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Chapter 649: Extinction of a Race, the Wailing Spirit
Chapter 649: Extinction of a Race, the Wailing Spirit
After clearing the remains left behind by the Cloud Whale, Sun Zhen couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He had clearly seen the Cloud Whale's flesh continuously merging.
He had no idea what the consequences would be if an anomalous entity were destroyed or killed. Over the years, he had flawlessly completed his containment tasks.
But from the current situation, it didn't seem to be a good thing.
The anomalous entity was dead, but not completely. A new type of life form was being reborn.
This was different from the derived entities like synthetic beasts. Killing or destroying the derived entities from anomalous entities wouldn't cause any problems, much like how the ghosts in the Ghost Realm could be killed. However, destroying the Ghost Realm itself would cause issues. The same applied to the Live Stream of the Great Escape, which was also a part of the Ghost Realm.
"These damn things, you can't even kill them," Sun Zhen cursed under his breath. He didn't know what the new anomalous entity born from the Cloud Whale would be, but he knew it wouldn't be anything good.
There were still two and a half hours before the time-reversal pocket watch took effect. He wasn't sure if he could hold on that long.
Based on his intuition, if it were to resurrect, it would be even more terrifying.
"This Cloud Whale may not be a stray. It might be a member of the Cloud Whale group that was contained from the Cloud Sea of the Dragon Vein," Sun Zhen suddenly said.
"What do you mean?" Qin Muye was a bit confused. Whether it was one or the other, it didn't change the fact that the situation was already set.
"I suspect something happened to the Cloud Whale group," Sun Zhen explained.
Qin Muye didn't have many thoughts on this. He was just an anchor point. If Sun Zhen could handle it, he would. If not, he would call for the main body to come.
He didn't have much computational power, so he just went with the flow.
"Then what, you're not suggesting that if we went back half a month, we'd see the Bio-Template and the Cloud Whale group fighting each other, right?" Qin Muye thought it was unlikely.
"No, what I mean is that the incident with the Cloud Whale group might have been caused by humans," Sun Zhen said, surprising Qin Muye.
The Global Defenders Organization slaughtering the Cloud Whale group wasn't impossible, but the question was, what was the point?
"Otherwise, it doesn't explain why the Cloud Whale would be so frenzied."
"In the original timeline, the Bio-Template did indeed engage with the Cloud Whale, but it wasn't a suicide mission. It simply didn't want to get entangled with the Bio-Template and left. From the Bear-type synthetic beast, we can see that the current Bio-Template can't even harm the Cloud Whale."
"The only change now is the presence of you and me."
"Since this Cloud Whale comes from a clan, it naturally has a strong emotional connection to its kind."
"So, it's obvious why this Cloud Whale would fight us to the death."
Sun Zhen quickly laid out his hypothesis to Qin Muye.
"But that doesn't make sense. Such a large-scale operation, you shouldn't have been unaware, even if you're not from the nearby base. The slaughter of the Cloud Whale group would have been a significant event," Qin Muye pointed out a blind spot.
"Cloud Whales can travel a thousand kilometers per hour, maybe not as fast as some planes, but still very quick. So, the first crime scene wasn't here but somewhere farther away. Most of the Global Defenders Organization bases have lost contact with each other. How could I possibly know about these things?"
"But you're right, there are still some doubts. The Cloud Whale would have encountered other humans while fleeing. Why did it specifically target us?"
Sun Zhen tried to explain the logic but also discovered a flaw.
"Maybe it's because you have a face that invites mockery?" Qin Muye thought it was normal for the main character.
"So, my main character aura includes a mocking part?" Sun Zhen raised an eyebrow. He definitely didn't have a mocking face. He hadn't encountered it in all these years, unless there was something wrong with Qin Muye's main character aura.
"No, if you really had a mocking face or a mocking aura, your mission experience would be very unpleasant, but clearly, you haven't experienced that," Qin Muye said. He hadn't added anything like that, and he had no reason to.
"From what it looks like, it's not due to the main character aura, so there must be some hidden secret. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for the Cloud Whale group to be slaughtered. However, it's also possible that this Cloud Whale is a stray living in the present world."
Sun Zhen didn't make his words too absolute.
"Wait, if this Cloud Whale really was fleeing for its life, then when we time-travel next, couldn't we go to the nearby base to replenish our micro-missiles?" Qin Muye suddenly realized this.
Previously, they had assumed that the Cloud Whale had been lying in wait, so they couldn't leave. But if it was fleeing, then yesterday, the Cloud Whale could have been far away, and they wouldn't have to worry about another death wave.
"We can try. If it works, we won't have to worry about running out of trump cards," Sun Zhen also realized this, which was a small piece of good news.
The micro-sonic guided missiles were indeed very effective, especially against large numbers or large-sized threats, capable of nullifying their advantages.
As they rested, they chatted intermittently, seemingly nonchalantly, but their attention was fully on the large amounts of Cloud Whale flesh around them.
Leaving was impossible; the area within a few hundred miles was likely covered in Cloud Whale flesh from the explosion, so it was better to stay in this relatively clean area.
"This thing seems to be coming back to life. Do you have any confidence?" Qin Muye asked.
"What confidence could I have? This is the first time I've encountered something like this. It's a pity I didn't bring a flamethrower; otherwise, burning it might have delayed the process," Sun Zhen was also helpless. He had some grenades and similar items, but they were useless against the merging flesh.
It was already a pile of shredded meat and bones; more explosions would only make it more fragmented, with no real impact. Moreover, with so much flesh around, his limited supplies were like a drop in the ocean.
Unless they had something similar to micro-sonic guided missiles, large-scale cleanup was out of the question.
Whale cries began to faintly emerge from the flesh, and in the sky, a massive Cloud Whale shadow swam through the clouds. Its enormous body was covered in oozing flesh, and large amounts of ethereal blood dripped down.
"Did the Cloud Whales go extinct? The one we just killed was the last one!" Sun Zhen's expression was one of surprise, as he was the one who killed it and thus felt it.
He then noticed the surrounding flesh beginning to resonate wildly, with all the dead Cloud Whale flesh reshaping into a vengeful spirit, the massive Cloud Whale in the clouds.
"Omega-Class Anomalous Entity · King of the Cloud Sea." As one of the murderers, Sun Zhen recognized the vengeful spirit named King of the Cloud Sea immediately. The ethereal body was still expanding, a powerful anomalous entity forged from the Omega-Class Anomalous Entity · Cloud Whale group.
Once fully formed, its size would likely rival that of the entire Dragon Vein.
If it were to strike the entire planet, the planet would shift, and the continental plates would shatter into pieces.
"No wonder it's strictly forbidden to kill or destroy anomalous entities; the more you kill, the more trouble you get into," Sun Zhen now understood the horror.
The capabilities of the King of the Cloud Sea were such that the Global Defenders Organization would be unable to contain it.
Such a massive entity had no place to be contained; they could only try to drive it off the planet, letting the King of the Cloud Sea wreak havoc in space.
"Don't worry; we'll be long gone before it fully forms. We won't have to worry about it threatening us," Qin Muye estimated the time. It couldn't fully form in less than five hours.
Even if his estimate was off, the time-reversal pocket watch's cooldown time was down to about two hours, and even if the King of the Cloud Sea really formed, it wouldn't be able to instantly eliminate them.
Besides, the First Emperor and Dr. Long would surely cease their conflict and work together to drive away the King of the Cloud Sea. Their conflict was internal to humanity, and neither wanted their interests to be harmed.
If the planet were to be destroyed, where would the First Emperor rule the world?
Dr. Long, dedicated to protecting human civilization, would also prioritize external threats. In this situation, the saying "expel the foreign before securing the internal" did not apply.
(End of Chapter)
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