8 8 301 Karenina keeps dodging the incoming gravitational waves and knocking the Corrupted away.
9 9 301 In less than an hour's time, the gravitational waves are affecting a smaller radius but with significantly greater intensity. Some of the buildings in the lunar base are already decomposed into large debris.
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12 12 301 Karenina The zero-point engine... is right over there! 1
13 13 301 The spherical zero-point engine is engulfed in a gravity storm, sucking in all nearby debris, lunar soil and the limbs of Corrupted. The anti-gravity field slowly lifts the engine into the sky.
14 14 301 Karenina All the gravitational waves are concentrating in the engine... I can't waste any more time here. 1
15 15 301 Karenina slams the Blast Hammer hard on the Moon's surface. She keeps boosting the pressure in the hammer's propulsion engine.
25 24 301 When the engine reaches peak power, Karenina pulls the trigger. The charged kinetic energy is immediately released, shattering the fragile moon rocks underneath and launching Karenina along with the hammer rapidly toward her destination.
30 29 301 1 The gravity control device in her frame and the Blast Hammer's propulsion allow Karenina to adjust her stance while airborne, nimbly avoiding the impact of gravitational waves.
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34 33 301 But she soon finds out that whenever she tries to approach the zero-point engine, the gravitational waves would be in her way as if they are directly aimed at her.
35 34 301 Karenina How strange... I feel like the zero-point engine has its own consciousness. It is trying to push me away. 1
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39 38 301 After dodging another round of dense gravitational waves, Karenina transforms the Blast Hammer into the cannon form and fires at the zero-point engine.
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45 43 301 The engine immediately compresses the gravitational waves to neutralize her shot. This is definitely not a coincidence.
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47 45 301 Karenina It's impossible! How can the zero-point engine protect itself...? Unless... 1
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50 48 301 RImgBg1Shake Karenina keeps firing at the gravity storm around the zero-point engine. When she finally peels off the debris, she finds some pale matter entangled at the bottom of the engine and is continuously growing upward.
51 49 301 It is not lunar soil or shattered debris, but a creature that she has never seen.
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58 56 301 Slightly distracted, Karenina is hit by gravitational waves and falls to the Moon's surface. Thanks to the low gravity, she has not suffered much damage.
66 64 301 1 Karenina Cough... ****! What the **** was that...? 1
67 65 301 Karenina has never seen such a creepy scene. When the pale matter finally wraps the zero-point engine within, the gravity storm gradually calms down. Everything seems to have stopped.
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69 67 301 All of a sudden, the zero-point engine on top starts to shake vigorously. The crack on its pale outer shell turns to Karenina and "stares" at her like a creature's eye.
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72 72 301 RImgBg1Shake Karenina's instinct tells her the "creature" is dangerous. Without thinking, she raises her cannon and fires at it.
73 73 301 Karenina What the?! 1
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75 75 301 The compressed graviton fired from her cannon is blocked by this peculiar piece of flesh—to be precise, by its newly grown "arm."
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77 77 301 1 Soon, the pale flesh quickly grows another arm, followed by two legs. It slowly gets up on its feet and grows into a creepy humanoid.
83 83 301 RImgBg1Shake It lets out a hysterical cry. Uncontrolled gravitational waves burst out, shattering everything around.
84 84 301 Karenina does not need to ask it to know that this creature is her enemy. It's an enemy to all humans!
85 85 301 It continues to drain the energy supplied to the zero-point engine and emits crimson Punishing Virus.
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87 87 301 1 Karenina Is this freak a Hetero-Creature? 1
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89 89 301 1 The monster frenetically scratches itself. Blue "blood" full of zero-point energy flows out from its wounds, but the blue color soon fades and is replaced by crimson.
90 90 301 The lunar soil nearby is soaked with this crimson liquid—or the Red Tide, to be more precise.
91 91 301 Pale Mutant Gargh—! 1
92 92 301 The wounds left by its claws soon heal themselves. The energy drained from the zero-point engine will repair its body endlessly.
93 93 301 This energy will become an infinite source of the Punishing Virus. Soon, the entire Moon will be covered in the crimson blood color.
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95 95 301 AniZhuanchangBegin 1 Karenina The zero-point engine must be destroyed... I'll smash you! 1
101 101 301 DialogEnable Like a morning star, a small light dot rises into the deep, silent sky from the back of the Earth, followed by the blazing Sun.
102 102 301 But when looking closer at it, the "star" is blinking at a certain rhythm.
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104 104 301 1 Karenina Babylonia...! 1
105 105 301 The blinking navigation lights in Babylonia were once used for communicating with other orbiter spacecraft, but they are too outdated and are no longer in use.
106 106 301 Babylonia has no need to communicate with other orbiter spacecraft—with no other orbital spacecraft left, Babylonia is the only unit that watches the Earth from space.
107 107 301 Right now, the lights are operating once again for just one person. The message is for Karenina and Karenina alone.
108 108 301 Karenina "The World Government... has decided..." 1
109 109 301 Karenina carefully reads the message conveyed in the signal. The decision of humanity awaits her.
110 110 301 Karenina "...to acknowledge and approve... the Engineering Force's decision... Karenina..." 1
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112 112 301 Her eyes widen as she gazes at the blinking light, still finding it difficult to believe.
113 113 301 Karenina "...go ahead... and destroy the zero-point engine!" 1
114 114 301 The signals cannot convey complex instructions, but they are more than enough to give Karenina never-ending courage.
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116 116 301 She looks up and sniffles to stop the tears, then turns around and gives the monster a fearless smile.
117 117 301 Karenina Hey, did you hear that? You bloody Punishing monster... 1
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122 122 301 Karenina holds her Blast Hammer up and points it directly at the monster. The tail flames from its propulsion engine are burning strong.
123 123 301 Karenina They... The humans... want me to crush you. 1
124 124 301 Even when standing alone in the dark universe, Karenina no longer feels any fear. She knows the will of the entire human race is twinkling behind her, and this undying will—
