First to appear was the tunnel leading deeper underground, filled with strange, purplish-red veins.
Immediately after, the scene abruptly opened up, and an unimaginably grand underground cavern appeared before their eyes.
In the center of the cavern, a black altar, emanating an ancient and ominous aura, stood silently.
Child Emperor's breathing began to quicken.
As a top scientist, he immediately realized the uniqueness of this place.
The geological structure and energy field reactions here completely exceeded any known natural phenomenon.
"Is this... a relic of an ancient civilization?" He pushed up his glasses, his eyes gleaming with excitement and confusion.
"Keep watching," Lin Mo's voice was low, carrying an undeniable tone.
The scene shifted, and the robot's camera moved past the altar, focusing on the massive mural behind it, which almost covered the entire rock wall.
As the scanning data recorded by "Little KING" was gradually restored, the full scope of the mural was presented with astonishing clarity before the two.
The mural's style was ancient and wild, its lines full of a primitive sense of power.
When he saw the bottom half of the mural, depicting a creature strikingly similar to Monster King Orochi, and the countless monsters prostrating below it, Child Emperor's expression changed for the first time.
"This creature... it seems to be the mastermind behind the Monster Association."
Child Emperor's voice was a bit dry.
Just an image on the mural exuded a sense of overwhelming power, as if it could destroy the world.
He could imagine that if this being were to appear, its strength would be immeasurable.
Lin Mo nodded, then, to Child Emperor's astonishment, slowly shook his head and said something that baffled him:
"Just a small fry. The important part is yet to come."
"What?!"
Child Emperor was stunned.
That terrifying creature, worshipped like a god by countless monsters in the mural, was just a small fry?
At Lin Mo's signal, Child Emperor continued to move the holographic image's perspective upwards.
When the middle part of the mural was displayed, Child Emperor's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpricks.
In the image, Monster King Orochi, whom he had considered the final boss, was in a state of terror, unwillingness, and even despair.
Its countless dragon heads wildly writhed, as if struggling with all its might, trying to escape this place.
It didn't look like a king; instead, it looked like... a sacrifice.
Child Emperor's heart skipped a beat, and he painstakingly moved his perspective, continuing to look up.
The very top of the mural was also the core of the entire image.
There was only a humanoid outline formed by countless converging lines.
It seemed to be composed of countless vortices and shadows, and it also seemed to be indifferently looking down on the entire world from the void.
And from the center of that outline, a black line extended, connecting to the top of "Monster King Orochi's" head.
A primal fear, originating from the depths of his soul, instantly seized Child Emperor's heart.
"What... what is this...?"
His voice became somewhat hoarse from shock, and his brain almost collapsed at that moment.
"This can't be a living creature... What about the scan data? What about the energy analysis!"
He frantically tapped on the keyboard, bringing up the deep scan data the robot had performed on the mural at the time.
A series of red warning boxes, representing "unresolvable" and "energy overload," instantly filled the entire screen.
Child Emperor looked at the analysis report before him, his face growing paler and paler.
However, the recorded data wasn't complete; the accompanying murals began to appear one by one.
From the sky tearing open and shadows descending; to streams of light scattering and all things mutating; then to the rise of monsters and the outbreak of war with humans... a series of primitive and savage murals, like the most terrifying epic, clearly told a shocking truth.
"The origin... of monsters..."
Child Emperor's voice trembled slightly, "So, monsters are not a natural product of Earth... but a kind of... external... erosion and transformation!"
This discovery completely overturned the fundamental understanding of "monster disasters" held by the Hero Association, and indeed, all of humanity.
This was not a natural disaster, not evolution, but a disaster brought down by an unknown entity!
Finally, when the spiral symbol, composed of countless writhing tentacles, appeared directly above the altar.
Child Emperor only glanced at it before abruptly turning his head away, letting out a pained groan.
"Ugh... such strong mental pollution! Just an image data, and it's this terrifying!"
He clutched his forehead, his face pale, "Mr. KING, you faced these things directly, and yet..."
He couldn't imagine what kind of terrifying mental shock Mr. KING had endured in that environment.
"I destroyed that altar," Lin Mo said in a flat tone, uttering something earth-shattering.
"Monster King Orochi also appeared, and I controlled Little KING... that is, the robot, to fight him."
Child Emperor suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with shock:
"You... you fought Monster King Orochi?! What was the outcome? Did you..."
His words carried a hint of expectation that even he hadn't noticed, hoping that Mr. KING, hailed as The Strongest Man on Earth, could create a miracle.
"He's very strong," Lin Mo interrupted him, giving his answer.
"I used the self-destruction of Little KING's core energy to trigger a chain collapse of the entire underground cavern, burying him and that place completely."
"But," Lin Mo's gaze became extremely grave, "I can be certain that he is absolutely still alive. That level of collapse couldn't kill him."
Child Emperor took a deep breath, forcing his chaotic brain to calm down.
He knew that now was not the time for shock, nor was it the time for fear.
As an S-Class Hero, as a representative of human intellect, he had to take on his responsibility.
"The threat of the Monster Association is indeed immense, but with Caped Baldy and... me, it can undoubtedly be resolved."
Lin Mo looked at the renewed fighting spirit in Child Emperor's eyes, and timely led the conversation to the ultimate core.
"But this enemy," Lin Mo's hand pointed to the terrifying outline floating at the top of the mural in the holographic image, connected to Monster King Orochi.
"We know nothing about it. I even have reason to suspect that Old Woman Shibabawa's prophecy, the 'God' level disaster capable of destroying humanity, was not referring to the Dark Matter Thieves that later arrived, but rather..."
He paused, and the entire laboratory fell into a deathly silence.
Child Emperor held his breath, waiting for the name that was about to be given to this ultimate terror.
Lin Mo's gaze penetrated the image, as if seeing the indifferent, unspeakable entity hidden behind the dimension.
"I shall temporarily call him —"
"[God]"
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