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Academy City World
Inside a classroom at a high school.
Looking at the terrifying description on the sky of the "Skyfire" weapon, which was capable of destroying the entire planet's ecosystem, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko both showed expressions of sudden realization.
"I see!"
"I finally understand!"
A knowing look appeared on Shirai Kuroko's face.
"What do you understand now, Kuroko?"
Misaka Mikoto asked, somewhat puzzled.
"It's 'Heavenly Fire,' my dear sister!"
“We were wondering why the Niu family would be so willing to pay any price to obtain that so-called ‘Heavenly Fire’.”
"Now, the answer has finally been revealed!"
"So, this 'heavenly fire' was actually a legendary ultimate weapon from millions of years ago, capable of destroying the entire planet's ecosystem!"
Shirai Kuroko explains.
"..."
"No wonder……"
"No wonder the Niu family was so desperate to get it."
Misaka Mikoto's expression also became extremely serious.
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Boonie Bears World (Chief Superintendent)
Inside the command post.
The young superintendent of police looked at the screen.
Looking at the enormous secret about "Skyfire" hidden in Antarctica, a secret that threatens the safety of the entire planet.
His expression became more serious than ever before.
"..."
"Heavenly Fire..."
"The ultimate weapon that destroyed the world's ecosystem once...?"
He slowly leaned back in his seat.
Whisper to yourself in a voice only you can hear.
"And that arrogant fellow surnamed Niu is now trying to restart it at all costs."
"Once she succeeds..."
"Then our world may very well repeat the mistakes of millions of years ago and head towards destruction once again."
He slowly closed his eyes.
It was as if I could already see that terrifying, apocalyptic scene.
"..."
"Bald Qiang".
He opened his eyes again.
His eyes became incredibly determined.
He looked at the ordinary-looking lumberjack on the screen, sitting on the moon with Xiong Er, listening to stories.
"It seems that this time, it will be up to you and your companions to save the world again."
"Bald Qiang".
His voice was very soft.
But it is filled with the heaviest, and most trusted, entrustment.
"We were trying to find a new home in the universe, but instead we encountered a black hole," Abu said sadly. "My parents put me in an escape pod to save me, but the black hole swallowed most of our people."
"I drifted alone in space for several years, then returned to Earth, only to discover that due to the distorted time flow around the black hole, millions of years had actually passed on Earth."
[After hearing this, Xiong Er gently hugged him.]
Abu said, "I always feel that my parents are still alive, and I must find them. I will go to Antarctica and light up the lighthouse left by our Lyle T tribe. As long as the lighthouse is lit, my parents will know that I am waiting for them on Earth."
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiong Er piloted the spaceship, taking Abu with him, towards Antarctica.
Three-body World
Inside the lounge of Luo Ji, the Wallfacer.
He quietly gazed at the sky above, at the alien orphan named Abu, as he recounted his sorrowful and lonely past to Xiong Er.
"..."
"Black hole."
"The flow of time is distorted by immense gravity."
"I see."
Luo Ji looked at the screen.
His expression was calm.
He understood better than anyone else in the world just how cold and cruel the dark, unfathomable universe truly was.
"That boy named Abu's wish to find his family is a good one."
"But, it's a pity."
"His family members cannot possibly still be alive."
He spoke slowly, in a tone devoid of any emotion, as if simply stating a physical fact.
"After all, it's a black hole."
"It is the densest, most gravitationally powerful, and most terrifying celestial body in our known universe."
"Within its event horizon, even light cannot escape."
"Any matter that gets close to it, no matter what it is, will be completely and ruthlessly swallowed up by that enormous gravity that is strong enough to tear spacetime apart, broken down into the most basic information, and return to the entropy increase of the universe."
He looked at the innocent blue creature on the screen, still full of hope for the future.
A faint trace of pity, which even he himself was unaware of, flickered in his eyes.
"His parents, in their attempt to save him, along with the entire fleet of their civilization, plunged into that eternal, bottomless abyss."
"They could not possibly have survived."
"His so-called 'lighthouse' will never see anyone return."
Meanwhile, Bull Tycoon and his wife kidnapped Bear Big, Bald Qiang, and others, deceiving them by saying that Bear Two had been threatened by the evil Abu, who was the culprit behind the destruction of the world.
[Baldy Qiang and his friends believed it to be true and joined forces with the Niu family to travel to the frigid Antarctic.]
[Bald Qiang and his friends encountered Xiong Er piloting a mecha. Mistaking him for Abu threatening them, they immediately opened fire.]
"Big Bear, Bald Qiang, it's me!"
[Bear Two appeared in his mecha and told Bald Qiang and the others the whole truth. They then realized they had been tricked.]
Meanwhile, the Niu family had led their men to the final activation point of "Heavenly Fire." Abu immediately activated his armor to stop them, but was subdued by Niu Daheng and his wife.
[Controlling his mecha, Xiong Er immediately accelerated and charged forward, unharmed by countless agents along the way.]
"Stop right there!"
[From nearby came Niu Daheng's voice, "If you take another step forward, he'll be dead!"]
[Niu Daheng pointed at Abu, whom he was trampling under his feet, and threatened him. Just as Xiong Er was worried, countless mechanical flying insects flew over and completely destroyed his enormous mech.]
"Hahahaha... you country bumpkin, you think you can be a hero just because you're wearing a beat-up mech? You're so stupid!"
[Niu Daheng mocked, and Xiong Er was filled with self-reproach.]
[Madam Niu opened the ruins, preparing to personally activate the "Heavenly Fire."]
Abu quickly stopped them, saying, "Stop! That thing is beyond your control. If it gets out of control, everyone here will die!"
Mrs. Niu sneered disdainfully, "How ridiculous. With 'Heavenly Fire,' money, status, and power will be within our grasp. Who cares what happens to Earth? If being a bad person is the only way to get everything I want, then I'll be... the worst person!"
[As soon as she finished speaking, she entered the portal that activated "Heavenly Fire" without hesitation.]
"Bear Two, quickly use your 'original core' to shut down 'Heavenly Fire'!"
[Abu shouted.]
But it was too late. With a loud "bang," an enormous hand burst through the wall, and a "Skyfire" robot, hundreds of meters tall and made entirely of Lyle ore, appeared in everyone's sight.
The next second, a terrifying laser beam shot from Skyfire's forehead, piercing through half of Antarctica.
"The Niu family is truly insidious!"
"They actually used such despicable lies to deceive Bald Qiang and his friends, making them kill each other!"
"'If I can only get everything I want by being a bad person, then I'll be the worst person!'..."
"That old hag is absolutely insane! She's a complete schemer!"
"The worst part is that she actually activated that 'Heavenly Fire'!"
"Did you see it?"
"That giant robot, with just an ordinary laser beam, actually pierced through half of the Antarctic continent!"
"This power... is terrifying!"
"If a missile can easily penetrate 470 continents... then what if it were launched at the core of a planet...?"