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The evil emanating from Levi, and his arrogant attitude even in such a situation, slightly reminded her of the fragments of her past experiences etched into her being.

Black also knew how to deal with such people.

“I have hundreds of ways to torture him to the point of agony without killing him. Of course, this is my personal offer of help, and has nothing to do with Rhodes Island. Also, I need my colleagues’ permission before I can do this.”

The so-called permission is just turning a blind eye.

“I can’t pretend I didn’t hear that… No matter how evil this person is, the incidents he causes are still local affairs.” The ranger looked at Levi, who was staring at them fiercely but had to squint because he didn’t have glasses, and responded to Black’s words. “You can offer assistance, as long as it’s based on your own judgment and you think it’s helpful to others, you don’t need to ask me.”

"The white-scaled Saffra Ranger, my father often told me your story when he was alive... and thank you for your understanding."

Pigal also bowed to the ranger. Fortunately, Franca, who always gossiped about the ranger's past, was keeping watch up above. Otherwise, seeing this, she would have kept pestering him to continue talking.

"You damned barbarians, discussing how to torture others with such self-righteousness? Let me tell you, it's all over. No matter how much you pray, it's all in vain!"

Levy speaks his native language, which others cannot understand, but through his studies over this period of time, he has become able to understand their conversations fluently.

He roared in the same language, his hysterical voice clearly audible even to those above.

[Event] Originium Dust Operation: Chapter 22 The Essence of Over-Evolution

People don't know the root of Levy's fanaticism.

But at this moment, the people standing in front of him could clearly see the hideous wound on his arm below his sleeve, which was now throbbing.

The tumor had long since detached from his body, but the mark it left behind was now pulsating, as if resonating with something.

"I can feel it, He was born! Faster than I imagined!"

Despite his broken arms, he disregarded the physical damage and struggled fiercely to break free of the ropes binding him to the chair.

"Don't move!"

Seeing this, the crowd naturally wouldn't stand idly by. They picked up their weapons and pointed them at the struggling Levi, intending to kill him on the spot if anything seemed amiss.

However, the ground beneath their feet began to shake violently.

Even though the Royal Palace was built with a solid structure and a firm foundation, the impact of the tremor still caused numerous cracks to appear in the surrounding walls, with sand seeping out from the gaps, making it look like it was about to collapse.

"An earthquake... in Sargon?"

As the forest ranger steadied himself and overcame his unease, he was puzzled by this sudden turn of events.

This is not a vast landmass, nor is it an archipelago bordering a volcano. Places like Sargon are only associated with earthquakes in ancient legends.

"Hurry!! Get to the surface!!"

As the tremors intensified, Pigal urged everyone to leave the dungeon. Levi, who was tied to a chair, suddenly broke free of the ropes that he was powerless to lift with his severed limbs.

But in the next instant, the collapsing roof buried Levi's cell completely.

Before Ash and Blitzkrieg could even figure out the connection between these events, they watched as the culprit behind the series of incidents was buried alive right before their eyes.

However, there was no time to hesitate any longer. While clearing away the obstacles, the group called out to the others in the dungeon and finally arrived at the still trembling ground just before the passage collapsed.

But the scene outside was not as chaotic as they had imagined.

Generally speaking, when an earthquake occurs in a place like Sargon, people will panic because they have never experienced such a disaster before, and it would not be surprising how chaotic things become.

Now, whether it's the guards of the Royal Palace, Rhodes Island operators, infected individuals, or ordinary townspeople, they are all affected.

They all remained where they were, staring blankly into the distance, motionless.

Seeing their bewildered expressions in this crisis, Ash and Blitzkrieg immediately rushed to the Chariot and Frostflower, shouting in their ears:

"Lord, why aren't you helping to evacuate Ping...?"

However, when the others who had escaped from the dungeon looked in the same direction as them, they couldn't continue speaking and just stood there instinctively.

The sheer awe of the scene before him had already overshadowed any sense of crisis.

"...OMG."

It is still night, but fortunately the two moons in the sky still add some light to the desert.

Normally, people can clearly see the outline of the sand dunes, the bushes and dead trees on them, or wild animals out foraging for food.

But now, all people see is an endless expanse of black.

Upon closer inspection, they appear to be constantly surging, like the tide on the shore, engulfing the yellowish-brown sand dunes.

But this is only one aspect of the unusual scenery.

What truly draws people in is a giant red and black sphere.

It resembles a giant Originium crystal, yet possesses a rounded shape that could never be seen in its natural state. Beneath its transparent outer shell, a blood-red liquid churns within.

It did not roll on the ground, but was supported by dozens of thick, black tentacles extending from below, moving forward while shaking the earth in the pitch-black waves.

"It...is much larger than Pompeii, and its height exceeds that of a typical mobile platform."

There's an old saying in the Yan state: "Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death."

Judging from the location of Changquan Town, the giant creature is about the same size as the moon in the sky.

However, after Black roughly estimated the distance using the crossbow's eyepiece, she realized that this illusion was simply because it was still quite far away.

"It's still continuously oozing out large numbers of small organisms from its body!!"

Each movement of the monster's tentacles covered a distance of at least hundreds of meters.

The earth was shaken, and its colossal body swayed accordingly. With the shaking, countless black tumors ripped from the sphere and fell to the ground, then transformed into part of the black tide, surrounding the main body and moving forward with it.

"Its coverage area... exceeds the entire town, reaching the level of a 'biological disaster'."

The forest ranger gazed at the marching army of deformed creatures and, in a seasoned tone, pronounced the gravity of the situation.

There aren't many creatures that can be called natural disasters, and this one in front of us has never been recorded before. Considering everything that has happened before, no one would question that it was Levi's doing.

"A...a natural disaster!?"

The word was both familiar and unfamiliar to Pigal. In Sargon, where sandstorms were the most common disaster, they did not choose to rebuild their towns on mobile platforms to avoid other types of natural disasters, because according to local common sense, this was an unnecessary decision.

However, the sheer scale of this biological catastrophe means that even a mobile city would need at least several months to prepare for evacuation. In other words, Changquan Town, as a fixed settlement, can only wait for its end, just like a wheat field ravaged by locusts.

The sudden tremor, and the enormous and terrifying appearance of the monster that caused it, caused almost everyone to lose their will to resist in an instant.

—Except for those Rhodes Island operators.

At this moment, they were looking around and didn't pay much attention to the eye-catching monster.

"To be honest, I'm used to these kinds of things. Giant monkeys, giant trees, giant aircraft... After signing the cooperation agreement with Rhodes Island, these big things are really nothing new... Razer, have you seen him?"

"No, they've probably already gone."

If the others' lack of fighting spirit was due to the overwhelming presence of the colossal creature before them, then Franka, Razer, and the others laying down their weapons revealed more of a sense of indifference.

They didn't seem to care what would happen next, and neither did the other two from Rhodes Island.

Although Black and the Ranger were still observing the situation ahead, they did not appear particularly worried.

It was as if they already knew how this matter would end.

[Event] Originium Dust Operation: Chapter Twenty-Three - What a bunch of fancy stuff!

Not far from Changquan Town, on the loess soil, in addition to the tremors caused by the distant, seemingly towering monster marching with a large number of mutants, another wave of tremors suddenly appeared.

The sand kept rising and then collapsed with a bang, revealing a small cave. A sand monster covered in fleshy growths crawled out of the cave, but then collapsed nearby. After twitching a few times, it stopped moving.

Then, Levi emerged from the cave, disheveled and dirty.

He gazed into the distance at the giant mutant that was crushing towards Changquan Town, a creature he believed to be born from the combination of technologies from two worlds.

Levy called it "the essence of evolution".

Combining Earth's science and technology with Terra's Originium Arts, it possesses overwhelming regenerative abilities and self-division characteristics, and can even inherit various traits from the genetic code of organisms, in order to achieve what it calls "the pinnacle of evolution."

Previous experiments on various organisms, whether it was giving aberrations the ability to divide or enhancing their attack organs, were merely tests before the technology was applied to them.

As long as it has the "will", it can change its physical form to adapt to various environments, or become a dangerous creature that can unleash enormous energy at any time, like the giant rock spider or the high-energy stone beetle.

—The premise is that it has a concept called "self-awareness".

Of course, Levi, the creator, didn't consider the damage that creating a blind, gigantic monster would cause to the place, nor did he care.

For Levi, it was enough that "it was born into the world." "The essence of evolution" was proof of his understanding of the world, a symbol of his "great talent" that even in a strange world, he could still cause a stir.

Using extreme methods to disregard law, morality, and even the most basic boundaries of being a "living being," their sole purpose is to prove their abilities, with no interest in any rights or wealth. It was precisely this madness that led to Levi's encounter with the Rainbow Squad.

Now, his wisdom has borne fruit, and it is time for him to bid farewell to this land where he has spent half a year.

Where to go next?

Or how about going to Colombia, which Druucci has always longed to visit?

Or should the so-called Sargon region be razed to the ground before that?

However, its current size is far greater than it originally expected.

In theory, neither the Originium mined from the mine, nor the energy supply system on the equipment, nor the culture medium created by combining the two technologies, is sufficient to support its growth to this size.

This caused his plan to deviate somewhat.

The lingering pain in his arm had already proven that the aberrant tumor in his hand had successfully delivered Tomat's DNA to the still-evolving essence within the culture device. But Levy hadn't expected it to complete so quickly; his original plan was simply to "risk his life to collect noteworthy Terran genetic samples"...

Could it be that just a piece of skin flakes can provide such a huge amount of energy?

So much so that an unfinished creature could grow to a size that exceeded its own expectations in an instant?

According to calculations, the "evolutionary essence" of the complete form should be able to be linked to and controlled by its own consciousness, just like other aberrations, such as mercenary sorcerers.

However, its current enormous size, or for some other reason, makes it impossible for Levy to control it.

"The tumor used to control the aberration appears to have been absorbed by it. Lacking consciousness and intelligence, it acts on instinct like a newborn infant, engulfing, metabolizing, multiplying, and destroying..."

Levy looked at his creation, and while he was fascinated by it, he couldn't help but feel regret that he couldn't control it.

However, the sudden, burning pain in his arm made Levi realize that something was wrong.

“No… I can sense that they are not acting blindly. They are moving with a purpose, and even want me to join the march. Otherwise, the thousands of aberrations around us would have moved in all directions and destroyed everything around us.”

The "essence of evolution" continues to evolve.

Numerous aberrant tumors, as metabolic byproducts, fell to the ground from its enormous upper sphere. Every so often, its transparent shell continued to thicken. Then, its thick tentacles, far beyond the giant cables laid underground by the mobile city-state, began to swell, forming snake-scale-like armor on its surface, like a thousand-meter-long coiled dragon, twisting and moving across the sand.