# Chapter 1539: The Spark That Ignites in the Moonlit Night! (Bonus Chapter)
This time, the collapse of the Moon Eye caused the opening to expand again, already far exceeding eight hundred kilometers!
One must know that the Moon's diameter is only 3,476.28 kilometers!
This super earthquake had everyone's hearts sinking to rock bottom!
The purpose of the Chinese Moon Embrace Project was precisely to protect the Moon and fill the Moon Eye!
But in reality, ever since humans landed on the Moon and established their outposts, they had made absolutely no progress in solving the fundamental problem!
They were still just marking time, and the One-Eyed species alone had already given everyone a headache!
Rui Sen naturally had the capital to beat a retreat, because all he needed to do was wait, and the Moon would collapse on its own.
Even just the weakening of tidal forces alone had already caused bizarre changes in the Lan Xing world and continuous natural disasters!
If they couldn't solve this problem, no matter how much humans struggled, they were just waiting to die!
As for the Lunar Ignition, that could only be done if the Moon still existed!
This move by the Holy Star had undoubtedly pushed humanity into a dead end!
Even Jiangnan's expression turned grim!
While Rui Sen was controlling the Star-Devouring Giant Worm to attack each faction's outpost, the excavation of the Moon Eye hadn't stopped either?
But the Star-Devouring Giant Worm was clearly here, so what were the One-Eyed using to dig?
Could it be...
Rui Sen lightly coughed twice and raised an eyebrow toward Jiangnan.
(✡◔～◔ิ)ｪﾍﾍ♫ "Help me pull off this broken jar! Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I might give you a bit more time!"
Jiangnan raised his middle finger!
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)凸 "Pull nothing! Take it back and use it to breed offspring! Tsk tsk tsk~ How pitiful!"
"From now on, you probably won't even be able to kiss other Bose bodies, because that little fire jar will be in the way!"
(･᷄ὢ･᷅) "Ah lala~ Sorry, I overestimated you. With you being this pathetic, you probably can't even find a partner, right?"
Rui Sen: !!!
What the hell do you mean it's in the way of kissing? If I can't kiss straight on, I'll just kiss sideways!
You sure worry about a lot!
"I gave you face, and you won't take it? Fine, fine, fine! Just wait, let's see how long you can hold out!"
Jiangnan narrowed his eyes: "Face isn't given by others; it's earned by yourself!"
[From Rui Sen: Resentment Value +1001!]
"Let's go!"
Staying any longer would only bring more frustration. Going back to dig with two mining machines at once would at least double the speed!
Let's see what you can use to play with me!
With that, he led the One-Eyed army and the Star-Devouring Giant Worm away, leaving behind a river of molten red magma.
Ke Luo Nuo Fu watched as Ai Ge leave, wiping the blood from his face. Not being able to keep him was a pity...
Rui Sen's withdrawal also signified the end of the Dawn War!
It ended with the destruction of the six nations' outposts and China's outpost Night By Night!
Although such an outcome had been foreseen before the war, Jiangnan never expected to lose so badly!
The appearance of the Star-Devouring Giant Worm had caught everyone off guard, and it made everyone realize just how troublesome this thing really was!
At this moment, looking at the now-ruined Ice and Snow Castle, with bodies scattered across the battlefield, everyone remained silent.
Bai Kou's voice was hoarse: "So this is the so-called price, right?"
"If all nations had united from the beginning, maybe something like this wouldn't have happened..."
Now, the knife was indeed at their throats, and it had already drawn blood!
At these words, Ba Di fell silent, his fists clenched so tightly that blood dripped from between his fingers. Qian Benying's gaze dimmed, her head lowered, looking like she had done something wrong.
Ke Luo Nuo Fu, on the other hand, knelt weakly on the ground, looking at the broken corpses on the battlefield, tears streaming down his face...
In this battle, Russia's Blizzard Troops had deployed nearly a hundred thousand men!
Jiangnan took a deep breath: "Since things have come to this, saying more is useless. The worst thing we can do is stand still!"
"Bai Kou, arrange some people to clean up the battlefield. At least send them home. Born on Lan Xing, their souls should return to their homeland in death!"
Bai Kou bit her lower lip tightly and silently nodded.
People began coming over from the Star Gate to clean the battlefield.
Meanwhile, Jiangnan, Ba Di, and the others sat on the lunar rocks at the edge of the battlefield, watching the scene in silence.
It was both a warning to themselves and a way to keep themselves more clear-headed.
One by one, the mutilated corpses were sorted out. Some were so disfigured that they could only be identified by their military tags and tattoos...
Some were beyond recognition entirely.
Some were still gripping the legs of One-Eyed creatures even in death, impossible to pry apart.
The bodies were continuously carried back.
Some soldiers cleaning the battlefield recognized their own friends and brothers and collapsed on the battlefield, sobbing uncontrollably as their emotions broke down.
Every time they turned a corpse over to check the identification required immense courage.
David walked over, his camera silently recording the scenes on the battlefield.
He knew what his duty was.
And these were things the countless citizens on Lan Xing should also see.
At this moment, the citizens watching Dawn After were silent.
The comment section was terrifyingly quiet...
If each faction hadn't been fighting among themselves from the start and had united to face the enemy, perhaps they wouldn't have had to die.
This was the crisis they faced on the Moon, a crisis sufficient to sever humanity's future...
Those who had died were not just cold numbers; they were nearly a hundred thousand broken families, countless people who had cried their eyes dry and grieved, wounds that wouldn't heal even after ten or twenty years!
Even when the wounds healed, the scars remained.
The real scenes of the battlefield were recorded, and at that moment, it felt as if the entire Lan Xing fell silent.
At the Pioneer Academy, the multimedia classroom was as silent as death.
Many new recruits had pale faces, and some female students who had never stained their hands with blood looked like they were about to throw up!
Even the experienced senior students, Qin Shou, Yu Qingqing, and the others, their bodies and minds trembled...
Too tragic!
Xiao Chuihuo pointed at the big screen, his voice hoarse.
"Open your eyes wide and see clearly! This is war! This is the battlefield!"
"Regardless of victory or defeat! This is what it looks like afterward! People die! Are you still looking forward to war now?"
Everyone fell silent.
Zhao Dezhu took a deep breath: "Seize every moment to improve yourselves. Those who survive may experience pain."
"But never become the one who falls. Let others bear the pain for you, understand?"
At this moment, the students looked at the uncles and aunties in the classroom with reverence.
Were these the ones who had never fallen and had endured pain?
"Yes!"
...
After the battlefield was cleaned up, the Star Ring was also loaded into the Star Whale's mouth.
Jiangnan prepared to take Bai Kou and the others back to Silver Moon City first, since after this battle, they had no home to return to.
At this moment, the group sitting on the lunar rocks was eerily silent.
Jiangnan leaned on the Godslayer Blade with both hands, his forehead resting on the hilt, staring blankly at the battlefield, his eyes slightly red.
David approached with his camera on his shoulder, his clothes stained with blood.
"Nan Shen... is there anything else you want to say to everyone?"
Jiangnan was startled, then looked up at the camera and was silent for a long time.
Finally, he spoke, his voice hoarse.
"This is what comes after dawn, everyone saw it, right?"
"The reason China released this footage is not to show how strong China's methods are. Strong? We still lost 14,531 men..."
"I want you to see clearly how humanity lost this war!"
"What happens on the Moon is not something any single faction can solve on its own, including China..."
"Those who died on the Moon, those disfigured corpses — they are the price we paid for our ignorance and fearlessness!"
At this moment, Ba Di covered his face tightly, Qian Benying sobbed as tears fell, and Ke Luo Nuo Fu knelt facing the battlefield, unable to get up for a long time.
Jiangnan continued: "Whether dawn will have a future does not depend on how strong the enemy is."
"It depends on humanity itself. I don't want this to be humanity's last dawn. I don't want when you look up at the starry sky, there to be no Moon in sight."
"Wake up! See reality! We cannot afford to lose!"
At this point, Jiangnan paused.
"China's Silver Moon City will run through the moonlit night. Those from other factions who have lost their way can come; at least there will be a place to stay..."
"If you see a faint glimmer in the pitch-black moonlit night, that will be the lights of Silver Moon City."
"That's all..."
With that, Jiangnan stood up, his eyes full of exhaustion, and turned to leave. The footage of Dawn After ended here, frozen on Jiangnan's departing back.
The image on the website disappeared, and the background changed to the ruins of each faction's outpost.
The battlefield covered in smoke and scattered corpses.
Only a row of thought-provoking large characters remained!
"Will there still be a future after dawn?"
Finally, the screen went completely black. The reflection shown on the screen was the viewer themselves sitting in front of it.
Just as Jiangnan had said.
It all depends on humanity itself.
Jiangnan took Bai Kou and the others back to Silver Moon City. After all, as the only relatively intact human outpost on the Moon, it was likely that Rui Sen would still pull something, and the words Rui Sen said before leaving made Jiangnan vigilant.
The Moon Eye had collapsed again. No one knew how much longer the Moon could last. Time was running out!
At the same time, on Lan Xing, in the Pacific Ocean, on the Sun Islands located in the central region of the Pacific!
The headquarters of the International Spirit Martial Alliance was located here.
At this moment, in front of the headquarters building, the yellow sun flag symbolizing peace and origin was lowered halfway...
Mourning for all who died on the Moon!