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Beidou and Nan knew that a supernova exploded in Spica in Virgo one or two hundred years ago, and the light reached the Earth recently. But that should have nothing to do with the Earth.
That star had been destroyed two hundred years ago. Even Ace couldn't stop something that had been destroyed two hundred years ago. The light that spread to all parts of the universe could not be stopped by human power.
He finally understood why the TAC team discovered that the cosmic radiation was concentrated here.
But even if he understood, he had no means to stop it.
"I might be able to stop her, but it will take time. Just five seconds. I need to trap her for five seconds so that she can't disturb me."
Gaia needed time to use her skills, but she was entangled and had no time to spare.
Stop a monster like that for five seconds? It's hard, but Ace can try.
Chapter 156: Prayer to the Gods
Tear, tear apart, bomb, smash, burn, explode
Apsalar's mind was filled with all kinds of destructive desires, wanting to annihilate everything into nothingness. She was no longer able to think. Perhaps this would be easier, leaving everything to instinct, so that she would no longer feel guilty.
At the beginning of life on the planet, she gained consciousness in her ignorance, and hundreds of millions of years passed after that.
The sea and the land alternated, the mountains became valleys, and the seabed became plains. Life evolved from generation to generation, old species became extinct, new species were born, and then intelligent life appeared. They were sometimes noble, sometimes inferior, and they wrote their own civilization.
Every civilization is great, whether noble or mean, peace-loving or aggressive, and is a miracle born from countless coincidences.
She didn't want to destroy the Earth or hurt anyone, but for the lives on her planet, she had to do so.
She had no choice—
Yes, from that day more than two hundred years ago, when she became Yabo's puppet, her fate was determined.
She had known it for a long time, but just pretended not to know. It was expected that she would wait until this day. The Virgo goddess had already fallen from the throne since the day she succumbed to the devil, and also turned into a terrible devil.
Bombarding Gaia with extremely fierce energy, Apsalar couldn't tell whether it was the result of being manipulated, or an instinctive release of jealousy, or perhaps both.
But at some point, she suddenly found herself unable to move.
It's Ace——
Ace used the 'Ace Barrier' again! It was a skill that could exile the enemy to another dimension. With a little change, it could also be used as a move to imprison the enemy. Because it was a spatial imprisonment, not material energy, it was generally impossible to break free.
The 'Ace Barrier' consumes a lot of energy. When the Metrons were plotting to hit the Earth with a demon star, he had used it to exile the Ultra Beasts, which consumed too much energy and put Nan Xizi in danger. And now, when he used it again, he trapped an enemy that was much more terrifying than the Ultra Beast Dragli at that time.
Not even on the same level.
Devil
Being a god, he fell into the devil.
In just the moment of binding the other party, Ace had already realized the drastic consumption of light energy, as if he was not binding a life, but an entire galaxy.
He instantly increased the output of light energy, and with the light energy reserves far exceeding those of other members of the Ultra Guard, Ace consumed it almost in an instant, buying only a breath of time.
But enough.
A certain realm of space higher than the secret realm unfolded around Gaia. It was a mystery that Gaia, the will of the planet, could not understand, but she used the power of the Ultra Medal to display it.
Nexus Meta Realm!
The golden light curtain covered like a tide, and wherever it reached, the terrifying background of the universe collapsed, and the deadly rays and broken celestial bodies were replaced by a sea of light.
This was the second time Ace entered this space, and he still found it incredible. This space was very mysterious, just as mysterious as the Kingdom of Light.
It's not that this place is similar to the Kingdom of Light. The two are completely different and have no similarities. It's just that the Kingdom of Light has no night because the Ultra Spark Tower never goes out. It has been bathed in the glory of the Plasma Spark Tower for hundreds of thousands of years.
As long as they are in the Land of Light, the Ultra Warriors will have inexhaustible energy.
And this place is also bathed in light, a sky without stars, sun or moon, a light that comes from nowhere.
No one can tell where the energy of the Spark Tower of the Kingdom of Light comes from.
That was hundreds of thousands of years ago, when the star in the M78 galaxy went out. Fortunately, it was a red dwarf, which means that it would not explode as a supernova, nor would it become an extreme celestial body like a neutron star, a white dwarf, or even a black hole.
It just quietly went out, and one day the star that gave birth to life became a dead star. It was quiet and sudden, and from beginning to end, the other planets in the galaxy were not affected too drastically - except for the complete loss of light.
No one knows why the red dwarf star went out, it's not scientific.
Because of their smaller mass, red dwarfs' fusion is slow, so their lifespan is much longer than that of ordinary stars.
Theoretically, a red dwarf star can have a lifespan of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of years. However, the age of the universe has only been over 10 billion years since the Big Bang. Since the birth of the universe, there should not be any extinct red dwarf stars.
But it just went out. Without any warning, it came to the end of its life as a star.
There would be no life without stars. Fortunately, the civilization of the M78 galaxy was already extremely developed at that time. They had broken through the fourth-level civilization and could have migrated to the universe long ago. Some people left their former homes on spaceships to find new habitats, but many people still did not choose to migrate. Unable to give up their mother star, they chose a more massive project - artificial stars.
But it failed. Even the technology of a level-four civilization is still insufficient to fully fathom the mysteries of the universe.
Theory is just theory, controllable nuclear fusion, a technology that primitive people had mastered tens of thousands of years ago. Newly born babies who have inherited memories can easily explain the composition, principles, and process of a star from birth to extinction. However, in actual operation, it is discovered that in order to really create a star, unexpected difficulties arise in endlessly.
The wonders of nature are far more mysterious than the science and technology they are proud of, so the project came to a standstill.
But at that time, the ancestors received help from a mysterious force and replaced the artificial star plan with the plasma spark tower. The spark tower not only brought light, but the mysterious particles contained in it also made everyone in the Kingdom of Light evolve.
They all turned into giants of light.
This new form of existence, with incredibly powerful energy, allowed them to cross the boundary of level five civilization and become one of the most powerful races in the universe.
History has been sealed, and Ace doesn't know who the mysterious power that helped the ancestors of M78 was. It gave the entire Kingdom of Light the ability to evolve and become light.
Even though the Ultra Warriors of the Space Guard are now able to skillfully use light energy to fight and eliminate the evil in the universe, no one can really explain the secret of the Plasma Spark Tower. Even the act of exploring the mystery itself is taboo. Anyone who tries to touch the Spark Tower, even an Ultra Warrior on the light side, will be imprisoned in the Space Prison.
It cannot be described, it cannot be heard, it cannot be measured.
The same is true for the scientists in the Science and Technology Bureau. They can use light energy to create many magical equipment and powerful weapons, but no one can explain what the essence of light energy is.
The reason why he thought of the Spark Tower in the Kingdom of Light was because Ace felt that this space was the same - if it was really a space, Beidou Tingling also said that, to be more precise, this was a 'field'.
Meita field
Compared to the secret realm between reality and illusion, this is a completely real space. Compared to the other dimensions explored by the scientific power of the Yabo people, this is the authority of light, rejecting all darkness.
This area is also made of light, which is different from the light of the Spark Tower, but equally mysterious, and beyond Ace's comprehension, like the first cause of the birth of the universe. He does not exist because of everything, but everything is born only for Him.
Ace didn't know whether the existence that created this area had any connection with the existence that gave the Land of Light the Plasma Spark Tower. Because he knew nothing, he could only speculate with the most superficial imagination.
Even the most violent cosmic rays cannot enter the realm of this mysterious force. It naturally blocks the supernova rays transmitted from Spica over a distance of more than 200 light years.
Apsalar stopped struggling, and even though Ace's 'Ace Barrier' had failed, she did not make any moves.
But the violent energy in her body was still terrifying, as if it would tear her body apart at any time. At this moment, she still looked like a terrifying demon.
Apsalar was in great pain. Her previous human body was just a temporary carrier of condensed energy. She had no real body, but the feeling of having her spirit torn apart was even more unbearable.
Ace was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to continue attacking the 'super beast' in front of him. The next moment, he was surprised to find that Gaia was walking towards the super beast step by step.
"Wait, Gaia, danger!"
But Gaia did not stop. Even though the energy light was flashing and the situation was critical, she still walked in front of Apsalar.
She did not attack, but just reached out and hugged the hideous and terrifying "super beast".
The violent energy in Apsalar's body found a way to vent, overflowing from her body, and spreading to the Meta Realm through Gaia.
The golden light in the area was a little trembling, and it became a little dim in an instant. A hurricane blew up from the sand dunes that buried civilization.
Ling also remembered the introduction of the skill of Meta Field by the medal:
[When the field is attacked, the corresponding energy is consumed according to the attack strength. When the damage exceeds the upper limit, the Meta field is released, and the excess damage is borne by the person who deployed the field. ]
The light energy in the medal is decreasing rapidly. It was originally consumed at 0.5 per second, but now the light energy has fallen below half, and is decreasing rapidly at a rate of about 5 points per second.
She was bearing the violent energy with her entire domain. Once the light energy in the medal that maintained Meta's domain was consumed, the rest would have to be borne by her own body.
Fortunately, before the light energy was completely consumed, the supernova destructive energy in the opponent's body began to weaken.
In the Meta domain, the sky that had been dyed black gradually turned golden. The hurricane that swept across the land also gradually weakened, and endless sand and dust were swept into the air and fell back to the ground, continuing to bury the remains of those civilizations.
"Why are you saving me, Gaia? I'm attacking the Earth."
Apsalar finally spoke, and upon hearing her voice, Ling realized that she had regained consciousness, at least partially.
"I'm not saving you."
"But, since you are the will of the planet, there are still trillions of lives waiting for you to return, right?"
Apsalar was speechless.
"I don't know what your planet is like. But on Earth, when people encounter something they can't help, they probably pray to the gods. It's ridiculous, isn't it? We are in the age of technology and we should get rid of superstition, but when we are at our wits' end, we still pray to God and ask for blessings from all the gods and Buddhas."
"So, you want to wipe out the rights of those lives on your planet, even the last ones, to pray to the gods?"
"But," Apsalar's voice was a little hoarse. She had already returned to her human form, but her expression was full of fragility. "When humans are at their wits' end, they can pray to the gods. Then, Gaia, who should we pray to when we are at our wits' end?"
Chapter 157: Don't Give Up
At the Central Park Stadium, after the song was over, the sound of the Virgo band's performance gradually died down.
"What's wrong, Apsalar? You're sweating a lot and you don't look well."
Apsalar, who insisted on finishing the song, looked a little exhausted, which attracted Lian's attention.
"No, it's okay. I'm just a little tired. Just take a rest."
The previous battle in the secret realm lasted no more than ten minutes. For the people in the gymnasium, time was even more static, and no one noticed what was happening.
Perhaps someone who wears a watch will find that the time on his watch is more than ten minutes slow when he checks the radio at night, and he may suspect that his watch is malfunctioning.
Only Tomoyo was sensitive enough to notice that Lingye's face beside her was also a little pale.
"Did something happen just now?" Although they didn't feel anything, Tomoyo intuitively felt that something had happened.
Ling also shook her head.
"It's okay, it's all over. 'Virgo' is really amazing. The feeling of this live performance will shock you no matter how many times you listen to it."
Seeing that Ling was unwilling to say more, Zhishi did not ask any more questions. Virgo's singing was really amazing, this is a professional band. Zhishi had some aspirations, wondering when she could shine so brightly on the stage.
But then it was their turn.
"Is it really okay, Reiya? You don't look well."
"Just a little tired. But it's okay."
Previously, in the secret realm, Gaia consumed too much light energy to avoid dangerous celestial bodies and rays, and part of the consumption was transferred to Lingye. On the contrary, the final Meta realm used the light energy stored in the medal, which did not cause more consumption to her.
However, the light energy of the Nexus Medal has been exhausted and it cannot be used for at least one day. The same is true for the Aguru Medal.
【Thanks for your hard work】