In the vast starry sky, a spatial fold appeared out of thin air and spun faster. It quickly turned into a wormhole, and hundreds of thousands of World Tree battleships sailed out.
"They're finally here."
In the command room of the main ship, a creature that looked like a stick insect stood with his arms crossed. Judging from his attire, he was a high-ranking officer with a series of medals hanging on his chest.
Orwell, the World Tree military commander, belonged to the 'External Combat Guidance Group'. This was a talent pool formed by the elite mid-level commanders of the World Tree. This person was in charge of exploration, infiltration, intelligence theft, and other special operations missions all year round. He was currently in charge of the 274th Exploration Corps, which was also the fleet that had been sent here.
His skin was like a leaf, and his veins were clearly visible. They flowed with an emerald green light, and he looked like a plant that had turned into a spirit. This was one of the World Tree's Blessed Races, the Green Demon.
Not all races that were devoured by the World Tree were qualified to become Blessed Races. Blessed Races were elite races that had been endowed by the World Tree. Like a Beyond Grade A race, they had an extremely high Super awakening rate, as well as special talents and a natural connection with the World Tree.
Orwell fiddled with the medal on his chest and slowly ordered, "All units, pay attention. According to the plan, split up and take a detour to the navigation target. Try your best to avoid the enemy fleet that you might encounter. Our goal is to reach our destination, not to be in a stalemate with the enemy's intercepting forces."
The previous few wormhole passages had been interfered with by the space stabilization anchor and had not been able to teleport them over, causing the 274th Exploration Corps to be on standby for a few days. The World Tree naturally guessed the strategy of the three Universal Civilizations and knew that this' unknown civilization 'wanted to stop them in this area and not let them reach their territory.
Therefore, the World Tree decided to let the exploration team split up and take a detour. With hundreds of thousands of exploration ships, every additional route would increase the number of teleportation coordinates for the World Tree. As long as the opponent's space stabilization orbit was not blocked in time, they could slowly explore until they reached the other party's territory.
This method was time-consuming and energy-consuming, but the World Tree did not lack patience. The method was simple, crude, and effective. If one path was blocked, they could just take a longer detour next time. Sooner or later, they would be able to infiltrate the enemy's interception net. Their advantage was that they did not care about losses, and they had enough capital to try and make mistakes. The thing they were least afraid of was a tug of war.
Under Orwell's orders, the hundreds of thousands of battleships scattered in all directions, like flowing lights scattering from the heavens, rapidly disappearing from sight.
Meanwhile, Orville's subordinates swaggered forward along the route of the previous exploration team.
"Although the executive officers believe that this civilization is suspected to be the home of the previous outsider, there's no way to confirm it at the moment. If it's not, we don't know if there's any individual power here …"
Orwell narrowed his eyes and casually glanced at a figure who was resting with his eyes closed in the corner of the command room.
The World Tree had specially sent a Holy Tree Emissary to follow the ship. If they encountered enemy intercepting troops, they would act according to the situation. Their goal was to force out the individual strength of this unknown civilization. It did not matter even if they were sacrificed.
…
Three days later.
A small fleet of the Arcane Church searched along the path of the exploration team.
The captain was connected to the command channel, listening to the frequent reports from other troops with a serious expression.
"At present, we have intercepted a total of 7200 enemy ships. We have discovered that the enemy is taking detours, but we do not know the total size of the enemy …"
"Sir, this is not good for us," the deputy beside him said worriedly.
"It's indeed not good." The captain nodded solemnly. "But we can only do our best to intercept them."
The World Tree had split up too many troops, and it would not use all the routes as a medium for diviners. Therefore, even the Destiny's Child channel could not monitor all the routes of this exploration army. The three Universal Civilizations could only send troops to patrol everywhere, sifting through various areas like a sieve, intercepting the fish that escaped the net.
This method was like finding a needle in a haystack. To a large extent, they could only rely on luck, and it would also cause their troops to be scattered. However, the defense circle had not been built yet, so they could only use a stupid method to catch the World Tree's attack. No matter how troublesome it was, they could not let the World Tree exploration army directly attack.
The outer realm defense circle was a huge project. The principle was to use the Flickering World as the center and build a virtual sphere. Then, it would continuously expand and spread until it covered the current location. Then, the three Universal Civilizations would cut a spherical arc in the direction of the World Tree's advance. According to the situation, they would enlarge or shrink it to form a three-dimensional boundary. This would determine the basic range of the defense circle. Then, they would build a large number of wormholes to quickly support the base stations to make up for the problem of the battle line being too long.
Due to the large area of the arc, this seemed to be an impossible project, but it was actually just a limitation in terms of manpower and resources. With the efficiency of the three Universal Civilizations, the scale of their military strength, and their resource reserves, it was enough to bear such a project. Since they did not want to be driven straight in by the World Tree, there were not many tricks to be used to build a defense line.
Just as the captain was about to speak, the anti-stealth radar suddenly issued a warning. It pointed diagonally ahead, showing a group of unknown targets that were moving.
"We've encountered them! Let's go! "
The captain's eyes narrowed, and he immediately gave the order.
The fleet immediately changed direction and headed toward the target. The target locked onto by the radar did not turn around and headed straight for them.
Not long after, this Arcane Church fleet met with the troops personally led by Orwell and appeared within sight of each other.
"Fire!"
The captain did not say anything else. With a ferocious expression, he let out a Li Yunlong roar.
The Arcane Church fleet immediately opened fire and fired a round of shots. The cannons on the ship lit up with a dark red light, followed by a dazzling beam of light that tore through the starry sky. At the same time, Orwell's personal troops also counterattacked.
Two waves of light intersected and shot into each other's formation, causing sparks to fly on the shield.
Neither side had any intention of communicating. The moment they met, it was a fierce battle. They exchanged blows and shot at each other happily.
Just as the two sides were fighting intensely, a mental wave suddenly erupted from Orwell's flagship and swept across the Arcane Church fleet in the blink of an eye.
Many Arcane Church battleships seemed to have been triggered. They suddenly shot out complicated magic circuits made of energy to block the mental wave head-on. Magic sparks flew everywhere from the explosion, and they immediately became much dimmer. They flickered non-stop and were heavily injured.
"Beyond Grade A Psychic! Request backup! "
The captain's expression changed, and he immediately asked for help in the command channel.
As there were too many search teams, the limited number of Beyond Grade As was naturally not enough to be assigned to the various teams, so they were all on standby in the main base. Only when the search team encountered a World Tree expert would they be able to request for Beyond Grade A support.
In order to prevent the memories of the ordinary crew members from being stolen by mental magic, psychic, and other means, the search spaceships had been specially treated. They had been equipped with mental barrier strengthening devices and engraved with special industrial enchantments to resist mental invasion. The number of times depended on the strength of the other party, so that the crew members would not be killed instantly.
Not long after he said that, a phantom suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Then, it suddenly solidified, and Kasuyi descended through the Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Transportation Device.
"This is the individual strength of the World Tree?"
Kasuyi narrowed his eyes, and a look of interest flashed across his eyes.
The next moment, boundless psychic energy surged out like a flood and slammed toward Orwell's troops.
The psychic energy released by this Holy Tree Emissary suddenly rolled back and turned into a shield to protect the fleet. However, it only lasted for a few seconds before it was crushed into dust by Kasuyi's ocean-like psychic energy. The exploration spaceships were crushed into scrap metal one after another and exploded into fireworks.
Seeing this, the Holy Tree Emissary hurriedly rushed out of the main ship and attacked Kasuyi. The psychic wave turned into a needle and shot toward Kasuyi's brain. There was a ding sound, but it could not pierce through Kasuyi's thick mental barrier at all.
Without another word, Kasuyi released an even more condensed psychic energy and immediately bound this Holy Tree Emissary. The huge difference in energy level made his opponent almost unable to move.
"Let me see your memories …"
Kasuyi's eyes flashed, and his psychic energy entered the brain of the Holy Tree Emissary.
This was the first time he had come into contact with a World Tree powerhouse. Before this, he had only heard about it from Han Xiao and had not experienced it personally. At this moment, he could not help but want to pry into the other party's memories.
However, the moment the psychic tentacles entered the Holy Tree Emissary's mind, a majestic pressure suddenly came through the mental connection.
Boom!
An indescribable fear crashed into Kasuyi's heart, and he instantly felt a bone-deep palpitation and fear. It was as if he was being looked at by an endless giant beast.
An extremely strong sense of vigilance suddenly rose in his mind, as if something extremely terrifying would happen if he did not cut off the mental connection.
This was because the World Tree's mental network connected all individuals. Once one tried to use mental methods to peek into the memories of an individual, it was equivalent to connecting to the World Tree. Outsiders would immediately feel the immense pressure of the mental network, as well as the strong pressure. It would also be sensed by the World Tree … If one continued to maintain the mental connection, it would give the World Tree a chance to devour one's soul in reverse. At the very least, the World Tree would go crazy.
"This is the World Tree?"
Kasuyi hurriedly retracted his psychic energy, his eyes filled with surprise.
He finally understood why Han Xiao was so afraid when he mentioned the World Tree.
Although it was only a glimpse, he almost collapsed at this moment. The pressure of facing a high-level existence was deeply engraved in his heart.
After dismissing the thought of peeking into the memories, Kasuyi increased his strength, and his psychic energy bombarded the Holy Tree Emissary. Not long after, the consciousness of the Holy Tree Emissary was crushed, and his body exploded into pieces.
In the only remaining exploration flagship, Orwell lit a cigarette and took a puff. He looked at the artillery fire outside the window and shook his head helplessly.
"Tsk tsk, I didn't succeed … I hope I'll be lucky next time."
The next second, the artillery fire drowned the spaceship, and it exploded. All the crew members, including Orwell, turned into seeds and returned to the embrace of the World Tree.
…
At the same time, in the Tree King Palace of the World Tree Civilization.
"What a powerful Psychic. He killed Manny so easily."
The faces of Tedrian and the other executives tensed up.
They had been watching the entire process of Orwell and the sacrificed Holy Tree Emissary through the mental network.
"Did you see how this Psychic arrived? It's similar to the teleportation method used by the outsider last time." The Heart Tree King said calmly, "There's a seventy percent chance that this unknown civilization is the hometown of that outsider."
"This is good news." The Subduing Tree King nodded.
The outsider last time had already made them feel pressured. If they encountered a new enemy at this juncture, they would also doubt if they could fight on two fronts and eat two prey at the same time.
But now that they had more or less confirmed that the two were the same enemy, it was a relief. If that was the case, the exploration team had found the enemy's lair when they had no clue. It was simply an auspicious sign that "fate was on their side"!
"This Psychic's standard should not be as good as that outsider's, but he's still powerful enough. Ordinary Holy Tree Emissaries are far from his match. It can be seen that this is indeed a civilization with very developed individual strength," Tedrian pondered.
The Heart Tree King nodded and slowly said, "The other party's strategy is very clear. They plan to build an interception circle here. It's obvious that it hasn't been built yet, so we can destroy it … Next time, choose a set of coordinates to teleport at the back and let the troops build a temporary base there as a guide. When the time comes, gather the troops and launch a general attack."
"We don't need to gather intelligence before launching a general attack like before?" The Subduing Tree King turned around.
"Of course, we have to gather intelligence, but focusing on this is too conservative and inflexible. It's best to adjust the plan according to the situation. Gathering intelligence is one thing, but it's also important to take the opportunity to disrupt the enemy's deployment. The two don't conflict. If we let the enemy build an interception circle comfortably, we'll have to spend more than ten times the cost to break through. We might as well make a move now and destroy the enemy's plan. "
The Heart Tree King narrowed his eyes. The World Tree Civilization's style was more pragmatic. He did not have the habit of waiting for others to transform before making a move.
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