Chapter 410: Colorful Mist? First Direct Confrontation Against Meme Attack!

Countless massive fleets tore through space, jumping out from their respective mother river systems, rushing toward that death defense line stretching across tens of millions of light-years.

Millions of dimensional stabilizers, like rivets, were firmly driven into the void, emitting faint energy fluctuations.

In just one month, under Qin Hao's unified command, a cosmic wall formed from countless warships and cold steel began to take shape on the border of Laniakea.

Yanhuang Heavenly Court, the bridge of the Pioneer.

Qin Hao stood with his hands behind his back before a massive holographic star map, the golden band representing the defense line burning in his eyes.

"Chief Commander, the first and second echelons are all in position."

"Zhou Shaoqing's voice came from beside," "The fleet command systems of all civilizations have also been linked to our joint combat network."

"How about Nangong Lin over there?"

Qin Hao did not turn back.

"The mental network has covered the entire army, focusing on monitoring the psychological states of all non‑friendly units. If panic or any abnormality arises, spiritual suppression can be applied immediately."

"Very good."

Just as his words fell, a piercing alarm suddenly tore apart the bridge's tranquility!

"Alarm! Detected intense high‑energy reaction! The energy index of the 'Zero Return' zone is spiking abnormally!"

On the star map, the center of the dark area representing the 'Void' no longer expanded smoothly; instead, it churned like a boiling thick soup, with countless twisted energies erupting from within.

Immediately afterward, fleets slowly sailed out from that endless darkness.

When the scout fleet transmitted high‑definition images back to the command center, the joint operations channel filled with the sound of everyone sucking in cold breath.

That was not a fleet at all!

But rather, groups of monsters stitched together from flesh, metal, and bones!

Some monsters had a massive rotting flesh core comparable to a planet, covered in pulsing blood vessels, between which were grafted metal barrels gleaming with necrotic energy.

Others were pools of constantly writhing liquid metal, freely shifting shape in the void—sometimes forming blades that pierce stars, sometimes coalescing into horrific beasts with countless tentacles.

The most sanity‑shattering were entities resembling colossal conglomerates of eyeballs,

their surfaces covered with thousands upon thousands of eyes of varying sizes, each eye spinning wildly without rhythm,

merely looking at the image makes one feel as if their soul is being probed and torn apart by countless needles!

"What the hell is this…?!"

In the allied forces' communications channel, a Crystal Armor Civilization captain's voice trembled.

"It's as if… countless devoured civilizations have been sewn together…"

"The Overlord's vanguard has arrived." Qin Hao's calm voice put an end to everyone's speculation.

As soon as these Suture Monster fleets appeared, they moved.

They did not fire; instead, they collectively opened structures resembling mouths or excretory cavities, suddenly spewing vast sheets of visible colorful mist.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet…

Countless colors mixed together, forming an extraordinarily brilliant yet grotesquely nauseating nebula that swept toward the allied defense line.

"Warning! Detected high‑intensity meme virus! Type… unknown! Spreading at tens of millions of times light speed!" Qian Yin's voice rang out on the command channel, carrying an unprecedented gravity.

Almost the instant she finished speaking, that colored mist had already crossed tens of thousands of light‑years and slammed head‑on into the scout fleet at the very front of the defense line!

An extraordinarily bizarre scene unfolded.

A scout ship of the Wind Speakers Civilization, upon contacting the mist, saw its outer dimensional shield fail to even flicker before vanishing like a phantom.

Immediately afterward, the bridge's internal monitor feed returned a hell‑like scene.

A moment ago the crew were calmly reporting data; the next second they seemed to have had their souls ripped out and replaced by demons.

The pilot emitted an inhuman shriek, slammed the control lever to the max, and drove the ship straight into a friendly vessel!

The communications officer clutched his head and slammed himself into the hard console with all his strength—once, twice—until his brains burst!

The weapons officer's eyes turned blood‑red, he turned all the guns toward his own mother ship and unleashed a frenzied barrage!

Self‑harm, madness, betrayal, mutual assault…

Within just a few seconds, that scout ship tore apart in the internal chaos and was ultimately blown to cosmic dust by a panicked friendly‑fire misshot from behind.

And this was merely the beginning.

Every allied warship that came into contact with the colorful mist, without exception, simultaneously enacted the same horrific tragedy.

Dimensional shields failed, crews collectively went mad, and each fleet's command system collapsed utterly in an instant.

"The first echelon has collapsed across the board! We… we're done for!"

"The right wing of the second echelon erupted in massive internal rebellion! Over three hundred billion warships lost control and began attacking our own people!"

"The meme virus is breaking through the second echelon! In three minutes—at most three minutes—it will reach the core defense zone!"

Blood‑stained desperate battle reports poured into the command center like an avalanche.

The newly forged steel Great Wall crumbled in its first genuine clash.

"Chief Commander! Lord Qin Hao! Issue a retreat order now—this attack cannot be blocked!"

Xuntian's voice rose shrilly over the comms, choked with despair: "If we don't withdraw, we'll all die here—we'll all turn into those madmen!"

Other civilizations' representatives likewise chimed in, wails and pleas for help echoing throughout the channel.

However, on the bridge of the Pioneer, Qin Hao remained calm.

He simply watched silently as the rapidly approaching colorful mist drew near, and observed the allied warships destroying themselves in madness—as if he were admiring a painting he had already foreseen.

"Retreat?"

He finally spoke, his voice low yet clear enough to rise above all the noise.

"Why retreat?"

Under the astonished gaze of all the allied high command, Qin Hao slowly lifted his hand and lightly tapped in the void.

An icy, emotionless command, transmitted via the mental network, reached the final position of the defense line—the third echelon where the Yanhuang Civilization resides!

"All troops, listen to orders!"

"Activate——Dimensional Matrix!"

"Hum——"

"The millions of dimensional stabilizer bases deployed throughout the third echelon defense line were activated simultaneously!"

"These devices, which condensed the highest technological crystallization of the Yanhuang Civilization, simultaneously began high-frequency resonance!"

"Invisible rule ripples were released from each base."

"In the void, they swiftly intertwined and stacked, instantly weaving into an invisible giant net covering the entire core defense zone!"

"It had no glow of an Energy Shield, nor the substance of a physical barrier."

"But when that gorgeous and deadly colored mist slammed head-on into this invisible net——"

"It, halted!"

"Just like that, it abruptly stopped! It was forcibly blocked outside the defense line!"

"The colored mist surged and crashed wildly, trying to seep in, but hit an absolutely impenetrable transparent wall, unable to advance an inch no matter what."

"That horrifying meme virus capable of causing billions of warships to collapse was forcibly defined by an invisible rule as 'No Passage'!"

"The entire allied forces communication channel fell into silence."

"All wails, cries, and terror were cut off at this moment."

"All civilizations that witnessed this scene were shocked into speechlessness."

"This is the first time."

"On the front battlefield, a civilization directly resisted and successfully blocked Overlord's indefensible meme attack!"

"Countless gazes, through the communication, focused on that young figure standing tall before the star map."

"At this moment, Qin Hao in their hearts, from an overbearing dictator,"

"Truly transformed into a……god who can create miracles!"