Chapter 240: [Uriel]

"Mom, Dad, forget about those books! Let's go!"

The petite girl with long silver hair anxiously tugged at her parents' clothes, trying to drag them towards the door.

"Wait a minute... Where's that book? The Bible should be right here..."

However, her parents, the middle-aged couple, were just buried in the pile of books, searching... Because of the sudden appearance of the monster, the surrounding buildings were affected, and even the heavy bookshelves filled with books in their home could not withstand the violent shaking and eventually collapsed.

The numerous books piled up together also buried the book they loved and valued the most, the special "Bible"... And at this moment, even at the critical moment of life and death, they did not intend to give up the book, which made their daughter find it difficult to understand.

"If we don't leave now, it will be too late!"

The petite girl hurriedly urged, her silver-gray eyes full of anxiety, and she continued to increase the strength of her hands, trying to drag her parents away.

"Ah... Found it! Let's go! Irine!"

After hurriedly finding the thick "Bible" from among the numerous books, they both showed a relieved expression at the same time and then quickly turned around, planning to escape with their daughter.

However, when they just came to the ground level along the escape stairs, when they, like other escapees, were about to escape from the door and escape from the building to the street... the whole building, the entire building, suddenly began to shake.

Then they could feel an inexplicable, huge force suddenly appearing, dragging the entire building to the side, as if the entire building had turned into a small building block, being dragged and sliding on the ground by someone unknown.

This sudden force caused chaos in the force on the building itself. As it was forcibly pulled away from the foundation, cracks began to appear in the load-bearing columns, making terrifying noises.

And in a place that they couldn't see on the first floor, the upper floors of the building they were in... had tilted due to the sudden force, and then collapsed to one side...

If it weren't for the dragging force that kept the lower level moving to one side, the collapse of the upper level would have directly crushed the load-bearing columns of the lower level, burying the people on the first level. It's hard to say how many people would have been killed or crushed by the falling building debris...

But... at the current level, they are not feeling well either. The dragging force is still there, and they don't know if it's everyone's illusion, but they always feel that the building they are in... seems to be rotating around something.

Just like a planet revolving around a star, their building was dragged by some inexplicable force and became a "planet" orbiting an unknown existence, and they... were the lives living on this "planet".

When this fragile "planet" is destroyed, they will die too.

To make matters worse, the enormous force was still there, and the building was still moving, making it difficult for them to stand upright, let alone escape from the building. Even crawling out was difficult... They watched the exit right in front of them, but they could not get close or escape.

In their ears, they could hear the wailing sounds coming from the support pillars. With the corner of their eyes, they could see more and more scars on the support pillars.

They dared not speak or focus their gaze on the load-bearing columns, as that would only crush their spirits and give them more despair.

However, the facts would not change just because they turned their eyes away and stopped watching... They had already heard the sound of the ceiling cracking, and debris and dust had already fallen on them...

"not good..."

The middle-aged couple immediately realized that something was wrong, and quickly pulled their daughter into their arms, then stuffed the "Bible" in their hands into her arms, and then the two of them covered Irine's body together, hoping to use their bodies to give Irine a chance of survival when the ceiling collapsed.

However, at this moment...

Bang!

It was a particularly obvious and dull gunshot, like the sound of some kind of anti-material firearm.

Then, everyone in the building felt that the dragging force seemed to have eased a little, and the speed of the entire building also slowed down a little.

BANG BANG BANG!!!

Finally, there were continuous gunshots, the dragging force became weaker and weaker, and the movement speed of the building gradually slowed down... But what could be done? The ceiling could no longer support it and was about to fall down!

"Hen! Keep going! Don't stop!"

"Roger!"

"Two people come with me! One on each side!"

"clear!"

There seemed to be someone shouting outside.

And then... Irine saw three people in special uniforms holding instruments of unknown function, rushing towards them quickly.

Before they came in, they first threw out all the people near the door, and then two of them quickly separated, one standing on one side, and the one who ran the fastest slid quickly to the side of Irine and the others, and quickly placed the tools in his hands on the ground.

Immediately, a light-colored protective shield enveloped everyone, blocking all the debris falling from above.

Amid the sounds of objects falling, everyone couldn't help but hold their heads in their hands and subconsciously close their eyes... that was human instinct.

But until the end, the feeling of being hit or crushed by something never came... The energy protection designed by Vill-V and created by the "Fire Moth" engineering department can easily deal with this situation.

"Well... we caught up..."

Irine heard the person next to her murmur something, and he seemed to be relieved.

"What about the other groups? How are they doing? Ah... um, good, they're all done, very good."

He seemed to be communicating with his companions, and after receiving a response, he seemed to be truly relieved... Obviously, he must have received some good news.

"Alright everyone, everything is fine now, hurry up and get out of here!"

When all the building debris above his head fell down and was bounced away by the energy shield and piled up around him, he quickly stood up, removed the shield, retracted the equipment and shouted quickly.

"You…ah…"

Irine stood up with her parents and looked at the newcomer, wanting to thank him. But when he turned around, when Irine noticed his rather strange three-color eyes, she was suddenly stunned... Perhaps she was surprised that he had such strange eyes?

"Oh...it's you guys, yeah, I knew it."

He glanced at Irine, and then at the Bible in her arms. He seemed a little surprised, but not very surprised.

"Do you... do you recognize this book?"

Irine's father noticed that his eyes stayed on the Bible for a while, and there was some special meaning in his words... At this moment, Irine's father realized something, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked quickly.

"I recognize it, and... don't say too much, go to a safe place first... my companions will take you there."

"Okay, okay... I understand... May I ask your name?"

His attitude let Irine's father know... he found it, he must have found it.

"Nozomi, I hope you didn't misunderstand me... Okay, let's go. We can talk about it later if we have any questions. This is not a good place to chat."

Nozomi explained casually, and then quickly dragged the family out of the ruins... The other survivors took action after hearing his words, but they were the only ones who stayed here chatting.

Wait until other members bring all the survivors over, and then assign several members to take them all to the rescue team behind, and further take them to a safe place... All the "Fire Moth" combat teams are already very proficient in this process, and the whole process goes very smoothly.

"... Dad, Mom, you seem very happy?"

As they followed the team to a safe place, Irine couldn't help but ask.

"Could it be that the person just now is the person you mentioned before? The so-called...the real owner of this book?"

Irine looked at the Bible in her arms and asked in confusion.

"Hmm... yes, it should be him... because he recognized the book, and the name... hehe, [Hope], Nozomi... this name is really good..."

Irine's father smiled and whispered.

All this puzzled Irine, just as she didn't understand why her parents were so pious.

But...

Irine gently stroked the "Bible" in her hand. It was still so exquisite. Even after what had just happened, there was not a speck of dust on its cover, and she could still feel its heavy weight in her hand.

However, compared to the scripture in her hand, she cared more about the name of the person just now.

'[Hope/Nozomi]Ah... this name is indeed very special.'

Irine thought so.

…

...

At the same time, Nozomi was also making preparations.

"That's pretty good, Hen... You came early this time, arriving in just eight minutes."

"After all, the rescue time is set at less than ten minutes, so we have to do it. This is a matter of life and death."

Hen said with a smile.

"Well, then..."

Nozomi nodded, then pressed his communication button, first connected to a new channel and asked quickly.

"Doctor, how is it? Have you reached safety?"

"Don't worry about me, little one, just take care of your business."

"It looks like we've arrived."

"After all, she is Dr. Mobius. Her existence is very important to the Fire Moth... Don't worry, Nozomi. There is no need to worry about her safety."

Hen also spoke up.

"Compared to that, you should pay attention to your own safety, little guy... If it weren't for the special circumstances this time, I wouldn't have agreed to let you go to the battlefield so easily."

Mobius' voice also sounded in the communication at the same time.

"OK."

In response to this, Nozomi simply responded and then returned to the original team communication.

"How many bullets do you have left?"

"Are you researching the kind of bullets that affect Honkai energy? I still have five magazines here..."

"I have three more."

"Four."

...

"Twenty in total... not enough..."

Nozomi frowned, picked up a rifle from the weapons and equipment brought by Hen, and held it in his hand... Before the "box" was delivered, he had to use these as replacements.

"Based on the energy reaction displayed by this guy, we can probably only suppress it for five minutes... No, three minutes. We will definitely not be able to follow up with subsequent attacks..."

"We can't help it. We just repelled the Honkai beast in the sea a few days ago, so we didn't have much in stock. Logically, we should have had supplies in the next few days, but we didn't expect so many things to happen suddenly... We were in a hurry, so we couldn't bring much with us."

Hen explained briefly.

"Then you have to be a little careful... Everyone, its range is 900 meters. As of now, the maximum number of [Units] it can control is nine. It can forcibly drag a [Unit] and move it quickly with itself as the center..."

"If you don't understand, you can compare yourselves to planets and it to the sun... and it can use this force to forcibly drag you and move around it."

Nozomi quickly spoke out what he had just witnessed, and started to move quickly... and took over the command skillfully through communication.

"This power is difficult to resist, but it seems to be only applicable to the ground or buildings. Please pay attention to the situation under your feet... At least divide into ten groups, don't let it wipe you out all at once."

"OK."

The other members had no objection to this, and Hen, who was supposed to be in charge of the command, did not say anything either... Nozomi had previously commanded two [Herder Suppression Wars] with zero deaths, and such results were enough to win their trust.

"However, it is quite appropriate to compare our current situation to the sun and planets... Is this guy's ability related to the stars?"

Hen looked at the suppressed Honkai beast and spoke half-jokingly.

It folded its gorgeous white wings to block external bullets...the kind of bullets that could interfere with Honkai energy meant that it could only be limited to defense.

Between the folded six wings, one could vaguely see the twisted and strange harp, with occasional starlight flashing, as if reflecting its own unhappy mood.

"No...it should be related to the Earth."

Nozomi said softly.

If I'm not mistaken, it should be the one among the [Angels]. After all, Nozomi has seen the other three [Angels] in the [Four Elements]. So according to the corresponding [Angels] in the [Four Elements], the one in front of him must be the [Earth].

Moreover, when it exerts that power, it moves the ground where the [unit] is located, instead of moving the [unit] directly, which can also indirectly confirm this point.

Plus, this "nine [units] orbiting around it" is like a galaxy-like ability... ah, controlling the movement of stars, right? This should be one of its [responsibilities], so it should also be reflected in its abilities.

If it is this, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with...

Nozomi held his breath, took aim, and pulled the trigger at it in the air.

Nozomi's attack was like touching a button, or perhaps it was angry because it had been suppressed all the time. It suddenly spread its wings, and the Honkai energy burst out instantly, forcibly offsetting the bullets coming from the surroundings, and then...

The wings fluttered slightly, purple arcs of electricity flickered quietly, and starlight bloomed silently.

"fire!"

Nozomi quickly pulled the trigger and fired a jamming bullet to prevent it from using a "control skill" on the ground and then launched a large-scale attack to directly take away all the people while shouting loudly in the communication.

Nozomi also understood it in his heart.

It is you after all... the one who is the Lord of the Earth and has the most responsibilities among all the Angels - Uriel.

Soon...thunder fell and swept around.