Chapter 1455: Civilization Annihilation 1

Core... collapse!?

Two unrelated terms, at this moment falling into the Sovereign's ears, actually left him momentarily stunned.

Upon instantly regaining his senses and realizing how terrible the problem was, the Alien Species Emperor almost frantically projected his mental power downward, struggling to see exactly what had happened.

It wasn't that he hadn't noticed, nor that he couldn't see.

But rather, most of his mind and spirit were poured into absorbing and converting power, locked onto Lin An.

Above the huge void where the two were located, essentially it was at the height of the atmosphere left and right. It was like standing on the notch where a bite had been taken out of an apple—everything happening elsewhere on the planet could not be transmitted immediately!

But even so..

Lin An had clearly been staying here all along; aside from some strange fluctuations in his bodily energy, there was nothing else abnormal!

When did this happen!?

No time to think further.

The Alien Species Emperor was almost trembling as he desperately checked the situation.

Moments later, however, as soon as he touched the core's condition, a sense of collapse, even decay, instantly spread from his probing mental power.

This is.. the planet's wailing will!?

No.. no!?

His pupils suddenly contracted to the extreme.

All that could be seen in the Sovereign's eyes was that the 'Iron Core' supporting the entire planet was now collapsing inward at breakneck speed!

And that rolling, roaring core of molten metal, like a falling rock unwilling to die, was desperately stretching out tendrils outward!

Enormous, resembling an octopus's tentacles, a solar prominence!

But under the pull of an unknown force, it could only helplessly fall, again and again toward the center.

Contracting, in agony.

Meanwhile, at the relatively weak point of the Fei Yi Shijie world's shell, the entire continental framework, like blocks without support, began to fracture in an extremely short time, as if falling into a black hole, sinking inward under gravity.

Continental fragments shattered and fell; everything on the surface seemed as powerless as dust, as the plates plunging into the earth's core were instantly flattened in their screams.

Originally huge, accounting for a full 25% of the planet's volume, the dense core could no longer maintain its original shape.

Under the influence of an unknown massive gravitational source, it resembled a distorted yolk, struggling to stay stable.

Now this planet can still roughly maintain its state, appearing fine, simply because the core collapsed too fast for the overlying crustal plates to have 'reacted' yet.

It's like pulling out the bottom block of a skyscraper: at the instant it's removed, the blocks can still hold briefly.

But, obviously...

At most a few seconds later, the first batch of crustal plates that begin to fracture and sink will drag other regions along, triggering a chain reaction like dominoes!!

By then.. the entire planet will be like a burst balloon, shattering completely in an extremely short time!!

No... no!!

Even if the Alien Species Emperor's will were as steadfast as could be, even if he ignored his own people's life and death...

When he realized that his world, his civilization, everything he had would be destroyed, a huge sense of panic like a tide engulfed his heart.

He seemed to see a demon, to see the most terrifying existence in the world, and looked at Lin An in terror.

Even if his attributes were now about to catch up, even if he might be able to attempt a forced breakthrough to the Fifth Stage in a few seconds...

But at this moment, he no longer cared, nor could he care about these!!

Their world is about to be destroyed!

"Volcano!? The previous volcano was also your doing!?"

"Lin An!!! No!!! No!!!"

"Stop, stop quickly! You can't do this!!!"

He roared and bellowed.

In that instant, the Alien Species Emperor, still in the process of absorbing, heedless of the threads behind him, instinctively lunged toward Lin An.

His right claw, wreathed in rule power and immense strength, lashed out angrily—but as it neared Lin An, he instinctively stopped.

"Stop! Stop quickly!!! Otherwise I'll kill you!!!"

"Kill?"

Lin An gave a light laugh, directly ignoring the Alien Species Emperor's pressure.

Before reaching the Fifth Stage, neither of them could kill the other.

Even if the Alien Species Emperor could catch up to him in a few seconds, relying on rule strength, he could still suppress him.

But, there wasn't enough time.

The mighty extreme-point physique gave him tremendous vitality; even without using the system's invincibility effect, letting the Alien Species Emperor attack him while he stood would take over ten seconds.

"So you can be afraid too..."

In a low laugh, Lin An shook his head, merely calmly gazing at the void beneath his feet.

The huge claw loomed, halted above Lin An's head.

In an instant, the Alien Species Emperor's massive body began to tremble and retreat continuously.

Under the intertwining emotions of fury, fear, and shock, he now resembled a helpless, collapsing monster, his mind utterly chaotic.

No... cannot be like this..

How did it come to this!?

In his utmost effort to extend his perception to the lowest crust layer, he felt faint vibrations constantly occurring, layer by layer, each stronger than the last!

It was obvious that the planet's crust was undergoing wave-like tremors, the chain reaction about to begin!!

He didn't know why he had come to this point, nor had he ever imagined he would taste despair.

Even when facing the mutating aberrations that rose suddenly in those years, he had not had much emotion to speak of.

But at this moment, he seemed to have returned to shortly after the Apocalypse broke out, when he was forced to become an Alien Species, just to survive.

Listening to the Alien Species Emperor's incoherent speech, already sounding somewhat at a loss, Lin An remained silent in his heart.

He clearly understands the Alien Species Emperor's current feelings.

Not long ago, he too had been so desperate.

Silently circulating the newly replenished power, he gripped his twin swords tightly.

If nothing unexpected happens, at the moment the planet shatters, the Alien Species Emperor will probably fight him to the death, right?

However, it doesn't matter anymore. The Alien Species Emperor, without the support of the transformative power, cannot possibly survive.

Everything should come to an end.

Click-click

The rumbling shattering sound began to gradually reverberate throughout the whole world.

Accompanied by an angry roar of unwilling helplessness, it was like the prelude to the world's destruction.