Chinese Superman

Chapter 153 The Second Stage of Spiritual Energy Recovery Erupts!

There are only three ways to deal with the "Rod of God".

The first method, naturally, is to detect the high-energy laser cannon before the [Staff of God] fires it, thus dodging the attack in advance.

Xia Xinghan can do this.

The second option is to withstand the terrifying damage from the [Staff of God]. No matter what method you use, if you can withstand it, that's your skill.

Xia Xinghan can do the same.

The third option is straightforward: die on the spot.

This is the only thing Xia Xinghan cannot do.

"Buzz"

A beam of blazing white light, over fifty centimeters in diameter, containing terrifying kinetic energy and intense heat, like a divine spear of judgment, tore through the clear night sky of Athens and struck the central dome of the Parthenon with unparalleled precision!

There was no deafening explosion.

There was only a terrifying roar that was so dull it seemed to pierce through the earth, and an instantaneous burst of extremely bright light that could blind people!

The Parthenon, which was incredibly sturdy and had been strengthened by the revival of spiritual energy, had its dome instantly vaporized by the super-powerful attack of the space-based weapon, just like snow falling into a steel furnace!

The massive stone pillars shattered, the exquisite reliefs turned to dust, and terrifying high temperatures and shockwaves raged wildly in all directions.

"boom"

The entire Acropolis of Athens trembled violently.

Smoke and dust mixed with high-temperature steam shot into the sky, forming a small mushroom cloud!

As the intense light and initial impact subsided and the smoke and dust dissipated, the interior of the temple was finally revealed.

In the central area, a terrifying giant crater several meters in diameter and hundreds of meters deep had appeared. The crater walls were in a vitrified crystalline state, and the high temperature was distorting the air.

The once solemn temple was now a scene of devastation, with molten rock and collapsed ruins everywhere.

Although the God King, the Goddess of Wisdom, and the King of the Underworld were unable to dodge in time, they escaped the calamity thanks to their strength and resources as SS-level superhumans, each possessing life-saving relics. However, they all ended up in extremely disheveled condition.

The corner of the God King's robe was charred black, and one of his arms was blasted to ashes, leaving not even a trace.

If there were a health bar, it's estimated that a quarter of your health has been lost!

The goddess of wisdom had disheveled hair and a pale face.

The Parthenon is her home ground, so she appears to have suffered the least injury.

As for Hades, the weakest of the three giants, he was the most fragile and lost a "resurrection coin" immediately.

By sacrificing the lives of a hundred people from the Acropolis of Athens, he was fully resurrected from the Book of the Dead of Ani, his face so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.

This was also the first time he, as the King of the Underworld, had experienced the taste of death.

The three looked up through the shattered dome at the night sky, which had returned to darkness but seemed to still bear traces of heat. Their faces were initially blank with confusion, but were then replaced by boundless rage and disbelief!

"A space-based weapon—the [Staff of God]?!"

The voice of the God-King trembled with extreme rage.

He never imagined that he would be bombarded so badly by another country's firearms on his own turf!

"The Star Kingdom?! How dare they?!"

The goddess of wisdom was both surprised and furious.

She, as the owner of the Parthenon, felt deeply saddened by its damage.

The next moment, the communicator rang.

After connecting, the God-King gritted his teeth, suppressing his anger, and said in a deep voice, "All! Star! Kingdoms!"

"You'd better give me a satisfactory explanation!!"

The five-star general in charge of liaison was sweating profusely and quickly explained how the "Rod of God" weapon system had been hacked.

After regaining access, the technicians deciphered a code: "The Martial Ancestor was here."

"So the attack just now was the work of the Martial Ancestor?" [Pluto]'s eyes were terrifyingly sinister as he sneered, "Who said the Martial Ancestor wasn't vengeful? This was revenge! A warning to us!"

The Goddess of Wisdom, looking at the temple dome with its gaping hole, cried out in anger, "First Pandora's Box, then the Staff of God! This is unbearable!"

"Xia! Xing! Han—!!!"

The roar of the God-King echoed like that of a wounded lion above the ruined temple, filled with resentment, rage, and a hint of fear—a fear he himself was unwilling to admit.

At the same time.

Yingguo, Kyoto.

A group of cabinet members, members of the royal family, and priests are standing in front of the newly rebuilt, brightly painted shrine, holding a simple "completion blessing" ceremony.

The elderly priest at the head of the shrine wiped the sweat from his brow, gazing at the brand-new shrine with a hint of relief on his face: "Finally—it's finished before the New Year. May the gods protect us, and may there be no more calamities—"

One member of parliament said, "Heh, so what if it's been destroyed once? The Yamato's military spirit will never be extinguished!"

Another lawmaker chimed in: "Our Yamato people excel at rebuilding from ruins. Defeat won't defeat us; it will only make us stronger!"

"Every time it's bombed, we'll rebuild!"

"Baka! Don't jinx it!!"

"Hey! I get it."

"Let's go in and pay our respects."

He hadn't finished speaking.

A young member of the royal family nearby happened to look up and pointed to the sky with a puzzled expression: "Look—that star, hasn't it suddenly become brighter? It's so dazzling—"

Unbeknownst to him, it was the "Rod of God" hovering near orbit, gathering energy.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

In the hazy morning sky, a single star suddenly became incredibly bright, its brightness surpassing that of the sun in an instant!

(Note: There is a time difference between Athens and Kyoto, so it is already dawn in one place while it is still night in the other.)

The next moment, the "starlight" stretched out suddenly, turning into a straight, blazing white streak of light!

"What is that?!"

"Dami!"

The terrified screams stopped abruptly as their figures were swallowed up by the blinding white light!

"Bomb One"

The newly built shrine, along with its foundation, was blasted into a lava crater by the beam of light from the "Staff of God" that fell from the sky!

The shockwave violently shattered the surrounding trees and building debris.

Smoke and dust filled the air. Those who were lucky enough to escape the direct impact but were knocked to the ground stared blankly at the familiar ruins, their faces filled with despair and absurdity.

The shrine — was bombed again —

At the same time, in the Imperial Palace of Japan, the third "Heavenly Light" arrived as promised.

If it weren't for the Yasakani no Magatama automatically protecting its owner, the entire royal bloodline of Japan would probably have been completely severed.

The news spread like wildfire, instantly sweeping across the globe.

The Xia Kingdom, Zhongnan Mountain.

Xia Xinghan, who had been flying high in the sky, slowly descended and sat on a blue stone in Louguantai. He smiled and felt relaxed and happy.

Whether it was the three giants of the Pantheon whose defenses had been breached, or the Japanese shrine that had been bombed again, he saw it all with his super vision.

One word: awesome!

The palm-sized Jingwei flew lightly around the bracelet, then sat on Xia Xinghan's shoulder, propped her chin up with her hands, and said regretfully, "There must be non-human beings on the Star Kingdom's side. With the firewall reinforced, it probably won't be so easy for me to infiltrate again."

Strictly speaking, her body was not limited by the holographic projection and had become a kind of energy body.

Xia Xinghan only needs to charge the smart bracelet periodically.

"It's alright."

Xia Xinghan smiled slightly, gazing at the gradually brightening eastern horizon.

"A small gift to express my best wishes. I hope everyone in the Pantheon and Japan has a Happy New Year."

He stood up and stretched.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. As for you guys—see you after the New Year.

2026, April 2.

This is one of the most important traditional festivals in the Xia Kingdom:

【Lunar New Year's eve】

Jinling City.

Purple Mountain, Observatory.

Although it was Lunar New Year's Eve, a time for family reunions, the Astronomical Observatory was still brightly lit.

Inside the enormous observation hall.

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Dozens of staff members remained at their posts, closely monitoring the armillary sphere and seismograph, constantly recording and analyzing data to create a massive data stream.

Based on the data stream, it was then converted into an intuitive and easy-to-understand graph, which was displayed on the screen in the lobby.

There are maps showing the spiritual energy concentration of the entire Xia Kingdom, maps showing the earth's vein fluctuations, and maps showing the energy field.

Their curves, like a steady electrocardiogram, have fluctuations and show an overall upward trend, but are all within a controllable range.

"Old Zhang, after you finish this shift, you can still make it back in time for dumplings."

A middle-aged researcher rubbed his sore eyes and smiled at his colleague next to him.

"I hope so. These days, spiritual energy is harder to contain than dumpling wrappers—" Old Zhang shook his head. "I feel that since there's still takeout available, ordering a few bowls of dumplings would be more practical."

A colleague patted Lao Zhang on the shoulder and said optimistically, "Don't say such discouraging things!"

"Old Zhang, look, the spiritual energy recovery model that the base's meteorological department established predicted the second phase would break out, but it has been delayed for two or three months and hasn't broken out yet."

"We've been waiting since December until New Year's Day. And now it's New Year's Eve, the Year of the Horse is almost here—"

Before my colleague could finish speaking...

"Beep—!!! Beep beep beep beep!!!"

A piercing alarm, sharp enough to tear your eardrums, suddenly erupted from all the monitoring terminals!

It's not a single alarm, but all the preset crisis thresholds being breached simultaneously in an instant!

In the center of the hall, the enormous and intricate armillary sphere, composed of multiple layers of bronze rings, suddenly froze with a clang, its rings, which had been slowly rotating according to the laws of the universe and stars, coming to a complete stop.

But the next moment!

All the rings, as if being frantically stirred by an invisible giant hand, began to spin wildly in different directions at speeds that completely defied the laws of physics!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—"

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The gears emitted a screeching, strained screech, sparks flying everywhere!

Beside it, the enormous, round seismograph, with its eight golden dragons holding golden balls in their mouths, simultaneously began to fall in succession, "plop, plop, plop—" into the corresponding toad mouths below.

The sounds of impact were as dense as rain!

All eight golden balls have fallen!

On the main screen, all the monitoring curves no longer fluctuated, but instead, like a flood bursting its banks, they instantly broke through the upper limit of the chart and became straight, upward-pointing scarlet lines!

The numbers fluctuated wildly, finally settling on the despairing "ERR" or "∞" symbol!

"What...what's going on?!"

"Everything's off the charts?! What's going on?!"

"Instrument malfunction?"

"No! The armillary sphere and the seismograph are heirlooms! They couldn't possibly malfunction at the same time!"

"Quickly! Check the backup system! Activate the highest level of emergency response!"

Chaos erupted in the hall.

The most experienced experts, watching the wildly spinning armillary sphere and the seismograph with all eight spheres falling, turned deathly pale, and a terrifying thought simultaneously surfaced in their minds.

"It's not a malfunction—"

The chief engineer's voice was hoarse and trembling, filled with unbearable shock and terror, "It's—the spiritual energy itself! It's—undergoing a dramatic change! It's boiling! It's—leaping forward!"

He grabbed the red dedicated communication device and roared with all his might, "Report to the base! Report to the supreme command!"

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"Emergency Warning from the Astronomical Observatory"

"Spiritual energy resurgence, second stage, full-scale eruption! Repeat, second stage, full-scale eruption! Intensity—immeasurable!!!"

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