Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 411 Destruction
Aaron stood trembling on the brown city wall, gazing out at the city beyond. The horror and panic in his heart had made it impossible for him to maintain his former composure and dignity.

As far as the eye could see, the overwhelming swarm of insects almost completely filled the field of vision.

The countless insect demons had heads and limbs like locusts, but their compound eyes gleamed with a cold, metallic gray.

The sound of the wings flapping on their backs, which resembled hacksaws, resonated far more powerfully than the sound of ocean waves, sounding to these people like the prophetic words of the end times.

Aaron could even clearly see the distant earth, where the cocoon-like yet enormous, palace-like insect queen slowly wriggled on the surface, surrounded by countless insect demons, heading towards the last remaining city.

Afra's back was covered with a freely opening and closing carapace resembling an alloy steel plate, and her enormous limbs were covered with sharp metal spikes. Her abdomen was covered with a soft, huge sac resembling the abdomen of a bee.

Such a terrifying body possesses an extremely charming and beautiful human face, inspiring awe in those who behold it.

On this enormous demon, several pairs of short, hacksaw-like wings were almost invisible, a sign that the rapidly expanding and evolving body could not achieve perfect balance.

Or perhaps the Demon Mother, in order to devote all her energy to the creation of destruction, neglected her own balanced evolutionary direction.

However, if it was to match its body which was several kilometers long, it did not evolve other super abilities.

For the Queen Afra to successfully take flight, her wings might need to evolve to the point of covering an entire city.

Behind the insect queen Afra, whose body was several kilometers long, were streams of liquid that looked like melting liquid being dragged along by Afra's body.

Afra no longer needs to convert energy through eating with her mouth, as that is the most basic form of energy conversion.

Therefore, Afra abandoned her former appearance and evolved into a humanoid form, replacing it with the ability to melt metal, just like the little moss used to do.

Countless silver liquids flowed beneath Afra's body, serving both as a platform to help her massive form move forward and as a source of energy that Afra converted from all matter, which was then absorbed by the countless dense, steel-spiky hairs covering her body.

The liquid expelled from the back of these Apura bodies is the melted bodily fluid that the mother insect Apura spews out to allow her newborn larvae to quickly digest energy. Any mineral, plant, stone, or even soil can be easily dissolved by the solution spewed out by Apura.

The residue of these substances dissolves silently, like ice encountering boiling magma, leaving only the crystal-clear usable energy, which floats on the earth like mixed crystal bubbles of various colors.

Within these dazzling crystal bubbles, each a vibrant rainbow of colors, tiny insect eggs, no bigger than an adult's fist, are immersed in the nutrient-rich liquid.

As the liquid in the crystal bubble was completely absorbed by these insect eggs, the entire egg, the size of an adult's fist, had grown to about half a person's height and twice the waist circumference of a robust adult in just a few minutes.

Then the insect egg, which was completely encased in a soft cocoon, began to be broken open by the still not hardened segments, and the heads of the locusts began to emerge from the egg and gnaw on their own eggshells.

After devouring their eggshells, the wings on the backs of these newly hatched insect demons receive a final energy replenishment, begin to dry and harden, becoming strong enough to support these insect demons as they soar through the sky.

When these insect demons let out their first metallic screech, the already massive insect swarm in the sky gained thousands more.

They possess bodies with a tough, defensive structure comparable to an alloy coating, and their segmented limbs can easily pierce through metal sheets, tearing an adult African elephant into four pieces.

Furthermore, the different energy sources that each insect demon draws from endow them with different attribute bonuses. By absorbing mineral-rich nutrient solutions, the insect demons' bodies become even more robust.

By absorbing nutrient solutions rich in plant life energy, those insect demons gained more endurance than their companions.

The genetic legacy from Poison Ivy Pamela allows these insectoids to obtain a small amount of energy through supplies and sunlight in the air.

As for the nutrient solution that absorbs other energy, some insect demons have exceptionally large bodies, while others have exceptionally bloated and obese bodies.

Without exception, these insect-like demons are beyond the resistance of ordinary humans. Even an organized army cannot simultaneously confront an overwhelming swarm of insects.

The fact that these insect demons were able to mature and become combat-ready in such a short time makes their flaws extremely fatal.

That is, these insect demons only have fifteen days from birth to the end of their natural lifespan.

Once the fifteen days have passed, death due to genetic defects will occur as expected, unless some unexpected product of evolution occurs.

This is a flaw that Afraido deliberately created to control her creations, much like a law that the creator inscribes into the genes of his creations.

Aaron watched as countless creatures emerged from the crystal bubble as if from the brink of rebirth, soaring into the sky in the sunlight.

The cold colors appeared in the compound eyes of those creatures, filled with a destructive will. Their terrifying shapes and the aura of death, even in the briefest moment of eye contact, gave Aaron a nightmarish experience.

"Moses obeyed God's command and stretched out his staff toward Egypt. God sent an east wind across the land, and this wind brought locusts."

Aaron watched as the barrage of artillery fire fell into the tidal wave that was like a dark cloud covering the sky. Before the shells even landed in the distant swarm of insects, they were devoured by countless insect demons.

Occasionally, a few shells would fall into the swarm of insects, but the expected explosions did not occur.

The electromagnetic and other electromagnetic capabilities of the bombs equipped with induction fuses were completely blocked by a strange force field released by the insect swarm, rendering humanity's destructive creations ineffective against these insect demons.

Only the most primitive impact-fused shells can possibly unleash their full power.

But faced with such a massive swarm of insects, the scattered explosions were like a wave splashing in the ocean, instantly disappearing into the dark, surging tide.

Aaron muttered in despair, "The wind has brought locusts, which have fallen on all sides of Egypt, more ferocious than ever before."

"Because locusts covered the ground, even the sky and the earth were darkened, and they ate all the vegetables and fruits on the trees."

A deep sense of fear and bewilderment swept over everyone around.

This fear even caused many soldiers to lose their will to fight, and like Aaron, they began to recite the Ten Plagues from the Bible in a daze.

Because not only vegetables and fruits on trees, but even the earth and mountains ceased to exist before the overwhelming swarm of insects.

The distant mountains were also being devoured by the insect demons, and stone dust fell in a rustling sound, as if in mourning.

Wherever the insect demon Afra passed, the earth was leveled, and the nutrient-rich black soil disappeared, leaving only barren rock layers.

Following Kalon's orders, Afra selectively rotted and digested the crops and even entire regions of most areas, leaving only the resources and land needed to sustain the remaining humans, as calculated by the elites of the Tower of Babel based on population data.

This standard is calculated with the goal of a highly precise allocation system, so it cannot be said that Caron did not leave opportunities for those people.

But what was most despairing was not these insect demons, but the divine messenger slowly emerging from the swarming insects—the leader of the Crimson Heavenly Kingdom Front, Superman Karl El. Because this Superman was completely different from before, and no one dared to hope to hinder this powerful divine child.

“Black Adam, are you just going to watch your people, whom you protect, pray in such despair, and refuse to stand up for them?”

Superman Karl's eyes were bloodshot, as if he were constantly brewing heat rays that could destroy everything. He looked toward a hidden place in the center of the city, a space connected to reality, where there was a huge stone statue.

The statue is a bald man wearing a magic cloak and a tight-fitting battle robe.

The man who looks exactly like the statue is sitting on the huge stone throne in front of the statue, gazing into the distance at Superman.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Clark,”

The powerful wizard Black Adam, who inherited the power of the ancient six gods, had a thunderous and lightning-like light in his eyes. He stood up, and the power of the six gods surrounded his body without needing to be summoned, emitting a boiling roar.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time, ever since Bruce Wayne contacted me,”

Black Adam laughed, and a barrage of lightning crashed down from the sky, condensing into a divine spear of lightning in his hand, which he then hurled.

crackling sounds

In the hands of the powerful wizard Black Adam, lightning was perceived to be faster than the speed of light.

The lightning spear ripped through the sky, sweeping a huge chasm through the swarm of insects.

Countless insect demons were instantly pierced through their bodies by the powerful lightning, turning into shattered carbon dust that scattered across the sky.

Even though these insect demons could develop resistance to the damage they suffered after adapting to various forces, the lightning associated with the power of the six gods was no longer just simple energy. This caused these highly adaptive insect demons to be completely destroyed before they could even activate their genetic instincts.

Suddenly, the beautiful face of the insect queen Afra roared fiercely, her gorgeous and charming face turning anxious and distorted.

Because the lightning spear, imbued with immense power, was aimed at Afra, not Superman.

To fulfill Charon's will, Afra transformed herself into her current form as a production machine by consuming large amounts of food, which also resulted in her having little protective ability.

Her armor-like body could easily withstand armor-piercing bullets, but it couldn't withstand the destructive lightning.

But she doesn't need any extra protection because Superman is with her all the way.

boom,
The air was compressed by the incredibly fast figure, creating sonic booms and shockwaves. Superman Karl appeared as if he had teleported in front of Afra.

The destructive lightning was tightly gripped by Superman's two muscular hands, yet it couldn't push Superman back an inch.

Amidst the lightning, a kryptonite spear, a mixture of eerie green and red, revealed its sharp edge and had already pierced the skin of Superman's hand.

But with just a forceful movement of his two hands, Superman shattered the several-meter-long Kryptonite spear into dust.

call out,
Two beams of heat shot out from Superman's pupils, burning like flames and vaporizing the kryptonite powder into a misty gas.

hiss,
Superman brought his nose close to the thick, misty gas and inhaled all the gas formed from Kryptonite into his nasal cavity.

"No one can defeat me, I've been completely transformed!"

Superman looked up, shivering with satisfaction.

"If you give up trying to stop me, you still have a chance to live, Black Adam!"

Everyone was hoping that, through a tacitly united force, they could force Charon to abandon his idea of ​​erasing civilization.

But things changed so quickly that it exceeded everyone's expectations.

In just three days, the entire African continent was completely devoured by the insect plague created by Afra, and now only a few cities still retain their original form.

Many warlords, tribal leaders and chiefs in Africa were all killed one by one by the leaders of the Red Heavenly Kingdom Front, and their bodies were left on the ground to become nourishment for the world.

Those who remain must live for themselves and move forward with the limited resources available for survival.

The remaining cities each possess their own protective forces.

But the leaders of the Crimson Heaven have already set off in batches, and the remaining cities don't have many opportunities left.

"Only absolute tyranny can bring true peace. Overthrow those boring and foolish rulers! For Emperor Gogmora, my warriors!"

Megatron, the shapeshifting leader who commands the Decepticon ground forces, stands before a city in the desert, ordering all his shapeshifting legions to advance.

"Foolish and hypocritical Optimus Prime, don't waste your power protecting these weak lives,"

Megatron looked at Optimus Prime with disdain as he shielded the old man from the gunfire beneath him, and roared angrily, "Don't delay the battle, lest the Emperor consider me a piece of trash on par with you."

Optimus Prime shook his head, too lazy to argue with Megatron. He placed the old man behind his hundred-meter-tall body with his massive steel hand, then raised his steel sword and pointed it forward.

"Autobot warriors, follow me into battle!"

The old world is collapsing, and a new world will emerge from the shell of the old world and be reborn.

This is not a prophecy, but something that must be done.

All those in the know are pessimistic about the future of the entire planet, and some have even fallen into despair.

This is no longer a simple economic crisis, but a deliberate destruction of the very resources and energy that the world economy relies on.

"A new generation must be born, or it must succeed or it must perish!"

Charon rose from the Iron Throne, and his enormous wings began to blot out the sky above the Tower of Babel.

(End of this chapter)