In such a short ti, Mokaka could not possibly drag a "cripple" like Tian En out of the range of Imasurable Calamity.
If she doesn't let go of Tian En quickly, Mokaka is almost certain to be implicated.
Tian En couldn't bear to see such a scene; if soone she loved had to die for her, she would rather walk toward destruction alone.
"..."
Mokaka did not answer, only persistently dragging Tian En's body, never looking back as she moved forward.
Clatter—
Finally, the drone, due to overuse, broke down first, crashing onto the ground and emitting smoke.
Without its traction, Mokaka felt her body sink and nearly fell over.
Tian En wasn't heavy, even with clothes and performance equipnt, she was not even fifty kilograms.
But for a fourteen-year-old girl like Mokaka, fifty kilograms was enough to crush her shoulders.
She had not undergone muscle enhancent modifications, nor had she taken any enhancing potions, only installed a few hacker chips.
"Put down... I'm serious..."
Tian En bowed her head and softly said, "Thinking carefully, what Wu Ming said before was right."
"True revenge should target specific people, if you feel the world is unjust, then find the source of the injustice to resolve it, rather than trying to create a new massacre."
"This is not justice, and I do not represent justice."
"Dying here might be what I deserve... but you are different, you still have a bright future..."
"Shut up!"
Mokaka gritted her teeth, for the first ti getting angry at Tian En.
"My future is to protect everyone I love!"
"Xiao En is no exception..."
As they spoke, they finally reached the outskirts of the camp, barely more than ten ters away from escaping the maximum range of Imasurable Calamity.
But at the sa ti, the Great Buddha statue also fell completely.
Its enormous jade nose first pierced into the earth.
Thud...
In an instant, the entire ground of the Floating Island shuddered like a pulled rug, bricks and rock soil bursting into gray strata amidst the undulating waves.
The lips of the Buddha buried into the dust, splashing high-temperature sparks like "rain of fire," but those weren't magma, they were tens of thousands of lted jade marrows.
When the chest of the Buddha statue touched the burning plain, the shockwave finally arrived. People could see with their own eyes their clothes being pulled backward, even from within cover, they could feel the waves of heat with fiery ripples, hear the crisp tearing of fabric.
If seen from the perspective of an outsider, people would discover that at the mont the Buddha fell, the whole Floating Island shook violently.
The unsteady shaking caused a malfunction in the Floating Engines beneath the island.
It triggered a series of chain reactions... at first, it was just a failure, but soon it caught fire, and imdiately followed with explosions...
The design of the battleship engines was originally exquisite, even if subjected to excessive physical damage, they would not detonate.
However, perhaps because the procurent personnel of the Nest City Council embezzled funds, this entire batch of engines installed on the Floating Island were not "new goods" produced by several major arms giants, but second-hand goods dismantled from the Space Graveyard, with no guarantee of safety, let alone "won't detonate."
Under normal operations, they might barely withstand natural disasters, but when natural disasters and human catastrophes occur simultaneously, they naturally exploded.
And with one explosion, it flipped all the other engines...
Without the support of the engines, the Floating Island wavered a few tis, then directly tore through the space elevator under imnse kinetic energy, slowly plumting downward.
Although the Floating Island had independent gravity devices, to prevent people from floating during descent, the intense feeling of weightlessness still sank into the heart of every prisoner within the island.
"Sothing's wrong...!"
They imdiately realized this.
Of course, Mokaka understood, but she couldn't care less about these matters now.
She could already feel the influence of Imasurable Calamity enveloping her body.
She even saw lotus flowers falling from the sky towards her.
But at this mont, before the invisible blade of Imasurable Calamity fell, all she had to do was let go of Tian En, run the last ten ters, and she could survive.
This was her only chance of survival now.
Tian En didn't have ti to speak, she could only gently bite Mokaka's shoulder with her teeth, reminding her to quickly let go of her and flee alone, making that one correct decision.
But ultimately...
Mokaka made a move that no one could have anticipated.
She lightly bit her teeth, then reached back with both hands, grabbed Tian En by the shoulders, and threw her forward with force!
With this motion, she used all her strength, her arms nearly dislocating.
Under her throw, Tian En flew backward, rolling a few tis when she hit the ground, and finally managed to tumble out of the lethal range of Imasurable Calamity!
But Mokaka herself, due to complete exhaustion, fell to her knees.
The girl who Yun You and Tian En always thought to be selfish, believed to never learn to consider others, at the last mont, chose to sacrifice herself for the peace of Tian En.
People widened their eyes, looking at this scene with disbelief.
They never expected that Mokaka, their leader, would be the final rear-guard.
As for Tian En...
The girl's eyes imdiately turned red, blood streaked her eyeballs, filled with shock and indescribable sorrow.
She struggled to lift her head, opened her lips, trying to say sothing, but Mokaka, kneeling on the ground, only shook her head.
The girl fulfilled her vow as a leader and companion.
She was no longer the little girl who treated life and change as a child's ga; she had transford into a true leader.
Only...
Everyone understood the ending she faced.
But Mokaka had no regrets.
She curled her lips into a smile at Tian En, giving her last silent wish...
"I know, the Hugo Clan owes you a life, Tian En."
"Although my father only said one sentence in the event of your parents' death, I will not make excuses for my father."
"He truly owed you."
"But I cannot tolerate anyone hurting my father... likewise, I don't want you, Tian En, to get hurt either."
"You are both people I love."
"Since that's the case, let use my life to repay a life owed to you..."
Pink lotuses fell on Mokaka's body.
At this mont, she could finally make out the face of the Buddha Head.
It was a gentle face, one willing to endure infinite calamity for the salvation of all.
Mokaka felt she lacked such profound understanding.
But thinking carefully, saving one person and saving all beings, in essence, perhaps... aren't too different.
Mokaka closed her eyes.
She did not wish for a miracle to happen.
But everyone prayed for a miracle, prayed that this final Imasurable Calamity would not cut to a fatal part, or would fail, sparing Mokaka from harm.
But the miracle did not occur in the end.
Scarlet blood spots appeared on the girl's right shoulder, then began to spread downward and across, spanning her torso until it reached the left side of her waist and abdon.
It was a "Kasaya Slash."
Although it wasn't as cruel as a beheading, ending a life in seconds, it was still considered a fatal wound.
Gasp...
Pristine blood trickled from the corner of the girl's mouth.
She bowed her head, stared at the wound on her chest, and smiled wryly but took a deep breath, though her lungs filled with blood.
"It hurts so much."
It was the first injury in her life, and also the gravest.
The pain swept over her like a tide, but she no longer had the strength to cry out or wail.
"This is pretty good too, at least it can end with so dignity."
She thought to herself quietly.
Pasts mories flickered before her eyes like a montage.
"Though I lived sowhat recklessly, and my life was short, at least at the end, I did sothing right."
"Overall, it's not too bad."
She forced a smile.
As her life neared its period, she did not want to leave an image of pity.
She was Mokaka, she was a leader, and at this mont, she was without sha to anyone.
She harbored no regrets over everything she had done...
Without regrets.
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