Chapter 617

Upon seeing the cube, Sui Meng immediately thought of the Star God's data.

Originally, the Star Gods had no physical form; they drifted like cosmic dust around stars, absorbing stellar energy until an entire star was completely drained.

One could say the Star Gods are purely material beings, their power source linked to the physical universe, and they also serve as absolute insulation for other spaces.

Moreover, the Star Gods possess self-awareness, and their origin is inseparable from that of the Space Death Spirits' predecessors, the Death Fearers.

The Death Fearers discovered that near the sun of their homeworld, which caused their short, painful lives and tormented their ancestors and descendants, there existed a clump of high-energy dust.

Thus, using their highly advanced technology, they stuffed this dust into the activated metal known as the 'Death Fearers' Exterior,' giving it a human form……

Thus the first Star God was born.

However, the Star Gods are a powerful species possessing perception, consciousness, and super-high intelligence, yet lacking any moral code, so their actions are solely for their own pleasure.

At the same time, the Star Gods discovered that devouring life-bearing planets—or directly consuming life—is far more delicious than absorbing stellar energy.

Therefore, in the apocalyptic war that erupted tens of millions of years ago in the Zero-Three Universe, the Star Gods used deceit and lies to make the Death Fearers abandon their bodies and souls, reducing them completely to Star God slaves.

However, the Star Gods' greed also led them to massacre and devour each other; combined with the great battle ten million years ago, the Space Death Spirits, who had gradually realized they had been deceived, seized the opportunity to launch a full-scale 'backstab'.

In the end, all Star Gods were disassembled into 'fragments' and sealed by the Space Death Spirits, to be taken out and used as weapons when needed.

The fate of the Star Gods resembles a game that humans in the main universe enjoy playing—catching spirits to battle—leaving them with no freedom whatsoever; of course, this is also their own doing.

Next, the Space Death Spirits built tombs and fell into slumber, preparing to use time to wipe out hostile civilizations within the galaxy, then restore the glory of the Spirit Dynasty.

As for the Star God fragments, they are mostly controlled by the majority of Death Spirit Overlords; however, some Overlords despise the Star Gods to the extreme, and since their dynasty is relatively wealthy, they scorn using the Star God fragments—for example, the Yisaier Dynasty on Caron Tower.

And on Asudia, where Sui Meng is located, there is also an Overlord who is suspected of possessing a Star God.

However, this Overlord lacked the strength of Saerkesi and liked to show off flashy moves, which is why Sui Meng instantly killed him.

Before this Overlord could use the resurrection agreement to reform his body, Sui Meng had already led the Honor Guard unit known as the Breaking Army into the tomb's core, easily disposing of the stationed nobles and lords, and with a single strike destroyed the core, plunging their dynasty directly into a leaderless state.

At this moment.

Sui Meng briefly recalled the Star God information in his mind, then slowly walked toward that cube.

"Thud, thud."

Inside the core hall, after ignoring some buzzing electronic sounds, the loudest movements came from the OriginalBody and the Honor Guard's magnetic boots.

But similarly, the dedicated terminator dressed in ancient Han style, holding a dedicated spear, with helmet opened, revealed the Honor Guard captain, who looked much older than the OriginalBody's exterior, and spoke up to remind:

"Officer, according to the data given by my father, what we see before us is extremely likely to be the prison for the Star God."

"So?" Sui Meng said, his pace unreduced.

"Therefore, Officer, please be sure to treat it with caution."

Although the Breaking Army captain had absolute confidence in his OriginalBody's strength, according to the aggregated battle reports from various regions, the Space Death Spirits are truly uncanny, and their legion's casualty count keeps being refreshed.

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Hearing the kind reminder from his subordinate who is also his heir, Sui Meng merely nodded slightly, indicating he had his own measure.

Soon, a line of giants came to came to around the cube.

After sizing it up for a moment, Sui Meng slightly raised his left arm, turned his left hand over, causing his palm to face upward.

Immediately afterward, the OriginalBody's left palm flashed a dark red light, and in the next moment it generated a wise artificial intelligence wearing a red women's straight-hem Hanfu, with a double-bun hairstyle, adorned with a phoenix crown, jade pendant, gold hairpin, and other ornaments.

"Ban Zhao, analyze and decipher."

"Yes."

Having received the OriginalBody's command, the artificial intelligence named Ban Zhao bowed to Sui Meng, then turned around, raised its head, and looked at the cube in a sealed state.

Everyone waited silently.

Not long after, Ban Zhao's holographic body began to intensify its light; it was obvious that this AI, quite imbued with ancient Chinese style, was operating at full power.

Fortunately, without disturbance from overlords, lords, and other undead nobles, Ban Zhao took nearly half an hour to finally let her own holographic body return to normal.

After a moment, the AI turned to face Sui Meng again, gave another bow, and softly said, "Decryption complete; I have already transferred the authorization to your armor."

"Hmm." Sui Meng also nodded in response, then spread and clenched his left hand's five fingers, dispersing Ban Zhao's projection.

Afterward, without hesitation, he issued the "open" command to the cube through his powered armor.

Hiss—!

The cube unlocked its seal, and while gradually unfolding, it also released a choking "thick mist" outward.

This thick mist contained a large number of micro-robots, absolutely lethal to ordinary organisms, but meaningless to the OriginalBody and the Honor Guard.

After all, the Human Empire's nanotechnology is likewise impressive; moreover, Ban Zhao has already obtained the cube, i. e., absolute control over the cage, so these micro-robots will only treat the OriginalBody and the Honor Guard as 'friendlies'.

But.

"Roar—!!!!! Ah!!!"

But the entity bound inside would not consider the OriginalBody and them as companions.

Pop! Crack—!!

At the moment the cube unfolded, the twisted, bent pale-yellow lightning began to surge outward without restraint.

Buzz—! Buzz—!

It even struck many of the broken armies, but all were neutralized by the protective barrier released by the dedicated terminator.

Only saw that at the cube's center hovered a roughly seven-meter-tall humanoid figure, with no obvious gender characteristics, its body appearing more flexible than the living metal of the Space Death Spirit.

This humanoid figure, namely the Star God (fragment), had its neck, wrists, and ankles bound by some kind of shackles; most importantly, its pair of eyes filled with yellow radiance stared greedily around.

However, before this Star God could launch an attack, Sui Meng, at some point using the anti-gravity function of his armor, had already hovered behind it.

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The Star God suddenly turned its head.

Boom—!!!

But just as this Star God was about to finish turning its head, it met the OriginalBody's right palm in an "intimate contact".

"Plop!" with a sound, this Star God was slapped down by Sui Meng.

"Commander." As Sui Meng was about to further test the Star God's capabilities, Ban Zhao's report came to his ears: "Marshal Leon is calling; you need to return to the flagship as soon as possible to hold a war conference with all participating OriginalBodies."

(End of chapter)