PFC Chapter 553 Great Collapse
Chapter 553 Great Collapse
Chapter 553 Great Collapse
Zheng Shu has been in this world for less than a day, so naturally he has no idea about the various laws of this world.
It is very normal to encounter obstacles when performing various spells. After all, the rules on both sides are different. Being able to perform them for several hours is the result of Zheng Shu's years of practice and superb energy control.
But now, that inexplicable obstacle disappeared quietly, and Zheng Shu was able to perform his moves as easily as waving his arm, without any delay at all.
It’s not that Zheng Shu has become more familiar with the rules of this world, but that the rules here are more suitable for the exertion of extraordinary power.
This means that the physical rules of the environment he is in have changed inexplicably.
Combined with the previous conclusions about the multiverse, the only possibility that can cause the physical rules of the local environment to change is that he is now in the area where two universes intersect.
"Is it this mist? No! Quite the opposite!"
After closing his eyes and sensing a little, even without using the fourth skill to investigate, Zheng Shu immediately overturned his previous conclusion.
These mists are not the reason why the two worlds are getting closer. On the contrary, these mists can even make the surrounding space more stable, so that the space of the entire New York will not be suddenly shattered in the collision of the two universes.
"…But it looks like it has reached its limit."
Feeling the fluctuations in the surrounding space, Zheng Shu frowned.
Judging from the information that was previously collected from the entire New York City using the fourth skill, the organization that called itself the "Warlock Guild" was most likely the one that created this fog.
Since the other party discovered the spatial anomaly in New York City, they have been constantly deploying manpower and it seems that they have been preparing for a long time.
But after all, it is a collision of two universes, and what can be done with human power alone is quite limited.
Let alone stopping it, just ensuring that New York City is not completely crushed by the aftermath of the collision and protecting the entire human population is already the limit.
"what!"
"what is that?"
Bursts of exclamations came from the side. Zheng Shu looked in the direction of the rioting crowd. In the distant sky, large areas of buildings and rocks seemed to be suspended in the air as if they were free from gravity.
But Zheng Shu knew very well that it was not just a gravitational disorder.
Except for a small number of areas in the center where gravity disturbance did occur, most of the suspended buildings and streets were due to spatial disturbance.
Those rocks and buildings appear to be suspended in mid-air, but in reality, relative to the space in which they are located, they are still firmly on Earth.
"Wait, the Warlock Guild, the fog, and various buildings suspended in the sky..."
Looking at the shocking scene in the distance, Zheng Shu's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something.
He touched the ground without hesitation and used his fourth skill again on the entire New York City.
But this time, relying on the information and inferences he already had in his mind, Zheng Shu quickly found what he wanted in the information that was quickly refreshed on the attribute panel.
"The Fang Hunter and the Werewolf Bureau's Special Intelligence Division have signed a contract and reached a fixed cooperative relationship... This is it!"
Looking at the message on the panel, Zheng Shu finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.
The two names revealed in this message finally allowed him to confirm which world he was in.
"It turned out to be the Phantom (Blood) Realm Front. I really didn't expect that."
Blood Blockade Battlefront, for some reasons, was originally translated as Fantasy Battlefront in China. It is considered a relatively niche group portrait work.
The whole work tells the story of a young boy who got a pair of magical eyes due to an accident, and then followed a group of socially dynamic gangs to handle various daily affairs and protect the world's safety.
After knowing the specific situation, Zheng Shu immediately understood the time point he was currently in.
"Today is New Year's Day, January 1st. No wonder I came at a very coincidental time. Is this the Great Collapse of the two worlds merging into one another?"
The background of Blood Blockade Battlefront is that due to unknown reasons, a connection between the other world and the real world appeared, and eventually a new city, Hersharemz Lot, was established on the site of the original New York.
The story begins three years after the establishment of Hersharemz Lot. The event three years ago in which the two worlds merged with each other was called the "Great Collapse".
Fortunately, the Warlock Guild had prepared for this for fifteen years, and the other world seemed to have also been prepared for the Great Collapse, so this disaster lasted less than twenty-four hours.
So in a sense, the city of Hersharemz Lot was built overnight.
Zheng Shu stroked his chin and thought: "Although I feel like I am witnessing history, it seems that I am of no use here."
The Warlock Guild had anticipated the Great Collapse and had already made preparations. If he rashly intervened now, it would only cause trouble.
Moreover, being able to solve the problem of the fusion of the two worlds within 24 hours was already quite the limit. Zheng Shu asked himself that he could not do better even if he added his own efforts.
If we really want to talk about the more important plot... In the anime, William Macbeth (Xiao Hei) being possessed by the King of Despair should be a more important plot.
But it goes without saying that he and Xiaobai should be in the central area of the barrier now. Not to mention that Zheng Shu is not familiar with this place, that core area must be filled with various protective arrays and manpower.
Zheng Shu was confident that he could break in, but doing so would be meaningless except for causing trouble for them.
If he accidentally destroyed the Warlock Guild's arrangements and made them unable to prevent the Collapse, the trouble that would follow would not be something that could be solved by simply destroying New York.
"Anyway, we can still deal with the guys from the King of Despair later. If we accidentally destroy the magic circle and the situation gets out of control, too many people will die."
After thinking it over carefully, Zheng Shu found that there seemed to be nothing else he could do except stay here and wait for the barrier to be completed.
My power is indeed a bit beyond the standard. If I am not careful, the harm I cause may be greater than I expected...
"what?!"
Just as he thought of this, Zheng Shu suddenly frowned and looked up into the distance.
He didn't discover anything special, he just heard gunshots and human screams from the north.
For a "liberal" city like New York, a shooting is not a big deal, not even worth making the news.
But with Zheng Shu's insight, he could clearly hear even from such a long distance that those shootings were not just simple "shooting cases."
Although it was chaotic and unsystematic, it was obvious that it had exceeded the level of "riot".
What's more, beneath the sound of gunfire, there are also various screams of people on the verge of death and some discordant sounds.
"I almost forgot about that."
Because of his powerful strength, Zheng Shu sometimes overlooks certain "details".
For him, the Great Collapse itself is not very dangerous. He just needs to be careful not to get caught in the core of the space collision and he will be basically safe.
But for ordinary humans, in addition to natural disasters, what they need to worry about more is "man-made disasters."
...if those things can be called people.
"Oh! What a hassle..."
Scratching his hair, Zheng Shu stood up while muttering. He thought he was actually a rather indifferent person.
He has no grand ambition to save the world. At most, he may be kind occasionally, but he doesn't care as long as no one dies at his doorstep.
But this is also normal. After all, this is indeed the idea of an orthodox monk.
"Since I heard it, I'll help you."
Glancing at the crowd next to him who were still panicking and didn't know what to do, Zheng Shu ignored them and stepped on the ground to gather some strength.
boom!
As the fog was blown away by the shock wave, Zheng Shu's figure also disappeared from the spot.
……
……
With the help of super-high-speed flight, Zheng Shu quickly arrived at the place where he heard the scream.
It's not that he doesn't want to get here faster, but the main reason is that the space in the entire New York is extremely chaotic now. If he uses space teleportation casually, he has no idea where he will fall, so the simplest way of movement is safer.
When he arrived at the target location, Zheng Shu took a casual glance and immediately understood clearly what had happened there.
The crowd below was mainly divided into three groups. One group was obviously native residents of New York City from their dress, with different skin colors. The common point was that everyone was holding various guns in their hands.
At this moment, they were shouting and using the gun shop as a cover and base camp to launch attacks in the distance.
There was always someone who looked like the shop owner. He would take out his most valuable rocket launcher from under his counter, place it on the cabinet and fire at the enemies in the distance.
Zheng Shu could see that some of the people in this group were even wearing stockings on their heads. They must have been planning to take advantage of the riot to grab something, but they didn't expect that under the tremendous pressure of survival, they were forced to form an alliance with others to fight the enemy together.
As for the enemies fighting them, just one look at Zheng Shu would tell him why these people were forced to fight together.
It was brutal enough that the gun shop owner was able to pull out a bazooka and a Gatling gun from under his counter, but compared to the guys on the opposite side, their resistance immediately seemed too weak.
Because opposite them were a group of strange creatures who had installed various enhanced machines on their bodies.
These alien creatures have different shapes, and Zheng Shu can't even be sure whether they are of the same race.
Almost every "person" has undergone mechanical modifications. The most seriously damaged guy has only his head, while all other limbs have been replaced with machines. At first glance, he looks like a small Gundam.
The reason why the human side can still hold on is entirely because the integration of the two worlds is not thorough enough, so the rules of the two worlds are not completely harmonious enough, and some more sophisticated machines continue to have minor faults after coming here.
Just like the largest Gundam, it is now half paralyzed on the ground and can only rely on its own materials to resist attacks from humans.
However, even in such a disadvantageous position, these strange creatures still shouted excitedly amid the hail of bullets.
Occasionally, an unlucky guy would be shot in the head by a bullet, and the creatures around him would not show fear but instead laugh at him.
According to Zheng Shu's observation, the reason why these guys behave so fanatically is not because they have no emotions. On the contrary, they are probably the ones who bully the weak and fear the strong.
The reason why they are so fearless is simply because a simple headshot cannot kill them.
Zheng Shu saw with his own eyes several guys whose heads had been shot through, bleeding as they picked up their weapons and fought back against the humans.
One side is so resilient that it can continue fighting even if its head is shot through, while the other side is so "fragile" that it will lose its combat effectiveness even if just an arm is shot through.
What's more, there is a huge difference in equipment between the two sides. As the worlds become more and more integrated, some powerful weapons from the monsters in the other world can gradually be used.
The double crush of equipment and fighting spirit, if this continues, the human side will completely collapse in a few minutes.
In addition to these two groups of people, there is also the final third group of people.
Compared with the first two groups of pure thugs, the nature of the third group has changed.
They have the largest number of people and various races, not just humans, but also many monsters from other worlds.
Strictly speaking, these people are “civilians”.
They did not intend to take advantage of this opportunity to gain any extra benefits, but just hoped to survive this disaster safely. However, they were dragged into a fight between two groups of thugs.
Because they were the largest in number and had the weakest resistance, their casualties were also the heaviest. Most of the screams that Zheng Shu had heard before were made by these people.
The two fighting parties didn't care about the lives of these people at all. When the humans shot randomly, occasionally bullets would fly into other rooms and kill the hiding humans.
The monsters are even more unscrupulous. Some of them will even deliberately look for humans or other alien creatures hiding around them, and kill them without hesitation.
In the building occupied by humans, there are still many humans and creatures from other worlds hiding in the rooms trembling, while on the side of the monster thugs from other worlds, there are no survivors at all inside the building where they are occupying.
No matter whether they are human or creatures from another world, once they are caught by them, they will all be shot in the head.
"It's really...confusing enough..."
Even the knowledgeable Zheng Shu couldn't help but sigh after understanding the situation. Fortunately, this is not the Warhammer world, otherwise the monsters from this alien world would definitely be targeted.
While he was thinking, Zheng Shu, who was flying in the sky, had been discovered.
The humans still had some brains, and since they didn't quite understand the other side's position, they just hid behind cover and watched quietly.
The monster thugs from another world were even more direct. After the Gundam was finally started up, it saw Zheng Shu in the sky. It was not known whether it was just too excited or simply didn't think about it, and it fired an energy cannon at Zheng Shu without hesitation.
boom!
The thick and fiery energy cannon completely covered Zheng Shu, and with its remaining force it hit a tall building floating in the sky behind him, completely blowing it into pieces.
Seeing Zheng Shu being overwhelmed by their attacks without any resistance, the monster thugs all laughed triumphantly.
“Hahaha…Gah!”
Snapped!
Before they could laugh a few more times, the laughter of these monster thugs stopped abruptly, and their bodies suddenly swelled up and exploded from the inside as if they were stuffed with a bloated tomato.
The splattered blood covered the entire street. Seeing this sudden change, even the humans were stunned for a moment.
It was not until Zheng Shu slowly floated down from the sky that these stunned people suddenly reacted.
There was an unconcealable fear in everyone's eyes, but no one dared to escape on their own, even though their bodies were shaking worse than a sieve.
"what?"
Zheng Shu was a little surprised when he saw their reaction. He didn't expect that this group of rabble didn't run away on the spot. However, he soon discovered the reason, because there was someone who stabilized them.
Judging from the man's attire, he should be the owner of a nearby shop. Judging from his weather-beaten face, he must have been an extraordinary person in the past.
The reason why this group of rabble was able to hold out for so long was because of this person’s overall planning.
However, Zheng Shu was not interested in his past. To him, the meaning of this person's existence was that he now had a tool to use.
"You are their leader, right? I have a commission for you. Command your men to gather all the civilians around here and find a building as a base for defense. This disaster will not last more than 24 hours, so just wait quietly for rescue."
After thinking for a while, Zheng Shu added: "Whether it's humans or monsters from another world, as long as they don't have violent and aggressive tendencies, they must be protected."
"May I ask you are……"
The old man was a little stunned by Zheng Shu's order and asked subconsciously.
"Don't worry about my identity. This is my reward to you in advance."
Zheng Shu raised his finger and pointed it at the old man, and a tiny ray of light penetrated into his body.
"what are you doing?!"
Seeing Zheng Shu suddenly take action, a young man next to the old man angrily raised his gun and pointed it at Zheng Shu. Although his body was still shaking uncontrollably, driven by anger, he was about to pull the trigger the next moment.
Led by the young man, the others also reflexively pointed their guns at Zheng Shu.
"Stop it all!"
A loud voice came from behind them, and a hand grabbed the young man's raised arm.
The young man turned around with some surprise, and then saw an astonishing scene.
My grandfather underwent drastic changes. His gray hair turned back to golden, his originally wrinkled skin quickly became smooth, and the age spots on his skin also faded away quickly.
The body that was on the verge of falling stood up again, the back that had been gradually hunched straightened up involuntarily, the muscles that had become shriveled due to age became full again, and the cloudy eyes became bright.
In just a few blinks of an eye, the originally aging old man turned back into an energetic young man in front of everyone.
Seeing this scene, everyone widened their eyes in shock.
The most surprised person was the young man who watched with his own eyes as his grandfather turned into a young man of about his own age.
Feeling the strength of the hand holding his arm made him sure that these were not hallucinations.
(I have to help my friend move tomorrow, so I probably won’t have the energy to update, so I’m taking a leave in advance.)
(End of this chapter)