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Thomas replied without any politeness, shaking his hand, which was still warm and smoky.

"Then I won't ask you why, just count me in when it's time."

Nian patted Tomat on the side and made a promise to Tomat in a very frank manner.

"You're not going to care about those rules anymore?"

This question brought out Nian's nonchalant expression again, but given her current childlike body and face, it only made her seem more like a spoiled brat.

“If I cared about those things, I wouldn’t be here—besides, no one will punish me for breaking the rules now, right?”

"So, like you, isn't it better to do what you want to do?"

[Event] Fool's Day Stories: Part Thirty - Living in the Present

Before evening of the second day, the survivors, mainly residents of Yan and Ursus, arrived in the city and joined the others.

This was also the last large group of survivors that Tomat confirmed.

Apart from these, there are no other survivor groups on Terra.

Modern cities are divided into inner and outer districts based on their construction date. The outer districts barely meet the housing needs of newcomers, and although they are still somewhat crowded, for people who sometimes have to live in awnings and tattered blankets, these temporary dwellings surrounded by high walls can be considered warm and reassuring "mansions."

Eating nutritious and delicious meat, drinking clean water, and receiving comprehensive treatment are all far better than life in the past.

But people were still uneasy inside – because most of them understood why they had come here.

Whether it was when Tomat "persuaded" them to leave their residence, or earlier when Amiya gave her explanation of maintaining order, people heard about fighting the Terrorfish—frankly, this kind of thing did make the scene quite chaotic at that moment.

After all, once the news that "all the repulsive fish in the world are heading here" is spread, most people will understand it as "you're going to die, but you're dragging us here."

Fortunately, maintaining order was not too difficult. It wasn't that the warriors in the city and the order maintainers in the other survivor groups cooperated so well, but rather that some of Tomat's clones had not yet left at that time.

Just when people were about to riot, Tomat shouted and calmed everyone down.

"Stop your damn nonsense! Don't you think the terror fish came from all over the world, flattened this place, and then never went back? The terror fish will come back for you sooner or later. How long do you think you can survive against them? A year? Or two?"

"If you fight yourselves, none of you will have a chance to eliminate them. You're lucky to be alive."

"But now that you've gathered together, you have a chance to wipe out the entire army of the terror fish all at once."

"Those who think it's dangerous here and that their old place was safer, get out of this city. Don't worry, I'll send you back. As for whether you'll ever be allowed to set foot here again, you can think about that yourselves."

—Then no one chose to leave the city.

Perhaps it's because the living conditions here are truly attractive.

Perhaps these words truly awakened people's sense of resistance.

However, after Tomat reiterated this point, people did develop some anticipation and trust in the seemingly incredible plan.

"Tonight, you all need to eat well and sleep well. Then you have a whole day tomorrow to adjust your condition—the day after tomorrow at noon, you will see the army of terror fish swarming in front of you. Be prepared."

"This is your last chance to save yourselves, or rather, the world."

The speech before nightfall conveyed the severity of the situation to every survivor without reservation.

But this time people did not fall into too much chaos.

On the contrary, everyone—everyone who has survived to this day—has maintained a certain silence after accepting reality, trying their best not to show too much emotion.

After all, those who are emotionally fragile and easily startled, unable to control their emotional fluctuations and act out of control, were "eliminated" at the very beginning of the disaster.

Those who have survived to this day are all formidable individuals.

The initial riots were merely surprise at the ferocious fish's attack; people were simply desperate because they had just arrived and were already facing an overwhelming army.

But after Tomat made them understand that this attack was unavoidable, they all gave up their useless complaints and chose to prepare for that "last chance" as Tomat had suggested.

There was never any chance of victory to begin with, but now that an incredible person has found a way for them, no matter how incomprehensible the method may seem, it is better than giving up completely.

The tranquility of the city after nightfall is a testament to people's unspoken enlightenment.

Thomas sat cross-legged on the rooftop of a building, seemingly looking at the distant scenery, but his expression didn't seem to care about those sights, as if his thoughts had already drifted elsewhere.

"...That's quite a cunning argument, isn't it?"

That slightly high-pitched voice rang out from behind her, and she appeared out of thin air on the rooftop, speaking to Thomas unexpectedly.

By incorporating her personal abilities and ancient technology, the entire city can be considered part of her body. If she so desires, she can freely use techniques similar to teleportation within this area.

"Ok?"

Thomas wasn't surprised by Nian's appearance; instead, he asked a question without turning his head.

"You mean 'your last chance to save yourselves'? If I'm not mistaken, there's probably another meaning behind that statement."

Nian sat on the edge of the rooftop and brought up to Tomat the things he had mentioned to the survivors earlier.

"You noticed? Then don't tell anyone else. I think they're doing pretty well right now."

Thomas continued to smile without turning his head.

He played a word game, and although it's unclear whether anyone else understood its meaning, so far only Nian has spoken to him about it.

Upon hearing this, Nian laughed even more heartily than Tomat.

"Haha, that's really good! These words really have a great effect."

But she quickly suppressed her smile, and said with a slightly mature tone:

"But every time I see this, I find it ironic that people have been united by huge threats and worked together to overcome them, only to return to fighting each other after the crisis is over."

The experiences that time has brought her cannot be easily summarized in a scroll of paper, but she still managed to distill her own perspective on it all.

"This threat is unprecedented. I wonder if people will learn a lesson from this."

Year looked at Tomat, seemingly seeking his answer.

But Thomas didn't think too much about it and said bluntly:

"Who knows? Anyway, I'm neither a god nor do I like to look at human history and make judgments. I can't control what humanity wants to do in the future. Repeating the same mistakes or something else is their own choice. Instead of worrying about these things, can't I just do what I need to do right now?"

[Event] Fool's Day Stories: Part Thirty-One - Hope

The seawater surged onto the land.

The seawater flows through the sky.

The seawater breaks free from the constraints of gravity and surges continuously in the vast space.

Those churning creatures that appear from afar, like an overwhelming sea, are actually the monstrous fish and sea creatures clustered together, moving forward according to their nascent will.

The sky has changed color, the earth has crumbled, and if you look down from the highest point in the sky, you can see that the world is being stained by strange colors.

It's not just nature that's changing, not just the coastline, not just the map.

The places it passed through were transformed into monstrous breeding grounds that should not exist in the world, and countless offspring emerged from the deep blue corruption.

This is a large army marching.

They did not attack, nor did they even consider destruction.

They were merely "passing by".

The largest swarm of dinosaurs coming from the Iberian direction, with their enormous shadows constantly advancing across the land, inevitably evokes images of the mobile cities—the once-mighty creations of civilization that dominated the earth.

However, this city is not made of steel, but of countless dinosaurs intertwined together, forming a flexible yet much stronger "material" than steel.

Chitinous structures are distributed in every corner, forming twisted, snow-white decorations that reflect light.

This is a living city.

The flesh interlocks and connects to form a massive main body with interconnected internal pathways. From the outside, it looks like a giant creature with hundreds of millions of arms and legs and countless eyes peering inside and out. The interior, filled with scarlet flesh and blood, gives one the feeling of being in hell.

However, for the dinosaur, this enormous and bizarre shape never represents terror; on the contrary, it signifies the magnificence of a large group and represents the great power of a large group.

The only one who can control it is the leader of the group, who sits at the very core right now – “Newborn” Isamara.

In the palace woven from the hideous flesh and blood of the dinosaurs, the newborn, who has a face exactly like Skadi's, remains silent, a silence deeper than tranquility.

Beneath the crown, the cold, handsome face was devoid of any emotion, but the body hidden beneath the snow-white robe exuded a sense of oppression that even ordinary dinosaurs could not achieve by getting close.

If newborns have emotions—then Isamara's current emotions are undoubtedly "terrible."

Through her own senses, Isamara saw that the number of Tomats had increased.

Originally, just one was enough to cause it to produce inexplicable and bizarre mental fluctuations, let alone so many.

The original consciousness of the body, which is now the vessel of its own consciousness, seems to be somewhat uneasy because of this.

If she could, Isamara would not actually intend to sit in this palace of flesh and blood and rely on the "transportation" of her fellow citizens to reach her destination.

No matter how fast or how much faster it was than any real mobile city in the past, it was still incredibly slow for Isamara.

Isamara, who, as a dinosaur, regards perfection and stability as important goals, cannot tolerate the existence of something like Tomat, which causes her unexpected fluctuations.

He would rather use his current power to come directly to Tomat.

However, as the head of the large group, He cannot directly leave the group, abandon His fellow citizens, and act independently; this is also not permitted.

Isamara "endured" the anxiety she shouldn't have felt.

The uncontrollable aura not only affected the actions of the surrounding terror fish.

—It even made Tomat, who was thousands of miles away, feel something was amiss.

"The enemy's leader... seems really angry, and he's holding it in. When did the Terrorfish become so emotional?"

Thomas determined the location of the Terrorfish by sensing their aura, and the most "conspicuous" one for him was the aura of Isamara, whom he had never met before.

"I sensed its presence at the beach last time, but it wasn't nearly as angry as it is now..."

"Hmm, maybe it has something to do with you, Tomat?"

It is noon on the second day.

It had been less than 24 hours since the dinosaur appeared in sight.

Thomas, on the other hand, had it much easier than the day before. After all, he didn't need to run around bringing the survivors here today. Most of the work was now being done by people in the city, with the help of many outsiders as well. However, most of these outsiders were acquaintances of the Doctor and the others, and some were even Rhodes Island operators.

This also made the doctor's tasks somewhat less demanding.

The people preparing for the final battle did not cause any trouble, because according to orders, they did not need to prepare weapons, but rather to get some rest.