In the dark and deep universe, Cheng Lin was floating in mid-air, feeling that everything was slowing down in his consciousness.
He ignored the vine tentacles wrapped around his body, and just stared silently at the tiny, hard-to-see bullet in the giant flower stamen.
No explosion...misfire?
When this idea came to Cheng Lin's mind, he didn't know what kind of expression he should have.
Misfiring... This was not a very low-probability event, but he had never thought that even this kind of weapon would have such a problem.
What went wrong? An internal design error? Or was there some unnoticed change during shipping?
Or is it some other reason?
He thought blankly, and his mind went blank for a moment.
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ground.
There was already a dead silence in the vast hall of the launch center. Everyone clenched their fists and stared at the frozen "zero" on the screen, but they could not wait for the expected explosion.
At first, they had a glimmer of hope, thinking it was a "delay" in the information, but then they realized that even if there was a delay, the explosion would only happen sooner rather than later, which means there really was no explosion.
"Dumb bomb...?" An engineer shook his body, and the blood that had rushed to his face instantly disappeared without a trace, and he tremblingly uttered the word that appeared in everyone else's mind.
Just two words, but like a heavy hammer, it hit everyone's heart hard. Some people even covered their chests due to the violent emotional changes and almost fell down.
At this moment, people seemed to have fallen from heaven to hell!
"How could it be...how could this happen...it shouldn't be...it shouldn't be..." A young man muttered to himself almost as if he was dreaming. His eyes were empty, as if all his soul had been taken away.
Next to him, a woman was leaning against the wall, covering her mouth and crying desperately.
At first, they had high hopes of sending the Awakeneds into space. After that, all the teams were almost dead. They had no expectations at all. However, they saw a glimmer of hope in the midst of despair.
Then, the hope grew bigger and bigger, and in the end, with an almost "miracle" attitude, there was only one step away from success. Just when everyone was ready to witness that gorgeous scene, but... fate was at this moment.
Made a joke…dud…dud…
In the hall, the sounds of sobbing and crying could not stop rising and falling. Even Liang Jing felt as if someone had slapped him with a stick. His slender body stumbled backwards, until he was supported by someone and was able to stand still.
Her face was numb, dark, and lost all its vitality. A bitter and sarcastic smile gradually appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Haha... I hope... I hope..."
At this moment, Liang Jing finally realized deeply that "hope" and "despair" are really two words that are closely related. The deepest despair in the world is that it gives you hope, but dramatically changes it.
broken.
"It failed...as expected...it still failed..."
The engineering academician stooped down, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He whispered, chanted, and repeated, and finally all his emotions turned into a deep sigh.
In the hall, everyone was immersed in this almost collapse atmosphere.
Similar scenes are playing out in countless buildings around the world.
In this kind of despair, almost no one pays attention to the tiny figure floating in the universe on the screen.
No one saw the figure being entangled by the extending vines.
No one saw the two purple flowers with terrifying grimaces making devouring gestures.
No one saw this...
Except Cheng Lin himself.
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In the quiet universe, there was no gas medium, and he seemed to be "deprived" of hearing, just like his sixth-grade superpower.
Cheng Lin felt as if he was sinking into the bottom of the sea, his ears were sealed, he lost his sense of space, his chest felt tight, and the breath lingering in his lungs was burning. However, in this situation, he calmed down.
Come down.
He raised his sword and chopped off the vicious flower, letting the broken petals slowly and silently fly around.
He then cut off the vine tentacles that bound his waist, and then quietly looked at the liquid flowing from the inside of the plant, floating in front of his eyes in the form of "water drops."
At this moment, as if a movie was replaying in his mind, the scene in the waiting room of the launch center before boarding the rocket appeared.
He seemed to be sitting in the room again, with his companions who were still alive next to him.
He looked forward, and Liang Jing was standing in front, holding a capacitive pen in her right hand, moving her mouth, and saying something. Behind her, a fusiform warhead appeared on the screen.
Yes, Cheng Lin remembered, this was the scene where she explained the action process before setting off.
The picture is silent, just like this cold universe.
Cheng Lin suddenly felt a little irritated and looked away from Liang Jing, looking at the screen. As a result, more information emerged.
"Remember... Liang Jing said that considering the special nature of this operation, this warhead has been redesigned, some insurances have been removed, and a new coating has been added to the surface to target plants... And it is precisely because of this redesign that it
The stability has decreased...the stability has decreased...decreased..."
As Cheng Lin's thoughts flickered, suddenly, a flash of light flashed across his mind!
"Unstable! That's right! This warhead is not stable! That is to say, it may be forcibly detonated by the external environment! For example... a strike! Of course... an ordinary strike will never be able to do it, let alone a bump.
, even hitting it with a heavy hammer is useless...it must be an extraordinary blow! A blow that is enough to cause a violent reaction inside it!"
"And I lack this kind of striking ability now!"
As Cheng Lin was thinking about it, plans emerged one after another, but were rejected one by one, until he saw the He sword in his hand and remembered his terrifying sword that could destroy the continent in the last deduction.
However, that was a sword that he had accumulated over a thousand years of practicing Qi. In this deduction, he would never be able to launch such a powerful attack. The only thing he could rely on now was himself, and the fifth-level realm... was not enough!
Far from enough!
Suddenly, a trace of ferociousness appeared on Cheng Lin's face. He suddenly stretched out his left hand and took the initiative to pull the broken plant vine in front of him, then bit it without any hesitation and began to suck desperately!
In an instant, the liquid mixed with extremely strong spiritual energy and sour smell poured into his mouth. Cheng Lin's eyes flashed with a sharp look, and he used his cultivation to crazily swallow the extremely pure, almost liquid spiritual energy into his belly.
Refining!
Quickly transform into cultivation!
Along the way, he had already absorbed a lot of juice, and was just a step away from returning to the sixth level. During the crazy sucking, Cheng Lin's body surface shimmered with brilliance, and his spiritual energy surged like a tide. He broke through the barrier without any hindrance and returned to the sixth level!
No! Not enough! Still not enough!
Cheng Lin glanced at the huge "Plant Overlord" that was as big as a planet, put away the He Sword, hugged the thick vine tightly with both hands, and continued to suck.
The vine quickly withered, then filled up again, and then withered again... During this process, the spiritual energy fluctuations in Cheng Lin's body became higher and higher...
ground.
In the lobby of the launch center.
Just when everyone was immersed in unspeakable despair, suddenly, on the big screen that no one was paying attention to, the light spot representing Cheng Lin began to flash violently, and even caused the instrument to make a beeping reminder sound.
"what happened?"
"Could it be that the plant overlord has begun to attack?"
This abnormal sound immediately attracted everyone's attention. Immediately, the technician next to the console shouted in horror: "Abnormal energy reaction detected! The monitoring area overlaps with the awakened Cheng Lin!"
"What?"
Everyone was at a loss when they saw the latter operating quickly, and a new window suddenly appeared on the big screen, with a line of numbers inside growing at a dizzying speed.
"Cheng Lin! It's the awakened Cheng Lin! The energy field near him is increasing rapidly! I don't know what happened!" the technician shouted.
Is it him?
Is it the awakened one who transports the warhead to the end all by himself?!
Liang Jing was brought back from despair by this name. She quickly forced herself to wake up and calm down. Then she recalled that before the countdown exploded, the awakened person who created the "miracle" flew out in some special way.
Plant overlord!
At the same time, everyone else came to their senses and realized this!
"Look! The screen! Look!" Suddenly, a voice shouted loudly.
The academician who had almost lost all his energy held up his glasses, stepped forward and ordered: "Zoom in! Zoom in!"
"It's already the maximum multiple!"
Amidst the commotion, Liang Jing and others were shocked to see that on the screen, compared to the huge "Plant Overlord", the figure was as tiny as an insect, emitting a pale golden light.
Under the night sky, it looks like a distant star.
It's not very bright, and even looks a little inconspicuous among the stars in the sky. However, the violently beating energy level shows that it is unique.
"What is he doing?"
"With this change in energy, could it be that... could he be promoted again?!" Someone speculated.
This is the only possibility they can think of.
Promotion?
Upon hearing this speculation, many people showed expressions of disbelief. Immediately, they were at a loss and realized that even if they were promoted, nothing would change.
Unless, he can advance to the point where he can compete with the plant overlord... But this is absolutely impossible.
Secondly, even if all "bottlenecks" are ignored, any awakened person must undergo physical transformation, which also means that it is impossible to advance too much in a short period of time, otherwise the body will not have time to adapt, and severe disintegration is common.
In this case, even if you advance a level and reach the sixth level, what's the point?
"Unless... he is not promoted to the sixth level..." Looking at the abnormal flashing on the big screen, Liang Jing's lips moved and he murmured to himself in an undetectable voice.
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There was no sound in the cold universe, but Cheng Lin could still hear the overwhelmed creaking sound from his body through bone conduction.
His body is changing, which is a normal manifestation of promotion levels. However, previous promotions have been relatively gentle, but this time, it is too explosive.
He felt as if his body was expanding, and there was a kind of strength building up that he wanted to release.
He realized that it was spiritual power that had nowhere to be placed. He was not sure what state he was in now, maybe the peak of the sixth level, or maybe the seventh level.
But this is no longer important. He only knows that if he continues to allow this power to accumulate, he will only end up with his flesh and blood disintegrating.
So, just when he felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, he finally let go of his mouth, let go of the vines, and flew backwards with the help of force. He held his empty right hand in the void, and the He Jian came out of the spirit world.
Pull out!
Immediately, he used the palm of his hand as a bridge and poured all the power of his body into the sword body that was close to tearing him apart!
"Buzz..."
For a moment, the New He Sword that had been smelted for the third time emitted a misty black light. As it was swung, an extremely terrifying aura spread out in the silent universe.
All the power like the vast ocean poured into the He Sword. Cheng Lin held it with both hands and raised it above his head, making a forward slashing gesture.
Behind him, a huge sword shadow immediately appeared!
After accumulating power to the extreme, Cheng Lin's eyes turned red, and he locked onto "Hope" through his sensory abilities, and immediately struck with all his might!
Then I saw the phantom of the giant sword shrinking immediately, condensing into a tiny sword light, which flickered across countless distances and fell into the beautiful sea of flowers.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of horrified eyes from all the major countries on earth.
Drown that "hope"!!
quiet.
silence.
It seems like it's just a moment, and it seems like time has frozen at this moment.
The next second, countless screens were illuminated white by a rising sun, and there was nothing else!
In the universe, in the center of the huge plant overlord, a multi-million-ton nuclear weapon was forcibly detonated, blooming like a star in the silent starry sky!
Silent!
Just like a scene in a silent movie, countless rays of brilliant light burst out from countless gaps in the body of the plant overlord. Immediately, a blazing fireball appeared, and the endless sea of flowers was instantly burned to ashes. The huge,
The criss-crossed plant world immediately fell apart!
The terrifying high temperature flooded the entire field of vision. Cheng Lin couldn't avoid it, and his whole person disappeared without a trace in this destructive scene.
And the "white hole" that can be called the "culprit" also twisted and dissipated in the heat of hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius...
At the same time, on the earth, on the seven continents, and in the eight oceans, countless mutant plants seemed to feel the changes in the universe, and they twisted at the same time, began to wither and shrink!
The tips of the trees that were tens to hundreds of meters high quickly withered, and the huge green crown instantly turned into countless fluttering yellow leaves.
If you look down from the sky, you will find that the green land is rapidly turning yellow in all directions, centered near the plant overlord.
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launch center.
Liang Jing and others stared in shock as the white light on the screen dissipated, staring at the plant remains burning in the starry sky. For a moment, they were stunned and speechless!
Because of the huge surprise and astonishment, I could not express my emotions.
On the land, in countless cities across the country, soldiers who were originally fighting mutated plants were shocked to see those arrogant monsters quickly wither and turn yellow. In a few breaths, they turned into a pile of dead things. Holding the scorching barrels, they stared blankly.
Don't know what happened.
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Liao Province, the first resettlement camp.
Countless refugees seemed to have sensed something at this moment, lying on the windows, walking out of their tents, and looking towards the sky.
Huang Yin and Song also hurriedly ran out of the building and heard someone shouting: "The fog has dispersed! The fog has dispersed!"
What?
They raised their heads blankly and felt a cool breeze blowing away, blowing away their fatigue from the past few days and also blowing away the fog that shrouded the sky.
"Could it be that... they... succeeded?" Huang Yin thought uncontrollably as her body trembled.
Beside her, the soft and frail Song Yi bit his lip, and in the sky reflected in his pure eyes, the gray mist gradually dispersed, and a brilliant ray of light spilled onto the earth.
That's the aurora.
The violent energy caused by the explosion of a multi-million-ton nuclear weapon turned into a beautiful aurora across the sky, just like a rainbow after a storm.
The splendid brilliance illuminated the gray world and also illuminated countless humans standing in the ruins.
On this day, seven billion people look up to the sky.
On this day, under the aurora, the whole world is rejoicing!
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