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Chapter 465 A Second Move and a Counterattack

TLT Central Command Center
All eyes were fixed on the world map that covered the entire main screen.
The red zone, representing the influence of Dark Lucifer, has spread to nearly a third of the land and is still expanding at a visible rate.

"Why……"

"If he possessed this power from the beginning, why did he need to lie low? Why did he go to such lengths to devise a trap and plot against Nexus's light?"

Kira Sawa asked, somewhat puzzled.

He couldn't understand.

Given his immense power, why would Dark Zagi engage in such underhanded tactics?

"Because he didn't want to become like this. If it were just for resurrection, absorbing the energy of the alien beasts would be enough."

But that would turn him into what he is now—a grotesque monster, devoid of his giant form, formed from pure darkness and hatred.

Masaki Keigo replied.

"Is hatred caused by longing?"

Kira Zeyu's pupils contracted slightly as he instantly realized what was happening and connected all the clues together.

As the ultimate weapon created by the Visitors in order to surpass the legend, Dark Zagi's logic has always been singular—to surpass the legend of "Noah" that saved the Visitors' home planet in every way.

He not only wants to possess greater power than Noah, but also to seize the form and glory that belong to "light".

That's why he painstakingly cultivated Nexus's chosen ones, allowing them to grow stronger in battle and hone their brilliance to shine even brighter.

It was precisely because of this that he personally created the tragedy of the Saijo Nagi family more than a decade ago, planting the seed of "hatred".

Everything was for the purpose of, at the most crucial moment, to corrupt the light with hatred and seize Nexus for himself.

For the sake of resurrection and destruction, all that's needed is to become this ugly monster.

But he didn't.

Until the very last moment, he stubbornly pursued the image of the "giant of light".

"Yes."

Masaki Keigo nodded.

"In other words, we shattered his ideals with our own hands, and made all his plans come to naught."

This Dark Lucifer is not the victor, but a madman who has been driven to the brink and forced to reveal his last trump card…”

A slight change finally appeared on Kira Zeyu's icy face.

He got it.

The apocalyptic scene before them was not Zaki's declaration of victory, but rather his final act of revenge in a fit of rage.

"Then, let's begin the next step of the plan." Masaki Keigo's voice pulled him back from his thoughts. "Komon, Himeya, it's all up to you..."

……

Beneath the sky shrouded in black mist, the Night Raid Team's Chromium Chester fighter squadron, like a school of silver fish swimming upstream, weaved through the turbulent energy currents.

Inside the cockpit, Kazuki Komon and Jun Himeya looked out the porthole at the city below engulfed in flames and filled with screams.

"The solitary door."

Jun Himeya's voice came through the internal communication system, calm and powerful.

Komon Kazuki turned his head and met Himeya Jun's gaze.

He nodded emphatically, needing no further words.

Masaki Keigo's communication rang in their ears.

Kazuki Komon and Jun Himeya simultaneously raised the Evolution Trust in their hands.

"Nexus!"

Two beams of light shot into the sky, tearing open two huge rifts in the gloomy black mist.

Amidst the light, a lithe silver giant—Nexus in his youth form—and a giant whose silhouette closely resembled Faust appeared simultaneously.

That was the battle stance formed by the dark power of Riko Saida after it was purified and resonated with the light of Nexus—Faust of Light.

As soon as the two giants of light appeared, they immediately charged toward the giant evil god in the sky—Dark Lucifer.

……

Meanwhile, on the ground.

Squads of TLT ground troops, dressed in white combat uniforms and internally known as "White Sweepers," disembarked from armored vehicles and quickly established defensive lines throughout the city.

The assault rifles in their hands had a futuristic design, with a silver and white body and an energy core emitting a soft white light at its center. "Fire!"

At the commander's order, beams of pure white energy shot towards the alien beasts emerging from the shadows.

Unlike previous explosions and burns, these beams of light did not make a loud noise when they hit the alien beasts.

Those monsters born from pure negative emotions seemed to melt away like ice and snow under the light.

Because the vast majority of powerful, physical alien beasts have already been absorbed by Zagi's sacrifice, what is currently raging on the ground are more energy aggregates generated by panic.

These new weapons, designed to mimic the properties of Nexus beams, are their most lethal nemesis.

The city's order, which was on the verge of collapse, was miraculously brought under control.

People hiding in buildings and subway stations witnessed this incredible scene through windows and mobile phone screens.

They saw white soldiers on the street, wielding beam weapons, sweeping the monsters away like dust.

They saw in the sky the two giants of light fighting against the enormous demon.

"Ultraman...it's Ultraman!"

A child pointed at the screen and exclaimed in surprise.

"And those soldiers... the guns they're carrying... are the same as in the game!"

A young man excitedly discovered that the soldiers' equipment was almost identical to the top-tier equipment available to players in the once-popular mobile game "Nexus: Genesis".

The game's scenes overlap with reality.

This strange sense of déjà vu diluted the pure fear of the impending apocalypse.

People realized that this was not an incomprehensible natural disaster, and they were not helpless lambs, because there was a "defense force" fighting on the ground and "Ultraman" protecting them in the sky.

A glimmer of hope, a tiny bit of trust, quietly sprouted in the soil of despair.

Dark Lucifer, hovering above the city, immediately sensed this change.

The supply of negative emotions, which should have been an endless and inexhaustible source of sustenance, began to become intermittent.

Human emotions are no longer purely fear, but a mixture of hope, trust, and courage.

"A mere human..."

The icy will transformed into a furious roar, and the dark vortex on Dark Lucifer's chest, which devoured all light, suddenly accelerated its rotation. It no longer paid attention to the ants on the ground, unleashing all its fury upon the two giants of light who were constantly harassing it.

Countless dark purple beams of destruction rained down on Nexus and Faust of Light, and the battle in the sky suddenly intensified.

……

And at the very bottom of the TLT base.

Masaki Keigo arrived at the very center of the underground space.

There, a brand new, enormous device has been completed.

Half of the device was shimmering with blue light; this was the second-generation [Light Particle Converter Amplifier] created by Masaki Keigo, combining all his research findings.

The other half of the device is a huge black metal container with twisted patterns engraved on its surface. It is the core storage unit that was disassembled from the main body of "Wangchuan".

At this moment, a chilling dark purple mist is seeping out from the cracks in the container; it is a collection of tens of thousands of negative memories and emotions accumulated over the years.

This device has only one function—to transform the purest darkness in the "River of Oblivion" into the purest light.

Masaki Keigo slowly walked onto the platform in the center of the installation, where cold metal and warm light intertwined beneath his feet.

Using the very food that Zagi craved most, they forged the weapon that would destroy him. They used the darkness born of humanity itself to ignite the hope of protecting the future. There could be no more ironic battle.

“Let’s start…”

Masaki Keigo murmured softly as he raised his Spark Lens.

A burst of light erupted, but it did not transform him into a towering giant.

All the light particles were highly condensed, enveloping Masaki Keigo's body and transforming him into a humanoid figure the same height as an ordinary person, but composed entirely of pure light.

He became the "living CPU" of this enormous machine.

The humanoid figure of light stretched out its hands and placed them on the control panel in front of it.

The next moment, the entire device emitted a thunderous roar!
The black core of "Forgetful River" trembled violently. The vast dark energy that had been sealed for years was drawn out like a floodgate being opened, pulled out by an irresistible gravitational force. Countless twisted, wailing, and desperate streams of black energy transformed into tangible tentacles, surging wildly into the [Light Particle Converter Amplifier] on the other end!
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The amplifier's core suddenly lit up, the light no longer a soft blue, but instantly transforming into a blinding, pure white! It was as if a supernova was being forcibly ignited deep within the Earth…

(End of this chapter)