Chapter 648: The Cage of the Sanctuary

Lyman nodded, immediately breathing a sigh of relief. This analysis indeed made sense.

There was a lot of news he didn't know about, regarding Loyd's operation over there, as well as the news about the Thunder Battle Armor.

However, Morgan told him everything one by one.

"Loyd is really something. The issue with the Thunder Battle Armor's cloak was because the Empire's intelligence System didn't know, and the issue with the destruction of the Abyss Institute has even less to do with him." Lyman thought carefully, then was startled:

"This induction operation failed, but he, as the highest supreme commander, bears no responsibility whatsoever. Thinking about it this way..."

"Otherwise, what did you think?" Morgan glanced at him, "If nothing unexpected happens, he is the one who will sit on The Emperor's seat. If he was defeated so easily, it would be too disappointing."

Lyman curled his lips slightly, clearly somewhat unconvinced.

Of course he knew this logic, but he was just somewhat unconvinced.

"Xia En pursued another path, naturally reducing a layer of obstacles for you." Morgan's tone was faint:

"You still have a very long time to fight for it, don't be impatient."

Lyman slowly nodded, restraining the fluctuating emotions in his heart.

It was just at this time that Lyman's Smart Terminal suddenly sounded a notification. A Holographic Screen popped up, and a Man dressed in a proper military uniform said hastily: "Your Royal Highness, the materialization of the sanctuary... has encountered a problem."

The two who were originally quite calm, upon hearing this sentence, both changed their expressions. Lyman even couldn't help but shout, asking: "What problem occurred!?"

Any attacks from the Other-Dimensional Camp were still uncertain matters, and might not even occur.

But if the materialization of the Titan Sanctuary encountered a problem, then it would be troublesome.

"I... I also can't explain it clearly. See for yourself." This general directly shared the detection signal over.

The Holographic Screen enlarged, presenting before the two a peculiar scene.

The original doors of the sanctuary had completely disappeared, replaced by a massive structure.

Intelligence fed back by Scanners showed it was a cube structure resembling a Cage, overall translucent in a visual sense.

The reason it was said to be in a visual sense was because it looked translucent, but in reality, nothing useful could be detected. Its diameter reached over a hundred thousand kilometers.

According to the display, the Information State was originally constructing the Titan Sanctuary, but after the Titan Sanctuary finished constructing, the materialization didn't end.

Instead, outside the Titan Sanctuary, it constructed such a thing resembling a Cage.

"What is this thing?" Lyman inquired.

"We don't know either. We can't detect anything from it," this general said, looking troubled.

"Launch a tentative attack. Since the Titan Sanctuary is inside, then open it!" Lyman decisively issued the order without thinking too much.

"Yes!" Having received the order, that general had an idea in his heart, immediately logging off and leaving.

And Lyman also bade farewell to Morgan, hurriedly leaving the room, preparing to go take a look personally.

………

A piercing ray of light rose from the distant horizon, piercing straight into the deep outer space.

A moment later, a fireball as bright as a sun appeared in the pitch-black Universe.

The Main Cannon began to cool down, and the intelligent System's notification sounded.

"Attack ended. Weapon System load normal. Target damage level unknown. No signs of counterattack detected."

Lyman's expression was gloomy. It had already been over ten hours since this Baffling Cage had completely materialized.

However, they exhausted all methods but couldn't open this strange Cage.

He didn't expect things to stop at this step--not even able to see the door.

The internal analysts had researched for half a day, and the only conclusion they reached was——this thing was too hard.

And they couldn't be blamed. Who asked their detection System to be unable to get any useful parameters at all, making it fundamentally difficult to analyze?

The reconnaissance personnel they sent out landed on this Cage without any effort.

However, the information transmitted back only allowed people to understand its superficial aspects. Similar to a Cage structure, the gaps in between were blocked by an invisible force.

Apart from the prismatic pillars, the entire structure was extremely smooth. No mechanical protrusions or functional structures were discovered, no gun muzzles, no Engines, no antennas, and not even access channels.

This massive Cage was even larger than an Interstellar Fortress, simultaneously bringing an unparalleled sense of oppression.

Another attack order was given. Millions of Energy Torrents instantly illuminated the originally pitch-black space as resplendently and blindingly as the surface of a star.

The Cage, which was already flashing with light, was even more conspicuous, as if illuminated by a spotlight.

This attack was massive in scale. Although the sound couldn't be heard, looking at the explosive firelight that instantly filled the Starry Sky, the soldiers witnessing all this could also imagine the lively scene of the target exploding.

But the attack was still like a stone dropping into the sea. The massive Energy Vanished Completely before it could fully erupt.

No one knew where this Energy had been vented to.

"Just in time..." In a corner of this Star Sector, Li Yu had already prepared his disguise and sneaked into a certain fleet.

To his current self, this took almost no effort.

"Is this thing the Defensive Device the Life Titan made to prevent the tomb from being robbed?" Li Yu looked at that massive Cage, revealing a thoughtful expression.

It seemed quite hard. He was afraid that after opening this Cage, what awaited the Star Glory Empire would be those powerful lifeforms.

He roughly checked the specific Strength the Star Glory Empire dispatched. Just the fleets here were already no less than tens of millions.

The surrounding several Star Systems had already been completely blockaded by them, making it very difficult to open things like Dimensional Rifts or Spatial Channels.

As for the Advanced Stage lifeforms hiding in the dark, Li Yu hadn't discovered them yet.

Through Force Precognition before coming, he couldn't get too much useful information either.

Because without calculating the Impact of System items, he couldn't last very long before being killed by a guy who looked very young.

According to the files Loyd provided, that guy who looked very young was precisely the ruler of the Morgan Family.

The other party was at least a powerful lifeform comparable to the Third Forerunner's tier to be able to pose a crushing posture to his current self.

"Morgan..." Li Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, looking across the vast distance at that young man beside Lyman.

The Strength the Star Glory Empire dispatched this time was extremely powerful. Although it was impossible for them to Dispatch All Forces, after all, they couldn't just abandon their home for the Titan Sanctuary.

But it had also reached a certain scale. Those appearing here were all Elite Fleets.

Under these circumstances, the situation was quite disadvantageous for Li Yu.

However, fortunately, a large batch of "tomb keepers" were imprisoned in the Life Titan Sanctuary, and the Star Glory Empire didn't know this.

"Stop the attack," Morgan arrived beside Lyman. Looking at Lyman's anxious and restless expression, he said: "It should be an Information State defense. Pure Energy attacks will find it very difficult to break the defense."

"Notify the Star of Thorns to activate 'Twilight.' The best way to deal with Information State defenses is to break them through Information State attacks. However, under the current circumstances, we can only try with 'Twilight'."

Morgan stared at that Cage and said in a deep voice.

The alloy crust on the surface of the Interstellar Fortress trembled slightly, and a low hum echoed in the air.

A massive rift split open on the metal shell of the Interstellar Fortress, and red light mapped out from the rift, tinting the translucent Energy Shield high above with the brilliant colors of a sunset glow.

Rolling heatwaves surged from the direction of the rift; it was thermal radiation that could almost instantly melt ordinary steel.

Amidst the rumbling vibration of the metal shell, the red rift slowly closed up, and the heatwaves and the High-Energy Beam beyond the horizon also simultaneously disappeared from sight.

This was the fortress belonging to the Morgan Family——the Thorn Legion. That massive rift that suddenly appeared and then slowly closed just now was actually its Weapon firing slot.

And that beam of light was the most powerful Main Cannon on the "Star of Thorns"——Twilight!

Through Energy superposition technology, it could superpose the Energy of hundreds of fortress-level Main Cannons into a single line.

Therefore, the penetrating power of this monster was terrifying to a hair-raising degree. It could almost instantly break through any kind of defense, even a thousand-kilometer-thick warship alloy.

However, the charging was slow, and it couldn't hit Advanced Stage lifeforms that could run. This was also its flaw.

However, this Cage before them obviously could only passively endure the attack.

The crimson radiance was as magnificent as a sunset glow, like a blood-colored flower blooming on the Cage.

Under Lyman's expectant gaze, this Energy was ultimately not Devoured. The massive Cage began to tremble, and dense fine cracks surfaced on its exterior, as if it was about to split open.

"It succeeded!" Lyman said excitedly.

"Be careful. This Titan Sanctuary is somewhat different. Past Titan Sanctuaries didn't have external defenses. I don't know why this one does," Morgan cautioned.

Just as he finished speaking, that massive Cage completely crumbled. That seemingly hard wall body now turned into Flowing Light and dissipated in the Starry Sky.

"Warning, Shield penetrated, inner structural group completely lost... Artificial Gravity chaotic, matter leakage index over 20%, Engine reactor output insufficient..."

The afterglow of explosions came from the areas relatively close to the Cage.

Without any warning, the massive warships were currently shaking violently, as if grabbed by a pair of giant hands and shaken forcefully.

"Haha... Finally out of this damn Cage!"

"I will destroy everything, foolish Titans!"

"..."

Violent and chaotic Mental Fluctuations swept past. The portions containing destructive properties were intercepted by the warships' mental Defensive Devices.

Morgan's expression changed drastically. He had already keenly sensed that a large number of lifeforms emitting powerful Energy Fluctuations had suddenly appeared from the Cage.

"So many people, is this to welcome me!?" A lifeform exuding crimson steam all over its body smashed through a massive number of warships, laughing madly amidst a series of artillery fire.

"Four-Armed Titan? No, it's six arms!" Lyman's pupils contracted, staring at that tyrannical lifeform.

"I smell the Aura of descendants. Too impure. What did that bunch of Titans add!?"

The massive Energy was like an ocean sweeping across the Universe, causing the Imperial Fleet present to emit ear-piercing alarms.

A massive lifeform roared in the Starry Sky. Its surface skin was dark blue, and it had two heads, both constantly shouting angrily.

Morgan's face tightened, squeezing out a few words from between his teeth: "Two-Headed Troll!"

"Dragon-Patterned Mantis-Human, Ancient Star Spirit, Siren!"

"All of them are races that only exist in records!"

Morgan had already perceived that among this group of guys, there were no fewer than two handfuls of A5 Level top-tier lifeforms.

As for lower-tier lifeforms, there were even more, too many to count.

"This Cage wasn't to protect the Titan Sanctuary, but to imprison this group of guys!" Morgan reached this conclusion, his expression extremely ugly.

"Uwahaha!" Black smoke surged. Wherever it passed, all the warships were corroded beyond recognition, and the soldiers inside vanished entirely!

This group of guys had been imprisoned for too long, unscrupulously venting the tyranny in their hearts.

"Move away, all of you move away for me!" The mantis arms of the Dragon-Patterned Mantis-Human were golden-yellow, with patterns like swimming dragons on them, like an ornate and exquisite Noble Long Sword.

It slashed out Energy sword-beams tens of thousands of kilometers long, with astonishing lethality.

The Siren looked like a Fish-Person on the outside, but its entire body was covered in blue Scale Armor, flashing with a peculiar radiance.

She didn't seem to be engaging in large-scale slaughter, but wherever she passed, everything turned into a pitch-black dead sea.

"No, they seem to want to leave this place?" Lyman frowned, then urgently issued an order: "All warships, make way! Do not stop them from leaving!"

Morgan narrowed his eyes, his gaze cold.

Indeed, as Lyman expected, this group of lifeforms with complex numbers and powerful Strength didn't have the intention to stay and fight; instead, they wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible.

After they made way, the casualties immediately dropped significantly.

This made Lyman breathe a sigh of relief, saying: "They don't seem to know the Titans have already been wiped out. Is this fearing being caught back again?"

Morgan slowly shook his head, his pupils deep: "No... this kind of behavior is more like..."

"...Dodging an even more powerful lifeform..." Li Yu muttered in a low voice. Just now, an unknown lifeform had left from nearby.

That lifeform wasn't powerful. From its body, Li Yu could clearly feel an emotion named panic.

That was absolutely not panic towards the Star Glory Empire.

(End of Chapter)