Chapter 3: Red Light from the Horizon

Little brat, don't talk nonsense, hurry and go take shelter." The police officer rolled his eyes in annoyance; it's a busy time now, how could they let the little boy go over and cause trouble?

No, that's what my mother left behind before she died." The little boy's eyes filled with tears.

Lingmuyu blinked. Is that what my departed mother left behind?

In that case… Lingmuyu's gaze turned to the building on the top floor where the pigeons were held. Though far, though near, the greatest danger was that Godzilla King could destroy that building at any moment.

Little kid, how about you go take shelter with the police officer uncle, and I'll help you release those pigeons?" Lingmuyu crouched down and rubbed the little boy's head.

Really?

Really.

Really really?

Really really.

Really really really?

Come on, pinky promise, this is our agreement.

Lingmuyu smiled slightly and extended her pinky.

It seemed he felt Lingmuyu's kindness; the little boy pursed his lips, nodded, and pinky-promised with Lingmuyu, "Pinky promise, hang for a hundred years, no changing…"

"That's too dangerous……" The police officer looked torn.

"It's fine, it'll be quick." Lingmuyu's eyes were firm. "You first take this child to shelter."

The police officer wanted to say something but held back, but upon thinking that the person was a TPC member, he let it go.

"Alright, then be careful." The police officer said that and then ran with the little boy toward the shelter.

The little boy was held in the police officer's arms, his gaze never leaving Lingmuyu; after a moment, he shouted loudly, "Come on, big sis!"

Hearing the shout from afar, Lingmuyu nodded, cheering herself on: "Come on, as long as I'm fast enough, I'll be fine."

After a bit of self-encouragement, Lingmuyu also rushed quickly into the building with the pigeons.

The pigeons' lives are lives too!

Buzz—

After Tianliuhai helped finish evacuating the shelter, he drove his old minivan toward Lingmuyu.

On the way he also ran into that police officer and the little boy, and from them learned that Lingmuyu was going to release the pigeons.

After saying goodbye to the two, Tianliuhai felt uneasy and drove his minivan to check things out.

Roar!" Godzilla King came ashore and immediately began destroying; everywhere he passed was basically ruins.

And the building Lingmuyu was heading to happened to be right next to Godzilla King, looking as if it would be destroyed in the next second.

Godzilla King turned his body, and the poisonous spines on him sliced the building's glass, causing massive damage; the interior obviously had partially collapsed.

Tianliuhai witnessed this, quietly activating his dark power; his penetrative vision kicked in, letting him see through the building's exterior to Lingmuyu constantly running upward inside.

For now, it's still okay.

But if another hit comes, things will probably go wrong.

Looks like I need to help out." Tianliuhai realized that if he didn't draw attention, not to mention releasing the pigeons, Lingmuyu would likely be buried there.

Let him help with human strength.

You agree, right, Taro?

Tianliuhai frantically honked the horn, making a sound.

Driving a minivan, he kept loitering nearby.

Come on, you idiot, look over here!

Facing the minivan's frantic provocation, Godzilla King was successfully drawn attention.

Just as he was about to slam an iron mountain to destroy the pigeon building, his motion stalled, he let out an angry roar, and decisively stepped toward Tianliuhai's rundown minivan.

Great." Tianliuhai's awareness was superb; even while driving a minivan, through the rearview mirror he saw that Godzilla King had taken the bait, and under his guidance gradually moved away from the building where Lingmuyu was.

Just like that, slowly keep up.

Tianliuhai inside the minivan constantly jerked the steering wheel, afterimages appearing; the clutch kept engaging, even emitting white smoke, and the black tires left tracks of pursuit on the scorched ground.

Behind him, Godzilla King's huge form repeatedly launched warlike tramplings, tearing the asphalt road apart; each time his foot almost narrowly crushed the minivan into meat paste, he fortunately managed to dodge.

Once or twice was fine, but as the count went up, Godzilla King couldn't help but get angry.

What's going on?

Such a tiny tin can acting so arrogantly?

Godzilla King got angry, the consequences were severe.

His huge eyes scanned the street's sides at the floors not yet fully collapsed, then glanced at the minivan; Godzilla King decisively struck those floors, destroying them so they collapsed and fell, hoping to block the minivan's path, preferably smashing it outright.

One must say, Godzilla King lives up to the "king" in his name; he still has some smarts.

"Senior..."

Top floor.

Lingmuyu climbed up, covered in dust and grime.

The way down is already cut off.

She has no regrets.

Lingmuyu quickly opened the cage and released the pigeons inside.

Watching the white pigeons' flying silhouettes, Lingmuyu felt that a child's soul had been redeemed.

Lingmuyu pressed against the outer layer of the top floor, looking down, she saw the minivan slipping past Godzilla King, trying to keep Godzilla King away from her.

Lingmuyu was deeply moved.

The senior truly lives up to being a senior.

Although usually he looks like a salted fish trying to turn over but still just a salted fish, at critical moments he steps forward, disregarding his own safety, solely to save others' lives.

Obviously there was no communication between them, yet they had such tacit understanding.

She risked her life to release the pigeons, and the senior, to save her, disregarded their own life to attract the monster's fire.

Senior!!!

In my next life I'll still follow you!

Lingmuyu secretly swore.

She knew she couldn't go down.

The floor was swaying, on the verge of collapse; even without King Godzilla's destruction, falling was only a matter of time, and she was still trapped above, death seeming not far away.

Furthermore, each trampling by King Godzilla produced obvious tremors, undoubtedly exacerbating the speed of her death.

At the brink of death.

She just wanted to properly look at the senior… uh-oh!

Lingmuyu's pupils constricted sharply.

Only saw several high-rise buildings collapsing, lying across the front of the van, while both sides were also collapsed rubble.

Furthermore, King Godzilla's war trampling caused the asphalt road to suddenly crack; the high-speed van had nowhere to avoid, its front lifted high, and it crashed into the building debris.

At a glance, the outcome was vehicle destroyed and person dead.

"Crack~" accompanied by a sound, the steel rebar of the floor Lingmuyu was standing on broke, also falling downward.

Is the result that we die together?

Lingmuyu felt sorry.

Because of her decision, the senior paid with their life.

And just at this critical moment.

A red ray from the horizon silently descended, wrapping the van and the falling Lingmuyu……

(End of chapter)