I write obituaries for the gods

The foundation building began to collapse, its floors crumbling like tofu blocks and falling to the ground, stirring up waves of dust.

Amidst the dust and waves, a fleeing crowd rushed out of the building: they were guests attending the fundraising ceremony, elites from all walks of life.

But they had only run a short distance through the torrential rain and dust when streaks of silver light burst forth, shattering them into pieces—

"Pfft, pfft..."

The bright red was spread out in the torrential rain, only to be covered by the dust that crashed down.

After killing the attendees, Euclid slowly lowered his head, his gaze falling on Lin Chen.

Through the torrential rain that seemed to wash away all filth, Lin Chen and Euclid met eyes for the second time.

"..."

Lin Chen saw Euclid extend his hand, and saw silver lightning crackling at his fingertips.

He snapped back to his senses, projected a revolver shotgun, and aimed it at the god—

Get out of the way!

Lin Chen felt his shoulder being pulled suddenly, and the next second, the world in front of him turned into a chaotic gray-white.

A violent feeling of weightlessness washed over him, making his mind go blank. When the gray light dissipated, Lin Chen suddenly found himself slumped on the rooftop of the Investigation Bureau building.

"Cough...cough...cough cough cough..."

A violent coughing sound came from behind him. Lin Chen turned his head in a daze and saw Director Hua Molan kneeling on the ground, coughing up blood continuously.

"Hua Molan!" Jiang Zhengge immediately stepped forward and inserted a needle into her neck.

"Lin Chen!"

When Lin Chen came to his senses, he realized that he had been hugged very quickly.

Li Zhanyi held his shoulders with both hands, repeatedly checking on his condition:

"Are you alright? Damn, it was so close...so close you..."

"I'm fine..."

Lin Chen pinched his philtrum hard, using the burning pain as an anchor to force himself to wake up.

He turned his head and looked into the distance: the foundation's building was collapsing, dust waves rose into the sky, and it exploded in streaks of silver light.

"Euclid... attacked the Foundation's building?" Lin Chen murmured.

"At the end of the meeting, I foresaw the silver light," Li Zhanyi's lips trembled slightly, "and as I continued to foresee it, I witnessed Euclid destroying the building..."

"Director Hua Molan immediately activated her psychic 'subspace walking' ability, and she dragged us all into subspace and brought us here."

"She was exhausted when she took her last step, and I almost thought she wouldn't make it in time to save you..."

Li Zhanyi looked very sad.

Lin Chen grasped her hand, gently squeezing it:

"I am fine."

He turned his head again: helicopters were flying over the city skyline, heading towards the foundation building.

"Why..." Lin Chen murmured, "just to... eliminate the hawks?"

In order to eliminate the hawks, they openly attacked the foundation building and razed it to the ground.

“Fortunately, Director Hua Molan participated in the operation this time,” Li Zhanyi murmured softly. “Fortunately, the meeting ended early, and Professor Jürgen left ahead of time.”

When Li Zhanyi uttered the name "Professor Jürgen," a belated shiver ran down Lin Chen's spine.

Everything happened so fast that Lin Chen hadn't even had time to react, and he almost got lost in the rain.

"Should I call Professor Jürgen to check on his safety?" Li Zhanyi muttered to herself. "Yes... I should make a call, but I don't have my phone with me, Lin Chen—"

"My clothes are wet..." Lin Chen lowered his head.

Seeing Lin Chen's reaction, Li Zhanyi was taken aback, and a dark blue light flashed in her eyes.

She couldn't predict what Lin Chen would say.

But she seemed to know what Lin Chen was going to say.

She opened her mouth again, her tone becoming somewhat incoherent:

"I... I mean, could I borrow your phone for a moment? We need to..."

"Stained clothes..." Lin Chen shook his head gently, his breath hot as if it were burning.

"What's wrong? Can't I borrow your phone? No..."

Li Zhanyi's lips trembled slightly, and two lines of tears streamed down her cheeks.

“We…we need to confirm Professor Jürgen’s safety…” Li Zhanyi sobbed. “Please, Lin Chen…lend me your phone…Liti…she’s still at home waiting for her father…”

"Stained clothes".

Lin Chen hugged Li Zhanyi and gently patted her back.

"Waaah..."

The girl burst into tears on Lin Chen's shoulder. In the distance, bolts of lightning tore through the floating water, and booming thunder echoed across the sky above Rain City, as if it were the wrath of the gods.

......

Chapter 132 Victory and Defeat (Fourth Update) (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month~)

"Breaking news from this station: On the day of the donation ceremony, the demigod Euclid openly attacked the foundation's headquarters in the West Wing district. According to current statistics, the death toll has exceeded 3000, with over 10,000 injured..."

"With the immediate assistance of the Foundation's demigods, some Foundation employees located on higher floors were able to escape..."

"Currently, Euclid has declared war on the city government of Rain City..."

On the screen, a silver demigod stands in the darkness, his mask reflecting eerie light.

Euclid raised one hand, and silver light streamed up his shoulder and onto his fingertips.

“The Foundation has become fragile,” he said in a deep, metallic voice. “Our original goal was to conquer the warp, but you have spent your time on creating gods, generating revenue, and engaging in sham charitable fundraising, attempting to build a false statue of a god on earth.”

“You’ve forgotten that we don’t need idols. We are demigods, and our very presence on earth is an idol.”

“Even rain needs a correction. We have strayed from our original intentions for too long. Public opinion control has drowned out the public’s thinking. Whatever they feed you, you believe is good. You have forgotten what is right. You have even started to denigrate the truth.”

“I will correct you,” Euclid said, extending a hand, “in ways you cannot imagine.”

"......"

In the office of the department, everyone looked at the demigod on the screen with complicated expressions.

The atmosphere in the corridor was jubilant, and cheers could be heard from the next office of the Second Section from time to time: they were celebrating this victory and the severe retribution the foundation had suffered.

But everyone in the department knew that the real war had only just begun.

“Euclid actually flipped the table like that,” Lucy murmured. “I never expected this…why? Has he gone mad? That’s the Foundation’s building…”

“Don’t forget what was happening inside the building at the time,” Jiang Zhengge said softly. “As a hawkish member of the Foundation’s strong faction, they were negotiating with us. Do you think Euclid would tolerate betrayal?”

“But… what about the rest of the F Council?” Louis stared blankly, his shoulders seemingly trembling. “I didn’t expect it to be this terrible… there were tens of thousands of people in that building…”

“The situation inside the foundation is much more complicated than we imagined,” Jiang Zhengge sighed. “My judgment is that Euclid did this because he has mastered the W weapon, or ‘Whale Nest,’ and intends to completely overturn the table and directly challenge the Yudu government.”

"He wants...to take control of the entire Rain City?" Louis stared blankly at the screen.

“That’s not all,” Jiang Zhengge shook his head, “According to him, he wants to conquer the subspace, which seems like a high-sounding excuse.”

Jiang Zhengge turned his head and looked at the corner of the room.

Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi sat there, both remaining silent.

He understood, of course he understood, that the two children were the closest to Professor Jürgen, and his death would certainly be a great blow to them.

“I’m more inclined to believe this is an internal power struggle within the foundation, and that it’s largely a self-directed and self-acted affair,” Jiang Zhengge said. “The biggest evidence is that Euclid precisely eliminated the participants in the fundraising ceremony, and we all know that this fundraising ceremony was a huge financial blow to the foundation.”

“Killing these participants will naturally invalidate the fundraising ceremony... What a despicable tactic.”

"Have you decoded Euclid's weakness?" Lin Chen suddenly asked.

All eyes immediately focused on him, on the intensely burning sparks deep within his pupils.

“It’s been decoded,” Louis said softly.

"Play it." Jiang Zhengge nodded.

Everyone looked at the projection screen, and as the static flickered, the video began to play.

In the image, Euclid is kneeling on the ground, a piece of his mask is broken, and a dark blue eye is faintly visible.

In the distance, the creeping darkness was approaching. Euclid stretched out his hand and roared in fury, and space gradually tore apart with a silver light.

"Ahhhh!"

Space tore apart inch by inch, and at the same time, blood flowed from beneath Euclid's mask.

The scene abruptly ended.

"..."

“It’s quite obvious,” Lin Chen stood up, “Euclid’s abilities will be weakened when the mask is destroyed, and there will be a great burden when using it.”

Previously, Lin Chen had glimpsed Euclid's "Dark Line" mechanism in the Mirage City: before he tore through space, that area would briefly darken 0.5 seconds in advance, seemingly indicating some kind of curvature change.

At that time, he felt that a 0.5-second reaction time was too extreme, and coupled with Euclid's ability to tear space over a wide area, that weakness was almost useless.

But now, he has obtained crucial information:

Once Euclid's mask is destroyed, his ability to tear space will be greatly weakened.

This means that if you break his mask, you'll have a real chance to counter him.

“His mask has faint silver flowing patterns, which is a characteristic of super alloys,” Jiang Zhengge said, looking at the screen. “Ordinary bullets can’t penetrate it; it would have to be a super alloy bullet at least.”

“Superalloys aren’t easy to come by,” Louis said, arms crossed. “We’ll have to ask logistics…”

"We have superalloy warheads."

Lin Chen spoke softly, exchanging a glance with Li Zhanyi.

Back then, when Professor Jürgen was helping Lin Chen deal with Captain England's superalloy shield, he used the extra material to make two bullets.

One 23mm superalloy slug armor-piercing round and one .338 superalloy armor-piercing round.

“I’ll handle Euclid,” Lin Chen said in a low voice. “The rest are yours.”

......

"Lin Chen, are you alright?"

"Fortunately."

Inside the elevator, Lin Chen turned his head and looked at the girl following behind him.

Li Zhanyi's eyes were still a little red, but her expression had returned to calm.

"Why don't we go back and rest first?" Li Zhanyi said softly. "We don't need to be involved in everything that follows."

“I’m not at ease,” Lin Chen shook his head. “I have to keep an eye on it.”

“Listen to Zhanyi, kid,” Jiang Zhengge patted Lin Chen on the shoulder, “You’ve just come back from the battlefield.”

Lin Chen shook his head again, his gaze even somewhat stubborn.

Jiang Zhengge sighed softly, looked up at the top of the elevator, and rubbed the back of his neck.

“You’ll get numb eventually, believe me,” he said.

"Ding."

The elevator doors opened, and the three of them walked into the director's office together.

Hua Molan was sitting at her desk in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, with an IV drip in her eye and a pale face.

"You're here?" Hua Molan looked up. "Let's get straight to the point."

"First question: You're not going to die at your desk, are you?" Jiang Zhengge asked, looking at Hua Molan's deathly pale face.

"will not."

Hua Molan shook her head, picked up the remote control, and turned on the projector:

"The second theme: We will raid the 'whale's nest' and thwart Euclid's ambitions."