Xu Fang instantly depleted 95% of its energy.
Frozen solid, Ge Si Te became like a projectile, transforming into a blur, slicing through the thin atmosphere at an extremely high initial velocity, heading towards a direction away from Earth!
It surpassed the first cosmic velocity!
Ge Si Te knew what Xu Fang wanted to do – it wanted to throw it out of Earth so it could never return.
Compressed to the size of a basketball, Ge Si Te would not encounter much resistance. It would easily break through the troposphere and even escape Earth's grasp.
Realizing all this, Ge Si Te couldn't help but...
Laugh.
"Hahaha... Hahahahaha!"
"Why are you laughing?"
"I thought you would do something more spectacular, but it seems this is it. It seems unnecessary to decode the genetic sequence. I will just wait quietly for my body to break down." Ge Si Te's delighted thoughts entered Xu Fang's mind from a distance.
"You will never come back again," Xu Fang said calmly, as if stating a fact.
Ge Si Te laughed, "This body will quickly disperse and decompose in the coldness of space. I will return to Earth in my spiritual form."
"Ignorant..." Xu Fang muttered.
"Regret it now, Xu Fang? You missed the only chance to kill me!"
Plummeting rapidly, Xu Fang's pitch-black eyes remained fixed on Ge Si Te's direction. His emotions were as calm as his exterior, without a hint of panic.
"Ge Si Te, I planted explosives inside you."
"I know, but this amount is ineffectual," Ge Si Te said, "Xu Fang, when you return to land, just wait for death. Of course, I don't mind if you commit suicide. I believe that as long as you stay in this world for long enough, you can always find another perfect body. I have patience."
At this moment, Ge Si Te had entered the thermosphere. Unfortunately, even so, it would still generate friction with the thin air, gradually reducing the speed of the ice ball. Additionally, without thrusters to maintain its motion, the speed was no longer as fast as it was at the beginning.
It was predicted that it would eventually descend below the first cosmic velocity and maintain a stable speed orbiting the Earth.
"It seems I can't even escape Earth. If you throw me further, I might need more time," Ge Si Te said.
Ge Si Te's body now only had 1% of its energy left. In the cold environment, it was on the brink of collapse. Soon, it would regain its freedom. Once it returned to Earth, it would never give Xu Fang any opportunity.
"Wait, what do I see?"
At this moment, Ge Si Te seemed to see a large metallic object in the distance. On the object, it detected the familiar aroma of electromagnetic waves.
Ge Si Te felt a wave of excitement. Using communication electromagnetic waves, it could instantly return to Earth, reach any location— it could even return to Boston before Xu Fang landed!
"Xu Fang, I must say, your luck is truly terrible. Hahaha, I've changed my mind. I'll come kill you in a moment... I guess you don't have much energy left, do you?"
Using the remaining energy, Xu Fang activated a shield, flattening itself to preemptively decelerate and ensure a safe landing.
"Ge Si Te, do you remember the Mirror World? Maybe you don't know what happened there, so let me tell you."
"I encountered a monster in the Mirror World called the Gypsum Guardian. Although their abilities were far inferior to yours, I found three common characteristics between you."
Ge Si Te was aware of the Mirror World, but it thought Xu Fang was talking nonsense or had some other sinister plan. "No matter how much you say, it won't change your situation."
Xu Fang extended a finger and continued speaking to himself, "The first common characteristic is that you are all composed of black dots of light."
"The second common characteristic is that you are all impervious to physical attacks but fear explosive type attacks. It can be speculated that sudden changes in energy may cause harm to you."
He extended a third finger, "The final common characteristic is that you are all afraid of human eyes. It was true when you attacked Luo Xiaoming, and it was true when you invaded the clone. You haven't appeared on any cameras or in crowds. I speculate... that human gaze has a severe impact on you.""You... you..."
Every word Xu Fang spoke made Gest feel his soul trembling. He forced himself to remain composed and not show any flaws. "So what? There's no one else here..."
"On November 1st, at 13:40 in the Eastern Time Zone of the United States, the International Space Station will be docked and the docking process will be broadcast live to millions of viewers around the world. And the metallic object you just saw is indeed the space station I mentioned. Well, the timing is just right..."
"What... you..."
"Now, let's start the countdown, 10... 9..."
...
The International Space Station, with a length of 73 meters and metal wings on both sides, has a overall shape resembling the Chinese character "工". It orbits the Earth at a speed of 7.7 km/s.
Built jointly by 16 countries and operated by space agencies such as NASA, Roscosmos, and ESA, this space laboratory has personnel on duty at all times. At 1:40 p.m. this afternoon, the space station will carry out a crew rotation mission.
The spacecraft carrying the astronauts has entered the orbit where the space station is located, less than 1 kilometer away, slowly approaching at a speed of 3 meters per second.
Several high-definition cameras observed the distance between the space station and the spacecraft from various angles, providing real-time feedback to the NASA headquarters and transmitting the footage to the live broadcasting platform.
As the spaceship approached the space station, with a distance of less than 100 meters, the two were about to enter the critical docking moment when an accident happened.
"...3...2...1..."
About a dozen kilometers away from the space station, something seemed to explode, and a dazzling white light flashed. It seemed like something had exploded.
Faced with this unexpected event, the docking operation was terminated. The personnel inside the space station connected to the computers to check if there was any system failure. Half of the high-definition cameras aimed at the light source, trying to figure out what had exploded.
Gest completely disintegrated in the explosion, and in that moment, it bathed in the gaze of countless people.
There were people from the NASA headquarters, people from the space station and the spacecraft, and even more viewers watching the live stream...
Gest was afraid of being observed. Even if there was only one observer, it would harm its soul. Gest had never revealed this weakness to anyone, not even Josiah, but now Xu Fang had seen through it.
"In the end, it is not me who killed you, nor is it the website, but the masses..." the elusive and ethereal voice imprinted on Gest's final thoughts.
"Damn humans, I will destroy all of you!" It roared silently, rolling around, attempting to resist the gaze of the whole world.
"Oh my god! What is that thing? It seems to be moving, is it my illusion?" Inside the space station, a staff member exclaimed.
"Oh god, I see it too, what is it?"
"It seems to be in pain... wait, it... it disappeared?!"
Other people also saw the indescribable object.
This was the first time Gest had been observed by so many humans, and it was also the last.
"I, Gest... how could I die at the hands of you humans..."
There was no room for struggle. Gest was not only fighting against humans, but also against the world. The black dots on its body collapsed and fell away rapidly, eventually disappearing into the vast universe.
"Indeed, for it, the force of existence is like poison. No wonder..." Xu Fang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, gently closed his eyes, and plunged towards the ground.
Xu Fang was simply verifying one thing - whether the force of existence is the power of Horror Novel Web or a law of the world. Based on Gest's reaction, it was obviously the latter.
Regardless of the results of the verification, Gest could never return to Earth.
If Gest's soul state was not influenced by force and had no inertia, it would be immediately left behind by Earth, and at the same time, the solar system would move away from it at a speed of 240 km/s. Unless Gest could exceed this speed, it would never catch up with Earth.
If Gest's soul form was influenced by force, it would move in a circular motion around Earth at a constant speed, unable to approach or distance itself.
However, in the end, it was killed by the "force of existence".
