Chapter 171.2 The Zerg Emperor appears
Planet X-18, being the planet closest to the passive space, was currently arranging the evacuation of its residents, while reinforcements from various places rushed towards it, and as spaceships flew away from the planet one after the other, the black hole continued to expand at an increasingly fast pace. If there was anything to be thankful for so far, it was that no zergs had flown out of the black hole yet.
And no zergs flying out of it meant that the wormhole hadn’t opened fully yet, which meant that they had more time.
“Report your arrival times.” Yu Xiu Yuan, seated in a warship en route to Planet X-18, contacted the mech warriors who were heading from various locations to provide support through a special channel.
“I’ll arrive in two hours.” The first person to respond was Feng Ming, as Planet X-18 was closest to his base.
“It will take me ten hours from here.” This time, the one who was traveling to provide support on behalf of the Sima Legion was Sima Ming Xuan. Sima Ming Xuan had made a lot of achievements with his powerful mental energy and superior combat skills during the previous mutated zerg raid and was now a level nine mech warrior.
“It will take us eight hours.” On the War God Legion’s side, it was Sheng Zhuo who spoke.
“Alright, it will take me three hours to arrive. After you arrive, don’t act rashly and don’t enter Planet X-18. Feng Ming, if you meet zergs when you arrive, you can go up to test the waters first, but don’t be reckless.” Yu Xiu Yuan instructed.
“Roger that.” Feng Ming made an OK sign.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed, and Feng Ming’s warship entered Planet X-18, and at this point, without needing the light brain’s imaging, he was able to see the black hole with his naked eyes. Moreover ever since he entered this star field, he felt an intangible pressure, and the source, was coming directly from the direction of the black hole. What’s more the pressure was getting closer and closer.
Wasn’t the speed of its approach a little bit too fast?
Feng Ming frowned, then turned to order the pilot of the warship, “Stop advancing.”
“Yes.” The pilot stopped the moment he heard the order.
However even as the warship stopped, the pressure that was approaching didn’t stop. It even became more and more fast.
Sure enough, he hadn’t felt wrong. He immediately switched to a special channel to tell Yu Xiu Yuan his guess: “Marshal Yu, I’m afraid the wormhole has already connected.”
“What?!” It wasn’t just Yu Xiu Yuan, everyone on the channel at this moment was shocked.
“I’m afraid the reason why there aren’t any scattered zergs around the wormhole, is because….. it’s the Zerg Emperor that’s leading, and if this mental energy belongs to the Zerg Emperor…”
“You mean….”
“Marshal, something’s coming out.” Someone in the command room shouted loudly.
Yu Xiu Yuan turned his head to look, only to see a gold color coming out gradually from the black hole that had been pitch black just moments ago.
Gold….. it was really the Zerg Emperor!
The Zerg Emperor, unlike ordinary zergs, had a gold colored body, a secret that only the top echelons of the Federation knew, however at this moment, there was no need to keep it a secret any longer.
“The Zerg Emperor!” Yu Xiu Yuan couldn’t help but shout.
And Feng Ming, as the person closest to the Zerg Emperor amongst all of them, was already grey at this moment. What’s more he could feel clearly that the Zerg Emperor had already discovered him. He stared intently at the center of the black hole. A golden claw reached out first, then two huge tentacles, then half a head, then finally, eyes, an incomparably massive golden pair that glanced in his direction the moment they left the black hole.
And with just that one glance, Feng Ming suddenly felt a chill throughout his body as he froze uncontrollably, and by the time he managed to break free from the chill and regain his senses, he was the only living person left in the cockpit. The others had all collapsed silently at some point and were all now without even the least bit of mental energy fluctuation.
“Pull back, stay away from the Zerg Emperor!” Feng Ming reported to the ones outside through his light brain while he pushed open the door of the cockpit to run outside. Then he searched every corner of the warship, but was unable to find a single survivor, “Inform the garrison at X-18 not to resist. They are to evacuate, all of them should evacuate immediately.”
Just a wave of mental attack and it had shattered, with the exception of him, the seas of consciousness of everyone on the warship. What sort of terrifying mental energy was this? It had to be known, that apart from him who had S level mental energy, the mental energy levels of several mech warriors on the warship was at the A+ level, however their seas of consciousness had also been shattered together with everyone else’s.
Feng Ming had been in communication with Yu Xiu Yuan when he was attacked, hence Yu Xiu Yuan had also seen what had happened on the warship. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind.
How could they continue to fight?
“Stop advancing.” Yu Xiu Yuan ordered the warship to halt. If they went any further into the Zerg Emperor’s attack range, he was afraid it would be left with only two people alive on this warship of his.
“Marshal Yu, what do we do now?” General Xiao asked.
They had all expected that this battle would be difficult, and that they would be many great sacrifices, however they had never expected that the Zerg Emperor would be this powerful. The Federation’s top most forces were all flying towards the Zerg Emperor’s location, however even after they had gotten close, none of them dared to get any closer.
Yu Xiu Yuan couldn’t answer General Xiao. The only thing he could do was urge the people of Planet X-18 to evacuate quickly through a special channel urgently. However at this moment, the Zerg Emperor had already come out halfway from the black hole, while less than one-tenth of the residents of Planet X-18 had evacuated.
Hence all they could do was watch on helplessly as the Zerg Emperor drilled out from the black hole bit by bit, and even though its movements were very slow, with some of the movements even being a little difficult sometimes, the Zerg Emperor didn’t even tremble in the least, with each of its movement causing the black hole to expand, striking deep terror in everyone’s hearts.
Then finally, the Zerg Emperor’s crimson-gold wings broke free from the black hole, then with a vibration of its wings, its massive body leaped out of the black hole in one fell swoop. And the moment it did so, countless zergs swarmed out from behind it, numbering in the tens of thousands within just moments.
Then the Zerg Emperor’s huge head turned in the air, finally looking in the direction of Planet X-18, then without seeing what it did, the zergs that flew out from the black hole rushed towards Planet X-18.
And detecting the invasion, the garrison on Planet X-18 began to resist immediately, however their efforts were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot in front of the Zerg Emperor and its army. Unlike how they hadn’t been prepared before when the mutated zergs suddenly appeared, Planet X-18 had been preparing for this battle with all their might since the discovery of the black hole, however despite this, the fall of Planet X-18 only took half an hour.
Half an hour. The time it took the Zerg Emperor to fly into the atmosphere from the outer domain was just a split second, and in just that short flash, the Lieutenant General of the garrison who had been in communication with Yu Xiu Yuan fell to the ground with blood flowing out from all seven of his orifices, then came a pitch black claw, and then the sound of the entire planet wailing.
Yu Xiu Yuan slammed his fist hard against the wall, causing a huge dent to appear in the hard alloy.
“Fuck, open the hatch.” General Xiao turned to leave.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to fight it.” General Xiao said angrily.
“What’s the use of you going there? Didn’t you see that even Feng Ming couldn’t get close to it? Are you going to fight it to your death or are you simply going to give it your head?” General Yun, who was also a level 10 mech warrior, pulled his friend back.
“Even if it means death, it’s better than watching these things from here.” General Xiao said.
“What are you saying?” Yu Xiu Yuan said in a deep voice, “The Federation has a total of 136 planets. If you die here, what will happen to the rest of its planets?”
“Then you tell me what we should do?” General Xiao said in a short-tempered manner.
“Cut the communications.” Yu Xiu Yuan disconnected from Planet X-18, then forced himself to calm down, “Notify everyone to gather at Planet X-19.”
Eight hours later.
In Planet X-19’s base, reinforcements from various legions gathered to discuss how to deal with the Zerg Emperor.
“Feng Ming, you’re the only one who has had direct contact with the Zerg Emperor. Assess its strength.” Yu Xiu Yuan looked at Feng Ming.
Feng Ming, his expression grey: “I can’t assess it. I was stunned under the Zerg Emperor’s mental attack for a full ten seconds, and if this was during a sparring match, those ten seconds would have been enough for me to die countless times.”
Sure enough, the Zerg Emperor was far stronger than it had been before if even a Level 10 mech warrior couldn’t stay completely awake in its presence. The crowd was horrified, and the atmosphere of the meeting became even more heavy.
“We have to figure out the Zerg Emperor’s exact strength, otherwise we won’t be able to formulate tactics.” Yu Xiu Yuan told them.
“I’ll go.” Just then, Sheng Heng took the initiative to step forward.
“Sheng Heng!” Sheng Zhuo looked at him worriedly.
Sheng Heng smiled as he said, “Marshal Yu is right, we need to figure out the Zerg Emperor’s strength. I have the highest mental energy level and stability among us, and the mimetic mech I pilot also has bonus mental energy, so I’m the safest choice. At the very least, it will be possible to stay fully awake in front of the Zerg Emperor.”
Although Sheng Zhuo didn’t want Sheng Heng to take the risk, he also knew that he had a point. What’s more he would also go if he were in his position, so he didn’t say anything else.
“Alright, but even if you go, you can’t go unprepared.” Yu Xiu Yuan looked at the crowd, “Does anyone have any good suggestion?”
“I’ll go for support.” Sheng Zhuo said without hesitation.
“If Sheng Heng can’t escape from the Zerg Emperor, what use would your support be?” Yu Xiu Yuan vetoed his suggestion.
“We can use the Tianhe One warship.” Old Pang, who had come to support, suddenly spoke up, “If the Zerg Emperor follows, we can fire at it. At least, it would hinder its pursuit, and if it hits it, that’s even better, because we might be able to gauge what level of damage could pose a threat to the Zerg Emperor.”
“I suggest that you all carry phantom spirit stones with you. They possess the ability to devour mental energy, so carrying them with you, they can help take away some of the Zerg Emperor’s attacks and keep you awake.” Old Zhong also suggested.
“Alright, let’s do that.” Yu Xiu Yuan decided.
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