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It's a bit late, but I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

(Setting out bowls)

Main text: Chapter 169 Next up is the timely and accurate

The sky collapsed.

This is not a literary rhetoric.

When that enormous black demon appeared silently above the city, casting its shadow over the entire sky, the sunlight was completely swallowed up, and the bustling daytime instantly turned into a deathly twilight.

Darkness poured down from the sky like a tide.

Centered on Dark Lucifer, concentric circles of pitch-black energy ripples spread wildly, instantly engulfing the entire city, then spreading to the whole country, and finally covering the globe.

The neon lights on the street all went out, car engines all shut down, and all electronic devices fell silent.

The entire world was dragged into absolute darkness.

"What's going on?!" Inside the cockpit of the Chrome Chester fighter jet, Shiori Hiraki gripped the control stick tightly, her voice shrill with shock.

All the aircraft's instruments were flashing wildly, and the energy readings displayed on the radar screen had exceeded the measurement limit, turning into a blinding red warning.

"Global energy anomaly!" Mitsuhiko Ishibori quickly scanned the data stream. "The dark energy released by this monster has already covered the entire Earth!"

Kazukura Eisuke gritted his teeth, forcibly stabilizing the aircraft. "CIC, requesting instructions! What on earth is this thing?!"

Deep within the Freedom Fortress, Kira Zeyu stared expressionlessly at the wildly fluctuating data on the main screen.

Information from monitoring stations around the world all points to the same alarming conclusion.

"It is absorbing all of humanity's negative emotions." The boy's voice became uneasy, carrying a heavy tone. "Fear, despair, anger, hatred—all negative emotions are being forcibly extracted by it and turned into nourishment for its growth. Please be aware that what you are about to face may be the most terrifying existence since the dawn of human civilization."

"what?!"

On the city streets, people who had just been living normal lives were suddenly plunged into extreme panic.

The moment darkness fell, all electronic devices simultaneously failed: cars turned off, streetlights went out, and cell phones went black.

"What happened?"

Why did it suddenly get dark?

"Help! I can't see anything!"

Screams, cries, and desperate calls for help merged into a chaotic ocean of noise.

The crowd scrambled about like headless flies, and stampedes occurred one after another. The cries of children were heart-wrenching, and the elderly trembled and fell to the ground.

Fear spread like a plague, infecting one person to another, and spreading from one street to the entire city.

Desperate cries, terrified screams, and helpless sobs merged into a lament for the end of the world.

Wisps of pitch-black air rose from each terrified human, like plumes of smoke rising from a burning fire.

These black currents gathered more and more, eventually converging into countless thick tornado columns, hanging upside down between heaven and earth, surging wildly towards Dark Lucifer.

Dark Lucifer opened his arms, greedily absorbing the essence of these fears.

Each time he absorbed a wisp of black energy, the dark red crystal on his chest would flash once.

With each flash, his power increased to a higher level.

The crimson patterns all over its body resembled burning blood vessels, and its massive body became even more solid under the nourishment of dark energy. The oppressive aura emanating from it made the entire space-time tremble.

Dark Lucifer slowly turned his head, his scarlet eyes scanning the city below.

zoo.

There is a special entity there, exuding a unique aura of darkness.

He stretched out his enormous hand, reaching towards the direction of the zoo.

A woman in a white dress is standing on a path in the zoo, looking around in confusion.

Riko Saito stared blankly at the world that had suddenly plunged into darkness. Just moments ago, the afternoon had been sunny and bright, but in the blink of an eye, it had turned into a pitch-black night.

"What's going on? Is there a power outage?"

She took out her phone, but the screen was completely black and unresponsive.

The surrounding tourists were filled with panicked cries.

Suddenly, a tremendous sense of oppression descended upon her from above.

Riko Saito looked up and saw a terrifying black giant looking down at her.

A greedy glint shone in those scarlet eyes, and a gigantic hand slowly reached out toward her.

"what--!"

Riko Saida screamed and turned to run.

But fear made her legs go weak, and after running a few steps she fell heavily to the ground, her white dress getting dirty with mud, and her knees aching.

She looked back and saw that the enormous black hand was rapidly growing larger, pressing down and blotting out the sky.

Rumble—!

Three Chromium Chester fighters burst through the darkness with maximum thrust, their engines roaring and tearing through the deathly silence of the night sky.

"Riko!" Kazuki Komon saw the familiar figure below clearly through the cockpit window.

"Target locked!" Eisuke Wakura's voice boomed through the communication channel. "All units attack!"

The next moment, a barrage of artillery fire rained down on Dark Lucifer's massive body, the explosions creating a dazzling spectacle in the darkness.

However, when the smoke cleared, Dark Lucifer stood unharmed in the same spot, only stirring up some useless dust.

Those attacks, powerful enough to destroy buildings, didn't even leave a scratch on him.

Dark Lucifer didn't even look back, continuing to press his enormous hand down on Riko Saida.

Komon Ikki's eyes were bloodshot, and he screamed with all his might.

"Yameh—!!!"

In that critical moment, Riko Saito, who was lying on the ground, suddenly rolled her eyes and fell down, her eyes closed and her body motionless, as if she had lost consciousness.

The next second, a strange black light burst forth from her body!

boom--!

Dark energy erupted like a volcanic eruption, instantly enveloping Riko Saita's petite body.

As the light faded, a giant entirely in black appeared in the sky above the zoo.

Dark Faust!

Without any hesitation, she charged straight at Dark Lucifer.

"—!"

Dark Faust let out a silent roar, clenched his fists, and his dark energy surged wildly, transforming into a jet-black stream of light that slammed into Dark Lucifer's chest.

boom--!

A dull thud echoed through the heavens and earth, and the collision of the two dark giants instantly unleashed a terrifying shockwave.

Centered on the point of impact, the air was torn into countless twisted cracks, and violent air currents swept in all directions, overturning all the zoo buildings below.

However, the difference in strength was too great.

Dark Lucifer merely swayed slightly, then raised his right hand, spread his fingers, and grabbed Dark Faust by the neck.

"too weak."

A cold thought emanated from Dark Lucifer's body, and the next moment, he exerted his strength and lifted Dark Faust up.

Boom—!

The dark red crystal on Dark Lucifer's chest erupted with a blinding blood-red light, and a surge of pure destructive energy burst forth from the crystal, slamming heavily into Dark Faust's chest.

"what--!"

Dark Faust let out a shrill scream as he was blasted backward by the terrifying energy, tumbling through the air in a dark arc before crashing heavily onto the city ground a kilometer away.

Rumble—!

The enormous body crashed onto the ground, instantly leveling an entire block. Countless buildings were reduced to dust by the terrifying impact, and smoke and dust billowed into the sky, obscuring half the sky.

Inside the Chromium Chester cockpit, everyone in the Night Raid team was speechless with shock at the scene.

Komon Kazuki's eyes widened, his lips trembling as he murmured to himself.

"Riko... has turned into a giant?"

That gentle and kind girlfriend, Riko, who always showed an innocent smile to small animals, has actually turned into a dark giant like a monster?

What exactly is going on?

In the other fighter jet, Mitsuhiko Ishibori's face was terribly gloomy.

Not content with consuming my River of Oblivion, now they want to steal even my remaining stock?

He stared intently at the dark Lucifer in the sky, a dangerous glint in his eyes.

Gou Lümu, where the hell are you?!

............

Meanwhile, in a residential area on the other side of the city.

In Sakuta Megumi's home, by the window in the living room.

Three figures pressed against the glass, gazing at the world outside that was being swallowed by darkness.

All the streetlights went out, cars broke down in the middle of the road, and screams and cries could be heard from afar.

The little girl in the dress held tightly to Jun Himeya's hand as the three of them looked out the window at the darkness that had suddenly descended upon them.

"What's going on?" Sakuta Megumi frowned, her voice filled with unease.

Her keen intuition as a journalist told her that this was definitely not an ordinary power outage; something serious had definitely happened.

Jun Himeya stared silently into the distance, when a rhythmic pulse suddenly came from inside his jacket.

Thump, thump—

He felt the increasingly strong resonance and frowned.

Here we go again...?

Sera looked up at him with concern.

"allow?"

Jun Himeya slowly pulled a silver, short, blade-like object from inside his jacket.

The Evolution Trustee glowed warmly in his hand, pulsating rhythmically.

He stared silently at the light in his hand, remaining silent for a long time.

This force had once caused him immense suffering.

Every transformation, every battle, is a double torment to both the body and the mind.

He once thought this was punishment for failing to save Sera.

But now, when Sera stood beside him again, he finally understood...

Jun Himeya crouched down to be at eye level with Sera.

“Sera, wait for me here, I’ll be right back.” He gently stroked the girl’s hair, his voice tender yet firm.

He then looked up at Sakuta Megumi.

"Ms. Sakuta, please take good care of Sera, please!"

"Are you going again?" Seeing the determination in his eyes, Sakuta Megumi hurriedly stepped forward. "It's too dangerous, don't go!"

Himeya Jun looked at the pulsating Evolution Trust in his hand, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

“After seeing Sera again, I understood.” He spoke slowly, “This light is not a punishment for me, but a power that allows me to fight again for protection and salvation.”

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