Chapter 1454: Beacon Fire and Smoke of War
The orange fragrant wind only blew for a short while before it stopped!
It hadn’t been long since the last batch of incense beads was produced, and the body hadn’t accumulated enough yet!
The Detoxifying Soybean directly made it all come out!
After the orange wind passed, thick black smoke erupted!
The smell was like the ash from a winter stove doused with water—a burnt, foul stench!
At this moment, tens of thousands of One-Eyed soldiers were frantically inhaling the fumes over there!
But the orange wind had passed, and the black wind arrived!
That extremely pungent smell hit their nasal passages, and many One-Eyed soldiers widened their eyes and vomited from the stench!
Tears streamed down like waterfalls!
The original orange wind was dispersed, and the black wind blew over, turning the One-Eyed soldiers black as coal!
(●ʘ̥̆)*Gag~* “Quick, shut down the mining machine? This smell is wrong!”
“That’s enough, mining team brothers, call the Star-Devouring Giant Worm to stop its divine power!”
“Pfft~ cough cough! Could it be broken? Why is it spewing black smoke now?”
Aiva also panicked: “Mining team! Do everything to stop the Star-Devouring Giant Worm, tell it to stop blasting!”
The mining team rubbed their eyes frantically, their corneas stinging!
“No good, Lady Aiva! The Star-Devouring Giant Worm is completely out of control!”
At that moment, the Star-Devouring Giant Worm opened its mouth wide and roared!
I also want to stop my divine power!
But this is completely beyond my control!
Here it comes, here it comes!
In that instant, a thunderous rumble came from the Star-Devouring Giant Worm’s belly, and its tail nozzle expanded rapidly, opening up to a diameter of eight kilometers!
There was no choice—if it didn’t expand, it would explode from the pressure!
“Boom!”
The next moment, a scorching magma pillar eight kilometers in diameter blasted toward the One-Eyed soldiers with astonishing force!
Waves of heat rolled, glowing red!
Aiva almost popped her eyeballs out!
Holy crap?
This… this is magma?
Many One-Eyed soldiers were instantly engulfed by the magma flow!
The magma pillar, carrying immense pressure, slammed violently into the rock walls!
Magma jets splashed everywhere!
In no time at all, the bottom of the Moon Eye had become a sea of magma!
And the Star-Devouring Giant Worm showed no sign of stopping, still frantically spewing magma!
The fierce thrust made the worm’s tail swing uncontrollably like a showerhead, thrashing wildly inside the Moon Eye!
Aiva swam in the magma, her face full of fear!
How did it come to this?
If the Star-Devouring Giant Worm kept spewing, wouldn’t all this digging be for nothing?
“Quick! Someone, go block the tail nozzle of the Star-Devouring Giant Worm!”
The One-Eyed soldiers looked at the eight-kilometer-diameter tail nozzle, their faces turning black.
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How the hell do we block that?
Forgive us—we really can’t do it!
Meanwhile, Jiangnan and his group had already escaped to safety!
Jiangnan thought the Star-Devouring Giant Worm might spew out something else strange, but who knew it would be magma?
It ate moon rock and produced magma? That actually seemed pretty reasonable!
At this moment, Jiangnan’s eyes lit up—he seemed to have found a perfect way to fill the Moon Eye!
But the part that had already been eaten and turned into incense beads was probably lost for good.
After all, no matter how much the Star-Devouring Giant Worm could spew, it couldn’t create something from nothing, right?
Fifty thousand pounds of soybeans—that should be enough for it to spew for a while!
“Let’s go! The Moon Eye is about done. Run quickly, or if the One-Eyed King comes, we’re screwed!”
“We can’t fire the God-Slaying Cannon a second time!”
A few darkened Teletubbies ran headlong toward the Storm Ocean without looking back.
If they looked back, they could clearly see the rolling black smoke rising from the eight-hundred-kilometer Moon Eye.
Like a volcanic crater, the black smoke even drifted into outer space.
The scene was exceptionally spectacular. Even from this distance, they could still feel the tremors in the Moon Eye and the roars of the Star-Devouring Giant Worm…
Meanwhile, on the near side of the Moon, the Sea of Tranquility!
The Mi Guo Moon Expedition Team, led by Piers, had been chased all the way by the One-Eyed Army!
They had fled from the far side to the near side’s Sea of Tranquility, crossing more than half the Moon!
They were all exhausted like grandsons!
Piers didn’t even have time to replace the cracked helmet!
He kept teleporting the expedition team. With this method of running, Piers’ spiritual energy was repeatedly depleted!
The more he ran, the more he realized the terror of the One-Eyed species!
Visual lock, mental control, super regeneration, extremely strong physical fitness!
Horrifying in close combat, long-range Star Pupil Cannons, and immune to energy-based attacks!
Originally three thousand in the expedition team, now only about two thousand six hundred remained!
Piers was even thinking of hiding in outer space!
Just as he turned to check on the One-Eyed Army’s situation, he saw the rolling black smoke rising from the south!
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It drifted straight into space!
Martin panicked: (˵¯͒益¯͒) “Holy crap! Old Pi, what are you thinking? Run! They’re coming!”
Piers stared blankly at the south!
Σ(°△°◟) “Smoke rising from the south? Did the Moon catch fire or something?”
Vini widened her eyes: (。ὅ～ὅ) “How is that possible? Are you senile? How could the Moon… Hiss~ What is that?”
Obviously, everyone noticed the black smoke in the south.
Martin swallowed: “Holy crap? Isn’t that the direction of the Aikento Crater? The Moon Eye?”
Piers gritted his teeth: “I bet Jiangnan took advantage of the One-Eyed Army chasing us to explore the Moon Eye!”
“A diversion? And we’re taking the blame? Son of a bitch!”
[From Piers: Resentment Value +1000!]
Although he wasn’t sure it was Jiangnan’s doing, whenever something happened on the Moon, blaming him was a sure bet—and it worked every time!
Aige was still leading the One-Eyed Army in pursuit, but Martin shouted:
(ꐦ՞口՞)☛ “And you’re still chasing us? Your home has been ransacked! Take a look behind you!”
Aige sneered: “Pointing? What are you pointing at? Despicable low-level carbon-based lifeforms!”
“If you hadn’t blown up Tongcheng and stolen the fire seeds and incense beads, would I be chasing you?”
“Do you think such a cheap trick can fool me? You’re just trying to distract us and escape, right?”
“Maybe my brain isn’t so good when I’m in hibernation, but when I’m running at full power? I’m sharp as a tack! You…!”
Martin: (≖_≖)
What the hell is this watermelon-eyed guy rambling about?
Probably showing off, right? Forgive us—we really can’t understand a word!
Before he finished, a Yuzu-rank One-Eyed soldier, full of terror, patted Aige on the shoulder!
“Boss! The mine! It’s the mine! The mine is smoking!”
Aige: ???
He whirled around and saw the black smoke drifting into outer space, his body running cold!
Holy crap! Not just Tongcheng—the mine was in trouble too?
He had pulled a large number of mining teams to chase these humans!
With the mine defenses weakened, it had also been attacked?
Ahhh!
At that moment, Aige was frantic with worry. The Star-Devouring Giant Worm was even more precious than the incense beads!
If something happened to it…
Aige cursed, chasing these humans from the far side to the near side of the Moon!
And this side was in darkness!
The One-Eyed species couldn’t absorb stellar energy, and once their energy ran out, they would shut down!
This chase had already consumed a lot of energy. Fighting at night was extremely disadvantageous for the One-Eyed!
Aige glared fiercely at Piers and the others!
“Just you wait. When this side turns from night to day!”
“There won’t be any race other than the Pupil Race on this planet!”
“The Pupil Race will bathe in the light of the star and live forever!”
After leaving a harsh threat, Aige led the One-Eyed Army back to rescue the Moon Eye!
Vini finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Hoo~ (︶ε︶✽) “Good thing Jiangnan messed up the Moon Eye!”
“That saved our lives. Otherwise, who knows how long we’d be chased!”
Martin: ???
“Are you forgetting something? We were being chased in the first place because of Jiangnan, dammit!”
“If he hadn’t passed the buck, would we have been chased?”
Vini paused—that seemed about right!
(‧̣̥̇•︠～•︡) “Uh…”
Strangely, even though they had been set up, after surviving the ordeal, she actually felt a bit grateful!
Piers looked annoyed: “Let’s set up the base here! Hurry up and build it!”
With that, he opened an alternate dimension!
Inside were all kinds of advanced equipment that Vini had miniaturized!
You might not believe it, but Piers had brought an entire city with him!
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In Tongcheng, many Orange-rank One-Eyed soldiers were working overtime to rebuild the destroyed city center!
Others were collecting the scattered Origin Sparks!
The One-Eyed King Yego was pacing anxiously, thinking about how to explain the loss of incense beads and fire seeds to the Holy Envoy when he returned!
Queen Haisewei, in a long dress with her blue hair braided loosely over her chest, had a watermelon-sized eye on her face, looking gentle and beautiful!
She comforted softly: “Darling, don’t worry. Those Antenna Clan members have mastered the sacred power of space!”
“Surely the Holy Envoy will understand, right?”
Yego smiled bitterly: “What do you know? Beings like the Holy Envoy only care about results. Who cares how it was lost?”
“Our Pupil Race is just a servant race. We have no right to speak as equals. Life and death are at their whim!”
“And they are the Bose Clan!”
His words were full of helplessness!
Just then, Yego suddenly noticed the rolling black smoke rising from the south!
His mind went blank for a moment!
The mine? What’s going on?
Those Antenna Clan blew up Tongcheng and weren’t satisfied—they also messed with the mine?
The thick black smoke rose like beacon fire and smoke of war!
Yego’s single eye turned blood-red!
(ꐦ眼ꐦ) “Are they declaring war on my race? Then I’ll give it to them!”
“I must complete the mission the Holy Envoy assigned! The survival of the Pupil Race depends on this!”
“The Star-Devouring Giant Worm had better not be hurt!”
“Boom!”
With a thunderous roar, the One-Eyed King shot out like a bolt of lightning, heading straight for the Aikento mine and the Moon Eye!