Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods.

"As long as humanity is weaker than the Titans, humanity and Titans can coexist on Earth. But once the Titans are weaker than humanity, war will break out."

The Titans will not actively exterminate humanity, but once humanity gains power surpassing that of the Titans, they will drive the Titans to extinction. That is her answer.

“We can’t get along…” Dr. Serizawa was taken aback upon hearing this, and his face gradually turned ashen.

...

Deep within the Sahara Desert, wisps of dark power flowed, and the eyes of Titan Apophis gradually flashed red, as invisible power fluctuations spread.

Before the gate of the Ancient Yellow River Cultural Relics Site, Zhengwu's leg, which had taken a step, stopped in mid-air, and a familiar feeling of power came over him again.

In an instant, fragments of memories from his battles in another universe, which ultimately led him to this world, surfaced, and the shadow of his past deaths with his opponent was etched into his mind.

"He... has risen from the dead."

Chapter 186 Returning Like Lightning!

In the Earth's core, the Imperial expedition's aircraft traversed this underground world, thousands of kilometers below the Earth's surface.

The group traversed the mountains, passing through a range of gray-black peaks, and gazed in astonishment at the endless open-pit metal mine.

"This is an open-pit mine of this scale, it's simply unbelievable!" People were discussing it animatedly.

Some say this is larger than those open-pit mines in Africa and Australia.

Some people say that the scale of the mineral veins here is not as impressive as those on those two continents.

However, its superior purity and richness in the unique energy of the inner Earth make the value of these metal veins immeasurable, both in terms of their intensity and their ability to store and release energy.

It is speculated that the legendary Zero Titan obtained the raw materials for forging weapons in this area.

Unfortunately, there is no possibility for humanity to mine these veins on a large scale and transport the materials to the surface world within the next twenty years.

This world is home to many powerful life forms, among which the most outstanding, though not as powerful as Titans and monsters, are still catastrophically powerful to humans.

As the aircraft flew over the open-pit mine, a plume of smoke finally came into view of the expedition team, followed by scattered red lights that slowly transformed into a crimson world.

The endless volcanoes and lava rivers turned the high-strength bulletproof glass of the aircraft red, attracting people to this magnificent sight and making them utterly captivated.

As the aircraft slowly approached the volcano, a faint sound, not recorded by any instruments, was precisely transmitted to people's ears.

"What's that sound?" someone asked in confusion.

This question quickly resonated with the members of the Emperor Organization, who all reported hearing faint sounds.

However, some people said they didn't hear anything, and after checking the device and finding nothing, they suspected their companions had misheard.

But as the aircraft landed on the volcano, people's feet touched the ground, and they felt the heat wave hit them, causing their faces under their masks to be soaked with sweat.

The sound came again, and everyone heard it. It sounded like muffled thunder in the sky, or like the roar of colliding tectonic plates.

This discovery alerted people, who became more vigilant, and armed personnel retrieved brand-new weapons issued by the coalition government.

Even at this point, they had no intention of giving up.

Every astonishing discovery has the potential to offer humanity a glimmer of hope in the future. As part of the Monarch organization, they were already prepared.

As they ventured deeper, the air grew increasingly scorching, yet remained within human tolerance, as if some invisible force enveloped the area, keeping it constant.

Looking up, the gray-brown mountains rise high, and the crimson lava flows and surges, like deep red veins engraved on the earth, delivering blood to distant places.

After walking for more than ten minutes, the faint sound gradually turned into a series of thunderous clanging sounds, making people even more excited.

The sound was heard, which meant that what they heard was not an illusion.

The Titan, which has been sought by Monarchy for so long and represents different facets of mythology in many civilizations, may very well be residing in this volcanic region.

If Titan Zero is found, many illogical phenomena and mysteries that have arisen in human history may very well be answered.

People became increasingly excited, as if an ancient bloodline was awakening within them, even as they strode swiftly across the rugged mountains carrying heavy equipment.

As they crossed a dangerous canyon and entered a wider world, a blinding red light bathed them in its glow, and waves of heat surged through them.

After only a short while, he was already drenched in sweat, his face was flushed, and even his breathing became rapid.

The protective suits were alarming incessantly, but they had no time to pay attention as a completely new scene unfolded before them.

Looking up, the vast lava lake is deeply embedded in the gray-brown earth, with red veins etched here. Lava flows and converges here, and lava waves crash against the shore like a beating heart.

The members of the Monarchy organization slowly stepped into this world, where astonishing discoveries unfolded before their eyes. Gradually, slag, refined metal fragments, and other materials appeared one after another.

One of the members of the Monarchy organization crouched down, staring at the deep pit in front of him that resembled a footprint. His expression became increasingly excited, and he quickly raised his camera to take pictures.

However, just as he was getting into the mood for taking pictures, a tug from his companions puzzled him. Turning his head, he saw that his companions were all frozen in place, staring ahead. The man followed their gaze and was momentarily stunned.

Towering stone pillars stand in rows, densely packed, like a bamboo forest, across the gray-brown land before us. The red light emanating from the lava illuminates them, casting long shadows that cover a large area.

"stone forest?"

The man muttered to himself, instinctively raising his camera. As the clearer image passed through the camera and reached his eyes, his pupils instantly contracted.

This is... a weapon...

A howling wind swept in, briefly smoothing the distorted air and revealing the true form of the towering structures.

Swords, halberds, axes, spears—one after another, huge and heavy weapons were casually stuck into the ground, like an endless stretch of tall buildings.

Various weapons are displayed here, each with its own unique shape and covered in scratches. They seem to be failed creations, abandoned here, forming an extremely magnificent steel tombstone.

The blinding red light pierced through the gaps between each of the weapons, each tens of meters in size, shining on their faces and revealing their horrified expressions to the air.

The mysterious energy swirling within radiated light, and the booming sound of metal clashing continued, seemingly resonating perfectly with everyone's heartbeats and breaths.

"Clang!"

A deafening roar erupted right behind them, the rolling sound waves spreading outwards, and sparks carried by the impact were clearly visible, the shadow of the movement enveloping them.

The members of the Imperial Organization instinctively turned their stiff bodies around. The broken forge had somehow been restored to its original state, its majestic outline like a mountain coming into view.

Clad in heavy bone armor, the Titan stood amidst lava and poisonous smoke, wielding a forging hammer weighing tens of thousands of tons. The hammer struck the reddish blanks with a clang of metal against metal, sparks flying like fireworks around them, yet they remained oblivious.

Everyone stood frozen in place, gazing at this epic scene that seemed to have been taken from a distant myth, originating from ten thousand years ago.

Before their very eyes, the Zero Titan, which they had been searching for, was revealed to them.

In the ancient legends of the Iwe people, the scene of a great god forging weapons is so vivid that it seems like an echo spanning ten thousand years.

Seemingly sensing the gazes of the crowd, the two-horned Titan turned its head slightly, lowered its gaze, and its eyes met those of everyone across millennia.

"... "

"Beep beep... beep beep..."

After an unknown amount of time, an alarm sounded from the protective suits, snapping the stunned people out of their daze. The scene of the divinely forged weapon vanished, as if what they had seen was merely an illusion…

...

The red giant rose up as a dazzling light, and Enpat flew into the sky before everyone's eyes, disappearing into the azure sky.

Its graceful form passed over satellites and low-Earth orbit spacecraft on their mission, leaving the edge of the solar system under the pilot's watchful gaze.

Only when he was far removed from human high-definition observation instruments did he spread his arms, opening a huge vortex in the physical universe leading to another dimension.

The chaotic colors flowed, and the power of the disordered and chaotic other-dimensional essence was firmly fixed by the barrier. If mortals were to observe it with instruments, they would fall into chaos and be corrupted by the power of chaos.

This is why Enpat avoided the solar system and came here to open a vortex in another dimension.

As the passage stabilized, Enpat leaped into the vortex, traversing bizarre and fantastical dimensional spaces to arrive at a dreamlike garden that seemed like paradise.

With his arrival, many powerful creatures in the garden turned their gazes toward Enpat with great curiosity, but once they confirmed his identity, they shifted their attention elsewhere.

Enpat continued deeper into the garden, maintaining his red ball form and moving at superluminal speed. Even for Ultraman, crossing this garden, which occupied one-third of the other-dimensional space, would take as long as crossing many galaxies.

But just as he was about to continue flying, he suddenly broke free from his faster-than-light movement, and the scene before him changed, revealing a giant tree at the top of the other-dimensional world.

"This is…"

Enpat's milky white eyes reflected the enormous World Tree, with the outlines of various worlds appearing on each leaf, shimmering brilliantly.

With just one glance, Enpat instantly realized that this was his destination; before he could react, Longbo had transported him here.

“Enpat…”

A whisper came from behind him, like a murmur that transcended time and space, or an echo that resounded infinitely across the boundaries of another dimension.

Enpat turned around, and Longbo's figure came into his milky white eyes. At this moment, He looked like an ordinary Titan, but in Enpat's eyes, He was extremely majestic, and His figure almost occupied the entire other dimension.

"You've come for the dark forces that now permeate the earth?" Longbo lowered his gaze slightly and whispered.

Longbo was naturally able to sense the anomalies on Earth, but this was too trivial for him at present. There were people on Earth who could solve this problem, so he did not take direct action to eliminate it.

Enpat gradually came to his senses, raised his head to meet Longbo's gaze, and nodded heavily.

"Yes, I just sensed that power, dark and twisted, and it felt strangely familiar."

"If I'm not mistaken, that should be the being that came to this universe with me and ultimately perished with me."

As he spoke, a hint of worry flashed in Enpat's eyes. Earth could not withstand an invasion by an evil god of this level.

“I once thought He was completely dead, but I never expected that not only did I survive, but He also resurrected many years later.”

Now, after experiencing that darkness again, he has regained some of his past memories, at least the memory of fighting that ruler has become clear.

Enpat spoke in a deep voice, uttering the servant's name: "The Father of Worms - Ubo."

"His power and strangeness are no less than Ithaca, the ruler of the Old Night."

"I once fought against His true form in another universe, and then came here by accident."

Longbo's gaze swept over Enpat, and he said meaningfully, "You want me to have someone help you defeat Him?"

“No.” Enpat clenched his fist and shook his head in denial. “I have won battles against Him before, so I will not lose this time either.”

"However, the Father of the Worms is not the key. He is a servant of a ruler who has destroyed many civilizations. He claims to have been ordered to enter one world after another as a worm, to devour the world, to spread pollution, until the universe becomes corrupt and diseased, at which point he will summon the ruler to come and enjoy the distorted world."

"Lord of the Abyss, that is the title of the ruler He serves, who, according to Him, is the brother of Gatanothor, the ruler of darkness."

“Although I don’t know if the Lord of the Abyss exists, I have a bad feeling, so I decided to come here in the hope that if He really exists, you can stop His arrival.”

Enpat's words surprised Longber. If he was not mistaken, he also had the title of Lord of the Abyss, a name given to him by his Greek ancestors.

but…

Longbo pondered the name for a moment, and the power of the gods transformed into a will that transcended dimensions, searching meticulously within the infinite cosmic bubble, and finally obtaining the answer he sought.

There is indeed such a ruler in the entire Arcane universe, and he is indeed Gatanothor's brother.