I changed the world.

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The repeated cries of "Humanity endures!" from the channel still seemed to echo in his mind. Wang Hanjun silently looked at a corpse not far away, its body twisted abnormally by the explosion. This was his orderly, Xie Sheng, a young man from an ordinary family in Zhongzhou. At this moment, the flame of life had been extinguished from him.

Biting his tongue hard again, savoring the salty taste in his mouth, Wang Hanjun shouted into the communicator, "Rescue the wounded! Everyone, quickly rescue the wounded!"

Chapter 577 Lin Bing Dou Zhe...

In fact, without him saying much, the soldiers were already in action. Wang Hanjun also went up to help. Moving around on an asteroid is not easy because the gravity is too weak. Therefore, normal movement requires the small amount of force exerted by the jetpack or the use of spikes to fix the body. This requires long-term training to move freely.

Fortunately, all officers and soldiers, including Wang Hanjun, had undergone specialized training and had no problem with it.

Most soldiers who detonated grenades directly were beyond saving, but some were injured by shrapnel or shockwaves and were carried back to the barracks for treatment.

After transporting the wounded, some soldiers began to move the bodies of their fallen comrades, placing them side by side. In accordance with the tradition of the Earth Defense Force, these bodies would be transported back to Earth for burial.

Wang Hanjun watched all this silently. Of the battalion of more than four hundred men, only a little over one hundred remained, which showed how harsh the conditions were.

“Li Haofeng…” Wang Hanjun stopped in front of a body bearing the insignia of a captain on a spacesuit. Not long ago, he had asked when the rescue team would arrive…

"The company commander said he couldn't hold back anymore. Rather than become a monster, he'd rather perish together with the monster..." A soldier beside him described to Wang Hanjun with a sob in his voice.

Two seats right next to Li Haofeng, his orderly had also been moved over and was lying there quietly...

With a sigh, Wang Hanjun raised his hand and gave a military salute to the remains.

Just then, a voice rang in his ears again, gentle and kind, as if trying to soothe his restless heart and persuade him to escape from all of this...

Damn it! Wang Hanjun felt as if the scenery in front of him was writhing. The shadow of an air defense system not far away seemed to be writhing, like the tentacles of an octopus. A malicious gaze was looking at him from that shadow...

Suppressing the urge to draw his gun and fire, Wang Hanjun told himself it was an illusion. However, the illusion was growing stronger. He took a deep breath and looked up into the distance, only to see countless monsters seemingly hidden in the craters, shadows, and lines on the asteroid's surface. He could even clearly see the ground gradually cracking, as if some strange creatures were about to crawl out from those cracks...

However, when he pounded his helmet and tried to look at it again, the cracks had completely disappeared...

The line between reality and illusion is becoming increasingly difficult for him to distinguish.

Just as he was considering going to the medic for another sedative, the alarm sounded again, followed by the observer's terrified voice: "Battalion Commander, a new monster has appeared in the direction of the Suifenhe!!!"

The sound quickly snapped Wang Hanjun back to reality, and he looked up in the direction of the Suifenhe. There, in the silent space, the black cracks were visibly widening, and in Wang Hanjun's vision, countless ghostly figures, like fireflies or swarms of bees, were once again emerging from those cracks.

At the same time, along with these ghosts appeared a bizarre creature that was hard to describe. Its shape was like a messy, dirty silkworm pupa, made up of messy, constantly wriggling gray-black threads. Around its body were black legs that looked like the hopping legs of a grasshopper. These legs supported the cracks and made them even bigger. Then the whole monster crawled out of the cracks like a giant worm or a sea cucumber.

The monster was much larger than the ghost, appearing to be at least the size of an ordinary yacht. Before long, it completely emerged from the crevice, and the gray-black threads that made up its body danced like chaotic ripples, giving it an extremely disgusting and terrifying appearance.

The moment Wang Hanjun looked at the monster, he felt a throbbing pain in his temples, and his whole body felt extremely chaotic and uncomfortable. He quickly looked away, but the chaotic, swirling gray-black threads lingered in his mind like a leech.

Just then, a desperate cry came through the earpiece: "Ghosts! They're back!!!"

Wang Hanjun's heart sank. He looked again in the direction of the Suifenhe, only to see that a large number of ghosts had regrouped, even larger than before. They formed a looser formation and began to fly towards the direction of the beacon tower.

As if things weren't going to go wrong, just then, from the direction of the command post, that ethereal singing rang out again. The scenery before Wang Hanjun's eyes instantly distorted. He knew something was wrong and bit his tongue hard again, but this time it didn't have much effect. The whispers in his ears suddenly grew louder, and the voice carried a kind of allure that seemed to lead to the ultimate...

"I am you, and you are me... Once you become me, you will no longer have to endure this torment..."

Wang Hanjun felt the last thread of his mind about to snap. His face contorted, and he forcefully pointed his weapon at himself, trying to shoot himself. Even if he were to die, he didn't want to become that kind of monster...

At that very moment, a short, deep male voice boomed in his ear from the darkness:

"Pro!"

The sound wasn't loud, but to Wang Hanjun, it was filled with a kind of explosive power. Whether it was the singing or the incessant, seductive voice in his mind, it all stopped abruptly after that word appeared, just like a rooster being choked!

"Soldiers!"

In the silent universe, he shouldn't have heard any sounds except for the conversation on the communication channel. However, just now, as those two words fell, he clearly heard what sounded like thunder.

"fight!"

Wang Hanjun could feel that the being in his mind was angry, trying to resist, struggling. The gentle and kind exterior was as if it had been torn away by some powerful force, and the disgusting interior was exposed nakedly!

In a way, it wasn't wrong. 'I am you, and you are me...' Wang Hanjun suddenly realized instinctively that something was lurking within him, growing stronger amidst certain dark emotions...

"Those!"

Another voice, faintly carrying the sound of thunder, fell, and the shock that seemed to resound from the depths of one's heart was indescribable!

The distorted vision began to gradually return to normal, the throbbing in my temples subsided, and the hostile gazes that seemed to be lurking all around gradually faded away.

Chapter 578 That must be a master!

Clearly, not only Wang Hanjun, but all the soldiers heard the sound at this moment, and everyone was looking around, trying to find out where the sound was coming from.

Then, the next moment, the singing started again, even sharper and more agitated than before, seemingly carrying an angry tone, trying to suppress the sound.

"all!"

The singing was clearly suppressed by some force; although it resisted with all its might, it was noticeably distorted...

"Array!"

At the same time, several of the spiderweb-like threads that had been attached to the buildings on the small star broke off one after another.

"List!"

The singing that was still going strong seemed to have been slapped hard across the face, the pitch dropped eight octaves, and even the anger seemed weak and powerless.

"forward!",

The singing became muffled, and at the same time, in the direction of the beacon tower command post, the thread-like objects clinging to the building like spider webs began to boil like stressed sea anemones, as if countless tentacles were swaying.

Only then did a soldier shout and point forward, revealing a figure in a green robe standing in the dark and silent space, nimbly dodging the countless tentacle-like threads, like a leaf fluttering in a strong wind.

"Row!"

All sound ceased abruptly, only to be met with a burst of blazing white lightning around the figure. The light then vanished, and dozens of the anemone-like threads snapped in two. The figure disappeared before everyone's eyes...

At this moment, all the soldiers, including Wang Hanjun, stood there dumbfounded, and some even had their mouths agape.

Who is that?

Is it human?

Are they here to help us?

At this moment, this question arose in the minds of all the soldiers!

The next moment, a huge gap was suddenly torn open on the west side of the main building of the beacon tower in the distance. The outer wall, constructed of high-strength multi-layer composite materials and capable of withstanding direct bombardment from armor-piercing projectiles, was visible! It was as if it had been ripped apart from the inside by a savage force!

Before anyone could react, a flash of lightning appeared, and a figure materialized out of thin air a hundred meters away from them.

Carrying an item in his hand, he strolled leisurely towards the position of the 206th Rapid Reaction Force in the weak gravity of the universe, just as he would on Earth.

"Everyone, stop attacking! I repeat, everyone, stop attacking!" Wang Hanjun immediately commanded over the communicator.

At this distance, especially with the auxiliary sighting lens integrated into the helmet of the spacesuit, Wang Hanjun could easily see the appearance of the person approaching.

This person wore a seven-jeweled hibiscus crown, a dark blue Taoist robe with flowing sleeves, and cloud-walking shoes. He had an imposing presence and was dressed like a Taoist priest.

At this moment, Wang Hanjun recognized him immediately; it seemed to be the man in the green robe he had just seen. He hadn't been able to see him clearly before, especially since they were moving at high speed, but now that they were closer, he could see his attire very clearly.

What caught his attention in particular was that a tabby cat with black and yellow stripes was perched on the man's shoulder, licking its paws listlessly.

Is this a real human, or a monster in disguise? That was Wang Hanjun's first thought.

Then he realized that, given his condition just now, if it weren't for this person, he would most likely have gone to the Martyrs' Shrine, and those monsters wouldn't have needed to do anything extra.

Moreover, the style of this person in front of me doesn't seem to match those monsters at all...

Then, a piece of information that his country had informed him during his last communication before the communication was completely cut off suddenly flashed through his mind.

At the time, the officer codenamed Chang Geng told him that because the incident involved supernatural phenomena, the Xuanmen had been informed through special channels, so the Xuanmen might take action.

The report from the other side was quite conservative, and from their tone, it was clear that they didn't seem very confident.

Upon hearing this information, Wang Hanjun almost cursed aloud. "What I need right now is support! Warships! Marines! Heavy firepower! Massive energy weapons! Nuclear weapons!"

He's not some mystical master!

Based on Wang Hanjun's understanding of Taoism, the only things he had come into contact with most, besides burning incense during festivals, were the water and land rituals performed when relatives and friends passed away...

But even if we were to perform a water and land ritual, we should wait until after I die!

What I need right now is support!

He himself knew that even with the fastest speed, it would still take a considerable amount of time for reinforcements to reach the beacon tower...

At the time, he believed that the reason people in China were saying this was probably a case of desperation leading to desperate measures...

However, looking back now...

Could it be that... people in China really weren't lying to me?

Wang Hanjun could tell at a glance that the person opposite him must be a highly accomplished Taoist master! Even that cat looked extraordinary!

You'd like to know how you figured it out...

nonsense!

To stroll leisurely on an asteroid without a spacesuit or any protection—what else could that be but a display of high moral character?!

The man must be a master, and the cat must be a master cat too!

But then the man in the green robe stopped about fifty meters from the position, bent his left index finger in a gesture of respect, and said loudly, "May the Heavenly Venerable grant you boundless blessings, greetings to all of you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hanjun became even more certain of his previous guess, and his first reaction was to think about how to address the other party.

Then, he realized that he was in the universe, in a vacuum, and that he had no way to make a sound.