Chapter 645: Emerald Green Galaxy

The interior of the ultra‑giant pyramid forms a lattice structure leaning toward a ◇‑shaped diamond.

The exposed upward △ pyramid and the buried downward ▽ triangle join flush, creating an ultra‑giant ◇ space.

As for the so‑called greatest "artwork" in the universe, the Brilliant Star Map hovers within this ultra‑giant space.

Starlight twinkles.

A miniaturized galaxy, scaled down by an unknown factor, slowly rotates around a black metal sphere about four meters in diameter, while bursts of dazzling emerald light erupt around the sphere.

But if we zoom in, it's easy to see that the emerald light comes from countless even tinier…

…glowing green dots so minute that even OriginalBodies and Astates can only faintly perceive them.

In fact, that black metal sphere represents the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's center, and those barely perceptible green dots—numbering in the hundreds of billions—are likewise metal spheres each standing for a star in the galaxy.

These metal spheres, forged from living metal, are linked by a technique even today's undead cannot replicate, weaving a perfect miniature galaxy that operates according to physical laws and logic.

This is why the Brilliant Star Map is hailed as the greatest "artwork."

But…

"How are we supposed to move it?"

Slowing his flight, An Na Jin hovered forward in the formation's center; upon seeing the Brilliant Star Map he sighed, but what troubled him more was how to seize this artwork…

…and transport it back onto the Leonidas.

Just the diameter of the Brilliant Star Map alone reaches fifty kilometers or more.

Although the Leonidas' inner world exceeds two hundred kilometers in diameter—large enough to hold the Brilliant Star Map—how are they supposed to "take" it?

After all, they initially thought the Brilliant Star Map was merely a physical star‑chart, at most a bit larger than the console, and could be moved by ordinary handling.

Now it's proving difficult for these giants.

Moreover, upon entering the ultra‑giant pyramid and catching his first glimpse of the Brilliant Star Map, An Na Jin tried to use Spiritual Energy teleportation, but the attempt clearly failed.

This place is essentially a Spiritual Energy dead zone—no Spiritual‑based arts can be used at all.

Furthermore, neither powered armor nor centurion teleport functions can be activated here, and even their quantum communications fail to work properly.

"Conventional means won't secure the target," Ajax immediately ordered: "Everyone withdraw from the area; after the Dark Crow Guard and Shadow Moon Grey Wolf reinforcements arrive, we'll try to seize the whole region."

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Wokan, An Na Jin, and the entire Warrior Guard had no objection and chose to follow the orders.

"Humans! Humans!!"

But just as they were about to act, Xun·Baraher's unique metallic roar echoed throughout the interior of the ultra‑giant pyramid.

"Boom! Boom!"

A stone‑like metal door slammed down instantly, sealing the entrance to the outside.

In less than a blink, the place became completely isolated from the world.

Immediately, the surroundings unfurled numerous vast platforms, and the inner walls opened hidden gates, releasing endless numbers of Royal Guard and Locust‑style Destroyer units onto the platforms to unleash a Gauss volley at Wokan and An Na Jin and their comrades.

Among those troops were many heavy‑armor, heavy‑cannon, heavy‑shield "variants"—units of higher rank than the Royal Guard—

…the Spirit Coffin Guard.

These metal hulks are stronger, harder, and faster than the Royal Guard, and can even be regarded as the Honor Guard of the Astate Legion.

At this moment.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A dense barrage of Gauss rays came from all angles.

"Buzz! Buzz!"

But the opening salvo was all blocked by An Na Jin's side's energy shield.

Without Ajax needing to issue an order, the three hundred warriors instantly paired off or formed three‑plus‑one squads, scattering to avoid concentrated fire when they gathered.

Ajax, meanwhile, teamed up with the two OriginalBodies Wokan and An Na Jin and four additional Warrior squads, climbing together in altitude.

"Boom! Boom!"

During the climb, these giants went full throttle, unleashing unrestrained attacks on the undead masses standing on the platforms.

Like Ajax, the centurion he pilots is the most heavily built of all the guard members.

Its left forearm bears a linked burst‑missile cannon; its shoulders mount mechanical arms fitted with high‑output plasma cannons featuring auto‑lock, extension, and concentration; its back houses two missile launch bays.

As Ajax flew at extreme speed, he aimed his left arm at the platform left of the centurion, causing the muzzle to spew a blazing fire‑snake with a "hiss‑hiss" roar.

"Ri~whoosh! whoosh!" The shoulder cannons auto‑locked onto the undead's large vehicles, firing a chain of comet‑like blue‑light plasma bursts.

"Swish! swish!" Dozens of micro‑missiles carrying matter‑antimatter, viper‑acid, etc., trailed white plumes, "evenly spread" across several platforms, creating another nuclear flash within the sealed space.

Moreover, it's not only Ajax's centurion that packs this firepower; every warrior's centurion is equipped with sufficient armament to launch a counter‑offensive.

Fortunately, the edge of the Brilliant Star Map has a special protective stance, immune to nuclear fallout and energy ricochets; otherwise, before the war ended, the 03 Galaxy would have been destroyed by the "small‑scale" battle erupting here.

But this fierce counter‑offensive is only a temporary measure, for this place is the undead's stronghold, where ammunition and supplies never run out.

Thus, before their ammo runs low, Ajax, Wokan, and An Na Jin must, in the shortest time possible, locate the root of it all—that being the entity seemingly driven to obstinate logic after millions of years of operation, and bearing intense resentment toward the Sparta Legion: Farah.

Once their party reaches the summit,

they look downward.

All they see is fierce combat erupting around the Brilliant Star Map, yet no platform bears any distinctly unique individual.

Could it be that Xun·Baraher is deliberately avoiding them?

Thinking this, An Na Jin immediately proposed to Ajax: "Captain Osicio, my weapon in theory can melt through these walls; if you can give me an undisturbed opening, we should…"

"Humans! Die! Die!!"

Before An Na Jin could finish, Xun·Baraher's roar came again.

And as everyone turned toward the sound, a metallic skeleton merely six meters tall but extraordinarily robust, with obvious feminine traits, flashed onto the platform nearest the top, brandishing its scepter at them.

!!

Afterwards, everyone, as if gravity had doubled, was irresistibly drawn toward that platform.