Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods

Chapter 226 The Stitched Mechanical Monster

"Federal News is giving an urgent update: At 14:50 p.m. Federal Standard Time, sleeping Titans and monsters across the world have rioted."

"All observation stations and personnel have perished. The cause of the Titan rampage has not yet been discovered. The Federation is urgently evacuating cities located along the Titan and monster's path. Please cooperate fully."

The sudden disaster terrified people in all parts of the world. Many cities blocked the Titans and monsters' path and were thus subjected to relentless attacks by these behemoths.

Before any warnings of disaster were issued, more than a dozen cities around the world and the United Government had lost contact. Satellite cloud images showed Titan moving through a sea of ​​fire, with the cities behind it reduced to ruins.

Staggering reports of casualties from around the world have put all departments of the coalition government under immense strain.

The planetary defense forces responded quickly, sending aircraft and vehicles equipped with Specium weapons to intercept the attacks. However, because the attacks occurred simultaneously in various parts of the world, the human defense forces were also dispersed.

Although it caused varying degrees of damage to many Titan monsters, it could not stop them in the slightest and could only watch helplessly as these behemoths that had destroyed the city roared away.

The attack failed completely, and reports of numerous casualties among the planetary defense forces reached the higher-ups again, causing the leadership a major headache.

The attack came so suddenly that they still can't figure out why those usually well-behaved behemoths suddenly rioted.

Reports lay before them, seemingly telling them that humanity's end was imminent.

Finally, after a brief conversation, they used communication equipment to request support from their alien allies.

Since that massive pilgrimage in space, humanity has signed peace treaties with many nearby civilizations and become allies.

As a result, humanity has acquired many advanced technologies, including some of the most advanced and sustainable technologies currently prevalent in the universe.

However, although the alien civilization's allies responded quickly after learning of the situation, the result was not what humanity wanted.

They rejected humanity's request.

The alien allies' response silenced the leaders of the human coalition government, who then asked helplessly, "We want to know why."

"I'm sorry, that's an internal matter of your Earth's ecosystem. We have neither the right nor the reason to interfere."

In response, the most advanced civilization closest to Earth stated that Earth is the birthplace of God and should not be desecrated.

If a civilization or monster not belonging to Earth were to invade Earth and wreak havoc, then they would inevitably have a duty to go and fight to defend the peace of the birthplace of the gods.

But the events Earth faces are caused by Earth's Titans and monsters. Their conflicts with humans are events within the planet, and Earth has no right to interfere.

The alien allies' answers were so satisfactory that they had to talk to several different allies, but in the end, the responses they received were all very different.

No one wants to meddle in the affairs of a planet without reason, not even the renowned Space Garrison of the Land of Light.

After all, not everyone can compare to the Ultra Brothers of the Space Guard, and not everyone can be called Seven.

Moreover, this event occurred on Earth, the birthplace of that god in the universe.

No one can explain why such things happen on Earth, and it's unclear whether this has anything to do with God.

It's even possible that the gods tacitly approved of this happening on Earth; rashly participating is no different from courting death.

Although they could not provide direct assistance, these long-established civilizations, which have been active in the universe for many years, still offered some experiential help based on their rich knowledge.

"The universe is vast, and there are quite a few planets that have experienced such mass monster attacks."

"In more than nine percent of these incidents, there is a mastermind behind it all."

"One percent is the planet itself completely abandoning the intelligent races it nurtured, so it wipes them out by summoning monsters to eliminate them."

"As for the remaining ninety percent, they were all monsters that sensed some kind of threat and reacted in a way that was unimaginable, trying to eliminate the danger they felt."

"As for which situation it is, usually you can tell just by looking at which direction these monsters are moving."

"Good luck to you."

After leaving those words, the alien allies cut off communications, and the top officials of the United Government instantly sprang into action, all turning to look at the giant screen on the wall.

On the high-definition world map, blue arrows representing the Titans and monsters of the Guardian faction and red arrows representing the Destroyer faction were all moving in the same direction.

Sakurajima.

In an instant, the people in the conference room thought of the important project that was underway in the island nation and felt a chill as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and instinctively shivered.

"The Mechagodzilla project?"

At the same time, an emergency video call came from the General Staff at the Planetary Defense Force headquarters. On the screen, an anxious middle-aged face appeared before everyone, as if he was about to say something.

"We discovered that these giant beasts are all heading towards Asia—"

However, before he could finish speaking, a voice, aged yet resolute, rang out, giving a decision without hesitation.

"No need to say anything, we understand."

"Immediately halt the Mechagodzilla experiment! Contact our people and shut down Mechagodzilla!"

"Immediately contact the Sakurajima branch of the Planetary Defense Force and order the defense force to quickly take over the Celestial Group's laboratory. No one is to remain there."

"yes!"

As the person on the other side of the screen answered, the screen was finally cut off, and the conference room fell silent again, but various reports continued to bombard their personal office terminals.

"Can humanity survive this catastrophe?"

In the empty conference room, a sigh filled with regret echoed.

The others fell silent upon hearing this. None of them had expected that a single experiment would cause the Titans around the world to react violently in this way.

Even those in high positions felt a sense of impending doom.

Unbeknownst to them, the mechanical Godzilla created by humankind would cause such a great sense of crisis for another group of inhabitants of Earth.

It is also unknown whether the Titans and monsters will stop and return to their original lair after humans shut down Mechagodzilla.

If not, then could humanity survive this disaster?

The reactions of these colossal creatures undoubtedly proved that the weapon Mechagodzilla, created by humankind, was an instant success, and this weapon seemed to be sufficient to provide humanity with adequate defensive capabilities.

However, they could not guarantee whether humanity would survive after this war.

At this point, they no longer cared about the economic losses or the damage caused by war; whether humanity could survive was still an unknown.

Sighs echoed throughout the conference room as these high-ranking officials once again immersed themselves in handling and approving various events.

They switched to footage from the laboratory on Honshu Island; now all that remains to be seen is how the Titans will react after Mechagodzilla shuts down.

If these ancient beings cease their rebellion, then humanity's losses will essentially end there, but the conflict between humanity and these ancient beings will only intensify.

If they don't stop rioting, then—

Humanity had no choice but to make the best of a bad situation and restart Mechagodzilla. In any case, humanity could not simply surrender.

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Inside the laboratory, Longbo's phantom stood side by side with the priestess, watching the staff quickly organize the data and transfer all confidential information related to Mechagodzilla.

They have received information from the outside world that Mechagodzilla is the origin of all this disaster, and that those raging behemoths are moving in this direction, so a large number of people have begun to evacuate.

This result silenced the crowd who had been cheering just moments before, and then, following new instructions, they shut down Mechagodzilla.

One by one, the staff began to use the program to shut down the fully activated Mechagodzilla.

Those in the observation room watched this scene in silence, and many of the defense personnel from the last century couldn't help but sigh at the familiar sight.

"Humanity has finally come to this point."

They clearly remembered that back when many Ultra Warriors were still around, humanity created those extinct weapons, leading to a series of tragedies and conflicts.

The old island nation's government at the time even planned to use various weapons, under the guise of ordinary plans, to attack other civilizations.

Those moments nearly led to the extinction of humanity, and now, humanity has created Mechagodzilla, triggering a reaction from other inhabitants of the Earth—a situation strikingly similar to what happened in the last century.

This makes these elderly people from the last century feel that history is a huge cycle.

Beside them, Shingo Sakamizu looked at the busy people below and heard the urgent voices constantly ringing in his ears, and his heart sank.

"It seems we've taken the wrong path in the future. Perhaps we'll never see the day when we can stand shoulder to shoulder with you and fight together."

A hoarse, apocalyptic alarm echoed through the laboratory; the process of humans shutting down Mechagodzilla was far from smooth.

Humanity has encountered an unexpected obstacle, and this obstacle does not come from the outside world or even from other humans.

It comes from Mechagodzilla.

Once activated, Mechagodzilla's eyes turned bloodshot, like a demon from the depths of hell. The program running inside it was rapidly blocking and resisting the command to shut it down.

The program, which originated from several different mechanical monsters, makes its own firewall exceptionally powerful. These remaining data seem to be remnants of the mechanical monsters that once made the Ultra Warriors fight hard.

Powerful hardware and advanced networks have given these last remnants of Mechagodzilla signs of revival, allowing them to merge and iterate within Mechagodzilla's body.

"Sir! Something's wrong with Mechagodzilla! It's resisting our shutdown command, and the code and programs we implanted are eroding its body!"

The sudden situation sent chills down everyone's spines. These data were remnants of mechanical monsters from the last century, almost every one of which had caused great trouble for the Ultra Warriors.

The condition of Mechagodzilla was projected onto a giant screen, where people could clearly see that various parts of its body were being taken over and controlled by different programs.

No one expected that these remaining data would spiral out of control at this moment.

"Turn it off right now!!"

Even those who had recently cheered for Mechagodzilla and felt a strong sense of security now felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

These codes and data were thoroughly tested, disassembled, and verified by humans before being applied to Mechagodzilla.

For a long time, these data had been working without any problems, until this moment when they began to operate on a powerful artificial mechanical monster.

To some extent, they truly felt the fear that the Titans and monsters felt, and they empathized with them.

Everyone was drenched in sweat, desperately trying to shut down Mechagodzilla, even mobilizing the computing power of supercomputers from other continents to attack Mechagodzilla's firewall.

The forceful command set Mechagodzilla's body in motion. It raised its steel head, its scarlet eyes darting around, and its two-hundred-meter-tall body resembled an undulating steel mountain range.

Missile launchers located in various parts were activated, and the weapons of the missile super beast appeared before people's eyes. Mechagodzilla firmly locked onto the huge observation room, clearly recognizing that the shutdown command came from there.

But just before the missile was activated, it noticed the presence of humans. The pre-set code preventing attacks on humans took effect, instantly cutting off the missile's ignition process.

Humanity was given a second chance to breathe and quickly attempted to shut down Mechagodzilla.

"King Joe, Sevenger, Mecha Zetton, Missile Super Beast, Nas." In the chaotic laboratory, Lonbo's whispers echoed in the space, but no human could hear them.

Beside him, the priestess, clad in a black robe and with flowing white hair, turned slightly to look at Long Bo, a hint of doubt in her eyes: "Are you reciting a menu here?"

"No, I'm counting how much code from mechanical monsters humans have mixed into it." Longbo shook his head.

He quickly added, "And the Jet Jeg, that mechanical creation from Atlantis seems to have been found by humans."

This Mechagodzilla is far more terrifying than the nanomechanical Godzillas that Sode had ever seen before. If it were in the G-series universe, probably only one or two Godzillas could deal with it.

Although it is based on the remains of Lidor's mother and its skull is encased in steel, its remaining consciousness is not the key to Mechagodzilla's actions.

What truly makes it run stably are the codes and data from these various mechanical monsters; humans really do cram everything they have into it.

It's quite a miracle that they managed to sort out all this messy data without any bugs.

Perhaps it's because the underlying code of these machines is similar, or perhaps it's just fate.

For civilizations that want to create a powerful father figure for themselves, fate always responds enthusiastically.

This answer silenced the priestess, who looked at Mechagodzilla and the humans with a hint of surprise and uncertainty in her eyes.

This is just too much! Even she was amazed. Humans thought these technologies would make their lives better, but in reality, they created a terrible problem.

Under their watchful eyes, Mechagodzilla's eyes flickered before finally dimming. In the end, it was successfully shut down by humans.

However, in Longbo's eyes, the code and data inside Mechagodzilla were not erased, and they had begun to show a trend of spontaneous fusion.

Clearly, when Mechagodzilla is powered on again, a complete and highly destructive superprogram will be created.

As for when the next time it will be turned on?

Longbo looked around the island nation and quickly got his answer: it wouldn't take more than half an hour.

As Mechagodzilla was forcibly shut down, the survivors in the base began to embrace and weep.

However, this joy did not last long.

Gradually, more and more people saw that the arrows representing Titans and monsters didn't stop; instead, they moved closer and closer to 0.

In the waters near the island nation, the Titans and monsters have already begun to land.

Clearly, even with Mechagodzilla shut down, the behemoths did not quiet down.

In an instant, the base went from noisy to deathly silent. Everyone's eyes were filled with the sight of the massive beasts that had surrounded the island nation.

After a moment of silence, a new order came from afar, making them truly realize the despair.

"Reboot Mechagodzilla."