171: Chapter 169 Pandora, the Awakening of Chaos

"Crack!"

The crisp sound of shattering, transmitted through high-sensitivity recording equipment, was clearly broadcast to every screen around the globe.

It was like a signal.

Immediately following it were a second and a third sound... a dense patter of shattering noises merged into one.

The surface of the giant amber egg suspended in the center of the circular space, with crystal walls harder than diamond, was now like glass struck by a heavy hammer; spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly, covering the entire shell in an instant.

The viscous, eerie green glowing liquid inside began to ooze out through the cracks, dripping onto the floor made of unknown metal below, emitting a series of "hissing" corrosive sounds and rising wisps of white smoke.

Then, an indescribable aura permeated from the cracks.

It was not the filth and tyranny of the Abyss Era, nor the intensity and frenzy of nuclear energy, but a more ancient, more primitive... chaos. It was as if it were the primordial soup from the beginning of the universe, before all things had taken shape, filled with infinite possibilities, as well as the most extreme unknowns and dangers.

"Hiss!!"

The low growl from the depths of Godzilla's throat was no longer the disdain and contempt it showed when facing Mechagodzilla, but carried unprecedented gravity.

Its "Kings Breath," which was about to be unleashed, was abruptly halted in its throat, the crimson light flickering in its mouth. Clearly, it instinctively sensed that the change before it was far more complex than a simple "demolition."

White House, underground command center.

The high-ranking officials of Eagle Country, who had just experienced a roller-coaster ride from the peak of hope to the depths of despair, were now staring intently at the giant egg on the screen that was about to shatter completely.

" 'Pandora'... it... it is coming out..."

The intelligence director who knew the inside story had a deathly pale face, his teeth chattering as he said, "The files record that its life fluctuations had not changed at all since the Abyss Era began... Why... why does it have to be today?!"

No one could answer him.

Perhaps it was the vibration from Godzilla's stomp just now, or perhaps it was the aura of being a top predator of the planet that stimulated this ancient life form that had been sleeping for nearly a century.

"Boom!!"

A loud bang, not just a cracking, but a complete explosion!

The massive amber eggshell instantly shattered into billions of crystalline fragments, shooting outwards. The fragments struck the metal walls, sparking with blinding light comparable to electric welding, leaving behind deep gouges.

And the sky-filling, eerie green viscous liquid, like a bursting flood, swept across the entire circular space.

In the center of the storm of liquid and fragments, a slender, curled-up black shadow slowly, slowly stretched out its body.

When it was fully revealed to the world, everyone watching this scene through the live broadcast couldn't help but hold their breath.

It was a creature that could not be defined by Earth's existing biological knowledge.

Its main form was somewhat similar to an Eastern divine dragon, but more ferocious and bizarre, its body length exceeding six hundred meters in an instant; in the center of its forehead was a huge, brilliant, emerald-like single eye.

Below the single eye was a massive maw that split open to the ear roots; there were no teeth inside, only circles of pale white, constantly writhing keratin layers spiraling inward like a shark's.

The most bizarre part was its head, which grew two huge, twisted, emerald-green horns like those of an antelope. The surface of the horns was not smooth but covered with countless naturally formed, profoundly mysterious golden patterns. Those patterns seemed to be flowing slowly, emitting energy fluctuations that made one's heart palpitate.

It had no wings and no limbs, only a long, slender body covered in jade-like scales, and a tail that branched at the end, resembling a scorpion's tail.

"Unknown high-dimensional lifeform..."

Luo Yu hovered above the rift, muttering to himself, his eyes unprecedentedly serious.

The warning given by the system was flashing frantically in his field of vision at an unprecedented frequency.

Just then, the newly hatched "Pandora" moved.

Its huge emerald single eye slowly rotated, seemingly sizing up this strange world.

When its "gaze" swept across the metal walls, across the rift overhead, and finally... settled on Godzilla's mountain-like body, its movements paused for an instant.

Immediately following this, an energy fluctuation, several times more terrifying than Mechagodzilla's "Proton Scream," erupted from within its body!

"Hum!!"

It was not light, nor was it a sound wave, but a pure, invisible energy shock.

Wherever the shockwave passed, the solid ground of Area 51 rippled with visible rings, and countless sand and stones were instantly pulverized into powder.

The rock walls on both sides of the rift collapsed and slid down in large swathes.

The wreckage of the Eagle Country fleet, far away at tens of kilometers, was actually pushed hundreds of meters away by the aftermath of this shockwave!

The screens in the White House command center were instantly covered in snow static, and the harsh sound of electric current replaced all the sounds at the scene.

The global live broadcast signal was also interrupted for a full ten seconds at this moment!

When the signal was restored, what people saw was the scene of Luo Yu activating a golden atomic shield, firmly protecting himself and Mothra in the air.

And Godzilla, having taken the sudden energy impact with its massive body, saw ripples of fine energy spread across its dark golden scales, which were sufficient to ignore nuclear carpet bombing.

Although it did not cause any substantial damage, but... Godzilla's massive body was uncontrollably pushed back half a step by this impact.

Just half a step.

But it was enough to plunge the whole world into silence.

One must know that even the earth-shattering saturation strike from the Eagle Country fleet just now had not been able to move Godzilla even a millimeter!

This newly born monster, with just one unconscious energy burst, had already surpassed the power of humanity's most advanced technological weapons!

"Roar...?"

Godzilla steadied itself, and in those golden vertical pupils, all contempt was finally put away, replaced by thick... battle intent, and a trace of anger at being provoked.

It could feel that although the opponent's energy level was far inferior to its own, the "quality" of its energy was ridiculously high, carrying a strange characteristic it had never encountered before, as if it could erode and assimilate all things.