From the end of the world

Chapter 56: The Disappearance of the Doomsday Girl 1
When I enter the fire elemental form, I basically overcome all the weaknesses of the normal human body.

Because this body is made of fire, even if they blow my head off or pierce my heart, it will only slightly deform me. Toxins are of course ineffective, and chemical weapons are also useless.

I can still see and hear normally, and can pick up objects normally if I want to. Since the fire will destroy the object depending on my intention, I don't have to worry about damaging it when I pick it up.

In this form I can even blend my spirit into the heat of nature.

It is said that the former Soviet Union once used nuclear bombs to extinguish fires. Although I have almost forgotten the specific principles, even in extreme cases, if someone uses super-powerful weapons to extinguish all the flames that make up my body, I will not die. I can live in the heat of the surrounding environment and rekindle my existence.

If you want to completely prevent my resurrection from a physical level, I'm afraid the only way is to create a large-scale absolute zero environment, provided that I don't set up "fireflies" or other flame derivatives in other places.

It is useless to sneak attack and assassinate me before I enter the fire elemental form. Agent Kong has already tried this method. In fact, it is not very rigorous for me to divide my form into "normal form" and "fire elemental form". Since the first time I entered the fire elemental form, I have become the flame itself. The normal form of the body is better said to be a mimic of the flame. The fatal damage caused by external sneak attacks on me cannot be truly fatal. At most, it will only push me from the first form to the second form.

If there is any room for controversy, it is the battery life of this form.

It's not that the battery life is not long enough. On the contrary, I can maintain the fire element form for a long time. It can last for more than two months without feeling the limit. On the contrary, I can't grasp the specific limit time for a while. During this period, I don't even need to sleep. If the fire element form is not too conspicuous and makes a blazing burning sound, I would even want to use this form to monitor Ma Zao uninterruptedly at night.

It stands to reason that since I have become the flame itself, I naturally don't need to worry about the endurance time, but in the fire element form, I feel far less comfortable than in the normal form. It's like a person who is prone to motion sickness being forced to sit in a car, even if the car hasn't started, he will feel uncomfortable all over.

Perhaps because my spirit still belongs to the human side, the fire element form may form an invisible load on my spirit. However, under normal circumstances, there is no need to worry about this.

All in all, this is all I have now, and I showed it all to Ma Zao.

"Elementalization..."

Ma Zao looked at me in disbelief, and his breathing seemed to become very heavy.

"A few days ago, I fought a human who turned into a monster here. Perhaps you think that was also a strange danger you attracted, but I can't find any evidence to deny this possibility." I said, "But as you can see, I didn't die, or even get hurt. I defeated him, and then returned home as usual. You probably didn't even notice that I fought with anyone.

"You have seen this place in the news. The news said it was destroyed by a gas explosion, but it was not. This is where I fought with the enemy, and I broke this building with my own hands.

"I am not telling you this to show off my power. I just want to tell you that I have enough power to help you, and I will not die because of the disaster you have brought upon myself.

"I did lie to you about my power, and I must apologize. But I really want to be with you, to help you prove to the public that the end of the world is near. I swear to you that this is my sincere and unconditional thought.

"I hope you can accept me and let us fight together."

I ended my tirade and waited for her response.

As she listened to me, the disbelief on her face slowly faded, gradually turning into a look of thinking and scrutiny.

After a long time, she still shook her head.

"With such a level of power... even if you were placed among all the strong men in the apocalypse, you would definitely stand out. But the strange dangers I attracted cannot be overcome just by becoming strong."

What she said made sense. The alien space under the cave was not something I could overcome with brute force alone. However, in this situation, I could not say anything to show weakness. I could only continue to say in an unwavering tone: "No, I can overcome it."

"As long as you are willing, you can live a free life in this era." She didn't seem to be angry or suspicious because of my concealment. Instead, she said in an unprecedentedly gentle voice, "That's why you can't be with me. If you stay with me, you will definitely lose all your happiness and peace of mind, and finally fall into ruin.

"I know what you mean... I'm very sorry, but this is also to prevent you from being affected."

For some reason, these words seemed to have passed through my mind somewhere before.

"I will prove to this society that doomsday exists, or I will find the divine seal and put an end to the coming of doomsday." As she spoke, she took a step back toward the edge of the rooftop. "Go back to the life you were supposed to have, Zhuang Cheng. The darkness ahead belongs only to me."

Divine Seal? What is that?
Just as I was reflexively wondering, she took another step back, her body left the edge of the roof and fell downwards.

"and many more--"

She was leaving. The moment I realized this, I rushed towards her and tried to grab her body.

But it was too late. When my fingers touched her, her body shattered and dissipated like the moon in the water, disappearing without a trace. Ma had already used space transfer to escape!
I stood on the edge of the rooftop, grasping at the air in vain, and it was difficult for me to digest this fact.

After more than ten seconds, I finally withdrew my hand, then exited the fire elemental form and let out a long sigh.

Finally it has come to this point...

Persuasion was useless, demonstrating his social value and intelligence value was useless, and even revealing the truth about himself being a superpower was still useless. Ma Zao's insistence on fighting alone and his fear of harming those around him seemed so tricky.

Maybe telling her that I am strong is a wrong move and will make her more determined that she shouldn't stay with me.

If I instead tell her that I am weak and cannot survive without her, she might be willing to stay with me, just like the ten-year-old girl she mentioned. Although she has experienced a cruel doomsday, Ma Zao still seems to have a kind heart. Appealing to her sympathy may be the right direction.

But as a young man living in a peaceful society with healthy hands and feet, what should I do to make her feel that I can't live without her? Should I say that I fell in love with her at first sight and would commit suicide by cutting my wrists if I was separated from her for more than a day? That would be too heavy and morbid, right? ... Although it's not impossible for me to do that if I force myself to do so.

There is no way. Now that things have come to this, it will be useless to review past mistakes. I can only face reality first.

I was prepared for this situation, with my thermal marker and GPS bracelet. Since she was so extreme, I had to be even more extreme. I would capture her first, and then try to imprison her in a place away from people's eyes.

I don't want to do such a morally corrupt thing unless it is necessary, but if I put my wishes and morality together, I will choose my wishes without hesitation.

I am an evil person who prioritizes my own desires over morality.

With this state of mind of constant self-examination, I closed my eyes and began to sense the location of the thermal energy marks.

However... things are not quite as I expected.

I couldn't even sense the location of the thermal energy mark.

It was as if the thermal signature went to some faraway place that I couldn't perceive, or simply disappeared on its own.

An extremely bad feeling rose up in my heart.

Etc., etc……

Wait wait wait… This, this is impossible!

How could I not be able to sense my own thermal signature?
In the past, I have done many tests on my superpowers, such as testing the limit of the spiritual connection between myself and the "firefly". One of them was to go to an international airport and put the "firefly" on a flight to Argentina.

The country farthest from my country is Argentina, which is literally on the other side of the earth. If you drill a vertical hole from Xianshui City into the ground and come out from the other side of the earth, that location is Argentina. And if I can sense the "fireflies" in Argentina in Xianshui City, it means that on this planet, the spiritual connection between me and the "fireflies" cannot be severed due to distance.

The conclusion is, I can.

The spiritual connection between me and the heat energy mark is no different from the spiritual connection between me and the "firefly". What the latter can do, there is no reason why the former can't do it. Since I can't feel it now, it means...

I can only make two assumptions about this:
First, Ma is no longer on Earth. She has either really gone to another planet (although I haven't tested whether my spiritual connection can connect to other planets), or she has gone to a "space that does not exist in reality" like a basement under a cave.
Second, Ma had already discovered the thermal signature and erased it through some supernatural means.

I find it hard to believe that it is the first one, because Ma Zao's goal must be achieved on Earth, in the real world. ... Then could it be the second one? There is this possibility. I have long doubted whether she can sense "fireflies" and thermal energy signs.

Even if it is the second one, it doesn’t matter. Fortunately, I had the foresight to predict this eventuality and equipped her with a GPS bracelet.

I took out the phone that was paired with the bracelet and used the GPS signal to confirm Ma Zao's current location.

However, the situation was once again beyond my control.

The phone failed to display Ma Zao's current location.

The GPS signal disappeared.

(End of this chapter)