What did Godzilla-Earth represent, in the end?
While Godzilla did not initially understand the significance of the name "Godzilla-Earth" upon waking, it gradually grasped its meaning during its destructive and retaliatory rampage.
Godzilla-Earth symbolized the beginning of what Godzilla envisioned as a world reset. It represented a completely new and comprehensive ecosystem, a prelude to a world vastly different from the current Earth.
It marked the beginning of a complete upheaval of the world.
Once Godzilla-Earth existed, it would lead life towards a world radically different from the current ecosystem. It wouldn't be comparable to changes in life forms before and after major extinctions. The gap between the ecosystem that Godzilla-Earth would bring and the original ecosystem would be immense—a difference at the fundamental level.
Evolution began.
At this moment, a strange power swept across the entire world from Godzilla in Australia.
In North America, as people were preparing to sleep and enter another world, they suddenly felt wide awake. They couldn't sleep and tears welled up in their eyes, as if they were feeling a profound sense of sadness.
In East Asia, billions of people who were deep in their dreams were abruptly awakened. They sat up in their beds and touched their cheeks, finding traces of tears.
Under the twilight sky in Europe, people gathered together, shedding tears, with a strange emptiness in their hearts.
Over the Indian Ocean, the storm seemed to condense, as if there was a consciousness sighing about something.
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On the starless land, my evolution began.
Standing on the soil of Australia, I ceased all activity and closed my eyes, becoming still like an iron-clad mountain, taller than everything around me.
1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes... 1 hour, 2 hours...
I remained motionless on the ruins I had created, and my body appeared lifeless, devoid of any vitality.
At this moment, I resembled a sculpture more than a living being. In reality, I was still alive, my consciousness fully awake, but to an observer, I would have seemed like a lifeless monument.
───「 Human POV 」───
The unusual behavior of Godzilla, which had remained motionless for so long, was soon noticed by humanity's monitoring systems.
This was expected—after all, Godzilla hadn't taken any action for such a long time.
For humans, this was an unprecedented occurrence.
The observers, upon noticing this anomaly, verified it thoroughly. They confirmed that Godzilla hadn't moved for the past two hours.
Once they confirmed that Godzilla had been inactive for the last 120 minutes, the personnel responsible for monitoring Godzilla immediately reported this potentially world-changing event.
Within a few minutes, the world's leaders refocused their attention on the land of Australia.
"Godzilla has been inactive for 120 minutes and appears to have entered a slumber similar to what occurred after the second landing in the Far East."
Ludwig, who was preparing to sleep but couldn't fall asleep, received this notification abruptly.
Ludwig and other congressmen in the Capitol opened their dedicated live streams and watched the seemingly "sleeping" Godzilla.
10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes... 1 hour, 2 hours...
They quickly reviewed the roughly two hours of continuous live stream recordings to confirm that Godzilla had not taken any action during this time.
Ludwig immediately ordered a portion of unmanned fleets in the vicinity of Australia's waters to launch tiny unmanned drones for close-range reconnaissance of Godzilla.
They needed to find out if Godzilla was truly in a state of slumber, similar to what had happened after the second landing. If it was indeed asleep, then what was the current Godzilla evolving into?
According to the scientific team's reasoning, after every major battle, Godzilla would submerge into the deep sea and enter a period of dormancy. Just as after the second landing, it would find a sparsely populated area and begin its sleep.
During this sleep, based on the differences in Godzilla's physical condition before and after, as well as research conducted on the sleeping Godzilla at the time, scientists had deduced that Godzilla underwent evolution during these periods.
It was during these times that Godzilla would analyze its encounters with humanity, learn from them, and evolve accordingly.
Similar to the previous landings.
The last time Godzilla slept in full view of humanity, it evolved a more powerful atomic breath, allowing it to annihilate the Far East without requiring rest during its next campaign.
So, what would Godzilla evolve this time? This was crucial information for humanity's survival.
Even though Australia's resistance had been completely obliterated when Godzilla destroyed the continent, scientists had assumed that Godzilla might suddenly disappear after completing its destruction and begin evolution in some remote underwater location.
But this time, it unexpectedly chose to evolve on the surface.
This was an extraordinary development!
It was even more significant than Godzilla's destruction of Australia itself because, if they could confirm that Godzilla was in complete slumber on land, it meant that humans could conduct genuine research on Godzilla on the surface.
They might obtain comprehensive data from inside Godzilla's body! They might even be able to create something like Godzilla themselves!
The land environment offered advantages the Mariana Trench could not. The ocean depths couldn't accommodate large equipment for a full-body examination of Godzilla.
But the land was different! They could completely analyze Godzilla from the ground up. Given ten days, they could achieve unprecedented scientific breakthroughs!
For this reason, they weren't concerned about potentially awakening Godzilla. After all, they had Oxygen Destroyers! They could prevent Godzilla from approaching populated areas!
Four hours later, the unmanned fleets arrived in the waters off the southwest coast of Australia.
During these four hours, Godzilla had not shown any signs of activity, further reinforcing the suspicion that it was undergoing evolution.
The warships released small-scale reconnaissance drones.
They flew in formation towards Perth, under the watchful eyes of the world, gradually approaching the distant black silhouette on the land at a measured pace.
"Is that the new Godzilla?"
This was the first time the world saw Godzilla through means other than satellite images since it had reappeared in Australia.
World leaders observed the dormant giant through high-definition cameras, noting that its eyes were completely closed, similar to the last time it evolved.
It seemed it was indeed evolving. This was a golden opportunity!
The drones continued to approach, landing slowly, and gradually getting closer to the mountain-like creature.
Then suddenly, Godzilla opened its eyes.
A breath shot out.
It was still awake.