From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 284: Corrosion and sudden transformation of the manta ray "Magic"

"Who the hell is that guy?!"

“Sir! Sir!!”

"Retreat and keep as much distance as possible from her!"

Faced with the Greek gods who are immune to conventional weapons, the UNSC soldiers are simply helpless.

What's more, Athena not only has physical strength and defense comparable to a biological weaponized Homelander, she also has psychic powers disguised as "divine powers".

Seeing the UNSC infantry and paratroopers begin to retreat, the turrets of the Scorpion and armored vehicles adjusted their angles and prepared to launch a saturation attack on her.
Athena raised the shield "Aegis" in her left hand, and then made the "Banshee's Eyes" engraved in the center burst out with a dazzling red light.

In an instant, the scarlet light burst out completely.

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

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

When the light faded, the skin of the UNSC soldiers turned light gray, as if they were "petrified" and forced to stand still.

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

The originally noisy scene became extremely quiet.

Only Athena can act normally.

She first glanced around, then looked up at the news airship hovering overhead, and then spoke loudly in an echoing tone:
“I am Pallas Athena, the legendary Greek god and an active lieutenant of Atlas. I do not wish to harm any real human warrior.

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

Athena's voice was so loud that the news anchor and cameramen sitting in the flying boat could hear it clearly.

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

The "Banshee Head" engraved in the center of the shield is made of the head of Medusa, the Gorgon.

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

Of course, Athena deliberately controlled the strength 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, everyone, did you hear that? That lady actually claimed to be Athena! Athena, the goddess of war?!"

The female host reported in disbelief.

As a human being in the 26th century, the hostess would go to a Christian church to worship, or visit temples and shrines of other religions, but she refused to acknowledge the existence of "gods" and "devils" in this world from the bottom of her heart...

Even though she sometimes says exclamations like "Jesus Christ" and "My God".

Humans have left the Earth and established colonies throughout the galaxy, but have never found any evidence of the existence of gods and demons.

Even though Atlas released Soldier Boy and Homelander's helmet camera footage, "packaged" their top leaders, she did not think those two biological weapons were "gods."

Moreover, Atlas officials later stated that Soldier Boy and Homelander are among the "masterpieces" of their products.

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

Following the station's request, the female host carefully browsed the introduction of those biological weapons.

At first, she would feel terrified 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 a parallel universe Earth, so she had to slowly accept it all.

But, the one standing in the distance is Athena!

Combined with the fantastic scene just now, Atlas once again refreshed the female host's cognition.

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

“Dear audience, the lady who called herself Athena just now mentioned that Mombasa will be invaded by unknown forces? What does this mean?
But no matter what she meant, our crew has already informed the station, and I believe the Mombasa authorities will respond.

All that remains is for you, the audience, to continue following our station and paying attention to the current situation.”
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Meanwhile in downtown Mombasa.

The residents who should have been enjoying the nightlife had to return home early due to the large-scale actions of the UNSC and the police, as well as the fierce battle that broke out in the suburbs.

It is located in an apartment building in the old town;
"mom!"

The little girl sitting in the living room ran to the kitchen excitedly after seeing Athena appear 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, there is God, there is God."

The woman smiled perfunctorily, put the cut vegetables and fruits into an empty bowl, and poured high-calorie salad dressing on it.

Ding~——!
The oven behind the woman also made a loud warning sound.

So she put on some oven gloves, turned around, opened the oven, and took out the pre-baked 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 it was boring, to continue watching the live news.

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

?

The girl, who was at the stage of being curious about everything, walked towards the balcony facing north.

Open the door to an open balcony with railings.

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

???

This made the girl look very confused.

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

So the girl decided to wait and see.

When she held the guardrail with both hands, trying to see the distance better -

Boom. Boom——!!!
The nine beams of light suddenly exploded, completely "swallowing" the city center of Mombasa.

Then, the beam of light shattered like broken glass, and allowed pink, blue and other lights to illuminate the dark night sky.

Hahaha-!!

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

Then, a huge "vortex" appeared in the city center.
In other words, it is a giant portal leading to another space or even "dimension".

Look through the portal to the other side.

One can see a chaotic scene that cannot be accurately described or 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 quickly moved away from the guardrail, ran back to the living room, and went straight to her mother who had just placed pizza and salad on the dining table.

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

The girl hugged the woman tightly.

?

Seeing that the girl was acting a little abnormal, the woman was about to ask her about it when she saw the drastic changes in the outside world through the living room window.

Buzz~Woo——!! With the ear-piercing sound of the air raid sirens, the woman immediately reacted—Run!
Escape as far as possible and get out of Mombasa as soon as possible.

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

Even though she was not an expert or a soldier, but just a single mother who worked to support her daughter, she understood that staying at home would only mean waiting to die.

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

Come outside the house.

Seeing that there were other residents in the corridor who had the same idea, the woman carried the girl through the emergency passage.

At this point, the woman put the girl down, held her right hand tightly, and said:
"Follow mom, don't be afraid, and don't shout when something happens, got it?"

"Uh-huh."

The girl nodded obediently.

"let's go."

The mother and daughter ran straight to the underground parking lot 20 floors below.

During this period, more and more residents chose to give up elevators and instead use emergency passages to escape to the ground or underground parking lots.

Fortunately, although the residents were panicked, the unknown changes in the outside world had not yet affected the old city, so a certain order was still maintained inside the building.

Finally, the mother and daughter managed to reach the underground parking lot safely.

Unlock the old car of their family through biometric unlocking.

Sit down, close the door, and while the woman starts the hydrogen engine, she also says to the girl:
"fasten your seatbelt!"

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

But the girl still responded, "It's tied, mom!"

"That's good."

The woman no longer drives the car without any worries.

She headed for the exit of the underground parking lot while keeping an eye out for other residents.

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

The panicked crowds, congested vehicles, and the lack of any police officers to help direct 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 ridden by the mother and daughter was naturally forced to get 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 over the old city.

They look like manta rays, with mainly bright blue skin, and pink and black spots and stripes.

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 that group of "devil fish" with terrifying appearance to fly in the air by relying on their wings.

But at this time, how could the residents have the mind to pay attention to common sense?

When the residents noticed the manta rays flying over their heads, they, who were already filled with fear, began to flee out of the city in an even greater hurry.

At this time, a manta ray quickly lowered its altitude, turned at a right angle, and dived towards the intersection where the crowd was the most densely populated.

Then--

“Xiao—!!!”

Then, the manta ray grinned and let out a shrill roar, and spit out a visible light pink "sound wave" towards the crowd.

"what!!"

"No!"

"help me!!"

The next moment, the residents who were attacked by the "sound waves" let out heart-wrenching screams.

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

Their "souls" were swallowed by the manta ray and their bodies were torn into pieces in an instant.

Although she was not sure whether the vague human outline was a human soul, the residents before her had indeed been killed.

!!!

Seeing this, the woman quickly unbuckled her seat belt, climbed into the back seat, and said to herself:
"I can't stay here. I can't. I can't die."

"Mother."

Although the girl did not see the tragic scene at the intersection clearly, 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 reached out and held the girl in her arms.

She was observing which direction to run in order to avoid being attacked by the manta ray in the sky.

Unfortunately, the manta rays took advantage of the residents' desire to escape the city and surrounded the crossroads and main roads leading out of the city, waiting for the bewildered people to deliver themselves to their mouths.

Hiding in a car can 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 and go to the entrance of the subway station.

Only by going underground can we avoid those flying manta rays.

Da da da--!
Just as she was considering when to open the door, dense gunfire rang out from the subway station entrance on the right side of the vehicle.

? !
The woman looked towards the source of the sound and saw a team of special police officers wearing full-coverage armor and holding police MA5 series rifles. They were pulling the triggers and pouring ammunition at the manta rays hovering in the air.

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

!

Seeing that the police officers finally came to rescue her, the woman felt like she had grabbed a life-saving rope when she was about to drown.

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

Then, following the guidance of the special police, the mother and daughter came to the platform of the subway station and reunited with a group of residents who had "escaped."

Moreover, a special police officer wearing a beret said to everyone kindly:
“Please rest assured! It is absolutely safe here! We, the Mombasa police, can guarantee that your souls and bodies will be put to good use.”

After saying that, the special police guarding the platform pointed their guns at the confused citizens.

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

"Of course, dedicate your soul and body to our Lord! Hahaha~!" The beret special police laughed crazily.

And when “he” saw people who mistakenly thought they were saved but actually fell into a deeper devil’s cave, with expressions of despair and confusion, he laughed even louder and said:
"Yes! Yes! That's what we want. Continue."

boom--! !

However, his "crazy" remarks were interrupted by the sound of a large individual airdrop capsule smashing through the road surface and penetrating deep into the subway.

(End of this chapter)