Chapter 1470: The Battle Beside Star
Chapter 1470: The Battle Beside Star
Leah, Female transformed into a red beam of light and flew toward Star, her mind racing.
From the shield just now, she could tell that Automaton was about as strong as she was. The upcoming battle would most likely end in a tie.
But what would happen after a tie?
Would the planet be divided into north and south?
Both sides had the power to destroy the planet, and dividing it along the equator would create a new, terrifying balance.
"No, that’s not right", Leah, Female shook her head inwardly.
Things wouldn’t be that simple.
First, Automaton wouldn’t be happy with that outcome. If it were, Automaton would have killed her ten days ago at the South Pole.
Why didn’t Automaton kill her then? Why keep her alive until now?
Leah, Female’s brows furrowed, unable to figure it out.
She sensed a massive conspiracy enveloping her, layer upon layer of dark webs covering every corner she wanted to escape.
It seemed she would find it very difficult to escape Automaton’s plot.
"Ah!" She sighed in frustration.
"If all else fails, I’ll have to use the last resort", Leah, Female looked up at the stars beyond the star system.
She thought to herself, "With my current strength, I can escape the star system. The nearest star is 5.6 light-years away. I can take my sister and a portion of our people and spend a few hundred years escaping to it."
Escaping the homeworld was the last and most reluctant option she could think of.
But would everything be peaceful after escaping? Would Automaton pursue them in the future? And could they really thrive and multiply there? She didn’t know.
...
Leah, Female’s thoughts wandered as several hours passed. Finally, she and Automaton arrived beside Star.
Star radiated intense heat, especially when they were this close.
Leah, Female turned to face Star, her back to the Planetary AI.
The red tip of her sword extended, pointing at her opponent. "Come on, let’s see how good you really are."
"Better than you", Automaton replied in a buzzing voice.
At the same time, Automaton’s body began to expand.
Its originally compressed form, reduced to one-tenth its size, slowly stretched out, gradually returning to its original shape.
The metal body, several hundred meters long, unfolded like an impregnable steel fortress. Dozens of steel tentacles moved with flexibility, the tips glowing with a dangerous blue light, ready to fire high-intensity ion beams.
Leah, Female sized up her enemy, her face showing no fear as she gradually pushed aside her distracting thoughts.
No matter what Automaton’s plot was, she would fight first!
This battle was not only for the carbon-based beings who died in the Monumental Secret Realm but also for the millions of years of oppression and bloodshed that carbon-based life forms had endured under Automaton.
Leah, Female’s gaze was firm and resolute, a layer of red, blood-dripping psychic armor surrounding her.
She decided to strike first! No, to strike first with her weapon.
Leah, Female’s figure flashed, vanishing from her spot. The next second, she appeared above the Planetary AI’s massive body, her red longsword blazing with a flame that seemed to consume everything, cleaving toward its head.
The Planetary AI immediately retaliated, swinging several of its nearest tentacles at Leah, Female. High-energy ion beams shot from the tentacle tips, attacking her from all directions.
Leah, Female wasn’t afraid of these ion beams or the physical attacks from the mechanical tentacles.
She withstood the damage, slamming her sword into the Planetary AI’s forehead.
The Planetary AI had no choice but to release an Ionic Shield to defend.
Boom—
A thunderous explosion echoed throughout the star system, the shockwave emanating from beside Star.
A star-sized, brilliant light burst where Leah, Female and the Planetary AI were fighting!
Even the residents of Gryla-13 could clearly see this light—a point hundreds of times brighter than Star, right beside it, so bright it almost blinded everyone, even making Star itself seem dim in comparison.
In the sky above Crystal Grid City, Magrathon, Male, the carbon-based beings, and the Automatons fell silent for a moment.
All creatures looked up at the small point of light.
This was the battle of the most supreme beings! Watching that bright spot, their gazes gradually changed.
Even from a distance of tens of millions of kilometers, they felt their hearts swell with excitement.
(End of Chapter)
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