Chapter 813 - 502: Melting the World_2

"To consume this much material..." Old Yi felt a surge of shock.

He went on to ask:

"But the problem is, given our technology, we shouldn't be able to complete such a massive project in the limited time, right? And even if the technology was sufficient, wouldn't the materials still be lacking? The passage to the Moon, and a sufficient quantity of pods to transport five billion humans to the Moon—I'm afraid even exhausting the world's material reserves won't suffice."

"Don't worry, I am here." Wang Ye smiled: "In the next day, I will progressively dissolve any human industrial artifacts worldwide and bring them over to manufacture the Earth-Moon passage and the transport pods."

"Dissolve the entire Earth's industrial artifacts in one day?" Old Yi's eyes widened: "You're not joking, right? With this enormous workload, are you sure you can complete it in one day? Don't you need our help?"

It takes 32 hours and 50 minutes to travel around Earth's equator at sonic speed, and Wang Ye's workload isn't merely completing a circle around Earth; he needs to reach every latitude and longitude, every unseen corner of the planet.

Moreover, he needs to dissolve those industrial artifacts, a process that also requires time.

Even with speeds a hundred times that of sound, he can't complete such a terrifying workload in a single day, can he?

"One day is enough," Wang Ye said, "Don't forget, our time is running out."

Old Yi shook his head and resigned: "Since you're saying this, there's no choice. If there's anything you need help with, feel free to tell me, and we'll do our utmost. This disaster affects all human civilization; we absolutely cannot slack off."

"These are the pod designs. Before I return, you can use them to start manufacturing." With a thought, a precisely drawn design appeared in Wang Ye's hand, and he handed it over to Old Yi, instructing him.

"No problem." Old Yi took the design, then immediately returned to the base to issue the orders.

·······················

·······················

A moment later, Wang Ye ascended to the sky, surveying the earth beneath his feet,

From his perspective, the surface of Earth seemed covered by structures manufactured by human civilization.

His thoughts surged like a torrent, sweeping across the land below without the need for any instruments. His presence, already merged with planetary will,

produced atomic-level resonance and attraction towards the metal elements like iron, aluminum, copper, and titanium scattered on the surface.

Rumble!!!!!!!

A terrifying rumble echoed from the land beneath his feet.

Each skyscraper's framework, every car engine, every rusty rail, every sunken ship keel, even every abandoned coin began to tremble violently.

They seemed to be drawn by a higher-dimensional will, slowly floating upwards,

The high-rise buildings in industrial areas started to crack, and the massive rebar, load-bearing I-beams, and frame structures supporting the tempered glass facades softened and twisted, eventually becoming streams of scorching liquid metal, floating towards Wang Ye.

He could see the land below slowly releasing streams of liquid metal like dragons. They rose from every metal-rich point, sliced through the atmosphere, and converged before him.

These metal torrents gradually formed a gigantic continuously expanding circular furnace.

While extracting countless metals from beneath his feet, he continued to soar around Earth,

Apart from China, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, this symbol of steel romance, started to inexplicably soften and twist, breaking free from gravity, ascending.

Transforming into a fiery red liquid stream, shooting urgently towards the sky.

Simultaneously, countless surrounding buildings started to collapse, becoming like the Eiffel Tower, softening and twisting, as if pulled by some skyward force, converging into torrential metal streams flying away.

Numerous tourists and residents near the Eiffel Tower watched this bizarre scene in surprise: "What's happening?? Why is the Eiffel Tower suddenly flying away?"

Some tourists attempted to raise their phones to capture the eerie scene, but moments later, their phones transformed into metal streams, beginning to fly towards the sky.

Even prosthetics, crutches from some disabled individuals flew away, causing them to collapse to the ground, letting out screams of anguish.

More terrifyingly, those who had metal implanted into their bodies, whether shallow nostril rings or earrings, or internally implanted titanium alloy hinges, also instantly turned into boiling flows, leaving their bodies. Their flesh was forcibly torn open, eliciting cries of pain.

Apart from Paris's Eiffel Tower, there's also New York's Empire State Building, Giza's Great Pyramid of Giza, and others.

These structures, with centuries of history, carrying countless beliefs and stories, disintegrated in an instant, becoming pure liquid metal, recovered by Wang Ye.

And these are just the basic disasters. At this time, global social media servers were collapsing, and countries' military command centers and energy monitoring stations were in chaos.

Those aware that Wang Ye was decomposing global industrial artifacts shouted angrily online:

"This madman is destroying human industrial civilization. We must stop him! He wants to turn all humanity into his captives!"

"We have to resist this madman. We cannot let him destroy everything we have!"

But their cries were in vain as the network in most human regions was completely destroyed. They couldn't gather everyone to resist, and even if their calls worked, humans couldn't resist Wang Ye's might.

Because Wang Ye never asked them. He was carrying out his tasks unilaterally from the beginning.

These leaders could only watch as the alarm lights went from continuously flashing to instantly disappearing, witnessing their buildings being forcibly dismantled, feeling a despair from foundational shaking engulfing all their hearts.

The defense systems they meticulously designed seemed laughably ineffective against such might.

After extreme fear, humanity finally realized.

Wang Ye is reshaping the world,

He is destroying human industrial civilization and the crystallization of wisdom accumulated over thousands of years, and everything humanity has done will be reduced to naught.

Overnight, human civilization was pushed back to a primitive state from extreme prosperity.

The buildings once standing tall in cities now lay in ruins,

Currently, if viewed from space, countless bright bands can be seen shooting from core cities, industrial belts, traffic arteries of major continents, like rivers of lava erupting in reverse towards the sky, continuously converging into a rapidly expanding furnace in low Earth orbit.

But only Wang Ye didn't absorb China's buildings because Old Yi and others were constructing pods, needing sufficient metals for manufacturing. Thus, it would be the last country to be decomposed.

Wang Ye's absorbing lasted about twenty hours, and after twenty hours, he finally absorbed all industrial artifacts and metal products from all continents.

The final formed "furnace" grew to an extremely astonishing extent.

Its diameter even surpassed the Moon itself. It hung above Earth, blocking most of the Sun's light, so everyone could see this terrifying metal sphere enveloping the Earth. They could even hear the "glug" sound of countless liquid metals gently rolling within the sphere.

···············