Alchemy Principles of Type-Moon World

"Miss Okita, recover a bit. We'll be ready to retreat later," Kenneth suddenly said to Okita Souji, "Do you still have the strength to carry the others?"

"He's still a Servant for now... That's no problem," Okita Souji said, propping himself up with his sword, "But Mr. Xing is still..."

"That guy can't die," Kayneth said seriously, "It's impossible to kill him with an attack of this scale, but we have to retreat first--"

"--If there really is a problem with ORT, then Xing could cause more trouble than this. I have to go back to camp and set up a barrier to prevent us from being killed by the possible aftermath."

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The original design was 400dB, but I estimated that the impact of 400dB high-frequency sound waves is enough to destroy the Earth's biosphere. Although the impact range of a simple shock wave will not exceed kilometers, its damage to the atmosphere is fatal. The stability of the atmosphere will be completely destroyed, thus ushering in the next round of mass extinction (

But here ORT actually has no intention of attacking at all, so the intensity of this global ecological extinction is a bit excessive, so I changed it to 280dB. Even so, the damage within the epicenter is still devastating.

Well, as for the 500dB Sonic Cicada in Kamen Rider Gochard... I can only say that their atmospheric pressure is probably at least several orders of magnitude higher than that of ordinary Earth.

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By the way, I recommend this book: "Type-Moon, Living for Illya"

It should be a harem-themed Moyi fanfiction? If you like it, you can go and have a look.

Summary:

【Two settings】【More daily】【Very healing】

What is the purpose of life? Life is for Illya!

Live, everyone has a reason to live that belongs only to him or her!

The blazing flames engulfed the blue that was stained by the red of the end, and with blood oozing from the corners of his mouth, he threatened "humanity".

Thus, the [Zeroth Beast/Maintaining Beast] was born, and the world line changed.

Since when did I start to dream of some fragments every time I fell asleep at midnight?

In order to find the truth and to have the power to protect the people important to him, the young boy embarks on a journey.

Get to know and explore the world, witness the glory of the heroes' shining moments, and the madness and darkness of the mysterious side.

Illya once vowed to be with him forever, and being able to make such a vow made her extremely happy.

Lijielit once told him, "To protect important things, you need to be aware of it in your heart."

Here, the drama-like daily life unfolds. This is the story of "I will never give up on anything again!"

It is rumored that "gas explosions" often occurred in [Ueno Fuyuki City] more than ten years ago, but sir; times have changed, with the protection of "Kaleid☆five" and "COLORS", such a situation will definitely not happen again, maybe, probably...

Volume 67: Symbiotic Relationships: . Big Explosion

Xing Qingfeng looked at the scene before him with a heavy expression. His gaze swept across the devastated landscape. The air was filled with a burning and scorching aroma, accompanied by a lingering smell of charred organic matter.

Even though the crystals in the core area were far stronger than those in the periphery, their composition appeared to be the same. The thick smoke released by their ignition billowed upward, gradually spreading into the sky. The already dim afterglow, filtered through these suspended particles, dimming even further. The ground beneath his feet was still trembling slightly from the aftershocks. He fell into the abyss along the collapsed ground, looking up at ORT, who was moving his limbs in the distance.

He roughly estimated the impact range of the shock wave just now. It was not large, only affecting the surrounding area of nearly a thousand kilometers.

——The only problem is that this is the Amazon rainforest, the lungs of the earth, and its impact on the earth's ecosystem is crucial.

The shockwave just now has completely destroyed the atmospheric system here, and the impact range of the shockwave has probably penetrated deep into the Amazon rainforest. It is hard to say how many plants and animals can survive the first wave of impact...

...and the truly fatal part of the impact wave has just begun.

The consequences of this extreme turbulence and destructive impact on air flow would reach far beyond the confines of the rainforest itself. Xing Qingqi looked up at the darkening sky in the distance. The clouds, shattered by the shockwave, had now recondensed, appearing darker and denser than before. They were shifting at an unimaginable speed, layer upon layer. The surface of the dark clouds was no longer the usual dark gray, but instead had a strange tinge of purple. The wind speed suddenly soared, stirring up dust and sand that blurred the entire world. The once mild climate had been completely disrupted by this drastic change, and the Amazon's ecological order was on the verge of collapse.

Considering the collapse of the atmospheric system, it is easy to further predict that the local climate will be abnormal for a long time and will develop in a more extreme direction, such as alternating heavy rains and scorching heat, and may even directly give rise to alternating cycles of extreme drought and cold.

The high humidity that is supposed to be the hallmark of the Amazon rainforest would be ripped apart by the drastic temperature swings and extreme dry-wet air currents. Moisture in the atmosphere would vaporize under the violent rips of the shockwave, and the vapor would quickly spread outward, forming an extremely hot and humid air current. This air current would sweep across large tracts of trees, causing excessive evaporation and withering of vegetation. At the same time, the temperature began to fluctuate dramatically, and the once mild tropical climate suddenly heated up dramatically. Xing Qingfeng's estimation of the lowest temperature based solely on the known information in this area was enough to determine...

——The temperature will drop to as low as 48 degrees Celsius, and the animals and plants in the rainforest can hardly survive in this environment.

It's hard to say if tropical rainforest plants can handle such sudden temperature changes. They're used to evolving and adapting to mild climates. If they were hit by such a sudden temperature change, they'd probably just have to cover themselves with a blanket and leave.

Xing Qingfeng slowly exhaled, wanting to mumble something subconsciously, but the words simply wouldn't come out. It wasn't clear how strong the opponent's attack was, but the loud noise alone was likely enough to cause irreversible damage to the Earth's ecosystem. It could even cause complete chaos in the global climate. If the pessimistic viewpoint were to prevail—

——It is not impossible that the world will enter the next Little Ice Age.

He now fully understood what had just happened. The ORT in front of him did not make any fancy attacks or mysterious moves. It simply roared, that was all.

The mere sound it emitted posed such a serious threat to the Earth. It's hard to imagine the devastation it would wreak upon the surroundings if this monster truly awakened and launched its attack. Xing Qingfeng stood at the bottom of the abyss, his eyes fixed on the massive monster lying quietly on the cliff face, his mind constantly weighing his actions.

No action now? Impossible. The monster before him was clearly not in a completely dormant state. If he didn't deal with this threat, Xing Qingfeng had no doubt that this thing could destroy the Earth's ecology.

But what should I do... If I can't kill it with one blow, what should I do if I stimulate it?

Xing Qingyu took a deep breath and was about to reassess the scene to determine the right time to act, when suddenly his heart tightened and a sense of alertness shot through his body like a sharp arrow.

——ORT moved.

The monster that had been still for countless days finally broke the silence at that moment.

The huge limbs made of blue-green crystal-like crystals slowly stretched out, as if stretching after a long time.

Its legs stretched out from both sides of its body, and the crystal joints of its feet gently rubbed against the dust and debris at the bottom of the pit, making a crisp clicking sound. Each extension compressed the surrounding air, causing the surrounding airflow to vibrate slightly.

A dull roar followed, and the blue-green crystal limb swung forward. The air seemed to freeze in an instant, and the end of the limb, like a massive hammer, smashed towards Xing Qingjiu. The sharp crystal leg struck like lightning and thunder, striking him directly with immense force. The scattered air expanded instantly, followed by a sonic boom. Xing Qingjiu's figure completely vanished into thin air, transforming into a cloud of emerald green crystal dust that drifted away on the wind.

ORT didn't stop there. It slowly raised its blue-green crystal limb, and the huge and hard limb silently drew an arc in the air, slamming back heavily to the bottom of the pit, as if reassessing its previous actions.

At the same time, the huge, disc-like metallic surface of the head and thorax slowly rotated.

Its surface shone with a reflective silvery-white light, refracting it and illuminating everything within the pit. The dark patterns on the disk also undulated slightly. These patterns were incredibly tiny, like twinkling stars in the night sky. However, it didn't perceive the world with the naked eye, but rather, through a method beyond perception, it directly recorded information about the surrounding environment's changes within itself.

Unlike the compound eyes of ordinary spiders, ORT's cephalothorax lacks traditional eyes or compound eyes. Instead, it is densely covered with these deep dark patterns. These patterns constantly flicker, as if reflecting and sensing the surrounding atmosphere and changes. It can detect changes in its surroundings through these patterns without having to see.

——But at this moment, its gaze (if any) was fixed on the place where Xing Qingyu had been, as if it was thinking about something.

It lowered its head, slowly rotating its disc-shaped head. Outwardly, nothing changed, but the slight blankness made the air around it stagnate—it seemed perplexed, even lost. Beneath its crystal limbs and metallic exterior, a strange emotion shone through: someone witnessing this scene might sense a subtle sadness from its actions.

ORT slowly extended its other crystal forelimb and scanned the surroundings, its movements neither hurried nor slow. Its perception was trying to find any trace of loss in this space, but it still couldn't find any trace of Xing Qingjiu.

——Xing Qingfu was not in a hurry to return from the imaginary space. He just quietly input a stream of magic power into the ruins of the Crystal Valley. It was like an invisible tentacle, gently sliding across the surface of the crystal.

The air around them grew increasingly oppressive, as if some invisible pressure quietly oppressed everything around them. The temperature rose sharply, and a scorching current, mixed with the sharp clash of crystal shards, echoed through the air. The once clear air now began to distort, carrying waves of suffocating heat, like the sudden release of energy from a forcefully compressed gas. An irresistible heat surged through every inch of space, and the evaporating water vapor condensed under the intense heat into wisps of mist, floating gently in the air as the crystal shards scattered.

The crystal fragments, like countless radiant meteors, scattered in all directions, their bright points of light piercing the air with subtle whirring sounds. Each fragment swirled in the air, finally raining down upon the crumbling ruins. Between the ground and the sky, a beautiful yet deadly shower of light formed. Reflected by the sunlight, the crystal fragments reflected a dazzling brilliance, as if the world itself were melting. As time passed, the crystal's crumbling became more intense, the cracks spreading like wildfire. No longer isolated fissures, they connected into a vast abyss, swallowing everything around them.

The entire ruins felt like a mountain collapsing. The ground shook violently, and deep rumblings echoed from beneath the ground, as if some massive monster was mercilessly tearing the earth apart. The vibrations in the air gradually spread, like a silent storm. Crystal fragments flew in the gusty winds, and even tiny crystal dust began to rise with the wind, floating in the air and forming a light mist that enveloped the surroundings.

Five minutes passed.

At this point, Crystal Valley was practically gone. The once crystalline structures had been reduced to scattered fragments and dust, leaving the entire scene resembling a barren Gobi desert. Amidst this ruin, the once orderly array of crystal pillars no longer stood tall. They had either collapsed or shattered, eventually blending with the dust and sand, leaving a vast, silent, and desolate landscape like a vast desert.

ORT stood still, its perception of the surrounding scene barely registering. It gently extended its crystalline forelimb, its crystalline limb tracing a long arc through the air as it lowered its head to survey its surroundings. It continued its slow and calm movement, unconcerned with the crumbling ruins. Its movements remained unhurried, as if it were still searching for something, carefully examining the shattered crystals around it.

As the ruins of Crystal Valley crumbled further and further, ORT's body also began to slowly but steadily disintegrate. Though it maintained its graceful posture, as the surrounding environment deteriorated, its crystal limbs gradually began to develop more and more tiny cracks, as if quietly eroded by an invisible force. These cracks were initially inconspicuous; only under sunlight could the subtle changes in the crystal surface be vaguely seen.

The radiance of the crystal's surface gradually dimmed, its translucent appearance gradually fading. Layer upon layer of tiny crystal flakes began to fall, transforming into scattered flashes in the air before eventually vanishing into a dense dusty sand. Every part of the crystal's limbs seemed to silently withstand the external pressure, its molecular chains silently breaking down, gradually shedding into tiny crystal flakes and fragments. With the exception of its massive, mirror-smooth, disc-shaped chest and abdomen, the rest of the crystal structure began to disintegrate, slowly and relentlessly being completely destroyed by the powerful magic.

At the same time, the atmosphere began to subtly shift. The sudden rise in temperature and the turbulence in the air caused the gas molecules to become more active, especially oxygen and hydrogen. Their concentrations increased dramatically under the intense heat wave and decomposition, and their concentrations continued to soar along with the abnormal rise in magic power.

Xing Qingjiu's magic was quietly working on all of this, focusing on breaking down the structure of crystals and other carbon-containing materials, specifically the CH and CO bonds. As these chemical bonds broke, large amounts of hydrogen and oxygen began to escape into the air, carrying a faint smell of gunpowder and creating an unsettling atmosphere. The constant release of carbon in the air was also a dangerous and deadly situation—with the accumulation of these gases, any small spark could trigger a catastrophic explosion.

"Kenneth?" Xing Qingfeng quietly contacted Kenneth and asked, "Where did you retreat to?"

"We have retreated to the original camp." Kenneth replied in the communication.

"That's not enough. Keep retreating," Xing Qingfan said. "At least we have to retreat to that old man's camp and rest for two hours before continuing—"

"—My suggestion is that you leave South America now, and run as far away as possible."

As the concentration of magic power continued to rise, the surrounding air became increasingly unstable. Hydrogen and oxygen increased dramatically in the air, like two unstable currents, intertwining and rapidly spreading. The hydrogen in the air carried a strong and flammable smell, while the oxygen accelerated the deterioration. As ORT's body continued to disintegrate, the crystal fragments and debris flew, causing the concentration of these two gases to rise rapidly like a flood. The vibrations in the air became more and more intense, as if even the surrounding environment was enduring the tremendous pressure. The oxygen molecules in the air had almost reached critical point, and hydrogen filled every inch of the air.

As the concentration of magic power increased, the arcs jumped more and more frequently, and the ionization phenomenon in the air became more and more obvious. Flickering currents swirled in the air, but these weak sparks could never trigger the critical point of explosion.

——But suddenly, everything exploded in an instant.

The first flash of lightning split the air, instantly igniting the already saturated hydrogen and oxygen. A deafening explosion followed. The shockwave seemed to rip the earth apart, violently compressing the air and releasing a massive amount of energy. The air at the center of the explosion instantly became scorching hot, flashing with flames and light. The blast's impact reverberated for tens of kilometers, like a massive meteorite crashing into the ground, its powerful blast sweeping everything away. In an instant, the air temperature rose to at least 4000°C and continued to climb.

Flames and shockwaves spread from the explosion. With a resounding roar, the ground throughout Crystal Valley shook, even the distant Andes Mountains trembled. The crystals were completely ripped apart, and even the once-solid rock walls were instantly shattered by the shockwaves. The energy released by the explosion directly engulfed the land, transforming all existing matter into a blazing, high-temperature gas that instantly spread.

An intense heat wave swept across hundreds of kilometers. The hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon in the air reacted violently under the intense heat, forming a massive fireball. It seemed as if the entire world was ablaze. The fireball expanded rapidly, nearly engulfing the entire Crystal Valley in a matter of seconds. Balls of scorching flames swept around like a storm.

The air was thick with scorching air and smoke, and the world seemed to be ignited in an instant. Each exploding crystal turned into flying fragments, drawing scorching trails in the air and turning into sparks. Large amounts of carbon and chemicals exploded in the flames, further intensifying the power of the disaster.

The aftermath of the explosion continued to spread, the shockwaves and immense heat in the air nearly unbearable. The ruins of Crystal Valley had vanished completely, replaced by a fiery wasteland. The entire area was engulfed by the scorching heat and intense chemical reactions, completely destroying any life that might have thrived on this land. The oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon in the air, along with a vast amount of ash, transformed into a searing smoke that lingered for a long time.

At the center of the explosion, ORT's body almost completely disintegrated. Aside from the disc-shaped portion of its chest and abdomen, the remaining crystal limbs and structures were completely obliterated in the violent blast. The massive crystal limbs, like fragile glass, were instantly shattered by the shockwaves of the explosion, transforming into countless shimmering fragments that scattered and vanished in a cascade of flames and smoke.

But the reaction continues, and the magic released by Xing Qingwu is still working.

The intense heat from the explosion hadn't completely dissipated yet, and the chain reaction triggered by Xing Qingjiu's magic didn't cease even with the demise of the explosion. As the temperature continued to climb, the air was filled with a large amount of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide compounds. These substances continued to diffuse under the intense heat wave, and their chemical reactions with the surrounding environment intensified.

The intense heat, exceeding 6,000 degrees Celsius, destroyed nearly everything in Crystal Valley. The once beautiful crystalline landscape was reduced to a sea of fire and ruins, the air thick with the pungent smell of burning metal. Smoke and dust filled the sky, forming a thick gray haze that enveloped the entire valley in a perpetual shadow. The air was filled with a mixture of gases, with extremely high concentrations of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, creating a greenhouse effect that further prevented the escape of heat.

However, even as everything was crumbling, the disc on ORT's chest and abdomen continued to float in mid-air, slowly spinning.

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This is a real alien war. The magic of Xing Qingyu in the article is based on an article I have seen before. I remember that the forbidden spell of water magic is the Great Disintegration Spell. I used this magic to construct the magic used by the protagonist.

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Volume 68: Symbiotic Relationships: . Make a bowl of cold soup for you to try

Ten minutes after the explosion.

If the previous Crystal Valley looked clear and dreamy, apart from the side effect of turning into crystal when you step in, it is still very suitable for a tourist check-in.

Now, the entire Crystal Valley was no longer recognizable as part of the human world. Its translucent, dreamy blue-green exterior had long since faded, leaving behind a barren, scorching dead zone. Even kilometers from the epicenter, the scorching shockwave could still be felt, spreading outward layer by layer, greedily licking up any remaining matter. The 6,000-degree heat at the center of the explosion, like a newborn star, furiously devoured and destroyed everything around it.

The once crystalline crystal trees had been instantly vaporized. Even the crystals could no longer survive such extreme temperatures, their molecules completely decomposed into more basic elements such as carbon, oxygen, and silicon. The vegetation, once as beautiful as blue-green glass, was now a blank void, its original traces of life stripped away, not even a trace of ash remaining. The intense heat forced the air to ionize, transforming it into a blazing plasma that emitted a blinding, incandescent glow. The extreme temperature distorted the surrounding light, turning it into liquid form. Through the nearly translucent barrier of heat, people could only see a vision that was unreal, blurry, and terrifying.

At the center of the explosion, space, ripped apart by the combined effects of magic and extreme heat, became distorted and chaotic. There was no land, no solid form, even the tiniest speck of dust had evaporated. Under the intense heat, molecular structures completely collapsed, every molecular bond ripped apart into its most basic atoms and ions. The temperature here exceeded 6,000 degrees Celsius and was slowly climbing. Any matter approaching this area was instantly vaporized, transforming into a stream of plasma particles that swirled and flowed slowly with a faint glow, creating a surreal spectacle of light and shadow, as if the entire space were shrouded in a faint glow, appearing both unreal and deadly.

The surface was gone, replaced by a molten pit hundreds of meters in diameter. The material at the bottom of the pit was no longer rock or soil, but a translucent stream of liquid metal—once trace elements in the mountain rocks, now melted by the intense heat into a deep, silver-blue lake. The lake's surface gently undulated, emitting a retina-scorching light. The aftermath of the explosion left twisting waves of heat across space. Even the recondensed water molecules, upon approaching the center of the explosion, instantly dissociated into hydrogen and oxygen. In the next instant, the intense heat colliding between these two gases caused them to explode and burn again, releasing an even more blazing fire.

The blast's impact was far greater than one could have imagined. Within a radius of several thousand meters, the state of all matter underwent an irreversible transformation. The once translucent crystal trees had been pulverized into dust by the heat and shockwaves. However, this dust did not dissipate with the wind. Instead, it was forced to melt under the surrounding heat, forming lakes of molten crystal that spread across the ground, smooth and cold.

The air was completely transformed. The high temperatures and intense energy release consumed all oxygen. Under these extreme conditions, elements like carbon and nitrogen formed high-temperature ion streams that floated in the air, creating an eerie halo. Whenever a wisp of high-temperature air swept up, these ion streams flashed like plasma, producing arcs of blue and white light, like lightning tearing through space in a storm.

The air in this state can no longer be called "air". It is more like a kind of highly conductive plasma. They collide with each other, stimulating invisible energy fluctuations, and even making people feel tiny electric currents running through their skin.

——If there are still humans who can survive here.

In theory, this effect couldn't be sustained for long. At extremely high temperatures, decomposition reactions require a continuous input of energy, and these reactions are inherently endothermic. This means that once the external energy supply ceases, the temperature drops rapidly, and the reactions gradually cease. While the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen releases a significant amount of heat under normal conditions, at the extreme temperature of 6,000 degrees Celsius, the continuous dissociation of the molecular structure prevents these reactions from proceeding stably and instead leads to self-degradation due to the continuous energy consumption.

The entire system continuously loses heat through radiation. As the high temperature persists, this heat causes the surrounding material to evaporate and vaporize, causing the system's temperature to drop continuously. According to the principles of thermodynamics, without external intervention, the system's temperature will inevitably gradually decrease until it reaches equilibrium.

Theoretically, when the temperature drops to 4,000 degrees Celsius, the plasma state will begin to become unstable and gradually disappear. The matter will begin to recombine into molecules, and oxygen and hydrogen will return to gaseous state and undergo combustion reaction. However, due to insufficient energy release, the reaction will eventually stagnate and the system will return to thermal equilibrium.

——But all this is just in theory.

Because even in this extreme environment, there is still magic.

Xing Qingjiu's magic was still working uninterruptedly. His magic continued to decompose a large number of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen molecules into free radicals and excited atoms. These high-energy particles continued to exist in an unstable state, releasing huge energy between ionization and collision, causing the energy density of the system to continue to increase, and the temperature also continued to rise.

This high-energy state results in an extremely high energy density in the surrounding plasma. In the plasma state, matter no longer exists in traditional solid, liquid, or gaseous states, but rather in an extremely unstable mixture of free electrons, ions, and excited atoms. Matter at this point possesses a strong radiative capacity, releasing intense light and heat. Collisions between particles convert kinetic energy into thermal energy, causing the temperature to rise exponentially.

Of course, this kind of magic isn't without limits. When the environment enters a plasma state, the efficiency of energy transfer and conversion between particles decreases, and Xing Qingjiu's magic begins to hit a bottleneck. While the magic continues to operate, the energy released isn't fully converted into magic power, but instead is consumed by the system. In this situation, the magic's sustainability is restricted. Once the magic power in the area is completely depleted, the reaction will naturally stagnate, and the temperature will begin to drop.

——Unfortunately, this is a high magic area, and the previous crystals also contained a lot of magic.

If the hydrogen bomb is a momentary artificial sun, then the magic that Xing Qingfeng is manipulating at this moment is to create an extreme environment like the surface of a star in a continuous and stable manner.

In imaginary space, everything has lost its physical existence. Xing Qingfeng quietly maintained his existence through calculations while observing the changes in the outside world.

The temperature continued to rise, the core temperature of the real world already exceeding 10,000 degrees Celsius. The air had long since been ripped apart by the intense heat radiation, transforming into a violent plasma of energy that surged violently through space. Visible light pierced the sky, tinging even the distant horizon with an eerie golden-red hue, as if the entire world were immersed in a searing inferno. Even across dozens of kilometers, the aftermath caused the ground to tremble.

"Kenneth, can you hear me?" His voice passed through the magic nodes in the imaginary space and reached the distant real world.

The communication signal was poor, mixed with electric noise. Kenneth's voice came through intermittently: "Well... we've arrived... at the old man's camp. The others are collecting any information and samples they can take away."

"About two hours left. My estimate should be correct. Thermal radiation is very inefficient." Xing Qingyu nodded slightly, his eyes fixed as he continued to manipulate the magic trick in his hand. He responded, "It should only have risen by about 20 to 30 degrees Celsius where you are."

At this moment, outside, even in areas several kilometers away, the temperature was only rising moderately, far from reaching the level of destruction.

"This temperature is absolutely fine." Kenneth's voice was nonchalant, seemingly unaffected by the urgency of the situation. "What's the matter?"

"We should still have time. Contact them and try to evacuate as many survivors as possible." Xing Qingfeng frowned slightly as he spoke. "Although the two previous attacks were severe, their scope was limited. The impact hasn't spread to nearby Cusco. There should be a large number of survivors in that city—"

"—Relocate as many people as possible. I'm not sure if we can handle this thing. If this attack doesn't completely eliminate it, I'll replenish my mana to maintain the reaction. Tomorrow, the core temperature here will probably reach at least 50,000 degrees Celsius."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the line for a few seconds, only a faint noise. Then, Kenneth's voice resounded, "...I understand."

At the heart of the former Crystal Valley, ORT's massive silver-white disk still hovered silently in mid-air, like a silent, cold moon. Amidst this realm of destruction and chaos, its very presence exuded a transcendent tranquility. The slowly rotating disk, like an unchanging celestial body in the universe, its surface so smooth it seemed to reflect the entire world.

But, has nothing changed? Not really.