Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

"How about I borrow this book?" Isaac asked.

Even knowing the dangers this book poses to alchemists, Isaac couldn't resist the urge to study it.

"It's nothing special, and you can buy it at any bookstore."

Muroto Sumire didn't think much of it and agreed to give the book to Isaac.

"Thank you very much. I'll leave Xia Shi in your care for the next few days. I have some things to take care of back home."

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. We've almost finished analyzing the information you needed."

With a "beep," the computers that had been processing data went dark instantly, while the printer next to them started beeping, and soon a piece of paper was printed out.

"This is what you wanted."

Isaac walked over and picked up the paper, which had already analyzed the various components of Aldebaran's corrosive solution.

"So that's how it is. So this is the component that can corrode the megalith," Isaac laughed.

“Of course, but do you know what this is supposed to do?” Sumire Muroto asked.

But he immediately realized that the person in front of him was an alchemist who could manipulate the structure of matter, and that he could refine anything whose composition he knew.

"You're not going to make this corrosive liquid, are you?"

“I have that plan, but it has nothing to do with the current disaster in the Tokyo area.” Isaac picked up the paper and prepared to leave the laboratory.

“Isaac!” Sumire Muroto called out from behind him.

"Ok?"

"Is the pattern you drew in the Tokyo area also related to your alchemy?"

Although the temperature in the laboratory was very low, Sumire Muroto was already covered in cold sweat.

Isaac was slightly taken aback, then laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to have discovered that. You truly deserve to be called a scientist of the Four Sages level."

"The only thing I can tell you is that it's better to stay away from that formation."

After saying this, Isaac opened the laboratory door. The outside light illuminated the previously dark laboratory.

"By the way, I removed the whitened material from the No. 32 megalith. Besides giving it to you for analysis, it has an even more important use."

"An even more important use?"

Sumire Muroto repeated Isaac's words in a low voice, even though she was intelligent enough not to quite understand Isaac's purpose.

Near the No. 32 megalith.

Several Self-Defense Force soldiers are patrolling around the megalith.

They need to be fully prepared to deal with the aggressive Gastrea so that they can meet the enemy at the first opportunity and avoid being caught off guard and having to seek help from the police.

To the Self-Defense Forces, the police are just a bunch of rabble, and sending them to support them is an insult to them.

While two of the Self-Defense Force members were inspecting the area around the megalith, one soldier said to the other:

"Look at this megalith, it looks a bit strange."

"What's weird?"

"Take a look at the stone tablet. Has someone scratched it?" the soldier said, pointing to the huge black stone tablet in front of him.

Upon hearing this, another soldier slowly walked up to the stone tablet and began to examine it closely.

“It really is true. The whitened material on it has peeled off quite a bit. Someone must have picked at it,” the soldier said, but he moved closer to the stone tablet again.

"But it feels a bit strange."

"What's strange?"

"Look for yourself, isn't there a pattern cut out here?"

The soldier next to him looked closely.

A layer of the whitened material on the stone tablet was peeled off, and the area where it was peeled off formed a five-pointed star and a circle.

"Which chuunibyou jerk played this prank?"

"Could it be those police officers? They're just bored and come here to hang out near the monument, hahaha," the soldier laughed loudly.

"Now that you mention it, it's actually quite possible."

"They're so boring."

While the group was chatting, they didn't notice that a thin bolt of lightning was moving rapidly across the ground, stopping only when it reached the pattern on the giant stone monument.

Then, the pattern emitted a bright white light.

"What happened!?"

"The megalith is glowing?"

The intense light blinded them, and cracks began to appear on the megalith, centered on the pattern.

Immediately afterwards, the cracks grew larger and larger, and soon covered the entire monolith.

Boom!!!

A loud noise was heard.

The loud noise made everyone in Tokyo turn around and look in the direction of the sound.

What came into view was a terrifying scene.

The Thirty-Two Megaliths

It collapsed.

The Self-Defense Forces, the police officers under my command, the police officers on standby at 'Flame of Return', and even all the people in Tokyo Ward were incredulous.

After seeing the megalith collapse, Kisara stood frozen for a few seconds, then picked up his phone and made a call.

"Hey?"

"Satomi! Something terrible has happened! Monolith 32 has collapsed!!" Kisara shouted into the phone. "Get back to 'Flame of Return' immediately, the Gastrea are about to invade!"

"The Third Battle of Kanto has begun!"

As Kisara spoke, bookshelf fighter jets streaked across the sky, foreshadowing that war was imminent.

"Okay, boss, I'll be right back."

Isaac hung up the phone after saying that.

He was squatting on the ground, and there was a pattern drawn on the ground that was exactly the same as the pattern on the megalith.

This is a transmutation array, and the pattern on the giant stone tablet is also a transmutation array.

“Alchemy is much more convenient than alchemy in this situation,” Isaac laughed.

"The party is starting."

Chapter 309: At this moment, listen to the wails of the soul.

"What happened?! Why did the megalith suddenly collapse?!"

"Isn't there still two days left?"

"What on earth happened!?"

Everyone stared in astonishment at the continuously collapsing megalith.

Fear spread through the hearts of all the people in Tokyo. Even though they had known all along that the monolith would collapse, when that day finally arrived, no one could face the fear of death.

Screams and alarms filled the air.

The six-lane road was jammed with vehicles that couldn't move, and the cacophony of horns created a chaotic chorus. People who abandoned their cars and tried to get as far away from the No. 32 megalithic monument as possible made the road completely impassable.

The astonishing dust and whitened fragments of the massive monolith, stretching 1.168 kilometers in length and 1 kilometer in width, collapsed, creating a thick cloud layer that blanketed the Tokyo sky, obscuring even the sunlight.

Although the Japanese government had anticipated the shockwaves, dust storms, and bad weather caused by the collapse and had informed the public, hearing about it and witnessing it firsthand are vastly different, so people couldn't help but associate it with omens of the end of the world.

The packed train was filled with passengers who trembled and sobbed, and in the end, all they could do was pray.

Isaac walked down the street, surrounded by screaming crowds fleeing, and no one noticed the eerie smile on his face.

"Run away, run away, all of you, run into the circle."

Unlike the fleeing people, the self-defense forces around the megalith acted immediately after a moment of stunned silence.

They had noticed that a large number of Gastrea were beginning to move towards them, and their sheer numbers were creating a lot of sandstorms.

If Gastrea were to invade from the site of the collapsed megalith, the chances of the city's inhabitants being wiped out would be 100%. There is currently no example in the world of a mass extinction that has been avoided.

The next instant, the artillery fire began.

Those were the Self-Defense Forces' long-range weapons—self-propelled artillery, tank guns, and machine guns all firing simultaneously, their shells tracing perfect trajectories as they hurtled towards the Gastrea. Then, an explosion was immediately triggered.

The first row of Gastrea were blasted away, sending flames soaring high into the air, but a large number of the second row of Gastrea surged forward.

The battlefield was ablaze with red, as if the sky itself were on fire.

In the midst of the 'Flame of Return,' even the police officers gathered here were getting restless.

"The megalith has collapsed!"

"What do we do now? Should we fight?"

Where is Mr. Satomi now?

Seeing this, Kisara was helpless. She knew Isaac was still on his way, and she couldn't give them any orders.

Although Isaac had told them before that Mu Geng was his boss, the police officers verbally agreed, but in their hearts they only respected Isaac.

hum~

Kisara felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, quickly picked it up and saw that the caller ID showed 'Rentaro Satomi'.

"Hey!? Satomi, where are you right now?"

“I was on my way back when it happened so suddenly all the transportation was down,” Isaac said.

"Oh no, how could this happen..."

"Boss, you're in 'Flame of Return,' right?" Isaac asked.

"Um……"