Chapter 540: Chapter 440: I Love This Land (Part 2)
At this moment, Lu Li’s entire body was engulfed in intense flames, appearing extremely tragic.
Gu Wei, Peng Erping, Liu Ke Ping, and the others couldn’t bear to watch, several times wanting to shout for Lu Li to dodge.
When the fifth second arrived, the heavy feeling on their minds finally became unbearable.
Because at this time, Lu Li was like one who sacrifices himself for others, clearly covered in flames, yet still opening his arms, embracing the oncoming gamma-ray bursts.
He was like a lone hero facing an army, using his burning life to protect Earth, to protect the eight billion people worldwide, and to protect countless living beings!
Heroic!
Truly heroic!
Wang Yu’s younger sister, who was only twelve, couldn’t hold back her tears upon witnessing this scene, and cried out at the screen, "Xiaoli! Dodge! Quickly, dodge!"
Even a little girl could tell that Lu Li was at his limit and that continuing to resist might lead to his obliteration under the gamma-ray burst; how could others not understand?
In an instant, tens of thousands inside the spaceship couldn’t hold back, angrily shouting.
"Mr. Lu, that’s enough!"
"Quick, dodge! Please, quickly dodge!"
"If you continue this way, you’ll die!"
"Mr. Lu, those people aren’t worth your protection!"
"No, don’t do this, Lu Li, don’t die."
The spaceship was filled with cries of sorrow, even though they knew this event actually occurred over ten minutes ago, and shouting through the spaceship, Lu Li couldn’t possibly hear, but they were so worried about Lu Li’s safety that they involuntarily cried out.
At this moment, all tens of thousands inside the spaceship shared one thought, hoping that Lu Li could end this tragedy and return safely.
Whether or not Earth could be protected, or the eight billion humans, didn’t really matter at all.
Or rather, in their hearts, given the way Earthlings had treated Lu Li before, it wasn’t worth risking his life to protect them!
The shouting and screaming only lasted less than a second, and then everyone closed their mouths.
It wasn’t because they realized the scene was happening over ten minutes ago.
Nor because they realized Lu Li couldn’t hear them through the screen.
It was because they saw Lu Li transform from a Flame Giant into a giant fireball. Though not as large as the sun, its dazzling flames were hundreds of times more brilliant, competing with the gamma-ray burst’s extremely bright radiance!
Lu Li’s mother trembled with her hands.
His father was also teetering.
One can’t blame the elderly couple for being so saddened.
In fact, everyone knew that Lu Li was countering one of the strongest cosmic rays with his life light!
Qin Yuyong, though he hadn’t interacted much with Lu Li, couldn’t help but mutter upon seeing this tragic scene, "Why? Why, when you can no longer hold on, do you still stand so resolutely?"
It wasn’t just Qin Yuyong who didn’t understand; no one present comprehended Lu Li.
Clearly, he had turned into a fireball.
At any moment, he might be reduced to ashes.
Thereby losing his precious life.
Why still protect Earth?
Could it be... is this love?
Someone couldn’t help but recall a modern poem, "I Love This Land."
At this moment, they felt Lu Li’s spirit of sacrificing himself to protect Earth was so similar to "I Love This Land"!
The only difference was that Lu Li temporarily still had a chance to live.
As long as he moved his Demon God body away and stopped caring about the gamma-ray burst.
However, he didn’t do so.
When the seventh second arrived, everyone was shocked and sorrowfully watched as Lu Li’s body turned, inch by inch, into ashes, then vanished in the light.
Yes, at that moment, it seemed Lu Li’s body had "died."
That great flame, after resisting the gamma-ray burst for seven seconds, finally dissipated without a trace.
Lu Li’s mother, seeing this, fainted from grief!
Liu Kexin also felt dizzy all over, then fell back into her chair, her eyes empty.
Julia Giannini, Lu Li’s father, the Fiery Babe Li Yajing, Shen Xia, and almost everyone who had deep ties with Lu Li, at that moment, was filled with immense sorrow deep inside.
They never thought Lu Li would be so great to this extent.
Willing to perish in the endless energy impact of the gamma-ray burst, just to protect Earth.
However, even though Lu Li’s body had been reduced to ashes, the gamma-ray burst hadn’t stopped its furious impact.
This left everyone feeling puzzled amidst their immense sorrow.
They were very clear that the scene in front of them occurred over ten minutes ago.
Which means, if Lu Li hadn’t completely resisted the gamma-ray burst, Earth’s atmosphere would have been destroyed by now.
And now that Lu Li’s body had vanished, it seemed impossible to continue resisting the gamma-ray burst.
Then why was Earth unharmed?
Gu Wei, though saddened and perplexed, continued to stare at the scene on the screen.
Liu Yeli, Liu Ke Ping, Qin Liang, and Qin Yuyong shared the same gaze.
The remaining tens of thousands as well, all stared fixedly at the screen, with complex gazes, wanting to know why Earth was spared.
Finally, everyone saw why.
It was the eighth second of the gamma-ray burst, and Lu Li’s body no longer existed.
Logically, this one of the cosmos’s strongest rays should have charged straight towards Earth.
However, a surprising scene emerged.
In the endless starry sky, an invisible wall seemed to shine, blocking all the powers of the gamma-ray burst until the visible light dissipated.
Someone reacted immediately, exclaiming, "It must be Mr. Lu who used his superpower one last time before dying to block the gamma-ray burst’s charge!"
No one responded to that voice, but everyone believed that.
Because they weren’t blind, they all saw when the gamma-ray burst hit that "invisible air wall," forming a giant concave surface.
If Lu Li hadn’t used his superpower before dying, how could this be possible?
Even in death, he protected Earth?
Among the crowd was a young woman, unknown to Lu Li but here because she was a relative of Gu Wei, who covered her mouth, eyes brimming with tears of emotion.
Not only this young woman, inside the spaceship, except for those fainted from the overwhelming sadness, like Liu Kexin, Julia Giannini, Lu Li’s parents, etc., everyone else shed tears of emotion.
People had seen great people before, but many great ones in that situation had no choice but to "become great."
Lu Li was different; he obviously had a choice, yet still chose "greatness."
This shows his love for Earth was indeed deep beyond imagination.
Henry Giannini truly couldn’t understand such deep love, an old man’s face was streaming with tears, repeatedly asking, "Why? Why be so ’great’?"
Wang Yu, standing nearby, choked and said, "Maybe he deeply loves this land."
At these words, all Huaxia people once again recalled the modern poem "I Love This Land."
I Love This Land
If I were a bird,
I should sing with a hoarse throat:
This land battered by storms,
These rivers surging with our eternal grief and indignation,
This unceasingly blowing furious wind,
And that incomparably gentle dawn from the woods...
—Then I died,
Even my feathers decay in the earth.
Why do my eyes always brim with tears?
Because I deeply love this land...
This modern poem, how similar it is to Lu Li’s current situation?
Even though he was reduced to ashes, he used his final strength to block the gamma-ray burst, only to protect the deeply loved Earth!
