Chapter 306

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

"That... that is..."

Finally, someone realized what the essence of that figure in the footage truly was.

"Beep, beep, beep! Beep, beep, beep!"

The landline phone rang incessantly.

"Hello."

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

"... Yes, Mr. President, the Foundation admits to this failure."

"No matter... as long as it is for the survival of humanity, we can concede this portion of interests."

"..."

And so, a new order was transmitted to the front-line troops with the fastest speed.

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

What were they doing?

"... According to on-site observations, the Federal military has abandoned the plan to continue attacking 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 final moment of her life, there was only a flash between heaven and earth.

The radiance of the sun dimmed at that moment; there was only one bright spot between heaven and earth.

Subsequently, an endless white swallowed everything.

The hydrogen bomb had exploded.

When the light and heat completely dissipated, only a charred patch and a sea of pure white sand remained in the ruins of Site-17 and its surroundings.

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 method.

—Releasing the Foundation's "prisoners."

Those containment objects.

"A mere nuclear bomb, how can it compare to a body tempered through hardship?!"

3.0 "Did it just tank a nuclear bomb head-on? This is a bit too terrifying."

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

"Unsurprisingly, it's impossible for an interstellar civilization to kill an Aeon relying on technological power, let alone atomic weapons. What they are trying to kill is a supreme divinity, those conceptual existences."

"It's not time for despair yet. The Foundation still has non-reality-based powers they haven't used. When all means are exhausted, and they haven't even attracted the other party's attention, that will be the moment of true despair."

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

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

"Best answer: I don't know."

The Foundation's attacks stopped temporarily.

And so, it was the "Thing of Absence's" turn.

Transit Group 893964460

It began to walk.

Its pace was not fast, as if it were taking a stroll, very leisurely.

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

But the "Thing of Absence" did not notice them, nor did it put them in its eyes.

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

It walked through them ordinarily, leaving the ruined villages and broken walls in the rhapsody of sand.

Until an old man blocked its path.

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

"Can you destroy me?"

This strange old man said so. ===== CHAPTER 308 =====