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Himeko, a beautiful, red-haired woman, shouted into the communicator. Piloting her small repair robot, she continuously fired disruptive lasers at the enormous apocalyptic beast, trying to distract it.
"I see!"
Holding a long spear, the cold-faced young man Dan Heng moved like a ghost, constantly weaving between the limbs of the apocalyptic beast. The sharp spear tip brought out streaks of cold light, but could only leave a series of powerless sparks on the opponent's thick armor.
"Take this! This is the last one I've been saving... Whoa!"
The pink-haired girl, March 7th, drew back her bowstring, preparing to release an arrow imbued with extreme icy power. However, the Doomsday Beast's enormous, battering ram-like claw, accompanied by a fierce wind tearing through the air, slammed down upon her!
"March 7!"
The pioneer "Star" not far away, along with Himeko and Danheng, exclaimed in surprise at the same time!
Faced with this terrifying attack that could turn even a starship into scrap metal, March 7 had no time to dodge. In despair, she could only hold the small six-phase ice shield in front of her.
Just as that enormous shadow was about to fall, and destruction was about to descend—
"--It's so noisy."
A slightly lazy, sleepy voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.
Immediately afterwards, a black-haired boy dressed in black silk pajamas and fluffy slippers, who seemed completely out of place in this battlefield filled with science fiction and destruction, appeared silently in front of March 7 as if by teleportation.
He didn't even glance back at the pink-haired girl behind him who was already terrified. He simply raised his right hand and gently opened his five fingers towards the enormous claw that was about to strike, a claw capable of crushing everything.
"Bang--!!!!!"
A deafening, extremely muffled bang!
However, the expected scene of carnage did not occur.
The giant claw, powerful enough to shatter stars, suddenly stopped less than a centimeter from Gu Chuan's palm! An invisible, absolute "wall," incomprehensible by any physical law, effortlessly and completely neutralized all its kinetic energy!
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For the first time, a look of confusion appeared in the eyes of the Doomsday Beast, eyes that were filled with destruction and chaos.
It let out an angry roar, retracted its giant claws, and instead opened its blood-red maw, which was large enough to devour a warship. A high-energy white laser beam, powerful enough to melt the core of a planet, burst forth instantly, vaporizing everything in its path, and blasted straight at that seemingly vulnerable and tiny figure!
"Get out of the way!" Himeko cried out in alarm.
However, faced with this terrifying beam of light capable of destroying a civilization, Gu Chuan didn't even lift an eyelid.
He simply kept that hand outstretched.
Then, amidst the utterly bewildered and thoughtless gazes of everyone, he caught the blazing white laser beam—a beam that was capable of destroying everything—with his bare hands!
The terrifying beam of light, in his palm, was twisted and deflected by an invisible force, like gentle water.
"Forces are reciprocal."
Gu Chuan spoke calmly, as if stating a most basic physical axiom.
"--reflection."
next second.
The blazing white destructive laser beam was reflected back with even greater speed and power than when it came!
"boom--!!!!!"
Before the Doomsday Beast could even utter a mournful cry, its proud and indestructible giant head was detonated from the inside by its own strongest attack.
Its massive body, like rotten flesh with its bones removed, crashed to the ground, stirring up clouds of dust.
The whole world was deathly silent.
Himeko, Dan Heng, "Hoshi", and March 7, who had just recovered from the brink of death, all stared blankly at the mysterious boy in slippers who was still in the outstretched position, their minds completely blank.
"What...what did he just do?" For the first time, Dan Heng's voice fluctuated violently.
“His fate… I simply cannot comprehend it…” Himeko’s eyes were also filled with a subversive shock and intense interest. “Pleasure? Preservation? Or… destruction? No… none of those…”
Just as the two were maintaining a high level of vigilance and intense curiosity about Gu Chuan's identity and abilities, March 7th let out a joyful, tearful cheer and rushed over!
"Brother Chuan! I knew you would come to save me!"
Like a kitten that has found its owner, she hugged Gu Chuan's arm tightly, buried her face in his pajamas, and rubbed against him incessantly.
"Alright, alright, I'm here now, aren't I?" Gu Chuan ruffled her hair with a hint of exasperation.
He turned around, looked at the three "pioneers" who were staring at him warily with the eyes of someone looking at a monster, and calmly spoke:
"Nice to meet you all, fellow passengers of the Star Train."
“My name is Gu Chuan, you can call me the Observer.”
"I'm here with no ill intentions."
He pointed to the March 7th banner hanging on his body and said with a smile:
"I'm just here to help a... crybaby little girl out of a little trouble."
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To have one's head smashed by one's own strongest attack from the front, in an unreasonable way, would be absolute death for any living being.
However, the Doomsday Beast is not a "living entity".
"—Roar!—!—!!"
A roar filled with extreme rage and pain erupted from the headless, enormous body! From its shattered head, countless twisted flesh and mechanical parts began to writhe and multiply wildly. In just a few breaths, a new head, even more ferocious and enormous than before, had regenerated!
Its entire body began to shine with a dazzling golden light, like a star exploding! Beneath its enormous body, a core like a war furnace was operating at supernova power! Its two thick, giant arms were also covered with an exoskeleton that shimmered with golden light, seemingly made of pure energy!
This pure stellar weapon, forged by the antimatter legion from fragments of the "Twilight Beast" and imbued with the sorrows of countless civilizations lost in war, has finally revealed its true terrifying form, capable of destroying stars, after being thoroughly enraged!
[Gem Magician]: Regenerated?! Are you kidding me?! This level of destruction, and it can actually regenerate?!
【Butterfly Dance】: Its body structure... seems completely different from the creatures we understand! It has no vital points, or rather... its entire body is a vital point!
In the live stream chat room, everyone was shocked by this terrifying recovery ability.
On the battlefield, Gu Chuan looked at the doomsday beast, whose aura was several times stronger than before, but his face remained calm and composed, as if he were watching a boring drama.
“Alicia,” he said calmly to the pink-haired girl behind him who was clinging tightly to March 7 and trembling, without even turning around, “Take good care of March 7.”
"Huh? Gu... Gu Chuan... Where are you going?!" Alicia asked in alarm.
Her answer was Gu Chuan's figure soaring into the sky like a black lightning bolt.
He actually... took the initiative and flew alone towards that apocalyptic beast that was as huge as a star!
"Is he crazy?! That's outer space!" Rin exclaimed in the live stream.
In the vacuum of space, without air as a medium, sound cannot travel, severely limiting movement. Moreover, the ruins of this space station are fragile; any large-scale destructive attack could trigger a chain reaction, causing even more severe disasters.
Gu Chuan clearly understood this as well.
Therefore, he abandoned all his aggressive, energy-based attack methods.
He simply used the power of [vector manipulation] to its fullest potential in a more subtle and restrained way.
"--compression."
He stretched out his right hand and gently clenched it in the void in front of him.
The thin, free gas molecules in the surrounding space were captured by his powerful computing ability in an instant. Then, at an alarming speed, they were forcibly compressed and condensed to form a nearly tangible, high-density "air shield" in front of him!
"Roar!"
The Doomsday Beast opened its massive maw once more, unleashing a beam of destructive energy that was even thicker and hotter than before!
"boom--!!!"
The beam of light slammed into the invisible air shield, but it was as if it had hit an insurmountable wall of laws. All the energy was completely deflected and reflected at the moment of contact, shooting into the empty, dark depths of the universe!
Immediately afterwards, the giant claws of the Doomsday Beast, covered in golden light, roared in with terrifying power capable of crushing continental plates!
Gu Chuan neither dodged nor evaded. He put away the air shield and instead focused the power of vector manipulation on his fists and feet.
With a seemingly slow but actually extremely fast and rhythmic pace, he engaged in the most primal and pure close-quarters combat with that mountain-like giant claw!
Each punch was accompanied by an extremely precise airflow vibration, which dissipated the terrifying force from the giant claw, which was capable of tearing space apart.
Each kick carries an invisible vector impact, precisely striking the most vulnerable joint connection of the giant claw.
The entire battlefield transformed into a violent aesthetic, a solo dance between behemoths and "gods".
Gu Chuan's figure appeared so small in front of the enormous, mobile apocalyptic beast, yet he was like a stabilizing pillar nailed to the center of a storm. No matter how violent the opponent's attacks were, they could not shake him in the slightest. In fact, he was gradually taking the initiative in the battle!
[Ding! Member "Alicia" has started a live stream. Perspective: March 7th.]
Reminded by Alicia, March 7 finally remembered about the live stream. She hurriedly turned on the function and broadcast this legendary battle in real time to all the members in the chat group.
[Sword Dao Asura]: ...This...this is...the Observer's true strength? To confront a celestial beast with a human body...
[Gem Magician]: ...A monster. This guy is an absolute monster!
[Butterfly Dance]: ...An incomprehensible fighting style. If Lord Muzan were facing an enemy like this, he probably wouldn't last even a second...
All the girls watching the battle were deeply shaken, experiencing a profound, soul-stirring experience.
Alicia, as the "on-site commentator," perfectly played the role of a terrified "ordinary person."
[Alicia]: (Trembling) Ugh! How...how scary! That claw just flew right over my head! I almost thought I was going to die! March 7th, let's back off a little further!
[Aqua]: (Eating potato chips) Oh my god! Well done! One more punch! Let him see how powerful humans are!
[March 7th]: (Starry-eyed) Brother Chuan...so handsome...
As she watched the figure fighting alone to protect her, her girlish heart pounded uncontrollably.
However, just when everyone thought the battle would end with Gu Chuan's overwhelming victory, the most meticulous Shinobu Kocho keenly discovered the problem.
[Butterfly Dance]: ...Something's not right.
[Gem Magician]: What's wrong?
【Butterfly Dance】: Although the Observer's attacks have been able to effectively suppress the Doomsday Beast each time, it seems that he has never been able to cause it any substantial, irreparable damage.
Shinobu's words calmed everyone down. They carefully observed the battle and finally discovered the fatal problem.
Gu Chuan's every attack forced the Doomsday Beast into retreat, even blasting huge dents into its armor.
However, the monster could always heal all its injuries in the next second.
[Vector Manipulation], this seemingly unsolvable physics cheat, revealed its limitations for the first time when facing this "astronomical weapon" that does not belong to the category of conventional biological beings.
Within the Doomsday Beast's body, there is no blood, no electricity, no nerve signals, and no trace of life flow that can be "manipulated." It is merely a collection of pure "destruction concepts," forcibly fused together by the resentment of the Twilight Ancient Beast and the remnants of the War Forge through unknown power belonging to the "Destruction" Star God!
Gu Chuan can deflect its attacks and suppress its actions.
However, he...could not truly kill it.
The battle has fallen into a strange stalemate where "we can fight, but we can't kill."
The apocalyptic beast seemed to have realized this as well. Its attacks became increasingly frenzied and reckless, as if it wanted to use the purest, inexhaustible energy to completely wear down this annoying "insect" before it!
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"Trouble..."
Gu Chuan hovered in space, watching the doomsday beast rapidly reassembling its body, his brows furrowed slightly.
Just then, like lightning, a "memory" that did not belong to him flashed through his mind—it was the "original script" about this world that he, as an "observer," had reviewed before descending into this world.
In that "script," the one who defeated the Doomsday Beast was neither Himeko nor Dan Heng, but the seemingly harmless, emotionless girl who was always carrying a trash can—Hoshi.
It's the "star core" inside her!
It is the "seed" planted by Nanook, the "destruction" star god, representing the ultimate destruction "557" and infinite potential!
Only a higher-order "destruction" of the same origin can shatter this "antimatter core" composed of lower-order destructive power!
"I see……"
Gu Chuan instantly realized the key to breaking the deadlock.
He stopped fighting and, in a flash, returned to the side of March 7 and the others.
"Hey! Are you alright?!" Rin asked anxiously in the group chat.
"It seems he... can't kill that monster!" Shinobu Kocho also came to this conclusion.