novelraw Chapter 539 - 531: No, You Must Forget Me
Chapter 539 - 531: No, You Must Forget Me
At the same time.
For the first time, Qian Qi profoundly realized that the beasts in the ground dungeon were far more vicious than those in the underground dungeon.
Near the boundary line of Qing City’s thriving district, Awakened Warriors clad in Defense Armor formed a narrow line of defense with their bodies.
Inside the battle line were ordinary residents who couldn’t evacuate in time, while outside, countless Advanced Magical Beasts, with scarlet eyes, roared terrifying calls, relentlessly charging at and destroying the line.
They raised their heads high, their cold and cruel gazes fixated on the city, without any pain for the sacrifice of their kind, only a fearless impulse from their genes.
Mindless, with only primitive beastly desires, bloodthirsty and brutal.
Communication? Trade? Friendliness? Coexistence?
Attempting to use these human virtues and methods to persuade the beasts to cease fighting was utterly delusional and unrealistic.
The line formed by human bodies was a patchwork of torn flesh and blood that never dried before getting wet again, forcefully cutting off peace and brutality. Beneath the blood-red setting sun, the sounds of battle and horrific screams between warriors and beasts were incessant. A man’s head was bitten off and chewed in the beast’s mouth, creating a spine-chilling "crunch crunch."
Sight and hearing seemingly suffered a blow, causing Qian Qi, who had arrived, to face a drastic change, vomiting on the spot.
Since coming to this world, Qian Qi mostly witnessed group combat sacrifices and scenes where bloodiness was largely concealed by the collapsed building remnants, never had she seen such...
A wall of flesh built entirely from blood and scraps.
Cruelty, chaos.
"Blagh—"
Her nostrils were filled with a blood stench that wouldn’t dissipate, and she almost vomited her stomach acid and bile, her mouth full of the persistent sour and bitter taste.
Thinking about how now in cities besieged by beasts, there were several such bloody battle lines, Qian Qi’s heart grew heavy.
The phenomenon of people dying due to beast invasions was all too common in this world, or perhaps she subconsciously lacked a sense of belonging to this world, so she rarely proactively paid attention to the death toll and death scenes behind wars. Besides, to stabilize public sentiment, the Seven Great Families deliberately concealed real data in the news.
Su Xingchen didn’t hurry her, the Seven Great Families weren’t in a rush, and the system remained silent on the matter.
Therefore, Qian Qi didn’t realize that the current situation was far worse than she had imagined.
Beasts cannot be completely eradicated, but there will come a day when humans can be. The daily birth rate of infants far outweighed the number of Awakeners being sacrificed, and whether these infants could survive to adulthood to fight on the battlefield...
Remains a mystery.
A world where even children have no future or hope...
Qian Qi raised her wrist, wiping her mouth hard, a helpless bitter smile on her lips.
"No parents may be, but not living to eighteen, isn’t that just too tragic?"
At least she managed to live to twenty before dying in that world.
"Hey, system, when exactly is the apocalypse in this world?"
How much preparation time does she have left?
[This answer cannot be calculated, there are too many variables.]
"There must be an estimated time, right? Give me a number."
[With good luck, seven or eight years.]
"And if luck’s bad?"
The system gently lifted its blue panel, in the blood-red light, it’s the sole purest blue of this world, like a pre-disaster clear sky, forming a few words with its pristine white clouds.
[Eighteen days.]
...
...
...
After a brief silence, Qian Qi opened the Light Brain expressionlessly, dialing Su Xingchen’s phone.
"Uncle, humans will face extinction in eighteen days, what do you think?"
[Hey, hey, hey! That’s just one of the most unlikely scenarios, it doesn’t necessarily happen!] The system panel loudly protested, [I lean more towards extinction happening in seven or eight years!]
Or else, why would it be so leisurely?
The Seven Great Families calculated that humanity’s extinction would be roughly in seven years too.
Qian Qi extended a finger to press its ’little mouth,’ silently saying: You know, my luck has always been poor.
Thus, she has always considered the worst outcome.
"Eighteen days, huh?"
On the other end of the Light Brain, Su Xingchen’s voice seemed calm, making it impossible for Qian Qi to guess his current expression, only hearing his indifferent tone, "So, do you have any last words?"
"...Seems like your mindset is really good, still in the mood to joke," Qian Qi pulled at her mouth.
"Hahaha, clearly you started joking with me," Su Xingchen replied smoothly, "Unless there are four unfriendly S-Class Magical Beasts appearing simultaneously in the southeast, northwest to achieve human extinction in eighteen days."
Such a probability is extremely low, equivalent to impossible.
"However, if it really happens..." Su Xingchen chuckled, "Asking your last words in advance seems reasonable, maybe I’d even advise you to fulfill any unfulfilled wishes early."
The system beside kept nodding in agreement: [He’s right, unless four vicious S-Class Magical Beasts appear simultaneously, humans can’t face rapid extinction, but the probability is 0.00000001%!]
The system didn’t believe this world would be so unlucky; being chosen among trillion planets to have the system deployed meant this world had immense luck!
Although the initial contractor was somewhat unreliable...
At least the remedial work was accomplished! It feels the current contractor is awesome! So humanity definitely won’t perish so soon!
The system felt confident about this.
Yet, Qian Qi just felt darkness.
"You know what I saw?" Qian Qi looked at the system that held a lucky mindset, her gaze filled with empathy and despair, "Your body is covered entirely in flags right now."
System: [....]
Don’t do this, I’m scared!
"Well, I’m going to lend a hand," Qian Qi flicked her hand, unwilling to continue the topic, picked up her A-level staff, and ventured alone towards the Magic Beast Tide’s surge.
The slender girl swung her staff, blood splashing down, surrounding beasts charging in succession. She remained unstoppable, seemingly tireless, carving out a bloody path for humanity.
No sentimental reasons, simply doing because she wanted to.
The blood-colored setting sun sank into the night, and that fierce yet indifferent pair of eyes amidst the Magic Beast Tide, unknowingly, became bright yet cold blood-colored. Countless sharp Blood Blades fell like a curtain of rain, mercilessly reaping the beasts’ lives, akin to their merciless slaughter of humans.
Blood surged and flowed across this vast battlefield, coalescing into a magnificent scarlet dragon, it raised its head to coil, roaming among the torrent of beasts, scarlet veins like the tendons and bones of a giant beast, rendering the savage fighting into a breathtaking canvas.
The system hovered in the air, distantly watching the lone brave girl within the blood tide, its clear blue panel showed no text marks whatsoever.
Yet it couldn’t suppress the barely perceptible tremor visible to the naked eye.
Like a cool-headed, self-restrained youth, but inwardly its heart already surged.
If that 0.00000001% probability event really occurs, then, maybe I won’t be able to accompany you any longer.
However, heaven must be blessing you.
At least, Qian Xiaohun can continue to accompany and protect you.
At that moment, will you always remember me? Remember the bits and pieces we’ve shared?
Don’t forget me.
No, forget me.