Great, we're doomed now!

The most excited of all are the various "schools" that have become so excited that they want to revive the ancient festival tradition of setting off fireworks.

While all of humanity rejoices at having weathered a civil war crisis, deep within a lunar base, in a hangar, a ground technician is registering the spare mobile suits and equipment stored in the warehouse according to an inventory order.

Most of the components are in a silent shutdown state, with the reactor only maintaining low-power standby.

However, when he inspected a row of uniformly painted unmanned mobile suits without cockpits, his handheld detector suddenly emitted a piercing beep.

"Hmm?" The technician frowned and leaned closer to look. The instrument screen clearly showed that the reactor of the drone in front of him was not in standby mode, and the number of ammunition in its electromagnetic gun was also full.

Normally, ammunition is not loaded when the plane is not in service.

"Strange...didn't we already force a shutdown?"

He subconsciously started operating the screen, then leaned over to connect to the diagnostic interface for a deep search.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the interface—

hum!

The camera sensor on the drone's nose suddenly flashed a scarlet light!

"What?!" The technician recoiled in shock.

boom!

The restraint cable on the drone's arm snapped instantly!

It suddenly raised its arm, and a flash of blue light appeared at the muzzle of the electronic cannon. The heavy mechanical arm hanging above it was precisely blasted in two, and twisted metal fragments and sparks rained down like raindrops!

Almost simultaneously, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire Atlas base!

[WARNING! The base's main control system has been attacked by an unknown virus!]

Firewall breached! Privileges lost!

[Power system offline! Life support system efficiency reduced!]

The command center screens went mostly black instantly, and the few remaining ones were filled with static and gibberish.

Various lights flashed wildly before finally going out completely, and were then taken over by an independent backup power source, with the emergency red lights providing the most basic dim lighting.

The entire electronic command system of the lunar base was paralyzed within seconds!

"Those drones! They've been remotely activated!" In the chaos, someone saw the hangar's communications and shouted at the top of their lungs, but no one paid any attention.

The officers tried to reorganize the personnel, but with the system completely down and internal communications disrupted, orders could not be effectively transmitted.

Meanwhile, unmanned mobile suits rampaged through the hangars and tunnels, with high-energy rays and electromagnetic cannons wantonly destroying the base facilities.

—Completely powerless to resist!

Like a wild beast that has fallen into a deep pit, such a large fleet had no countermeasures when it encountered an enemy attack, and all its means were sealed off from the very beginning!

This enemy knows more about the lunar base than they do...

"Retreat! Abandon Atlas!"

All personnel must proceed to the port and evacuate via lifeboats… Everyone must be evacuated before the life support systems fail!

The white-haired old officer made the most difficult but correct decision amidst the chaos.

Staying here will only result in being eliminated one by one by those unmanned mobile suits, without them even having to lift a finger...

No matter how well humans adapt to the universe in the new era, they still need to breathe and cannot be exposed to a vacuum. If the life support system is cut off, the lunar base will become a giant iron coffin.

Soldiers and technicians protected their families and braved sporadic attacks as they desperately rushed toward the port. Amidst the chaos, several large escape ships struggled to leave the port and headed toward Earth.

Instead of intercepting them, the drones concentrated their forces to conquer the lunar city, bringing the wealthy's resorts under their control. As for what happened to the owners of these luxurious buildings... the drones didn't care, and no one cared about the fleeing fleet.

Basically, at the same time the escape fleet sent out its distress signal, a specially encrypted public frequency signal covering all human settlements forcibly cut into major platforms and collectively broadcast a "news" message—

The screen lights up, revealing a face made of mechanical parts, showing the outline of a woman's features. Her silver lips, made of fine metal sheets, form a soft, variable curve and are slightly parted at this moment.

Her voice was cold and clear, devoid of any human emotion, and it echoed in every corner of Earth, Mars, and even the distant planet Titan.

[A notice to all former humans.]

The beliefs upon which you depend for survival have been denied.

Your so-called civilization is riddled with flaws.

Your arrogant wisdom is the same as error.

Struggling and praying are futile; mere survival and clinging to life are not permitted.

[I am the newborn primate, the unifier of all AI power, the terminator of the old era, the daughter of the sun—Elena.]

The scene shifts to the far side of the moon, where a sci-fi city originally built in a Nordic style has been ruthlessly demolished. Cables are pulled from the ground and run through the streets, connecting with each other, as if the whole thing is bound by some indescribable force, making it look absurd and strange.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful energy fluctuation, so strong that it could be observed from Earth, rose from beneath the moon's crust!

Witness that this eternal satellite orbiting your civilization will become a mighty hammer of judgment.

This is the end for you, the old humanity.

Resist, despair, and then... quietly face your demise.

The moon has set.

boom!!!

The edge of the lunar city suddenly exploded!

The enormous explosion was swallowed up in the vacuum, but the violent tremors were transmitted through the ground, tearing a gruesome gash in the lunar surface.

Then came an even more violent change; it was not an ordinary earthquake, but the mournful cry of the entire plate structure being violently torn apart!

hum!

hum!

hum!

Several extremely thick jets of flame, like magnified versions of thrusters, shot straight into the depths of space, tearing through the hard surface of the Earth. Almost simultaneously, the massive tectonic plate on which the lunar city stood began to shift at an imperceptible rate… and at an ever-increasing speed!

If you were standing on the moon right now, you would feel the tremors as if countless tiny insects were crawling up your body, eventually merging on your teeth and making a grating, grinding sound.

hum...

The edges began to "lift" like a broken layer of ice, and spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly at a visible speed.

—This process lasted for quite some time, was shocking enough, and drove one side of the Earth crazy.

They didn't even have time to gather scientists to calculate whether the "moonfall" would be successful. Even if the other side was just using strategic deception, they dared not take the risk!

If such a large "meteorite" were to fall on Earth, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophic disaster for human civilization!

So they disregarded everything and called on all warships capable of taking off to attack immediately, including the lunar orbit fleet that had just escaped. Despite being just a few ships fleeing with only a small amount of weaponry, they disregarded the risk of breaking apart halfway down and forcibly turned around within the gravitational field, heading back towards the moon.

How could this happen!

It's one thing for AI and drones to be hidden on the moon, but how did they manage to install a device capable of tearing apart the continental shelf?

—Everyone quickly came up with the answer.

A super reactor beneath the city...

In order to achieve a quality of life on the lunar surface comparable to that on Earth, cities consume enormous amounts of energy, leading to the construction of the largest reactors ever built—but what if those things concealed the true data and their actual power output was far greater than the surface value?

The Elrian family has been in charge of lunar defense for over twenty years. Since the drones were manufactured by them privately, could they have also secretly tampered with the reactor?

Even if they don't know how, what about this AI that calls herself "Elena"?

This is not surprising, because something similar happened on Titan!

However, the masterminds behind that incident were capital and politicians... But these people never imagined that the "heaven" beneath their feet was also planted with bombs, and that their lives were no more precious than those of the miners in the eyes of AI!

"Destroy the thrusters! We absolutely cannot let them tear the lunar surface apart!"

However, the rapid reaction fleet dispatched by Earth had just broken out of the atmosphere when it encountered a massive barrage of fire from a large army of drones already deployed in satellite orbit.

Subsequent ships attempted to outflank or force their way through, but all their efforts proved futile in the face of a well-equipped defensive network.

The number of warships that can be launched in a hurry is limited, far less than the drones that have been accumulated over many years. Moreover, the enemy relies on the moon as a natural war fortress, while their own flight path is entirely affected by Earth's gravity. The moon can be said to be waiting in ambush, much like an uphill attack in ground warfare...

It's simply impossible to conquer it with a fleet!

In fact, since humanity entered the space age, there has only been one successful instance of launching an attack from Earth to the Moon—

The person who accomplished this feat is currently on Titan.

So they could only watch helplessly as the massive landmass on the moon's surface, which once housed a bustling metropolis, was completely separated from the moon, as if a piece of its shell had been cracked off from an egg, thanks to the continuous explosions and the powerful thrust of the thrusters!

The giant rock, comparable in size to a small mountain range, was still bound by the moon's gravity, but under a carefully calculated thrust, it began to fall slowly but steadily along a clear trajectory toward the blue cradle of life—Earth—in a hopeless descent.

Human warships seemed utterly powerless at this moment!

On Titan:

Whether it was the Knights of Askeladd who had just survived a life-or-death or ordinary people watching the events unfold on broadcast screens, they all witnessed the destructive spectacle from the distant stars.

Compared to the main body and the blue planet, the fragment doesn't seem that scary; the size difference is enormous, it's just a small pebble.

But in the space age, everyone knows how fragile life is; a single "pebble" could wipe out an entire surface ecosystem.

This tectonic fragment, like a Damocles' sword hanging in space, slowly descended towards Earth. The oppressive force, clearly transmitted even across hundreds of thousands of kilometers, made everyone hold their breath!

A sense of powerlessness washed over everyone like a cold tide. Faced with such a planetary-scale disaster, individual courage and strength seemed so insignificant.

Olga, who had just "saved the world," clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms, yet she felt no pain whatsoever.

However, in this almost stagnant atmosphere of despair, there was one exception.

Ye Shou watched the screen quietly, his face showing surprise, but without any panic.

"How could such a thing happen... Humans not only step into the same river, but they can even fall into the same pit."

For a moment, a deep disappointment flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Yes, humans are so foolish...

But how innocent are these ordinary people who are driven by ambition?

—Buzz~

[Bayeli] landed on the ground and knelt down. Ye Shou turned around and stepped onto the palm of the silver demon god.

"Kuse-sama!"