Soul of Burning Steel

The mother tree's will is vast, but not refined, and it can even be said to be a little loose. Joshua allowed the other party's will to connect with his own, and then got serious, carefully reading the information contained in it.

In just a split second, he felt that he had left the cliff on the seaside of Atrium Star and came to the bridge of a battleship. Joshua noticed that beside him was a 360-degree psychic panorama observation screen, and in the bridge, fifteen battleship staff members were working intensely, and the atrium man who looked like the captain was sitting on his side. Sitting on his seat, he looked at the dark space in front of him with a solemn expression.

"The Void Mother Beast is warping space—it's planning to pass us directly to the Garden of Flowers!"

"Use the space-time anchor to pull it down! The Garden of Roots has been almost completely destroyed, we cannot let the Garden of Flowers suffer the same fate!"

"Successful anchoring! The warping space is smooth, and it stopped!"

"Warning! The mother beast is releasing derivatives...the number of derivative beasts is 620,000, ready to start fighting!"

The noisy sound was accompanied by the flickering figures running back and forth, and Joshua knew that this might be the image of the people in the courtyard fighting the void behemoth they were talking about not long ago. Passed to the mother tree, and then relayed to itself.

The emergency red alarm light was constantly flashing in the cabin, and Joshua walked slowly on the bridge. The interstellar battleship of the people in the atrium is a half-life, half-mechanical creation. Its floor is a strange spiritual plant that emits fluorescence, which can provide strong adsorption. He came to the captain's position and looked forward, wanting to know What does that enemy look like?

At this moment, the battleship trembled violently, the psychic engine was running at full capacity in an instant, and the substantive psychic beams were guided by the tractor to converge on the bow of the ship, which was polished into millions of slices. In the huge crystal, it condensed into a mighty silver light spear, and at the same time, hundreds of light spears were launched from other surrounding battleships. These light spears penetrated the void at the moment of birth, heading towards Flying far away.

This is an extremely spectacular scene. Hundreds of incomparably bright streams of light appeared in the dark void. They shot out from all parts of the universe, and then gathered in one place. They penetrated through the layers of void beasts like fog. The barrier, and then, they hit their target, on a huge star, after the scorching light spear pierced the enemy's skin, it shattered into countless silver psionic fragments, and the hazy light illuminated the universe , also reflected the general shadow of the enemy.

"……Wow."

Even Joshua, who was mentally prepared, couldn't help raising his eyebrows. He stared at the hazy and huge black shadow in the endless distance, and said softly, "It's a bit big."

In the cosmic space, a black star is cruising in the void, surrounded by groups of black herds of beasts like fog, and the silver light of spiritual energy illuminates their images, making Joshua see them more clearly: It was a terrifying ultra life form with a diameter of more than 700,000 meters, and it was growing rapidly all the time. There were clusters of huge mountain-like bumps on its body surface that were agitating, and there were crimson crystal veins shining with chaotic and unknown light around it. That is the genital cavity of the female beast. Hundreds of thousands of void beasts poured out from those fleshy mountains with spouts, surrounded their mother, and then used their bodies to block the distant atrium warships. light spear.

This is the chaotic monster that comes from the void, the giant beast whose body crosses time and space, and the moving cosmic fortress.

At this time, the female beast was bound by silver-blue spiritual energy chains, and it was pulled out of the warped space by the joint efforts of hundreds of warships. The Atrium Colonial Squadron was determined to use their own lives to stop this terrifying monster from moving and consume the opponent's strength, but unfortunately, the effect was not great.

Huge tentacles counting tens of thousands of meters beat the void angrily, and dark green psychic energy ripples spread in the space, forming a huge psychic halo like a corona. You can see countless black and green mucus on the body of the female beast slowing down. It is flowing slowly, and countless void beast embryos are gestating in it. Because the pace of erosion is stopped, the female beast looks extremely anxious. It decides to use the most terrifying means to end these ants who dare to block its way. The ant-like battleship knows the wrath of the family of the gods.

As a result, a dark green light lit up on the other side—after bearing several waves of light spear strikes and after accumulating energy for more than a hundred seconds, a spherical light shield that was so dense that it was about to turn black shot from the female beast's body. The deep red mineral veins floated up, and then spread toward the surrounding 360 degrees at the speed of light. Along the way, more than a dozen asteroids with a length of several kilometers were touched by the mask, but they disappeared completely without a sound, as if It was generally broken down by something terrifying. The light spears shot into the black mask, but it was useless. They collapsed completely after advancing for less than a thousandth of a second, not even releasing psionic fragments.

This is a power that the people in the courtyard cannot understand. The spread of the mask is too fast, and it is an impact without any dead ends. Shields floated in front of all the warships, and they planned to resist the incomprehensible mask attack by increasing the concentration of spiritual energy.

And what Joshua saw was that after a burst of dead green light flickered, everything returned to darkness.

"The Void Mother Beast is a giant void beast summoned by the Forby people in the Tara star field. According to the initial observation data, its original size was at most 50,000 meters long, or even smaller. But the Forbi people's laissez-faire made it Gained the opportunity and power to grow. After being raided, those cowardly Forbis abandoned their home planet and colony, causing this terrible monster to devour a large amount of organic matter, causing it to expand a thousand times .”

The will of the mother tree communicated with Joshua, and it said in a tone with heavy echo: "According to speculation, the void mother beast has the power to devour and assimilate, and it has learned how to warp space through the psionic engine of the Forby people. , and then unexpectedly raided the "Garden of Roots" colony of our Zhongting people. The 3.7 million residents of the Garden of Roots were bloodbathed by its heirs, those void-derived beasts, and only 3% of them took refuge in us. The colonized daughter plants survived... and most of the organic resources were absorbed by the female beast, becoming the nutrient for the birth of the void beast."

"The Colonial Star Squadron of the Garden of Flowers has been completely destroyed. Before being completely destroyed, we can see that the mother beast is assimilating the organic part of our battleship. It may have learned how to use our psionic light spears and shields...but Fortunately, most of the colonists in the Garden of Flowers colony have already evacuated to the Garden of the Second Leaf, where we have set up a heavy line of defense. Countless psionic traps and asteroid fortresses are scattered throughout the star field, which should be able to delay the opponent a long time."

While speaking, Joshua vaguely saw lines of defense armed to the teeth, which were the last line of defense constructed according to the Earth-Moon system of the Second Garden of Leaves, and they spread tens of millions of space spooks in the asteroid belt. Thunder and Psychic jump traps, hindering the progress of the Void Mother Beast.

"Your arrangement is perfect, but I can't see the possibility of your victory."

Regarding the sincerity of the mother tree, Joshua responded frankly: "When Mill Habs firmly said that the people in the courtyard would not evacuate the mother planet, I was still puzzled, because compared to the continuation of a civilization, the mother planet is actually not Important, you can migrate away like the Forby people. But after seeing you, I understand that you are the center of the Atrium psionic civilization and their information transfer center. If you don’t evacuate, the Atrium people can only stay. In place."

"A target that cannot be evacuated and is flexible in combat has no chance of winning in the face of a cosmic life that is hundreds of kilometers long and can also leap. Without a super weapon that wipes out most of the opponent's mass in one blow, the opponent will even collide. It can destroy everything on your Atrium Star, kill and devour you. It seems that you don’t have star destroyers or anything like that. If it’s just psionic light spears, thousands of frigates in the Central Fleet will shoot at you in salvo. Just shooting through the opponent's skin can only be regarded as a meaningless struggle."

And when Joshua was communicating with the mother tree, the sisters and brothers of Shenji who were also receiving the information from the mother tree as the soldiers, the ball of light and Nostradamus all came back to their senses—compared to Joshua's Calm down, they seemed a little surprised.

"It's so big... sister, it seems to be bigger than the original father of nature..."

"Yes... yes, brother, that thing seems to be bigger than the Great Ajax Volcano..."

"Ding ding... bell..."

The old mage's emotion was only two short words. Nostradamus looked up at Gao Tian, ​​as if he was estimating the size of the other party, he murmured softly: "Really?"

"You seem to be very familiar with space warfare... The fact is true. We people in Zhongyuan don't care about the development of weapons. What we are best at is spiritual power and the maintenance of the natural environment."

The mother tree's will paused for a moment, and then it continued to narrate: "That's why we reopen the door of the void and summon the 'you' who also exist on the other side of the void."

"Then, Joshua. May I ask, are you, and your companions, confident in killing that Void Mother Beast?"

"It's really big, and even the outer space colonies on Mars I've seen were a few circles smaller than it."

Joshua did not answer the mother tree's question directly. He closed his eyes, as if he was thinking about it. Soon after, Joshua opened his eyes, and he had already come up with the answer: "But it is because it is too big, so it is too big. Chances are ... the more complex the structure, the more weaknesses."

"When it destroyed the colony star squadron just now, I saw a crack in the surface of its star body, and energy gushed out from there. If I read correctly, then it has an organ similar to an energy core."

Speaking of this, Joshua turned his head and glanced at Nostradamus who was still frowning and calculating the size of the Void Mother Beast and various energy reactions. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Fortunately, this time the old mage also came together, otherwise If he was the only one, it would be really difficult to deal with that giant chaotic beast that was too huge - he might need to kill hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of void derivative beasts to get close to the mother beast's body , even if he is a legendary powerhouse with that kind of number, he will die suddenly from exhaustion, not to mention that anything can happen in the universe, what if he is pulled out of the galaxy by that chaotic monster with a super-temporal tentacle? He can't warp space.

But now, with the Master of Time and Space, they might be able to skip the most troublesome step. The two legendary powerhouses, although the pure destructive power of a single round is definitely not as good as the direct fire of the main guns of thousands of battleships, they are more flexible and possess extraordinary power. Besides being too big, the best way to deal with it is to make it so small that it can't be attacked at all.

As a person who has already entered the cosmic era in his previous life, Joshua certainly knows what that giant chaotic beast means. It is a monster that can destroy the surface of a planet just by its size, and it can release hundreds of thousands or even millions of guardian beasts in an instant. The space mothership of this thing - the opponent of this thing should be an entire cosmic civilization, and the combined efforts of hundreds of millions of people in several galaxies can equal the size of the opponent. If the original earth civilization encountered it, it could only use star destroyers or constant The star particle accelerator can defeat the opponent head-on, and the Mycroft world may need a real god to win the opponent.

Now, there is only one semi-disabled psychic interstellar civilization, and two legendary powerhouses... Well, it is barely possible to fight, at least it is not impossible.

And as long as it is not impossible, then Joshua is willing to give it a try.

"Lord Radcliffe—"

When he came back to his senses, Nostradamus frowned, his expression was serious, and his tone became more formal. The old mage even called Joshua's official name. He ignored the mother tree's will and said directly: "You Are you really planning to fight that level of Chaos? I mean, the sage tasks you usually perform are all this difficult? Even the Void Star Observatory has never observed a Void Behemoth of that level for so many years!"

"Fortunately, at least this time I am a legend."

Joshua comforted the other party: "Think about the good things. At least this time, I didn't see any traces of the evil god personally intervening. It's gratifying."

"Have you ever seen the evil god personally attack?!" The old mage was really taken aback this time: "You are still alive?! How do you usually live?!"

To be honest, Nostradamus has not calmed down from the inexplicable coming to the other side of the multiverse, and then encountered various things one after another: a brand new psychic race, a A strange spherical world, a sky full of stars is not a world, but a super-large plane of stars, the usual disappearance of the familiar fighters is to perform the mission of the sages, and the content of the mission is not to save the world, or to fight with the people who are bigger than the mountains Super void behemoth battle - until now, after hearing Joshua say that he really saw the evil god before he lost his composure, the old mage's will is already very tenacious.

"Two, there is more information about the Void Mother Beast in the Mother Tree Hall."

The Will of the Mother Tree didn't interject when the two were talking. It waited until Joshua and the others were silent before saying, "Do you need any help? Do you need to go to the Hall of the Mother Tree now?"

Hearing this, Nostradamus glanced at Joshua, and Joshua shook his head: "No need, we already know the most important information——Now, Mother Tree, can you tell us the remaining people in the middle courtyard? How much combat power do you have?"

"As you wish." The mother tree naturally would not refuse. Although this information is usually top-secret, the Atrium civilization at this time has no capital to refuse any help, not to mention that these two void beings who seem to be related to the saints are serious about helping them, so what if they tell them ? So it simply informed Joshua and Nostradamus about most of the Atrium Fleet's information.

"Flagship Forerunner Battleship...Cruiser...Destroyer...Frigate...Asteroid Fortress, Space Station..."

Frowning, Joshua went through all the information in his mind, and said softly: "It is already a very strong force. If it invades the Mycroft Continent, it will be comparable to, or even better than, the invasion of the abyss." Power, of course, provided that their battleships can cross the world barrier and act in the turbulent flow of time and space."

Although the Atrium people claim to be not good at military affairs, they are cosmic civilizations after all. Leaving aside the fleet, the bombing of the surface by the main gun of the flagship Forerunner alone is enough to evaporate a million-person city in an instant, and this caliber The main cannon on the Forerunner is installed in four parallels, which can easily vaporize an asteroid. For the world of Mycroft, which has just entered the era of the magic industry, this is a power comparable to divine punishment. Except for a fortress of the level of the Church of the Seven Gods, no one can stop it.

Large-scale war is the disadvantage of Mycroft's world, but when it comes to high-level combat power, it is the other way around. For every legendary former who can sense energy fluctuations and know it in advance a few seconds before firing, this rigid attack method is meaningless, even if it is hit, it will be a minor injury, not the attack of the main gun or even There is no way to break the defense of the legendary strong. Conversely, the legendary powerhouse sublimated into a super life can easily destroy the outer armor of the battleship and slaughter the crew members in the iron can, just like the crystal insect back then——Joshya knew it was Yuer, the family member of the evil famine god. Daimas - easily slaughtered half of the Atrium Fleet.

"Have you any ideas?"

Nostradamus approached. For this old mage who has been fighting cold weapons with the orc cavalry for the first half of his life, he can't understand the current situation at all. He can only rely on instinct to estimate the combat power of the two sides. , but no matter how you compare, the enemy has a huge advantage, and he can't even think of any ideas for a while.

"Lots of ideas."

Joshua nodded, and he pushed back the ball of light in his pocket. This sure attitude even made Mir Habs, who had been kneeling half-kneeling occasionally, couldn't help leaning forward slightly. Needless to say Yingying and Rin, afterward, the warriors talked in an undisguised manner: "It's actually not difficult to wipe out a super life form with a level of nearly one million meters. It mainly depends on the difficulty of execution, possibility and imagination. Just now For a while, I've had four ideas."

Everyone listened carefully.

"First, I joined hands with Nostradamus to take your mother tree out of the earth's crust. With the background of the people in the courtyard, it should be no problem to take you away. If the Forby people can migrate, you can too."

This is indeed the easiest to achieve, but what does it have to do with destroying the Void Behemoth? Both the mother tree and Nostradamus felt a little strange, but they all decided to listen quietly, and after that, Joshua continued: "As long as all the staff come again before the migration, or a few times of spiritual energy gathering ceremonies , with that huge energy, it is enough to self-explode and severely injure the Void Behemoth when it approaches the Atrium Star, and at least destroy its derivative beast. Although the beast is big, killing it is only a matter of time, and your relocation is mainly to provide a battlefield where you can shoot at will, which is not really important."

"...It's not that the psionic gathering ceremony cannot be held many times, but that would overdraw the life force of all the people in the atrium of the mother star, at least several generations of people would die...and if this is the case, the surface of the atrium star will also be completely destroyed by the eruption of psionic energy Flatten." After a long silence, the mother tree's voice trembled, and it vetoed: "This plan is no different from the self-destruction of the same death. Even if the atrium civilization wins, it will still be alive."

Nostradamus didn't speak, he also felt a bit too much. Joshua didn't take it seriously, and continued: "The second one is that the Atrium Fleet will join forces with us to push the asteroid, or even one or two satellites, to hit the Void Behemoth. I saw your information shows that whether it is a flower The courtyard galaxy or the courtyard galaxy has an asteroid belt and many large gaseous giants, and they all have a large reserve of asteroids and satellites. As long as we can predict the path of the void behemoth and lock it with the space-time anchor, we can push the stars to hit it ——Two if one fails, three if two fail, until you die.”

"No, no, Joshua, you don't understand space-time anchors." At this time, it was Nostradamus who shook his head: "Just like a ship's anchor, if you want to anchor a supermassive object, you must With the same level of quality, it must have at least a certain weight, and while anchoring, the caster cannot move himself, which means that at least two hundred elite ships are needed to anchor the void giant once. The warships attack at the same time, and the female beast must not struggle violently."

"Although it is quite feasible to push the stars to collide, the opponent will definitely dodge and drive the Void Derivative Beast to destroy them, and even if the opponent does not dodge, it means that one collision will destroy hundreds of warships - the people in the courtyard will destroy them all. So many, how many times can it be hit? It may not be able to be killed. So it looks perfect, but it is actually completely unfeasible."

"It's just a suggestion." Joshua did not insist on Nostradamus' well-organized rebuttal. He also knew that this plan was very idealistic, but it was also a possibility after all, so the soldiers didn't bother, but Continued: "Then the third one is to use the central fleet of the atrium as a bait to lure the void behemoths to the surrounding stars of the garden of flowers. I have noticed that the information in the mother tree shows that the stars of the garden of flowers galaxy have a tendency to change recently. , Nostradamus and I may be able to take advantage of the situation and join forces to trigger a stellar flare to wipe out the mother beast and its descendants."

Of course, several planets close to the sun will definitely be wiped out together, but there is no need to elaborate on this kind of thing.

If you do this, not to mention the Central Fleet used as a bait, the colony of the Atrium people in the Garden of Flowers galaxy will definitely be wiped out, at least it will become unsuitable for survival. If the Garden of Flowers becomes a red giant star, it will kill eight hundred enemies Lost three thousand, but that has nothing to do with Joshua.

"Are you a demon?!" Leaving aside the completely silent mother tree, Nostradamus, who came to understand after explaining, widened his eyes and said in horror, "If we don't talk about it, we might die—the self-destructing initial stage The fire, destroying several main material worlds, just to kill a giant void beast? We might as well think about how to contact the world of Mycroft so that the Seven Gods can take action! And why are all your plans self-destructing? There is no other way ?"

Joshua didn't answer. In fact, in his opinion, apart from self-detonation, there is really no way for the people in Zhongting to hurt the Void Behemoth. That thing can even be said to be the embryonic form of the Devourer of Stars, an existence second only to the evil god, and it does not require a big price How could it be eliminated?

"In this case, there is only one last plan."

Speaking of this, he shrugged his shoulders: "To be honest, although this plan is simple, it is the most difficult one, and the success rate is pitifully low."

"What is the plan?" Nostradamus asked.

"The Central Fleet in the atrium is fighting head-on, and you and I rushed into the body of the female beast."

Joshua replied concisely: "Its energy core was blown up."

Joshua: After all, I'm not a devil either.

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I went to help my dad move yesterday, and my fingers were cold so I didn’t update it, so I’ll add a little more today...