Chapter 211 : Two world-ending crises
One minute.
Two minutes.
Five minutes.
Time, it seemed, was stretched infinitely.
Suddenly—
"Boom!!!"
A loud bang came from deep within the fortress!
Immediately following, the entire underground space began to tremble violently, as if a powerful earthquake had occurred!
Alarm bells shrieked throughout the entire fortress!
"How is this possible!?"
Child Emperor's face instantly turned pale, and the lollipop slipped from his mouth, falling onto the violently shaking floor.
He knew very well what that sound meant: it was the Doctor's supercomputer experiencing a momentary logical overload while processing information about the [God].
Even Dr. Bofoi's system… "...Impossible... This energy reaction... This mental contamination model..."
For the first time, Bofoi's electronically processed voice carried emotions named "shock" and "disbelief"!
"Child Emperor!" His voice suddenly rose, becoming incredibly urgent, "Come to my main laboratory immediately! Immediately!"
Child Emperor dared not delay and immediately followed a guiding robot, passing through several thick alloy doors, to the core area of the laboratory.
Here, it was a massive space several times larger than his own research institute.
At this moment, huge holographic screens were frantically refreshing data.
And what those screens displayed was what Mr. KING had brought back—that terrifying mural, and the outline of the unspeakable [God]!
"You... saw it?" Child Emperor looked at Dr. Bofoi in the distance, his voice becoming incredibly dry.
He could feel an invisible pressure permeating the air, a form of informational contamination originating from a higher dimension, causing his brain a dull ache.
"I saw it."
Bofoi's voice became more solemn than ever before.
"This crisis..." He said slowly, his voice becoming incredibly serious.
"Its threat level is even on par with... the 'other crisis' I have always been guarding against!"
"The other crisis?" Child Emperor keenly caught this keyword, and his heart suddenly tightened.
He had always thought that Metal Knight's various secret operations and weapon stockpiles were to guard against potential Dragon-level Monsters in the future, or some extreme extraterrestrial civilization.
But judging by his tone, that "crisis" seemed to be an existence on the same level as the [God]!
But Bofoi did not answer him, instead turning his gaze back to the screen and asking in return: "Does It have... a codename?"
Child Emperor was startled at first, then immediately reacted. His expression hardened, and he slowly said:
"The Strongest Man on Earth, Mr. KING, calls It—the [God]."
"[God]..." Bofoi murmured the word.
...A fitting name. To an ant, power that cannot be understood is a god."
The laboratory fell silent again.
But this time, the silence was no longer due to the Doctor's indifference, but due to an unspeakable immense pressure.
After a long while, Bofoi's voice finally sounded again, having regained some composure, but beneath that calm, there was an unprecedented seriousness hidden.
"Mr. KING... that man. How did he obtain this information? Without a scratch."
"No, Doctor," Child Emperor shook his head, saying with a hint of admiration:
"Mr. KING already knew about it; he just informed me not long ago."
"Is that so..." Dr. Bofoi turned to Child Emperor, his gaze seeming to carry a hint of scrutiny.
"Child Emperor, you have interacted with Mr. KING many times. In your analysis, what is his essence?"
Child Emperor was startled; he hadn't expected the Doctor to ask this question.
He recalled Mr. KING's unfathomable gaze, his ever-calm demeanor that seemed to see through everything, and the terrifying sound of the "Emperor Engine" that struck fear into all who heard it.
"He... is the strongest hero, standing at the apex of all life, protecting this world."
Child Emperor took a deep breath, giving the only, and most universally accepted, answer in the world.
"The strongest... huh?" Bofoi's voice was meaningful, "Perhaps."
"To be able to retreat unscathed from such an existence, and even to perceive its existence in advance, no matter what method he used, he himself... is an 'unknown' on the same level as this [God]."
The Doctor seemed to no longer dwell on Mr. KING's question. He turned around, staring intently at the outline of the [God] on the screen, as if to see through it completely.
"Powerful individual... mental control... species modification... I see... I see..."
He muttered to himself, seemingly lost in some frantic deduction and association.
"Child Emperor," he finally spoke again after a long time, his voice carrying an unprecedented seriousness.
"This intelligence, you must immediately report it to the highest levels of the Association! And, convene a meeting of all S-Class Heroes!"
"I need the Association's full support! I need to mobilize all satellite resources, all supercomputer computational power!"
"I must immediately begin a comprehensive analysis of this so-called [God] and the research and development of countermeasures!"
"As for the Monster Association..." Bofoi's voice paused, with a hint of helplessness.
"I cannot act; the visible crises are not limited to these."
Child Emperor finally couldn't hold back. The long-standing pressure and the shock of the moment made him almost jump up: "Crises? What other crises?!?"
"In the face of such a world-destroying crisis, are you still going to maintain your damned mysticism, Doctor!"
"Yu-kun, I can only tell you, now is not the time."
Bofoi seemed to have completely adjusted his state; he even called Child Emperor by his given name, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
"The mastermind hidden beneath the surface is far more cunning and cautious than I imagined. Any abnormal move from me could alert him and lead to a complete loss."
"However," Bofoi curved a slight smile, "the Monster Association shouldn't be a problem for you."
"After all, among the S-Class, there are a few 'monsters' even I find unfathomable."
"Why is it always like this? Is being a riddler so enjoyable?!"
Child Emperor couldn't stand it any longer. His pent-up emotions completely erupted, and he angrily questioned Dr. Bofoi before him.
But Bofoi merely slowly closed his eyes, dismissing it as idle chatter.
Ultimately, in the face of the Doctor's silence and disregard, all of Child Emperor's questions seemed pale and powerless.
He could only give up on learning the truth of that "other crisis" from Metal Knight's mouth.
He turned to leave, his footsteps heavier than ever before.
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