Chapter 359

The intelligent system alarm on the starship sounded.

But Qin Hao's gaze showed no change at all.

He opened the comm channel.

"Transport team, are you in position?"

"Reporting to Chief Commander, we have reached the designated coordinates!"

A voice came through.

"The Dimensional Fortress Cannon is in place, charging complete, ready to fire at any moment!"

"Good."

A flicker of coldness passed through Qin Hao's eyes.

And here in the Abyssal Nest, the dark nebula occupying the heart of the Andromeda River system resembled a slumbering beast.

However, when the Voidwalker tore through dimensions and appeared tens of light-years away, the beast's instinct was awakened.

The slumbering nest came alive.

Inside the nebula, countless residual, not yet fully formed Devourer creatures seemed to sense the arrival of a natural enemy.

They had no intelligence, only a life-or-death crisis rooted deep in their genes.

"Hum—"

Vast swaths of the purple nebula began violent writhing, twisted flesh and metal structures proliferating wildly, surging out of the nebula.

They didn't even have time to form an effective fleet formation, instead tearing open space and dimensions in a chaotic, frenzied manner,

attempting to submerge that distant threat as quickly as possible with their own flesh.

On the bridge of the Voidwalker, Qin Hao simply watched all this calmly.

His gaze seemed to pierce the tens of light-years distance, seeing deep into the nest's depths, that ominous rift linking to higher dimensions.

No chance was given for these grunts to approach.

"Dimensional cannon, fire."

Qin Hao's voice was calm, as if stating a trivial matter.

Yet this command made everyone in the transport fleet hold their breath.

Inside a transport ship hidden tens of light-years from the Abyssal Nest's outskirts, that terrifying cannon three hundred kilometers long,

was unleashed.

On the cannon's surface, countless azure lines lit up.

This was not ordinary energy flow, but a resonance of dimensional-level rules.

The entire space trembled slightly.

The engineers in charge of weapon control stared fixedly at the data screens before them, their fingers flying over the console.

"Energy core stable!"

"Dimensional tremor frequency locked!"

"Target coordinates confirmed!"

"Dimensional Fortress Cannon, ready!"

The final voice fell silent.

The engineer drew a deep breath and slammed the firing button.

"Boom—"

There was no deafening roar, no blinding light.

Only an indescribable "vibration" remained.

That was space and dimensions themselves wailing.

A ripple almost imperceptible to the naked eye was released from the muzzle.

It did not fly.

Because it did not exist at any point in three-dimensional space.

It directly emanated from the fourth dimension, ignoring distance, instantly covering the target area.

On the bridge of the Voidwalker.

Qin Hao gazed silently through the floor-to-ceiling window at the distant purple nebula.

His eyes held no ripple.

As if watching something whose outcome was already decided.

The next second.

A miracle occurred.

Deep within the Abyssal Nest, the flesh tissue that had sensed danger and was frantically surging to escape froze in motion.

Immediately after, from the microscopic string level upward.

Everything changed.

Every atom, every quark composing their bodies, and even deeper strings,

had their vibration frequency, in that same instant, forcibly raised by an irresistible force.

From three dimensions, they leapt to a semi-four-dimensional state.

But their structure could not withstand such a leap.

Collapse began.

Silently and soundlessly.

Those colossal Devourer mother hives, large enough to devour planets, suddenly had countless fine cracks appear on their surfaces.

Cracks grew more numerous and denser.

Finally, they did not explode but directly "dissipated."

Like a pattern erased from a canvas by an eraser.

Clean and tidy, thoroughly and completely.

Deep within the nebula, that massive black hole.

Around the black hole, countless purple energy tendrils also lost their activity at the same time.

They began to wither, break apart, and turn into flying ash.

Even the black hole itself, and the surrounding spatial structure, were violently trembling.

The chain reaction of dimensional collapse spread at an unimaginable speed throughout the entire Abyssal Nest.

A range of ten light-years was completely covered in just a few seconds.

Viewed from outside.

That vast nebula, which originally blotted out the sky and emitted an ominous purple light, was as if grasped fiercely by an invisible giant hand.

Then, it disappeared.

Only a void remained in its place.

Even space itself was left with visible, twisted cracks.

That was a wound where the three-dimensional universe had been forcibly torn open.

This region of the Andromeda Galaxy now had a "death forbidden zone" that all civilizations would detour around.

On the bridge of the Void Voyager.

All instruments fell into a brief malfunction.

The screens were filled with garbled code and red alarms.

【Warning: Spatial structure disrupted!】

【Warning: Large-scale dimensional collapse detected!】

【Warning: Spacetime turbulence intensity exceeds limits!】

Qin Hao gazed at that "void," his face showing no expression.

Just then.

A cold, indifferent will, filled with malice, suddenly emanated from deep within the dimensional rift that was about to completely collapse,

crossing tens of millions of light-years to "look" at him.

Qin Hao's pupils suddenly contracted.

In his mind, a thought arose—not any language—but he instantly understood its meaning.

"Interesting little bug..."

That voice had no emotional fluctuation.

It was like stating a fact.

"After I finish dealing with the 【Feast】..."

"Then I'll clean up you, the ant that dirtied the plate..."

The words fell away.

That will vanished.

The dimensional rift collapsed completely.

Qin Hao stood rooted in place, motionless.

Fine cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

That moment of "gazing" made him feel an unprecedented pressure.

That was a powerful lifeform of a true Level Six civilization.

The Devourer's 【Overlord】.

"Feast..."

Qin Hao softly repeated that word, his eyes becoming extremely grave.

He understood.

The other side currently has no time to deal with him.

Not because it doesn't care, but because it is currently "eating."

And that "meal" is likely another galaxy, another civilization.

"Bug... ant..."

Qin Hao's fist slowly clenched.

He had never felt so clearly the gap between himself and that existence.

But his eyes held no fear.

Only a growing, fervent fighting spirit.

"You're right."

"I am indeed just an ant right now."

"But when you come looking for me..."

Qin Hao's mouth curled into a cold arc.

"I will make you know who is truly the ant."

The Void Voyager passed through the dimensional rift and returned to the Milky Way Galaxy.

Qin Hao did not linger, directly initiating the all-civilization emergency meeting.

Ten minutes later.

The holographic projection in the control room lit up again, and the virtual silhouettes of all the senior officials appeared in a flurry.

Luo Lao, Zhang Yunfeng, Qian Yin, Zhou Shaoqing, Bi Jia Lie, Ke Huang… anxiety was written all over each of their faces.

Qin Hao stood in the center, his expression calm.

"Mission accomplished; the Dark Abyss Nest has been completely destroyed."

His voice was soft.

But those words made everyone let out a sigh of relief.

"Great!"

Zhang Yunfeng clenched his fists excitedly.

"With this, we have at least secured…"

"Wait."

Qin Hao cut him off.

"I have one more thing I must tell you all."

The atmosphere froze instantly.

Everyone felt an ominous foreboding.

Qin Hao raised his hand and gave a gentle wave.

A video clip appeared before everyone.

It was Qin Hao's brief conversation with the Overlord after destroying the Dark Abyss Nest.

"Interesting insect…"

"Wait until I finish the Feast…"

"Then I'll deal with you, the ant that dirtied the plate…"

The cold, indifferent will, even through the screen, still left everyone feeling suffocated.

The conference room fell into a death‑like silence.

Luo Lao's palm pressed hard onto the tabletop, his veins bulging.

Zhang Yunfeng's complexion turned deathly pale in an instant.

Even Bi Jia Lie and Ke Huang, the two former galactic overlords, now showed unmistakable fear.

"The ant that dirtied the plate…"

Qian Yin murmured the sentence repeatedly, her voice trembling.

"We… in his eyes, are really just…"

She could not continue.

Those words were more terrifying than any threat of force.