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The Devouring Menace - 015
🕑 Added 2023-10-18 06:09:08 +0000 UTCDays continued to pass since then and humanity had been coming up with ways to exterminate me.
All of them have failed. No type of bomb could work on me and only served to empower me. I easily adapted to any type of thermonuclear warhead due to my affinity with nuclear radiation.
During a certain month, they had even come up with some sort of cure but it had only failed miserably.
The United Nations couldn't do much against me and since I trampled on them and gave them a lesson, they stopped buzzing around my business.
Deep down I knew that it was only temporary since human emotions and minds were pretty much subject to change. Even your most trusted family could double-cross you within seconds, catching you off guard with their spontaneous change.
Anyway, If they had continued to antagonize me any further, I would have, you know, terraformed the world to my liking.
Just joking. Such a thought was kind of a meaningless endeavour.
It was quite easy and it would look as if I was a bully.
There were no more ingredients for me to taste on Earth and it seemed as if I had reached an evolutionary plateau.
I decided to enter a deep sleep near the Earth's core while waiting for the second evolution phase to pass. The Earth's core was a good heater and I could also feed off the radiation emanating from it.
I had a feeling that the soon-to-come second evolution was going to take a lot of time compared to my first evolution.
***
20 years later, the world had somehow forgotten about the giant wolf of destruction that spread mayhem across the world.
His disappearance had earlier on created a lot of discussions among world leaders and netizens.
Some Nordic mythology geeks had even thought that the giant indestructible wolf was Fenrir and somehow he had lost his way home or he had already returned to Asgard to initiate Ragnarok after becoming bored with Midgardians.
Some speculated that Ralph had become bored with wrecking things up, causing various memes to be created.
Wreck it Ralph.
Gigachad Ralph.
Bonk Ralph.
The list was long.
But everything had died down over those 10 years just like many other internet sensations.
Those born during that time treated him as a mere myth. A legend from a fairytale.
On 10th March 2038, the earth trembled. Humanity experienced an unusual 30-second-long earthquake that spread all over the world.
It was simply a disaster and those 30 seconds felt like an eternity of hell. It was as if the four horsemen of the apocalypse were appearing to descend on Earth.
This bizarre occurrence led to numerous talks and conspiracy theories all over the world.
Religion, science, witchcraft… different opinions clashed yet the matter still remained an uncrackable mystery.
On March 21st 2039, two huge blue eyes opened at the Earth's core, carrying with them a luminosity of their own that could rival the sun.
He had finally awoken from a two-decades-long slumber.
***
'I am finally awake.'
'How long have I been sleeping?'
I felt unusually energized to the point I had the illusion that I could cause a continental drift with a casual step or maybe play football with a black hole.
Ah, the hallucinations and confusion really got to me after years of slumbering.
I broke out of the cocoon that had encased me during my evolution and consumed the remains.
All that aside, I chose to look through my progress and overall changes.
'Status!'
***
[Status]
[Identity: Mutated Thermonuclear Wolf]
[Race: Unknown]
[Height: 90 meters]
[Length: 168 meters (Muzzle to Tail)]
[Weight: 5349 metric tons]
[Objective: Survive and Evolve]
[Penalty: None]
[Innate Trait: Genetic Archiving]
<Sub trait: Big Stomach>
[Skills: Enhanced Speed, Enhanced Strength, Perfect Vision(+360 degrees vision), Enhanced Sense of Smell, Enhanced Growth, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Durability, Fearless, Bullet-time perception, Nuclear Radiation absorption, Camouflage(New!), Underwater Breathing (New!), Superior Regeneration (New!), Sound Mimicry(New!), Bioelectric skin(New!), Superior Venom Fang(New!), Thermonuclear Breath(New!)]
[Evolution Phase: Phase 2]
[Current State: Burning Lightning Hell Mode
Duration: 1 minute]
***
My eyes widened when I saw the changes to my status. I had grown bigger yet again.
But something else caught my attention.
What the heck was the 'Burning Lightning Hell Mode'?
Was I in Hell? I remember reading Godzilla falling through the layers of hell in one comic issue.
Holy cow!
It was then that I observed my body and It looked as if I was truly from hell due to how I was glowing yellowish-red all over. My skin was also reminiscent of the sun's surface as arcs of orange lightning constantly crackled across it.
The ocean water around was bubbling incessantly, evaporating and condensing within seconds. Any solid matter around me was instantly melted to lava goo.
Now I understand why it was called 'Burning Lightning Hell Mode.'
It was a state that came into being after decades of absorbing nuclear radiation from the surface and the Earth's core.
This situation reminded me of Burning Godzilla from the Heisei Era and MonsterVerse Godzilla's Thermonuclear form.
But I didn't have Mothra and was self-sufficient on my own. I just couldn't… explode due to my internal durability.
Also, it seemed that I could only maintain it for a minute. As for the cooldown period, it was currently unknown to me. I would just have to experiment with it in a situation that I am forced to.
One minute of near invincibility was a total lifesaver, even so, I knew that this special mode was inconsequential to certain entities like Void Ghidorah who I would probably never run into. I shouldn't jinx myself anymore, damn.
I had the sudden urge to let go of all of that destructive energy but I remembered that I was still near the inner core of the planet and I could potentially destroy all life.
A nuclear pulse amped by electric currents worth hundreds of millions of volts was simply no joke.
'I have a trump card at least.' I then reverted to my normal mode.
'But… What is the point of evolution if I am going to stay in this universe forever? I have already achieved my last evolution and there won't be any more unless I consume higher-level life forms.'
There was something interesting I noticed after I evolved - It was the complete elimination of another biological feature, the bat-like wing membranes.
Well, I didn't use it that much, I guess.
I then decided to swim to the surface to determine the state of the current world.
Humanity had improved over time in terms of technology but global warming seemed to still be a problem.
Humans were basically roaches. They were hardcore survivors but I could already foresee their downfall.
Gamma Rays Burst? Another asteroid impact? Complete annihilation of the Ozone layer? Alien invasion? Entropy? Solar Flare?
I already knew the answer and hid it within myself since I didn't care much about what humanity was going to face.
'Boring.' It was better to go to sleep then since I had nothing better to do.
As I was about to head back to my turf, a new message popped up in my field of view.
[Objective completed!]
[Conditions for [Dimensional Travel] met!]
[Do you want to be transported to the Pacific Rim Universe and continue your evolution journey?]
[Yes/No]
My answer was…
***
