Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

Along the way, they encountered several more monsters.

But Su Chen always manages to avoid them in advance with his keen senses and superhuman speed, or use whatever he can find, such as stones or sticks, to temporarily force them back.

Finally, the stadium building came into view in the distance.

But just then, a heavy, teeth-grinding scraping sound came from in front of them.

A gigantic monster, more than twice the size of a normal black mud monster and covered with a layer of what looked like a bony carapace, blocked the only way to the stadium.

It "saw" the three people, and the core red light on its chest shone brightly.

An overwhelming sense of oppression, far exceeding anything seen before, rushed towards us!

"There's no escape..." For the first time, a look of despair appeared on Yukino's face.

Su Chen stopped and took a deep breath.

He put Yui down, shielded both girls behind him, and faced the slowly approaching armored monster.

He knew that relying solely on physical skills and cleverness had reached its limit.

"Hey," Su Chen said to the two people behind him without turning his head, "I can give you the answer to the question you asked me this morning."

"Huh?" Yui was still in a state of great fear and hadn't reacted yet.

Yukino seemed to realize something, and suddenly raised her head to look at Su Chen's back.

Su Chen slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers spread, and aimed it at the shelled monster that was already close at hand.

A cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"I don't believe in God."

"because..."

"I am God."

Chapter Three: My World

Su Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a thunderclap, exploding loudly in Yukino and Yui's ears.

"I am God."

What an arrogant declaration!

A few minutes ago, Yukino would have thought the person who said that was an incurable madman.

But now, looking at the man's calm and aloof back, she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

Because, from the moment the apocalypse began, everything this man displayed—his inhuman calmness, terrifying power, and precise judgment—far exceeded her understanding of the "human" species.

"Roar--!"

The shelled monster seemed to be enraged by Su Chen's posture.

It let out a silent roar, and its massive body transformed into a black afterimage as it pounced towards the three of them!

The foul-smelling wind almost knocked people over.

Yui was so frightened that she closed her eyes again, her body trembling even more violently.

Yukino instinctively took a half step back, her heart pounding in her throat.

Finished!

However, at this critical moment, Su Chen's calm and unwavering voice rang out once again.

"Close your eyes and cover your ears."

"What you're about to see might...shatter your worldview."

Before he finished speaking, he slowly raised his right hand, which was aimed at the monster.

Time seemed to slow down infinitely at this moment.

In Yukino and Yui's view, the carapace monster's ferocious claws were less than half a meter away from Su Chen's face.

But Su Chen didn't even blink.

His thin lips parted slightly, uttering two syllables that seemed to contain immense power, syllables they had never heard before.

"ザ?ワールド! (TheWorld!)"

Om-!

A strange buzzing sound, as if from the depths of the soul.

The whole world, in an instant, lost all its color.

The sky, the earth, the school buildings, the swirling dust, and the shelled monster suspended in mid-air—everything was transformed into a still, gray-white oil painting.

The only ones with color were Su Chen and the two girls behind him who had barely escaped the freeze of time because he was touching them.

"Eh?"

Yui sensed that the expected shock did not come, and cautiously opened her eyes a crack.

Then, she saw a sight she would never forget.

The world is gray.

The terrifying monster froze in mid-air, motionless, in an exaggerated pouncing posture.

Yukino was so shocked that she forgot to breathe.

How is this going?

Magic?

Or

"I told you to close your eyes."

Su Chen's voice pulled them back from their immense shock.

He turned his head, a helpless smile on his face.

Immediately afterwards, to the astonishment of the two women, a golden, muscular, godlike humanoid figure slowly emerged and solidified from behind Su Chen.

It has no specific face, yet it exudes an aura of dominance over all living beings. Its body seems to be wrapped with countless sophisticated instruments and pipes, full of power and mystery.

This is Su Chen's stand-in—[The World].

"So.."

Ignoring the two people behind him who had completely turned to stone, Su Chen turned around and strolled leisurely to the still, shelled monster.

He reached out and gently tapped the other's hard shell, making a "knock-knock" sound.

"She's really ugly."

He raised his head, his gaze coldly fixed on the monster's core, which was emitting a red glow.

"As the first being to witness the world of mine..."

[World] seemed to sense its master's will and slowly raised its golden fist, as big as a clay pot.

You should feel honored.

"Then, turn to dust."

"Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing ---!!!"

In the next instant, a storm of golden fist shadows completely enveloped the entire body of the armored monster!

Thump thump thump thump thump—!

The sound of an attack, which did not belong to this dimension, echoed wildly in the still spacetime.

One punch, ten punches, a hundred punches!

[World]'s fists were so fast that only a blurry afterimage could be seen. Every punch struck the same spot on the monster with perfect precision—the red core!

Five seconds of stillness, gone in an instant.

Just before time resumed its flow, Su Chen had already returned to his original spot, protecting Yukino and Yui behind him once again.

The golden stand-in also quietly disappeared.

It was as if nothing had happened.

"——Time (とき) is moving and coming out. (Time begins to flow.)"

Su Chen announced softly.

The next second, color returned to this world.

The wind began to blow again.

The screams from afar once again reached my ears.

And in front of them—

The once invincible armored monster, the moment it regained its mobility, its body resembled a sand sculpture that had been weathered away for millions of years.

Starting from its core, which had been continuously bombarded by the [World], spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread throughout its entire body!

"puff……"

A soft sound.

Its enormous body, along with its proud, hard shell, was right there in Yukino and Yui's eyes, which were filled with horror and disbelief.

Silently, it turned into dust.

A gust of wind blew by, leaving not a trace.

……

Dead silence.

A more complete and utter stillness than when the "Silent Catastrophe" struck.

Yui opened her mouth wide, but couldn't make a sound; her brain had completely shut down.

Yukino's body was trembling slightly.

It wasn't out of fear, but rather because of an indescribable, profound shock that far exceeded her comprehension.

What just happened?

She couldn't understand it at all.

All she knew was that just a second ago, they were in a life-or-death situation.

The next second, that powerful, despair-inducing monster simply vanished.

And it seems that the one who accomplished all of this was the man in front of us, and the cryptic statement he just made.

"The World!"

She subconsciously repeated the word in an almost inaudible voice.

Her gaze was fixed intently on Su Chen's back.

Who is this man?

No, is he still a "human"?

"Alright, threat deactivated."

Su Chen patted non-existent dust off his hands and turned around.

His expression was as calm as if he had just dealt with a fly—eerily calm.

This tranquility, in stark contrast to the hellish scene of the school behind them, created a chilling and unsettling atmosphere.

He looked at the two people who were still in a daze, without offering any further explanation.

Some things don't need explanation.

Facts speak louder than words.

He simply walked up to the two of them and extended his hand.

"From now on, stick close to me."