211: The sudden future

Watching the aerial battleship turn into a shooting star and disappear into the distance, Yang Dian took out the Crimson Mecha from his storage ring.

Then he spoke to the Crimson Mecha:

“Open the cockpit, Crimson Mecha.”

As Yang Dian’s voice fell, the Crimson Mecha’s chest hatch opened, revealing the internal pilot’s seat.

He leaped into the cockpit.

After surveying the interior of the cabin, Yang Dian reached out and plugged his phone into a slot nearby.

Then the cockpit closed, and Tiangong’s voice resounded within the cabin.

“Energy reserves self-checking…”

“Energy shield self-checking…”

“Neural signal self-checking…”

“Signal enhancement device self-checking…”

“Tactical missile specifications self-checking…”

“Backup parts, escape equipment, and other devices self-checking…”

“Self-check complete.”

“Crimson Mecha is in good condition and ready to execute missions at any time.”

Yang Dian grabbed the helmet that had just emerged from the control panel in front of him and put it on his head:

“Activate camera equipment, upload all information in real-time.”

“Following your command.”

As Tiangong’s voice fell, Yang Dian’s thoughts stirred.

The five-meter-tall Crimson Mecha silently submerged into the sea, heading towards the fissure.

It descended along the fissure.

Before long, Yang Dian stood before the volcano indicated by Earth’s Will.

This time, he unhesitatingly controlled the Crimson Mecha to submerge into the volcanic magma.

But as soon as he entered the magma, Yang Dian felt something was amiss.

“Why is Earth’s Will’s guidance coming from all directions?”

He muttered, and his pupils contracted sharply as a certain possibility came to mind.

“No way?”

After muttering in disbelief, he controlled the Crimson Mecha to descend further.

After submerging three kilometers into the magma, the mecha finally touched solid ground.

The energy shield expanded, pushing aside the golden magma and revealing hard, smooth reddish-brown rock beneath the magma.

After stepping on the rock, whose type he didn't know, Yang Dian continued:

“Tiangong, detect the rock’s composition and scan its temperature.”

“Beep ~ This substance is not recorded in the information database and is an unknown substance. The current temperature is 565 ℃. Would you like to collect a sample?”

After carefully sensing the guidance from the Mother Star's Will, Yang Dian was silent for a moment, then shook his head:

“No sample collection. Record the coordinate data and go straight this way.”

With that, the Crimson Mecha moved according to Yang Dian’s thoughts, heading towards the position he indicated.

It wasn’t until he encountered a sloping rock wall that he controlled the Crimson Mecha to stop and began to walk along the rock wall.

An hour later, a soft beep suddenly sounded in the cockpit.

Then Tiangong’s voice rang out in the cockpit.

“Beep ~”

“Based on coordinate data calculation, our current position on the rock wall is the first rock wall encountered after leaving the volcanic center point.”

Yang Dian exhaled deeply, his suspended heart finally settling:

“So we just went in a circle?”

“Yes, we just traveled approximately 32 kilometers. This area is an irregular oval.”

Yang Dian shook his head, saying with a hint of exasperation:

“Let’s go, back to the volcano…”

In a short while, the Crimson Mecha flew out of the volcano.

After Yang Dian jumped out of the cockpit, he put away the mecha, then began to circle the volcano.

After circling three times, he stopped in front of an underwater rock formation that extended from the volcano and resembled a turtle’s head.

It was just as he thought.

This underwater rock formation, resembling a turtle’s head, was also under the guidance of Earth’s Will.

“So, the Fire Flame Turtle isn’t a turtle, but an entire underwater volcano?”

“It will erupt at the end of the month, so Old William predicted that at the end of October, a Sea King Class Creature, the Fire Flame Turtle, would detonate an underwater volcano off the southeast coast of Huaxia, thereby triggering a massive tsunami?”

Although he said that, recalling what he saw inside the ‘volcano’ and this volcano that externally resembled a turtle, an incredible thought couldn’t help but arise in Yang Dian’s mind.

“Or perhaps the Fire Flame Turtle isn’t just a volcanic eruption, but this volcano in front of me has gained sentience??? ”

Thinking of this possibility, Yang Dian couldn’t help but enter the Unity of Man and Nature state again:

“Guide me to the Fire Flame Turtle’s fatal weakness.”

As soon as Yang Dian’s thought fell, that subtle guidance appeared again.

Only this time, it wasn't pointing to the entire volcano, but precisely to the crater.

He took out the Crimson Mecha again and sat in the cockpit.

As Yang Dian’s thought stirred, the Crimson Mecha once again drilled into the crater.

This time, with a clear target, Yang Dian directly controlled the Crimson Mecha to the front left inside the volcano.

If scaled down, it would be roughly where a turtle’s heart would be.

Then, he saw a cluster of golden flames, about ten meters high, burning fiercely.

“So, this is the Fire Flame Turtle’s fatal weakness?”

“If I destroy it now, does that mean the Fire Flame Turtle won’t be born?”

As the thought arose, Yang Dian’s eyes momentarily blurred.

The world in his eyes seemed to split into three parts in that instant.

The first scene was still the fiercely burning golden flames before him.

The second scene was the future where he did not destroy the golden flames.

The Fire Flame Turtle, nurtured by heaven and earth, would become a true life in 10 days, awakening from the deep-sea seabed, rising from the ground, and detonating countless underwater volcanoes.

The eruption of the underground volcanoes would cause monstrous waves to crash against both sides of the Min-Taiwan Strait.

Then, the awakened Fire Flame Turtle would walk upon the earth’s fire pulse, calm the underwater volcanoes, become the guardian beast of the seabed, and maintain the stability of the coastal continental plates.

The third scene was the future where he destroyed the golden flames.

The moment he destroyed the golden flames, the world stood still.

Then, the endless volcanoes erupted directly, with an even more furious and wild intensity than in the second scene.

The continental plates even tilted as a result.

Of course, it only tilted an insignificant amount for the Earth.

But for humans, this meant a super tsunami that covered the sky.

Countless people would perish in the tsunami.

And because of the tilting continental plates, from then on, earthquakes of all sizes would be constant, and the world would be a scene of apocalypse.

“So, it’s unavoidable?”

“The Fire Flame Turtle will definitely be born?”

“The tsunami will definitely erupt?”

Looking at the fiercely burning golden flames before him.

Recalling the monstrous tsunami in the future scenes.

Yang Dian couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness.

How insignificant is human power before the mighty forces of heaven and earth?

What use is a Martial Arts Grandmaster who has achieved Qi Blood Dragon Transformation?

Facing such mighty forces of heaven and earth, one can only sigh towards the sky.

“No, that’s not right…”

Suddenly thinking of something, Yang Dian’s eyes lit up.

“The Fire Flame Turtle will only awaken in 10 days, which means the tsunami will be after 10 days.”

“10 days should be enough to organize the evacuation of everyone.”

Thinking of this, Yang Dian reached out and tapped the control panel:

“Tiangong, contact Taichu.”

“Beep, contacting Huaxia terminal artificial intelligence, Taichu…”