Chapter 2292: The Deadly Rainbow Bridge
On the deck of the Zhenxu Starship at the outer blockade line of Tiantang Zhijing!
The Beimian Order Maintenance Troops were on duty, having detected no anomalies!
The area from Tiantang Zhijing to the blockade line was exceptionally clean, as if scrubbed clean!
Just then, someone rushed onto the deck:
∠(｀益´*)“Report! We’ve detected abnormal spatial fluctuations yet again!”
However, the team leader rolled his eyes in boredom:
(꒪ั益꒪ั*)“Tsk—don’t bother reporting. It’s probably those Two-Dimensional Fragments causing trouble again. The entire area ahead is full of fragments; the detection curse array is completely useless!”
Even so, he still sent people to investigate thoroughly, but again found nothing unusual!
The deputy team leader turned to look at the joint army that was continuously gathering, utterly speechless!
“If you ask me, this is making a mountain out of a molehill. I doubt we’ll even need the Sacred Law Council to launch a second capture operation. Just the swarm of Lord Chong Feiyu would be enough to eat Jiangnan alive!”
“That’s a Star-Devouring swarm, after all. It’s devoured several galaxies along the way. No joke!”
The team leader looked at the pitch-black 665 area and felt a chill run down his spine:
(￢﹏￢)“Why bother with what the higher-ups decide? Whatever they say, we do!”
“Besides, do you think the Jiang Devil is a pushover? Haven’t you seen the video of the Black Hole Devouring Star? The last capture team was completely wiped out. No amount of preparation is too much!”
“But this time, Jiangnan is in for it. It won’t be long before Lord Mailiushi arrives personally!”
“Just be glad you get to witness a war at the Star-Devourer level. Even some racial civilization wars don’t have this scale!”
The deputy team leader looked wistful:
(ʃƪᵒ̴̶̷ωᵒ̴̶̷)“Mailiushi—now there’s a senior who’s spanned several eras. A living fossil of the starry sky! This time, we’ll really see something!”
“To go to such lengths to capture a Jiangnan… the last time we saw a scene like this was when we dealt with that certain existence…”
The team leader shuddered: “The Era Lords of humanity are all freaks. Tsk—!”
“This Sequence War might be even more lively!”
The two were chatting away happily about everything under the sun, but by now, Qian Benying had already silently breached the blockade line!
In the 665 mining area, within a dense meteorite belt, she appeared. Cherry blossoms coalesced and reformed into Qian Benying!
She looked into the distance at the blockade line of Tiantang Zhijing, then planted her hands on her hips:
(*ˇ⥎ˇ*)“Heh heh! Trying to block little old me? You’re still a bit too green!”
Turning her head, even without using Shengyi’s Deep Space Eye, she could faintly see the dense swarm of insects!
“Already this close? I need to hurry up!”
With that, she casually tore open space and plunged straight into the Dimensional Gap, officially beginning the secret operation!
……
Meanwhile, in the central hive nursery, Chong Feiyu had just finished a fierce battle with Xuansesi!
Chong Feiyu sat on the breeding platform, looking up at the pupil insect projection, chin in hand, deep in thought.
The projection showed the real-time situation of the 665 mining area, displaying the position of the advancing swarm and the location of Tiantang Zhijing!
ᥬ(๑ୖ҉กୖ҉)““Hmm—at this distance, it should be about right. The hive’s speed is already quite fast. With this much mass, deceleration will also take some time!”
“We need to reserve enough braking distance!”
As the core structure of the swarm, once a war begins, the hive is always protected at the very center, in the safest rear area!
Chong Feiyu didn’t want to bring the hive too close to Tiantang Zhijing!
She was just about to issue orders to control the swarm and slow down the central hive!
But Xuansi, who was frantically eating Sun Yang Wolfberries, grew anxious!
Stop now? No damn way!
(›´皿`‹)“Hai~ What are you worried about? The swarm is still at least several hundred light-years from Tiantang Zhijing, right?”
“Braking now? Isn’t that too early? If we’re too far away, we won’t be able to provide much support!”
“Besides, with the swarm guarding it, the hive is undoubtedly the safest place. We can press forward a bit more!”
“The further forward the hive, the shorter the battle line, and the lower the losses, right?”
Chong Feiyu rested her chin on her hand, deep in thought. Indeed, at this distance, braking now was a bit early!
“That’s true, but once Tiantang Zhijing unfolds matter and energy, it will expand. We should still leave some margin…”
Xuansi was speechless:
(›´ー`‹)“You’ve been developing with the swarm for how long now? How far has Tiantang Zhijing actually expanded?”
“Leaving a few hundred light-years is more than enough. Are you worried the hive will get caught up in it?”
“Compared to that, I think discussing life’s big matters with you is more important. Hehehe~”
As he spoke, he pulled Chong Feiyu into his arms, hugging her tightly and planting kisses all over!
Chong Feiyu giggled:
ᥬ(๑ୖ҉ൠୖ҉)““Oh? You’re addicted? So fascinated with me?”
Xuansi couldn’t wait:
(›´︿`‹)“A gentle bed makes a hero’s grave. Come on, just come here!”
Chong Feiyu immediately turned the tables: “Then let me show you just how gentle your empress really is!”
Xuansi’s face was full of ruthlessness. My Sun Yang Wolfberries weren’t eaten for nothing! Let me make you drown in pleasure, unable to think of anything else!
The longer I hold out, the greater the chance of success!
A battle!
Xuansi had completely thrown caution to the wind. The battle raged on!
Meanwhile, Xuansi’s Chaos Legion was going all out, frantically driving the insect race’s divine-controlled bodies!
The Heavenly Dragon Giant Insects were so exhausted they were smoking, coughing up blood. The hive’s speed didn’t decrease but actually increased!
……
Until six hours later, the insect Ru Hua, who had been pacing outside the door, couldn’t hold back anymore!
She knocked and barged straight into the nursery, immediately witnessing a sight that burned the eyes!
Chong Feiyu’s face turned cold:
ᥬ(๑ୖ҉益ୖ҉)“What is it? Didn’t I tell you not to disturb me when I’m working?”
Insect Ru Hua shrank her neck:
ᥬ(๑מּ,ൠמּ)᭄“No… Lord Insect Empress, I came to remind you—shouldn’t the hive slow down?”
“The hive is now less than five hundred light-years from Tiantang Zhijing. At this speed, even braking will take a while!”
Chong Feiyu was startled. She shoved away the emaciated Xuansi, who was foaming at the mouth, and quickly opened the star map to check!
“Hmph—already this distance? Order the swarm to decelerate. Activate the reverse thrust devices!”
One by one, pheromones were issued as commands!
Xuansi, foaming at the mouth, rolled his eyes: I did my best~
(›꒪ͦ﹃҉̛꒪ͦ‹)…
But the commands were given. The Heavenly Dragon Giant Insect pulling array and the hive’s maneuver units completely ignored the orders, still frantically pulling the hive to accelerate!
Chong Feiyu’s eyes darkened. She grabbed Xuansi by the collar: “Tell your Chaos Legion to slow down! Didn’t you hear me clearly?”
But Xuansi had completely given up, ignoring Chong Feiyu’s orders!
At that moment, a bad feeling stirred in Chong Feiyu’s heart!
“Carry out the order! Do you want to die?”
As she spoke, she ordered the Chaos puppet insects to gnaw on Xuansi’s separated consciousness. But Xuansi only laughed loudly!
(›థꇴథ‹)σ“Too late! Damn it, it’s already too late!”
Chong Feiyu gritted her protruding teeth: “Too late? What do you mean? What are you planning? Speak! Answer your empress!”
Enraged, Chong Feiyu’s body erupted with a green glow, directly encasing Xuansi’s divine-controlled body in emerald, crushing it, revealing his Chaos separated consciousness’s true form!
Xuansi’s eyes were wild:
꒰⸝⸝›◣д◢‹⸝⸝꒱“Kill me if you dare! If this separated consciousness of mine is gone, you lose your leverage over me, and you get nothing!”
“If I die, you won’t get off easy either, hahaha!”
Chong Feiyu was furious. The puppet insects gnawed fiercely, making Xuansi experience the pain of thousands of insects biting his heart!
“Any anomalies outside?”
Insect Ru Hua shook her head: “The reconnaissance unit reports no anomalies in the 665 mining area, nor in Tiantang Zhijing!”
Chong Feiyu’s gaze shifted. An ambush? A trap? Not likely?
They were still five hundred light-years from Tiantang Zhijing. At this distance, what ambush could there be?
But Xuansi’s reaction made her uneasy!
“Forget it! Get rid of all the disobedient hive maneuver units! Order the swarm to push against the hive at full force and bring it to a stop!”
As Chong Feiyu’s order went out, the swarm that had been marching just moments before immediately sprang into action!
One by one, they turned around, pressing against the massive hive’s structural web, pushing back with all their might!
They also began purging the hive maneuver units possessed by the Chaos Legion!
Fighting erupted within the previously orderly swarm. The Chaos Legion caused havoc, hacking and slashing wildly. And since they were pure energy bodies capable of freely possessing others, they weren’t easy to kill!
But given the swarm’s sheer numbers, wiping them out was only a matter of time!
“Rumble!”
Despite the swarm’s full-force counter-thrust, the colossal hive continued to move forward due to its immense mass and inertia!
The kinetic energy involved was absolutely terrifying!
Even the hive’s structural web, made of insect glue, couldn’t withstand such a powerful counter-thrust, cracking and collapsing!
Stopping such a massive hive in a short time was no easy task!
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Streams of scorching hot jets shot out from the hive, adding reverse thrust!
Hundreds of thousands of stars wrapped inside the hive all fired their reverse thrust simultaneously!
The hive’s structural web collapsed even more severely. Many insect soldiers inside were thrown against the walls by the inertia!
But the swarm’s power was not to be underestimated. Although the full-force counter-thrust caused damage to the hive, its speed toward Tiantang Zhijing dropped drastically!
……
Meanwhile, the Order Maintenance Troops blocking Tiantang Zhijing sounded the alarm!
(ꐦ･ˇ益ˇ･)“Damn! It’s Jiangnan and his group! They’re coming out! Are they trying to break through the void defense line? Hurry! Alert the reinforcements!”
It wasn’t that the Order Maintenance Troops were overly nervous; Jiangnan’s group was just too conspicuous!
Over ten thousand people stood there in the starry sky, each one a muscular devil, heads glowing, covered in bright red lip prints!
Afraid of smudging the prints, they didn’t even wear clothes. The men wore nothing but a single pair of underwear!
Jiangnan himself was covered from head to toe in lip prints, standing in the starry sky with his hands behind his back, a cold expression on his face!
(❥ಠĹ̯ಠ❥)
The Order Maintenance Troops collectively spat blood. Holy crap!
What’s going on? What kind of unspeakable activities did you get up to in Tiantang Zhijing for the past two days?
Covered in lip prints? The Bully Gang treats people this well? Are they still recruiting?
The atmosphere was way too intense!
Though the Order Maintenance Troops’ alarms blared and everyone went on battle alert, Jiangnan and his group showed no intention of breaking through. Instead, they stood there, looking like they were watching a show!
What the hell was going on?
Chong Feiyu tilted her head in confusion:
(❥•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣“Didn’t we say we wanted to invite them in? They’re still so far away. How do we invite them in?”
“Chong Feiyu isn’t stupid. How could she bring her true body into Tiantang Zhijing to fight us to the death?”
Jiangnan held his small hands behind his back, smiling:
(❥¯ิ↼¯ิ)“Just wait and see! Soon, a brilliant rainbow bridge will be erected in this starry sky!”
“It will also be the most deadly rainbow bridge, leading to the end of Chong Feiyu’s life!”
Wang Youzhi’s mouth twitched:
(❥͡°益͡°)“That line would be pretty cool under normal circumstances, but saying it while covered in lip prints really kills the credibility. It just takes you right out of the moment!”
Jiangnan: (•́ω•̀❥)…