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Chapter 420: The Monster's Prayer
Standing on the observation deck of Tokyo Tower, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Tokyo.
The observation deck has two floors. One is a large observation deck located at the waist of the tower at 150 meters, and the other is a special observation deck located at the top of the tower at 250 meters.
However, "250" is probably not a good number in any country, so the exact height of the special observation tower is 249.9 meters.
The Toumori family is on the big observation deck. I don’t dare to go any higher, and the space on the observation deck is limited, so reservations are required in advance for sightseeing.
It is enough to overlook Tokyo from a height of 150 meters. In the 150s, there were not many buildings higher than meters in Tokyo. The view is very wide and unobstructed.
Looking down, there are parks, temples and shrines, and looking southeast, there is Tokyo Bay and the endless sea.
There is another building in the distance that is about the same height as Tokyo Tower. It is the Sky Restaurant in the Glorious Town of Gancheng in Chiba Prefecture on Tokyo Bay. It is also over 300 meters high. Although it is no longer part of Tokyo in terms of administrative division, it looks quite close.
In clear weather, Tokyo Tower and the Sky Restaurant face each other, and you can even see people's silhouettes inside each other's window glass.
To the northwest, near Mount Fuji, are large mountain ranges.
"Look, Reimu, those cars are so small."
As the host in Tokyo, Reimu was of course accompanying Sanae's family today. When she was in Izumo, the Toumori grocery store was located at the foot of the shrine, so she was also familiar with Sanae's parents.
It was a peaceful morning in Tokyo, but something unexpected happened in a flash.
At first, a tourist pointed to the distant sky and saw a small black dot.
"what is that?"
“Is it a balloon?”
But the black spot quickly enlarged, and then everyone could see it clearly.
"It's a monster!"
The huge monster is placed against the backdrop of the sky; its size cannot be clearly felt because there is no contrast between near and far. However, when you get closer, the huge feeling of oppression is suffocating.
Alarms sounded in the city. But no alarm was needed. The moment the monster was seen, the fear that had been engraved in the bones for eight years burst out in an instant.
Most people flocked to the elevators. There were downward stairs outside the Tokyo Tower. In case of danger, the stairs were safer than the elevators.
But that doesn’t apply now.
It only takes one minute to take the elevator, but it would take seven or eight minutes to run down the 1-meter height, and you might be attacked before you reach the bottom.
Because the monster was flying straight towards Tokyo Tower. Everyone was racing against time.
Sanae had already seen clearly that the so-called monster was the cicada she saw yesterday when she was lost.
"Come on, Sanae!"
Sanae's father tried to pull her back, but was immediately dispersed by the crowd. The crowd's behavior in panic was irrational, and they rushed to the elevator. If they didn't follow the crowd, they would be trampled.
Sanae still stood in front of the glass window, looking at the giant cicada so close to her. She didn't feel scared at all, just like yesterday, but for some reason, she could feel that the cicada was a little sad.
Different from the cicadas in the Izumo Forest.
Sanae seemed to hear someone calling her name, but it was too chaotic, with people fleeing everywhere, and the screams and cries drowned out all other sounds.
The tower shook, not particularly strongly, but enough for people to feel clearly. The glass of the restaurant in the big observation tower was shattered, and scattered all over the floor with a crash, which increased people's panic.
It was the monster that had crawled onto the outer wall of Tokyo Tower. The monster, more than 332 meters tall, was crawling on the -meter-high tower, just like crawling on a slender branch.
Sanae looked into the crowd, but couldn't see her parents. They were separated.
Fortunately, she saw Reimu.
"Sanae, you're here. Are you stupid? Why don't you run away when there's a monster?"
"Monster? But isn't this a cicada? It turns out that people in Tokyo call cicadas monsters."
"How can there be a cicada as big as a building? You'll die if you get stepped on." Reimu said unhappily.
Reimu has only been in Tokyo for a few months, but she has already gotten used to the daily encounters with monsters here.
Working, studying, eating, bathing, sleeping, no matter what you are doing at the time, as soon as you hear the alarm, you must run to the shelter immediately.
Those who are still hesitant about putting on clothes and wrapping themselves in blankets and don’t know how to run will never need to run again.
Therefore, there are very few buildings in Tokyo during this era, not because they cannot be built, but because it is basically impossible to escape from high-rise buildings. Once they collapse, they are basically impossible to save.
But now they were in the building, the tallest building in Tokyo.
"But I don't think the cicada wanted to hurt anyone. It was just a little sad."
The Sky Whale landed in the open space next to the Onarimon Gate.
Evacuations began around Tokyo Tower, which was much more drastic than the evacuation in New Town.
There are restaurants, tourist attractions and many schools around here. Fortunately, today is Sunday and there are no classes in school.
Kotaro, Minamihara, Kitajima and others scattered and organized the people around them to take shelter to avoid being trampled.
"There are still a lot of people trapped in Tokyo Tower!"
The monster stopped at Tokyo Tower and used it as a branch to rest. That was undoubtedly the most dangerous place.
Kotaro wanted to run towards Tokyo Tower, but he stopped because he saw a familiar person.
"Lingye, you are here too!"
Lingye stood under the shade of a tree, out of place with the panicked people around her, as if she was standing in an independent painting.
She looked up at Tokyo Tower, where a giant cicada was chirping. The girl was thinking about something, and only turned around when she heard Kotaro's voice.
"Good day, Kotaro."
For a moment, Kotaro thought she looked very weak. But this was an illusion, how could Gaia be weak?
"When the defense army attacked the monster just now, it was you who blocked it, right?"
"You think I did it?"
Isn't that natural? His eyes were not blind, he clearly saw that it was Gaia's Shield.
The bright red light shield, with unknown mysterious characters flowing on it, was Gaia's signature skill. In the previous battles, as long as the light shield was not broken, she would be invincible.
The earth is in a Kun position, with great virtue to carry all things.
So even if the Silver Shark was blocked, Kotaro was not surprised.
A barrier that neither Ultra Beasts nor Cosmic Beings can break. I heard that when Ace Killer took away the energy of his brothers, this light shield even blocked Zoffy's M87 beam that was powerful enough to destroy a planet.
No matter how powerful the Silver Shark is, it cannot compare with the light of M87.
He didn't know whether the Defense Forces and ZAT team saw it, but the Defense Forces did give up the attack after that.
"Kotaro, you also call it a monster. Do you know how this monster appeared?"
Kotaro didn't know that their ZAT team had only received a warning from the underground people and then discovered the monster.
"You know, after a cicada is born, it is still a little baby and will hide in the soil. It will sleep quietly under the soil for three to five years, quietly waiting for the day to mature and break out of the soil."
"But a few years ago, the town began to build real estate, and humans covered the land with steel and concrete. The cicadas were buried alive. All the cicada babies could no longer get out of the ground."
"If there is any fault, I cannot shirk my responsibility. The Oshima Group was in charge of the construction."
People will not change their investment in a property just because of a tiny cicada. When they are building the property, they never even think about how many living creatures are still on that land.
Buying a plot of land and investing in building a property is a natural thing for humans. Neither the law nor morality will condemn it, because the law and morality were originally formulated and written based on human needs.
But the cicada buried under thick cement can never break out of the ground again.
They were hidden deep underground since birth and never saw flowers, trees and blue sky, and they died just like that.
Many cicadas died, thousands and thousands, and the creatures of summer were no longer to be seen in the new town.
Now there is only the last one left.
"At the beginning, life is free and can develop its own civilization at will. But at the end of a species' life, it will be dedicated to Gaia. This is the covenant between the planet and life after the first life on this planet was born 38 billion years ago."
The cicadas are not extinct, but the cicadas in New Town are definitely the last ones.
"It's praying to Gaia."
"Isn't it ridiculous, Kotaro? This is my home. It was the Oshima Group that deprived them of their right to live, but I heard their prayers. Tell me, what qualifications do I have to accept such prayers? I'm the murderer! But Gaia responded to it."
Ling really didn't know whether it was Gaia who responded to it or herself who responded to it.
"You mean, Gaia gave it the power?"
"It just wants to live! As long as the life on Earth prays sincerely, Gaia will answer. This is true for humans, and similarly, other life on Earth is also Gaia's child."
It just wants to live. If a life has no ill intentions and wants to live, it should have the right to live. It comes out of the soil, looks at the sky, looks at the earth, and waits for the end of life.
Because once a cicada leaves the soil, it only lives for a week.
It's only one week!
It's not threatening anyone, but can't humans even give it a week?
Defense Forces planes circled over Tokyo Tower.
The monster was hiding on the tower and there were people inside, so it couldn't attack.
"Sir, there are still more than a hundred tourists on Tokyo Tower who have not escaped. The elevator on the special observation deck at 250 meters has malfunctioned and stopped in mid-air. More than ten people are trapped in the elevator, and there are more than twenty people on the top of the tower."
The large observation deck at 150 meters can be accessed by taking the outdoor stairs, but the special observation deck at 250 meters can only be accessed by elevator and there are no stairs.
"Elevator out of order? What happened?"
"It's possible that the vibration when the monster lay on the Tokyo Tower caused the elevator to judge that there was an earthquake and emergency brake. In addition, we just received a call from the ZAT team. They said that there are more than 20 people trapped on the top floor. They will try to rescue them with the Sky Whale."
"Ah."
Gao Cang was actually a little angry. He was not happy with himself. He had said that before, but the result was that their defense force got into trouble and asked the ZAT team to help.
Of course, the most important thing now is to protect the citizens, and his personal feelings are irrelevant.
The Tianjing took off again, flew over Tokyo Tower, and lowered the rescue ladder.
Kotaro climbed down the rescue ladder, reached the top of the tower, and arranged for the people waiting for rescue to climb the rope ladder one by one from below.
The fuselage of the Sky Whale is 60 meters long. Although it is not as long as the Eagle, which is more than meters long, it is also an aerial fortress with enough space to accommodate more than people. In fact, it is more spacious than the special observation deck of Tokyo Tower.
Until the last person climbed up the rescue ladder, Kotaro did not go up.
"Captain, I'll go check the sightseeing elevator. It should be a problem with the emergency procedure that was set up."