All Novel Full Chapter 996
Chapter 996: Chapter 926: No way!
Really no way!
_1 Chapter 996: Chapter 926: No way!
Really no way!
_1 In the darkness, a voiceover began—
[As a child, I would often look up at the stars in the night sky, curious if there were aliens out there.]
[But I never thought, that I was looking in the wrong direction…]
Blue flashes of lightning lit up the darkness.
[The aliens did not come from the starry sky, but instead came from the deep depths of the Pacific Ocean, entering our world.]
[A passage, connecting different dimensions, came forth from the crevice between two continental plates.
That is — the Passageway.]
The flashes of blue lightning grew more intense; the fish retreated, the red rift extended and split open amid the sea water and electricity.
[The first monster landed in San Francisco.]
The scene transitioned away from the seabed.
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A gargantuan monster, over 90 meters tall, appeared.
With heavy and unstoppable steps, it advanced through the river channel, obliterating everything in its path.
The iconic Red Gate Bridge was trampled and collapsed, cars and pedestrians falling into the depths below.
Fighter jets daringly drew close, unleashing a hail of fire on the monster, but to no effect.
In an instant, the monster’s tail transformed them into exploding balls of fire.
[It took six whole days of non-stop bombing before we managed to bring it down.]
[By that time, it had already razed three cities to the ground, resulting in the horrific deaths of tens of thousands.]
…
Both Yi and the audience watched this transitional scene, helping them to gradually calm their stirred emotions.
“In the end, we still couldn’t save anyone,” Yi said, dejected.
It was particularly upsetting when the brother turned his mech’s head last minute, trading his life for Yi’s.
At that moment, their minds were still connected, Yi could clearly feel the elder brother’s movements and determination.
This made his loss all the more regrettable.
But he had accepted the outcome, he didn’t intend on loading a previous save and redoing it all.
——it was a rational choice.
Because the development team had thought of nearly all possible outcomes and formulated different countermeasures to prevent the players from saving the NPC brother.
After all, his death led to significant changes in the main storyline.
Together, Yi and the audience continued to watch quietly:
One by one, enormous monsters emerged from the “Passageway” at the bottom of the Pacific and invaded the Earth, rising from the ocean to attack the cities.
Their blood and bodies carried potent toxins that could pollute vast tracts of land in an alarming speed, rendering it uninhabitable.
Conventional thermal weaponry not only had limited effectiveness, but they also drastically amplified this horrifying pollution.
Even if victory was achieved, the cost was bitterly heavy, unbearable.
In the end, all nations put aside their quarrels, joined forces, and allocated resources to build mankind’s own “monsters” — “Hunter Mechs” to fight against the monsters.
This was the [Hunter Project].
The video continued on the development of the [Hunter Project], from single-pilot to dual-pilot mechs.
The mech pilots became heroes and celebrities with each victorious battle.
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Everything seemed to be improving.
But this passionate and beautiful time did not last long — the monsters coming through the passageway were growing stronger, they were constantly adapting and evolving.
The battles became increasingly difficult, the losses of the mechs even exceeding their production rate, leading to an unsustainable situation.
Therefore, in the eyes of the various governments, the [Hunter Project] was no longer a viable solution for effectively defending against the monsters’ onslaught.
The [Hunter Project] was terminated.
Building walls along the coastlines became the new choice.
…
…
As the clip ended, a new system prompt appeared—
[In the battle, you lost your elder brother.
Grief, pain, and remorse fill your heart, you can no longer fight.]
[So, you left the Pacific Rim United Command and began a wandering life.]
“What?” Yi was taken aback and immediately protested, “No!
I can still fight!”
“Give me another chance!”
While the death of his elder brother did sadden him, it was not to the point of incapacitating despair…
It wasn’t like that!
Absolutely not!
Unfortunately, his opinions were irrelevant.
The scene transitioned again, and he found himself on the scaffolding on some construction site.
The system prompted his current location—
[Alaska Life Wall]
The moment Yi got a good look at his surroundings, he immediately clung onto the steel frame in front of him, his legs growing weak.
He was standing high in the air, a hundred meters off the ground!
On one side of him was the ocean shrouded in a dense fog and on the other side was a majestic wall, unparalleled in human history, extending as far as the eye could see, its view obscured by the steel scaffolding adjacent to the wall and the dense fog.
Bright sparks flickered on the steel frame in the distance, emitted from the other workers who were on the job.
Looking down, all he saw was a complex network of steel frames beneath his feet.
The steel structure looked sturdy enough, but the footing was dangerously narrow!
One missed step could result in a hundred-meter fall, crashing into a mushy mess!
Yi quickly checked the worn-out, not-so-trustworthy safety belt across his chest – it was the only thing tethering him to the structure, and his only safety measure.
As for the rest?
Aside from the welding machine in front of him, he was only left with a single hammer from his toolkit!
“You’re telling me to actually do the welding?” Yi exclaimed incredulously.
“I don’t have a welding certificate, are you not afraid the structure will collapse tomorrow if I do this welding job?”
Yi did not hold back on his sarcasm.
But after his complaints, he obediently picked up the welding machine.
After figuring out how to use the thing, he found the switch under the System’s guidance and continued along the previous welding traces.
Although his welding work was uneven and clearly that of a beginner, casting doubts over its reliability, the System didn’t seem to mind and evaluated the welding job as successful.
As if the fear instilled previously wasn’t enough, the next welding point was located even higher!
This godforsaken place had no elevator; he had to climb rusty metal ladders using a safety rope, all the way to the very top.
“Are you crazy…” Yi craned his neck, looking up at the welding point two levels above, flashing faintly.
“Are you really that eager to send me to meet my maker?”
Carrying his tools and holding onto his safety rope, Yi carefully began to move.
He didn’t dare to stand and walk but continued to sit on the structure and shuffled to the edge of the ladder, climbing up little by little.
Luckily the destination wasn’t far, just less than 10 meters up two levels.
He quickly placed his hand on the last horizontal bar – only a step away from success.
But suddenly, the rusted bar under his foot snapped without warning!
Yi stepped into thin air, his body lurching forward.
“Thump!”
The sound of his skull hitting the metal structure dazed him for a moment, his strength draining as he fell from the ladder.
Luckily, he had always prioritized safety, not letting go of the safety rope in his hurry to climb.
Despite its unreliable appearance, it held fast, saving him from a hundred-meter fall.
Dangling head-down in mid-air, Yi turned ashen, unable to scream for help.
Only the panicked shouting from his co-workers could provide a little comfort for his distressed heart.
“Stop screaming!
Hurry up and save me!”
He was swinging in the air and couldn’t help himself until he stopped moving.
Fortunately, his co-workers were reliable.
Dropping what they were doing, they started heading towards his direction.
But working at such heights meant they couldn’t move quickly, and he was quite high up.
They had yet to reach him by the time he stopped swaying.
Once he had stopped, Yi could at least attempt to save himself.
But he did nothing.
Because something strange suddenly caught his attention:
Directly across the sea, the shape of the dense fog was rapidly changing, as if some colossal creature was about to emerge.
“No, way…” Yi moaned out the words.
The next second, a gigantic head emerged from the mist.
The moment it surfaced, it declared its intent to destroy all that was on the Wall of Life – the people working on the wall and the people living behind it…
“Roar!!!”
The deafening roar dispersed the sea fog, revealing the body of the creature ——
It was a monster with thick wings that didn’t seem capable of flight.
This green beast had sharp fangs and powerful limbs; its mouth could open to a horrifying 160 degrees, and its roar alone could whip up a frenzy of wind!
The awe-inspiring Wall of Life, intended to hold it back, was only as tall as the creature when it stood on all fours!
The world seemed to have gone quiet for a moment.
The next moment, Yi’s co-workers who were previously moving carefully towards him to rescue him turned around and ran without hesitation!
——Not cautiously, but recklessly, untying their safety ropes, practically sprinting on the twenty-centimeter-wide steel structure!
They ran at a breakneck pace!
“F*ck!
Wait!
Take me with you!”
“Help!!!”
Yi shouted at the top of his lungs.
But no one answered him…
Only the sound of equipment and tools discarded by his co-workers collided with the steel structure as they fell, creating a cacophony of clattering sounds.
Besides that, there was the frantic screaming of the people down below who looked like ants, and the progressively loud footsteps of the monster approaching.
The slight vibration from the ground was amplified into violent shaking when transmitted up the hundred-meter steel structure!
Yi, already hanging in mid-air, once again started to sway violently!
“Help~me~~”
Yi wildly swayed alone in midair, lamenting, desperate for someone to come to his aid.
Then…
The safety rope broke.