521: Chapter 521 Artificial Goddess - Ava

"Then hurry up and get away from me!" Yirta said coldly.

Nie Ning gave a sheepish laugh and couldn't help but take a step back.

However, he cast a glance at Eva, who was standing to the side, terrified that this being named an Artificial God might suddenly make a move.

Upon second thought, Nie Ning felt it was inappropriate, so he gently patted Yirta's shoulder and spoke with a fawning smile: "You really shouldn't do anything rash. If I die, your teacher will be left a widow."

Hearing this, Yirta turned her head and glared fiercely at Nie Ning: "Say one more word, and this day next year will be your death anniversary!"

Nie Ning waved his hands with a sheepish laugh: "Alright, alright, I won't say anything else."

"Hehe..." Eva suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

Her curved eyes resembled two blue crescents, looking quite beautiful.

"Rest assured, she doesn't have the authorization to command me; she can only use me to scare you at most."

Nie Ning looked at Eva with some surprise.

He had originally assumed that she was just a robot, but it seemed her intelligence was no different from a normal person's. He just didn't know if her strength lived up to the name Artificial God.

Yirta pouted and turned to glare at Eva again.

"Alright, hurry up and solve the problem. If we're too late, the living beings of this world will all be dead."

Eva returned to her original appearance.

Fixing her gaze on the Long-armed Elder who was still frantically attacking the barrier, Eva merely raised her index finger and tapped lightly. The Long-armed Elder's body suddenly exploded, and was immediately swallowed by a burst of fire.

Nie Ning's eyes widened.

He hadn't sensed even a trace of energy fluctuation just now; this being seemed a bit too strong to comprehend.

Beside him, Darnell's pupils constricted, and the look he cast toward Eva was filled with heavy wariness.

'Liuguang City bringing the Artificial God here certainly didn't have good intentions; they probably came specifically to show off their military might.'

Eva paid no mind to the others' thoughts. She raised her hand and tore the space in front of them, and after a blur before their eyes, they had left the core space.

Looking out, they were met with swarms of Corrupted Puppets, and in the distance, a massive Corrupted Guardian was attacking indiscriminately.

Only a very small number of people were still struggling to resist; even the hostile native inhabitants of the Lata World had joined forces with the Belvis humans.

The world rune trembled slightly, and an aura of despair flooded into Nie Ning's mind.

A flash of sorrow crossed Nie Ning's eyes.

He could feel the entire world wailing, and he was the culprit behind it all.

At least to him, he had never intended to be a world-destroyer; to him, that was a meaningless thing.

Nie Ning couldn't help but look at Eva.

Seemingly sensing Nie Ning's gaze, Eva looked back at him and shook her head slightly.

"This world is already heading toward death; it is no longer something our power can save. Destruction is their final destination."

After speaking, Eva crooked her finger.

The scene in front of Nie Ning and the others changed rapidly, and when they came to their senses, they found themselves in the starry sky.

Looking down, the gray planet was incredibly conspicuous, and the aura of death and despair intertwined and cycled, with absolutely no hope to be seen.

White runes swirled within Eva's blue eyes, and immediately after, a strange power swept across the entire planet.

Nie Ning turned his head to look behind him; living beings covered in blood were being teleported out, including people from the Extreme Phase Demon Palace and the Yin-Yang Sect, as well as the native inhabitants of the Lata World.

In just a moment, tens of thousands of living beings had been rescued.

Watching those shaken survivors, Nie Ning's mood was incredibly complex.

If it weren't for the accident, hundreds of millions of living beings should have been able to survive, not just these mere tens of thousands.

...

"My lord." Claude, covered in wounds, flew forward and bowed to Darnell.

The others did the same, including the surviving Belvis humans like Lapu and Garcia.

"Is this all that's left?" Darnell's gaze swept over the crowd, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.

This time, the Yin-Yang Sect had dispatched about eight hundred people; even if they weren't a match for a Tier 9 powerhouse, the losses shouldn't have been this great.

Yet among the survivors, even including the Extreme Phase Demon Palace, there were fewer than a hundred people.

"We didn't expect this world to be suddenly corrupted. It was already too late to open the portal and escape, so..." Claude's lowered head turned slightly toward Nie Ning.

Originally, this was just a trial, and they had a backup plan. Even if they couldn't obtain the world core, they could reopen the portal to leave.

But due to the sudden interference of the Power of Corruption, it was too late to open the portal again.

And for the world to corrupt so quickly, there was only one possibility: something had gone wrong with the world core.

Combined with the fact that Nie Ning was with Darnell, it was hard for people not to suspect Nie Ning.

Nie Ning couldn't help but feel a bit guilty, and his survival instinct made him lean closer to Yirta and Eva.

Although Yirta hated him, at least Eva wouldn't kill him. On the other hand, the Yin-Yang Sect side was different; they might just use him as a scapegoat.

Of course, he wasn't innocent... He just didn't want to die yet.

Darnell's sharp gaze swept over the people from the Extreme Phase Demon Palace, then landed on Nie Ning.

Pausing for a moment, he ultimately didn't say anything more.

Now that Liuguang City had suddenly come to demonstrate, if a dispute were to arise over the situation, it would be embarrassing and lose face, which would inevitably be inferior and detrimental to the reputation of the Yin-Yang Sect.

"Then how should this world be handled?" Seeing the atmosphere was a bit dull, Nie Ning changed the subject and asked.

"Naturally, it should be destroyed directly. Otherwise, if we let it grow, I'm afraid even gods wouldn't be able to handle it if they came." Eva looked down at the Lata World and said slowly.

Now that the Power of Corruption had completely swallowed the Power of the World, absorbing the energy of the entire planet would inevitably cause it to grow beyond Tier 9, expected to reach the realm of gods.

Although it wouldn't affect them in the short term, as the final corrupted creature continued to grow, even she couldn't predict its limits, and it would be hard to say what might happen then.

Nie Ning was speechless for a moment and couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Perhaps it was Nales, or perhaps other reasons, but recently he seemed to have become a bit sentimental.

However, Nie Ning quickly recovered from that state.

Eva snapped her fingers lightly, and in an instant, a massive array thousands of meters wide appeared above the planet.

Although the array was exceptionally small compared to the planet, as the highest-level product of Liuguang City, Ivy's power far exceeded everyone's imagination.

Just when Nie Ning thought Eva was preparing to launch a large-scale attack spell, an object with a metallic luster emerged from the array.

[Artificial God · Eva, full release of Armed Protocol. Crimson Terminal protocol disengaged. Activating ultimate planet-destroying weapon. Nearby personnel, please remain in place to avoid accidental injury.]

The mechanical synthesized voice appeared at an inopportune moment.

The corners of Nie Ning's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but glance at Yirta.

Had Liuguang City gone crazy with voice announcements? They had to broadcast even this; were they afraid others wouldn't know what they were planning to do...