"God... Divine Retribution..."
As everyone watched the Initiators and Saint Tenzi float upwards, away from the ground,
they finally realized that things seemed to have become quite serious.
Because they knew that after the night of the dream, a strange glass bead had appeared on every Initiator.
No matter how much the Promoters tried, they couldn't cause any DMG to it, and this glass bead seemed to have recognized its owner, always returning to the Initiator's side no matter how far it was thrown.
Only by killing the Initiator could these glass beads be shattered.
"God... Divine Retribution..."
Kagenari, standing on the rooftop, went completely mad.
"Hahahahaha..."
"So that's it, so that's it..."
"These glass beads are tokens of divine recognition; possessing them will allow one to safely pass through this Divine Retribution."
"If this world isn't thrown into chaos, then its destruction would also be a very interesting thing..."
Kagenari frantically spread his arms, wildly and distortedly savoring the last moments of peace before the apocalypse.
He looked up at Kohina, who was also looking at him from the heavens above.
"Kohina..."
"The gods have come to save you all..."
"Although you have always wanted to emulate me, I know that the essence deep within your heart is different from mine."
"Please live well in the future world."
At the same time, light shone once more.
With Neuvillette's final words: "Divine Retribution descends."
Six pillars of light, each of a different color, suddenly erupted from the human city.
Immediately after, the moment the light pillars disappeared, six massive creatures, each over a hundred meters long, instantly appeared in the eyes of humanity.
Hiss!
The sudden appearance of the transformed Elemental Dragon Lords in the city instantly scared people out of their wits.
Their individual sizes were no less than the strongest Gastrea in this world.
What was even more terrifying than the Gastrea was that they possessed wisdom no less than that of 923 humans, and destructive power several times that of human railguns.
Boom!
Six beams of light, matching their colors and sizes, shot out from the mouths of the six Dragon Lords.
Their target was precisely the massive stone monument that could form an electromagnetic barrier by changing the magnetic field.
Rumble!
With the sound of the explosion, several Mushroom-cloud-shaped rising air currents immediately surged around the city.
In an instant, the earth seemed about to crack, shaking incessantly.
The rising air currents carried the dust of the earth into the sky; the entire sky became dim as if covered by dark clouds.
The massive stone monuments were all destroyed by a single breath attack from the Elemental Dragon Lords.
The environmental impact was like the end of the world.
"Stone... stone monuments..."
"Our protecting stone monuments have been destroyed."
"No, what exactly are they doing?"
"Aren't they gods? Why, why would gods destroy the stone monuments that protect us?"
"..."
However, before they could react from their fear,
the Elemental Dragon Lords had already disappeared, transforming back into human forms and arriving beside Neuvillette.
Immediately after, a petite figure stood before them.
With a wave of her small hand,
loud roars suddenly echoed from the distant surroundings of the city.
"That sound is..."
"It's Gastrea, it's Gastrea..."
The overwhelming roars completely shattered the courage of the people.
At this moment, they seemed to recall the history of humanity's war with the Gastrea.
Apart from the railgun that required a long time to charge energy, human weapons could not cause DMG to Gastrea of excessive size.
The reason they were able to survive in peace within the city, besides the magnetic field barrier of the massive stone monuments,
was primarily because of the emergence of Initiators who could fight against the Gastrea.
Unfortunately, now, all the Initiators have been taken away by the gods, and there is no longer any being in the entire world capable of resisting the Gastrea with their own power.
The only outcome for those left behind is to be mercilessly hunted by the Gastrea.
At this moment, painful wails echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
People desperately cried out to Nahida in the sky, begging for her forgiveness.
Their cries, shaking the heavens, expressed their remorse.
However, it was all too late for regret.
Nahida's gaze swept over the wailing people below, a flicker of sadness passing through her eyes.
With a slightly trembling voice, he said, "Do you truly understand your mistakes?"
"No..."
"You merely know that you are about to face death."
...
Chapter 68: Construction of the Underworld, the Appearance of the Deceased
The scene of the Gastrea army's invasion truly made the audience of the Prime Teyvat World feel a wave of nausea.
Those giant insect-like armies were excessively hideous.
Compared to them now, even creatures infected by the abyss are as cute as household pets.
Wherever the Gastrea army passed, not a blade of grass grew.
Humans injured by them, infected by the Gastrea virus, would also turn into Gastrea.
Artillery roared, and smoke filled the air.
The human army was simply unable to contend with the army led by the Fourth Stage Gastrea.
As time passed, the human towns were ravaged and no longer resembled their original state.
But, this was not even the first day.
High above the heavens.
Saint Tenzi watched everything below in horror.
In a daze, she felt a sense of lightheadedness.
The human world...
was completely beyond saving.
Her gaze wavered as she looked at the gods who had initiated all of this.
She couldn't believe that the childlike beings behind the white-haired, long-eared loli who appeared in her dream could transform into dragon-like creatures even larger than Stage Five Gastrea.
Even though they were so powerful, they could only stand behind the white-haired, long-eared loli.
"Roar..."
With a piercing roar from below her feet,
Nahida lowered her gaze to look down.
It was over.
All of humanity was utterly defeated under the onslaught of the Gastrea army.
The roar of Betelgeuse seemed to express their victory as Gastrea.
This roar was like a signal; as the sound faded, several more roars simultaneously erupted.
"The rest is up to you."