I'm only three years old, how could it be a world-ending catastrophe?

Li Zheng never imagined that one day he would face such a trolley problem!

Now, as the highest-ranking commander on the scene, he must make a choice as soon as possible.

Li Zheng's hands were trembling.

He is an extraordinary being, a shield protecting this city.

His duty is to protect all ordinary people.

But now, he has to decide for himself whether to sacrifice a child to protect more people.

This choice is too heavy.

He closed his eyes, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Is there a third option?

Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?

No.

In the face of a Class A disaster, any hesitation or wishful thinking could lead to total defeat.

Time is passing by, second by second.

The force field has been fully formed, and the purification process has entered its final countdown.

Every second of delay could increase the danger to the children inside.

It may also allow the mole to devour others and become stronger.

Just as Li Zheng was struggling in pain, Wang Chao, who had been silent all along, suddenly raised his head.

His eyes no longer held panic and fear, but instead a resolute determination.

"Captain, proceed with the original plan."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear.

Li Zheng suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him.

"I am the one who caused this tragedy." Wang Chao gave a bitter laugh. "If the child's parents want an explanation or a life in return... I am willing to give my life for it."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Zheng roared. "There's still room for maneuver! Let me think, there's definitely still room for maneuver!"

"There's no room for maneuver, Captain!"

Wang Chao suddenly sprang up and, with a power completely unlike that of a perception-based superhuman, grabbed Li Zheng and hugged him tightly!

"For the sake of Dongzhou City! We cannot gamble!"

He roared, gripping Li Zheng tightly with one hand while swiftly snatching a spare walkie-talkie from Li Zheng with the other.

"Wang Chao! You're insane! Let go of me!"

Li Zheng struggled desperately, but he never expected that Wang Chao, who was usually quiet and weak, would unleash such astonishing power at this moment.

His arms, like iron clamps, locked Li Zheng's body tightly.

"Captain! I'm so sorry!"

Wang Chao's eyes were filled with madness and pain.

"This city cannot afford the birth of an S-class disaster; we cannot gamble with it!"

"That child's life is a life, but what about the lives of millions of people in the city?!"

"I'll take responsibility for this!"

"I'll take the blame for this!"

"I take full responsibility. Even if I'm torn to pieces or sliced ​​to pieces afterward, I won't complain!"

His roar echoed across the rooftop, filled with tragedy and determination.

Chen Xue watched from the side, wanting to step forward to stop them, but her steps felt as heavy as lead.

She knew that Wang Chao was right.

From a rational perspective and from the perspective of the overall situation, this is the only and most correct choice.

but……

That child... he's only three years old...

Wang Chao gave Li Zheng no further chances. He had already grabbed the spare walkie-talkie and pressed the call button with all his might.

His voice, transmitted via radio waves, reached the ears of every action team lurking around the kindergarten.

"This is the command center! Repeat, this is the command center!"

"Attention all units! Attention all units!"

"Purification process activated immediately! Target: Starry Sky Kindergarten! Energy output, maximized!"

"Execute the command!"

The order has been issued.

Decisive, straightforward, without the slightest hesitation.

The superhuman squads, distributed across twelve hidden locations around the kindergarten, were all stunned for a moment upon hearing the order.

They all received messages that some children had been left out.

They thought the operation would be called off or turned into a rescue operation.

But what they received was the highest-level extermination order.

A young team member couldn't help but ask, "Captain... are you really going to... there's a child inside..."

The leader of his squad, a middle-aged man with a stubble beard, simply glanced silently in the direction of the kindergarten before closing his eyes.

"That's an order."

He uttered four words and then pressed the red button on the instrument in front of him.

"Obeying orders is our duty."

The same dialogue and the same actions occurred simultaneously in eleven other locations.

As extraordinary individuals, they are no different from soldiers.

Their duty is to obey.

Even if this order goes against their conscience.

hum-

Twelve visible energy beams shot into the sky from different directions, then converged in the air to form a giant energy cone, the tip of which pointed directly at the Star Kindergarten below.

The air inside the stasis field began to distort, and space groaned under the strain.

A pure, destructive energy, powerful enough to disintegrate everything, began to brew wildly within the force field.

On the rooftop.

Li Zheng watched all of this unfold with eyes wide with rage.

"Wang Chao—!"

He let out a beastly roar, but it was too late.

After giving the order, Wang Chao released him and collapsed to the ground, as if all his energy had been drained away.

He gazed at the energy cone that had already taken shape in the sky and murmured to himself.

"I'm sorry...child...I'm so sorry..."

Chen Xue closed her eyes helplessly, unable to bear watching any longer.

Once the purification process is started, it is irreversible.

ten seconds.

In just ten seconds, all living things in the entire Starry Sky Kindergarten will be completely decomposed and erased from this world.

Without leaving a trace.

That child named Jiang Luo, and that A-rank "Gluttonous Mole," will both meet the same fate...

……

Inside the kindergarten, in the classroom.

The monster's huge mouth was less than ten centimeters away from Jiang Luo's head.

A foul, chilling stench, mixed with an inexplicable, oppressive energy in the air, violently assaulted Jiang Luo's nasal passages.

His nose suddenly felt incredibly itchy.

An uncontrollable physiological urge surged up from the depths of his body.

"Ah...ah..."

Jiang Luo leaned back, her small mouth open.

A hint of human-like doubt flashed in the blood-red eyes of that "gluttonous mole".

What is this little prey doing?

Then it heard it.

"--sneeze!!!"

A thunderous sneeze burst forth from Jiang Luo's mouth.

This sneeze was crisp and loud, full of childlike innocence.

However, just as the sneeze sounded...

An invisible and intangible terrifying force suddenly spread out from Jiang Luo as the center!

The A-level calamity, the Gluttonous Mole, its gaping maw and ferocious expression, froze instantly.

The next second, in its bewildered gaze, its body, starting from its mouth, began to crack apart inch by inch!

There was no explosion, no sound, no light!

It just disappeared into the air so quietly, like a sand painting blown away by the wind!

It was as if it had never existed...

This is not over yet!