Chapter 139: Great Tranquility IV
After the fall of the Gallega, the Iberian Armada faced an unprecedented crisis.
Their fleet was lured into the second main theater of the 420,000 strategic depth of the Celestial Fleet, and although it successfully resisted the concentrated attack of the three detachments A, B, and C and entered the strategic buffer zone, the price was heavy.
After a series of fierce engagements, the Iberian fleet had already lost almost two-thirds of its strength.
There are only seven of their core ships left.
The mechs, who are the key force of the Iberian fleet, are also in a state of energy depletion at the moment.
The long hours of fighting had drained their spirituality, making it impossible for them to exert their previous incredible combat power.
Medina Sidonia looked at the [Evangelical See] in the depths of the 420,000 strategy at this moment.
"Fundamental...... Can't beat it...... No...... He wasn't even on the battlefield. ”
The Evangelical See's [Army of Hosts] is quietly launched.
Countless newly generated fleets began to enter the war zone through the Folding Leap technique.
The number of these newly arrived battle groups is huge and seems to be endless.
All the struggles of the Armada just now were so ridiculous, and many battle groups jumped out of thin air in the strategic area that they had painstakingly cleared.
This is an army of hosts from the Holy See of the Gospel.
The replenishment of the army of the Supreme One is never exhausted, no matter how many fleets they consume, for the Holy See.
It's all the same.
"Commander, they deliberately brought us here......"
Lily stood on the bridge, her face pale as if she had lost all blood. Her eyes were fixed on the Celestial Fleet in front of her, the huge ships that had been pouring firepower unexpectedly stopped firing at this moment.
"They ceasefired...... Why is that? ”
Her eyes were full of confusion and confusion, and she turned to look at Medina Sidonia, as if seeking the answer to this sudden change.
The space around them suddenly plunged into an eerie silence, in stark contrast to the tension that had just been under continuous artillery fire and the sound of explosions.
Medina Sidonia also noticed an anomaly, which made him feel uneasy.
His heartbeat was almost audible at this moment.
His mind raced, trying to parse the intentions that might lie behind the sudden calm; His hands gripped the handle of the bridge tightly, his fingertips whitening with nervousness.
His eyes narrowed unconsciously, trying to look for any signs of movement in the massive figure of the Celestial Fleet.
But both the turret and the communication system of the battleship seemed to be immersed in an inexplicable silence.
Medina Sidonia's confusion gradually turned into a faint apprehension, and he knew that any anomaly on the battlefield could be a sign of a new storm coming.
This sudden stillness, as if the calm before the storm, made her feel an indescribable depression and tension.
"The other party has seen through my strategic intentions, no, it's not like, the engine [of the Larena] has already warmed up, and in this area, she has every chance to shuttle back to the present world......"
Medina Sidonia seemed to have thought of something.
At that moment, a sudden trance flashed across his face, followed by an indescribable fear and despair in his eyes.
He remembered in his mind that His Excellency St. James had discussed [the Armada] with him.
"The god whose power we have stolen is located on the summit of a peak called Yadis Goh, where there is a huge stone fortress that has survived the years and is still majestic and mysterious.
Legend has it that when the Mu Continent finally sinks into the waves of the universe, his abode will also be mercilessly devoured.
At that moment, the fragment of the Great One was captured by the mysterious and powerful [Mi Go] clan.
They combined these powerful fragments with the resources of Iberia to forge the formidable legions of our current "Invincible Armada".
Not only did these fleets outperform all of their opponents in technology and force, but they also possessed nearly indestructible power because of the mechs that contained his fragments.
Each ship of the Armada is an independent combat unit, which has its own consciousness and ability to think. These mechs are derived from his powers, which allow the fleet to display not only amazing combat effectiveness in battle, but also the ability to repair itself and adapt to different battlefield environments.
And any gift from the gods has a price.
The essence of these machine souls is, in the final analysis, a sacrifice. ”
Sacrifice!?
Medina Sidonia's mind flashed through the last phrase of St. James's Court, the word "sacrifice," which now took over his mind like a curse, and the fear in his heart spread like wildfire.
His pupils constricted, and he didn't want to believe his hunch. Under this extreme psychological shock, he turned his head almost instinctively and quickly, his eyes full of eagerness, and looked at Lily.
In his eyes, there was a deep expectation, a longing for his own misjudgment, a hope that reality was not as terrible as he thought.
Across from him, Lily tilted her head slowly, her originally clear eyes obscured by a milky white membrane, as if she was gradually losing the brilliance that should have belonged to a human being.
"Refers to ...... Brandish...... Officer, what's wrong with you? ”
Lily's voice was staccato and staccato, each word seemed to be squeezed out of an ancient abyss, with an invisible weight and ominousness. As she spoke, black dirt appeared around her body, like a mist in the endless night, indistinct and deeply unsettling.
Tiny cracks began to appear in her skin, like parched earth, and bottomless darkness seeped through the cracks.
The cracks gradually spread, with an ominous tinge, as if some terrifying presence was gradually eroding her flesh, trying to make it a part.
Medina Sidonia walked up to Lily's side and hugged her deeply, trying to restrain Lily's loss of control.
Lily looked blankly at the commander with tears in the corners of her eyes, she stretched out her hand full of tentacles to wipe away his tears, and then, puzzled, asked:
"I ...... This is...... What's wrong? ”
Medina Sidonia opened her mouth to say something, but it was too late.
The soul of the [St. Martin] began its evil fall.
The hull, which had once shone with a metallic sheen, was now covered in a treacherous and indescribable substance.
The substance exuded a chilling aura that was like a shadow spreading in the night, constantly eating away at every inch of the ship.
The form of these contaminants is difficult to describe accurately in words, they wriggle like living creatures, and flow like liquid darkness, with a disgusting, filthy and unclean nature. As if it had a life of its own, the substance permeated the surface of the ship, gradually forming a disgusting membrane on the metal shell.
This membrane expands, burying the splendor and glory of the Saint-Martin in a horror of immense immenseness, beyond the imagination of human beings.
Medina Sidonia, who was hugging Lily, was directly engulfed by the black mud.
Even more frighteningly, this pollution is not content with just devouring the [St. Martin].
It began to spread to other ships around it in an incredible way.
As if an invisible plague, this force of evil and hatred began to eat away at the entire Starfleet, casting every ship in an ominous shadow.
The San Martín, San Juan, Nao Victoria, San Mateo, San Felipe, and Santiago all fell into a terrible depnce, and only the Larena, which activated the [Class Curvature Engine], escaped the terrible pollution for the time being.
Whoa—
Outside the encirclement, Nemo Yegor watched the scene coldly.
"A good commander does not betray his army, but, what about the other way around? The so-called machine soul is not human in nature, no matter how good it is on the outside, it is a stupid decision to make the weapon conscious, and it is even more stupid to let the weapon have a 'life of its own', and it is impossible for them to maintain absolute loyalty. The world belongs to humanity, past, present and future, and what is the use of keeping weapons that cannot maintain absolute loyalty to humanity? ”
Boom –
At this moment, the group of ships polluted by the power of evil seemed to become an ominous feast, attracting the gaze of those who could not be named.
Above the heavenly dome, a crack suddenly opened, as if the boundary between reality and nothingness had been torn apart, and a huge "Heavenly Lever" slowly descended.
It, or rather the lever that belonged to the power of the gods, was attracted to the fragments of itself.
It's out of nowhere.
【Lever of Heaven: Part 1——】
Click-
A huge hoof-shaped lever shatters the space around it.
Its appearance was accompanied by a low roar from the depths of the universe, as if it were the oldest voice in heaven and earth, with a majesty and power that transcended time and space.
A large celestial body occupies most of the field of view, its surface covered with dense depressions and holes, like a weathered boulder.
These deep holes are reminiscent of countless black holes that seem to devour the matter and light around them.
That's the planet known as Mu Continent.
The surface of the [Mu Continent] is covered with a thick dark mist, as if it is an entity condensed by the night itself, and an indescribable evil and chaos pervades the planet.
As the [Mu Continent] approached, the entire interstellar space seemed to be swallowed up by this invisible dark force.
The darkness on the planet's surface seemed to come alive, twisting and wriggling, exuding a suffocating fear.
The appearance of the dark planet was like a giant beast in the darkness, slowly opening its fangs, and the old gods who had been sleeping began to revive from their slumber.
His form challenges the boundaries of human intellect.
It's an incredibly unbelievable and deformed giant creature that exists so vast and terrifying.
His tentacles were long and thick, like the tentacles of some ancient sea creature, constantly wriggling in the air; Beneath the bridge of his long nose sat several octopus-like eyes, which shimmered with a cold, merciless light, as if they could peek into the secrets of every corner; His body is half-amorphous, partly gelatinous and partly covered in rough scales or deep wrinkles, a mixture of textures reminiscent of some primitive and unknown life form.
His unclean body, huddled in the shadows of the planet, seemed to be a forbidden child born from chaos and endless darkness.
The abominable stench, filth, and wickedness spread all around, and He was so vast and deep that no human language could adequately describe it.
It was a horror and hatred beyond human cognition, so inhuman that the mere mere mere idea of His existence was enough to afflict the human psyche.
It was so large that even from outside the planet, astronauts could faintly see its outline.
Surrounding this colossal creature are countless living statues that appear to be His servants, perhaps souls unfortunate enough to be conquered by it, now trapped in eternal petrification.
"One of the stars banished by the Crystal Heaven, ruler of the Dark Continent, king of volcanoes, god of the old, submerged of sanity, and demon of petrification, !! Ghatanothoa"
When the old gods descended, Nemo's face, which had always been unfazed, finally changed, and his face was covered with fanaticism.
"Finally, finally leading you from beyond the stars to the fourth lead-"
As the [Mu Continent] approached, the entire interstellar space seemed to be swallowed up by this invisible dark force.
The darkness on the planet's surface seemed to come alive, twisting and wriggling, exuding a suffocating fear, and under the pull of an incomprehensible force, the Lever of Heaven, it moved slowly, its massive influence gradually approaching the Iberian Armada.
As the planet moves, it sets off a monstrous etheric tide.
The once mighty and mighty Armada was now fragile in front of the shockwave of the [Mu Continent], and they were firmly clasped by great force.
As Gatano Toya approached, an invisible force twisted the fabric of space, unleashing a devastating shockwave.
They tore through the defenses of the Iberian fleet, destroying the massive ships like pieces of paper.
And at the center of it all, the unspeakably terrifying abominations of the surface of [Mu Continent] stretched out their viscous and huge tentacles in an almost blasphemous way.
These tentacles act as the umbilical cord of the mother, mercilessly penetrating the remaining hull of the ship, wrapping them tightly.
They are like ropes that sue for life, constantly absorbing the energy of the ship girls, and extracting their vitality and spirituality little by little.
The mechs in the fleet, these once heroic and energetic beings, are now surrounded by these evil umbilical tentacles.
In terror and despair, their power is relentlessly drained until the last shred of energy is plundered.
Only the [Larena], which activated the [Quasi-Curvature Engine], completed the leap in an instant and escaped the devouring of the Dark Continent.
At this moment, on the surface of the Mu Continent, the followers of the Volcano King, the fungal creatures that looked like crustaceans, the abominations called Mi Go, began to sing around him, and while they were singing, another "lever of heaven" appeared in the sky.
【Lever of the Heavens: Part 2——】
Another lever of heaven mysteriously appeared on the opposite side of it.
These two levers, as if they were two parallel dimensions in the universe, suddenly converged at this moment.
Their existence is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, like two giant dragons in the universe, slowly dancing in the dark void, leading the fate of the universe.
The surface of the lever is covered with endless symbols and patterns, and each ornament shines with a mysterious light, exuding a splendor that is difficult to look at.
As they drew closer, the space around them began to distort, as if the entire structure of the universe had been upended at the intersection of these two levers.
In a seemingly eternal moment, the two heavenly levers finally collided together. The blending of this moment produces a visual spectacle that shocks the soul.
An indescribable force erupted from the point of impact, spreading out like ripples, enveloping the surroundings in a strange light.
This brilliance is neither the scorching sun nor the moon, but a light unique to the unknown universe.
The blending of levers seems to open a door to the unknown, from which countless incredible scenes flow.
Unprecedented rifts have appeared in the stars, and those cracks seem to hide endless secrets and possibilities, even passages to other dimensions.
That's the gap to this world.
Pulled by two levers, [Mu Dalu] began to sink towards the present world, and advanced in the direction of Terra.
[Attention of the full spectrum angels——]
[Eden enters an ascending state——]
[Start the Lineage Dao Marker (Supreme Order) Operation: Sink the Mu Continent!] 】
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Aether deep space.
In the vastness of outer space, Callisto is like an ice floe.
On its surface, there are two unusually significant large craters, like two hollow eyes in the universe, which are bottomless and can be clearly identified even at distant interstellar observatories.
A shocking scene unfolded on this huge celestial body, and a huge "bull's hoof" was slowly sticking out of the sky in the sky.
It seems to stretch out from the depths of the infinite universe a Optimus Pillar, its true form is difficult to describe in words, like a giant bull-hoof lever, calm and full of power, abruptly descending on the surface of Ganymede.
Boom –
【Lever of Heaven: Part 3——】
A deafening roar sounded immediately, as if heaven and earth were opened, announcing a new chapter in the universe.
As the lever stepped in, the entire planet began to exhibit an anomalous displacement, as if the friction of space itself had been erased by a mysterious force.
In the core area of the Heavenly Lever, an angel with white hair and white eyes was quietly stationed.
His posture was solemn, exuding a transcendent temperament, thirty-six wings of light spread out from behind him, each wing shining with brilliant light, like thirty-six blades of light, cutting through the surrounding time and space.
"This is the blessing of the genealogy resources after the Eden Ascending, this feeling of being wrapped in the full spectrum of angel resources, is really ...... That's great. ”
Xia Xiu raised his hands, feeling the blessing of the hosts he had received after the Eden Ascending.
"Whatever my eyes desire, I have not left or given it; What my heart enjoys, I have not forbidden not to enjoy" - this is the blessing of hosts received by the Ascending Order of Eden.
[Completion of the structure of the realm (people): 40%...... 46%…… 52%……】
[Current Lever of Heaven Plunder: 30%...... 36%…… 42%……】
The purple-gold Sisyphus hovers behind the Fourth Sword Bearer of the Heavenly Kingdom.
Sisyphus's muscles are tense as if they have been electrocuted, especially the muscles in the arms, shoulders and back, forming a solid chain of support.
His gaze was firmly fixed on the front, preoccupied with completing the release of this power.
At this moment, the purple-gold avatar's arm was firmly holding a black sphere that was difficult to look at.
This sphere is deep and pitch black, as if it were the deepest shadow in the night sky, condensing endless darkness and mystery.
It is a purely non-rotating "black hole" whose existence seems to be a provocation to the most extreme laws of nature.
Around the sphere, the light seemed to distort, drawn into the bottomless abyss-like center.
This "black hole" is small but has an unimaginable mass, and its gravitational field is so powerful and terrifying that it seems to be able to swallow up everything that comes close to it.
However, under the control of Sisyphus, this terrifying celestial body is unusually docile, like a tamed beast, completely subject to its guidance.
At this moment, Sisyphus is beginning to construct his own realm with all his elements.
"Out of control...... World ......"
Xia Xiu slowly recited the [Crown Unfolding] that was one-third of himself, which was composed of the [human] part.
Buzz –
Three auras like mutton fat and white jade instantly unfolded from behind him.
On the celestial dome, the shape of the huge "Heavenly Lever" began to change.
The originally huge cow's hoof-shaped shape began to turn into a huge, virtual ...... under the influence of Xia Xiu Snooker cues?!
Huge "billiard cues" float above Callisto, and in front of Ganymede, a unique spatial ripple channel appears.
The white-haired and white-eyed angel slowly stretched out his right hand, his fingers slightly bent to form a posture that simulated a pistol.
His movements are smooth and graceful, with his index and middle fingers coming together to form the barrel of a gun, while his thumb stands like the butt of a gun.
There was a hint of playfulness and unfathomability in his eyes.
Then the angel opened his mouth softly, and in a low and magnetic voice, he whispered one word:
"Bang!"
This simple syllable reverberates in the tranquil space, as if with an invisible force.
As he spoke, the thumb of his right hand slowly pulled downward, completing the action of shooting.
Huge "billiard cues" hit Ganymede from top to bottom.
Knock –
A crisp sound sounded, and immediately after, Ganymede moved straight towards the huge ripples in front of it like a billiard ball.
The trajectory of the planet gradually blurred in this ripple.
Eventually, the whole of Ganymede seems to be swallowed into an unknowable abyss and disappears.