Chapter 245: Undetectable Variable

The insect tide, long dormant, finally chose to riot at this moment, and their target now is the remaining planets of the Human Federation.

Bad news: the insect tide has rioted and will begin devouring planets.

Good news: the previous planets have all been thrown into the black hole....

Now, the Black Hole Voyager is already in position, ready to enter the black hole at any time, while outside, it is the joint army of the Human Federation and the Intelligent Machine, and they will attempt a final stand for their homeland.

This will be an extremely brutal war, and the Black Hole Voyager's being in position lets Yunxiao have no worries behind her.

She pilots a hundred-meter-tall mecha, and together with 118 she directly faces the Insect Emperor.

Without extra words, the two forces, upon seeing each other, suddenly accelerated, and the battlefield situation instantly fell into chaos.

The might of the Eight Boundary Machine Master is beyond doubt; each powerful attack can turn thousands upon thousands of insect disasters into ash, and her main target today is the Insect Emperor charging at the front.

Six wings appearing behind the mecha gather terrifying energy, eventually forming a thick laser that continuously fires at the Insect Emperor.

"Ether reserves remain at 98%, data normal, output can be sustained."

118 prompts that, after Yunxiao successfully broke through, her entire body has completely become a massive energy storage battery.

The ether within her body, even when used to drive the hundred-meter-tall giant mecha, poses no pressure, and the output power has increased by countless folds.

Meanwhile, operation of the mecha combat module is handed over to 118.

The hundred-meter mecha maneuvers freely in space, each slash leaving visible wounds on the Insect Emperor's body.

The insect tide army continually approaches, while various high-energy laser weapons attack the insect tide, creating output conditions for Yunxiao.

"Miss, its vital signs have dropped 15%, keep maintaining."

"Okay!!!"

Yunxiao feels extremely refreshed now; she hasn't felt this good in a long time.

The Eight Boundary Machine Master is truly powerful!

The Insect Emperor is furious, facing this incessantly dancing little fly before it, it roars angrily and summons more insect disasters to attack Yunxiao.

Just as Yunxiao was about to go all out, the Intelligent Machine Empress's voice suddenly transmitted.

"I suggest you all return directly into the Black Hole Voyager now."

"This is merely the first wave of light-armored vanguards of the insect swarm; they lack even basic ranged attacks, pure cannon fodder."

"What comes later will be high-level insect disasters equipped with gland lasers; by then, wanting to retreat may become impossible."

"Tsk...."

Yunxiao feels somewhat unwilling; she originally thought that after breaking through to Eight Boundary Machine Master there would be a chance to turn the tide, but she didn't expect it to still end up like this?

She once again turns her gaze to 118; for major decisions, she always listens to 118.

"Miss, I think we can continue the attack."

118 is absolutely confident in his analysis; unless an unanticipated variable appears, given his years of battlefield experience, this wave can definitely be won!

Moreover, this is also a safeguard; if the Insect Emperor isn't dead, even if he is merely mortal flesh, 118 still fears he will destroy the Gravity Prison, rendering their preparations wasted.

Once the Insect Emperor dies, future insect disasters will lack the power to devour planets, which is also beneficial for them and can better accelerate the insect swarm's self-extinction process.

"Alright, then let's continue the fierce assault!"

Yunxiao now has confidence, launching another fierce assault at the Insect Emperor, and she absolutely trusts 118's analysis.

But.....

Everything has variables; 118's calculations are indeed accurate, but he fundamentally did not include certain mysterious existences in his calculations.

However, even if he had included them in his calculations, it would be of no avail, for their strength far exceeds the range 118 understands.

At this moment, an ancient computer that has not manipulated variables for a long time has struck again.

"Experimental data... being recovered...."

"Executing variable.... final experiment...."

A humming sound arises; with its computing power at peak, it can freely influence the fluctuations of certain particles in the universe, and the result of this action is to control the direction of events' development.

At this moment, 118 still doesn't know that something is affecting the entire battlefield; he continues to lead Yunxiao in attacking the Insect Emperor, unaware of anything amiss.

"Miss, speed up; according to my calculations, we still have nearly fifteen minutes."

Yunxiao grits her teeth, unleashing the ether within her body without reservation; instantly, her attack frequency increases again, striking the Insect Emperor to the point of unbearable suffering.

"Almost... almost.."

Yunxiao silently chants in her heart, her hands never stopping, but at this moment a bad premonition suddenly wells up inside her.

And at this moment, 118's heavy voice also comes through.

"Miss.... something went wrong."

In the distant deep space, a vast swarm of insect disasters is rapidly approaching, each with a needle-like mouthpart on its mouth, and their abdomens flicker with red light—these are the insect disasters capable of emitting gland lasers.

Moreover, what shocks 118 even more than this is that these insect disasters.... are very strange.

They did not fly over chaotically like normal insect disasters; instead, they formed an extremely neat array, aiming those needle-like mouthparts straight at Yunxiao.

Ignoring the surrounding Federation troops, ignoring the surrounding Intelligent Machine mechs, they solely aimed their barrels at Yunxiao.

"Miss! Be careful!"

Countless beams shot toward the two, converging into a point; 118 hastily took over the control device and narrowly avoided the attack.

The next moment, these insect disasters, as if knowing they needed to use the Black Hole Voyager to enter the black hole, suddenly ceased attacking Yunxiao and instead turned their sights toward the Black Hole Voyager.

"Not good!!!"

The Intelligent Machine Empress emitted a booming sound, and an emergency shield hastily rose, blocking one laser attack.

"You guys hurry back!!!"

"I can't block a second attack!"

Upon hearing this, Yunxiao felt utterly helpless, gritting her teeth in resentment, unable to imagine why this situation would arise.

She piloted the mecha, turned around, and flew toward the Black Hole Voyager, while issuing the order for the remaining Federation soldiers to enter the Black Hole Voyager.

Miss, I can still withstand another laser attack of that degree.

I'll do my best!

Variables.... continue....

The computer issued a voice command, and at this moment, Yunxiao, who didn't know how far away he was, suddenly sensed something and lifted their head to look in his direction.

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