Chapter 1 The Beginning

The inky smoke and azure electromagnetic light formed a terrifying spectacle over the ruins of the research lab.

At the heart of this apocalyptic scene, a strange sound echoed.

"Thump, thump!"

"Thump, thump!"

Like a heart beating furiously!

And with this sound, a suffocating sense of oppression slammed down!

Gulped!

The bone structure of the pathfinder standing at the very front, closest to the ruins of the lab, rubbed violently as if under immense pressure, as if burdened by a mountain, his straight back gradually bending.

Finally, he crashed heavily to the ground, staring ahead with disbelief.

Before the Earth Apostle even acted, this invisible pressure on his genes alone was enough to deprive a battle-hardened pathfinder of the ability to resist!

This was an experience never felt even when facing the Sky Apostle!

"God… what kind of monster has awakened?"

At this moment, all living beings within ten kilometers of the biological research center felt a terror from the depths of their souls, as if an ancient god was reviving, about to rule the world.

Step!

Step!

Extremely faint footsteps sounded.

Coming from deep within the ruins, shrouded in smoke and electromagnetic lightning.

The footsteps grew closer.

"Report… biological research lab location, we need backup!"

A pathfinder lowered his head, suppressing his voice as he turned on his headset, quietly contacting command.

Suddenly, an invisible electromagnetic wave swept over.

Zzzap!

The headset in the pathfinder's left ear exploded, blood mixing with shattered fragments flying out.

"Everyone, ditch your electromagnetic equipment!" Seeing this, Bai Jingyan endured the intense pain and shouted.

Han Han, or rather the Earth Apostle, was a secondary evolved organism with a super-brain; any electromagnetic device was a controllable time bomb in her presence.

Hearing this, the pathfinders immediately removed their headsets, electromagnetic helmets, and other equipment, throwing them far away.

Bai Jingyan still frowned.

Although the pathfinders had discarded their electromagnetic equipment, in reality, if the Earth Apostle attacked them, none of them would escape.

The Earth Apostle's terrifying brainpower could instantly kill everyone present.

"Now it depends on whether the one who comes out is the Earth Apostle… or the Third Consciousness!" Bai Jingyan stared intently at the center of the ruins; he had done everything he could, and now their lives were up to fate.

If the Earth Apostle came out, none of them would survive today.

If it was the Third Consciousness, they might… still have a chance!

Ten mecha warriors roared in from the distance, landing heavily on the ground, their electronic eyes locked onto the smoke-shrouded area, and quickly entering combat mode.

Step!

Step!

The footsteps grew louder.

The edge of the smoke on the ruins began to writhe.

A fair, bare foot suddenly stepped out of the smoke.

Then, a small, thin body walked completely out of the ruins!

It was Han Han!

Click!

Click!

At the same time, almost all the pathfinders simultaneously raised their steel blades and guns, aiming at Han Han's body.

"Don't move! Don't move! Don't shoot!"

Bai Jingyan almost roared these words, grabbing a pathfinder and forcibly standing him up, pressing down the other man's gun: "Something's wrong with her! I think it might be the Third Consciousness!"

"She's trying to distinguish friend from foe; don't let her think we're a threat!"

"Retreat! Slowly retreat!"

With Bai Jingyan's shouts, the pathfinders finally aimed their guns at the ground and slowly retreated, even the mecha warriors switching from combat mode to normal mode.

In front of the ruins, Han Han stood there blankly, still wearing her oversized Peppa Pig pajamas, though the sleeves and legs were scorched and torn in the explosion, making her look like a homeless child.

But her gaze was definitely not as timid and weak as that of a homeless child!

Her left eye looked incredibly indifferent, like a statue in a temple!

Her right eye looked very pure, like a newborn infant!

She did not seem cold, nor did she deliberately look down on them, but it always felt as if her eyes contained no living beings, as if she stood at the top of the world, and the only thing she could look at as equals was the endless sky!

"Researcher Bai… who, who exactly is she?" Finally, someone could not bear the terrifying sense of oppression and asked softly.

"A newborn, the strongest creature in the world!" Bai Jingyan was finally certain of Han Han's state, squeezing these words from between his teeth.

If the Earth Apostle were standing here now, they would not have any chance to talk, but would have already been turned into dust.

"What should we do now?" Someone asked again.

"…" Bai Jingyan heard this question, remained silent for a long time, and then said, "I don't know."

Bai Jingyan really didn't know what attitude to take when facing Han Han, who had given birth to a new consciousness.

Although she would not be as brutal as the Earth Apostle, she still had the Apostle's powerful blood flowing in her bones, and once they inadvertently offended her, the consequences would be extremely serious.

"The Bronze Palace is about to arrive at Mad Wind Island… If we don't control her, I'm afraid the consequences will be very serious." A pathfinder lowered his voice and whispered in Bai Jingyan's ear.

But before Bai Jingyan could react after hearing these words, a whistling sound of electromagnetic thunder came from his ear, and the pathfinder was directly thrown out, his body crashing heavily dozens of meters away!

In front of the ruins.

Han Han's expression did not change.

She lowered her head and glanced at her body, feeling that everything in front of her was extremely unfamiliar.

She didn't know how she was born, she didn't know who she was, and she didn't know where she was going next…

But she could clearly perceive the changes in the brainwave frequency of these inferior creatures in front of her, which became very intense at a certain moment, indicating that they were nervous and hostile towards her!

These weak, inferior creatures were naturally not in her eyes. She just waved her hand lightly, instinctively driving her body's power to defeat them.

Seeing the pathfinder being knocked away, Han Han frowned.

She raised her palm and looked at her palm, her expression somewhat puzzled, as if wondering why her power was not as strong as she perceived it to be.

Soon, she realized that her power was being suppressed.

And the source of suppressing her power was the earth beneath her feet.