[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-500":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Worlds' Apocalypse Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1791096,2388,"Chapter 498 - Two good news","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-500",500,"\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader:? Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Freedom Confederate’s Eastern Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Offshore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with long, faintly brown hair stood on the surface of the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was rubbing the stubbles on his chin as he went into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How unexpected…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man seemed to be sensing something as he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an unknown amount of time had passed, the man finally crouched down and put his hand on the water surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mystical wave went from his hand into the sea, expanding outwards across the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come, come, although you’re mutated monster… in the end you’re still sea creatures”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So heed my call”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oom——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his whisper, the surface of the ocean bulged up as a large sea creature surfaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mutated sea creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following it, more and more sea creatures heeded his call and headed here from the depths of the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, all the sea creatures had gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They floated orderly and neatly around where the man stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt absolute fear and respect towards this small creature that summoned them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man looked at all these terrifying and strange sea creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You are all my subjects, from now on, you are to follow my orders”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a place quite close to where he stood, a sea creature howled in a low bellowing voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah? You’re asking who I am?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man nodded: “I forgot, you should indeed know my name”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am the Demi in charge of water element for the Heavenly realm, you may call me the Water God”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, move out all of you, for the glory of the gods, lay siege to the human cities”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On another side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fuxi Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a certain metropolis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 5-meter tall Assault Mech was quickly approaching towards a strange creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature was ashen grey, its body covered in a slimy substance with tentacles sprouting from all over its body. It floated forward in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being bombarded by the mech’s attacks, the monster roared furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although their firepower was ineffective in killing it, the impact of the blast still caused it to feel a genuine pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster opened its ‘arms’, pulling the retreating Mech into its embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sss sssh shhh… crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of metal being corroded came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the grey smoke had all gone away, the metallic components of the Mech had already been melted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster roared threateningly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But across from it, countless Assault Mechs stood still without backing off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an Assault Mech squadron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the Mechs were controlled by humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impartial Goddess had created a completely new tactical war AI for these cold, emotionless machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Experiment results analyzed: Of all descended Wraiths, this is the weakest]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impartial Goddess ordered: [All troops move out, eliminate it]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[For the Goddess!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Assault Mech responded in a booming united voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of machine engines roared across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechs began their assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the monster’s frenzied screams, the Mech still went forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their battle had begun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About three square blocks away from this area, there was a café.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two men in casual clothing were enjoying their afternoon teatime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they heard the clattering noise of battle outside, one of them put the cup of coffee from their hand down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quite the noisy battle” he commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing but a skirmish” the other had a cup of black tea as he sat with one leg crossed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only had his eyes half-opened, seemingly savoring the smell and taste of his drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no other sounds around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The café was completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sat here, enjoying their drinks while discussing the battle outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t we going to help that Wraith outside?” the one drinking coffee asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think you’re that strong?” the man drinking tea glanced over to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least I’ll have a much easier time dealing with these metal pests”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, our mission is to gather intel, to discern this world’s true level of power, not to protect the Wraiths”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But we’re still allies, just sitting here enjoying tea while it fights for its life outside is a bit inappropriate isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No such thing” the tea drinker answered: “There’s only one world, the Wraiths want to absorb it and we also want to absorb it, so who’s going to do that? ——that in itself is a big problem”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before we deal with this problem, it’s a bit awkward for us Demi to personally go into battle”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other understood what he meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right, there’s only so many of us Demi, fight to the death and such, let’s leave that to the Wraiths, they’ll probably enjoy that more anyways”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man drinking tea then spoke: “However, there’s a few interesting things in the human realm”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached his hand out to take a Holo-Brain from the breast pocket of a new corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a closer look, the floor of the café was filled with corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They killed everyone here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s that?” the coffee drinker looked at the Holo-Brain and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Holo-Brain, something humans invented, all of them had one”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tea drinker tried operating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Holo-Brain lit up by itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does this thing do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not sure either, I think it helps humans deal with some daily minor chores?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What can a small thing like that actually do?” the coffee drinker didn’t buy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commotion outside quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them looked over at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One Wraith is still too few huh, not enough to deal with a few dozen metal dolls”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, look at them, what are they doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the rubble, the Mechs captured and bound the near-dead Wraith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They brought the Wraith up to the sky and flew away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come, let’s go tail them” the tea drinker said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, in a war command center about 8000 miles away from where they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ying Hao had been silently paying attention to the 2 Demis near the Holo-Brain until they prepared to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill them” he said simply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impartial Goddess’ voice came: [Super Intercontinental Missiles preparing to fire]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[2]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Direct hit]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Battle zone surveillance” Zhang Ying Hao ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The café was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only a large crater left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few moments later, two figures came out from the crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened? I’m sure I already blocked out my presence, how did they find us?” the coffee drinker was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cup of coffee was still slightly steaming, not even a drop had spilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How interesting, very interesting, there must be something very crucial that we still haven’t figured out” the tea drinker replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had the Holo-Brain in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coffee drinker looked up to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechs had already flown away from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What now?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go take a stroll and get to know the life of humans”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there a meaning in doing that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, we first have to understand this world well before we can conquer and rule over it” the tea drinker replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also reminded him: “Next time, you can’t arbitrarily kill them like that, they are all our subjects”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How unfortunate, fun always doesn’t last long” the coffee drinker regretfully said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tea drinker was also a bit regretful angrily explaining: “We need them, since there are so few of us Demis, and within the Samsara, only humans can mate with us to reproduce and give birth to our children”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, you’re not allowed to destroy this world too much either——– since it is our property”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully put the Holo-Brain away before heading towards a street without people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coffee drinker followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ying Hao had the screen turned off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impartial Goddess’ voice came: [Their location is still being tracked with the moving Holo-Brain]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good, it’s been hard” Zhang Ying Hao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave the President a cigar, then took out another to offer Varona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, I’ll just have this” Varona showed him the female cigarette she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ying Hao lit his cigar and took a long drag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then cursed: “This cigar’s farm and factory has been destroyed by 30 Wraith, damn them all”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think?” the President asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For now, the information we have is good news” Zhang Ying Hao answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over 3000 Wraiths had appeared, and even more are coming as we speak; 10% of our cities have been destroyed, and you still think that is good news?” Varona asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even worse, a few of the Wraiths can be killed by Mechs, but there has been no examples of Demi being defeated” the President added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ying Hao took another drag from his cigar and slowly spoke: “That’s just how war is, the feeling of despair is always the opening act, but don’t get angry because of it, you’ll get pimples”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varona said nothing to that and just touched her smooth white face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The President spoke up: “Then I want to know what you’re calling good news”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very well, from the intel we’ve gathered, there was at least two good news” Zhang Ying Hao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which are?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Firstly, they don’t know how our technology works”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The President and Varona both thought for a bit and nodded to confirm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Holo-Brain that Demi had just now was already turned on, but he didn’t know that at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Ying Hao breathed out some smoke, speaking with clear eyes: “Secondly, their goal is to obtain this world, not to destroy it”\u003C\u002Fp>",1592,"2026-06-09T03:05:01.244Z",1,"novelbin.me","b722060de6b9e4fbb1edd97afce34f129fc6626e58024c98866ed00df609c7de","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-301","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-499",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]