173: Chapter 171 The New Pets and the World's Bill

The entire world seemed to lose its voice at this very moment.

Everyone watching this scene via the live stream felt their hearts skip a beat.

The earth wailed violently, and with Godzilla's landing point as the center, massive fissures over ten meters in diameter spread wildly in all directions like hideous centipedes.

Under this terrifying stomp, the landscape of the entire Area 51 was completely altered.

And that "Pandora," which had been so arrogant just a moment ago, was now pinned firmly beneath Godzilla's foot, with half its body crushed deep into the fractured strata.

Its jade-like, hardened scales showed cracks for the first time, and countless golden patterns flickered wildly beneath them, seemingly attempting to heal its injuries, but... the speed of repair was far slower than the speed of destruction.

"Oooo..."

From the mouth of "Pandora" came a series of sorrowful cries, like those of a young beast, filled with pain and fear.

The greed and arrogance from just a moment ago had long since vanished.

It finally understood what was meant by... absolute power.

Godzilla slowly lifted its foot.

On the ground, only a giant footprint a hundred meters deep remained, and in the center of the footprint lay that dark green figure, looking like a pile of mud, its scales shattered and body twitching incessantly.

This single stomp had directly reduced it to a severely injured state.

"Hiss..."

Godzilla lowered its head toward the "Pandora" in the pit and exhaled a blast of sulfur-scented hot air, its golden vertical pupils filled with the disdain of "Is that all?"

It was as if it were saying: Little trash, do you still dare to fight back?

Just then, Luo Yu's voice drifted down from above its head.

"Godzilla, stop playing around and drag it up."

Luo Yu's gaze, however, was not on the half-dead "Pandora" in the pit, but rather toward the depths of the rift, at the metal walls of that circular space.

Just from the tremor of Godzilla's stomp earlier, a few faint cracks had appeared on the walls in that area.

Through the cracks, Luo Yu's system scanned a trace of... extremely faint, yet source-identical to "Pandora"... spatial fluctuation.

There... seemed to be something else hidden there.

Godzilla clearly sensed Luo Yu's intention; it let out a low growl and reached its massive claw into the deep pit, scooping out the now dying "Pandora" as if it were catching a loach.

"Pandora" looked absolutely wretched at this moment; its originally iridescent jade scales had become dull and lusterless, covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and the emerald single eye on its forehead had lost its luster, flickering incessantly as if it might extinguish at any moment.

Held in Godzilla's claw, its body still twitched instinctively, and it let out intermittent, sorrowful cries, having completely lost the arrogant air it had before.

Toward this suicidal "snack," Godzilla clearly had no pity; it tightened its claw slightly, and the "crack" sound of shattering bones was clearly audible.

"Wait, Godzilla, spare its life." Luo Yu's voice rang out in time.

He leaped down from Godzilla's head and hovered in front of the "Pandora."

"This thing is a mobile energy converter; it would be a shame to kill it."

A sharp light glinted in Luo Yu's eyes.

In the short exchange just now, he had already used the system to roughly figure out "Pandora's" abilities.

Perfect energy absorption, conversion, and low-probability replication.

It was simply a living "energy treasure trove" and "skill learner" with infinite potential.

If it could be subdued, it would be a huge asset for Godzilla's future evolution and even for dealing with the three kings of the abyss.

"Hiss?"

Godzilla tilted its head in confusion, seemingly asking: If we don't kill it, are we keeping it for the New Year?

"Make it submit."

Luo Yu was concise.

Godzilla instantly understood Luo Yu's meaning.

In the world of monsters, there weren't so many twists and turns; the ritual of submission had always been simple and brutal.

It opened its bloody maw and bit down fiercely on the "Pandora" in its claw!

But... it was not a fatal bite.

Its sharp teeth precisely pierced through the hardest scales next to the single eye on "Pandora's" forehead, and then, a drop of dark golden blood containing its primordial "King's Mark" dripped down the tip of its tooth into "Pandora's" wound.

"Oooo!!!"

"Pandora" let out a scream several times more shrill than when it was stomped on earlier, its entire body convulsing violently as if it were undergoing a transformation on a soul level.

Countless chaotic data streams flashed through its emerald single eye.

In the end, all struggle and resistance turned into the most primal fear and submission, stemming from the depths of its bloodline.

A few seconds later, everything calmed down.

"Pandora" stopped struggling, and its huge single eye looked at Godzilla, filled with awe.

Immediately after, under the dumbfounded gaze of the entire world, its massive body, over six hundred meters long, began to shrink rapidly like a deflating balloon.

In the end, it turned into a dark green little snake, only a meter long, with a crystal-clear body that even looked somewhat cute?

It affectionately rubbed its two shrunken, emerald-green horns against Godzilla's rough claw, emitting "hissing" sounds of fawning.

Godzilla shook its claw in disgust and tossed it onto the ground.

This scene caused the brains of all viewers watching the live stream globally to collectively crash.

"Wait... wait a second, did I see that right? That monster that almost leveled Area 51 just now... was just... subdued like that?"

"More than just subdued, look at it; it's literally Godzilla's newly acquired little sidekick!"

"I announce that Godzilla's harem has gained one more member! Mothra's family status is facing a severe challenge!"

"Hahaha, Eagle Country spent a trillion dollars and even lost a Mechagodzilla, only to end up gifting Godzilla a new pet? This time, they really lost their wife and broke the army, and even threw in a foot-washing maid!"

"..."

On the internet in Dragon Country, it had already turned into an ocean of laughter, with all kinds of wicked memes and jokes flying everywhere.

Meanwhile, the White House command center was dead silent.

The President looked at the little snake curled up obediently at Godzilla's feet on the screen, then at the ruins of Area 51 nearby, and felt the world spinning, nearly following in the footsteps of the Minister of Finance.

What kind of mess is this?

His country's top secret, hidden for nearly a century, a "Pandora's Box" that could potentially trigger an apocalyptic crisis, had been beaten into submission in a few quick moves the moment it was opened, and then casually taken away?

This was even more humiliating than being slapped in the face a dozen times in front of the whole world!

At this moment, Luo Yu's attention had completely shifted to the cracked metal wall.

He signaled for Godzilla to move aside and flew slowly toward the fissure.

As he approached, the faint spatial fluctuation on the system map became clearer and clearer.

"Spatial Beacon?"

Luo Yu reached out and touched the cold metal wall, a flash of realization surging into his mind.

This circular space was not "Pandora's" lair, but rather... a receiving end for a teleportation device!

And "Pandora" had been sent to Earth through some unknown Space Teleportation technology!

"No wonder the system classified it as a high-dimensional life form..."

Luo Yu's eyes became profound.

The threat from the Abyss World had not yet been resolved, and now an unknown civilization, suspected to be from a higher dimension, had emerged.

This world was truly getting more and more lively.

He did not attempt to destroy this spatial beacon.

Because he knew that with Earth's current technology, it was impossible to understand its operating principles; attempting to destroy it by force could very likely trigger an unpredictable spatial disaster.

"It seems I'll have to find some time to properly 'interrogate' this new little guy."

Luo Yu turned around and flew back to the top of Godzilla's head.

He glanced at the "Pandora" on the ground, still fawningly wagging its tail, and ordered Godzilla: "Take it with us; it's time to go collect the next bill."

Godzilla let out a low growl, curled its tail, and swept the shrunken "Pandora" onto its back, as if carrying a pendant.

Then, it strode forward, ignoring the ruins that had completely lost their value, and walked toward the next nuclear base.

One human, two beasts, plus a newly captured "prisoner," just like that, swaggered across the land of Eagle Country, beginning a new round of "sweeping."

And behind them, they left not only the chaotic mess of Area 51 but also a spatial beacon that would cause the upper echelons of Eagle Country splitting headaches and potentially trigger an even greater storm in the future.

After Luo Yu left with his "monster legion," the President of Eagle Country gazed at the screen in a daze. After a long while, he spoke to his assistant in a voice that sounded almost like a mutter:

"Send a bill to Dragon Country... no, send a bill to every country in the world."

"A bill?" The assistant was stunned.

"Yes, a bill." A flash of madness and determination crossed the President's eyes. "Just write... 'Pandora's' release and all potential consequences it triggers are to be borne by all of humanity. The reconstruction costs of Area 51, as well as all our losses this time, are also to be shared... by the whole world!"

He was... going to drag the whole world into the water.