Chapter 284: Erosion, Sudden Change, Manta Ray, "Magic"

"What kind of guy is that?!"

"Sir! Sir!!"

"Fall back and try to keep your distance from her!"

Facing the Greek god who is immune to conventional weapons, the UNSC soldiers are simply helpless.

What's more, Athena not only possesses physical strength and defense comparable to those of her biologically weaponized motherland, but she also possesses psychic powers disguised as "divine power."

Seeing that the UNSC infantry and paratroopers began to retreat, the Scorpion and the armored vehicle's turrets adjusted their angles, preparing to carry out a saturation strike on her.

Athena raised the war shield "Aegis" in her left hand high, and then caused the "banshee eyes" engraved in the center to burst out with dazzling red light.

In an instant, scarlet light completely erupted.

! !

The UNSC soldiers who saw the light subconsciously wanted to raise their hands to block it.

However, when they were about to take action, they found that their bodies could not move?

When the light dissipated, the skin of the UNSC soldiers turned light gray, as if they were "petrified" and were forced to stay in place.

The same goes for the drivers, gunners, and observers in the Scorpion and armored vehicles.

The originally restless scene became extremely silent.

Only Athena can act normally.

She first looked around, then looked up at the news airship hovering above, and then said loudly in an echo-like accent:

"I am Pallas Athena, the legendary Greek god, and an active ensign of Atlas. I do not want to harm any real human warrior.

Secondly! The city of Mombasa is about to be invaded by unknown forces, so we should cooperate instead of killing each other here! "

Athena's voice was so loud that the news host and cameramen sitting in the airship could hear her clearly.

As for Athena's battle shield "Aegis", it was actually made by Hephaestus, the god of forging, from the fur of a ewe named "Amalthea".

The "banshee head" engraved in the center of the war shield is made from the Medusa head of the Gorgon.

This is also the reason why UNSC soldiers freeze and become unable to move after witnessing the scarlet light.

Of course, Athena deliberately controlled the force and did not actually transform them into stone statues, but only temporarily restricted their freedom.

On the other hand, the female host

"Oh my God, viewers, did you hear that? That woman actually called herself Athena! Athena, the goddess of war?!"

The female host announced in disbelief.

As a human being in the twenty-sixth century, although the hostess would go to Christian churches to worship or visit temples and shrines of other religions, she refused from the bottom of her heart to admit that there are "gods" in this world. ", the existence of "devil"...

Even though she sometimes said exclamations such as "Jesus Christ" and "My God".

Human beings have left the earth and established colonies all over the galaxy, and they have not found any proof of the existence of gods and demons.

Even though Atlas released the helmet cameras of Soldier Boy and the Motherland, giving their supreme leader a "package", she did not think those two biological weapons were "gods".

What's more, Atlas officials later stated that Soldier Boy and Fatherland are one of the "masterpieces" of their products.

Atlas also took this opportunity to upload pictures, texts and video introductions to related products such as "Security Tyrant" and "Multi-Purpose Biochemical Hound", and is currently preparing to open sales channels.

According to the request of the station, the female host carefully browsed the introduction of the biological weapons.

At first, she would be frightened and surprised by the three-meter-tall security tyrant.

As Atlas uploaded more details and battle videos, the female host gradually accepted that "biological weapons" really existed in real life.

Not to mention, Atlas claimed to be from the Earth in a parallel universe, so she had to slowly accept it all.

But standing in the distance is Athena!

Coupled with the fantasy scene just now, Atlas once again refreshed the female host's perception.

Fortunately, the female host quickly calmed down and her tone returned to a calm tone:

"Dear viewers, the lady who called herself Athena just mentioned that Mombasa will be eroded by unknown forces? What does this sentence mean?

But no matter what she meant, our filming team has notified the station, and the Mombasa authorities will surely respond.

The rest is to ask all viewers to continue to follow this station and pay attention to the current situation. "

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At the same time, downtown Mombasa.

Residents who were supposed to enjoy the nightlife had to go back to their homes early due to the large-scale operations of the UNSC and the police, as well as the fierce fighting that broke out in the suburbs.

And in an apartment building in the old town;

"mom!"

The little girl sitting in the living room ran towards the kitchen quite excitedly after seeing the figure of Athena played on the holographic TV.

And he quickly said to the middle-aged woman who was preparing dinner:

"There really is a God in this world!"

"Okay, okay, God is there."

The woman smiled perfunctorily, put the chopped vegetables and fruits into the empty bowl, and then poured the higher-calorie salad dressing on them.

Ding~——!

The oven behind the woman also made a loud warning sound.

So she put on oven mitts, turned around, opened the oven, and took out the baked pre-made pizza.

Seeing her mother busy preparing dinner for them, the eight-year-old girl shrugged her shoulders and returned to the living room knowing that she was bored, ready to continue watching the live news.

Boom.

But just as she was about to sit on the sofa, she heard a noise coming from the window.

?

The girl, who was curious about everything, walked to the balcony facing north.

Opened the door and came to the open balcony with guardrails.

And as soon as she came outside, she found that nine light pink light pillars rose straight into the sky in the center of Mombasa.

? ? ?

This made the girl look confused.

She couldn't understand why there were light pillars surrounding the city center. She wanted her mother to come and see, but when she thought of her mother's perfunctory look, she immediately lost interest.

So the girl was going to continue to wait and see.

When she held the guardrail with both hands and wanted to see the distance better-

Boom. Boom--! ! !

The nine light pillars suddenly exploded and completely "swallowed" the city center of Mombasa.

Then, the beams of light all shattered like broken glass, and pink, blue and other lights lit up the dark night sky.

Ha-ha-ha-!!

The deep laughter that invaded people's hearts also spread throughout Mombasa.

Then, a huge "vortex" appeared in the city center.

Or, it is a giant portal leading to another space, or even a "dimension".

Looking across through the portal.

You can see a chaotic scene that cannot be accurately described and described, as if the faces and limbs of countless races were mixed and blended together by unknown means.

! ! !

The sudden change and the scene on the other side of the door frightened the girl.

She hurriedly moved away from the guardrail, ran back to the living room, and ran straight to her mother who had just placed pizza and salad on the dining table.

"Mom! Outside. It's too scary outside!!"

The girl hugged the woman tightly.

?

Seeing that the girl was a little abnormal, the woman was about to ask carefully, and she also saw the drastic changes in the outside world through the living room window.

Buzz~Woo——! !

Accompanied by the piercing sound of the air raid alarm, the woman immediately reacted—Run!

The farther the better, the better, and she had to escape from Mombasa as soon as possible.

Because the woman also saw the portal outside the window, releasing countless unknown creatures into the sky.

Even if she was not an expert or a soldier, but just a single mother who supported her daughter by working, she also understood that staying at home would only mean waiting to die.

Then the woman picked up the girl and ran out the door.

Out of the house.

Seeing that the corridor was full of residents with the same idea, the woman took the girl to the emergency passage.

At this point, the woman put the girl down, held the girl's right hand tightly, and told her:

"Follow your mother, don't be afraid, and don't shout when you encounter something, understand?"

"Yeah."

The girl nodded very obediently.

"Let's go."

The mother and daughter went straight to the underground parking lot on the 20th floor.

During this period, more and more residents chose to give up the elevator and use the emergency passage to escape to the ground, or the underground parking lot.

Fortunately, although the residents were panicking, the unknown changes in the outside world temporarily affected the old city, so the building still maintained a certain order.

In the end, the mother and daughter finally arrived at the underground parking lot without any danger.

Through biometric unlocking, they opened their family's old car.

After sitting down and closing the door, the woman started the hydrogen engine and said to the girl:

"Fasten your seat belt!"

However, the girl in the back seat had already fastened her seat belt before the woman reminded her.

But the girl still responded: "Fasten it, Mom!"

"That's good."

The woman drove the car without any worries.

While paying attention to other residents, she rushed to the exit of the underground parking lot.

However, after queuing out of the underground and coming to the streets on the surface, the woman found that the whole city had already fallen into chaos.

The panicked crowd, congested vehicles, and the lack of any police officers to help divert traffic completely paralyzed the traffic.

It is harder than climbing to the sky to drive away from Mombasa at this stage.

The old car driven and taken by the mother and daughter was naturally forced to be stuck in the street and could not move forward at all.

The most important thing is that the unidentified creatures released from the portal have already flown to the sky above the old city.

They look like manta rays (devil fish), with bright blue skin, pink and black spots and patterns.

Moreover, their wings and bodies are covered with dense bone spurs, and their heads have irregular eyes.

According to common sense, it is impossible for the group of "devil fish" with terrifying appearance to fly in the air with wings.

But at this time, how can the residents pay attention to common sense?

When they found that the devil fish flew over their heads, the residents who were already entangled in fear began to flee out of the city in a hurry.

At this time, a devil fish quickly lowered its altitude, turned its direction at a right angle, and dived towards the intersection with the most dense crowds.

Then——

“Scream—!!!”

Then, the manta ray opened its mouth and let out a sharp scream, and spit out a light pink “sound wave” visible to the naked eye to the crowd.

“Ah!!”

“No!”

“Save me!!”

The next moment, the residents who were attacked by the “sound wave” let out heart-wrenching screams.

Then, the woman in the car saw the "souls" and bodies of the residents being forcibly separated.

Their "souls" were swallowed by the manta rays, and their bodies were instantly torn into pieces.

Although she was not sure whether the looming human figure was a human soul, the residents in front of her were really killed.

! ! !

Seeing this, the woman quickly unbuckled her seat belt, climbed into the back seat, and said to herself:

"Can't stay here. Can't, can't die"

"Mom."

Although the girl didn't see the tragic situation at the intersection, she could hear the miserable howls of people before they died.

"Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid, we will find a chance to escape."

The woman's voice couldn't stop trembling, and she also reached out to hold the girl in her arms.

She was observing which direction to run to avoid being attacked by the manta rays in the air.

Unfortunately, the manta rays had grasped the residents' desire to escape the city, and they surrounded the intersections and the main roads leading out of the city, waiting for the bewildered people to take the initiative to deliver themselves to their mouths.

Hiding in the car could provide temporary safety.

But the woman also knew that if she continued to hide in the car, she would eventually die, so she had to take the risk to go to the entrance and exit of the subway station.

Only underground could she avoid those flying manta rays.

Da. Da Da——!

Just as she was thinking about when to open the door, the entrance and exit of the subway station on the right side of the vehicle was filled with dense gunfire.

? !

The woman looked towards the source of the sound and found a team of special police wearing full-coverage armor and holding police MA5 series rifles, pulling the trigger and pouring ammunition at the manta rays entrenched in the air.

One of the special police officers also shouted loudly: "All surviving citizens! Come! Come to us!"

!

Seeing that there were finally police officers to rescue her, the woman felt like she had grabbed a rope to survive when she was about to drown.

She opened the car door, burst out with unprecedented strength and speed, picked up the girl and ran to the entrance of the subway station.

Then, according to the guidance of the special police, the mother and daughter came to the platform of the subway station and joined a group of residents who "escaped from death".

Moreover, a special police wearing a beret said to everyone kindly:

"Please rest assured! It is absolutely safe here! We, the Mombasa police, can guarantee that your soul and body will be put to good use."

After that, the special police guarding the platform all pointed their guns at the confused people.

"What does it mean to make good use of the soul and body?" A brave driver asked.

"Of course, it means to dedicate your soul and body to my Lord! Hahaha~!" The special police wearing berets laughed wildly.

And when “he” saw people who mistakenly thought they were saved but actually fell into a deeper devil’s cave, and showed desperate and confused expressions, he laughed even louder and said:

“Yes! Yes! That’s what we want, keep going”

Boom——!!

However, his “crazy” speech was interrupted by the sound of a large-scale single-soldier airdrop pod smashing through the road surface and deep into the subway.