, non-human creature with six arms.
This inhuman creature was shrouded in a black robe, and its facial features could only be vaguely discerned through the crimson light.
Strangely, this non-human creature actually had four eyes.
The four eyes, which seemed to possess a unique magic, were arranged on the face, one on the left and three on the right, constantly emitting a scarlet light.
"Kiriel?"
Startled, Horii opened his mouth wide and instinctively called out the identity of the newcomer.
"No, He is not a Kyrie..."
Before the newcomer could even refute her, Megumi took the initiative to correct Horii's statement.
Although Lu Xuan appeared in his dark form only a few times, he still couldn't escape TPC's notice.
Based on his assessment of the timing of those appearances and Daigo's subtle guidance, Megumi instinctively believed that it could not possibly be a Kiriel.
"He is a demon god from another dimension!"
When Megumi Kijima reached this conclusion, Lu Xuan did not refute it.
After all, if we don't trace it back to its source, there isn't really anything wrong with Megumi Kijima's conclusion.
Moreover, Lu Xuan's main body is currently engaged in fighting the monster outside, and he has only created a clone by splitting off a portion of his power. He has no time to answer the questions of the GUTS team members.
"Let's go! What happens next is beyond your control!"
With a casual wave of his hand, Lu Xuan, imbued with dark power, sent the three of them out of the base.
When the three came to their senses, they saw Gailvin standing not far away, arms crossed in front of his chest, quickly transforming into a red tornado form.
"what!"
In the blink of an eye, Galvin, his entire body a deep crimson, gathered all his power into his palm.
Realizing something was wrong, Bizomo Magnia wanted to stop Galvin's attack, only to discover, to her dismay, that Galvin's target wasn't her at all.
Silence—Boom!
The explosive punch pierced through Bizomo Magnia's body.
The crimson streak that burst forth shot straight toward the base, toward the spot where the three of them, including Izayoi, had just left.
Rumble!
In the blink of an eye, that terrifying crimson torrent swept across the land.
The red giant, standing proudly on the earth, simply and calmly withdrew his fist.
—Light Technique: Dirachum Light Flow (Simplified Version)!
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Chapter 612 Colonizing Mars (Please vote and subscribe!)
Two weeks later, near Mars' outer orbit.
With the advancement of Project New Century, the long-stalled Mars colonization plan has finally made substantial progress.
In less than half a month, the deep space probe led by TPC arrived in outer orbit of Mars and plans to start the next step of the "Mars seeding" plan.
This is to demonstrate TPC's commitment to this mission and to ensure public participation.
The Space Observatory also broadcast the mission live worldwide, determined to make this "Mars seeding" mission a great moment for humanity's journey into space.
Of course, humans weren't the only ones watching this live stream.
Strange monsters hidden on Sixth Avenue, aliens lurking on Earth, unknown life forms from other dimensions...
Wherever electronic signals can be transmitted, people are watching the live broadcast of humanity's journey to Mars.
First, the deep space probes near Mars' outer orbit, after reaching their designated locations, began a rapid descent into the Martian atmosphere.
Silence!
Like a shooting star streaking across the sky, the deep space probe traced a graceful arc across the Martian atmosphere.
Immediately afterwards, in the live broadcast view of hundreds of millions of people, the deep space probe suddenly "exploded" after officially entering Mars, breaking into countless "fragments" like a dazzling firework.
Each of these "fragments" is a small "seed planter" with a diameter of two to three millimeters.
When these "fragments," invisible to the naked eye, fall towards the Martian surface under the influence of gravity, most of the Martian surface cannot escape their "seedling."
Earth, desert, glaciers, mountains and rivers...
Visible to the naked eye, the "fragments" that fell to the ground began to multiply abnormally.
From a macroscopic perspective, these "fragments" evolved into new forms after landing on the surface of Mars, adorning the originally red Martian surface with speckled silver.
When the live stream shifts its perspective from macro to micro, focusing on a single "fragment".
Viewers watching the live stream were finally able to see the true appearance and function of those "fragments".
Those silver spots on the surface of Mars are actually tiny nanofactories.
By collecting Martian material, these nano-factories have taken their first step in terraforming Mars at the microscopic level—enriching it with nutrients.
By absorbing different forms of energy such as solar, geothermal, and wind power, the nanofactory injects a pink algae into the Martian surface environment.
These pink algae possess DNA structures far beyond what normal humans can comprehend, enabling them to absorb electricity and produce oxygen on a massive scale.
However, unlike the Bizomo life forms, these pink algae have a limited "lifespan".
Once they detect that the surrounding environment has sufficient oxygen, these pink algae will decompose themselves, becoming the first link in the food chain—the producer.
The next step in the nanofactory will be to interfere with the organic matter left by the decomposition of pink algae, allowing the DNA contained within to recombine.
A series of organic compounds, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, will form a geological structure similar to that of Earth in this process.
Thus, the first consumers—a type of heterotrophic parasitic fungus—appeared on Mars.
By absorbing the organic matter decomposed by algae, they continuously reproduce and multiply, eventually transforming the desertified Martian environment into a natural environment with soil and suitable for plant growth.
In this way, the initial modification of the Martian environment has been completed.
What follows is a compressed and fast-forwarded summary of the billions of years of evolutionary history of life on Earth.
The nanofactory, once again carrying out its seeding mission, will scatter various plants familiar to humans across Mars, further improving the desertified environment and enabling global oxygen circulation.
The red color on the Martian surface is beginning to fade, and primordial clouds are starting to appear...
However, this is far from enough. TPC does not want to recreate the glory of the Creator, but to accelerate the first step in transforming the Martian environment to a level suitable for human survival and reproduction.
Therefore, for a considerable period of time to come, various TPC spacecraft will be in orbit outside Mars.
These spaceships weren't carrying any supplies; instead, they were towing comets with abundant water to further improve the Martian surface environment.
Mountains converge to form rivers, and rivers flow into the ocean...
With the continuous influx of comets, Mars gradually changed from red to blue.
The ocean, the true cradle of life, gradually took shape during this process and gave birth to the most primitive Martian life.
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"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that a human could do this!"
Without a sound, a man dressed in a strange blue robe appeared out of thin air in a corner of the earth.
"They are, after all, our descendants, so it's not surprising that they can do something like this."
Appearing silently as well, a beautiful woman dressed like a priestess displayed a disdainful expression.
"More important than that is how to make the flower of Zigela bloom."
"After all, that is a 'flower of hope' that can only be nurtured in despair..."
"But on Earth today, I see no possibility of 'the flower of hope' growing."
As she spoke these words, the priestess made no attempt to conceal her worry.
Their race has been away from Earth for so long that they have almost forgotten Earth's coordinates.
If it weren't for that cosmic "broadcast" a few years ago, the priestesses might have had to spend another decade or more to find Earth's exact location.
"I think it's pretty good."
Seemingly holding a completely different view from the priestess, the man appeared much calmer.
"If possible, I would really like to see the day when these 'descendants' defeat the evil god."
"At that time, perhaps we won't have to continue to eke out a living."
Faced with the man's pessimistic thoughts, the priestess simply glared at him fiercely before speaking and emphasizing her point.
“I forgot that you share similar views with those traitors.”
"But a traitor is a traitor after all. If you dare to cause trouble, I won't show any mercy."
The man glanced silently at the priestess and then said nothing more.
But deep in his heart, a nameless unease had already welled up.
[The Shadow of the Giant... Could it be you?]
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Chapter 613 The Sequel to the Artificial Titan
South America, the Andes Mountains.
Of the seven continents in the world, South America is one with a high number of volcanoes, frequent earthquakes, and many strong earthquakes.
There are sixteen active volcanoes in the northern section of the Andes Mountains and more than thirty active volcanoes in the southern section.
Furthermore, the Andes Mountains are inherently high-altitude regions, and before the 21st century, they were generally deemed unsuitable for human habitation.
However, since TPC began to exert its influence globally, the Andes Mountains, which were originally unsuitable for human habitation, have gradually become one of the places where humans gather.
However, few people know that deep in the Andes Mountains, there is a secret base preserved from the time of the Earth Defense Force.
"Is that Zelda gas?"
As the third takeover leader after TPC, Masaki Keigo did not actually want to take over this military base, which was obviously very troublesome.
Even now, in TPC's internal archives, this base has been renamed "Terranoid," a semi-military base.
But Masaki Keigo knew in his heart that those were just some petty tricks played by the militant faction in private.
You can tell from the name "Terranoid".
The militant faction has not given up on the original "Manufactured Giants Project" and the "Selection of the Right Person" project that followed.
Although the armed faction did release many top-secret files and technologies to the public in order to preserve their power after the incident was exposed.
However, the "giant statue," which is the core of the entire plan, has always been firmly held in the hands of the militant faction.
If Masaki Keigo hadn't gradually moved into the core of the martial arts faction's power, he wouldn't have been qualified to continue his research on the giant statue.
Even so, Masaki Keigo did not want to offend the doves led by Director Sawai because of this matter.
"Yes, those are Zelda gases."
Nodding in affirmation of Masaki Keigo's statement, the female secretary continued to add.
"Dr. Nezu was also sent here along with those Zelda gases."
In the previous "Bizomo Magnia Incident", in addition to the Bizomo lifeform and the parasitic lifeform Magnia, there was also a short-lived strange bird named Sira.
Although the strange bird Sila was defeated by the Victory Team, it did show strong aggression.
According to the report issued by the Victory Team afterward, the strange bird Sira was heading for the Zelda gas that was also stored in the base.
"So, that strange bird might also be eyeing this place?"
With a slight headache, Masaki Keigo rubbed his temples, hating the feeling of taking on a mess.
The "Artificial Giant Project" alone was enough to give him a headache, and now there's another problem: the Zerda gas, which is being targeted by the monstrous bird Sira.