27: Chapter 26: Devouring Two Hundred Thousand Tons of Nuclear Waste! A Terrifying Evolution Requires

With the fall of the two S+-rank Beast Kings, the entire Death Valley fell into an eerie silence.

Those low-level mutated beasts that were originally restless, even without any rational consciousness, were intimidated by the formidable aura Godzilla unleashed while crushing the two S-rank mutated beasts, all of them trembling.

There was no helping it; this was the law of the jungle. The king was dead, and a new king must be established.

Godzilla stood in the center of the desert. It was not in a rush to "eat" the corpses of those mutated beasts—truth be told, after being hit by the Spiral Heat Ray, there was basically nothing left that could be eaten.

What it was more interested in now was the valley itself.

200,000 tons of nuclear waste.

That was the "evidence of crime" left behind by humanity to counter the invasion of the Abyssal Giant Beast, and it was also a scar that nature had been unable to heal for decades.

But... in Godzilla's eyes, all of this was a full-course buffet.

"Roar."

Godzilla let out a pleasant low roar and strode toward the very center of Death Valley.

There was a huge concave basin there, the epicenter where nuclear tests were most frequent back in the day. The ground presented an eerie vitrification, and the green radiation fluorescence was so thick it was almost dripping.

Even from several kilometers away, Luo Yu could feel the oppressive sensation of radiation that made his skin sting slightly. It wasn't that his radiation resistance was weak, but that the radiation was just too damn strong.

"It's only because I'm A-rank now; if it were before, I would have kicked the bucket before even getting close."

Luo Yu found a relatively clean highland to sit on, watching Godzilla walk toward the concave basin.

This time, Godzilla did not use its mouth to absorb.

It lay directly in that huge radiation pit, and with a thought, [Enhanced Nuclear Reactor (Passive)] began to operate at full power.

Hum!!

In an instant, Godzilla's body seemed to turn into a huge black hole.

Not only the nuclear waste on the ground, but even the free-floating radioactive dust in the air and the radioactive elements permeating from deep underground were all converging madly into its body under the pull of a terrifying suction force.

This scene was extremely spectacular.

The green radiation clouds that originally shrouded the sky above Death Valley and never dissipated all year round had actually formed a huge funnel vortex at this moment, and the end point of the vortex was Godzilla!

Whoosh— The wind howled.

That was the sound of radiation energy flowing at too high a density.

Luo Yu was not idle either.

Hehehe, as Godzilla's Host, this was the best time for him to "mooch a meal."

Almost subconsciously, he activated [Radiation Domain] and began to accept the feedback from Godzilla.

[Spirit Power + 1000, Spirit Power + 2000, Spirit Power + 3000...]

Accompanying the massive influx of Spirit Power into his meridians, Luo Yu could clearly feel that his realm, which had just advanced to A-rank, was stabilizing and improving at rocket speed.

A-rank early stage... A-rank middle stage...

This cultivation speed was definitely using a super cheat. If those Awakeners outside who relied on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and also had to use expensive potions saw this, they would probably be so jealous they'd vomit blood on the spot.

Their cultivation was like sailing against the current, while Luo Yu's cultivation was like sailing a nuclear submarine with the current; this was just too unfair.

Time passed minute by minute.

One hour.

Five hours.

Ten hours.

The sky turned from day to night, and then from night to day.

A full twenty-four hours.

Godzilla was like a tireless machine, madly devouring the nuclear pollution that had accumulated here for thirty years.

Luo Yu took a moment to look at the system panel.

[Current evolution progress: 25.6%... 26.2%... 27.1%...]

He didn't know until he looked, and once he did, Luo Yu's brow furrowed slightly.

Slow.

Too slow.

He had thought that after killing so many mutated beasts plus 200,000 tons of nuclear waste, the evolution progress would be faster than imagined, at least increasing by thirty or forty percent?

But he hadn't expected that after devouring more than half, it had only increased by less than ten percentage points?

"What's going on?"

[Ding! Friendly reminder: With the transformation of the pet's life level, the requirements for the quality and quantity of energy increase exponentially. The cell density of a growth-stage Godzilla is ten thousand times that of the awakening period, so it is very normal for the difficulty of evolution to increase.]

"Got it."

Luo Yu shrugged helplessly.

Fine, this was also within expectations.

If it were so easy to evolve to the next stage, Godzilla would have been invincible long ago.

However, even if it was just a few percentage points of improvement, the growth of Godzilla's strength was solid and real, without any dilution.

Finally, at dusk on the third day, the huge radiation vortex slowly dissipated.

Death Valley had changed.

The originally black sky revealed a touch of azure blue for the first time.

The green toxic fog that had permeated all year round completely disappeared, replaced by dry and crisp air.

Although the ground was still scorched black, that was physical destruction; as long as there was no radiation, with nature's resilience, it would soon grow green grass again.

"Roar—"

Godzilla stood up from the pit.

It seemed to have grown a little taller, reaching about eighty-eight meters, and the scales on its body had become deeper, faintly revealing a dark golden luster.

At this time, Luo Yu stood up and patted the dust off his body.

He felt his own strength.

A-rank peak!

Just one kick away from touching the threshold of S-rank.

"Time to go back."

Luo Yu looked at Godzilla.

"Shrink down, otherwise the plane won't fit you."

Godzilla obediently shrank, turning back into that thirty-centimeter, harmless-looking Little Lizard, climbed onto Luo Yu's shoulder, and even rubbed against his neck ingratiatingly.

Who could have imagined that this little guy had just blasted two S-rank monsters like toy cars?

Thinking of this, Luo Yu took out his communicator.