I write obituaries for the gods

"..."

Jürgen crouched down beside the little girl, and when she fell again, he gently helped her up.

"Are you a symbiote?" Jürgen asked.

The little girl looked up at him curiously, seemingly not understanding what he was saying.

“Your wings are beautiful,” Jürgen said.

This time, the girl understood his words. She smiled brightly, then turned her head and bit off a feather from her wing.

"Here, this is for you!" the girl said, offering her feather.

Jürgen took the feather and gently stroked it, his eyes suddenly feeling a little sore.

He knelt down, patted the little girl's head, and asked softly:

"Your name is?"

“Liti,” the little girl raised her chin, “my name is Liti!”

"..."

Are you sure you want to adopt her?

"I'm sure."

"She is a symbiote, originating from a warp ruin that briefly rose to reality, and we still haven't determined the characteristics of that ruin."

"I'm sure. Shut up and get the paperwork done."

In the foundation’s high-level office in Pearl Beach, Jürgen propped his legs up on the table while a waiter lit a cigar for him with a flame.

Opposite him, the man with an indistinct face smiled and shook his head:

"I never expected that Euclid, after becoming one of us, you, who used to see everything as trash, would develop empathy for humanity?"

“She is not human,” Jürgen said calmly. “She is one of our own kind.”

"Boom!"

He raised his head, his deep blue eyes reflecting the overcast sky.

Lin Chen saw that Jurgen had gone to many places.

He saw Jürgen sitting in a room on the top floor of the foundation, with indistinct gods at the table.

Alpha-level demigod—this is his new identity, but also his shackle.

Compared to other F Council members, he devoted more of his energy to experiments and was more conservative in the specific matters of the Foundation, so his faction was defined as dove.

He completed the iteration of the subspace drill, and its key technology completed the puzzle for the Foundation's ongoing WHALE project, handing the key to the subspace to humanity.

But in his fascination with experiments, he forgot one thing:

Technology is dominated by power.

“I know that WHALE was built for the great plan of the ‘Father’,” Jürgen said in a low voice. “I only need one chance to use it, one experiment—at least let me try it once for Litty.”

Opposite him, the shadowy figure held up a finger.

"Once, and only once."

"..."

"Navigation coordinates have failed! The tear is deflecting!"

"Get under control!" Euclid shouted.

"It's too late! The tearing effect is surfacing into the real world! The coordinates are..."

"Iron Corner!"

"Boom..."

As Jürgen walked out of the triangular gate, he witnessed the moment the Iron Horn Bridge collapsed.

He saw cars plunging into the sea, and the vortex of the subspace swallowing innocent lives. Fear spread like a cloud over Rain City.

Without realizing it, Jürgen found himself kneeling on the ground.

He covered his face and wept, repeatedly pounding his fist on the shallow ground, creating a dent in the surface.

"...Qingtian is entering the country and beginning the final touches..."

"Euclid, evacuate Whale Nest immediately. You've done us a huge favor. WHALE's potential has been proven. Next, the Public Opinion Executive will take over public opinion. Perfect timing, we need an opportunity to crush the United Concrete Group..."

“No, elder brother, give me another chance,” Jürgen raised his head and looked at the bridge in the distance. “This tearing went smoothly. The problem lies in the navigation coordinates. As long as we integrate the data from ‘Ideal Country’ into a model… I can find the source of Litty’s illness!”

“Withdraw immediately, this is the Father’s order,” the voice said sternly. “You don’t want to go against us.”

A savage glint flashed in Jürgen's eyes. He yanked the headset out and threw it on the beach, then slowly stood up.

He knew that, facing the powerful hawks, he could only seize the opportunity by being ruthless.

“The Black Star will rise soon,” Jürgen murmured.

"..."

When Lin Chen awoke, explosions were heard continuously in the distance.

He struggled to his feet, his dazed vision gradually focusing.

What comes into view is the Iron Cape Bridge.

Or rather, part of the bridge.

The entire torn bridge is suspended in subspace, its broken surface absurdly still in the air, like a floating island.

A roaring sound came, and Lin Chen looked up to see the giant ring structure of the W weapon encircling the bridge, spanning the sky like a magnificent giant moon.

Beneath that enormous silhouette, Euclid stood with his back to Lin Chen, arms outstretched.

"You have succeeded. The W weapon will no longer be able to draw on the emotional deposits, and charging has stopped."

Euclid turned his head; his helmet was half broken, and half of Jürgen's face was exposed.

“Well done, kid,” he laughed, “but you can’t stop me, just like I said before…”

"I like improvisation."

He snapped his fingers, and a burst of white light erupted on the giant ship—the part of the W weapon that had been fully charged began its activation process once again!

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Chapter 148 Gods Will Bleed (Fifth Update)

White bands of light spread through the subspace, tearing the chaotic sky into colorful stripes.

A massive shockwave struck, and Lin Chen bent over, desperately trying to withstand the wind pressure.

At that moment, Hua Molan's voice came through his earpiece:

"...Rapid Response Division 1, please respond upon receipt..."

"Received, this is Lin Chen," Lin Chen pressed the earpiece, "What's the situation now?"

Hua Molan's voice came intermittently:

"...Weapon W has...stopped its erosion of reality, but it is still...operating..."

"...The guess is...Euclid intends to forcibly use the already completed energy charge for...a tearing experiment...which would be even more...unstable..."

"...No...host...spatial coordinates have been...scrambled...it could move in...any direction..."

“...stop...him...”

From the fragmented information, Lin Chen roughly figured out the current situation:

The original process of the W weapon was charging → tearing. During this process, the W weapon array in reality would continuously absorb the emotional deposits from Yudu until the experiment ended.

But now, the actual array host has been destroyed.

However, the array in the subspace had already been fully charged beforehand, and a considerable amount of energy was stored in that huge ring-shaped object.

Now, Euclid intends to use the existing energy to forcibly conduct a second tearing experiment.

This is what he meant when he said, "I like improvisation."

The trade-off is that the experiments will be less stable.

The W weapon could be fired in any direction, and if that direction is in the real world...

The tragedy at Iron Cape Bridge will be repeated.

This time, however, the target might not be the bridge.

He must be stopped.

"Jurgen!" Lin Chen roared.

The demigod burst into laughter, a ghostly blue substance flowing from all seven of his orifices. Without that special helmet, shielding his senses was several times more difficult for him.

But he still covered half of his eye and reached out his hand towards Lin Chen:

"Let's put an end to this, child."

Black lines rapidly formed around Lin Chen's body. He suddenly jumped, dodging the torn space.

Almost simultaneously, a violent roar erupted—

"Om————"

A colossal object rose from the edge of the bridge: it looked exactly like the "Orca"!

"Coming to your aid, kid!" Bruce's long shout came through the headset. "Hold on!"

The subspace tunnel boring machine loomed over the bridge wreckage like a mountain, its dark body resembling a raging thunderstorm cloud.

Beneath the ship's hull, the prism device began charging, its eerie blue light converging—

"boom!!!!"

Countless pale blue rays, like focused beams of light, were aimed at Euclid on the bridge, as if using a lens to burn a mosquito.

Faced with the powerful oncoming attack, Euclid covered his face and laboriously waved his hand upwards—

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

"boom!"

A huge silver crack opened up, spanning the entire sky above the bridge!

The Orca's ricocheting shot entered the crevice and then blasted out from another crevice—

Then, at a tricky angle, it blasted the Orca!

The next second, thousands upon thousands of silver cracks burst forth simultaneously, instantly impacting the surface of the Orca.

"boom!!!!"

A series of fires erupted from the Orca's hull, and the massive ship tilted and collapsed, crashing onto the bridge.

“Damn it! We’re falling! Repeat! We’re falling!” Bruce’s long voice came through.

The violent tremor threw Euclid's body off course, and he fell to his knees, laughing uncontrollably.

"Hahahaha...that thing...I designed it! Hahahaha..."

From afar, Lin Chen saw him choking on blood, a crazed look flowing in the demigod's eyes.

The burden of tearing open the rift was becoming increasingly heavy for him! And his sanity was gradually crumbling in the process!

Seize the opportunity!

"Sizzle sizzle...!"

Lin Chen transformed all of his remaining azure energy into a projection of "Sky-Supporting," then accelerated rapidly, rushing toward the fallen Euclid.

The Orca crashed into the bridge, creating a deafening roar and sending waves crashing across the bridge surface.

Lin Chen stepped on the waves and swiftly moved among the broken stones, the surface of the super alloy axe flashing with boiling blue light!

Just as Euclid, still laughing wildly, stood up, he saw a superalloy axe coming straight at him—

"clang!"

The axe slammed into his mask, and a burst of dark blue energy erupted into arcs of electricity, splattering blood everywhere!