Chapter 178

"Why can't we cause any damage?!"

"That... that is..."

Finally, someone realized what the essence of that figure in the picture really was.

"Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!"

The desk phone rang continuously.

"Hello."

O5-1 picked up the phone, voice slow and calm:

"... es, Mr. President, the Foundation admits this failure."

"No matter... as long as it is for the survival of humanity, we can give up this part of our interests."

"..."

Thus, a new order was transmitted to the front-line troops at the fastest speed.

Not long after, under the puzzled eyes of reporters and global audiences, armored vehicles made emergency U-turns, and soldiers boarded vehicles to leave the front line.

What were they doing?

"... ccording to on-site observations, the Federal military has abandoned the plan to continue the attack and is retreating in the direction away from the city..."

Soon, the lonely helicopter learned the answer to the question.

"This is..."

The reporter watched a phantom trace a white trajectory, falling from the distant sky.

In the last moment of her life, there was only a flash between heaven and earth.

The brilliance of the sun dimmed at that moment, and only one bright spot remained between heaven and earth.

Then, endless white swallowed everything.

The hydrogen bomb exploded.

When the light and heat completely dissipated, the ruins of Site-17 and its surroundings were left with only a charred area and a pure white sea of sand.

In the scorching air, white sand was still wriggling around the figure.

"..."

"..."

Silence, no matter which country, no matter where, only silence remained.

The members of the O5 Council lowered their blood pressure in their own ways.

A moment later, they thought of the final way.

—Release the Foundation's "prisoners."

Those containment objects.

……

"A mere nuclear bomb, how can it compare to a well-trained body?!"

3. "Is this directly tanking a nuclear bomb? It's a bit terrifying."

"After putting myself in the perspective of this civilization, I feel so desperate..."

"No surprise, it's impossible for an interstellar civilization to rely on technological power to kill an Aeon, let alone atomic weapons. They are trying to kill a supreme divinity, those conceptual existences."

"It's not time for despair yet. The Foundation still has non-realistic powers that haven't been used. When all means are exhausted, but they haven't even attracted the other party's attention, that will be the most desperate moment."

"So when will the 'God' appear? Not that I want to see it get slapped, I just want to see how strong a supreme divinity is."

"Where is the upper limit of the 'Missing Thing'? Very curious. Could it be top-tier even among supreme divinities?"

"Best answer: I don't know."

……

The Foundation's attack stopped temporarily.

Thus, it was the "Missing Thing's" turn.

【Transfer Group Number】

It started walking.

Its pace was not fast, just like taking a walk, very leisurely.

As long as one ignored the destroyed villages and small towns, it seemed "completely harmless."

But the "Missing Thing" didn't notice them, let alone take them into its eyes.

It walked coldly and ruthlessly, with the desert following closely behind, its momentum as unpredictable and unstoppable as a celestial omen.

It walked through them normally, leaving behind ruined villages and broken walls in the sand's fantasy.

Until an old man blocked its path.

This old man wore a black top hat and a black robe.

"Can you destroy me?"

This strange old man said so.

"Wow, another old grandpa."

"How many old grandpas are there in the Foundation?"

"Which supreme divinity is this? Actually blocking the 'Missing Thing' directly. The fights between Aeons are already extremely secretive; now that I have the fortune to see supreme divinities fighting each other, I can die without regrets."

"Doesn't feel like it. He doesn't look like a conceptual existence, maybe just a divinity."

"Fight! Fight!"

The audience was puzzled and expectant, wanting to know the specific strength of this mysterious person, but they couldn't help but doubt whether he could really stop the "Missing Thing."

Even for a moment.

In front of the old man was a supreme divinity, the supreme existence that eventually destroyed the world.

Under the gaze of everyone's complex eyes, the old man's file slowly appeared on the screen.

【Containment: The Old Man from Nowhere】

【Item Number: Containment-1440】

【Danger Level: Keter】

【Item Description: 'Containment-1440' is a male of unknown race and age. Whenever asked about his name, birth time, or place, 'Containment-1440' refuses to answer.】

【Judging by his appearance, the age of 'Containment-1440' should be between eighty and ninety, but since he first came to the Foundation's attention, he has shown no signs of aging for fifty years.】

【Exposing any man-made objects or humans to the influence of 'Containment-1440' for a long time will lead to an increasing number of destructive events around him, until the human element is destroyed or dies.】

【Special Containment Procedures: 'Containment-1440' is currently not in containment.】

【According to the nature of 'Containment-1440', the Foundation may not have a way to contain him while avoiding the risk of unacceptable material and personnel losses.】

【Before finding suitable containment measures, efforts need to be concentrated on locating and monitoring 'Containment-1440' and minimizing the number of civilians affected by him by identifying his wandering patterns.】

【Note: After his death, 'Containment-1440' gambled with the 'Three Brothers of Death,' and by relying on intelligence and a little cheating, he won against the three death gods and gambled for three artifacts: the Water of Life, the Cards of Destiny, and the Bag of All-Death.】

【Thus, the 'Three Brothers of Death' placed a curse on the old man: he can never die, and while alive, he will bring disaster to everything around him.】

……

"Holy crap, this old man is a walking tragedy field generator."

"No wonder the Foundation doesn't want to contain this great god; if one thing goes wrong, the entire site will be buried."

"Even so, can the 'Three Brothers of Death' really count this as a curse? Isn't it just bringing disaster to everything around? Isn't being able to live forever already a great gift?"

"This can also be considered a curse? How I look at it, the 'Three Brothers of Death' seem more reliable than the 'Abundance' Aeon."

"The Luofu Luofu Xianzhou has sailed the sea of stars for thousands of years, thinking they have obtained the fruit of immortality, but the price is falling into mara-struck... This one is actually enviable."

"To be honest, this negative effect sounds like the blessing of the 'Destruction' Aeon."

"It is foreseeable that even if the negative effect is so terrifying, many people will still desperately throw themselves into the gambling game with the death gods."

"You're right, may I ask how to see the 'Three Brothers of Death'."

……

Just as the Foundation's file recorded.

A terrifying disaster appeared beside the old man.

The ground shook violently, and the sand dunes rolled with it, as if the entire desert was trembling.

A massive earthquake erupted.

Dust was stirred up by the power of the earthquake, forming a thick cloud of dust that shrouded the entire sky.

In places not covered by the white sea of sand, cliffs collapsed, the earth cracked, and sand and stones rolled down from high places, making dull roars and kicking up a cloud of dust.