In the vast, mysterious void rift, a weathered, dilapidated spaceship was shaking hard in the dark blue and surging energy turbulence. The outer shell of the spaceship was covered with strange luminous hyphae, which were like the blood vessels of living creatures, beating slightly rhythmically and emitting a faint and strange light. Lin Feng stood quietly on the rusty and old-fashioned deck, with an upright posture but a bit of fatigue. His eyes looked solemnly at the figures in front of him of different shapes and from different worlds. The blood on the reverse scale blade in his hand had not yet dried. Under the reflection of the bright starlight, it was dark red, as if telling the cruel battle that had just been experienced. Looking far away, the huge root system of the new heavenly tree in the distance was still slowly and leisurely wriggling, like a dormant giant python. Those silver threads, as if they had life, tightly wrapped around the broken planet, wantonly demonstrating Kunlun Ruins' absolute control.
"I am Esera, the queen of the Zerg." A huge alien creature with a mysterious purple glow on its shell made a sharp, piercing hissing sound like metal friction. Behind her, there were hundreds of densely packed larvae waving sickle-shaped forelimbs. These larvae kept twisting their bodies and making low humming sounds. "My tribe urgently needs to find a new habitat, and the strategy you are planning may tear apart this damn cage set up by Kunlun Ruins." Esera's compound eyes, like countless flashing purple gems, quickly swept across the people present, her eyes were cold and full of calculations. As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly stretched out her claws with lightning speed and grabbed a larva. The claws easily penetrated the larva's shell. In an instant, thick purple body fluids splashed on the deck, making a "sizzling" sound, and a pungent smell spread. "However, if you want me to fully cooperate, you must offer a complete light sphere world as a sacrifice." Her voice was filled with unquestionable coldness and determination.
"Absolutely not!" The transparent spirit wizard's shadow shook violently in the air, like a candle in the wind, which could go out at any time. When his illusory hand gently touched the light ball, crystal tears burst out of his eyes, and instantly turned into stardust, floating in the vast void. "Those are all innocent and fresh lives. All living beings are suffering, trapped in the quagmire of suffering, how can we become the new ruthless executioner?" His voice was ethereal and distant, with deep compassion spanning countless epochs, as if telling the heaviest suffering in the world. However, these compassionate words were abruptly interrupted by the cold, emotionless mechanical voice of the silicon-based life form.
"Logical error." A mechanical body with liquid metal flowing all over its body stretched out triangular tentacles, and the tips of the tentacles flashed with a faint blue light. With a slight buzzing sound, a clear holographic projection was projected on the ground. "According to precise calculations, if a world is not sacrificed as a source of energy, the compressed black hole in the detonator will never be able to break through the airtight defense matrix of the New Heavenly Dao." In the projection screen, the silver threads of the giant tree roots intertwined with each other, forming a huge and airtight network. In comparison, the Spark Alliance's spacecraft was as small as dust, and seemed so insignificant in this vast cosmic chess game.
Hearing this, Lin Feng could not help but tighten the scale blade in his hand. Due to the violent fluctuations of emotions, the scales rubbed against each other, making a subtle and sharp sound. In an instant, the desperate and helpless faces of the people trapped in the light ball world appeared in his mind, as well as the eyes full of attachment and reluctance of Lin Wanqiu before he disappeared. "I know that this plan is extremely cruel, like rubbing salt on the wound." His voice was low but extremely firm, as if it was a vow from the depths of his soul, "But if we don't even have the courage to try, then we will never break free from the shackles, and will forever be trapped in this cage, a poor bird at the mercy of others." He paused slightly, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, "I am willing to personally choose the world for sacrifice - the mechanical city-state created by Kunlun Ruins, which has completely lost its free will."
As soon as these words came out, the entire conference room instantly fell into a deathly silence. The air seemed to freeze, and it was so oppressive that it made people breathless. The Zerg Queen Aesera suddenly let out a shrill laugh. The laughter was sharp and weird, shaking the surrounding mycelium walls to drop glowing spores. The spores floated in the air, adding a bit of mystery and horror. The spirit wizard was silent for a long time, and the light around him became dimmer and finally turned into a ray of light, quietly disappearing into the void, leaving only a faint sigh. The silicon-based life form began to mechanically calculate the data on its own, and a series of flowing data streams appeared on the metal surface. The blue light of the data stream seemed to be telling the ruthless truth.
When Lin Feng walked out of the cabin with heavy steps, he saw the tribal girl leaning quietly against the broken porthole. The girl's white hair fluttered in the violent void, revealing the fine cracks on her neck due to excessive use of the Water Purification Dragon Ball. Those cracks were like marks of time, recording the price she paid for this battle. At this time, the Water Purification Dragon Ball was in her palm, and the light flickered, as if it also foreshadowed the impermanence of fate.
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"Are you really going to do this?" the girl asked softly, her voice gentle but filled with deep worry. "Lin Wanqiu's remaining soul has moved in the core of the giant tree, but I am worried." Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by a sudden, sharp and piercing alarm.
The Spark Alliance's detection system flashed red light crazily, issuing urgent warnings. Data showed that the giant tree's roots had extremely abnormal fluctuations. Lin Feng's expression suddenly changed, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart. He immediately turned around and rushed to the command room. In the holographic projection of the command room, a huge and thick root was seen slowly wrapping a certain light ball. Where the silver thread pierced the light ball, strangely, a blood-colored pattern exactly the same as Lin Wanqiu's red dress appeared. "It's her!" Lin Feng couldn't help but exclaimed, the dragon horn trembled violently and uncontrollably, and the blood vessels under the scales throbbed as if they were about to break through the restraints of the skin. "Her memory must have been tampered with, and now she regards us as enemies!" His voice was full of shock and heartache.
When the Zerg Queen Esera heard this, a flash of excitement suddenly flashed in her eyes, like a hungry beast seeing its prey. "This is a godsend! While the giant tree is distracted at this moment, immediately activate the detonation device!" She let out a sharp hiss, commanding the larvae behind her. In an instant, the larvae quickly arranged themselves on the deck into a complex and mysterious array. Purple energy, like a rushing river, quickly flowed and gathered between them, exuding a dangerous atmosphere. At the same time, the silicon-based lifeforms also acted quickly, accurately loading the compressed black hole core onto the shuttle. On the surface of the device, the countdown to destruction began to flash, and ancient characters of different civilizations appeared alternately on it. Every flash seemed to ring the bell of doomsday.
Just as the shuttle was about to take off, the figure of the spirit wizard quietly appeared again. In his illusory hands, he held a nebula composed of countless tiny light points. In the nebula, countless souls seemed to be whispering. "Although I cannot agree with sacrificing the world, I cannot sit idly by and watch Kunlun Ruins continue to wreak havoc on the world and commit evil at will." His voice was ethereal and firm, with a hint of relief. After that, he gently injected the nebula into the detonator, "This is the last power I have gathered in my life. I hope it can be like a beacon, illuminating your way forward."
Under the gaze of the crowd, the shuttle slowly lifted off and flew towards the target root system. Just as it was about to approach, a blood-red light shot out from the core of the giant tree like lightning. Lin Feng's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked closely, only to see Lin Wanqiu's figure looming in the dazzling light. Her dragon horns were wrapped with silver silk threads, looking strange and twisted. In her hand, she tightly grasped a long sword made of bright starlight, and the sword exuded a cold murderous intent. "Kunlun Ruins's running dog, give me your life!" Her voice was no longer as gentle as before, but full of coldness and determination after being manipulated, as if it came from the death curse of the Nine Nether Hell.
Under the impact of the sharp blood-red sword light, the shuttle shook violently, like a small boat in the storm, which could be overturned at any time. The countdown of the detonator also began to be disordered, and the numbers jumped wildly, as if foreshadowing that the plan was about to fail. Lin Feng looked at the now unfamiliar face of the beloved in his memory, and his heart was like being pierced by thousands of steel needles, and the pain was like twisting. He knew that if he hesitated at this moment, not only would the entire carefully planned plan go to waste, but those rebels who followed him with full trust would also fall into an abyss of no return. "I'm sorry." He whispered in a low voice, and his voice was almost drowned by the turbulent flow of the void. At the moment when the reverse scale blade and the starlight sword collided, the dragon power in Lin Feng's body, like a volcano awakened after a long sleep, suddenly erupted, and the powerful energy impact caused the surrounding void to distort.
At the same time, the Zerg Queen Aesera waved her claws and commanded the larvae to launch a suicidal attack without fear of death. The purple energy torrent, like a raging tsunami, hit the giant tree's defense wave after wave, causing ripples on the surface of the giant tree. The silicon-based life form, relying on its precise computing ability, accurately captured the gaps between Lin Wanqiu's attacks and tried to restart the countdown in a race against time. The mechanical body flashed a cold luster under the light. The nebula offered by the spirit wizard slowly dispersed in the void and turned into a solid barrier, struggling to win the last precious time for the shuttle. The light spots in the nebula, like a little hope, flickered tenaciously in the darkness. In the broken spaceship, the tribal girl bit her lower lip and inserted the water purification dragon ball into the core system with all her strength. In an instant, the dragon ball burst into a dazzling blue light, which clashed fiercely with the blood-red light. The two powerful energies collided with each other, erupting with a deafening roar. The entire void rift trembled violently under the impact of this force, as if it would collapse at any time.
Finally, with everyone's unremitting efforts, the compressed black hole touched the target root system. At this critical moment, Lin Feng clearly saw a flash of confusion in Lin Wanqiu's eyes. At that moment, it seemed as if she was struggling to wake up in the depths of her soul. However, the light of the explosion, like a supernova, instantly engulfed everything. The silver thread twisted and vaporized in the high temperature, emitting a painful whine; the huge body of the giant tree trembled violently, emitting a deafening roar; the fragments of the light ball world bloomed like gorgeous fireworks, and fell like desperate stars.
