Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 293 Monster Rampage
"Impossible... This is impossible... It's clearly dead, both its body and its soul are completely dead!"

In the strange space, an alien scholar with a halo stared at the images transmitted from the physical universe, speechless with astonishment, and couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.

Before everyone's eyes, everyone witnessed the death of that nightmare, its end, but in the blink of an eye, that nightmare returned.

The previous revelry and celebration now seem like a huge joke, thrown directly in everyone's face.

"It was clearly dead, how could it possibly come back to life?"

"Calm down. In any case, it has been resurrected, and we can only accept that fact."

Someone tried to persuade the alien scholar.

But the alien scholar glanced at him and shook his head.

"It's not that simple. We did kill that monster, completely and utterly. Its body and its soul were completely erased, leaving no trace. But it reappeared from nothingness."

"This is not rebirth; it is reborn from utter nothingness. If it can be reborn from nothing, what does that mean? Does it mean that it can be born from anywhere? Does it mean that this universe, or even any space, is it?"

The scholar continued talking to himself, shaking his head repeatedly.

"This is impossible...this is impossible..."

But the scholar's confusion was interrupted by the commotion the next moment.

"Look!"

Amidst gasps of alarm, billions of pure white beams of light shot out from the monster, originating from the giant serpent, and pierced the entire universe. These beams of light completely exceeded the constraints of this physical universe, no longer bound by the speed of light, or rather, the universe itself could not limit the power of these lights.

From the most microscopic perspective, the spacetime structure that constitutes the entire universe appears incredibly fragile in the face of these strange white lights, collapsing at the slightest touch. In this physical universe, the seemingly immutable speed of light limit has lost its effect. Thousands of times the speed of light, tens of thousands of times the speed of light, hundreds of millions of times the speed of light, billions of times the speed of light… these unimaginable and incomprehensible forces easily shatter all fundamental rules, as if the world has returned to that chaotic and ignorant world before creation.

The power of God has failed, the power of the universe has failed.

In the blink of an eye, these beams of light had reached extragalactic galaxies and even more distant superclusters...

……

Above the Milky Way is the Local Group, which includes more than twenty galaxies of varying sizes. Above the Local Group is the Laniakea Supercluster, which consists of hundreds of smaller galaxy clusters, including the Local Group.

Within the Laniakea Supercluster, an unimaginably vast galaxy with a radius of 5 million light-years, the Milky Way, with a radius of only 2000 light-years, is but a speck of dust. And the serpent at the Milky Way's center, devouring black holes, is nothing more than a paramecium gnawing at a speck of dust in the ocean.

Legend has it that on the left tentacle of the snail lived a country called Chu Shi; on the right tentacle lived a country called Man Shi. The two countries frequently went to war over territory, and tens of thousands of corpses died on the battlefield. It would take them fifteen days to chase the defeated soldiers back.

This supercluster is so vast that even the New Humans have not been able to fully explore it. As for other superclusters that are even more distant, even the New Humans have only glimpsed them. For this supercluster, whether it is the New Humans, the Old Humans, or the Serpent, they are all merely engaged in a petty squabble.

This world is vast.

Once, the great serpent said this to the snake woman.

The Milky Way is vast, but it is but a drop in the ocean within the Laniakea Supercluster, and the entire Laniakea Supercluster is but a speck of dust in the universe.

This physical universe, which has plunged God into eternal slumber, is unimaginably vast and incredible. Even now, this ultimate battle, which has brought together all living beings in the universe, is still confined to a corner of the Laniakea Supercluster.

Although many galaxies were destroyed, for the entire supercluster, it was no different than losing a few hairs.

This is why the monster believed that by swallowing the entire physical universe, it would gain power comparable to omniscience and omnipotence, and would never be hungry again. And because of its immense size, even if the monster awakens, this eternally unchanging supercluster of galaxies seems destined to continue eternally, forever. After all, how could two ants fighting on Earth possibly affect this colossal planet?
...That seems to be the case.

Beyond the Laniakea Supercluster lies the Hercules Supercluster, infinitely distant.

This is a massive supercluster of galaxies, comparable in size to the Laniakea Supercluster, with a radius of 2 million light-years. It is swirling in shape and located far from the center of the physical universe—the Milky Way.

In this physical universe, the cosmos is centered on the Milky Way. Most regions far from the Milky Way are devoid of life; these silent superclusters are like background textures, forgotten places.

However, a beam of light suddenly swept across the supercluster.

A massive, magnificent, and incredible beam of light swept across the entire Hercules Supercluster, spanning 2 million light-years in an instant, instantly obliterating all black holes, stars, and planets along its path.

In the middle of this enormous celestial system with a radius of 2 million light-years, a huge gap suddenly appeared, forming a wound that cannot be ignored.

In that instant, how many galaxies similar to the Milky Way were destroyed?
100,000? 1 million? 10 million? Or 100 million?

We don't know, but in the face of that unstoppable force of despair, all numbers are meaningless. And similar scenes are playing out in many other parts of the universe.

……

On a certain planet, beneath the stars, a group of small but strong four-legged creatures were crawling across the plains.

"Hum..."

Strange sounds emanated from their nasal cavities, suggesting that these four-legged animals were communicating. They had already developed a certain level of intelligence and begun making tools, but civilization had not yet emerged. In a few thousand years, perhaps these creatures, already progressing towards civilization, would give rise to their own civilization and city-states, and begin attempting to explore space.

But then, a cub that had not yet grown up suddenly raised its head and kept making strange noises.

"Quack quack..."

The cub's strange cries attracted the attention of the adults. The adults looked up and saw that a huge white curtain had suddenly appeared among the countless stars, obscuring nearly half of the stars in the sky.

The adults were communicating with each other, puzzled, as they could not yet understand what it was.

The white curtain of light lingered for a long time, persisting on this planet for thousands of years, becoming part of its unique religious civilization and inspiring countless romantic imaginings. Only when these four-limbed creatures truly began to realize space and understand what it was, would they fall into deep fear, but by then, the end of the world would have already arrived.

From a broader perspective, one can see that the supercluster containing this planet has been pierced by a massive beam of light, with most of the supercluster destroyed by this light. The small galaxy to which this planet belongs, however, just barely passed by this massive beam of light.

Within this tiny galaxy, millions of stars have survived, not for any other reason than sheer luck.

The beam of light can travel faster than the speed of light, but other things cannot. When the impact from other galaxies reaches this tiny planet, it will be thousands of years later.

……

In the vast universe, there are the Draco Supercluster… the Grus Supercluster… the Corona Borealis Supercluster… the Sharpley Supercluster…

In a corner of the Laniakea Supercluster, countless beams of light shot out, piercing the entire universe, unleashing boundless, inexhaustible power to every corner of the cosmos. They could destroy a nascent star, a massive black hole, a galaxy, a river system, or even an entire supercluster.

The rampaging monster relentlessly unleashes its power upon the universe.

The universe began to crumble, and the impact extended far beyond the physical universe. The beam of light continued its relentless advance, piercing through the cosmos and reaching ever more distant beyond…

(End of this chapter)