Destroying a planet was not an easy task.
The interior of a planet that could give birth to life was definitely stable, and such a stable system would allow it to withstand most of the damage from the outside world. Unless it suffered irreversible and destructive damage, a planet would always have the possibility of recovery.
Life was the most interesting existence among the stars. It would not appear easily, but once it appeared, it was basically impossible for it to completely disappear.
Of course, this kind of resilience and stability was only in the case of mortal life.
In this universe, there was never a lack of power. One of the Five Great Gods of the universe, the Star Devourer, even treated planets with life as the most delicious food. Below him, any existence in the multiverse could easily wipe out a planet. Even a universe-level existence only needed a little effort to destroy a world with their own power.
But to be honest, the stronger the power, the deeper the understanding of life itself, and the harder it was for them to destroy a world. If they attracted the attention of higher-level existences, it would be very bad and very troublesome.
"Go! Let's leave this place! "
Shegal didn't hesitate for even a second. Although he hadn't seen those powerhouses crush planets with his own eyes, his knowledge and reason told him that no matter who came, staying in this part of space wasn't the right choice.
The next second, under Sergues's command, the spaceship jumped into the opened wormhole and disappeared in an instant.
This could not be hidden from the God of Darkness, Darkseid, who was still sitting in the halo of destruction, but he did not care about these fish that escaped the net. As a tyrant, he had his pride. He would not use his invincible power to hunt down these weak insects. To him, such a pursuit was more like a humiliation.
However, he would not let them escape just like that. On the other side of the stars, he had already prepared a "surprise" for them.
"Bring their heads back … Use their dirty blood to wash away this disgusting failure!"
Darkseid closed his eyes, and the crimson light flashed in the darkness. The next moment, his figure disappeared among the stars. He was like a destructive black dragon that had poked its head out of its lair and easily destroyed the intruder. After that, it once again fell into a deep slumber in its dangerous lair.
Swish!
The warship responsible for transporting the huge amount of phoenix crystals jumped out of the space node tens of thousands of light-years away from the Moubis Trading Post. But before the crew on the warship could recover from the dizziness caused by the space jump, the navigator, the smart machine warrior, issued the highest level of warning.
"A huge number of battleships have appeared ahead! There are also a large number of dangerous individuals of unknown races! "
"Increase energy shield efficiency to 100%! Prepare for the impact! "
Boom!
As soon as the voice fell, dozens of dazzling and destructive main cannons crossed the stars that were already covered in blood and death. The moment the Galactic civilization's battleship appeared, an attack that was enough to destroy a planet slammed into its thick shield in an ambush position.
Bang!
The entire battleship struggled to evade the scorching radiance, but all around it was hell filled with high-energy shockwaves. Even the space around it was stagnant, causing the battleship to lose its last chance of escape.
"It's the Apocalypse Star …"
Sergues rubbed his bleeding head and got up from the ground. In the white projection before him, he saw the Apocalypse Battleships that were cruising among the stars like golden metal falcons with their wings spread wide open. They were very agile and highly lethal.
They were like cruel hunters who were fully prepared for their prey. They completely surrounded the battleship from all directions. Their size was very small compared to the battleship, but they were like a pack of wild dogs preying on an elephant. With every attack, they tore away a piece of bloody flesh.
What was worse was that as the first wave of attacks slowly faded away, the blocked information collection system started working again. A few despairing images appeared above the dead silent command hall.
It was the Moubis Trading Station that was besieged by the dark turbulence and the seemingly endless demonic army. In the various images, although the intelligent machine warriors guarding the Trading Station were fighting desperately with the demons, one-third of the entire Trading Station had already fallen into the flames of war. Charred corpses and destroyed buildings rendered the area as if it was hell. Further away, the wreckage of the Trading Station's guardian fleet that was completely destroyed appeared so desolate in the cold space.
As if it was a sign of a dark future …
"Shield generator overloaded! Damage rate 33%! "
The intelligent mechanical navigator in the military uniform of the Alliance for the Survival of Mankind was in despair. He looked at the surveillance images that had been revived. With the unique agility and cold thinking of robots, he quickly judged the current strength of the enemy and himself and finally came to a despairing conclusion.
"General! Under their precise firepower, we can only hold on for 10-15 minutes at most! "
The navigator turned around. Even the intelligent mechanical soldiers operating the other systems flashed with a hint of decisiveness in their mechanical eyes.
"We will stay here and sink with this ship! We will buy time for you! "
This was a warship used to transport the crystal shards. Due to the significance of the shards, most of the crew on this ship were intelligent mechanical warriors who were calm enough to ensure the preservation of the secrets to the greatest extent.
Facing the requests of the Intelligent Mechanical Warriors, Sergei didn't decline hypocritically, nor did he try to display his noble sentiments. He looked at the Intelligent Mechanical Navigator and the other Mechanical Guards, pounded his chest with his left fist, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go.
"I promise! Your names will live forever in the history of human civilization and intelligent mechanical civilization … I promise you, you will be recognized as heroes by mankind! "
"You have not let down the responsibility you bear! Heroes never die! "
"Pa!"
The intelligent mechanical warriors stood up, put their left fist on their chest, and shouted.
"The civilization of mankind lives forever!"
It was as if they were parting for the last time. After saying goodbye to each other with the motto of Australia's Smart Machine Nation, Sergei grabbed Elt's arm and half-forced him into the core of the dying starship.
"Are we going to run?"
Having experienced such a tragic space battle for the first time, Mr. Elt's heart was filled with the belief of a hero. Especially after witnessing Sergues's farewell to the intelligent mechanical warriors, as a mortal, Elt had the urge to live and die with those brave warriors.
Faced with his somewhat impolite question, the silent Sergues's left hand twitched.
"Bang!"
Like a wild beast, he pressed Elt's body against the dark corridor. That dangerous gaze made Elt's body turn cold. Sergues said with a hoarse voice.
"Those who die in battle are lucky. They will remain in the civilization as heroes, but the terrible responsibility and revenge still need to be inherited by their successors!"
"You ask me if we are going to run? No! In the face of any challenge, our civilization will never run! "
"We are only retreating …"
"What's the difference between the two?!"
In the madness of his world being destroyed and the self-blame that came with it, Elt used the common language of the Earth civilization that he was still not familiar with and shouted. "Today! You and I have become deserters! We have become cowards! "
"Wrong!"
Sergues threw Elt to the cold ground. He reached out his left hand that was extremely weak compared to before, clenched it into a fist, and punched the black button in front of him. As a red light swept across his eyes, the closed metal door in front of him suddenly opened. A miniature interstellar portal that could only allow a small number of people to pass through appeared in front of him and Elt.
"Pa!"
Reaching out, Sergei picked up the black metal box that appeared in the elevator system. Inside were the goods they were transporting this time — more than fifty Phoenix Shards. Before stepping into the dazzling rainbow portal, he turned back to glance at Elt, his chin lifted arrogantly. His eyes were filled with the same rage and pain as Elt. His head was bruised and bleeding, and he looked unusually pathetic. However, it was as if he was a ferocious beast that had just walked out of its lair, ready to fight to the death.
He said in a deep voice,
"The difference between running and retreating is … I will be back. I will bring back enough power to drown everything. I will tear that arrogant tyrant down from his throne, break his legs, and make him kneel on the ground to listen to the roars of the dead!"
"Elt, as a leader, you are still very incompetent! You have to understand that failure is not shameful. "
Sergues snorted.
"After failure, you can't take revenge. You can only choose to ignore and drag out your days. That is the real shame!"
Under Elt's gaze, Sergues strode through the portal in front of him. His voice was still echoing in the darkness, shaking Elt's soul.
"Our revenge has never failed!"
"Hum!"
Passing through the portal in the raging energy storm was a very dangerous thing. If you were slightly unlucky, you would be shredded into pieces by the chaotic space, and not even your bones would be left.
However, Sergues's luck was not bad. When he staggered out of the portal, the human soldiers guarding in front of the portal immediately caught him.
"General … you're finally back!"
Sergues raised his head and looked at the familiar base of the starry sky merchant station not far in front of him. He could not help but let out a sigh of relief.
This was the closest galactic merchant station to the Moubis Civilization Sphere. There was a portal that led directly to the Milky Way. The moment Elt struggled out of the portal, the person in charge of the merchant station, a merchant with a military background from Australia's Intelligent Machinery Civilization, quickly stepped forward and personally held Sergues's weak arm.
He said in a deep voice,
"You're finally back, Brigadier General. The refugees from Moubis have just been accommodated … and the frontline commanders are waiting for you!"
"Who?"
Sergues's eyes widened. Then he heard the merchant say, "The Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, they escaped, but … Unfortunately, their situation is very bad."
A moment later, in the healing chamber of the merchant station, Sergues saw the remaining Horsemen of the Apocalypse and their attendants who survived the destruction of the Moubis wasteland. They were lying in eight healing chambers. Brucie, who was in the best condition, had lost a third of her body.
However, under the almost terrifying self-healing brought about by the Doomsday virus, their bodies were recovering little by little. It seemed that it was this thing that allowed them to survive the disaster of the wasteland's destruction.
"This is what they brought out."
The person in charge of the merchant station handed two things to Sergues. The first was the collected fragments. The second was a silver-gray box that was blackened by flames. It looked very delicate, but Sergues did not know what it was used for.
Bang!
The door of the healing chamber was pushed open at this moment. Saber Hawke, who was travel-worn, walked into the healing chamber under the escort of Drax and Sim. The person in charge of the merchant station and Sergues immediately straightened up.
"I was just looking at the scenery along the way, and then I heard about the fiasco at the front line! Not only did we ruin a merchant station that had already been built, but we even sent a fleet into a perilous land. It's really a shame that we have never experienced since we set foot on Stellaris! "
"Without my participation, don't you even know how to fight?!"
This rebuke made the atmosphere even more stagnant, but Saber did not really gnash his teeth. Instead, it was more like a dissatisfied complaint. The next moment, his gaze did not fall on them. He looked at the miserable state of his Horsemen and shook his head with some dissatisfaction. He stretched out his left hand, and the white light that brought life flashed. The seriously injured and dying bodies quickly recovered their vitality.
"Stand up! Knights, I won't allow you to die here!
"Your journey is not over yet!"
Bang!
The clenched fist shattered the thick special glass in front of them. In heavy breaths, the eight Knights of Doomsday stood up one by one from the healing chamber. They half-knelt in front of Saber, and Brucie whispered in a hoarse voice, "Overlord, we have failed.
"Overlord, we have failed … The God of Darkness destroyed the Moubis wasteland. We did not manage to bring back all the crystals under his destruction. We have suffered heavy losses. We have failed to live up to our strength …"
The latter's gaze swept across their ashamed and self-reproachful eyes, then reached out and took the black box that Sergues handed over.
"It doesn't matter if you fail. I've failed before, but what I'm more curious about is that you didn't forget to leave with this thing at the most critical moment … So I guess you plan to use this thing to take revenge? Am I right? "
"That's the Mother Box, Overlord!"
The killing machine said in a deep voice, "The Apocalypse Star and most of the universes they control can't be reached through space travel, and the sonic tunnel opened by this Mother Box can allow us to enter those special star fields."
"Oh?"
Saber's eyes lit up. He shook the Mother Box in his hand and threw it to the killing machine.
"So what are you waiting for?"
"Open it!"
"Then let me see how ruthless your revenge can be!"
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