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"Disappeared... disappeared..." The only words in Ziyu's mind were these three, completely unaware of anything else. What insect sea... what about the queen in front of him... it no longer mattered.
In the sky, the light blue glow had vanished, plunging everything into darkness as the Zerg began to enter the atmosphere.
The Zerg clustered together like ants, burning only the outer layers as they descended, while the inner parts remained intact. Countless fireballs fell from the sky, some landing in the ocean, others on land, exploding and releasing endless Zerg.
The sky remained dark. After the Zerg landed, even more Zerg from the universe surged toward this place, like starving wolves spotting a large piece of meat.
"Die! Damn it, die!" Ziyu's body suddenly grew larger, his massive hand grasping the Zerg Queen before flinging her away. The mechanical arm's force twisted the Zerg Queen's body.
"Ah!!" Ziyu was completely enraged, blades sprouting from his arms. With each step he took, numerous Zerg perished.
"Haha, children of the Zerg, hurry and find your food!" The Zerg Queen stood up again amidst the ruins, with more Zerg Queen s descending from above...
The army of Zerg surged forward like a sandstorm. Unlike a sandstorm, however, the Zerg would devour everything and cover the entire Earth.
All that could be heard was a buzzing sound and the noise of gnawing... along with human cries. Surprisingly, Ziyu found himself lacking the strength to continue fighting.
Initially, to ensure Earth's survival, Ziyu had left for Ali Star, and then for Earth's sake, he allowed the new humans to become independent...
Yes, when Ziyu made the new humans independent, it was to increase the chances of Earth's survival... because he was uncertain—uncertain whether he would die on his mission. If he were on Ali Star, his death would implicate the entire Earth.
Ziyu could only seek independence for a better life, so that Earthlings could live well.
Though Earth had its good and bad aspects, for someone like Ziyu, who had ventured beyond the planet, Earth was his home.
But now that home was destroyed... completely destroyed...
There was no ability to resist; everything was being trampled upon.
"Stop it all..." Ziyu no longer fought back but shouted loudly in an attempt to halt the continued trampling by the Zerg.
“Ziyu, you know we can't stop...” The Zerg Queen that was thrown out by Ziyu returned and said to Ziyu, “We Zerg do this to survive.”
“If you say stop, then every planet would have someone shouting stop, and we wouldn't survive,” the Zerg Queen said as she approached Ziyu, her ugly Tentacle touching Ziyu's armor, speaking slowly.
“Get lost!” Ziyu's armor immediately sprouted blades, severing the Tentacle.
The severed piece fell to the ground, still writhing without direct connection to the Zerg Queen, which was quite disgusting; meanwhile, the Zerg Queen quickly restored her form, new tissue rapidly growing where she had been cut.
“Since you won't stop, I will kill…” The Power System of Ziyu's armor activated instantly, turning the surface into blades as she charged forward.
With her extreme speed, every Zerg that encountered Ziyu was sliced and killed by the blades.
“Zero, Emperor, how are things on your end?” Ziyu quickly asked.
Emperor and Zero were at the Island, tightly protecting it.
“The small Defensive Crystal Barrier System is temporarily effective, but similarly, the energy available for the Defensive Crystal Barrier System is limited,” Zero replied.
How much energy can one Island utilize? The power stations on the Ground had mostly been destroyed, and it seemed that the independent power system of the Island wouldn't last long.
“I have tightly placed a layer of Kallok Metal inside the Defensive Crystal Barrier System. Once the energy runs out, the Kallok Metal can still hold out for a while… I just don’t know if it can withstand the erosion from the Zerg,” the Emperor said.
“Then, Zero, temporarily shut down the Defensive Crystal Barrier System, then shrink its defensive range and restart it. This way, we can place the Kallok Metal on the outer layer and conduct a test,” Ziyu suggested.
Ziyu didn’t understand why the Zerg always ignored her to attack others, but she couldn’t conclude that the Zerg couldn’t harm the Kallok Metal.
“Okay,” Zero said.
At the Island.
The outer layer of the Defensive Crystal Barrier System vanished instantly and reappeared inside the shell of the Kallok Metal, while the Zerg continued their assault.
“The Kallok Metal still cannot effectively resist the gnawing of the Zerg, but its consumption rate is extremely slow,” the Emperor said with surprise, as if it was working.
"By the way, I thought of a method..." Ziyu said while rushing to the Island.
In Ziyu's mind, since the Zerg was consuming Kallok Metal relatively slowly, it indicated that consuming Kallok Metal was quite challenging for them. Therefore, the difficulty could be increased again!
Ziyu and the Imperial Capital could allow Kallok Metal to undergo Infinite Replication, and during this process, Ziyu could freely control the shape and structure of Kallok Metal.
Ziyu thought, what if Kallok Metal were transformed into a large sphere?
It should be noted that the Zerg also consumes using their mouths; they need to make contact with their teeth to chew. A sphere, as everyone knows, has a larger volume with a flatter surface and a smaller curvature...
Just like Earth, which is a sphere, but on a small scale, its surface is almost flat.
So if the sphere's volume is very large, the Zerg would not be able to chew it...
Moreover, since it was already difficult for the Zerg to consume Kallok Metal before, this method might yield good results.
"This method seems feasible..." The Emperor thought for a moment and simulated it in his mind with Zero. Indeed, there was some effect... Furthermore, the speed at which the Zerg consumed Kallok Metal was expected to be lower than Ziyu's Infinite Replication speed.
"Let's do it this way!" Ziyu was already approaching the Island. The volume immediately increased, abandoning the previously complex Battle Armor structure for a simple Power System, and then began transforming into a large sphere.
Of course, Ziyu couldn't remain still, so temporarily many small blades generated on the surface of the large sphere.
If someone were to see Ziyu's large sphere now, they would surely find it disgusting. The sphere's surface was covered with small blades like scales, cutting through the Zerg and leaving their internal slime smeared on the outer layer of Kallok Metal...
"I've arrived at the Island; I can see you all!" Ziyu's detection system observed the presence of the Island. At this moment, the Emperor also adopted Ziyu's method; the Defensive Crystal Barrier System was on standby inside while Kallok Metal transformed into a large sphere.
Ziyu's large sphere plunged into the water, floating on the surface alongside the Island's Kallok Metal sphere.
"Emperor, Zero, what should we do next?" Ziyu was still thinking about how Earth now had billions of people who had been devoured by the Zerg —a civilization that had developed for thousands of years had just vanished.
"Ziyu, it's already good that we can protect ourselves... If you choose to abandon Earth, we can take the wormhole to another planet with a Defensive Crystal Barrier System," said the Emperor.
The Emperor was very rational and understood that Earth was already doomed; what needed to be sacrificed should be sacrificed.
“Ziyu, I know you care deeply about your home planet. I understand that although you are not very happy here, there are still many unforgettable things, and the important people in your life are all on Earth...” the Emperor persuaded.
“Emperor... you are under the Defensive Crystal Barrier System and Kallok Metal. You should build a wormhole and leave,” Ziyu said. “Ye Ling, you go first. I will think of a way. If I can't find a solution, I will come to find you.”
As Ziyu spoke, Ye Ling heard and nodded foolishly. However, while talking to Ye Ling, Ziyu also sent a secret message to Emperor and Zero.
“I am outside. I need to use the Battle Armor to construct the wormhole. The wormhole appears outside the Battle Armor. If I escape, the metal sphere will enter the wormhole, but once the wormhole appears externally, no matter how fast I am, I might be taken advantage of by the Zerg.” Ziyu said, “I cannot let other planets take this risk as well.”
Ziyu cannot leave...
“Don’t tell Ye Ling about this. I will think of another way; there might be other solutions,” Ziyu said with a bitter smile.
“Ziyu... you...” Zero's voice echoed in Ziyu's cockpit. “I was created by you. If you don’t leave, then I won’t either.”
“Zero, you are now Mechanical Life. You are the one the Emperor has high hopes for. I hope you can assist the Emperor and lead the Mechanical Life to glory!” Ziyu said with a smile.
Ziyu is no longer that child...
“While the Zerg is indeed powerful, I know that Mechanical Life is even stronger, right? Don’t think of yourself as different from other forms of life... You and we are just structurally different.”
“Every form of life, as long as it has thought and characteristics of life, must have its own dignity.”
Ziyu privately discussed many things with the Emperor and Zero before speaking to Ye Ling.
“Ye Ling, how many years have we known each other? If we follow normal time progression, we’ve known each other since Six Hundred Thousand Years Ago... we’re like an old married couple now.”
“Go ahead. I promise I will come find you soon. Haha, how can these little Zerg not be properly dealt with before retreating?”
“After so many years of battle, I have never backed down.”
“Actually, if you ask me, if we have the chance, how about we go back to ancient times and be swordsmen again? Back to that era when we could unleash sword energy... I promise I won’t stab into the Solar Torrent even if it kills me.”
“Alright, enough talk. I need to think carefully about how to deal with the Zerg. You should obediently go with the Emperor and the others.”
Ziyu finished speaking and then disconnected.
"You bastards, let's just drag this out..." Ziyu's energy comes from the materials in Nearby... including things from Zerg...
On Island.
"Alright, let's go." The Emperor created a wormhole and looked at the people on Island.
Ye Ling nodded and walked in, along with Zero, the Emperor, Ye Ling's Parents, and some surviving soldiers and attendants... all entered, heading towards a planet that had a Defensive Crystal Barrier System and was still intact.
"Ye Ling, don't worry, Ziyu will be here soon," Zero said with a grin.
"Idiot, you don't have to lie to me. I just don't want him to worry about me anymore... I know he won't come back, right..."
Ye Ling turned around, facing away from everyone, lowering her head...
In the sky, a shimmering blue light glowed, and in the depths of the shadow behind that blue light lay the person Ye Ling cared about the most.
[End of Chapter]
[PS: I am quite satisfied with this chapter; I wonder how everyone feels about it... Three thousand words, I will try to stabilize each chapter at three thousand words in the future.]
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