Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Allies Arrive!
That’s right. When Shen Yu did his best to approach specific problems and choices with a rational attitude, he came to understand this even more deeply.
Even with the Gray Mist, even with his incarnation in the Otherworld, it’s still extremely difficult for him to save everyone.
The cruelty and threat of doomsday always exist.
He has to find that balance point most suitable for himself among all the tangled emotions and concepts: the bigger picture, morality, rationality, emotions, and more.
And after the representative of the Northern Alliance had communicated and arranged everything, Shen Yu didn’t waste any more time. He took the used turtle shell, and with a flicker, vanished directly into the Gray Mist.
Witnessing this moment with his own eyes, the Northern Alliance representative finally seemed to relax the taut nerves in his body, exhaled a long breath, and then collapsed onto the sofa.
He had done all he could.
What remained could only be left to prayer.
But at that moment, Qi Shichang spoke up: "Everyone, you’ve all seen just how dire the situation is. I don’t think there’s any point in hesitating further. We need to immediately establish an effective disaster response organization. The global Meteorite Crisis Response Department should be set up at once!"
The two other major countries’ representatives looked at each other, both nodding emphatically.
Truthfully, as soon as the crisis was first discovered, every nation had already begun discussions.
However, on one hand, the strength of the crisis wasn’t fully apparent, and on the other, conflicts of interest were difficult to resolve.
Everyone wanted greater influence in this.
But now, things were different.
The escalating crisis, the emergence of the Multi-Dimensional Apocalypse Civilization Mutual Aid Association, and Shen Yu’s influence had all become powerful catalysts.
This was one of the reasons both representatives and their delegations had come this time.
It’s believed that we won’t have to wait much longer; today’s crisis may well become a driving force.
But Shen Yu himself doesn’t need to worry about these things, with Ji Mingshu as his representative deeply involved.
At this moment, Shen Yu appeared inside a "safe house" belonging to the Northern Alliance.
After obtaining the Gray Mist Space, aware of his own special nature, Shen Yu had always paid attention to security.
He made many preparations, quite a few even involving the Gray Mist itself.
The safe houses scattered all across the world were one of those preparations.
Brand new identification cards, even new appearances, had all been set up in these safe houses.
Of course, none of that is needed anymore—Shen Yu can now appear in any place on earth, openly and honorably.
At this moment, sirens surrounded the apartment. The city’s entire police force was quickly mobilized, roads cleared, and a helicopter arriving to pick up Shen Yu landed directly on the street.
"Mr. Shen Yu, I am a liaison officer for the Northern Alliance Crisis Response Department. Here are my credentials and identity verification code." A man in a black suit arrived at the apartment door, introducing himself in fluent Mandarin while presenting various documents. "I’ve received emergency orders; I must get you safely to your destination in the shortest possible time."
This man had no idea about the true identity of the Eastern-faced man before him.
Why so much extravagance for him?
But in the next instant, his eyes went round in shock.
Because two clouds of Gray Mist suddenly manifested beside Shen Yu, and two figures appeared at the same time!
One of them was unmistakably the future man from that photograph that had swept across the world from the East!
God!
This liaison officer was a veteran secret agent, yet now his eyes were wide and speechless!
Shen Yu simply raised his eyebrow and said to the two other Shen Yu by his side, "You arrived a bit early."
"It’s fine, gives us time to understand the situation on the way," said Martial Artist Shen Yu, whose gaze was already on the helicopter parked on the road.
Then, opening the window, in the next moment, his figure blurred with an afterimage, and in an instant, leapt straight from the dozen-story building into the helicopter.
He even beckoned for the two to follow.
"Let’s go." intersellar world Shen Yu grabbed the liaison officer and flew down as well.
He also had an anti-gravity system installed on his body.
Instantly, a dense wave of screaming erupted outside.
Countless onlookers stared wide-eyed at this extravagantly outfitted future warrior who simply floated down!
Everyone recognized him; the heat from that photograph had exploded across the world.
In fact, intersellar world Shen Yu already had a lot of fanatical supporters.
Especially in West Country and the Northern Alliance.
If it weren’t for the large number of people maintaining order, there would already have been chaos.
Even so, once Shen Yu quickly got in as well, the liaison officer hurried the helicopter to take off.
"News of your appearance in the Northern Alliance will probably spread across the world very soon," Shen Yu said to intersellar world Shen Yu, sitting inside the armed helicopter.
"You specially told me to make myself visible, to give your civilization more confidence," intersellar world Shen Yu replied, with a hint of laughter in his tone.
They were all speaking Mandarin on purpose, letting the liaison officer on the side hear, and even record it.
And indeed, just as intersellar world Shen Yu said, Shen Yu had specifically instructed them in these matters.
Including letting Martial Artist Shen Yu fully display the power of Martial Arts.
Ultimately, the reason these two appeared here, one of the necessary purposes was to raise Shen Yu’s prestige.
Showing their relationships in such a casual manner was also essential.
After all, the two wouldn’t stay forever in this world—the stronger their power and their relationship with Shen Yu, the greater the influence that would eventually be transferred to him.
But this would be a long process.
Now, Shen Yu took out the turtle shell.
"The information on the worm has already been sent to you. The problem now is: this giant worm will appear in exactly three hours, and destroy this city of six million people."
The liaison officer next to him gaped once again.
Staring intently at the turtle shell.
Now he finally understood why this ’Otherworld ally’ who was known across the globe had suddenly appeared here!
intersellar world Shen Yu’s expression became serious as well.
"It’s too big," he said. "And it’s materializing directly inside a city. In our world, a bio-weapon made by an enemy would never suddenly appear in a rear city unnoticed. If it was on the front lines, no matter how large, we could use saturating firepower to solve it. But in this situation... just taking care of the head is simple, but eliminating the head doesn’t necessarily kill it instantly."
Yes, that’s also one of the characteristics of worm-like lifeforms.
It’s not just about cutting off the head.
Even if you cut the body in two, separating it completely from the head, the part of the body that’s cut off would still roll about wildly.
If this happened within a city, it would still cause catastrophic destruction.
It’s just too large—so big that every movement is more than ordinary people can withstand.