They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 480 Truth
The small sun, formed from the combined life force and jealousy of a dog, floated above his palms.

The air was boiling, emitting a sharp hiss, and the glass of distant buildings shattered continuously, unable to withstand the sudden heat.

Inukai's consciousness was on the verge of melting in the high heat of the reactor memory, leaving only the purest destructive desire and cruel pleasure.

Within his chest, the nuclear reactor core roared wildly, as if playing a hymn for the impending grand destruction.

E=MC.

This is the core of his high-risk memory, the law engraved at the root of the universe, the ultimate formula of power.

As long as he can withstand the extremely high and toxic temperatures that are enough to melt everything, his energy is inexhaustible.

Such power surpasses that of most of the hybrids in Fuuto. Even if it were the one who reigns supreme in Fuuto and is known as the "Emperor of Fear," Sonozaki Ryubei would not be able to escape unscathed if he were to take this attack head-on!
"Hahaha... Hahahaha! Did you see that? This is the power of the [reactor]!"

What use is your laughable precognitive ability in the face of absolute energy?!

With a frenzied roar, he hurled the condensed "sun" with all his might.

Its flight path was not a straight line, but rather it dragged space itself, leaving a visible, distorted black scorch mark.

However, facing this attack that could vaporize steel, Zhang Qi, who had transformed into "Truth," remained standing still.

His body, composed entirely of prism crystals, was not melted by the light of the sphere of destruction; instead, it refracted an even more dazzling light.

The next moment, streaks of pure, seven-colored light separated and flowed from his body, as if draping him in a feathered robe woven from rainbows.

Faced with that "sun" that could destroy the entire neighborhood, he simply raised his hand, making a gentle gesture as light as shooing away a moth, and casually waved it.

The violent energy sphere, the moment it touched the seven-colored halo emanating from his fingertips, was like a tennis ball being precisely struck by a racket.

All the kinetic energy and violent energy were perfectly enveloped and constrained by an invisible and exquisite force field, and then changed direction at an incredible angle.

A golden meteor streaked across the night sky with a sharp whistling sound, traversing dozens of meters before plunging into the Fengdu River, which runs through the industrial zone not far away.

All sounds are silent.

After just one second of deathly silence.

Boom——! ! !
A terrifying explosion occurred that defies description.

It was not a burst of flames, but a steam explosion caused by tens of thousands of tons of river water being instantly vaporized in 0.01 seconds!
A white column of water, hundreds of meters high, shot into the sky, like an ancient sea dragon awakening, baring its fangs and claws in the night sky.

Immediately afterwards, a violent shockwave mixed with a huge amount of water vapor swept outwards, creating an artificial hurricane and torrential rain.

"Nah...ni?"

Within the reactor dopant, Inukai's soul, consumed by jealousy and madness, experienced for the first time an emotion called "coldness."

He was stunned.

That was an ultra-high temperature energy aggregate that exceeded the surface temperature of the sun; it was his strongest attack, risking his life and draining all the potential of the memory.

It was actually... swatted away so easily... like swatting a fly?
"Impossible...This is absolutely impossible!"

He let out a furious roar of defiance, attempting to once again unleash the power within his body to push the reactor's power to an even higher limit.

He wanted to create even stronger and more massive energy than before, and he wanted to use endless flames to completely engulf the monster in front of him!

However, the expected torrent of power did not materialize.

The bright white flames burning in the heart of his chest were visibly dimming.
The nuclear reaction that drove him and made him feel invincible was like being choked by an invisible hand, rapidly cooling down and calming down from its boiling peak... until it stopped completely.

The energy within my body is rapidly dissipating.

"You...what did you do?"

The reactor dopant uttered a panicked question, its voice trembling violently with fear, and the metallic friction sounded more like the groan of a broken part.

He stared in horror at the crystal giant bathed in seven-colored light opposite him. Its smooth, mirror-like face was expressionless, yet it instilled in him a fear deeper than facing death itself.

"what did I do?"

"The so-called 'truth' is the correct reflection of human beings on objective things and their laws."

Its power is not created out of thin air, but depends on the depth and breadth of the user's knowledge base.

Zhang Qi finally spoke, and as he spoke, he moved toward the reactor dopant.

At the same time, he raised a finger, and at the fingertip, a stream of seven-colored data swirled like a miniature galaxy.

"Your power comes from the energy released during atomic fission, and I happen to know a technique to stop a chain reaction."

"I simply transformed this 'technology' into 'reality' through the power of 'truth'."

Zhang Qi explained that he was using technology from the world of Gundam SEED, where the Coordinators developed anti-neutron jammer technology to prevent the use of nuclear weapons.

However, by harnessing the power of the memory, he can bypass complex equipment and directly materialize this power...

"How... could there be... such a memory..."

The reactor dopant stood frozen in place, its massive metal body trembling slightly, not from anger, but from a chilling feeling called "despair" rising from the depths of its soul.

As a veteran employee on the "museum" production line, he has handled and seen at least eight hundred to a thousand Gaia memory chips over the years.

Fire, frost, gales, deadly poison… these are all powerful forces based on natural phenomena. Fear, hatred, jealousy… these are mental forces that can twist the human heart.

But he had never heard of, nor imagined, that such a memory could exist.

It doesn't give you power directly, but rather the power to "change the rules".

Its power does not depend on the amount of data in the memory itself, but on the user's knowledge.

If you know it and understand it, you can do it.

This is no longer within the scope of "power".

The ability to manipulate objective rules at will is a realm only gods can reach...

All fighting spirit, all jealousy, all resentment were utterly shattered at this moment.

He finally understood that the difference between himself and Zhang Qi was not in their status or position.

He was like a primitive man wielding a stone axe, challenging a futuristic warrior armed with an antimatter cannon.

escape!
Must escape!
This thought, like the only lifeline, instantly occupied all of Inukai's thoughts.

He no longer had the courage to look back. His massive, heavy metal body erupted with an unprecedented will to survive, and he turned and ran wildly into the darkness deep within the industrial zone.

Zhang Qi watched his fleeing figure, his smooth, mirror-like face remaining completely expressionless.

He wasn't kind enough to let the person who wanted to kill him go...

The next moment, Zhang Qi raised his hand and snapped his fingers crisply in the air.

Snapped.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was as if a switch had been triggered by some universal law.

Just ahead on the road where the reactor dopant was fleeing, in the empty air, a tiny, almost invisible point of light suddenly appeared.

The air began to compress, countless molecules began to gather, and finally broke through the limitations of nuclear force.

During this process, an endless amount of energy was released...

The moment the point of light appeared, all the light, all the matter, and all the sound around it were frantically drawn toward that singularity.

After extreme compression comes extreme release.

There were no flames, no mushroom clouds.

Only a pure, flawless white sphere of light, ten thousand times brighter than the midday sun, silently expanded.

The light swallowed everything.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!!!"

A piercing wail, so mournful it was almost inhuman, rang out the instant the light appeared, only to be completely swallowed up in the next moment.

In the terrifying energy powerful enough to disintegrate atoms, the reactor dopant's massive body, along with Inukai's consciousness within it, was not reduced to fragments or charcoal, but was directly and thoroughly "erased".

It turned into the most basic particles, into the dust of the universe.

The violent explosion illuminated everything within a radius of several hundred meters as if it were daytime, and the light lasted for a full three seconds before slowly dissipating.

In its place, only a giant spherical crater with a diameter of more than 20 meters and smooth, glass-like edges remains.

The soil at the bottom of the pit was melted by the high temperature and then cooled rapidly, forming a strange black crystal.

The surroundings fell completely silent, with only the distant, ever-approaching sound of police sirens remaining.

The crystal giant glanced at the enormous crystal pit, his eyes calm, as if he were merely cleaning up a piece of trash.

It's time to leave.

Just as he turned to return to his car, a strange electronic sound, mixed with various sound effects, suddenly rang out behind him.

【Cyclone! 】

【Joker! 】

With this announcement, a figure gracefully leaped down from the roof of an abandoned warehouse next door, landing steadily between Zhang Qi and the wrecked car, blocking his path.

It was an extremely strange humanoid shape.

His body was perfectly divided into two distinct colors right in the middle.

The right half of the body is a vibrant green, like a storm, while the left half is a deep black, like the night.

A long scarf fluttered gently in the aftershocks of the explosion.

Those compound eyes, filled with scrutiny and vigilance, were firmly fixed on Zhang Qi.

The urban legend of Fuuto, the Kamen Rider W who protects this city...

(End of this chapter)