Chapter 756: Thunder Prison Sea
Chapter 756: Thunder Prison Sea
Fortunately, the captain of the Ultimate Galactic Ship didn’t linger for too long. Soon, Ying Kuang’s voice echoed once again in the mountain base.
"The Shattered Star Sea is boundless, and even a trillion light-years is but a drop in the ocean. Although the front line where our Ember Flame Civilization is stationed is just one segment of the war against the Star Sea insectoids, it still spans over 150 billion light-years."
"Our position at the Mirror Civilization Great Wall is at the far western end of this front line, nearly a billion light-years away from the most intense central region. The Raksha Civilization, which guards that area, is the true main force resisting the insectoids on the entire front line. The gaze of the Ninth Primordial Empress is always focused there!"
Hearing this explanation, most people felt a sudden sense of relief.
A distance of nearly a billion light-years meant that even with the power of a Mythic Empress, it would not be easy for her to reach them quickly.
As long as they moved fast enough, and didn’t delay for too long, they could retreat to the rear of the front line before the Mythic Empress arrived.
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‘Could it be that all four Primordial Imperial Worms are truly kept by the Ninth Primordial Empress?’
In the crowd, Song Chi still harbored a sliver of doubt. Before he could voice it, the Captain who had raised the first question beat him to it.
"Of the four Primordial Imperial Worms, only two remain with the Ninth Primordial Empress at the central front line. The other two are responsible for deterring the eastern and western flanks."
"However, you don’t need to worry. The Primordial Imperial Worm stationed at the western front line is nearly 200 billion light-years away from our mission site. Moreover, the Celestial Dragon of our Ember Human Civilization, the Ancestor Zombie of the Zombie Emperor Clan, and the Invincible War Ghost of the War Ghost Clan, along with several other Ninth-Rank Sovereigns, are all confronting it. Although they can’t suppress it, they can certainly limit its movements to some extent!"
"Additionally..."
Ying Kuang’s tone shifted.
"To ensure absolute safety, I have specially borrowed this component from my clan!"
He then projected a light beam from his terminal, displaying a holographic screen in the mountain base.
The screen showed a special component’s attribute screenshot.
Group Teleportation Device Level 100
Quality: Chromatic/Lower
Trait 1: Squad Binding Voucher
Trait 2: Teleportation Distance Increased by Three Times
Trait 3: Spatial Resistance +34000
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Trait 7: Squad Indiscriminate Teleportation
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Squad Binding Voucher: Consumes 1,000,000 Spiritual Energy points to invite designated Flame-Ember Starships and starships to join the teleportation squad. The maximum number of starships in the squad is 60. Current number of starships in the squad: 3/60.
Squad Indiscriminate Teleportation: Consumes 10,000,000 Spiritual Energy points to bypass all spatial barriers, antimagic zones, and spatial restraints below the component’s enhancement level. The entire teleportation squad can immediately perform a random or targeted long-distance void teleportation. Current maximum teleportation distance: 6 billion light-years. Cooldown: 500 years.
Ying Kuang didn’t display all the attributes of the Group Teleportation Device, only the traits directly relevant to this mission.
Even so, it put everyone at ease.
Once they confirmed that the backup teleportation coordinates were set, three Galactic Ships and fifty-two Annihilator Ships completed the binding with the component.
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"Alright, since everything is prepared, let’s not delay. We’ll set out today!"
At Ying Kuang’s command, dozens of massive warships emerged from the mountain base in a line, their red, blue, and white exhaust trails forming long arcs as they soared into the sky.
However, this scene was visible only to the fleet members, as the fifty-five warships had been enhanced by a black-level group stealth component, making them undetectable to outside entities.
The term "Star Sea insectoids" is a broad one. Within the insectoid race, there are numerous classifications, such as Tiger Crab Worms, Explosion Worms, Splash Worms, and Flying Wing Worms. Among them are those highly skilled in stealth and concealing their presence, often used by insect queens and mothers as detection worms.
In this logistical base continent at the rear of the front line, there was no doubt that numerous detection worms were hidden. Song Chi and the others were acting this way to prevent the insectoids from becoming wary.
In the northwest region of the Tianchong Spur Galactic Cluster, the fifty-five Flame-Ember Starships, traveling at full speed, reached this star domain in less than a month.
At the edge of the starry expanse, the Mirror Civilization Great Wall abruptly ends, marking the westernmost point of the front line against the Star Sea insect races.
Adjacent to the western side of the Mirror Civilization Great Wall lies a massive nebula, constantly flickering with thunder.
The diameter of this nebula is astonishing, stretching over billions of light-years, and it is widely recognized as a forbidden zone in the Star Sea.
This thunderous nebula is known to nearby civilizations as the Thunder Prison Sea. It continuously generates massive amounts of raging thunder, making the space within extremely unstable. Conventional jump artifacts and technologies struggle to function here.
Moreover, the world-destroying thunder within the Thunder Prison Sea is a terrifying natural disaster. It has not only wiped out countless living creatures but is rumored to have even annihilated a Primordial Imperial Worm under the command of a Primordial Empress of the insect races.
Since then, the Thunder Prison Sea has become even more fearsome, and over time, nearby Star Sea civilizations have designated it as an absolute forbidden zone.
However, it is not entirely without its advantages. At least, the various races' alliance has used its presence as a natural barrier, significantly reducing the pressure on other sections of the civilization front lines.
"We need to pass through the Thunder Prison Sea and quietly flank the Star Sea insect races from behind."
"But..."
A Captain in the group was about to object when Ying Kuang's stern voice cut in again.
"Everyone, pay attention. Release the ship's defenses. This is a group thunderstorm immunity aura that will allow our team to safely traverse the edge of the Thunder Prison Sea!"
Hearing this, the Captain, who had been worried about this, remained silent, waiting quietly for the special aura from the Ultimate Galactic Ship to envelop them.
"Alert: The ship is affected by a special aura. Estimated aura ability: Thunder Resistance +10000, reducing all thunder damage by 40%. Do you want to purify this aura ability?"
In the control room of the Mirror Starship, the replicated Heavenly Sky AI's prompt sounded, and the black component of the Buddha Demon Purifying World Relic on the ship also activated.
With just a thought, Song Chi could immediately purify the immunity aura on the Mirror Starship. However, he quickly rejected this option.
Over the next few moments, fifty-five Flame-Ember Starships successively plunged into the terrifying thunderstorm nebula.
As soon as they entered the Thunder Prison Sea, Song Chi instantly understood why it served as a natural barrier for the various civilizations against the Star Sea insect race attacks.
Even though they were only traversing the edge of the Thunder Prison Sea and were protected by a high-quality thunder immunity aura, the erosive force on the ship's hull was still extremely strong.
Song Chi noticed that the energy shields of most Annihilator Ships in the group underwent a dramatic change the moment they entered the Thunder Prison Sea.
The light emitted by these energy shields dimmed by more than forty percent almost immediately, with some dimming by over seventy percent.
The energy fields within the Thunder Prison Sea were extremely chaotic, compounded by the presence of raging thunder. This double erosion significantly affected the energy shields' magnetic and force fields.
If his guess was correct, the Annihilator Ships that dimmed by more than forty percent were likely equipped with golden energy shields, while those that dimmed by seventy percent had silver energy shields.
Of course, there were also those that only dimmed by twenty percent, which were either golden shields enhanced to level 80 or black energy shields at level 70.
As for the Mirror Starship itself, it was equipped with a level 90 multicolored Mythic Pulse Energy Shield, and with the thunder immunity aura, the impact was minimal. However, Song Chi still used the Mirage Dragon Transformation Pearl to reduce the light emitted by the energy shield by twenty percent to blend in.
Additionally, upon entering the Thunder Prison Sea, communications between the ships were cut off due to the intense interference from the magnetic fields.
Even more concerning, the raging thunder was not a one-time event. As time passed, it continued to erode the energy shields of the ships. Visibly, the energy shields of the ships kept dimming.
While short-term effects were manageable, if this continued for too long, the energy shields would eventually overload, and the Annihilator Ships would struggle to hold out.
Before anyone could become more worried, the three Galactic Ships that were less affected by the environment took action.
The second Ying Clan Galactic Ship suddenly emitted a blinding black light. Centered around the ship, this black light rapidly formed a special domain.
This domain covered a vast area, enveloping the fifty-plus Annihilator Ships and isolating them from the chaotic magnetic fields and thunder, significantly reducing the pressure on the Annihilator Ships.
After this incident, the fleet's journey proceeded without further mishaps.
Several hours later, the fleet emerged from the Thunder Prison Sea, returning to the outer starfield. However, this area was no longer within the territory of the alliance of civilizations but belonged to the Star Sea insect domain.
The group stealth components continued to function properly, protecting the fifty-five Flame-Ember Starships as they traveled through the desolate starfield.
"Everyone, activate all stealth capabilities on your ships. We’re about to initiate a jump!"
In the reconnected magnetic wave communication group chat, Ying Kuang’s deep voice echoed, reminding everyone.
Although they had a high-quality stealth component, they were in the rear of the Star Sea insect domain, and every additional layer of stealth provided an extra layer of security.
Upon hearing this, the fifty-plus Flame-Ember Starships that could still detect each other moments ago suddenly vanished, more than a dozen of them disappearing instantly. After a few dozen seconds, the remaining warships also developed a faint, indistinct aura as the Captains activated their unique stealth abilities.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
In the depths of space, dozens of intense spatial fluctuations emerged one after another, causing the shallow dark space to violently oscillate. However, the outer starfield remained calm and serene.
In the endless insect domain, the Ninth Star Realm, Taylo River System.
Deep within the core of a massive floating continent of desert, a vast expanse of yellow sand.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Countless dark shadows darted through the enlarged Core Space, with tens of thousands of them entering and exiting at any given moment.
With each entry and exit, the pure energy resources brought back by the insects were left in this Core Space.
At the center of the Core Space, the Essence Core of the floating continent hung silently. Beneath it, a bloated, worm-like body clung tightly, with long, slender tentacles extending from its head, reaching deep into the Essence Core of the floating continent.
Thump, thump, thump!
At regular intervals, the worm-like body would pulsate violently, and with each pulse, the Essence Core above would dim slightly.
The Essence Core, acting as the heart of the floating continent, dimmed with each pulse, causing the desert that already covered nearly eighty percent of the floating continent’s surface to expand further.
Thus, this floating continent, already on the brink of collapse, accelerated its decline.
At one moment, the bloated figure in the Core Space of the floating continent suddenly opened its eyes. Contrary to its grotesque body, a beautiful face appeared, revealing a hint of surprise.
With a flick of its divine will, a massive Imperial Worm outside the floating continent received its command.
"Moran, an abnormal spatial fluctuation has been detected at coordinates xxxx, xxxx, xxxx. Go and investigate!"
"Yes, my Empress!"
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Meanwhile, in the pitch-black starfield several light-years away, the fifty-five Flame-Ember Starships reappeared.
In the fleet’s group chat, the Captains were still discussing, completely unaware of any anomaly.
However, Song Chi was different. The Mirror Starship he commanded was equipped with a high-level replica of the Eye of Veritas, and the radar immediately displayed the approaching giant silhouette in the distance.
At this point, he no longer intended to hide. Completing the mission sooner meant a quicker escape and, naturally, an added layer of safety.
Aboard the Ultimate Galactic Ship, Ying Kuang’s face showed a hint of surprise as he read a message just received by his ship.
His eyes instinctively turned to the Skygale of Tianxu Mirror Starship that had sent the message, but he quickly looked away.
As an experienced Galactic Ship Captain, he understood the gravity of the situation. Whether the message from Song Chi was credible or not was a simple matter.
Better safe than sorry.
It was always wise to be prepared, and if nothing happened, it wouldn’t affect anything.
With this thought, his voice immediately rang out in the communication group chat.
"Attention everyone, an eighth-tier Imperial Worm is heading towards our position. It seems the ancient Empress has detected the fluctuations from our jump. Everyone, follow the secondary contingency plan!"
(End of Chapter)
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