In the shallow layer dimensional base.
Han Xiao turned off the communicator and deactivated the remote projection. He rubbed his brows and closed his eyes for a while before opening them again.
"The Supercluster has reached a consensus. They won't cause any trouble for the time being."
Han Xiao secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He was more or less tired.
He reasoned with them, analyzed the situation, and coerced them. In the end, after much persuasion, he finally managed to persuade this group of people who wanted to run away at the last minute to come back.
Of course, this was only a temporary consensus. The Supercluster Alliance did not agree to give up on migrating. They were only willing to stay and observe for a while and increase their support. However, this was enough. If the Supercluster Alliance did not give him face and ran away, even if he could make the Supercluster Alliance pay the price later, he would not be able to stop the negative chain reaction in the war.
Now, the armed forces of the explored universe were not lacking, and an internal division had temporarily disappeared before it erupted. The Supercluster Alliance would not become a 'traitor' for the time being.
… Damn it, I'm indeed the one in charge of the galactic society. I'm so worried!
Han Xiao shook his head and opened the real-time military star map of the explored universe. Regions appeared in front of him in blue, and inside the Star Fields, green spots were appearing and expanding at an extremely slow speed. This represented the range of the World Tree's invasion.
"The World Tree is coming aggressively, but the three Universal Civilizations have such a large territory. Even if the World Tree blossoms, it will have to slowly invade. Although the battle is intense, the threat in the short term is still maintained at a relatively low level."
Han Xiao's eyes flickered as he analyzed.
The sudden change in the situation would more or less affect their mentality. The three Universal Civilizations were a little flustered, but Han Xiao still maintained his composure. He ignored the anxiety of his territory being devoured and calmly judged the situation. After all, he had seen worse situations in his previous life, so this small scene could not scare him.
No matter how powerful the World Tree was, it had to slowly devour them. It was impossible for them to become fat in one bite. Furthermore, the Galactic Alliance Army resisted fiercely, making their 'eating' very difficult.
In comparison, Han Xiao felt that the greatest effect of the World Tree's full-scale invasion was firstly, it would affect the morale of the galactic society, and secondly, it would affect their resource production and productivity.
According to the leaked information and his experience in his previous life, Han Xiao could guess that the World Tree's priority targets would be the military factories and resource planets of the various organizations. This would reduce the speed of the three Universal Civilizations' troops.
Secondly, it was the mother planets of some Star System or Star Cluster civilizations, the ruling planets, and the refugee planets with a large population. Using this method to cause panic and internal chaos in the galactic society, the World Tree had invaded many civilizations and was very clear about this.
Then there were the important bases of some Beyond Grade A races and private organizations, cutting off the wings of the three Universal Civilizations.
Of course, as the core of the galactic society, the Central Galaxy was the most important target. However, Han Xiao guessed that the World Tree would most likely not attack it for the time being because the Central Galaxy would definitely be heavily guarded. Once they invaded, a large group battle would break out. This would be similar to a border war.
The World Tree now had many spatial coordinates. With such an advantage, it should not be willing to continue the inefficient head-on battle. Instead, it chose to avoid the main force and attack the weak points. It mainly focused on harassing and nibbling away, displaying its high mobility and advantage of fighting.
"These places are all areas that need to be protected. After this battle, who knows how many more desolate universe belts will appear … Unfortunately, the World Tree's mechanism is too perverted. Otherwise, I would have been able to give them a taste of their own medicine."
Han Xiao was a little helpless.
With his individual combat strength, he could have gone to the World Tree territory to cause trouble. However, more than ten years ago, he had learned a lot of information from the experts of the World Tree Race. The World Tree's base could be retracted into its body at any time, so it would not be of much use to harass it. They could just change places. This would not affect the enemy's productivity much because the World Tree itself was the largest weapon factory. It directly converted resources internally and did not need to build countless factories like normal civilizations. Otherwise, Han Xiao would not have thought that it was a complementary target for (Virtual Creation (Pseudo)).
Furthermore, the Blessed Race of the World Tree would definitely be eyeing the Pivotal Snake. Han Xiao did not want to leave the shallow dimension either. Even if he supported the main universe, he would only send out a portion of the Mechanical Oracles. His main body would still stay in the secondary dimension to 'guard'.
The World Tree was not willing to wait for death. While invading the three Universal Civilizations' territory, it would not give up on dealing with the Pivotal Snake. He did not know what the other party was planning, so he had to be careful.
"However, although it's not very useful, it's not bad to cause trouble for them. With my current strength, I don't have to worry about being attacked on a large scale like before. If they fight me head-on, wouldn't that be beautiful?"
Han Xiao thought about it and felt that it was worth a try.
…
Arcane Church, Temple of the Gods.
Wuornos slowly walked in the corridor formed by tall statues of various shapes and sizes, holding a handful of spiritual lights in his hand. Every time he walked in front of a statue, he would use the corresponding simple ceremony to worship it unhurriedly. Then, he would flick the spiritual light into the statue's body. It looked like he was feeding a pet or baiting a school of fish.
This was his daily ritual. Usually, he was alone, but today, there were a bunch of 'tails' behind him. A group of Ethereal upper echelons in priest robes and officer uniforms followed behind him. They looked anxious and lowered their voices.
"Chief Priest, now that the World Tree is invading, our high-level combatants are not enough. I hope you can help."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll sacrifice myself on the battlefield and drop the country weapon?" Wuornos said casually without looking back.
"Of course we don't want to take the risk. We didn't ask you to help during the border war and the invasion of the secondary dimensions. It's just that the situation this time is urgent, and we need you to use some of your God clones to help …" an officer said in a low voice.
This request was very normal. In the past, Wuornos would basically agree, but now, he was acting abnormally.
"I refuse." Wuornos shook his head.
"This … why?"
"I'm only one step away from the Transcendent Grade. I can obtain an opportunity to advance at any time. I need to maintain my best condition at all times so that I don't miss the opportunity. As long as we don't attack the mother planet of the Arcane Church, don't look for me for anything else. I don't want to waste my strength elsewhere," Wuornos said casually.
"But the other direct descendants are fighting a bloody battle. Isn't it a little …"
"You don't understand. Whether or not I can advance to the Transcendent Grade is more important than these battles. This is the independence that the Pope personally granted me. I have the right to decide whether I want to participate or not." Wuornos waved his hand casually. "Stop pestering me here. Go back."
The group looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and left with dissatisfaction and depression.
Wuornos did not care.
The last time he failed to advance, causing him to be severely injured, but there was also an unexpected benefit. The Ethereal Pope saw that he indeed had the possibility of advancing at any time, so he simply allowed him to decide when to participate in the battle and not listen to the announcement.
Therefore, in the past ten years, Wuornos had not participated in the battle, nor had he tried to advance rashly. He had been recuperating and reflecting on why he had failed.
Wuornos always felt that he was missing some key elements. He had been searching for them until now, but he had not gained anything. He had vaguely discovered the mysterious ability hidden in his body, but it had not been fully activated. It seemed like he could sense something unknown, and his intuition told him that this feeling was very important for his advancement.
"When I figure out what's going on, I should be able to step into the power of the Transcendent Grade. Perhaps this is the secret of Black Star's advancement. I won't fail again this time, right …"
Wuornos' eyes flashed.
…
Somewhere in the Endless Nebula, two fleets were fighting fiercely. One side was the World Tree invaders, and the other side was the Black Star Corps.
A large number of charge cabins bit onto the World Tree spaceships, transporting batches of army players to board the spaceships. The World Tree battleships fell from the inside one after another, and many Calamity Grade players wore mechanical suits and roamed the battlefield.
Due to the sudden change in the situation, the combat missions of the players also changed. From guarding the border, they suddenly went to different areas to stop the World Tree invaders. The mission format was much richer.
The border defense circle of the Flickering World had almost transformed into a teleportation station. The Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Transportation Devices operated non-stop, sending batches of players to the various Star Fields.
Version 5.5 had unlocked a new level cap. Now, more players had entered the Calamity Grade, and their combat strength had undergone a qualitative change.
The lethality of a Calamity Grade who did not fear death was naturally not to be underestimated. Furthermore, it was a large group of them. Although the World Tree also had many Calamity Grade Supers, they could not create as many as the players.
Everyone could revive, but the World Tree's revival interval was longer, and it had to appear in the mother tree's body. It could not revive on the spot like the players, and its effect could not be compared at all. It was equivalent to the players' true strength being several times what it looked like on the surface.
Both sides were immortals, and the battle was quite intense. However, the outcome was obvious, and the World Tree warriors were forced to retreat.
"This group of Immortals is too scary. With so many Calamity Grades as a suicide squad, only the main elites can contend against them. We can't hold on at all."
In the flagship of this World Tree invader, the commander clicked his tongue in wonder.
Ever since the World Tree obtained the information of the three Universal Civilizations, this information had been shared in the mental network. From the Tree Kings to the basic soldiers, they all understood the division of Supers in the three Universal Civilizations, as well as the strange existences such as the Immortals.
The adjutant muttered, "There seems to be a limit to the revival of these Immortals. If we kill them many times in a short period of time, they won't be able to revive for a certain period of time."
The commander muttered, "I wonder what kind of existence this is. What kind of power does their revival come from …"
The adjutant shrugged and said, "Maybe they have a World Tree too? Who knows? "
…
A few days later, somewhere in the World Tree territory.
A wormhole slowly opened and spat out a mechanical body. It was Han Xiao's Lord's Avatar.
Han Xiao twisted his neck and activated the self-examination of his body. The outer armor opened and closed like scales, revealing fine gaps. He felt the exquisite feeling of the mechanical body and let out a comfortable groan.
Because of (Energy Base-God of All Machines), the Transcendent Grade Lord's Descent had improved his perception.
When the Beyond Grade A Lord descended, there was still a barrier between his perception and the Lord's body. Although he could control it like an arm, he could clearly recognize that it was not his own body.
Now that the Lord had descended, the Lord's Avatar felt no different from the main body. It did not feel like a mechanical avatar, but like an additional main body, smoother and more exquisite.
If one had to give an example, the Lord's Descent of a Beyond Grade A was like a remote control in virtual reality. It was very real, but he knew in his heart that it was fake. As for the Lord's Descent of a Transcendent, it felt like he had been reborn again …
"It feels good. The power of the doppelganger has reached more than 94%. Not bad."
Han Xiao clenched his fists and clearly sensed the rhythm of every alloy, every component, and every biochemical tendon in his body. He nodded in satisfaction and looked up at the stars in the World Tree territory. Lightning flashed in his eyes.
"More than ten years ago, I was severely injured by you guys and almost died in your base camp. Now is the right time to settle the score with you guys!"
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