Chapter 224: Godspeed Love

Earth, Pacific Ocean.

The Palau Islands are located in the western Pacific Ocean, and are one of the gateways for the Pacific Ocean entering Southeast Asia.

Every day it can receive countless people who travel because they love the sea; the seawater is clear and unpolluted, and among the world's tourist destinations, aside from a few spots with special status, this place is also the most suitable for vacation.

This place boasts Earth's largest ocean, and now it's scorching hot; the seaside is one of the goals for countless people to play, but today seems a bit different.

In the azure sky, a huge meteorite plummeted rapidly from high altitude, leaving a fiery red tail in the air.

"What is that, a shooting star?"

A shirtless muscular man wearing sunglasses was enjoying a sunbath; in his already darkened field of vision, it seemed he saw an object flying in the air.

His companion suddenly ripped off his sunglasses, pointed dumbly at the ever‑growing shadow in the sky, unable to utter a sound; he no longer needed sunglasses, because that enormous meteorite completely blocked the sunlight.

Every vacationer who came here kept absolute silence, even their breathing seemed to have stopped.

This is also understandable; facing a meteorite massive enough to alter Earth's ecology, those who could react were already one in a million.

Such a scene that suppresses all thoughts in the mind and shocks the senses, they could see at most once in a lifetime.

"Boom!!!"

At the moment when the super meteorite witnessed by countless people seven years ago fell into the Pacific Ocean, the result was that the Pacific's seawater evaporated rapidly.

After a long period, the whole Earth changed from its original azure, water‑rich appearance into a planet mostly made of land.

In other words, most of the ocean turned into land, so no one would worry about not being able to afford a house, because Earth's surface is now entirely land.

Of course that was just a joke; the meteorite's impact not only made humanity lose the oceans, but also caused crustal shifts, with most of the exposed ground already desertified.

The meteorite that fell to Earth caused most of the world's people to live in extreme water shortage.

What's even more terrifying is the alien creature that came with the meteorite, a species called the Alien Insect.

In these seven years, this creature known as the Alien Insect seems to have become ubiquitous.

An Alien Insect that mimics your relatives could be living beside you.

Tokyo.

Here it has become covered in yellow sand; wind carrying sand constantly blows in all directions, and a dry, hot atmosphere envelops every person here.

"Don't push."

People wearing various ragged and dirty clothes all crowd beside a water‑filled iron bucket truck.

Around the iron bucket truck, Ant Soldiers armed with guns stand around, wearing masks, yet they never stop the residents' actions, like statues standing here.

The water resources here come from ZECT, which was originally a secret organization founded to combat the Alien Insects.

Under the continual suppression of the Kamen Riders they created, the Alien Insects have greatly subsided.

Moreover, they are responsible for transporting some water resources, which has earned them extremely high prestige among the populace.

Now ZECT is no longer an underground organization but a bright, aboveboard official organization representing justice.

"Be careful."

A middle‑aged uncle had just filled a bucket of water and was about to leave when he suddenly staggered, his wrist twisting.

The bucket full of water just fell to the ground, and one could see the water about to spill all over.

A fair hand firmly gripped the bucket's rim, preventing the water from spilling, and then handed it back to the middle‑aged uncle.

The middle‑aged uncle lifted his head, astonished to see a young man in a white coat standing beside him, with black hair and a clean face that looked as if it had never been blown by wind and sand.

Here, cleanliness is extremely scarce; compared to those wearing filthy, dirty clothes, such a person would never appear here.

"Thank you." He hastily gripped the bucket's clasp tightly, daring not to loosen it even a bit.

ZECT distributes water once every half month; this bucket of water is equivalent to his life—without it, he and his family could only wait to die in the barren desert.

"May I ask how to address you?"

"Jiang Xia," he said.

"Why did we come here, Jiang Xia?" Kival said, perched on Jiang Xia's shoulder.

"To buy time."

"Buy time?" Kival expressed confusion.

"Well, my coordinates on another timeline have already been exposed."

"If the Alien Insect Queen wants to come after me, she wouldn't send a clone anymore, because she knows that would only be sending me food."

Jiang Xia weighed the red crystal in his hand; that was the power brought by that clone.

"The Sea Pa Worm's special ability can ignore spacetime rules, entering different times—that is, the timeline of Godspeed Love; the Alien Insect Queen wanting to come over would also expend some power."

Saying this, Jiang Xia sighed; he hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

He hadn't expected that he would be the first to expose his own coordinates, rather than taking the initiative to attack.

This is different from the Sea Pa Worm shuttling through a normal timeline; the endpoint of this timeline has actually been determined—either the Alien Insects ruling all humanity, or resetting time to alter the past.

Furthermore, in this timeline that originally had no Jiang Xia, there are no Alien Insects at all—only Original Insects.

Ordinary time travel also only enters the normal timeline.

In other words, if another Sea Pa Jia Dou existed, at most he could return to the moment when the Heavenly Dao Chief's meteorite full of Original Insects collided with the Alien Insect Eggs of the normal timeline.

Here there are enough Original Insects to occupy the Earth, their numbers extremely high—this in itself is quite abnormal, and the reason the timeline is covered is also rather strange.

"Boom!"

Just as Jiang Xia was thinking, a sudden strong impact came from the distant highlands that had turned into desert, accompanied by fierce wind and sand.

The Ant Soldiers, who had been indifferent to the civilians scrambling for water, immediately cocked their guns upon hearing that loud boom.

"All squads, assemble immediately, discover NEOZECT, repeat: discover NEOZECT." The voice of the Commander came from within the Ant Soldiers' helmets.

"Kill on the spot."

The Ant Soldiers originally guarding the iron bucket truck quickly gathered, and the transport vehicles along the way also started their engines, heading for that plateau.

The so‑called NEOZECT is a knightly team that split from ZECT; they fight for freedom and are now what is called the resistance.

A dilapidated Mountain Bike was fleeing all over the desert, continuously dropping specially made bombs along the way, and the person inside kept laughing.

This can be considered a deliberate provocation against ZECT; the people of NEOZECT know today is the water delivery day, so they intentionally drew their attention on this day.

Either they have a trump card, or they are simply crazy.

But ZECT won't care about these circumstances; anyone who blocks them must die.

A vast number of Ant Soldiers surrounded the area, while the Mountain Bike kept racing wildly across the desert.

The person inside the Mountain Bike had already seen the Ant Soldiers, yet had no intention of retreating or giving up.

Because NEOZECT's resistance army has been almost wiped out, only a few people remain now.

"Fire."

Looking at that dilapidated Mountain Bike, the Commander issued the order without hesitation, and all the Ant Soldiers had already aimed their special large-caliber firearms at the resistance.

In an instant, the bullets formed a blue barrage that all struck the Mountain Bike.

I don't know why, but I feel unwell today, so the update is a bit late; please forgive.

(End of chapter)