I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 409 - 67: Strike

As night fell, Mokaka, who had been resting for half a day, finally regained her state.

Thus, the final symphony began to unfold gradually.

When countless lightning strikes raged in the sky; when most of the victims were rushing into shelters, knowing it's dangerous to linger outside, the people inside the Floating Island, however, unconsciously walked out and gathered toward Mokaka's camp.

Although they were not afraid of the storm, partly because they believed in the defenses of the Floating Island, a magnificent structure near the top of the space elevator that would never be affected by a lightning storm...

But the larger reason was their reverence for Mokaka, a heartfelt desire to worship the performer of the music.

The first two pieces of music had already washed away their superficiality and rid them of the violent thoughts that had troubled them for so long, transforming them from "beasts" into "humans."

Now the final symphony might bring them even more insights.

The band members slowly returned to their positions on the stage.

Even the guitarist Yuanbao, who was hiding in his urban apartment, silently connected to the stage communication, abandoning recording to perform a remote "live performance."

Under the gaze of the anticipating crowd, Mokaka took a deep breath and then played the first segment of the music.

"Dong~"

The music started, but everyone who heard this lively, joyful tune was taken aback.

Not only the audience was stunned, but even Yun You, who was about to start singing, froze for a few seconds.

Because they realized that this final symphony was not an original composition by Mokaka, but a well-known ballad—Joyful Song.

The piano slowly played the melody of the first bar of the original song, and Yun You instinctively opened her mouth. Using the Western Hemisphere language prompted in her earphones, she sang along with the projection of the colorful cat beside her—

"Joyful goddess, so pure and beautiful, brilliant radiance shed upon the earth..."

At the moment the notes landed, the automatic turrets in the camp retracted their barrels into organ stops, some depleted uranium warheads in the War Gang disintegrated in mid-air into glowing notes; military drones gradually rose, under Mokaka's control, formed classic counterpoint arrays, their rotor vibration frequency perfectly matching the notes of Joyful Song.

A part of the marauder leaders who hadn't died at Jiang Xing's hands originally intended, in their final moments, to go berserk and tear apart the defenseless residents of the Floating Island with their mechanical tentacles... But as the music played, his tentacles suddenly lost control, waltzing to the variation of Joyful Song.

He was horrified to discover that those he had transformed into killing machines were now using their hydraulic joints to mimic tap dance steps. The mercenaries with fully prosthetic bodies beside him ripped open their chests, which originally hid chainsaws, now turned into records, as mechanical parts danced upon them, accompanying the joyous music on the broadcast.

"Why... can't I stop..."

The leader roared unwillingly, but the tentacles inside him gently curled around an abandoned infant by the roadside, turning instruments of slaughter into a cradle for the child.

In the corner of the forest area, a female butcher once called "Skull Breaker" suddenly stood rigid, the blood-stained chain hammer clanging to the ground, shattering the scabbed blood on the dirt road.

The adrenaline forcibly released by the implanted combat chip suddenly faded, and a certain long-forgotten memory box deep in her mechanical eye was pried open by the soundwave—In a daze, she reverted to the little girl hiding in the underground shelter, but instead of the endless gunfire from corporate wars in her ears, was the rhythm of the lullaby her mother hummed.

As she knelt down, trembling, a cluster of oil-stained dandelions emerged from the rubble of the body she had smashed, the petals gently swaying to the rhythm.

In the center of the factory area, the mercenary "Iron Coffin" suddenly released the mechanical hand clamping an enemy's throat. 85% of his alloy bones simultaneously emitted the sound of gears stuck, and the battlefield noise filtering system in his auditory module, which had persisted for several years, collapsed with a bang, allowing the music to flood into his auditory nerves.

His bullet-riddled faceplate automatically sprung open, revealing a horrifying visage eroded by acid rain, as murky tears fell onto the family photo projection on the enemy's chest, the desire for slaughter in his heart long transformed into guilt.

On the beach, the marauder Commander, who originally planned to fight over Fatty's legacy, still maintained the stance of executing an enemy with a gun, but the reflected holographic battlefield image in his pupils was rewritten by an unknown force, the troop distribution map twisted into golden waves of wheat, bombs, and landmines coordinates changed to the longitude and latitude of his hometown.

When the static hissing of current in the communicator was completely replaced by Joyful Song, the marauder who had personally killed over a hundred people went mad, tearing open the inner lining of his radiation-proof military uniform.

A photo he thought lost to the flames of war appeared intact in the heart position of the inner lining, with edges still holding a little rainbow drawn in crayon by his long-deceased daughter.

Everything in the Floating Island is changing, transforming this once-considered "incomparable to hell" cruel world into something normal...

As the music gradually reached its climax, Yun You's small hand holding the microphone began to tremble slightly. She felt the hostility in her heart being gradually cleared away, the frenzy accumulated from excessive killing now mostly gone.

Of course Yun You had heard Joyful Song before, but she truly hadn't expected that this version modified by Mokaka could have such a profound effect, even affecting her, an Apprentice Death God.

Taking advantage of the performance, Yun You turned her head, glancing at the Floating Island residents walking into the camp.

Each had a face full of ecstasy, all enraptured by Mokaka... even willing to die for her.

Even those mercenary Death Gods who had previously complained about Mokaka were now silent, lowering their heads with genuine acknowledgment of this young lady.

Perhaps, among all the listeners, only these few performers could barely keep their minds intact, not being completely transformed by the music.

At least Tian En had no noticeable reaction.

However, Yun You felt that this might be because Tian En had already reached a level of "complete trust in Mokaka," even willing to give everything for Mokaka.

This state has already surpassed the scope of influence that music can have, so it was not surprising that she was unaffected by it.

Yun You closed her eyes.

The entire Joyful Song was long, and Mokaka's modified version was nearly ten minutes. However, the lyrics only had more than ten segments, so even without looking at the score, Yun You could naturally sing them.

She wanted to enjoy Mokaka's piece properly, considering it as the last enjoyment before leaving the Floating Island.

But sometimes, events do not go as one wishes.

When Joyful Song was halfway through, a message suddenly entered Yun You's mind via the Information Reconnaissance Chip.

The same message was also received by Mokaka and Tian En, who were also wearing earphones.

The message was short, containing just one sentence, but the sense of pressure within it surpassed any threats and intimidation.

[Artificial intelligence reminds you—]

[Detected incoming nuclear fusion strike]