Sorry, you scumbag woman, you can do whatever you want.

"Drag him out!" Wilvi pointed, and the guards quickly pushed the black man out.

During that process, the black man kept struggling and shouting something.

However, no one responded to this.

"Honestly, why are there so many troublemakers?" Velvi breathed a sigh of relief. "Please don't spread rumors and destroy trust among people."

Nobody believes you!

Although they didn't say it, the reporters present all showed a deep distrust on their faces.

"Excuse me," a black-haired female reporter stood up and asked Velvet, "during the campaign against the Herrscher of Evolution, will you also be on the spaceship?"

“That’s natural.” Velvi nodded, and then the female reporter asked another question, “I’m sorry, I misspoke earlier, but why didn’t you realize, Ms. Velvi, that the Railgun was a spaceship?”

“…You’re causing trouble too, aren’t you?” Weary, Velvi waved her hand at the guard.

However, the black-haired female reporter stood up on her own. "No need, I will leave on my own. But I believe that humans separated from human groups are not much better off than monkeys, even if they live in beautiful cages."

After saying that, she turned and left the press conference venue, appearing very composed.

This dark-haired woman possesses the qualities a true journalist should have.

Chapter 99

You are the ones who have been abandoned.

Following the press conference.

Blasted.

Just when things had stabilized and people thought they were mentally prepared, the high-level escape plan triggered a massive strike, bringing human society to an instant halt.

Protests were rampant both online and in real life. Some proactive individuals even stormed into the homes of high-ranking officials with guns, killing several people. If the list of those who boarded the spaceship hadn't been leaked...

At this point, the situation will likely become even more chaotic, with instances of targeted hunting occurring.

However, in any case... if human society, this huge and sophisticated machine, were to stop and fail at this moment, it would be the worst possible scenario.

because.

【The time has come, wake up.】 The unknown message traveled across a vast distance to the mind of the monster on the frozen ground, awakening the monster that was undergoing a cicada molting evolution. The monster opened its indifferent beastly eyes, and the black tentacles that had spread along its spine withered rapidly as if they had been drained of moisture.

Then, as the monster stood up, the bars snapped one by one and crashed to the ground with a dull thud.

On the desolate snowfield, under the surveillance of countless drones, the monster was like a moving mountain range, its unparalleled oppressive and heavy presence suffocating.

Insignificant, utterly insignificant.

Humans are pitifully insignificant in the face of monsters, not even worth a speck of dust, and not even worthy of being valued.

"eaaaaaaa!" The monster roared, and a terrifying sound wave swept across the land. The ground began to collapse at that moment, and drones that were slightly close fell to the ground like rain.

And this scene.

The whole world can see, or more accurately... the public's right to know, which they have fought for, allows them to observe the monster's movements at any time and judge the course of events, even if it may not be of much use.

"Don't worry, the Herrschers of Evolution haven't shown very high intelligence yet. Using drones to attract their attention is currently an effective method."

In front of the official live streaming platform, a bald expert made a solemn promise to the audience.

It has already been fully demonstrated that the Herrscher of Evolution is not very bright and was completely outmaneuvered by human drones.

Unless, this time, the Herrscher of Evolution... grows a brain and shifts its attention to humans.

Otherwise, the tactic of attracting attention is still effective.

then.

In the live stream footage, the Herrscher of Evolution, roaring to the sky, grew wings—wings engulfed in flames. With a gentle flap of its wings, the flames propelled its mountain-like body into the air like thrusters.

Then, it unleashed terrifyingly high temperatures from the sky onto the earth, turning the land into a lava hell.

"..."

The experts fell silent. This wasn't following the expected pattern. Why would wings have evolved? From high above... wouldn't human cities have nowhere to hide? This kind of attack from high altitude is too lethal to humans; it wouldn't take long to wipe out a city.

"Professor Wu, what are your thoughts on this?" the host asked the stunned expert.

"It's alright, it's not a big problem." The expert waved his hand, his tone as calm as possible. "As long as they don't possess intelligence, even if they are Herrschers of Evolution, they are nothing more than beasts. Humans have plenty of ways to deal with them."

As he spoke, he revealed a confident smile.

"We deploy submarines in the deep sea so that we can strike the Herrscher of Evolution at any time, attract the Herrscher of Evolution's attention, and make him follow the missile to the uninhabited deep sea, completely keeping him away from humanity."

As soon as he finished speaking, several missiles were launched in the live broadcast, bombarding the Herrscher of Evolution's body. Although they did not even break the skin, they were enough to attract the Herrscher of Evolution's attention.

However, the Herrscher of Evolution did not behave as expected. Its cold, beastly eyes revealed cunning. It twisted its neck, looked around at the surrounding mountains, and slowly flew up, seemingly searching for something.

The monster seems to have developed a brain.

Given the monster's search speed, it will soon find human settlements and begin exterminating them.

"It's alright, humanity has already prepared electromagnetic railguns and serum to dissolve Honkai energy." The expert quickly explained to the audience, "It's not a big problem, it just means the decisive battle will be brought forward. We must have faith in the strength of humanity's industrialization."

Then, in the scene playing, the evolved Herrscher, who was constantly searching for prey, dodged a missile fired by humans, and in doing so, unleashed a torrent of flames to destroy the missiles fired nearby.

It seems that the Herrscher of Evolution has learned to dodge and intercept.

The expert fell silent, sweat beading on his forehead. Had this monster's brain evolved too quickly? If the railgun and the serum that dissolved Honkai energy couldn't hit the evolved Herrscher...

That would be meaningless.

"Dr. Wu, do you have any further thoughts?" the host asked the renowned expert.

"Just wait to die." The expert answered subconsciously, then realized something was wrong. "It's okay, we have to trust in the power of human industrialization. It is said that Dr. Mebius has developed a warrior that surpasses humans and has the ability to defeat the Herrscher of Evolution."

"Is that so?" the host replied expressionlessly, pondering whether he should go home to his wife and children and enjoy one last tender moment.

Crazy... no, this unexpected calm, the calm before the storm, with most people at home, glued to their computer screens.

Waiting for the final burst of madness.

And at the same time.

Around the world.

In various countries, powerful figures and wealthy businessmen from all walks of life have begun to secretly relocate, preparing to temporarily leave Earth aboard spaceships.

If they defeat the Herrscher of Evolution, they will return to Earth; if they fail, they will hide in space and wait for the right moment.

Anyway, we've already won no matter what happens in the end.

……

……

At the lowest level of the base.

"Are we leaving already?" Vivi asked, looking troubled at the social elites gathered before her.

"Why don't we fire an electromagnetic cannon at the Herrscher of Evolution first?" she said, expressing her opinion.

In fact, she did develop an electromagnetic cannon, the kind with enormous power, which in theory could indeed penetrate the skull of an Evolutionary Herrscher.

however.

"Electromagnetic guns consume too much energy," said a scientist wearing gold-rimmed glasses with a cold expression. "Using electromagnetic guns will greatly affect the power supply system, resulting in a reduction in the spacecraft's endurance."

Everyone present... could board the spaceship, so naturally they didn't want the spaceship's power supply system to be affected, let alone get close to the Herrscher of Evolution and fire an electromagnetic cannon, as they could very well be killed by the Herrscher of Evolution's breath.

Everyone present must die.

Therefore, it is impossible to allow Velvet to pilot her spaceship and fire a railgun at the Herrscher of Evolution.

The most important thing right now is to safely evacuate Earth.

"But is this really a good idea?" Wilvi frowned, somewhat unwilling, but found that none of the upper-class people present were too swayed; it was a very simple choice.

Given the current mobility of the Herrschers of Evolution, a spaceship of that size would certainly not be able to escape their sight.

Getting close is like being a target.

“You should know better than we do,” the Speaker of the Flame Chaser said to Velvet. “You can’t possibly be unaware of how low the success rate is. You just want… us to give you an excuse to run away.”

"Perhaps." With a helpless sigh, Velvet turned and led the way, taking many members of the upper echelons of human society away.

This scene was coincidentally, no... intentionally, broadcast live to the outside world. Everyone witnessed how the upper class boarded the spaceship one by one and ascended into safe outer space.

They were abandoned.

Faced with the established facts at this moment, humanity realized one thing: how terrible it is to have no choice, how terrible it is to entrust public power to a few people, and also realized that... death was approaching.

However, the reality is somewhat different from what the public believes.

The spaceship did indeed leave Earth, and many high-ranking members of society did indeed remain in safe space.

However, they... lost their freedom.

In the logout room.

"Vilvie, where are you going?"

The Speaker of the Fire Moths slammed her hand on the sturdy isolation glass door, staring angrily at Velvi as she boarded the small escape pod.