Chapter 990: line with translation of chapter title

NO. 113: Convection - title, not an entity.

A few minutes ago. - no.

Outside, a crowd was loudly discussing countermeasures, and many were, at the moment the frantic root source sprang up, trying to regain their footing.

Demon God ZERO was inside the Chaotic Root Source, entangled by countless white roots.

Those are the roots of the monster seeds.

In the electronic world, all monsters born of emotion have such roots inside them, serving as meridians that channel power to their limbs and bones.

Its core is precisely that pure white pearl stone.

The Chaotic Root Source's special feature lies in its chest, which is densely packed with monster seeds.

They have already sprouted and are intertwined with each other.

These intertwined roots, in the chest of the Chaotic Root Source, construct a trypophobia-inducing scene resembling a neural network, and this also counts as the Chaotic Root Source's panel diagram.

——The number of monster seeds that have sprouted represents how many abilities it has mastered and how much potential it bears.

The fact that it is still in its developmental stage was apparent from the beginning.

After all, even in the initial battle, the Chaotic Root Source displayed combat power far below expectations:

Although it had stats clearly surpassing first-stage Gakura, and could even keep up with the latter's ultra-high-speed movement and attack, its weakness was evident when facing Cosmic Warrior Ultraman and Ultra Fusion Dragon King Emperor Ultraman Knight.

When standing before beings like the Berserk Emperor King Ultraman and Demon God ZERO, it could not even lift its head.

This is because Demon God ZERO caused Nigicalis to have no chance to face off; otherwise, the youth could also wield the Heavenly Authority Judgment and harshly sentence this so-called monster-derived phenomenon.

Although there exists a behind-the-scenes mastermind identity, it does not truly possess the formidable strength matching that identity, and some aspects even befit neither its status nor identity.

——The materialization of the monster overproduction derivative phenomenon.

Such an entity ought to stand above all monsters.

Even if encountering Demon God ZERO, whose talent in the monster field is equally peak, losing only in early development speed, it should not lose by much.

If it can't compare in stats, can it not even operate?

Are dozens of pages of skill slots not enough to manipulate others?

The result is that it truly did not manipulate.

Let alone dozens of pages of skill slots, it's hard to say whether the number of abilities it actually displayed even fills one page.

It profoundly exemplifies what is called poor development.

It also profoundly shows what is called a deficiency in tactical planning ability.

Just being familiar with the characters from Ultraman's memories, upon encountering an unseen version of Cosmic Warrior Ultraman and Demon God ZERO, it directly falls into a disadvantage.

As for the former, it could quickly familiarize itself and regroup, but once the opponent turned into Berserk Emperor King Ultraman, it would be at a loss again.

And before that, the latter it first encountered was: a chance meeting with Demon God ZERO on Cuckoo Platform, where the seven great demon god powers were as strong as ghosts and gods, and even with all its might it could not win.

It plainly shows a 'can't win if unfamiliar, specializes in killing first-timers' trait, relying heavily on existing information with zero self-learning ability.

This also fits its identity as a 'phenomenon' rather than a living being.

After merely undergoing so much mental stimulation, the Chaotic Root Source cannot be said to have grown not at all.

These sprouted, intertwined monster seeds are its proof.

As everyone knows, the vast majority of monster seeds sprout and grow by absorbing emotions and feelings.

And as the embodiment of all this combined, the Chaotic Root Source, while continually leading chaos and frenzy to proliferate, itself has not absorbed enough emotion; instead, it focuses on stealing the energy of Mao Ultraman, frantically siphoning electricity.

This little achievement can at best be matched against the King of Ultras.

But even so, this scene before us still proves that it has indeed awakened and become familiar with some abilities, and all of this is thanks to Aomo.

Although it lacks others' emotions, it has successfully awakened hatred and jealousy; such a breakthrough from nothing to something is certainly not insignificant.

After all, this is a successful crossing from 'phenomenon' to 'life'.

It's just that after this, there's no way forward.

Demon God ZERO did not resist those monster seed roots, even actively letting them take root throughout its body; and its essentially empty nature, in fully accepting them, draws in the negative emotions inherently carried by those monster seeds.

These negative emotions should have helped the Chaotic Root Source brainwash and absorb living beings into its body, turning them into retainers and batteries in the chaos—but for Demon God ZERO, this amounts only to a buffet.

And when it scooped up all the developed monster seeds, its head's blue spherical cockpit instantly opened.

A tiny demon flew out from within, and in this truly not particularly spacious interior of the Chaotic Root Source, it surveyed the sprouted monster seeds.

Then it felt out the secret key hidden in the wristband.

Kids, it's time to move the infinite pool. jpg

It's literally the moment of harvest; although it can't yet be instantly turned into cards, one can already imagine the scene of pulling a tenfold draw until one's hand goes soft.

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How did that previous line go again?

Want to find a self worth liking?

The episode I like most about myself has arrived!

The youth must thank the self that, in the flash of lightning alongside Demon God ZERO, had already made this judgment.

Of course, one must also thank the self that embodies the posture of Demon God ZERO.

At this moment, Demon God ZERO is carefully, without breaking the monster seed roots, slowly moving its arms to construct a protective circle that can shield the youth.

Its surroundings still overflow with light power, spreading along the roots to all the monster seeds and then to everything around, with much also flowing outward, causing the present environment to tremble.

It's not hard to imagine how the Chaotic Root Source is now throwing its weight around, jumping about lively.

So its interior is also not very stable; overall, it's like undergoing a continuous magnitude‑seven earthquake.

To be frank, such tremors are not really a big problem for a flying demon.

The secret key needle tube, specially made to extract monster power, is also hard to be hindered by such physical collisions.

But soon an external attack will appear that shakes the Chaotic Root Source's defense, piercing the outer wall of that giant maw, causing that energy to strike the arm of Demon God ZERO that shields Aomo, highlighting the importance of its protection.

However, such stray bullets occasionally still break a few of the Monster Seed's roots attached to the Demon God, making the young man feel especially regretful.

The regenerative ability of those roots might inherently be poor, or perhaps the Chaotic Root Source is replenishing with too little emotion.

Or maybe it's because I've already gone through a round of extraction, leaving me feeling very listless?

In short, they didn't quickly regenerate and draw power from the Demon God ZERO, making the young man somewhat uneasy—what if they startle the snake, and the Chaotic Root Source discovers that I came here deliberately to gather materials, and immediately kicks me out—what should I do?

He actually hopes the other side continues to be dazed by the sweet gains, but he also doesn't know how to continue extracting the Monster Seed's roots, so he can only speed up his extraction steps.

The fact proved he was overthinking.

After he had extracted all the sprouted Monster Seeds and seventy percent of the unsprouted ones…… the other side still seemed unaware of anything wrong, with no intention of voluntarily spitting itself out.

Instead, the Demon God ZERO sensed an external high-energy reaction via transmission, estimated to be enough to pierce the Chaotic Root Source's current body, making him realize that happy times are always brief, and he must bid farewell to the pool he hasn't completely emptied.

A few minutes' time is still too short for a demon.

One can only say the initial preparations were still not thorough enough; I hadn't considered giving the secret key an efficiency upgrade, otherwise we could do multi-line extraction, industrial concentration, letting the material fill even more monster capsules——

——Let's talk about it later!

Having composed himself, or rather, the young man who had already reaped an unexpected big harvest, he pulled the trigger on the needle from the largest Monster Seed, which largely occupied the most information of the Chaotic Root Source's body.

Then he saw a dazzling light burst forth from above, and in the suddenly enlightened upper field of view, the Chaotic Root Source glowed yet its eyes showed astonishment, making it hard for him not to break into a smile.

"Hello."

From that heart-rending roar and anxious call, even without telepathy, the two 'Aomo Lindun' could make the same judgment about the situation.

One suddenly broke free of all the roots, punched through the metallic dome above, and with a slender, rapidly transforming arm blade, opened a larger space.

One was grabbed by a cable extending from the other's arm, swiftly conveyed back to the cockpit, and, two seconds before the massive metal arm contacted the Punishing Dragon's claw, pushed the control lever fully forward, causing the claws to grate and interlock.

The piercing, heavy collision sound came not only from the claws grabbing and pulling, but also from the Demon God ZERO being pulled out, simultaneously reclaiming its black-hole ring-shaped jet wings, and then, taking advantage of the momentum, placing its massive heavy right leg against the edge of the opponent's huge jaws.

In the onboard speaker, the nearby battle alarm (the war bell ringing) was already blaring as the person holding Nigekaris's hand flipped in midair, then stood beside the countless rays of light alongside Demon God ZERO, and finally stood alongside the other Nigekaris.

"Ready!"

"Like that time?"

"Aomo—Aomo—! Lindun—!!"

Still amidst the unbroken light of everyone, straining to protrude the continually breaking claws, perhaps out of hatred, or perhaps out of reluctance to let go of the Demon God ZERO, the Chaotic Root Source, having forgotten its original intent, merely obstinately shouted someone's name.

And these three here, all turned a deaf ear to it.

The one who shouted the readiness reminder was Xin Tiao Xi, informing the two pilots in the cockpit.

No response needed; the charging was already completed through each other's actions.

"Shall we form an alliance?"

"Heaven's Punishment—Dark Rainbow—Light—Bind!!"

"Breast—Fire!!"

"Aomo—Lindun uh ah——!!!!"

"I came to save you from boredom."

At the moment the song's ending fell, the two annihilating forces that burn everything overlapped, for this disaster that affects countless worlds and spans vast ages——

——Bringing about the true end.