425: Chapter 425 Stop

"Hmph, ants, don't block my way!"

Ganassi continued operating the console.

On the screen, indicator lights turned green one after another.

"Highest authority verification passed!"

"Nuclear warhead safeties disengaged!"

"Launch code input correct!"

"All thirty-three safety locks have been unlocked!"

"Ten-second countdown to final safety lock release initiated!"

Finally, a red button appeared on the console.

Once pressed, three intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads would launch from here, targeting Dragon Country's Yanjing, Su Country's Mocheng, and Surrendered Country's Tieta City!

A twisted smile curled at the corner of Ganassi's mouth.

His finger hovered over the red button.

As soon as the ten-second countdown on the screen ended, it would all be over!

The assimilation by the world malice was not simple manipulation, but a deeper level of fusion!

The assimilated retained their thoughts, memories, and personality, but all their values, morals, and sense of right and wrong were completely distorted---

They no longer believed they were controlled, but awakened, believing they saw the truth of the world, believing they were doing the most correct thing!

Ganassi was exactly like this now.

He clearly remembered who he was, all his achievements and glory, his loyalty to Eagle Country, and he understood what would happen if he pressed this button---

But in his assimilated mind, all of this had a brand new interpretation!

Human civilization was a mistake, human existence was a disease; only complete destruction could usher in rebirth---

And he—Ganassi Feller—would become the founder of the new world!

"Perish! Humanity!"

But at that moment.

The huge display screen in front of the console suddenly rippled!

The ripples spread from the center of the screen, growing more and more intense, as if something was trying to force its way out.

Ganassi froze.

The spirit beasts behind him immediately entered combat stance.

The next second, a graceful figure leaped out from the screen!

It was Black Rose!

The instant her toes touched the ground, her entire body transformed into a black lightning bolt, charging straight at Ganassi!

"Who are you?"

Ganassi shouted sharply, simultaneously stepping back.

His six spirit beasts attacked simultaneously!

The elf drew its bow, an arrow of dark energy shot towards Black Rose;

the fire demon spewed flames, forming a wall of crimson fire;

the snow maiden waved her hand, a storm of ice spikes spread out;

the succubus murmured, psychic shockwaves diffused---

But Black Rose was too fast.

A strange red glow emanated from her body.

Under the dual enhancement of the high-level boost card and the beast taming whip, Black Rose's current strength had reached an astonishing Twelfth Rank level!

Dealing with a bunch of Tenth Rank small fries was as easy as pie, wasn't it?

"Your killer!"

Black Rose said coldly.

With a wave of her jade-like hand, rose vines spread out everywhere!

"Thud thud thud thud—"

A series of sounds of flesh being pierced.

All six spirit beasts stiffened simultaneously, looking down at the bloody holes in their chests with shocked expressions.

Then they fell to the ground one after another.

"This---is impossible---"

Ganassi's eyes widened, a trace of fear finally appearing in them.

But it was already too late.

The rose vines had already coiled around his neck.

"Crack—"

His neck bone snapped instantly!

Ganassi's body went limp and collapsed to the ground, the strange transformations on his body instantly dissipating.

Black Rose retracted her whip, looking at the corpse on the ground with a complex glint in her eyes.

She knew that these people assimilated by the world malice were beyond saving.

This wasn't a curse, nor control, but a complete change at the level of thought.

It was like someone brainwashed from childhood, believing destroying the world was their divine duty—could you say they were controlled?

No, that was their genuine belief, what they considered the truth!

For such people, purging curses was meaningless!

Because they were never cursed in the first place!

Black Rose shook her head, dismissing these thoughts.

She walked to the console, waved her jade-like hand, and a blast of black energy smashed into it.

"Boom—"

The console exploded, sparks flying, all screens instantly going dark.

The nuclear missile launch sequence was terminated.

After finishing this, Black Rose turned to look at the huge bulletproof glass window in the control room.

She reached out and touched the glass.

The glass surface rippled again.

Hua Liuli's ability—Kaleidoscope—allowed teleportation through any mirror-like surface.

In this era where glass was everywhere, this ability almost allowed her to reach any corner of the world.

Black Rose jumped into the glass, her figure disappearing.

Only a floor of corpses and a destroyed console remained.

---

Beneath the Siberian permafrost.

In the minus forty degrees Celsius cold, the heating in the control room of Tsar Bomba No. 7 launch silo operated normally.

General Andrei pushed open the heavy blast door and entered the control room.

This legendary general of Su Country had commanded three border wars, repelled countless beast invasions, and was the pillar of Su Country's military.

But at this moment, his condition was the same as Ganassi's: his eyes were pools of darkness, his skin covered in black patterns.

Five Contracted Spirit Beasts followed behind him, all his confidants, now completely assimilated.

"General, all preparations are complete!"

A female spirit beast reported, "Tsar No. 7 has entered the launch sequence, thirty-second countdown!"

Andrei nodded and walked to the console.

His finger was about to press the launch button.

Right at that moment!

"Crack—"

The glass of an instrument panel in the corner of the control room suddenly shattered.

Andrei and the spirit beasts immediately turned, entering combat stance.

The next second, a petite figure jumped out from the glass.

It was a girl who looked only fifteen or sixteen, with pink hair tied in twin tails, wearing a cute lolita dress, and holding a giant lollipop.

It was Su Taotao!

After landing, she blinked her big eyes, looked at the people in the control room, and showed an innocent, harmless smile.

"Little girl? Who are you? Why are you here?"

Anyone who could silently enter a military base of this level could not possibly be an ordinary little girl!

Su Taotao licked her lollipop and said sweetly, "Of course I'm here to stop you~"

"Hmph, go home and play with mud!"

"Sorry, but I don't like playing with mud~~~"

As soon as the words fell, her body began to change, actually forming a huge shadow!

A terrifying pressure enveloped the entire control room!

Andrei and the spirit beasts felt their breath catch, their bodies as if restrained by an invisible force, unable to move even a finger!

"This---what is this thing?"

"How can such a spirit beast exist?"

"Quick---run! This thing is a monster!"

"Death Devour!"

The Taotie phantom opened its giant maw.

An irresistible suction force erupted!

Andrei and the spirit beasts didn't even have time to resist before being sucked into the phantom's mouth.

"Gulp—"

The phantom closed its mouth, chewed twice, then vanished.

The control room was instantly quiet.