Chapter 413 – Season 2) 7. The Last Moment
Chick! Crackling…
-Damage control.
The space base that launched the supergravity cannon has once again entered emergency cooling and repairs and inspections.
The parts made with parts and materials taken from Cain’s battleship were safe, but the parts that formed the foundation of the space base were not.
I knew it would be like this from the beginning, so I strengthened it as much as possible, but even so, it couldn’t be helped.
If you look at the current situation at the space base, it’s paper and aluminum foil. Wooden chopsticks. It was like a small nuclear reactor and an 18-inch naval gun were mounted on a base made of straw.
No matter how strong the reinforcement was, the durability of other parts was like paper, so it was impossible to prevent problems from occurring somewhere every time.
At this point, it was unclear whether all seven launches, the expected remaining number of launches, could be fired, and even if all were fired, it was obvious that the space base would completely collapse on the seventh launch.
They were working hard on repair work, replacing burnt-out parts here and there, tearing out the dented frame, and adding a new frame.
In the meantime, the daily life section that contained memories of Loa and Yuria in the past was already horribly crumpled, and various items were scattered fleetingly in space.
Some were pulled by gravity and burned away due to the adiabatic compression and friction of the atmosphere, while others were caught by the Earth’s gravity and began to wander in orbit.
The top priority for maintenance of the base is the power-sharing system of the supergravity cannon and orbital defense satellite.
The space base devoted all its resources to those two, virtually giving up on everything else.
-3 hours and 12 minutes until functional recovery.
Since the base, which had already been overworked once, fired the supergravity cannon again with only emergency repairs, more time was needed to restore its functionality.
Anyway, this space base. Super gravity grapes. We are firing it this way because we have no intention of leaving it behind once this war is over, but originally, continuous firing like this should not have been done.
The aftereffects of re-firing what should have taken several days of overhaul with just one launch gradually accumulated through this makeshift method.
From far away.
And on Earth too.
The war against the demons continued.
-Enemy formation. Break through the third line of defense. Entering the second defense line.
-National evacuation progress rate within the Earth is 58%, and the expected evacuation rate until the enemy enters the Earth is 89%. More delays and evacuation assistance required.
Crackling, crackling!
-Warning. Base durability risk.
-Warning. Any further firing of the supergravity cannon will cause permanent damage to the base.
Kkeudeudeung- Gigigigeek!
It was almost in tatters, and the main frames of the base were screaming.
Numerous maintenance robots were attached to the main frame, welding, gluing, and attaching all kinds of scrap metal piles, and due to a shortage of many parts, the robots themselves stepped in and took over the role. .
-Launch of the 5th supergravity cannon.
Qua ─ Wooooo!!
A black, super-gravity beam that swallowed even light was launched.
Pop! Pubung!
Geek!! Pubung!
Explosions occurred throughout the base, causing the walls and pillars of the base to bend and break like wire.
Smoke rose and sparks appeared here and there, but the space base somehow maintained its shape by activating the emergency restoration system.
They had already given up on protection except for the parts to maintain the supergravity cannon and power-sharing system, and parts and materials from these remaining parts were being generously ripped up to restore the base as much as possible.
-The expected number of shots remaining is 4.
Crackling, crackling…
The AI of the base left the increasingly crumbling state of the base behind and targeted the demons’ ports through the few cameras that still survived and the cameras of the defense satellite.
-Warning. If the current situation continues, the supergravity cannon’s aiming ability will be lost on the last shot.
-Seeking alternative means.
Jing, jing!
Even while seeking a means to maintain the function of the supergravity cannon, the AI at the base endlessly scanned the ground.
-Anomaly occurred. Something unusual occurred during the evacuation situation. Confusion occurred during evacuation. Slow speed.
-Warning. If the current situation continues, the evacuation rate will be only 74% until enemy forces arrive at the surface.
It’s literally cooked rice. No, somehow, ashes were sprinkled on the rice that I had been struggling so hard to get to work.
The unidentified heretic cult that Yuria was so wary of began to disrupt the final game.
And that too through Lilith, who disappeared at some point.
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“Huh?”
Yuria gritted her teeth after being told about the situation on Earth.
It’s difficult.
Evacuating Earth’s human population as much as possible was not just about reducing damage, but was even more important to cut off the demons’ energy source.
To be honest, just 30% of humanity was enough to simply maintain this world.
However, unless there were beings who could properly resist and fight against the demons, most humanity was merely a great source of energy for the demons.
Aside from the damage, no matter how hard you tried here, you could still be defeated in the battle on the ground.
Yuria gritted her teeth.
She risked her life here.
But now that her life was in vain, Yuria began to despair.
Why on earth!
And why at this moment!
Should I just give up everything and take care of my precious people?
No, if you do that, yourself and your children. And, even if we don’t know about the grandchildren, the future of the generation after the grandchildren becomes very uncertain.
Even if that is not the case, how long will it be possible to maintain an artificial ecology on an Earth that has already been ruined?
In that case, it would be better to go to her hometown, but with the method Yuria has found, the maximum number of people who can return to her hometown is only two.
If you include yourself in it, there is only one person who can accompany you.
However, even this is impossible now.
As of right now, the only one who can move is himself.
That’s why Yuria risked her life.
Roa and her children can now return to their hometown on their own. And for her children’s descendants.
What should I do?
Yuria’s hands and feet began to become increasingly dizzy.
However, in the meantime, Yuria did not forget to control her strength and somehow, little by little, saved up her strength by playing a delicate tug-of-war within the level where the strength recovered was more than the strength consumed.
She had to find a way to deal with the two remaining ports after the last supergravity cannon exploded, either completely or not.
Even if the result is her own death.
“Why! How can four years last so long in outer space?”
A demon’s cry rang out.
Yuria did not specifically respond to the demon’s words.
What should I do if I was born that way from the beginning?
Breathing underwater is possible purely through physical structure without psychic energy.
It’s more uncomfortable than breathing in the atmosphere, but it’s possible, and with psychic abilities, it’s not particularly difficult.
What if in space?
It’s difficult to last long without psychic abilities, but you can still endure for a long time.
Your body can use oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or anything else as an energy source, and through this method, if there is sunlight, it is possible to circulate changes between substances in the body and continuously use it as an energy source.
However, without psychic ability, significant loss continues to occur during this cyclical conversion process.
If you were to survive with just your body’s ability alone, about 3 days would be the limit. Even if there is a battle, about a day is the limit.
However, with psychic abilities, the body’s circulation can reach an efficiency close to 100%, and it is possible to endure almost indefinitely without eating, drinking, or breathing in outer space like now.
Of course, sustaining life only through internal circulation within the body is quite oppressive and painful.
Although it is possible to survive in outer space without any special equipment, it is for this reason that there is a spaceship equipped with space equipment or a habitat.
If you ask yourself how you, an evolved life form, can survive in space, assuming from the beginning that you will live in space, there is only one answer.
They are just a species born from the beginning to be able to live in space.
It’s just comfortable and good to be in a global environment.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can survive in outer space indefinitely without any supplies, but only for a few months. It’s not at a level where I can’t endure it.
Above all, it was after the destruction of the tactical aircraft Lemegeton that I really lived barefoot, so there is still a long way to go before there will be a big burden for environmental reasons.
Yuria did not answer her demon’s question.
She just silently took down another demon.
Puuk -!!
The sharp psychic energy at the tip of her finger easily penetrated the demon’s neck.
Yuria grabbed her demon by the collar and jumped straight! And tore it off, and the demon, which had only the cervical bone connecting its head and body, was greatly embarrassed and struggled in pain.
As the black blood spurted out and floated in space, Yuria rolled her eyes like crazy and, trying to survive somehow, kicked the abdomen of the demon that was wandering around in the cave and sent it flying to another demon.
‘Whoa…’ I’m tired’
Even though she doesn’t really need sleep, it’s still to some extent. Yuria’s head was pounding after fighting like crazy for almost three months without rest.
The reason she doesn’t need sleep is when her condition is completely normal, and if she does more than a certain amount of activity, even if she doesn’t sleep, she needs to rest in some other way to relieve her fatigue, but right now, she doesn’t have time to do that.
More than anything, it was even more difficult for her these days because she had gotten into the habit of sleeping instead of keeping up with her activity cycle with Roa.
Pereook -!!
“Huh?”
Yuria let out a moan without realizing it as a dull shock came from behind her.
Yuria was quite embarrassed as it was the first time she had been hit by a demon since her tactical machine, Reme Geton, was destroyed, and she began fighting with her bare body.
Could it be that she lost her concentration to this extent?
Her demons’ expressions also began to change as they saw that they had been hit by an attack for the first time.
This isn’t very good…
Yuria’s expression hardened as she thought that if she made a mistake, it might not be a situation worth fighting while conserving her strength.
The Earth is the Earth.
This place is like this.
The situation started to go from bad to worse.
