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As for the last time in Kassel... well, Li Xiang didn't have time to activate the AI system.
Anyway, don't ask. If you do, it'll just be about human technology in the new universe. Just pretend Li Xiang has really forgotten about these weird and wonderful technologies.
As the car drove towards the city center, the scenery along the way changed.
At first, the scenery outside was desolate ruins and slums, the home of the cursed children.
As you venture deeper into the city, you'll see all sorts of skyscrapers, hundreds-of-meters-tall memorial statues, subways and sports cars whizzing by, and bustling commercial streets.
This made Li Xiang think he had returned to Earth in a new universe!
Upon seeing this scene, Li Xiang instinctively asked, "Is this the end of the world?"
This is the end of the world.
The children outside suffer, while the adults inside live a life of debauchery.
Seeing this, Li Xiang already knew what attitude he should adopt when negotiating later.
Little Shisa, standing beside Sheila, was rubbing her eyes incessantly.
"Xisha, why do you keep rubbing your eyes?"
"Waaah... Brother Xiang, I don't know why, my eyes are so itchy."
"Let me see?"
Li Xiang gently unwrapped the gauze from Xi Sha's head, and Xi Sha, startled, suddenly covered her eyes.
"Ugh...it's so bright!"
Shisa covered her eyes in distress and buried her face in Yeonju's arms.
"Hissa? What's wrong?"
Although Yeonju is usually mischievous, she also cares about her friends, so she hugged Shisa and gently patted her back to comfort her.
"How strange, I feel a very bright light shining into my eyes!"
Not only Enju and Ryou, but also Tina, Tendo Kisara in the passenger seat, and even Rentaro was looking at Hisa through the rearview mirror while driving.
Shisa rubbed her eyes, then raised her head and slowly opened them tentatively.
—Hisha was stunned.
Then he suddenly started looking around.
She first looked at Li Xiang, then turned to look at Enju and Tina, then at Tendo Kisara and Rentaro who was driving, and finally turned back to look at Li Xiang.
She excitedly lifted up, wanting to hug Li Xiang, but almost caused Sheila to fall, so she stopped.
"Brother Xiang, my eyes... I think I can see again!"
"I can really see Hibiki-nii and everyone else!"
A joyful smile bloomed on Hisa's face.
Everyone in the car laughed at the same time, congratulating Hisa on regaining her sight!
"Shisa, that's great! Now that you can see, you can come to class with us!"
"Okay, let's go to class together!"
Yeonju and Tina pulled Shisa over and hugged her tightly to express their joy.
After the little ones fussed around for a while, Hisa released Sheila from her arms.
She held Sheila in her hands, gazing at her intently and greedily.
"Sila...you are so beautiful!"
It was in this joyful atmosphere that the group arrived at their destination.
Everyone followed the Holy Emperor and was led to a safe room, where the conversation began.
"Well then, everyone, I'll keep it short."
The Holy Emperor still intended to finish discussing Rentaro's matter before talking about Li Xiang's matter.
“Last night… a stage IV Gastrea ran to megalith number 32, commonly known as Aldebaran.”
Rentaro knew that Li Xiang didn't understand these things, so he hurriedly explained them to him.
"Oh, so the stages are the divisions of strength among the Gastrea, and the monoliths are the huge protective barriers that stop the Gastrea from attacking the city!"
The Holy Emperor also keenly noticed that Li Xiang seemed unaware of these... well-known "common sense" facts.
What kind of being is this person in the strange uniform?
Coming to his senses, the Holy Emperor continued speaking.
"Aldebaran injected a corrosive fluid into the monolith, so the magnetic field of Monolith 32 will disappear and it will collapse six days later."
"Although the work on the replacement megalith has begun, it will take nine more days to complete."
"According to the analysis, three days after the collapse, Gastrea will swarm in, and all citizens in the Tokyo area will either die or be transformed into Gastrea."
Upon hearing this, everyone except Li Xiang and Xi Sha, who knew nothing about it, had a solemn expression.
It seems this crisis is quite serious.
"To prevent the public from panicking, we have been trying to suppress the news, but after a few days, the monolith will start to turn white, and we can't keep it a secret forever."
"More than 2000 Gastrea have gathered outside the monolith..."
"Two thousand of them!" Rentaro exclaimed in shock. "Could it be... Aldebaran issuing another command?"
"And then what do you want me to do?"
Rentaro asked the Holy Emperor why he had sought him out.
"I hope that you, Rentaro, can organize an auxiliary force. I hope you will become the squad leader and lead them to the final battle."
"From the time the megalith collapsed until the replacement was completed, all the Gastrea were killed within three days."
"This will be a decisive battle for the fate of the Tokyo area!"
Rentaro agreed; he had no reason to refuse.
Because if the megalith collapses, then doing nothing will only lead to certain death.
More than that, he wanted to fight, to protect everyone, and to ensure his comrades survived.
This is something he has no choice but to do!
Li Xiang also chose to insert himself into the conversation at this moment.
"Now, could you tell me the specific combat capabilities of these so-called Gastrea?"
The Holy Emperor paused for a moment, then decisively pulled up historical footage of Gastrea's campaigns, which provided the most direct insight into the Gastrea's strength.
And then the result was... After watching the video, Li Xiang felt that these so-called Gastrea, if placed in this world, might only be troublesome in terms of their ability to infect, otherwise they would just be a roadside animal.
Of course, this is because the technological capabilities of the new universe have already reached the point where they can freely explore space, while the weapons of this era seem to be only in the stage of transitioning towards laser weapons.
Therefore, for this world, these Gastrea are indeed formidable enemies.
Especially those so-called Class V Gastrea, those things... a single shot from the Flying Swallow II Texas Cannon~
You should know that the Texas Cannon is an old relic that is more than 20 years out of date.
In the new universe, the most widely used weapons are the Magus Cannon or the Neo Magus Cannon.
Therefore, Li Xiang understood the enemy's strength.
Gastrea are highly infectious, but in reality, they are strong enough to easily handle even a single enemy piloted by the Flying Swallow.
As long as this world isn't like the last one, with Sphias or any other weird and strange creatures, then I can handle Gastrea—all of them—by myself!
But... the fundamental problem of this world has never seemed to be Gastrea.
—It's people.
It is this corrupt and distorted society.
Children infected with the virus are abandoned and persecuted.
But those adults are partying every night in the city!
If this problem isn't solved, will the world become a better place even if Gastrea are wiped out?
Li Xiang is not just a reckless man who only knows how to fight in private rooms; otherwise, he wouldn't have had the idea of kidnapping the Holy Emperor and then cleaning up government corruption in the first place.
To save the world, what needs to change is people!
Therefore, Li Xiang will next engage in a dialogue with the Holy Emperor, and the Holy Emperor's answer and choice will determine whether Li Xiang chooses to trust that the world will change on its own, or whether he needs to intervene.
"Your Majesty, please answer me: what is your view of this world?"
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"Your Majesty! What is your attitude towards this cruel world?!"
"Your question... is quite sharp..."
The Holy Emperor smiled wryly.
Li Xiang's first question did not directly inquire about the contradictions and social problems of this world, nor did it ask how the Holy Emperor was currently governing the government.
Instead, they went to ask the Holy Emperor for his own...thoughts.
Li Xiang's question hits the nail on the head.
Because the Holy Emperor felt that there was no answer to this question; everyone had their own perspective, and everyone had different feelings about the world.
Therefore, there is no answer to this question.
Thank you for asking this question.
"My attitude toward this world shrouded in pain and fear has never changed—it is 'compassion' and 'hope',"
“I am saddened by the suffering of mankind. We have lost our loved ones, our homes and our former glory. I am also saddened by the fate of the ‘cursed children’. They fight to protect us, but are despised and abused. Even the most basic ‘living’ has become a luxury.”
"This is not justice, this is a disgrace to the entire civilization!"
Her tone revealed pain.