Chapter 915: The Fleet of the Hanging Gardens

Inside the Divine Hole.

The remaining nine False Gods felt the aura of the Anchor, and fear still filled their hearts.

“Don’t be afraid! He’s already used it once. There won’t be a second time. Let’s go down and kill him now. We can still obtain the divinity left behind by Zhanghu. After this, there’ll be a place for us among the A-grade Divine Sequence!”

[God Serial Number: B-29: Tide Merman]

He was brimming with ambition.

His gaze upon Ye Qiyan was filled with greed.

“We are great gods! Now that humanity is fighting among itself, of course we must seize this opportunity!”

[God Serial Number: B-33: Titan Mammoth]

Its enormous body, like thousands of towering mountains, exhaled a torrent of air.

“Kill these humans! Everything will return to the Divine Sequence!”

[God Serial Number: B-55: Illusory Birdman]

The winged birdman burst out of the Divine Hole.

All nine False Gods appeared at once.

Even more Apostles, and stronger ones at that, followed them into the fray!

The ordinary Train Conductors were filled with despair.

There were too many enemies.

The only ones capable of fighting those terrifying monsters were the few people from the Emperor’s Order.

Could they win?

How could they possibly win?

They couldn’t. They were sure to die!

Fear began spreading once more.

Those who had barely managed to hold on began to falter again.

“It’s, it’s okay. Believe in, believe in Lord Altos! He can definitely…”

“Those are freaking gods! The legendary gods! Even if they can defeat them, what about us? Can we really hold out until those gods are dead?”

Despair and anguish spread through people’s hearts like an infectious disease.

But just then,

a short-haired woman with somewhat androgynous features stepped forward.

She looked at them with disdain.

“Hey, are you just giving up like that?”

“What else can we do?”

“Fight back, obviously. What a stupid question.”

“B-but we can’t beat them…”

“Huh?”

The woman frowned.

“I see. So not all humans are like him? Whatever. I don’t care about you. I like this body, so I’m not going to let myself die here. Besides, I won’t die.”

The girl lifted her chin, pride written all over her face.

“Losing isn’t scary at all. If people don’t even have the courage to fail, what meaning does humanity have? If I remember correctly, this is some kind of… livestream, right?

“Yeah, a live broadcast.

“There are lots of people watching, aren’t there? With so many eyes on you, doesn’t that excite you?!”

She charged into the ranks of monsters.

Even though He wasn’t very powerful right now.

Even though any random monster could send Him flying.

He would always get back up and keep fighting, exhilarated.

“She’s right. Why should we run? I’ve been running away all this time. We’ve come this far, so I can’t run anymore…”

Zhao An pulled a handful of seeds from his pocket and scattered them on the ground.

Under the effect of his talent, several animated giant mouth-flowers instantly sprouted.

“Exactly! What the hell are we afraid of? I’d already decided to fight to the death! Those monsters must’ve messed with my head! Let’s go nuclear on them!”

“Right! Go nuclear!”

They followed the girl into the terrifying battlefield.

As the weak, they fought their own desperate struggle.

Elsewhere,

Mo Shi opened her eyes, puzzled.

“That guy… is that Colorless? Didn’t he fight Water Ice, and nearly take them both down with him?

“How could he be here?

“And besides…

“This isn’t a body constructed from will, like ours. It’s…

“Really and truly Him? Did He simply discard the rest after using up too much of His power?”

Surprise showed in Mo Shi’s eyes.

“I didn’t expect Him to have transformed even more completely than I have. Haha~”

Beside her,

Shen Yuan stood with her hands on her hips, watching with satisfaction as her new puppets, whom she had granted the power of the Abyss, fought.

“Heh heh, I really am the strongest!”

Indeed.

The pressure generated the moment those gods appeared had affected their minds, causing despair to rise once more.

But no matter what,

humanity

was still struggling.

The appearance of the nine False Gods had certainly caused Ye Qiyan and the others plenty of trouble.

Ye Qiyan had not revealed the Anchor’s second banishment, nor had he used any more Blasphemy Cards.

That meant he couldn’t instantly kill the False Gods.

But in the end, if they were only dealing with these False Gods, they wouldn’t pose too great a threat to the people of the Emperor’s Order.

They were all Top-Tier Train Conductors. Who among them didn’t have a dozen or so god-kills under their belt?

That was where the problem lay.

The Twelve Fortunes of Utopia City couldn’t beat the people of the Emperor’s Order, and neither could the False Gods.

But if the two sides joined forces…

Well…

They still couldn’t win.

But,

there was one thing not to forget.

Countdown: [“2:11:03”]

With twelve Top-Tier Train Conductors and nine False Gods in the way, along with an endlessly replenishing, uncountable army of Believers and those inexplicably growing stronger, agonized human shadows, dismantling the Execution Platform and freeing Fan Huo within two hours…

would be difficult.

Ye Qiyan wanted to find another B-grade God to attack, but Heinris had broken free of the Raven demon’s control with the help of another Top-Tier Train Conductor and forcibly caught up with him.

“Mr. Altos, no matter what the people outside think of me now, or what they think of Utopia City, in these final two hours, the existence of those Divine Monsters is enough to stop you.

“This is Utopia City. This is our home ground. No matter how powerful the Emperor’s Order is, you can forget about doing anything in such a short time…”

“Enough. Stop right there.”

Ye Qiyan cut Heinris off.

He looked at him with disdain.

“Has no one ever told you that you talk too much and are really annoying? Besides… numbers, you say?”

Ye Qiyan paid Heinris no more attention. Instead, he smiled as he looked into the distance at Fan Huo, who was still pinned to the ground on the platform without saying a word.

“Senior Fan Huo, you’re racking up more and more favors you owe people.”

Gong Feiyu: [“Altos, Altos~ The Judgement Department from the Hanging Gardens is here to help you! Oh, and our former Boss asked me to tell you that Fan Huo owes him a favor. Don’t forget to pay him back later.

“Oh, do you want some chocolate?”]

Crack! Craaack!

All around the Divine Hole,

Utopia City’s barriers had become a Station World and shared their permissions with the False Gods. They were no longer nearly as impregnable as before.

Cracks appeared in space.

On the other side of the Divine Hole,

an even larger void abruptly opened!

Thousands of spaceships flew out, heading toward the inner and outer Utopia Cities.

On each ship,

a satellite insignia representing the Hanging Gardens shone brightly.

Gong Feiyu, dressed in uniform, walked smilingly to the bow and raised a Rapier in one hand. She sneaked a glance at a little note in her other hand.

“Ahem. The Hanging Gardens Judgement Department has come… to rescue people!”

Behind her, the veins on Chai Ming’s forehead bulged. He couldn’t help feeling embarrassed.

“Idiot! We’re here to bring Heinz to justice!”