Chapter 20: Unexpectedly, the alien beast cannot be killed, and all heavenly civilizations are desperate!

PIA Headquarters,

When seeing that comment about the alien beast on the Sky Screen,

Cheng Xin's tightly furrowed brows not only did not relax, but furrowed even deeper.

She suddenly spoke, using a tone she thought had found the crux of the problem:

"Since the alien beast can continuously devour and evolve, wouldn't it be fine if we just didn't attack it?"

"As long as we let it leave, give it a path to survive, it will naturally pose no threat to us. This way, humans and alien beasts could coexist peacefully—wouldn't that be good?"

As soon as her words fell, a deathly silence ensued.

Immediately,

From beneath Wei De's mask came an unstoppable, utterly cold and disdainful snicker.

He slowly turned around,

in that emotionless mechanical voice he said:

"Cheng Xin, your stupidity is infuriating."

"What do you think this is? Haggling at a vegetable market? Giving it a way to live?"

Wei De's voice was filled with utter contempt for such naive ideas:

"According to the Sky Screen, this alien beast came from deep space and descended upon Earth to invade and slaughter! Humans could let it go, but would it let humans go?"

"It will only keep devouring and evolving until it turns everything on this planet into its nourishment! Your idea is worse than that of a three-year-old!"

Being so bluntly rebuked, Cheng Xin grew somewhat angry, her fair cheeks flushing crimson.

She didn't understand why Wei De always had to rebut her like that.

She obstinately insisted:

"Since the alien beast possesses such a formidable trait, it must be a highly intelligent lifeform!"

"If we show it enough kindness, I believe it will surely sense it and will surely coexist peacefully with humanity!"

Cheng Xin gazed at the ferocious giant beast on the Sky Screen, as if looking at a lost lamb that could be redeemed.

Her thoughts drifted to Yun Tianming, who had been sent into the depths of space.

Tianming…… Wei De, this cold-hearted, ruthless person, simply cannot understand me.

If it were you, you would surely understand my thoughts, right?

Just as Cheng Xin was lost in her self‑moved feeling, the Sky Screen's image underwent another change she could not comprehend.

In the image, that primordial alien beast, after devouring a giant salamander, did not stop.

It surged into the city's sewers, beginning to frenziedly devour the tens of thousands of rats inside!

With each devouring, its size swelled at a visible-to-the-naked‑eye rate!

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters…

When it burst from the ground again and appeared in the city's center, its length had already surged to a horrifying forty or fifty meters!

Skyscrapers before it appeared somewhat puny!

It opened its bloody maw, let out a soundless roar, and began its frenzied destruction of the city!

Humanity also launched a counterattack!

Tanks, missiles, fighter jets—countless attacks poured down upon it!

Tanks, missiles, fighter jets—countless attacks poured down upon it!

These attacks struck its body, not only causing no damage,

but instead turned into specks of flowing light, which its massive body absorbed entirely!

Each attack made its aura grow a bit stronger!

Even the most advanced missiles could only last a few dozen meters before being nullified!

These attacks ultimately became its nourishment!

A line of cold subtitles floated above all the attack footage.

【The alien beast is immune to all means of attack; no matter how severe the injury, it will not die.】

【The alien beast is immune to all forms of attack; no matter how severe the injury, it will not die.】

Huo Linfei's mouth gaped wide, his whole person dumbfounded.

He had just been thinking, taking advantage of the alien beast's weakness to kick it to death, when the Sky Screen immediately told him this thing simply cannot be killed!

Moreover, the more you fight it, the stronger it gets!

"Damn! How… how are we supposed to fight this?" Huo Linfei shouted in shock, "This monster is basically invincible! What did that Ultraman named Nexus rely on to defeat this guy?"

「Damn it! How… how do we fight this? 」 Huo Linfei shouted in shock, 「This monster is basically invincible! That Ultraman named Nexus—how on earth did he defeat this guy? 」

A certain god king, whose expression had long held contempt, finally showed a faint change.

He narrowed his eyes, gazing at the colossal entity in the Sky Screen that absorbs all attacks; although still arrogant, he could not help but acknowledge.

"No wonder… it seems this alien beast indeed possesses some strength."

He lifted the Divine Tea, took a sip, then shifted his tone and resumed his lofty demeanor.

"If that's the case, the giant named Nexus, slain by this monstrous beast, is hardly surprising."

"From the moment he forcibly stood opposite the alien beast, he was already courting death!"

Three-Body Fleet Command Center.

The thought wave of Chief Scientist 3056 once again enveloped the entire fleet,

this time his thoughts were filled with gravity and confusion.

"After analysis and calculation, the conclusion matches the Sky Screen: this lifeform cannot be completely eradicated by any known physical means. Its cellular structure can, at the moment of destruction, absorb external energy to undergo super‑light‑speed reorganization."

After analysis and calculation, the conclusion matches the sky curtain. This organism cannot be completely eradicated by any known physical means. Its cellular structure can, at the moment of destruction, absorb external energy to undergo superluminal reorganization.

Moreover, according to my deduction, if we forcibly kill it with violent means, we will kill and destroy it.

According to the molecular characteristics of this strange-life beast, it is very likely to split into countless individuals; the more you fight it, the more there are, making it extremely troublesome.

Therefore, from a physical standpoint, it… is immortal.

This conclusion caused the thoughts of all Trisolarans to stagnate.

Cannot be killed?

Could it also split and proliferate?

How is that possible!

In this universe, how could there be a truly unkillable organism?

Then how should this battle be fought?

Does Ultraman's civilization always deal with such monstrous things?

The hearts of countless Trisolarans rose to their throats.

They mobilized all their computing power, frantically simulating, yet could not think of any way to defeat this strange-life beast.

At the same time, almost all civilizations watching the heavenly curtain,

felt the same intense curiosity rising to the extreme.

Yeah, how exactly can we defeat such a monster?

Pure melee and high-energy beams, to it, are probably just tickling, or even feeding it energy!

Just as all the myriad worlds were racking their brains over this, unable to figure it out.

Above the heavenly curtain, the cold explanatory subtitles slowly faded away.

The scene changed again.

(At the start of this chapter, the author deleted and revised much of the plot involving a certain god king, trying to have him appear less in the future. At the same time, the protagonist's screen time was also cut down, in hopes of making each recap video play continuously.)