Chapter 85: Highest Martial Law, Destructive Strike (Second Update)

Star God?

Listening to Lin Yunqing's description, what embryo, what childhood — Qin Shi mysteriously felt it was familiar.

How is it somewhat similar to the Stele Panel?

"What level of life form is a Star God exactly? Born from a planetary core, meaning He bathed in seven thousand degree heat from the embryo stage. Even stronger than a Super Saiyan?!"

Qin Shi felt puzzled; he wanted to ask, but Lin Yunqing gave no chance, expression serious as she continued:

"Pre-New Calendar ancient history can be traced back three hundred millennia at most, but by then Dongxia had already broken out of the Solar System and begun forming the Expeditionary Force.

The first Star God humanity encountered is unverifiable, but one can imagine the tragic price they paid — like a toddler learning to walk, gradually growing up, not yet fully adult, already fallen into the hands of an apex predator.

In works preserved by later historians, 'bloody wailing' was used to describe it. How humanity escaped the Star Gods' control remains an unsolved mystery, but they indeed did it.

The might of technology forged Dongxia's second glory, then they artificially created their own 'Star God' — the Gear Emperor."

Humans really are a bizarre species that loves courting death.

Qin Shi's mouth twitched; having barely broken free of the Star Gods' leash, logically they should have quietly developed, then mass-produced troops again to accumulate strength and blow up the galaxy, no?

"The Gear Emperor was originally a computer called 'Mo', processing unimportant research data; at the time the still-imperial Dongxia, from top to bottom, was obsessed with a strange art called 'Alchemy', founding academies everywhere and recruiting apprentices.

Among them was a man called 'Juzi'; he reconstructed 'Mo', giving it a 'mind', opening a hundred millennia of dark turbulent era."

Lin Yunqing narrated this history with deep immersion; throughout ancient and modern times, around this grand stage of Dongxia, kings, ministers, generals, heroes, and traitors emerged in endless succession — truly one act finishes, another begins.

Yet none could compare to a technical research monk, who directly produced an infinitely growing electronic consciousness, triggering an unprecedented catastrophe that nearly wiped out these carbon-based lifeforms called humanity.

This is the power of the Shen Neng Xi!

Far more destructive than the Martial God!

"... Digressed, digressed. Anyway, humans and mechanical bodies nearly beat each other's brains out; the originally flourishing Great Expedition was forced to halt again; some chose to carve out territories, some chose to return; for an extremely long time, the Milky Way was everywhere a battlefield of 'Ancestors' and 'Iron People' — those mechanical bodies call themselves 'Iron People'."

Lin Yunqing truly deserves to be a top student of Qiguang Heng University; her professional knowledge foundation is profound, many details come at her fingertips, far surpassing Martial Arts Department students who only study First Generation Ten Greats documentaries and read Martial God autobiographies.

"The ending, you've seen it too — humanity still lives and kicks; who won goes without saying. The Gear Emperor, a hair's breadth from godhood, was 'deposed'; after discussion and deliberation, only his 'Machine Soul' was retained to serve humanity; most knowledge involving 'Mechanical Ascension' was sealed; only 'Manipulation' and 'Communication' could be learned; the related 'Enlightenment' and 'Sublimation' were regarded as taboo."

Qin Shi scratched his head, looking at that pile of mechanical dogs he had lightning-speed five-combo kicked to pieces:

"Teacher Lin, said so much — what does this have to do with Hengzhou's Electronic Blockade? Afraid the Gear Emperor will rise from the ashes, or Iron People remnants will counterattack?"

Lin Yunqing gave him a sideways glance, as if saying how can you be so stupid:

"Almost at the finale, what's the rush. Dongxia's unlimited expansion awakened one sleeping Star God after another; in the end the two fought; an ancient regime with a lifespan exceeding eight hundred millennia front to back, and a group of near-mythical super lifeforms, both sides warred to the Galaxy Frontier, fighting until the Great Dao nearly wore away.

It's said at the peak stage, Dongxia possessed forty quadrillion population; mark this, Xiao Qin classmate remember — this is only the registered household count counted as 'Dongxia people'.

You must know, Dongxia's imperial history is long; among twenty ranks of military merit nobility, a mere fifth-rank 'Marquis' could own thousands of slaves, tens of thousands of corvée laborers; let alone those 'Marquises', 'Kings', and such — they could even enslave an entire planet's natives.

And in reference historical materials, as the galaxy's largest empire, Dongxia controlled over one million habitable planets, plus countless resource-type and functional-type planets.

History books once recorded a fifteenth-rank, title 'Duke' young noble who personally burned a purchased planet into glass, just to prove his wealth."

Qin Shi found it somewhat unimaginable — what means could burn Hengzhou into a giant glass ball?

These old Dongxia people, really too inflated, like a construction game player in the late late game, tech tree maxed, wealth maxed, population growth maxed, starting to feel bored.

"What a pity, the golden age is gone forever; fighting Star Gods, fighting and fighting, they lost the entire family fortune. After bankruptcy only the Old Residence remained; relying on the still-existing Ancestral Star, we tenaciously clung on, established the Dongxia Republic, endured nine millennia, barely recovered thirty-two Administrative Planets."

Lin Yunqing clapped her hands, signaling cutting to the main topic:

"The war between Dongxia and the Star Gods had no victor; Dongxia's vitality was severely injured, strength not one in ten thousand remained; the Star Gods fared no better — they themselves do not completely perish, merely continue sleeping.

New Dongxia's strategy is 'Containment'; targeting each Star God's different characteristics, permanently 'Sealing' them in planetary cores, keeping them forever in a juvenile state."

Qin Shi seemed to understand something, as if grasping Lin Yunqing's meaning — that Star God cub in the deepest part of Hengzhou Core, He is sensitive to 'electronics' and 'energy'?

Would these things become the nutrients for Him to pass through juvenile form and grow upward?

"Correct. So in Dongxia's 'Original Classic' settings for developing new stars, Hengzhou cannot use higher-tech methods; from the start it was locked dead; even after another hundred years, electronic equipment, energy utilization will have no iterative progress.

That juvenile Star God's code name is 'Taotie'; many also call Him 'Lord of Gluttony'. He will devour all energy sources, all energy."

Qin Shi finally resolved the doubt in his heart; as he had guessed, Dongxia's Great Expedition is reclaiming the Ancient Empire's sunken lost lands; the Great Pioneering is suppressing Star Gods, developing new stars, and seeking lost technologies.

"Then back to the earlier content — what is an Electronic Demon?"

He looked at Lin Yunqing; a Star God's juvenile stage remains asleep; as long as carefully controlled, not easy to awaken.

"Vassal. Star Gods often like to, for various purposes, create subordinate Vassal Creatures. Electronic Demon is one of them. It has no physical body; can only spread continuously through 'Infection'; more like a virus."

Lin Yunqing pointed at that mechanical dog wreckage:

"If not for your timely action, once this thing initiates electronic oscillation, pushes the signal past peak value, all electronic equipment in the entire Jiusong Port would be infected in an instant, mutate.

This is also the Electronic Demon's terror — causing massive facility paralysis, and extremely rapid destruction of order.

The Great Explosion that occurred on Old Factory Street back then released an Electronic Demon. I've seen some highly classified videos; any high-energy weapon, or high-tech equipment, once infected, goes berserk, indiscriminately attacking all organic life."

Qin Shi's gaze gradually grew heavy, because according to Lin Yunqing's account, the true 'pathogen' carrying the 'Electronic Demon Virus' is not under the Inspection Department's control.

"Discussed with Lao Chen; he believes it necessary to impose highest-level martial law on Dangyang East Suburbs, and when the situation deteriorates beyond recovery, apply for... a strike."

Chen Yun's face was calm as water, not a trace of ease; once such a decision is executed, it means playing the role of executioner and butcher.

"Must find the person! Cut off the source! The Electronic Demon's form is incomplete; judging from the residual force field scale at the scene, it seems very weak. How the hell did Qin Lihao that bastard produce it!"

Chen Yun cursed and grumbled, no longer caring about maintaining her poised image.

"Sister Yun..."

Qin Shi tapped his temple, as if activating some switch, then said:

"I seem to be able to track the pathogen's movement trajectory."

(Chapter End)