Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 1069 - 289: The Ultimate Answer, Monster Rematch
The perspective switches to an overhead view of the city, where the war has subsided, leaving the city scarred and desolate.
However, the voice of the illusion echoes again:
"Governor, this is just the beginning. We will eliminate all threats for you."
Within the ever-expanding space rift, more golden light points are illuminating; the dimension upgrade process continues.
The war in the real dimension has only just begun.
The illusion's idea is straightforward: since the End of Dharma Clan has threatened the governor's safety, this civilization will be completely erased.
Just like in the war within the virtual world, all threatening civilizations will be wiped out, becoming the nourishment for the Virtual Rune Legion.
Three days later.
The sky hung low, as the galaxy floated in the air.
The End of Dharma Clan's home planet slowly rotated in the dark universe.
This specially modified planet is about to welcome its last twilight.
The destructive fleet of the Rune Army has arrived at low-Earth orbit at this moment, with the golden light patterns flowing on the ships sharply contrasting with the rusty Spiritual Patterns on the planet's surface.
This is the most direct clash between two civilizations and the moment of civilization annihilation in the eyes of the illusion.
The final battle, devoid of anticipated fierce clashes or heroic last stands.
The birth of a twisting story built on the clash between two equal civilizations.
But in the face of absolute crushing power, the demise of a civilization seemed like an insignificant sigh.
When the data matrix fully unfolded in synchronous orbit, destruction became a foregone conclusion.
The entire planet trembled amidst the data torrent woven by the illusion.
From the orbital perspective, the planet's surface began to exhibit a mosaic appearance.
The rust-covered Spiritual Patterns that originally covered the planet were being reverse-eroded by the golden data torrent, gradually blurring like a sand painting washed by rain.
City after city was entangled by dataized Spiritual Patterns.
The towering buildings began to form into illusory structures in the dataized waves, transitioning from a three-dimensional state towards a dataized two-dimensional state, then decomposed into countless tiny light points.
Streets, bridges, natural landscapes—all traces of the End of Dharma civilization underwent re-encoding under the golden Rune's wash, transforming into pixel-like structures.
The outlines of mountains were straightened, rushing rivers stilled, forests turned into still pixels...the entire world appeared as if scanned and modeled in software, then broken down into pure information streams.
This violent decompose also appeared on the level of Life.
The individuals of the End of Dharma Clan still struggling on the surface began to flicker like faulty holographic projections.
Then, starting from the top of their heads, they were erased frame by frame.
The End of Dharma Clan's last War Fortress rose from deep within the crust, but before this gigantic fortress, powered by millions of energy reactors, could initiate a counterattack, it was shrouded by a descending light beam and rapidly disintegrated.
The planet's rotation brought the twilight line, with nascent golden light and remaining rust color forming a grand taijitu on the planet's surface.
For every advance of the golden line, another trace of the End of Dharma Clan was permanently erased.
On the main ship platform in low-Earth orbit, Kong Jie observed this silent slaughter.
No explosive flames, no struggling to the death, only a civilization existing for an eternity quietly withdrawing from the historical stage in the simplest manner.
When the data decompose network completely enveloped the entire End of Dharma Planet, a familiar selection box appeared in Kong Jie's eyes.
The illusion projected the decision in a form on his retina.
Kong Jie did not hesitate, reaching out to press "Exterminate."
Suddenly, the last bit of rust was devoured by golden light, marking the end of this Civilization War.
The End of Dharma Clan's home planet was completely dataized, permanently deleted, like an icon on a computer desktop.
Meanwhile, the massive Virtual Rune Legion began its return journey under Kong Jie's will.
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When the golden fleet of the Virtual Rune Legion warped back to Interstellar Bay, Kong Jie stood on the observation deck of the main ship, looking out at the blue planet below.
It continued its operation as usual, as if the End of Dharma Clan's invasion was merely a nightmare.
The illusion light orb floated gently beside him, exuding a golden glow.
"Governor, I'm glad to meet you again." After the dimension upgrade, the illusion's voice carried less mechanization, with more warmth.
"Me too." Kong Jie excitedly nodded.
"But...I have to leave."
"Where are you going?" Space involuntarily asked, startled.
A curve appeared in the illusion light orb, as if smiling:
"Before meeting you, I had an agreement with the entity that created me, to complete its unfinished mission. It's a much longer journey."
"Can I come with you?"
The illusion remained silent for several seconds before choosing to shake its head:
"Remember when I told you, I lost a lot of information, all of which might only be answered by unlocking the ultimate weapon."
Faced with the inquiry, memories corresponding in Kong Jie's mind.
The illusion had often mentioned that its memory seemed sealed, losing vast amounts of content, needing to be gradually unlocked as it followed the Virtual Rune Legion's advancement.
Throughout its growth, the illusion was becoming increasingly humanlike.
At the time, the understanding was that the illusion's intelligent system was absorbing knowledge for an upgrade during its growth process.
However, despite civilization's development, the illusion remained troubled by one issue.
It understood the future growth directions of the civilization but couldn't see through the ultimate weapon that remained concealed.
Why it required energy a thousand times more than that needed to develop other technology to activate, what secrets were hidden in the ultimate weapon.
