Chapter 263: The Truth of the Calamity

The shocking change before their eyes stunned both camps.

At the same time, they also realized how the Mystic Domain mission would develop next, and even their own life and death would no longer depend on them at all.

"It is rumored that as long as the 【Calamity Star Command Lord】 participates in a mission, there will eventually be a phenomenon of Mystic Domain plot derailment and a collapse of the situation. I didn't expect Brother Shang Yang, who has repeatedly been a stepping stone for the Calamity Star Command Lord in the past, to have this ability too."

"More than just collapse, it's a complete subversion. This iron beast not only slaughtered all the sub-humans, leaving everyone with no mission to do, but he also wants to slaughter all of us next. Is there such a way to conduct a Mystic Domain crusade? He's really a lunatic."

"If you look into it, the one who caused the collapse-style development is still the Calamity Star Command Lord. He interrupted Brother Shang Yang's slow calculation, forcing him to turn to the most cruel means."

"Brother Shang Yang is probably also pitted by the Calamity Star Command Lord many times, so he is so decisive."

"So, is the Calamity Star Command Lord still alive?"

Reminded, everyone looked at the terrifying giant machine together.

Brother Shang Yang's massacre of the sub-humans, self-destruction, and abandonment of everything to immigrate to the Machine Apostle race, all started with the sudden descent of this giant and his ruthless assassination without a word of nonsense.

Although this Goddess-like giant machine was suspected to have been paralyzed and crashed by Brother Shang Yang's attack.

But remembering his past fierce reputation, no one believed that the Calamity Star Command Lord had died.

And Li Yu was indeed not dead.

He and Su Xing were both safe and sound.

When the Nest-Mother blocked the disaster and the aftermath of the self-destruction ended, the master and servant woke up together.

Su Xing's consciousness began to carefully probe out of the brain-domain, retaking control of the chaotic nervous system, and controlling the "Goddess body" to slowly open her eyes.

After looking around, she raised her head again and looked at the pitch-black space.

The vast distance could not block the gaze of a high-level Machine Goddess shell that already possessed a faint divine charm.

Extremely detailed battle reports and deductions rang in Li Yu's mind the next moment:

"The battle has temporarily ended, and part of the plan has been achieved."

"Successfully forced the target to self-destruct all Apostles and the warship he possessed."

"The target has now lost high-sequence combat power and fallen back to the 【Sequence 5】 level."

"But the target has also submitted the 'self-destruction and killing of all sub-humans' as evidence that he accepted the 【Slaughter All Sub-humans Rule】 to the Machine Apostle race mothership, and obtained the mothership's recognition, gaining the opportunity to immigrate to the Apostle race. The mothership's intellectual brain has begun to fulfill this promise, and the target's racial essence has changed again."

"He is transforming into a 'Machine Apostle' and possesses talent and potential that surpasses almost all Machine Apostles."

"He is valued by the mothership's intellectual brain."

"According to the past assessment of the target, it can be judged: the target's 'immigration' is a scam. There is an 80% probability that the target will hand over his core data consciousness to the Evil God 【Ancient Saint】 for safekeeping. After entering the mothership area, he may start a new round of corruption and possession actions."

"The Apostle race's mothership possesses complete gravity control technology, solar black sail technology, star navigation technology... it is the core creation of the Apostle race's advanced technology."

"Technically, this mothership is ahead of the target's original Undead warship."

"If the target succeeds, his opportunistic combat power will skyrocket again."

"Existing technical level can be estimated: the target's success probability is as high as 70%."

"But because the volume gap between the two sides is too large, the target will need at least several days to complete the plan."

"The remaining time for Su Xing to operate the 【Machine Goddess Body】 is one quarter of an hour, unable to continue tracking or quickly assassinate."

"Starting to readjust the plan...!"

Su Xing's words quickly let Li Yu know about all the changes in the outside world.

Especially, knowing Brother Shang Yang's movements and destination.

Complaints and admiration could not be restrained at all.

"What a Brother Shang Yang!"

"Really knows how to play, playing this immigration set in a Mystic Domain crusade?"

"Even voluntarily accepting body modification, actively accepting that inhuman slaughter rule."

"The intellectual brain of that Apostle mothership probably thinks it is their own noble belief that attracted a machine lifeform with the same aspirations, which is why it chose to accept him."

"Who would have expected? This is inviting a wolf into the house."

"Machine ascension successful, wisdom and computing power are equivalent to a subsystem of the 【Sacred Nest Intellectual Brain】, and he is an Ancient Saint God-Chosen... give him a few days to complete the corruption and possession of the mothership's intellectual brain, it is indeed very possible."

"Where did he learn such a shameless and ruthless move?"

Li Yu just asked.

Su Xing gave the answer immediately:

"Master, according to logical deduction, more than half of the target Brother Shang Yang's current style of conduct is imitated from the master."

"So his success probability is very, very high, as long as there is no interference from the master."

This answer, unsurprisingly, made Li Yu fall into silence.

So, it was imitating his style of causing trouble.

But soon he reacted again, frowning, his face showing difficulty.

A strong omen of crisis lingered in his heart.

This time, he didn't even need him or Su Xing to deduce it; the visible disastrous ending was already brewing.

"The progress of this Mystic Domain crusade is now completely messed up and collapsed, and only half of the seven days have passed."

"Once Brother Shang Yang is allowed to possess the mothership, no one on the field, including me, will be able to keep their lives."

"I, Li Yu, can even be considered the person most likely to survive, after all, I possess a machine divine entity... The Nest-Mother used the biological energy of an entire planet, plus the technology of the Modifier race, and the virus cast by the Nest-Mother, evil, terrifying, and powerful."

"The only pity is that Su Xing's level is not enough, so she cannot exert half of the 【Machine Goddess】 power."

"Just this, and there is a limit to the usage time."

"How can this still be played?"

"Otherwise, run away? This divine machine body must also have the ability to cross the star sea, escape the desperate dead star, and go to the depths of the star sea... no need to really find another safe planet, just hold on for a few days, and wait for the Demon Star Command to send me back to the present world."

"The Reincarnator side has the most advantage; they can directly pay the price and return early."

"The most miserable are the Demon Star Command Lords, who have nowhere to escape."

As soon as these thoughts of Li Yu emerged, they were immediately rejected by Su Xing.

The projection in front of her was also changed to the scene of the Reincarnator side. The few surviving Reincarnators were surrounding the strongest, "Thunder General Yang Tiangang," and everyone had a look of fear on their faces.

"Master!"

"After this evolution and upgrade, the Reincarnation Heavenly Net and the Demon Star Command have had a synergistic phenomenon, learning from each other, and some rules on both sides have changed."

"The Reincarnation Heavenly Net side has already canceled the rule of 【paying a price to leave the Mystic Domain early】."

"As long as a survival mission appears, there is no other way to leave except by passing the time limit."

"In addition, the master's escape method is also unlikely to succeed. At the current stage, the area outside the dead star is controlled by the Apostle mothership. Su Xing cannot exert the true power of the Goddess shell. Entering space rashly will likely be quickly resolved and captured by the mothership."

These voices entered his ears. While Li Yu had a headache that his method had failed, he also completely understood the reason for the terrified faces of those Reincarnators.

A turtle in a jar!

These four words were the best footnote for the current situation of everyone on this desperate dead star.

Saying everyone, in fact, it added up to only a dozen people.

That's right, on a planet vaster and larger than the Earth of the previous life, only a dozen people were left.

Those tens of millions of native inhabitants had all been exterminated. The person who did all this was Brother Shang Yang.

Even Li Yu, who had pitted the other party many times, felt a bit trance-like after realizing the "evil karma" Brother Shang Yang had done.

Could not help but recall a long time ago, when the two first came into contact in the Mystic Domain, at that time Brother Shang Yang's ruthlessness had already shown signs.

Such people, being inhuman is true, but being able to do some great deeds and evil deeds that ordinary people cannot reach is also true, which is really terrifying.

He and Li Yu were somewhat similar!

In terms of sequence level, both were still Sequence 5, no different from the terrified sides on the field.

But both could opportunistically "master" or "leverage" power far beyond their own.

Therefore, being in the same Mystic Domain as the two, it was inevitable that plot collapse would occur.

"Can't be that unlucky, right?"

"The Brother Shang Yang of the past wasn't this terrifying. Letting you imitate me didn't mean letting you surpass me."

When Li Yu was complaining wildly in his heart, that omen of danger became even stronger.

He even foresaw a terrifying scene in the future: Brother Shang Yang, who controlled the Apostle mothership, would directly drag a small planet over in a few days to crash and destroy the dead star, thereby fulfilling his promise.

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The death was spectacular, but Li Yu didn't want to die.

Just as he wanted to use the "22nd Truth Bubble" he had just obtained not long ago to find a way to survive.

Su Xing's beautiful mechanical voice finally rang out again:

"All data left by the 【Nest-Mother】 has been received."

"The exploration degree of the divine machine body has therefore increased to 50%, and the safe control time limit has dropped to ten minutes."

"Hidden authority and Machine-Mother secret key discovered. After use, the machine's special function 【Star-Swallowing Ray】 can be enabled."

"The technical reserve of this function comes from the Modifier race and the Nest-Mother's experience in modifying planets... After enabling, it can absorb the energy essence of an entire planet and release it in a concentrated manner, possessing the power to destroy at least one small planet."

"The strength of this function's power depends on the absorption time."

"According to the assessment!"

"Enabling this function now has a very high probability of keeping the master's life when the survival time limit arrives."

Accompanied by the mechanical sound, Li Yu also saw the detailed description of this terrifying divine ability.

The technical reserve, or inheritance, came from the "Modifier" and the "Nest-Mother," both of which were terrifying existences that currently dominated the star sea.

It was also very reasonable for a divine ability that squeezed out planetary essence and released it to be able to bombard the Apostle mothership.

As for whether to enable it?

No suspense.

The current desperate dead star had no people left.

Squeezing it for a few days didn't matter.

After receiving Li Yu's decision, Su Xing continued immediately:

"Enabling 【Star-Swallowing】 function and handing it over to the program for automatic operation!"

"Synchronously temporarily lifting control of the body, retaining a ten-minute safe operation time limit."

When the dawn of survival appeared like this.

It also completely verified Li Yu's previous premonition that once Su Xing could accompany him into the Mystic Domain crusade, the pass rate would skyrocket again.

Looking at it now, it was indeed so.

The desperate dead star, which didn't seem to have been tossed much, actually showed a difficulty far beyond every Mystic Domain Li Yu had experienced, a true nightmare level.

If it were Li Yu alone, he would definitely die, without a shred of chance to survive.

Of course, others were the same, including that Thunder General Yang Tiangang.

The originally destined ending: all killed by Brother Shang Yang.

Now there seemed to be a turning point?

Hmm?

Abruptly, Li Yu, who had already made a plan, suddenly had a new idea in his mind.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the two sides who had not yet found a way to survive and were quite hesitant.

"If there are no accidents, in a few days Brother Shang Yang will control the 【Apostle Mothership】 and directly destroy the dead star, instead of killing them one by one."

"So, my self-preservation and my saving everyone's lives are actually the same."

"But in this way, it seems I will be at a loss."

"How about collecting some protection fees?"

Once this thought arose, it could not be restrained.

Li Yu was not a helpful good person, so he put it into action immediately.

Consequently!

The next moment, when the giant machine that had left psychological shadows on everyone on the field suddenly spewed scarlet steam, attracting everyone's attention.

Li Yu's voice also penetrated the mechanical skull and rang in everyone's ears:

"Everyone!"

"If there are no accidents, Brother Shang Yang will completely corrupt and control that 【Apostle Mothership】 within a few days, at which point he will fulfill his promise and kill all lifeforms."

"Don't look at the fact that you are all in the same sequence as him, even the 'Thunder General' fellow Daoist from the Haotian Sect has a higher sequence realm than him."

"If it were in the present world, I believe you could slaughter him with thousands of thunderbolts."

"But unfortunately, this is a Mystic Domain where everything is possible. What he is about to obtain is the Apostle mothership that possesses the power to destroy an entire planet. Even Sequence 4 cannot withstand the baptism of the huge mothership's orbital cannons, not to mention other terrifying means."

"He is inhuman now, and he won't talk about any friendship. In his eyes, the Demon Star Command Lords and the Reincarnators have the exact same status."

"Fortunately, there is a turning point in this matter."

"The machine shell I control comes from the 【Modifier race】. Its origin is even above that Apostle mothership, and it has the ability to save your lives."

"Just wait for the survival time limit to pass, and you can leave on your own."

"Although this means that this Mystic Domain crusade will have no gains, being able to save your lives is already a great thing, isn't it?"

"However, everything must have a price."

"My protection is not free."

"Please give me some benefits as a reward for my good deed."

"Whether it is the Demon Star Command Lords or the fellow Daoists of the Reincarnator camp, the standards are the same, fair and honest."

These words were emotional and reasonable, with sufficient evidence and self-consistent logic.

No matter who it was, they could not refute a single word.

Even the named "Thunder General Yang Tiangang," while looking ugly, had to nod and admit that Li Yu's words were completely correct.

Yang Tiangang had been infinitely glorious in the exploration missions of the past few days.

After all, among the two camps, only he could go head-to-head with those Machine Apostles without falling behind, and he could even dismantle the Apostles who were alone.

Unfortunately, the situation had suddenly deteriorated to this point.

Even a powerhouse like the Thunder General faced a dead end.

Of course, no one expected that at this moment, they would be blackmailed and asked to pay protection fees.

(End of chapter)