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Chapter 534 The truth of the world

As is well known, human space stations are generally located at an altitude of about 400 kilometers above the Earth's surface.

This is not the upper limit of aerospace capabilities, but rather the optimal balance point achieved after thousands of calculations and simulations, considering cost, efficiency, safety, and controllability.

Beyond this altitude, for every 100 kilometers of orbital altitude gained, the consumption of rocket propellant and the difficulty of transporting supplies will double, and the rocket will also be outside the protection of Earth's magnetic field and subject to interference from the Van Allen radiation belts.

For this reason, the vast majority of space stations are built at an altitude of around 400 kilometers.

The space station we are building now is located two thousand kilometers away in space, regardless of cost and manpower.

This distance was too precise, just outside the Grim Reaper's line of sight.

Su Haoming would never believe it if you told him it wasn't done on purpose!
Thinking of this, he immediately transformed into a stream of light, dispersing into countless streams of air, and quietly slipped into the space station.

Meanwhile, chaos reigned inside the space station, especially in the remote control room, where more than a dozen people in spacesuits stood in front of the monitoring screen, anxiously watching the red dots disappear.

"Sir, not only in New York City, but also in Los Angeles, the monsters have all been wiped out!"

"Houston too!"

"And Philadelphia!"

“Santiago…”

Anxious voices came from all directions.

The middle-aged man in the lead frowned, couldn't help but slam his fist on the metal bulkhead next to him, and said angrily, "Damn it, who did this?"

"According to reports from our colleagues on the surface, there were about twenty people who took action to eliminate the monster."

"These people have different appearances, are of different ages and races, but the only thing they have in common is that each of them possesses more than one powerful superpower."

"Ordinary monsters are powerless against them."

"Even monsters like Freddy and the Joker disappeared completely after they came into contact with them!"

"Damn it!" the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Do they even know what they're doing?"

"superpower?"

"So what if you have superpowers?"

"What good would it do to eliminate these monsters?"

"Before those beings, they are no different from us, just ants!"

Upon hearing the middle-aged man's angry and resentful words, the surrounding staff fell silent.

After a moment, a young man looked up and asked softly:

"So, sir, what should we do next?"

"Do everything in your power to contact that group and stop their actions!"

“…It’s too late.”

The young man shook his head and said, "Eighty percent of the monsters in North America have already been eliminated. Even if they stop now, there aren't enough blood sacrifice executioners."

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said, "Then release the rest too!"

The staff around him were startled by what they heard and couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man in astonishment.

"But sir, the remaining monsters are all ruthless and uncontrollable."

"Once they're released, whether they can be retrieved is no longer up to us!"

"So what?" The middle-aged man seemed to have calmed down, and said in a cold voice, "For the sake of all mankind, this is a sacrifice we must make!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the entire space station fell into a deathly silence.

After a short while, the young man who had asked the question sighed softly, turned around, opened a tempered glass cover on the control panel, and pressed the red button inside the glass cover.

"This is Earth Guardian Zero Headquarters. In the name of headquarters, activate Emergency Response Number 1—"

"Let's see who dares!"

The soft voice resounded like thunder in everyone's ears.

The young man felt a sharp pain in his fingertips, jerked back his right hand, and stared at the control panel in astonishment.

Suddenly, streaks of cyan wind blades appeared out of thin air, like a shredder made of high-speed airflow, instantly destroying the glass cover and the red button, completely intercepting the message that had not yet been sent.

Everyone on the space station was shocked to see this.

The next second, the wind blades converged and condensed into a cyan figure in the control room.

The middle-aged man at the head of the group frowned, staring at the suddenly appearing young Chinese man, and said in a deep voice:
"who are you?"

He was even able to stay calm...

No wonder they are Earth's guardians who frequently deal with monsters!

The young man, or rather Su Haoming, glanced at him with some surprise, then said calmly:
"Earth Guardians, with connections reaching the heavens, surely you can guess my identity?" "..."

The middle-aged man's heart sank, and he immediately said expressionlessly, "You're the mastermind behind this incident, aren't you? I never expected you'd find your way here..."

Coincidentally, he never expected that this chaotic world would contain elements of the movie "The Cabin in the Woods"!

Looking at the astronauts with their various expressions in the control room, Su Haoming couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex emotion encompassing both admiration and reflection).

"The Cabin in the Woods" is a satirical film about modern assembly-line horror movies. The plot and setting are very original, stitching together elements of many classic horror films, making it a feast for horror movie lovers.

According to the film's setting, this world is inhabited by countless monsters, and ancient gods slumber underground.

The former is easier to handle; with human power, as long as a certain price is paid, these monsters can be contained using the correct methods.

However, the latter is a terrifying existence that humans cannot contain or even understand.

They have a bad temper and almost always lose their temper once a year. Only by offering sacrifices to them on time can the stability of humanity and the earth be maintained.

For this reason, the countries secretly joined together to form an organization responsible for managing blood sacrifice rituals, which is what this group of people are referring to as the Earth Guardians.

As the name suggests, the sole duty of Earth Guardians is to protect the Earth and humanity.

To achieve this goal, they select five lucky individuals each year, based on specific identities and personas, as sacrifices to appease the wrath of the ancient gods.

During the blood sacrifice ritual, the Earth Guardians release the monsters they have already captured and kill them in a fixed order according to their status as sacrifices, in order to please the ancient gods.

However, because blood sacrifice rituals can fail, each country organizes its own blood sacrifice rituals.

Each year, more than five people are chosen as sacrifices, and naturally, more than one blood sacrifice ceremony is launched at the same time.

Currently, Su Haoming's clone has flown all over the North American continent, but he has not seen a similar blood sacrifice ritual. He has only seen countless monsters rampaging in the night, causing casualties far exceeding those of the original blood sacrifice ritual.

So he guessed that this world either incorporated elements of "The Cabin in the Woods" or it was set after the timeline of the movie's plot!

With this thought in mind, Su Haoming slightly moved his fingers, and streams of air condensed into ropes, binding all the humans around him.

"Tell me about it!"

He looked at the middle-aged man and said calmly, "What exactly is going on?"

The middle-aged man frowned, suppressing his anger as he said in a deep voice, "You know nothing, yet you dare to interfere with the blood sacrifice. If the Earth is destroyed because of this, you will be the greatest criminal in human history!"

"Don't try to scare me with those kinds of words!"

Su Haoming sneered and said, "It's precisely because you know nothing that I'm sparing your lives!"

"Since things have already come to this point, let's talk it over carefully. If I approve of your approach, I might even join you and help you make amends..."

Oh?
The middle-aged man's heart skipped a beat; he realized that this was indeed a good suggestion.

Given the strength and influence of this mysterious powerful figure, if he were to join the Earth Guardians, he might actually be able to salvage the situation and completely reverse everything.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and finally calmly recounted their identities and origins.

Sure enough, these people were the Earth Guardians who appeared in "The Cabin in the Woods".

And the original intention behind the founding of this organization was indeed exactly the same as what Su Haoming knew.

The only difference is that the timeline of this world is ten years after the original movie!

"...Ten years ago, blood sacrifice rituals around the world failed simultaneously, awakening ancient gods sleeping underground and nearly bringing about the annihilation of humanity."

Su Haoming nodded inwardly, knowing that this was the ending of the movie.

However, the movie ends with only the awakening of the ancient god, and the rest of the plot will depend on what this Earth guardian has to say.

"However, those Earth guardians ultimately saved humanity from the clutches of the ancient gods."

"They executed the final emergency plan, releasing all the monsters they had contained, returning the human world to the era before the Earth Guardians were formed."

"The world was plunged into madness and chaos as a result. All sorts of monsters roamed the human world, slaughtering indiscriminately and causing sacrifices far exceeding those of the blood sacrifice ritual!"

"Faced with this insane decision, countries were outraged. They punished and arrested members of the Earth Guardians and planned to launch the final plan to fight the awakened ancient gods to the death."

"But in the face of powerful ancient gods, humanity is far too insignificant."

"Even strategic nuclear weapons, which represent the greatest destructive power of mankind, are nothing more than a drop of rain falling from the sky when they fall on the heads of those ancient gods, unable to harm them in the slightest."

"In comparison, the Earth Guardians' insane decision actually appeased the ancient gods!"

"The chaos lasted only two weeks before the ancient gods, having enjoyed the blood sacrifice, were satisfied and returned to the earth to continue their slumber."

"The Earth and humanity were thus spared from destruction."

"But those who truly survived were only the remaining humans. Those who died in this chaos became sacrifices, and the Earth Guardians who carried out the insane plan were abolished by various countries and lost their original powers..."

Su Haoming said calmly, "But you are still standing here now, and you have gained greater power, even to the point of building a space station headquarters two thousand kilometers in space."

"Yes."

The middle-aged man sighed, "The impact of this disaster has far exceeded the expectations of various countries."

(End of this chapter)