Chapter 1812: Chapter 1227: Colossus Project! (This Ben is so hungry I’m starting to gnaw on Hongshu)
Here, the task of Duanmu Huai in this world can be considered complete. The Witch’s Night has been eliminated, and the QB clan has been destroyed. But for Duanmu Huai, the biggest gain is not the pathetic experience points and attribute bonuses from the task itself (since it doesn’t add Charm anyway), but — after annihilating the QB clan, Duanmu Huai’s Catastrophe Progression [Star Ocean Punishment] has finally moved forward by one step!
It wasn’t easy indeed... This time he really came to the right place. Originally, it was just to appease Ann by finding a random Magic World, but unexpectedly, it managed to destroy a high-dimensional Cosmic Species. It’s truly like planting flowers deliberately that wouldn’t bloom, yet inserting willows unintentionally that became shades.
And with [Star Ocean Punishment] entering the first stage, Duanmu Huai finally obtained the stage rewards.
[Unlock — Colossus Project]
[Colossus Project: The Colossus Project is the ultimate product that horror and intimidation dream of (they always have another option, which is to die)]
Hmm, very good, this is very Tribunal-like.
Duanmu Huai glanced over briefly, and the Colossus Project is basically a kind of large-scale planet-destroying weapon. To be honest, for the current Tribunal, this kind of weapon is already a bit inadequate, but still holding a trial mindset, Duanmu Huai took a look at the description of the Colossus Project.
And within the Colossus Project, the weapons are as follows.
Jibaku Tensei, a weapon component that directly destroys a planet by igniting its atmosphere... this is of no use to Duanmu Huai, as BFG10000 can achieve the same effect, and he himself can turn a planet into dust with a gesture, PASS.
Serene Angel, a weapon that can completely shield a planet, isolating it entirely from the Universe, basically the same as putting the planet in prison. Hmm... the Tribunal generally doesn’t use such roundabout methods, PASS.
Intelligence Reducing Beam, a weapon that can erase the minds, turning the intelligence of most sentient life on a planet back to a pre-intelligent state, however, this is not permanent, the species with reduced intelligence can still improve their intelligence again... Is this interesting? In Duanmu Huai’s view, this is simply playing with people, PASS.
Divine Judgment, a spiritual energy projection weapon, transforming all believers into fanatics and eliminating all non-believers... perhaps the Gods of Faelun might be interested, but Duanmu Huai himself has no interest, PASS.
Celestial Rainbow, a weapon that pours a large amount of water onto a planet, turning it into an ocean planet... Hmm, Holy Terra might need this, but it’s useless for Duanmu Huai, PASS.
Nano Plague, a biological nanomachine weapon that projects a large number of nanomachines onto a planet, assimilating all intelligent organic life there and transforming it into a semi-biological, semi-mechanical existence... complete behavior of The Evil Intelligence, Duanmu Huai as a Judge certainly won’t use it, PASS.
Venomous Torrent, a weapon that completely turns a bombarded planet into a toxic planet and eliminates all organisms within... the most beloved by Corrupted Foil, Duanmu Huai declines politely, PASS.
Finally, Duanmu Huai chose the only Colossus Weapon component acceptable to the Tribunal.
And that is... Neutron Annihilation!
This is a weapon component that emits accelerated neutron radiation plumes that cover the entire planet, erasing all life signs including both flora and fauna. However, it retains the planet itself and will gradually restore the ecosystem. For Duanmu Huai, this is indeed one of the weapons he currently desires the most!
After all, the most troublesome problem for the Tribunal is the virus pollution of Corrupted Foil, and a virus-polluted planet is almost incurable. But with Neutron Annihilation, it’s different, like the previous War Planet, if Duanmu Huai had Neutron Annihilation back then, he wouldn’t need to look for any virus vaccines, just activate Neutron Annihilation on the entire War Planet, then leisurely go over to clean up the aftermath.
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai decisively made a choice.
"Select Neutron Annihilation."
Soon, with Duanmu Huai’s decision, a system prompt appeared before Duanmu Huai.
[Obtained Colossus Weapon Attribute Component — Neutron Annihilation (some may call this complete eradication of intelligent life while retaining inorganic matter as evil war crimes, we call it efficient)]
It’s indeed quite efficient, and it doesn’t destroy planets that can allow human survival. Hmm... after it’s built, should we contact Dada Niel to see if he plans to fire one at Pandora? Just right for experimenting with those Namekians.
After all, Duanmu Huai has always wanted to completely exterminate this group of Namekians. It’s just because there hadn’t been a good weapon at hand, so it was temporarily postponed. Now with a weapon like Neutron Annihilation, it’s naturally time to put it to good use.
As for the reasons Duanmu Huai wants to completely annihilate the Namekians, it’s simple, they have already become enemies of humans, should they not be wiped out before the end of the year?
After tens or hundreds or thousands of years, if they rise again to seek revenge on humans?
Even if they can’t rise themselves, what if they become guides for other alien civilizations?
The saying goes well, eradicate evil to the fullest, for humans, Namekians are purely "evil", so they must be eliminated root and branch!
Even the alien races allied with humans, Duanmu Huai wouldn’t trust them, let alone such alien species that are enemies with humans, they must die utterly to ensure peace of mind.
"Then we pretty much should leave this planet now, right?"
Returning home, Ann curiously asked, the matter of the Magic Girl can be handed over to AAA, of course, Homura Akemi will also be responsible for screening some Magic Girls. Simply put, it’s somewhat like the previous world with Levatial, with the Guardian Clan of Protector God Tower responsible for screening, the Tribunal just needs to take over.
It’s just that Levatial isn’t one-time, and Magic Girl is... more or less one-time.
After all, with QB gone, this world probably won’t give birth to Magic Girl kind of existence anymore.
Of course, this doesn’t mean the Tribunal wouldn’t pay attention to this world, because this world still has Demons and Demon Possessed.
Though this world already has organizations to deal with Demons, currently these Demons are only small fries. To prevent this planet from encountering similar problems as those world-destroying Demons coming from Alien Planet, the Tribunal is sure to keep an eye on it.
"Wait a bit longer, once things are completely settled here, we’ll get ready to leave."
Duanmu Huai stretched lazily and responded lightly. There are still some loose ends on the AAA side that need handling, and just as well, there’s nothing else for Duanmu Huai to do at the moment, so he decided to rest here for a few more days. The Magic Girl situation still requires his observation, after all... this matter isn’t exactly easy to resolve.
"Got it."
Ann understood what Duanmu Huai meant and just nodded, though she was somewhat helpless.
"What a pity, it would be great if Qianshu could join the Tribunal."
"Don’t even think about it, their views are too different, having her join would just be inviting trouble."
Duanmu Huai patted Ann’s shoulder to comfort her. Actually, Ann and Qianshu’s relationship is genuinely good, you could even say they’re somewhat ’birds of a feather.’ But unfortunately, Ann, being the Princess of Manaria, though cheerful and lively, knows what she should do.
However, Qianshu tends to be more of an idealist in this regard, and the last thing the Tribunal needs is an idealist.
Qianshu is clearly not going to change her mind, so Duanmu Huai wouldn’t opt to bring her to the Tribunal, and Ann is well aware of this, but it’s still somewhat regrettable. After all, in the Tribunal, there aren’t many people she can talk to; it’s not that everyone doesn’t chat with Ann, but there’s no one quite like Qianshu with a matching personality and preferences.
"Hey, don’t forget about me."
However, right then, Mugeng appeared unsatisfied.
"I want to go with Master too."
"You?"
Hearing Mugeng speak, Duanmu Huai paused for a moment—truth be told, he almost forgot.
"What’s the point of coming along? We can just terminate the contract. It shouldn’t be a problem if you stay with AAA."
Duanmu Huai originally planned for Mugeng to break the contract with him and stay with AAA, though Xitong Lingnao wasn’t very fond of Mugeng, they did agree with Duanmu Huai to take care of her. Duanmu Huai considered this case closed... but now you want to come to the Tribunal?
"What now? Are you abandoning me?"
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s response, Mugeng’s eyes instantly dimmed.
"As expected, in your eyes, I’m just a convenient woman, summoned at your whim and discarded when you please. Now you have someone else, so you don’t want me anymore, right? Are you tired of me, so you want to abandon me..."
"Can you stop?"
Listening to Mugeng’s nagging, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes; this is precisely why he didn’t want to bring Mugeng along—this woman has a tendency to make a big fuss, randomly behaving like an abandoned, complaining wife. Anyone not in the know might think Duanmu Huai seduced and then discarded Mugeng.
Although Mugeng has always listened to Duanmu Huai, her constant nagging is truly unbearable for Duanmu Huai.
On the other hand, Ann found Mugeng quite intriguing.
"Just bring her along, it sounds fun."
"What’s fun about it? You haven’t experienced receiving thousands of messages a day."
Duanmu Huai glared at Ann. Mugeng sends texts practically every five minutes from morning until evening, roughly telling what she’s doing and asking what Duanmu Huai is doing. It annoys Duanmu Huai; he recalls hearing about people who, in the throes of young love at university, would text all day, but Duanmu Huai never really felt it.
Now... he only wonders if this is human nature?
Every five minutes? If you have nothing to do, go take a nap, is it necessary?
Even while in the restroom, you need to text me? What’s the meaning of that?
If she follows him to the Tribunal, Duanmu Huai feels he won’t have any peace anymore.
"That’s what makes it interesting."
Seeing Duanmu Huai’s distressed expression, Ann chuckled. Among the many in the Tribunal, she’s yet to see anyone truly bother Duanmu Huai.
"Forget it, let’s just see how things play out."
Duanmu Huai shook his head, choosing not to delve deeper into this issue.
After all... there are plenty of things to be done, one more or less doesn’t make a difference, right?