What It's Like Being a Vampire

Chapter 638: Chapter 638: Striking from Barbie (Part 4)

It seemed as if the massive lightning storm made landfall in Antarctica, directly colliding with the monster that covered the Antarctic surface, engaging in brutal close combat.

However, in reality, after Xiang Kun reached the airspace above Antarctica, he never landed, still flying high in the sky, propelled by lightning and clouds, moving at high speed.

Meanwhile, in the storm’s center, thousands of “Super coins” dispersed, lowering their altitude, converging into a silhouette of an “Eight-Armed Giant” illuminated by electrical discharges, which started attacking the “Ultimate Predator” on Antarctica.

The whole battle process was very simple, as the dome of contact between the “Electric Eight-Armed Giant” and the “Ultimate Predator” – comprised of a black, special material condensed over Antarctica – caused the latter to be consumed instantly, much like flammable material once it comes into contact with fire.

The “Ultimate Predator” kept changing its form, concentrating the black material, making it rise and surge, threateningly like a tower piercing the sky. Unfortunately, it was raised not more than a few hundred meters before it was shattered and dissolved by the “Electric Eight-Armed Giant” or the other scattered “Super coins”.

Xiang Kun, soaring through the sky, observed the vast amount of black material on the ground which was yet to be dissolved, watched it threateningly change and attempted to rise upwards. He also vaguely sensed the desperation and reluctance of the “Ultimate Predator”.

In the end, it resorted to practically detonating all its fundamental high-dimensional factors in an attempt to force Xiang Kun to come personally by affecting the climate of Antarctica and the entire globe, pushing for a head-on “real” confrontation.

In its perspective, Xiang Kun had earlier used Mr. Liang as “bait” taking advantage of its feeding and transitional phase, using an unterstandable and unsuspected approach to dissolve its control over the specific factors within other external organisms, causing it to lose its ability to control the life and death of all beings, extract information, and its power of hidden manipulation, using “soft operation” tactics.

At the submicroscopic level, in the confrontation of high-dimensional factors, the “Ultimate Predator” realized it was outmatched and defeated at a single touch.

But what if the fight were on the true physical level, requiring a “hard operation”?

It presumably thought that its super-organism, developed from countless high-dimensional factors it gathered from the various it has devoured over eons, was beyond challenge from any perspective. Even if Xiang Kun could control lightning, wield the force of thunder, command various large-scale destructive weapons of the human species, there was no way he could win in a real, physical battle because it was too enormous. Its profound microscopic structure meant it wasn’t afraid of any type of destructive attack, be it lightning or high temperatures induced by nuclear explosions, none could annihilate it entirely. It could reconstruct at an insanely fast pace and possess new unusual properties.

It was convinced that at this practical level of confrontation, once it had harnessed all the high-dimensional factors into an entity, the microscopic advantage of Xiang Kun would no longer exist.

Yet, it couldn’t believe or comprehend…

Xiang Kun had produced an energy that could outrightly break down its construct. The “Electric Eight-Armed Giants” weren’t simply an aggregation of electric charges, they were deadly weapons against the high-dimensional factor constructs of the “Super coins”, which it was incapable of resisting.

Thus, the vast area of black matter, covering the Antarctic continent, transforming in countless ways, and growing in size, was decimated with a single touch by the “Electric Eight-Armed Giant”. It was rapidly destroyed as though it were nothing more than rotten wood being pulled apart.

Unexpectedly, in a physical confrontation, a “hard operation”, Xiang Kun still had the means to overpower.

But this oppression was stifling for the “Ultimater Predator”.

It was like a martial arts master losing a legal battle in court, being utterly defeated and mentally collapsed, receiving a life sentence but managing to escape custody before incarceration, attempting to drag his opponent into dueling him alone.

Despite this action forgoing his chance of survival, accepting that either loss or victory would result in a certain death, he believed that if he could force his opponent to brawl with him, to duel him, he was certain he could bring mutual destruction.

But upon engagement, it was found that although the opponent was countless times smaller, it wasn’t as powerless as expected during the physical confrontation.

Just like a giant beast facing a high-speed bullet, it could only passively take hits, unable to utilize its primal force.

The “Ultimate Predator” was crushed once again, this time, however, the destruction was truly devastating.

…

For Xiang Kun, vanquishing the giant entity of the “Ultimate Predator” was never a matter of suspense. He even had dozens of plans and hundreds of methods.

What he had to consider though, was finding a method that would minimize the impact on the environment, on Earth, and on the entire ecosystem, while also reducing the time of combat.

He didn’t want his fight with the “Ultimate Predator” to take place from Antarctica to the Pacific Ocean, or even spread to other continents, causing collateral damage to numerous islands and coastal cities, or creating a huge impact leading to irreversible consequences such as rapid melting of the Antarctic ice sheet.

If that were the case, he may as well not go to Antarctica and just wait for the “Ultimate Predator” to self-destruct.

So, in the end, he chose a method that was both “gentle” and secure, using thousands of “super-connected object matrix” from around the world and the “super coin” condensed by the emotions of many ordinary people, to battle the “Ultimate Predator”.

These “Super coins”, essentially were creations of Xiang Kun, they were purer “super-connected objects” and their “super-connected object” characteristic was much more potent than that of normal “super-connected objects”.

The greatest trait of the “super-connected objects” was that they were a type of “container” or “channel” transformed from high-dimensional factors.

The “Ultimate Predator” stimulated its high-dimensional factors, making the high-dimensional factors controlling its specific factors spontaneously return to it, creating the physical entity in Antarctica.

Xiang Kun, on the other hand, used these thousands of “Super coins” to create a channel for the high-dimensional factors distributed all over the world, or rather a “transportation array”. Xiang Kun’s high-dimensional factors could coexist within the “super-connected objects matrix” spread across each corner of the world and upon his “super coins” brought to Antarctica, providing a globally connected high-dimensional factor force when needed.

On a microscopic level, the confrontation of the high-dimensional factors was not merely a comparison of numbers, but also one of quality.

The Ultimate Predator’s high-dimensional factors were indeed several orders of magnitude more, but they were merely armed with utensils like kitchen knives and spades. However, Xiang Kun’s high-dimensional factors came armed with Gundams and Starship Destroyers. It was natural that they were instantly pierced and dissolved.

The “Ultimate Predator” had thought that Xiang Kun would single-handedly fight it, feeling wronged in its defeat.

In essence, however, Xiang Kun was using the thousands of “Super coins” like a handle to pound it with the entire Earth. Its loss wasn’t unjust in the slightest.

After Xiang Kun’s onslaught for over six hours, over 90% of the “Ultimate Predator’s” main body was dissolved. Its ability to reconstruct high-dimensional factors was utterly useless under the onslaught of the “Electric Eight-Armed Giant”. It seemed like it had something else in mind as it directly cracked the ice layer and started to bore into the ground.

Xiang Kun knew what it was trying to do. It knew there was no hope of resistance and was trying to make the entire continent of Antarctica the focus of its attack, hoping to create a global impact before its destruction, committing massive damage and chaos to humanity’s habitation—it clearly knew that Xiang Kun was extremely concerned and protective about the human collective.

However, its actions did not exceed Xiang Kun’s expectations. No sooner than it managed to create a hole on the surface, the “Electric Eight-Armed Giant” broke down into small, ball-like orbs of lightning, rushing towards the ground.

Soon, flashes of electricity danced and swayed on the ground, burrowing into the ground along with the large mass of black substance, like living electric serpents, holding onto their prey relentlessly.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Hovering in the air, surrounded by electric light, Xiang Kun stared indifferently at the ever-diminishing blackness of the hole below. At a certain point, he suddenly felt a sense of long-lost frenzy and hunger.

Xiang Kun knew, the “Ultimate Predator” had completely disintegrated and dissipated.

The moment it dissipated, the high-dimensional factors belonging to it, through those “Super Coins”, all recognized Xiang Kun’s consciousness and submitted to him.

Now Xiang Kun, having already been able to perform extremely microscopic operations through “Super Sensory Information,” no longer needed to perform the “blood-drinking” “operation ceremony” to confirm the affiliations of target high-dimensional factors. As long as Xiang Kun makes a move, his polar star-like high-dimensional factor characteristics in the night sky can make the eliminated high-dimensional factors recognize the master, and they cannot escape…

If he had a choice, he would not want to accept the submission of the “Ultimate Predator’s” immensely large high-dimensional factors.

Unfortunately, he has not yet had the means to “invisibly” handle high-dimensional factors.

Xiang Kun sighed, resignedly descending from the air, and directly entered the large hole dissected by the “Ultimate Predator”.

Then, the soil above was refilled, the ice layer was re-covered, piled on layer by layer, constantly extending, merging with the surroundings, no longer showing any trace of what was before.

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The moment the “Ultimate Predator” was utterly destroyed and dissipated, a strange white light swept across the skies worldwide, and almost everyone had a feeling of unease, looking up at the sky.

Although no apparent changes were detected, to them, it felt like peeling back a layer of hazy membrane.

It wasn’t until several hours later, when the thick clouds over Antarctica dissipated and satellites captured images of the region previously covered by the black monster now blanketed in white frost, that people realized the “Antarctic Crisis” had been resolved.

The anomaly in the weather worldwide did not disappear immediately, but the easing was very apparent, at least now it was the temperature that each season should have.

There was a heated discussion on the internet, and the hottest topic was undeniably the “Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant Illusion” that appeared worldwide the day before.

The illusion appeared one day, and the next day the “Antarctic Crisis” was touched, and the Antarctic monster disappeared. If anyone says that the giant illusion did not do it, no one would believe it.

Moreover, under the influence of the celestial music, people had the same thought in their excited state—that the giants were going to contest the Antarctic monster.

Now it seems that their intuition, that thought, is truly real.

These few months, for most people, were like a dream from the fear of the end of the world to the excitement after being saved. The objects that suddenly presented in front of them let them realize that this world is not as ordinary as they previously perceived. This world has marvels entirely beyond their systems of knowledge.

The human desire to explore the unknown is innate. Moreover, everyone has seen the advent of a new world, a new era, all want to occupy a place in it.

Around the world, some official institutions or organizations that knew part of the secrets and obtained relevant information first were holding emergency discussions.

And a video clip appeared directly on the computers, televisions, projectors, or other screens in their spaces.

The footage is of an eight-armed giant, shrouded in black fog, entwined with lightning, and guarded by a storm, step by step onto Antarctica.

With each step it took after setting foot on Antarctica, its body changed until it ultimately turned into an eight-armed giant made of lightning, battling with the black monsters that seemed to “grow” from the ground of Antarctica.

The entire footage lasted only five minutes, but it left everyone who saw it dumbfounded. Naturally, they could tell that this was the battle happening in Antarctia, but the question is, who recorded this footage and how was it recorded?

You must know that at present, all electronic devices, if they approached a certain distance to Antarctica, would all be affected, not able to work normally. When the super gigantic lightning storm attacked Antarctica, even the satellites in the air could not transmit data normally, unable to obtain any remote sensing information.

Under such circumstances, who could record this scene from the heart of the battle? What device was used?

From the angle of the camera, it seemed to be recorded by a flying vessel. Could it be a drone?

And also, why is this video playing on their display devices?

Countless questions sprung up in the minds of hundreds of people who saw this video around the world. They tried to find the origin of the video and, naturally, found no results. The video appeared like a ghost, suddenly appearing and leaving no trace, as if it were just their hallucination.

This feeling made everyone think of the Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant Illusion that appeared worldwide one day earlier.

So, is this information communicated to them by that Eight-Armed, Eight-Eyed Giant?

What is the intention behind this?

…

Below the research base created by Xiang Kun and Old Xia in Chongyun Village.

Inside a storage room that was originally empty, it is now brightly lit.

After Xiang Kun entered the underground hole and absorbed all the high-dimensional factors of the “Ultimate Predator,” he began to enter the sleep phase of periodic transformation. His thousands of “Super Coins” did not directly dissipate, but instead crossed the sea directly. However, this time, they didn’t make such a large movement without appearing like numerous spherical lightning, but rather they flew high in the sky.

Finally, they all reached Chongyun Village and were moved by Alice into this basement storage.