Chapter 048: The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth!!!

It was originally a fortress positioned in planetary orbit for the defense of the planet.

Now, it was breaking through the planet's atmosphere.

Looking carefully at one side of the fortress—the side facing space—one would notice the propulsion engines activating.

They weren't trying to prevent the fortress from falling or to pull it back into orbit, but quite the opposite.

This would only accelerate the fortress's impact with the surface.

And judging from the glow of the thrusters, they were operating at overload capacity, as if desperate to make the fortress crash into the ground faster and harder.

This meant one thing: the fortress wasn't falling due to being hit by some attack that had shifted its orbit.

This was likely a deliberate crash into the planet.

And such an action would normally be considered an act of rebels, wouldn't it?

But in fact, it was just the opposite—this action was ordered by the PDF (Planetary Defense Force) commander in the fortress's core chamber.

He hadn't been controlled by the bugs; on the contrary, he was desperate to eradicate them.

Now, the fortress was gradually being captured by rebels, bit by bit falling into enemy hands. At this rate, the fortress would be seized by the enemy.

So, he chose to actively destroy the fortress instead.

But rather than simply making the fortress explode in space, he aimed to crash it into a hive city on the surface.

This hive city was beyond saving and couldn't be allowed to become super fertilizer for the bugs.

Moreover, according to intelligence, there might be special bugs in this hive city, and if they could be killed, the swarm would fall into chaos.

It might even prevent the tyranid fleet from somewhere in the universe from being properly guided to arrive here.

Watching the approaching ground, the approaching hive city, and the aircraft still fighting in between, he sighed.

"For the Emperor, for the Imperium, your sacrifices are meaningful!"

As his words of both praise and judgment fell, the weapon systems he could control operated at maximum power, attacking without distinguishing friend from foe.

Since the rebels were using identical weapons and aircraft, it was impossible to differentiate, so all had to be designated as targets.

As for himself, being one of those responsible for this chaos, forced to become one responsible for killing so many people, his crime was unforgivable.

His death was meaningless.

He had completely discarded his family's honor, becoming a disgrace to the Imperium.

But he didn't regret it, nor did he wish to start over and return to the time when he had grand ambitions.

He knew clearly that if he went back to the past, he would ultimately go with the flow of the current era, because he knew what he was at his core—a hedonist.

He would gradually become the person he once hated. He alone couldn't change this era. No, that would be too arrogant—who did he think he was? Could he compare himself to the Emperor?

He couldn't even change this planet, he could only integrate into this era, into the pleasure-seeking noble circles of this planet.

So, he would indulge in debauchery, neglect defenses, and neglect his duties.

But he would absolutely never collaborate with xenos.

Damn, damn, damn, couldn't they wait until he'd had enough pleasure, until after he died to cause trouble?

Why did they have to break his paradise at this time?

Die, you bugs!!!

...

Crack!

A crisp sound came from the neck area as a corpse was thrown aside.

The nobleman hadn't been knocked unconscious; he had secretly attempted to stab a dagger into Ejie's neck, resulting in this fate.

So, Ejie gained a decent dagger.

As the body was tossed away, something fell out of the clothes, causing his pupils to dilate. He immediately stepped half away from the pilot's position to catch it.

It looked identical to the STC hard drive he had dug up this time—what technology might be inside?

A nice acquisition.

The next second, his somewhat pleased mood instantly vanished, his face turning pale.

Countless laser beams poured down from the enormous fortress like a curtain of rain, clearly indiscriminate attacks.

Besides the beams, it seemed intent on emptying all its missiles at once, giving the impression of having disturbed a gigantic hornet's nest, with hornets swarming out in indiscriminate attacks.

Flames, black smoke, shock waves, and shrapnel flew everywhere in the entire airspace, so dense that there wasn't enough space even for a mosquito to hide.

Many soldiers still in mid-air drop either vaporized or turned into mists of blood.

For them, the greatest fortune was dying without feeling much pain.

As for the hive city below, the situation was even more desperate.

This hive city was home to about a billion people. Now, under such indiscriminate attacks, he couldn't bear to look directly.

Indeed, there was no time for him to be distracted by looking; he needed to avoid these attacks.

The Thunderhawk gunship he was piloting was like a person dancing among countless daggers—one careless move would leave it pierced with a thousand holes.

Splash!

The windshield turned blood-red as it hit an unidentified chunk of flesh.

This aircraft, originally modified to look more sci-fi and somewhat elegant, now likely had its exterior stained with various hellish colors.

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded, followed by a spinning sensation that nearly threw him from the pilot's seat.

A very powerful warhead had exploded, and the shock wave had affected them.

When Ejie stabilized the Thunderhawk gunship, the piercing alarm didn't stop. The screen kept showing which parts were damaged and needed maintenance, warning that it couldn't normally navigate in space otherwise.

He hadn't planned to directly break through the atmosphere anyway, despite the Thunderhawk gunship's capability to go from the surface directly into space. At present, breaking into space would be more deadly.

Because this modified Thunderhawk gunship had much of its firepower removed, even its armor had become more fragile.

Space didn't have as many places to take cover; being hit would mean instant game over.

Besides, where would he go if he flew to space?

This was good enough—at this angle, no longer moving away but flying straight up into the sky, he passed by the fortress that was about to hit the ground.

This close passing was extremely dangerous.

It was like a person standing beside a railway as a high-speed train rushed by; the strong pressure difference would suck them in.

The current situation was similar—the Thunderhawk gunship was being pulled toward the fortress, creaking and groaning as if it might disintegrate at any moment.

He continued to climb.

Suddenly, an even more piercing alarm sounded, detecting the release of unimaginable energy.

Without a doubt, this was the energy released as the fortress collided with the hive city.

Through the images captured by the monitors, the moment of impact made it seem as if the earth's crust had been penetrated, opening up hell itself, with hellish magma surging up to engulf the hive city.

Hellfire instantly consumed the surroundings and erupted toward the sky, rapidly approaching his position.

...

Kouzuki Yuuko had never experienced such dramatic emotional fluctuations.

Because this time, she witnessed the deaths of countless beings who should also be humans.

Now, as he flew toward the sky, the viewpoint provided a better observation of that steel city.

The city's size exceeded Kouzuki Yuuko's imagination.

She estimated it to be about the size of the entire Tokyo metropolitan area.

Zooming in, it looked like a steel ant colony, with humans as the ants.

This ant colony was being destroyed. Exactly how many lives were inside couldn't be precisely calculated, but based on the density of people and buildings she had seen along his journey, she estimated a horrifying result: at least two hundred million people would die in this impact.

As he flew higher, she saw that this steel nest-like city wasn't the only one—there were several more.

These cities, like satellite towns to the one hit by the fortress, were scattered around and formed a circle, seemingly about to connect to the central hive city.

Now, the crustal tsunami generated by this impact, accompanied by hellfire, was like volcanic magma surging waves about to engulf the surroundings, likely to affect these satellite cities as well.

The flames shooting toward the sky, mixed with ultra-high temperature soil and sand reaching several thousand degrees, were like an upward-flowing rain mist of molten iron, capable of melting anything they touched.

It looked like it would reach the stratosphere.

All of this was too shocking and devastating.

And he was ultimately caught by the hellfire.

The livestream screen turned completely red, accompanied by various ominous, piercing alarm sounds.

After continuing for ten seconds, the livestream suddenly disappeared, and everyone was ejected from the livestream room.

Among those online in the group, the ID "Golden Toilet" was no longer present.

Kouzuki Yuuko was stunned, and just as she was about to sigh—

Oh?

What's this!

Kouzuki Yuuko was surprised because there was a system message in the chat channel.

Interesting, so who might be inviting?

...

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