Time in a collapsing world

【Finally】Countdown to arrival————

one day.

No, twenty-two hours and forty-two minutes to be exact.

Except for some fusion warriors who did not need to go to the battlefield, the rest of the Yingjie gathered together, standing outside the base's almost empty wall of refugees, patiently but painfully waiting for the passage of time.

"Do we need to come out so early?"

An unhappy voice came from under Qianjie's mask. Even though he knew that this battle was of great importance, it was too difficult for him to stand idle like this.

"The battlefield this time is the moon, and it will take time for us to land on the moon." Hua said softly.

"Hey, don't you still want to be like a college student and just go there?" Velvet laughed playfully to distract herself from the anxiety in her heart.

"...How do we get to the moon?" Kosmo asked.

"Over there, take a rocket ride."

Sakura pointed to the ground not far outside the base. A large hole appeared at some point where the open space should have been. The tip of the rocket poked out from inside. There were only a few refugees looking around curiously.

"Um...what will you say when you come back?"

Pado now looks a little gray, as if he had dug a hole somewhere not long ago.

"..."

Hearing this question, Kevin, who had been silent, looked at Eden.

The next moment, Eden also smiled and replied: "If you can defeat [Endgame] in the future, I will be responsible for bringing you back."

"...Let's go, it's time to set off."

As a captain-level figure, Kevin ordered calmly, and then took the first step towards the direction of the rocket.

"Let's go, Sister Xi."

Padora pulled Xi, who was distracted for some reason. She was holding the scythe that she had been accustomed to using before, and her eyes were looking at the direction of the base behind her, as if she was looking for a certain figure.

"Li is not in the base today."

Sakura walked past the two of them, and Mianxi guessed what she was thinking because she didn't move.

"……Um."

Nozomi then retracted her slightly disappointed gaze, holding the scythe and followed Sakura's pace.

I don’t know what the outcome of this last battle will be. Nozomi originally wanted to meet Li Jian one last time, but she didn’t expect that the other party didn’t even come to say goodbye.

"Perhaps Brother Li is watching us silently, right? For example, suddenly appearing at a critical moment and catching [Herrscher of the End] off guard?"

Pado said cheerfully that anyway, she didn't think Li would be the kind of ruthless person who would just sit back and do nothing.

"Pado is right. Li must be secretly watching us somewhere, so there is no need to worry. We will do our best to deal with [Herrscher of the End]. If there is any accident... it will be sure as long as he is here. It’ll be okay.”

Eden may have heard what a few people said, so he walked closer to Pado and Xi. Sakura in front of her also raised her fox ears keenly.

"Ha... you are too optimistic, aren't you? That guy will come? Hey, I don't believe it. Don't forget that guy is a Herrscher. It would be great if he can face his boss without getting weak!"

Qianjie curled his lips, belittling Li both inside and outside his words, but he did not refute what Eden said that Li would come to the rescue.

"Uh...Brother Jie, are you eavesdropping on our girls' conversation?" Pado looked strange.

"What eavesdropping? You guys obviously spoke too loudly!" Qianjie said in a hot tone.

"He's lying... He was obviously attracted to you when he saw you guys talking together~" Vivi said thiefly, which immediately aroused Qianjie's rebuttal.

"Who would come here out of curiosity just because they saw women getting together? I just heard about Li..."

Speaking of this, Qianjie silently swallowed the words that followed. Seeing the evil smile on Velvet's face, he wanted to stuff her into the ground on the spot!

"What did you hear Li?"

Velvet refused to give up.

"...Tsk, is it none of your business?"

"..."

Didn't you get curious and get closer after hearing Li's name?

Kosmo, who listened silently, understood somewhat. It seemed that Qianjie was still very sensitive to the topic of Li.

Afterwards, several people came to the big hole where the rocket was placed. Hua pointed to an elevator on the edge of the big hole and reminded everyone: "Go down that way."

"There is actually an elevator here... The fire-chasing moth is really powerful and useless." Qianjie muttered, walking to the side of the big hole and taking a look down. It was not deep, and he felt that it was more than enough for him to jump down.

Of course, this is only for fusion warriors. An ordinary person would definitely fall to pieces.

"Let's go, there are already people waiting for us up there." Kevin said, starting the elevator, and when the square elevator box rose from the ground, he stood in with a few people.

"Is there anyone else who needs to participate in the battle of [Endgame]?" Sakura frowned and asked in confusion. Her eyes swept over several people one by one, and she actually started to look forward to it.

"Don't think about it, it's not a boy, it's another person, or... not a human being?" Velvet could easily see what Sakura was thinking, and directly shattered her expectations.

not human?

So while some people were thinking in confusion, the elevator came to the middle of the rocket, stopped and then opened the door.

An entrance appeared on the smooth outer wall of the rocket, facing the opening door of the elevator. There was a passage between the two.

The heroes walked up the passage, and there was a dark abyss at the bottom.

Before they could fully enter the rocket entrance, they saw a gray-haired figure waiting inside.

"Prometheus?"

Eden spoke in surprise. Except for Velvet, Kevin and Pado, who had already known about it, most of the others also showed the same reaction as her.

"Who is this?" Qianjie had never seen Prometheus before, so he turned to Hua.

Hua explained in a low voice, telling him the identity of Prometheus, but he was still confused as to why she appeared here.

"Everyone is here?"

The voice of the Prometheus machine sounded, and its red pupils scanned the faces of several people.

"Well, everything is ready, let's go~"

Velvet replied, then nodded when she saw the other person, and operated the console behind her with extremely fast hand speed. The hatch that the heroes had just entered was slowly closed, and then there was a vibration from the entire rocket. .

"Everyone find a place to sit down, the rocket is starting!"

Velvet reminded her loudly, and then she sat down on the seat against the inner wall.

The rest of the people also found their own seats, waiting for the rocket to slowly lift off amidst the vibrations and fly towards the outside of the earth.

In the base, whether it was Su who was always observing the external situation, Mebius who was still sitting in the laboratory, or Aponya who closed his eyes to rest, they all looked at the rocket taking off with some feeling. place.