A bug. I know it sounds strange, but we really found a bug near the energy coil of our Star Sniper Cannon.
"It's like a mechanical soldier covered in carbon-based skin. Its vitality is frighteningly strong. The last cell in this thing's body lasted nearly thirty seconds under the lethal psionic radiation before completely losing its vitality. I've never seen a carbon-based lifeform born with such a physique." These were Tarver's exact words.
Do you still remember the basic principle of the Star Sniper Cannon?
The main energy generators of this nonsensical weapon were two twin neutron stars that were on the verge of breaking point. They were a pair of gay friends that madly released gamma-ray bursts in the universe. One could imagine how terrifying the energy they burst out in their passionate dance was. And this was just one of the initial energy sources of the star sniper cannon. Not to mention, it was also equipped with a lot of magnifying devices and a psionic well that had a total output of enough energy to ignite a star. Such a terrifying thing, even with countless layers of solid shields, a trace of energy leaked from its core was enough to destroy any carbon-based life, not to mention the installation location of the star sniper cannon. That was outer space!
But in such an environment, Tawil actually found a carbon-based bug outside the energy coil of the Star Sniper Cannon!
When I heard the news, my first reaction was that Tawil was joking. A bug that could travel in outer space and last for half a minute under the psionic radiation. Did you think that the bug was called Long Aotian?
However, I quickly denied the doubt in my heart. If we were to ask who was the worst at joking, it would have to be Tawil. As the chief researcher of the Empire, Tawil's strictness had almost reached the point where it gave me a headache. When it came to the things that she had created, she was even more serious than Scorpion Vega.
Knowing that something was fishy, we asked Tawil to send the insect she found to the Shadow Base's research center using the hyperspace equipment that afternoon. She even temporarily put down her research work and came to report to us about the creature.
It was a strange lifeform that looked like a combination of a centipede and a praying mantis that had been magnified countless times. Its entire body was flat, about two meters tall, and nearly seven meters long. Its entire body was a deep purplish brown, covered in sharp barbs. Its multiple rows of legs had the characteristics of an arthropod, and its joints were also equipped with sharp bone blades. The front half of its body should be its head, but it didn't have the necessary mouthparts. It only had a pair of pincers that were more than two meters long and covered in sharp sawteeth. Looking at that hideous shape, I could feel the pain for the person who was crushed to death by it. Furthermore, that pair of killer pincers had been proven to contain at least eleven highly permeable toxins that could decompose the cell walls of most carbon-based lifeforms.
Its entire body was covered in weapons, and the degree of its weaponry was outrageous. Not to mention its combat prowess, just this armor alone would cause a scene if it rolled around in a crowd!
"We discovered this thing when we were inspecting the third decay coil of the Star Sniper Cannon. At that time, it was already completely dead, but the recording equipment near the coil showed that it persisted there for thirty seconds. In terms of psionic resistance, this result is almost equivalent to that of an Elite-class Schilling Soldier. For a carbon-based lifeform to withstand that degree of energy radiation for more than three seconds, it should be a miracle."
Tawil's tone carried the strong desire of a scientist when they saw something that they couldn't understand. I believed that if it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to let my superior take a look at it first, this extremely powerful insect would have already become a sample in the laboratory.
"Speaking of which, in terms of resistance to psionic radiation, aren't I fine too?"
"Your Majesty, you have gone through targeted genetic strengthening, and your ability has determined that any harmful energy will not be able to cause any harm to you." Tawil pushed his glasses, "But this lifeform, it completely relied on the strength of its body to achieve the miracle of surviving outside the energy coil for such a long time. I have never seen such a situation before. Although the DNA of carbon-based lifeforms is magical, it inevitably has a lot of loopholes. The genetic inheritance of this sample is very unusual. It doesn't have any traces of being modified, but it doesn't seem to have any defects in genetics. This lifeform … is too perfect …"
Listening to Tawil's praise, I could only roll my eyes. There was indeed a huge difference in the aesthetic standards of a scientist and an ordinary person.
However, I also knew that the 'perfect' that he was referring to was in terms of genetics. No matter how bizarre this thing looked, just the fact that it could evolve itself to the point where it could survive in space and even resist psionic radiation for thirty seconds was enough to make Tawil gasp in surprise.
"How did it get into the Star Sniper Cannon?" This was a question that I was curious about. From the looks of it, the existence of this bug should be the reason why Tawil had reported to me that there was a 'small problem' with the Star Sniper Cannon. "Did you not check if the components were clean when you installed it?"
"I am very sorry, Your Majesty." Tawil immediately revealed an ashamed expression, "However, the final step of the Star Sniper Cannon's assembly was to sink it into a preset spatial fold. This process would cause a large area of the surrounding space to collapse. Furthermore, there was a small chance that it would teleport any matter within a few light-years of random coordinates to the point of collapse. I am afraid that it was at that moment that our scanning equipment missed this thing. After all … this kind of low-level lifeform has always been set as a non-threatening target by us."
Alright, Tawil, congratulations, you have successfully knocked me unconscious with a bunch of technical jargon.
We walked in circles around this strange and curious fellow, each of us in deep thought. Sandora curiously moved forward and poked one of the large bug's chelicerae.
Hey! Girl, you can't eat this!
Fortunately, my Sandora's menu wasn't that wide. She curiously observed the bug for a while before she suddenly lifted her head, "Tawil, does this thing have a nervous system?"
"Of course, Your Majesty. Its nervous system is very complete and highly effective."
"Then, what's more complicated — does it have something that can think?"
Tawil hesitated for a moment before he pointed at the bug's abdomen, "We found its nerve entanglement at this location. A large number of neurons are intertwined together. However, we don't know much about the intelligence of carbon-based lifeforms, so we can't be sure if that is its thinking organ."
"I see." Sandora retreated and placed her finger on her chin, "As expected, it is just as I had guessed."
"Sandora, what did you find?"
I looked at her thoughtful expression and asked curiously.
"Ah Jun, didn't you notice that this thing doesn't have a logical shape?"
I shrugged, "From what I can see, there is nothing logical about this thing."
Sandora sighed and looked defeated, "Alright. What I mean is, although this thing has a strong vitality and looks like it is strong in combat, and its body is invulnerable, as a living creature, its body structure is too deformed …"
"It has a nervous system and such a huge body, but it doesn't have the ability to think. Its entire body is covered with bone blades used for attacking, but it doesn't even have a feeding organ. I don't believe that such a strong fellow relies on photosynthesis to survive. I suspect that it is just a one-time weapon produced by a certain race. Hence, as long as it can fight, its survival ability is not a problem at all."
Shallow Shallow looked at the giant bug placed on the experiment table with great interest. This girl's gifted brain didn't have the concept of a normal girl being afraid of bugs. Just as Sandora was instilling in me the importance of the 'mouth' as a qualified living creature, Shallow Shallow suddenly took a few steps forward and placed her hand on the carapace of the specimen.
"The sands of time go round and round … Aiya!"
"Oi!" I pulled Qian Qian back. Why was this girl so curious?
However, Shallow Shallow's ability was already in effect. The giant bug's carapace was quickly covered with a layer of dim light. Its dark purplish brown body slowly turned purple, and it looked even more lustrous. The few shriveled limbs that were distorted by the massive amount of psionic radiation gradually filled up and returned to their original shape. Following this series of changes, the bug's body started to tremble rapidly, and a low grinding sound came from its body.
"Alert!" Vega, who was acting as a guard, immediately pulled out his twin swords and transformed into his armored scorpion form. I was lucky that Pandora and her sister weren't here, or else they would have fired their cannons at the bug.
Everything happened in a matter of seconds. Shallow Shallow used Time Reversal to revive the giant bug. The bug stood up shakily and turned towards us.
* Crack! * The sound of the exoskeleton colliding could be heard. The newly revived bug pounced towards us without hesitation. It spread its gigantic chelicerae angrily and glowed with a poisonous green light. There was no doubt about its destructive power.
A silver-white halo flashed, and the flying bug stopped strangely in mid-air for a moment. Then, it split into thirty thousand batches and slowly landed within a radius of a few dozen meters.
A group of Empire leaders activated their energy shields to block the rain of blood as they watched a certain rash scorpion commander inhumanely.
"I'm very sorry, Sir."
Vega quickly kept his long sword and lowered his head to apologize to us.
You idiot, can you not be so disgusting next time!!
"Sandora, what's wrong?"
I noticed that ever since the bug was revived, Sandora had a grave expression on her face. I couldn't help but ask with concern.
The golden halo in Sandora's eyes swirled for a long time before it returned to its azure blue color. "A very dangerous race. Their will is filled with a pure desire to destroy. The only meaning of their existence is to fight, destroy their enemies, and develop for the benefit of the entire race. For the evolution of the entire race, they will attack all life that they can find without any reason or choice. What's worse is that they might have already sent out a distress signal to their own race … We must destroy this species!"
Without a doubt, Sandora had intercepted the desire to destroy that the creature was emitting.
"If all the warriors of this race are of this standard, it would be an easy war." Vega simply evaluated the enemy that he had just killed. "Other than their vitality, there's nothing good about them."
Without much discussion, we decided to wage war against this strange species.
It was obvious that we didn't like bugs — even Shallow Shallow who kept a caterpillar as a pet was no exception.
Does that mean that my leisurely holiday is over again? The star ring fragment has just been dealt with, and the next one is a space alien?
I don't know where Liliana got the news that the Imperial Army was about to declare war on a certain species. That night, she found us at the command center of the Shadow City and handed us a handful of green seeds.
"These are the seeds of the seventh branch of the World Tree, 'Sin of Life.'" Liliana had a serious expression when she handed us the seeds. She didn't look like her usual black-bellied, sharp-tongued self at all. "The Goddess cannot participate in this operation."
Puzzled, I took the seeds that Liliana had given me. These green seeds were rather strange. They seemed to have no substance and were wrapped in layers of halos. They felt like a ball of warm light when I held them in my hand, but strangely, they had a weight to them. According to the knowledge of mysticism that Alaya had taught me, these things were the existences of the legendary conceptualization. Every single one of them was enough for the most knowledgeable alchemist to spend his entire life and still not be able to replicate even half of it.
"What does this mean? Is this little one going to take a make-up test again? "
Liliana, who had a solemn expression just a moment ago, revealed her true colors in the next second. She bared her fangs and brandished her claws. "How dare you insult the Goddess in front of a priest! You're too rude! "
I: "…"
"The species that you want to attack is the natives of this world," Liliana said angrily. "In other words, they are the Goddess's people. Although they are indeed a dangerous species, as the God who manages the world, the Goddess cannot personally slaughter her people before they violate the Ultimate Doctrine. Giving you these seeds is the only loophole she can exploit, and it has to go through my hands. Also, as the Chief Priestess of the Goddess of Life, I will also serve as the monitor of this war between species with you. But don't worry, I'm just here to help you fight — the Goddess can just say that she doesn't know anything."
I: "…"
Does Jingle already think that it's normal for her to exploit my loophole? Hurry up and send someone from the God Realm to arrest this derelict fellow!
When Liliana saw the "Admiral of the Empire" docked in the Hyperspace Dock, she almost snapped her neck. "Wow … Boss! This thing is spectacular! Is this a wall? "
Indeed, if you stood in front of a giant battleship that was hundreds of kilometers long, it really looked like a wall. You could only see a part of its armor plate as far as your eyes could see. I dare say that although Liliana said it was spectacular, she didn't even know what the shape of this thing was.
After such a long time of accumulation, the number of our troops had actually reached an outrageous level. According to Pandora, we could launch a war against twenty planets with level-3 civilizations in the solar system and easily win. This huge fleet used space technology to overlap each other's space folds. Even so, they were enough to fill the entire Earth-Moon system with Schilling people's weapons of mass destruction. This operation could be said to be the first time our violent gang had launched a war against an alien race. Everyone, including me, was in high spirits. The result was that spring had come for the two little fellows, Pandora and Visca.
In order to not cause panic among the people on Earth, Tawil found a relatively stable asteroid belt outside the solar system and built a temporary teleportation portal. The entire Empire fleet took nearly three days to complete the teleportation. Then, according to Sandora's suggestion, we left twenty experienced Schilling mainframes and three rapidly expanding bases, using the asteroid belt as a cover for our military expansion.
To exterminate a group of insects with such great momentum, Liliana named this operation: The Greatest Criminal Expedition of Arson and Looting in History.
She called herself the Great Demon King No. 2 …
I felt that this girl was simply too excited, just like Shallow Shallow who called herself the Great Demon King No. 1.
"The Empire fleet has assembled. The command link from the First to the Seventh Army has passed the self-inspection. All fleet commanders, please report the situation."
The robotic female voice resounded in every flagship of the huge fleet and the bridge of the "Admiral of the Empire" where we were. A bunch of Empire leaders were excited.
"First Army reporting! Fleet is operating normally! All warships are ready to enter hyperspace at any time! "
"Second Army reporting! Fleet is operating normally … "
"Third Army reporting! Readers are not allowed to make up for the word count! "
I nodded. "All troops, move out!"
Beside me, Shallow Shallow and Liliana, the Great Demon King No. 1 and No. 2 who finally got along well, immediately joined in the fun. "Hooray! Charge! Our slogan is to steal food, steal money, steal territory! "
Following the command link of the Empire fleet, which hadn't been closed in time, the slogan of the two lunatics spread throughout the entire army … How am I supposed to endure the two of you!?
Along with the momentary dizziness of hyperspace, the scene before us had changed drastically.
It was an unfamiliar sky. Floating asteroids were everywhere outside the warships. They weren't the gray asteroids in the periphery of the solar system, but a large number of asteroids with an orange glow. Looking at these things, I couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity.
Probably only Schilling and the others had the guts to directly set the hyperspace coordinates to the asteroids, right?
Looking at the asteroids clattering against the shield of the flagship, I tried my best to convince myself that it was impossible that Tawil had chosen the wrong coordinates. In the end, in the next second, our honest female scientist sent a message from the rear. "I'm very sorry, Your Majesty. I was only reverse-calculating the space coordinates recorded by the Star Sniper Cannon. I thought that the fleet would appear outside the atmosphere of some planet. I didn't expect that insect to actually live in an asteroid belt."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
