Top Student: Experience Infinite Occupations Chapter 342 - Gravitational Pull, Crushing the Moon 2

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Previously on Top Student: Experience Infinite Occupations...
Earth's forces launched a desperate attack on the alien hunters, with kinetic energy cannonballs proving more effective than laser beams. The hunters disappeared from radar after being hit. However, it was revealed that the "hunters" were merely scouts, and the true threat was the colossal Gana observer, a moon-sized entity that absorbed damage and healed itself, leaving Earth's commanders in shock.

He had never imagined that its size would span a thousand kilometers in length and width, possessing a quarter of the Moon's circumference and resembling a celestial body. Astonishingly, it was… a living organism! A creature capable of such immense growth! A life form that could actually subsist in the vastness of space baffled Li Chengqian, completely overturning his prior understanding of life itself. “An extraterrestrial spaceship, and it’s alive. This is beyond comprehension!” As Li Chengqian mused, the colossal Gana observer abruptly vanished, as if it had never materialized. “According to the optical system’s observations, the sudden disappearance of the alien entity suggests it entered a wormhole…” The way the alien creature dematerialized corroborated Li Chengqian’s hypothesis. The revelation that the alien spaceship was, in fact, a living being left everyone in a state of utter shock. … In the desolate vacuum of outer space, on the Moon’s dark side. The monumental Gana observer materialized suddenly amidst the void. Upon its appearance, the Gana observer hurtled towards the Moon with incredible velocity. “Perish, you insignificant insects!” “I had intended to completely subjugate your entire civilization and its biological systems. But you fools have provoked my wrath!” “Even if I cannot achieve total subjugation, I shall nonetheless obliterate this planet and every living soul upon it.” The Gana observer’s inherent mass was colossal, generating a significant gravitational field around its form. Were it inclined, its body could sustain an atmosphere, allowing humans to inhabit and reproduce on its surface. Its gravitational pull would firmly anchor beings, preventing them from being lost to the void. The Gana observer possessed immense mass. Though its size was merely a quarter of the Moon's, its mass was double that of the lunar body. Merely by positioning itself behind the Moon, its sheer mass induced catastrophic alterations in both the Moon and the Earth. The Moon, caught between the Gana observer and the Earth, was subjected to immense tidal forces from both. Under the strain of these colossal forces, the Moon was nearly rent asunder. What unfolded on the Moon was an apocalyptic spectacle. The lunar surface fractured violently, accompanied by rampant seismic activity. All mountains were instantaneously flattened. Simultaneously, the Earth experienced its own terrifying repercussions. Against the backdrop of celestial gravity, humanity was as inconsequential as mere dust. The Moon’s gravitational influence on Earth was suddenly amplified by the combined forces of the Gana observer and the Moon itself. This dramatic surge in gravitational pull had a devastating impact on Earth. The oceans churned violently, birthing tsunamis reaching heights of a hundred meters, driven by the intensified gravity. Confronted by these colossal waves, all vessels at sea were instantly crushed and subsumed like mere straws. Within a mere minute, every ship, cargo vessel, and aircraft carrier belonging to Divine Dragon at sea was annihilated and submerged by the tsunami. All sailors who had ventured out to sea perished in the line of duty. Not a single one of the 500,000 sailors survived! The sacrifice of these 500,000 sailors weighed heavily on Li Chengqian and the other two observers, yet it paled in comparison to the devastation unfolding on the planet's surface. Concurrent with the tsunamis, earthquakes of magnitude 12 erupted simultaneously across 150 locations! An earthquake of magnitude 12 possesses world-ending destructive power, akin to the simultaneous detonation of millions of nuclear bombs sweeping across the globe. Mountains crumbled, the very ground split open, and the robust structures that humanity prided itself upon were instantly pulverized. No edifice could withstand geological forces of such magnitude. Continental boundaries were directly torn apart, creating chasms kilometers long and tens of thousands of meters deep, reaching directly into the planet’s mantle. Molten magma surged from these fissures, igniting everything in its path. A massive conflagration and dense smoke enveloped the world. Sun Island, situated between the shifting tectonic plates, vanished beneath the waves as a consequence of the catastrophic geological movement. Mount Raya, also located between the plates, collapsed inward. The surrounding nations were instantly rendered uninhabitable, with no survivors. Along the coastal regions, the hundred-meter-tall tsunamis and the apocalyptic earthquakes converged, creating a scene of utter devastation. Faced with a calamity akin to divine retribution, all that remained was despair, followed by screams as individuals were swept away and torn apart by the surging waters. Humanity proved tragically frail when confronted by such overwhelming natural forces, no different from ants. The majority perished in the tsunamis and earthquakes; only a minuscule fraction of individuals, through sheer luck, managed to survive the initial onslaught. However, the relentless tsunamis continued their assault. Buildings crumbled, mountains disintegrated, and everything was reduced to rubble. Those who narrowly escaped the first wave ultimately succumbed to the subsequent ones. All perished! In the face of such cataclysmic natural events, any struggle was utterly futile.

One moment! Earth's population plummeted from four billion to a mere one billion! Outside of the Divine Dragon's territory, nearly all of humanity elsewhere perished. And this was merely the consequence of the Gana observer's manifestation behind the moon. Dragon City, Battle Command Center. Li Chengqian, Lin Tian, and Wang Kui stared at the cataclysmic events unfolding on the colossal screen and the accompanying data. Silence descended... Followed by an unyielding dread! A celestial entity like the Gana observer was simply beyond humanity's capacity to confront, as was true for any life form on any planet. To mankind, they were like primordial gods, invincible and undefeatable. "Prophet Leader, what course of action should we take?" Lin Tian's eyes were crimson, his voice raspy and quivering, laden with a tumultuous mix of hope and utter despair. In the past, Li Chengqian had always devised a way out of even the direst predicaments.