258: die calmly

However, this seemingly flawless method of countering the enemy demanded an extremely high level of physical stamina.

The original owner of this Talent was so weak precisely because he lacked the physical stamina to sustain its full potential.

Although Lin Tianwei's physical stamina was more abundant, his body was also much larger and more powerful.

Each use of the Avatar of Myriad Forms Talent consumed an extremely terrifying amount of his physical stamina.

This was why he only used the ultimate form of this Talent at such a critical moment.

On the other side, the Cosmic Beast was in a similar situation.

Under the support of the Avatar of Myriad Forms Talent, it would suffer severe injuries every time it fought Lin Tianwei.

After all, it did not possess as many bug-like Talents as Lin Tianwei.

Relying on its flesh and blood body, although it possessed greater power, it was simply no match for Lin Tianwei.

If it weren't for the assistance of its origin power, it would have long since fallen at Lin Tianwei's hands.

However, the Cosmic Beast's strength lay in its vast amount of origin power.

This battle actually devolved into a war of attrition.

A war of attrition of origin power and physical stamina.

Who was more formidable? The Cosmic Beast with its scarce origin power, or Lin Tianwei with his unyielding Tenacity and abundant physical stamina?

No creature could know the answer to this question.

Not even the combatants themselves.

They could only collide again and again, expending the limited capital within their bodies.

Attempting to completely wear each other down in this war of attrition.

Half an hour.

One hour.

Three hours!

This war of attrition lasted undoubtedly longer than anyone had imagined.

However, as time passed, the situation gradually became clear.

It was the Cosmic Beast; it held the greater advantage.

In this three-hour war of attrition, although the Cosmic Beast was also nearing exhaustion, it was completely different from Lin Tianwei.

No matter how powerful Lin Tianwei was, he only possessed the strength within his current body.

The Cosmic Beast, however, was different.

Although the origin power within its body was not abundant, it could continuously harvest the lives of creatures on Blue Star to obtain more origin power.

Furthermore, the acquisition of origin power was not affected by the barrier.

In other words, Lin Tianwei had actually been fighting a war of attrition against an opponent who could continuously replenish its energy.

This behavior was undoubtedly a huge disadvantage.

The feedback on Lin Tianwei was that his body became increasingly powerless.

Even his original body, which was over a thousand meters long, began to shrink due to the severe energy consumption, barely able to maintain a size of around five hundred meters.

Seeing that the advantage was his, the Cosmic Beast also became excited and arrogantly declared:

"Hahahahaha, an ant is an ant after all, destined to die by my hand."

"Your biggest mistake in this life was not choosing to flee the moment you encountered me."

"And now, I am about to harvest your life."

"It's truly ironic; the very thing you desperately protected is the culprit that will bury your life."

"If it weren't for the help of these trash, I might not have been able to win this battle."

"Watch closely; I will tear apart both you and what you protect."

Saying this, the Cosmic Beast's right claw shot out rapidly, instantly piercing Lin Tianwei's body with terrifying speed.

The shrinking of his body also meant the shrinking of his power.

Lin Tianwei, who was once able to contend with the Cosmic Beast, was now completely suppressed.

He had no chance to catch his breath.

However, even in the face of such a crisis, there was no trace of fear in Lin Tianwei's eyes.

It was as if the Cosmic Beast's words were just farts.

Death?

How could he die so easily?

How could he, with countless Talents, die so easily?

The so-called human escape plan was actually a contingency left by Lin Tianwei.

They would never have imagined that among the flesh and blood samples they transported, there was also a mass of Lin Tianwei's flesh and blood hidden.

Since Lin Tianwei was able to regrow from just a mass of flesh and blood with the help of the Complete Metamorphosis Development and Rejuvenation Talents, then this time, Lin Tianwei would absolutely not die so easily.

However, this plan carried a huge risk.

That was, the universe was also full of dangers.

It was unknown whether humans, whose technology was not yet advanced enough, could obtain the right to survive in the universe.

However, this was the only method Lin Tianwei could think of, his last resort.

Helping Blue Star buy time?

That was also helping himself buy time.

It was a pity that even with such a desperate gamble, Lin Tianwei was still unable to defeat the powerful Cosmic Beast before him.

The origin power was simply too insurmountable, causing the scales of victory to gradually tip towards the Cosmic Beast.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei sighed deeply.

He still had the strength to fight, but against a Cosmic Beast with endless origin power, he had no chance of winning.

Failure? Perhaps he was about to fail.

To experience the first failure of his tiger life.

However, just as Lin Tianwei was about to give up, something that could change the fate of the entire Blue Star was quietly happening... In the Bruno Institute.

Looking at the Death Ripple that had already crossed the equator and annihilated the entire Southern Hemisphere,

And then looking at Lin Tianwei, who was already at the end of his rope, seemingly killed by the Cosmic Beast,

Ismail took a deep breath.

Pounding her fists on the table, Ismail roared in anger: "What are you idiots still thinking about?"

"Death is indeed something to be feared, but we have no choice now."

"Sacrificing everything to help Lord Tiger King achieve victory might give us a glimmer of hope."

"But if we hesitate any longer, it will be the ultimate death for the entire Blue Star."

"We truly have no time left!"

"Does your hesitation in your hearts do justice to Lord Tiger King, who is fighting for Blue Star?"

"Shame, you are simply the shame of Blue Star!"

"I truly can't believe that in the face of Blue Star's life and death, you would still appear so weak and incompetent."

"If you don't do this, then I will."

"Even if my personal power is limited and can only help Lord Tiger King a little, it's still a million times better than you who have done nothing!"

Ismail's words were deafening, finally moving the participants of this meeting that would decide the fate of the entire Blue Star.

Choice?

This was indeed a difficult choice.

But between certain death and a slim chance of survival, anyone who wasn't an idiot knew what to choose.

"Agreed!"

Almost instantly, the vast majority of the participants in this meeting made their final decision.

A decision that would change the fate of Blue Star.

Somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, Rostro, the leader of the Luo Nation, stood up excitedly.

As one of the places closest to the equator, he was the initial executor of this plan.

His mottled silver hair now shimmered as he said:

"I didn't expect that choosing to stay was truly the right choice."

"Destroy, destroy everything."

"Perhaps only by destroying everything can new life emerge."

Thinking of this, Rostro pressed the long-awaited button before him without hesitation.

The button that determined the launch authority for all high-tech weapons in that entire area.

Coincidentally.

Similar events were happening in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere, especially in areas near the equator, where this plan had already begun to be implemented.

Never before had humanity united so completely to formulate a single plan.

A plan covering half of Blue Star.

Countless high-tech weapons streaked across the sky like meteors in the night.

Beginning to launch towards their destinations.

However, this time, the launch targets for these weapons were no longer the Antarctic Sea.

But the land they lived on, the land with countless living beings!

For the last dignity of Blue Star, they chose to face death calmly.

That's right, to face death calmly.

This would be a suicide plan that would sweep across the entire Blue Star.

Its purpose was to eliminate all living creatures still on Blue Star.

Such a crazy plan was certainly not because the humans on Blue Star had all gone mad, falling into irrational insanity.

Such a desperate choice was naturally made to help Lin Tianwei win this battle.

The victory of this war to defend Blue Star's sovereignty.

In fact, the Death Ripple that permeated the entire Blue Star, while seemingly insurmountable, was not absolutely so.

Through careful observation, Ismail finally discovered a terrifying truth.

That is, creatures that had died and lost their lives would not turn to dust and become fertilizer to provide origin power for the Cosmic Beast.

This was the final plan in Ismail's mind.

Simply by preemptively killing the creatures on Blue Star, they could cut off the Cosmic Beast's source of origin power.

This suicidal attack was, paradoxically, the only way to defeat the Cosmic Beast.

In fact, Ismail was not the only one to discover this.

However, due to various considerations, they ultimately did not speak up immediately.

The Cosmic Beast was absolutely right.

It was incredibly ironic that even against their will, these creatures, whom Lin Tianwei had fiercely protected, became the sharp blades that backstabbed him.

The origin power formed from their lives became the Cosmic Beast's strength.

The power to kill Lin Tianwei and utterly destroy Blue Star.

It was precisely because this plan was so heinous and inhumane that it made them hesitate so much.

To personally destroy Blue Star and seek that one-in-ten-thousand chance of survival.

Or to simply wait for death, watching Blue Star be destroyed.

Although this choice was very simple, it was the most difficult decision.

Because humans are, after all, emotional creatures.

No matter how rational the choice, their emotions were preventing them from doing the most correct thing.

Fortunately.

It was still not too late.

Through Ismail's deafening speech, they finally found the path they should take.

Blue Star's final glory should be ignited by them personally.

Those brilliant fireworks were their last dignity.

The only thing they could do was to divide the strike zones by dimension.

To buy the people of Blue Star a final bit of time.

No.

This was not enough.

These weapons were not enough to instantly eliminate all humans.

Even before the world mutated, these weapons did not possess such powerful lethality, let alone in this world now full of Awakened creatures.

Rostro stood up again, and with a quick dial, he connected to the entire nation's broadcasting equipment and began his final address:

"People of Luo Nation, no, all residents of Blue Star."

"At this moment, we do not represent the Luo Nation, but exist as a part of Blue Star."

"I know you are currently in a panic, panicking over the terrifying weapons that suddenly appeared in the sky."

"Those are terrifying existences that will harvest our lives."

"But I ask everyone not to panic for now, listen to me, and make the most correct choice when Blue Star needs us most."

"Death may be terrifying, but it is not the most terrifying thing."

"What is terrifying is to have the dignity of our entire race and our entire planet taken away."

"And now there is a demon attempting to do just that."

"Our hero, or rather, the deity who protects us, Lord Tiger King, is resisting this demon."

"Attempting to defeat this demon who would leave us with nothing."

"However, the demon truly lives up to its name; it can actually harvest our lives and turn them into its own power."

"In other words, as long as we are alive, we will become the power that backstabs Lord Tiger King."

"Therefore, I ask everyone to face death calmly."

"For the last dignity of our race, for the last dignity of Blue Star, face death calmly."

"Do not let your lives become the sharp blades that backstab heroes, backstab guardians."

Simple words contained a terrifying amount of information.

Before everyone could react, Rostro directly picked up the gun beside him and said:

"Everyone, I'll go first."

With a "bang" of a gunshot, the world fell silent; Rostro's voice was no longer heard on the channel.

This leader of America had gone ahead, fulfilling his own words.

The same thing was happening continuously across the Northern Hemisphere.

They also realized that the biggest problem with this plan was that the weapons' lethality was insufficient.

Not enough to kill all living beings in a short amount of time.

Therefore, urging everyone to face death calmly was the most correct choice.

Although it was unknown how much effect these words would have.

But this was also the only thing they could do... "Crazy, you're all crazy, how could such an absurd thing be true?"

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

"Right, I need to find a place to hide."

"With the physical fitness of an Awakened, even these scrap metals can't kill me."

"Damn it, face death calmly? Only a lunatic would choose to die."

Ten seconds later, a startled scream echoed in the silent street, followed by a figure fleeing in a panic.

However, as this person ran, he found his body blocked, and immediately roared:

"Good dogs don't block the way, you lunatic, why are you stopping me?"

"Can't you see those bombs in the sky?"

The person opposite revealed a strange smile and said: "Lunatic?"

"Congratulations, you got it right; I am a lunatic, a lunatic who is a perverted serial killer."

"You blocked my way, which made me very unhappy."

"No choice, I can only invite you to go to hell!"

As soon as his voice fell, an unbelievable head flew into the air; that was the passing of a life. (End of chapter)