Chapter 347: Devourer Expeditionary Force Descends

One hundred billion!

This number caused the United Fleet, which had just been high in morale, to instantly drop to freezing point.

Although their total also numbered one hundred thirty billion, everyone present were experts; they clearly knew that numbers don't represent everything.

Their warships, having undergone countless battles and devouring, evolved into killing machines!

Our fleet, aside from the main force of the Yanhuang Civilization, was mostly hastily assembled from various civilizations, with uneven combat strength.

What frightened them even more was the appearance of a new type of unit in the enemy fleet.

It was a monster the size of an asteroid, its entire body covered in thick bone armor and a ferocious giant mouth—the 【War Beast】.

They floated at the vanguard of the fleet, exuding a savage and brutal aura.

There was also a slightly smaller but more bizarrely shaped mother ship.

Their hulls resembled constantly writhing flesh, their surfaces covered with countless eyes that flickered with eerie light.

As soon as they appeared, an intangible wave of mental pollution and chaos began to spread outward.

That was the one responsible for harvesting the essence of civilizations——

【Reaper Mother Ship】.

Besides that, there were many more strange and monstrous bio-warships that at a glance were not to be trifled with.

The entire Devourer Fleet was like a monster exhibition hall from the depths of a nightmare.

"We're done…… we're dead……"

"How can there be so many……"

"Mom, I want to go home……"

In the United Fleet's communications channel, rose wave after wave of desperate wails from those small civilization fleets.

Faced with such a terrifying enemy, their morale collapsed at the first moment of contact.

Even several warships had already begun to turn their bows, attempting to flee.

"Anyone who retreats even a step will be purged on the spot!"

Qin Hao's icy voice, exercising Chief Commander authority, forcibly suppressed all the chaos.

He stood at the center of the bridge, gazing at the black-purple "Insect Tide" before him, his face showing no expression.

"All units, hold formation!"

"Execute according to the original plan!"

His calm was like a shot of adrenaline, injected into the panicked fleet.

Just then, at the center of the Devourer Fleet, all the living warships actively withdrew to both sides, clearing a passage.

A super mother ship, huge beyond imagination, slowly squeezed out from the endless rear of the fleet.

It was too large.

Its volume even exceeded that of an ordinary star.

It had no fixed form, resembling a gigantic tumor forcibly bonded together from countless twisted flesh, shattered warship wreckage, and pulsing nerve bundles.

At its core,

The giant eyeball emitting an eerie purple light slowly rotated, gazing upon the entire United Fleet with an indifferent look that regarded all things as ants.

Devourer Sub-body!

It, in its true form, has descended!

At the moment of its appearance, a mental pressure millions of times stronger than what Qin Hao had felt in Andromeda before, like a tsunami, swept across the entire battlefield!

That will was filled with chaos, madness, brutality, and ultimate malice toward all life!

"Activate 【Absolute Logic Barrier】!"

Qin Hao issued the order.

Long prepared, a vast array composed of tens of millions of signal towers was activated simultaneously.

An intangible barrier, composed purely of logic and order, instantly enveloped the entire United Fleet.

That terrifying contamination, capable of instantly causing mental collapse in an ordinary fifth-level civilization, upon contacting this barrier, was like encountering its nemesis—it was swiftly identified, analyzed, and annihilated.

Among the one hundred thirty billion warships of the United Fleet, every crew member merely felt their brains sink slightly, then immediately returned to normal, unharmed!

This sight caused even the Devourer Sub-body's gigantic eyeball to show a hint of human-like fluctuation.

It seemed not to have expected that these "food" in its eyes could actually block its mental pollution.

"Interesting bugs."

A cold thought, belonging to no known language yet understandable to all sentient life, directly echoed in Qin Hao's mind.

"You are the one who dares to scrutinize my ants?"

Qin Hao's gaze pierced the endless void and locked eyes with that gigantic purple eyeball.

"Soon, you won't feel that way anymore."

Qin Hao responded with the same thought, coldly.

"Is that so?"

In the Sub-body's thought, there was a hint of mockery.

"Then let me see what surprise this gathered food of yours can bring me."

As its thought fell.

The Devourer Fleet moved.

At the forefront, tens of millions of War Beasts opened their blood‑filled maws large enough to swallow a battleship, emitting a silent roar.

The next second, a sky‑covering deluge of viridian corrosive energy bolts, like a torrential rain, poured down upon the United Fleet!

The first clash officially began!

All fleets, activate the Dimensional Shield! Zhang Xianzhong loudly ordered.

In the United Fleet's formation, the three billion warships of the Yanhuang Civilization simultaneously lit up that nearly invisible shield on their surfaces.

While the warships of other civilizations could only activate their strongest conventional energy shield and spatial shield, gritting their teeth to prepare for the impact.

The dark‑green energy rain instantly engulfed the vanguard of the United Fleet.

The Yanhuang Civilization's fleet remained unharmed. Those highly corrosive energy masses, upon contacting the Dimensional Shield,

were deflected, weakened, and finally dissipated, causing no damage.

But the fleets of other civilizations were not so fortunate.

Their conventional energy shields were as fragile as a sheet of window paper before that dark‑green energy, shattering at the slightest touch.

The energy masses struck the hulls, emitting a sizzling corrosive sound, and the sturdy alloy armor was rapidly melted into huge pits.

For a moment, in the United Fleet's vanguard formation, explosive flames flared up one after another; tens of thousands of warships lost combat capability in the first wave, some even disintegrating outright.

Hold steady! Hold steady!

All warships, fire main guns in counterattack! Zhang Xianzhong's eyes bloodshot, he roared loudly.

The United Fleet's gun muzzles finally lit up with the fire of counterattack.

The immeasurable attack converged into a heaven‑shaking, earth‑destroying torrent, shooting toward the opposing Devourer Fleet.

However, the Devourer's war beasts merely raised their incredibly thick bone armor in front of themselves.

Most of the conventional energy strikes that hit it only produced ripples of energy, causing negligible damage.

Only the Spatial Annihilation Cannon fired by the Yanhuang fleet could effectively tear open their defenses, leaving huge wounds on those war beasts.

But those wounds were writhing and healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Devourer's might exceeded everyone's imagination.

No! If we keep fighting like this, we'll be worn to death!

Zhou Shaoqing watched the continually rising battle damage report, his face grim.

Don't rush.

Qin Hao's voice remained terrifyingly calm.

He gazed at the grim front‑line situation, his eyes showing not a ripple.

All of this was within his plan.