Chapter 551: Thoroughly Devouring the Xel'naga

Red, leaping electric sparks continuously transmitted from the places where Ye Nan's hands made contact with the Xel'naga. Psionic energy and consciousness fell one after another into Ye Nan's body, becoming his nourishment.

"The ability to absorb and deprive, originating from parasites, is precisely the nemesis of the fragile you. Accept your fate." As the thoughts were injected, Ye Nan felt his brain becoming increasingly muddled, while at the same time, his expression grew increasingly ferocious.

"A truly surprising power." After the Xel'naga passed through their initial panic, they calmed down. "However, your power has a major weakness."

"You are referring to your consciousness." Ye Nan forced himself to stay calm. Those countless thoughts were suppressed deep within his heart, preventing them from influencing him. However, as more and more thoughts were injected into his mind, he felt increasingly powerless.

"Since you realized it and still did this, you are truly foolish." The Xel'naga did not put up any resistance; they even accelerated the flow of their power and consciousness into Ye Nan's body.

"Our original intention was to seize your shell. Now that you have given us the opportunity, we will naturally seize it well."

"As a collective consciousness, we will absolutely not lose to anyone in terms of thought. So, are you ready?"

A cruel smile appeared on the Xel'naga's face. Not only did they not stop Ye Nan from devouring them, but they even injected themselves into Ye Nan's body—both power and consciousness—to reshape Ye Nan's body and seize his shell.

On the azure sea surface, a massive phantom appeared. From its appearance, it was a gigantic flying saucer, spanning across the sea and emitting a blue radiance.

"Is this your mental world? But it will soon be our mental world. We Xel'naga will complete our final missing piece and become the most perfect lifeform in this universe."

The Xel'naga's voice emanated from within the flying saucer. The excitement faintly carried within the voice indicated just how happy the Xel'naga were.

The reason the Xel'naga sowed life throughout the universe was to find a perfect lifeform. It could be said that the entire galaxy's life-bearing planets were the Xel'naga's testing grounds, and the life within them were experimental specimens. Their relationship with life was more akin to that of a biologist and test subjects, rather than father and son.

In reality, no biologist would view their test subjects as their own sons. Similarly, no test subject would view the biologist who performed various experiments on them as their father, provided they possessed consciousness.

Thus, when the Protoss saw the Xel'naga's weakness, they counterattacked the Xel'naga; when the Zerg found the Xel'naga's weakness, they launched an attack as well. Consequently, this highest civilization of the galaxy vanished into the long river of time, leaving behind a flourishing galaxy.

"Since I let you in, I certainly have the confidence to suppress you." Ye Nan walked on the sea surface, looking up at the massive UFO overhead, and sneered. "You think that because you are a collective consciousness, you can replace me. How could I ever let you have your way?"

"If I didn't have confidence, how would I dare to absorb your consciousness?"

"The current you is nothing more than something in my pocket. If you want to counterattack, you have to see if you have the ability."

"Flame Hell."

The ocean transformed into a flame hell. Everywhere was fire, all kinds of fire, filling the entire space. As long as Ye Nan willed it, he could give birth to any characteristic of flame, because this was his mental world; he was the sole Creator God.

"You underestimate collective consciousness lifeforms too much, and you underestimate us Xel'naga too much." The massive UFO plummeted from the sky, crushing everything. Regardless of the type of flame, it crushed them all with absolute power, not bothering to pay attention to the changes at all.

The Xel'naga understood their own weaknesses and strengths very well. They understood that in the mental world, all things changed according to Ye Nan's heart. Trying to find Ye Nan's weakness from within it was basically impossible, but their strength lay in their absolutely massive consciousness.

Through the crushing force of this consciousness, they would collapse his mental world. No matter how he changed, no matter how unfathomable he was, they only needed to crush, crush, and crush again.

"As a collective consciousness, you are actually not as powerful as imagined." Ye Nan opened his arms to welcome the crushing force of the flying saucer, and even as the saucer pressed down on his body, he did not show the slightest bit of pain.

The flying saucer passed through. It was not Ye Nan who was crushed, but the flying saucer that shattered. The parts that collided with Ye Nan's body turned entirely into fragments, disappearing into the mental world.

"What is going on?" The Xel'naga were finally panicked. This panic was even more intense than when they were being absorbed just now. If they still had a trump card when they were being absorbed, then now, they were truly helpless.

"I said, you are far from as powerful as you look." Ye Nan opened his eyes, filled with sympathy. "A piece of tofu the size of a building, falling onto a person's body, will not crush the person to death."

"You are like that tofu. Although massive, you have no quality. You, gathered from countless consciousnesses, represent fragility in yourself."

"So when your will clashed with my will, your will collapsed in an instant."

"Admit defeat. Actually, I let you in on purpose, just to thoroughly absorb you."

The parasite's ability is deprivation and absorption. It can absorb others' energy in an instant. This ability cannot be controlled freely, but for a person's consciousness, the parasite can choose selectively what to absorb.

In reality, Ye Nan could also choose to absorb the Xel'naga's energy and exclude their consciousness. In this way, he would not be in such danger. However, what he wanted was not just the Xel'naga's energy, but also the Xel'naga's technology—the level of technology that the Prometheus race called peak technology.

"Don't think I will surrender without a fight. Even if I die, I will drag you down to the grave with me." The Xel'naga roared. Psionic energy, massive to the point of being unbelievable, erupted from their body, whipping up hurricanes within the mental world. The entire mental world seemed to have entered the apocalypse.

Ye Nan even felt his mental world constantly shaking, on the verge of destruction.

"Psionic energy is indeed a powerful force." Ye Nan sighed faintly. "It's a pity your weakness is too obvious."

Crack!

The flying saucer that the Xel'naga had transformed into suddenly emitted a cracking sound, and a piece of metal split off from it.

"What is going on?" The Xel'naga asked in fear. The splitting of this fragment represented the splitting of their consciousness. There was nothing more terrifying to them than this.

As a collective consciousness lifeform, what they feared most was the collapse and splitting of the collective consciousness.

"As a collective consciousness, you are truly terrifyingly fragile. Every consciousness has its own demands; they cannot be perfectly synchronized. And this gave me the opportunity to tempt them. Do you understand now?"

What Ye Nan was best at was inciting various emotions to achieve his goals, and now he was doing the same.

As the Xel'naga, gathered from countless consciousnesses, they were essentially countless consciousnesses. Ye Nan only needed to seduce a portion of those consciousnesses and incite their desires, and they would naturally break away from the Xel'naga.

"I have already disintegrated you from the inside. Now, please go die."

Ye Nan waved his hand gently, and the Xel'naga separated entirely. They had come together for the same goal, and now that differences had arisen, they naturally split. Those split-off consciousnesses were absorbed by Ye Nan's mental world, turning into nourishment for the mental world, while their knowledge was thoroughly absorbed by Ye Nan.

Ye Nan closed his eyes, letting this massive amount of information impact him, his body standing still.

After a long while, he opened his eyes, exited the mental world, and returned to the real world.

"The so-called Xel'naga are not lifeforms native to the galaxy. Like the cosmic demons, they came from other galaxies. It was just that when they arrived, the galaxy had not yet developed a civilization, so it gave them quite a lot of time to develop and grow."

"From their knowledge, it can be learned that the barrier wrapping around the galaxy is something called a Crystal Wall System. This Crystal Wall System is a product of the Big Bang; it is matter from before the Big Bang, evolved from the matter left over after the explosion."

"The Xel'naga's knowledge is truly powerful. It involves technology, biological creation, time, and space. It is truly incredible."

"The risk taken this time is completely worth it. As long as these pieces of knowledge are applied to the Space-Time Empire, the Space-Time Empire will leap to become a high-level civilization."

"Surpassing all high-level civilizations. Even compared to the Zerg, it will not be a bit inferior. I can even create the Zerg."

"However, it's a pity that the Zerg they created, compared to the Zerg Overlord Harris's Zerg, have absolutely no comparability."

Ye Nan looked at the body left behind by Kadel and smiled indifferently. He reached out his hand, grabbed a string in the void, and plucked it gently. The next moment, Kadel's body aged rapidly, and an inexplicable odor followed. This was the odor produced after the Prometheus race's body decayed, which was not the same as the odor of a human corpse after putrefaction.

"Past, present, future. It's a pity that the Xel'naga only mastered the past; they only touched a tiny bit of power regarding the present and future."

Ye Nan looked at the surrounding environment, his figure flickered, and he disappeared into space. (To be continued.) ===== CHAPTER 552 =====