bioinnovel Chapter 474 Kuiper Belt!
Chapter 474 Kuiper Belt!
The Chaos Mech hovered at the edge of the solar system.
Zhang Yan's gaze pierced through the outer wall of the cockpit and landed in the endless darkness.
The ice fragments in the Kuiper Belt reflected faint starlight in the distance, like a handful of shards of glass.
He has been here for three hours.
The ambush site was chosen on the back of a dwarf planet with a diameter of 400 kilometers, where the gravitational field would be able to block the energy signals of the Chaos Mech.
The three interception arrays are deployed in a fan shape along the flight path.
The outermost layer consists of a force field deceleration zone formed by two celestial anchors, the middle layer is a thermal wall remotely deployed by the Vermilion Bird core, and the innermost layer is the Chaos Body.
On the communication channel, Nie Qingcheng's breathing was light and steady.
"The data has been updated." Her voice came from 15 billion kilometers away, arriving without delay through the quantum entanglement channel. "V-formation, speed unchanged, the energy readings of the three individuals at the front are significantly higher than the others."
"The alpha wolf," Zhang Yan said.
"We will enter the first interception zone in eight minutes."
Zhang Yan flexed his fingers.
The pulse of the Heavenly Craftsman's Heart was steady and powerful, and the four sub-cores of the Chaos Mech were each on standby.
The protocols of the White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Azure Dragon circulate at the underlying level and can switch forms at any time.
He wasn't nervous.
Twenty elite species, each with an individual energy level twelve to fifteen times that of an ordinary individual in the community.
Based on his previous combat experience, each one was roughly equivalent to one-third of the giant of light he encountered on the moon.
It's not a number we can't beat.
The problem is that we can't let any of them escape.
Even if just one elite species successfully transmits the precise coordinates back to Earth, all the preparations will be in vain.
Therefore, in a war of annihilation, not a single one should be left alive.
"Six minutes," Nie Qingcheng announced.
Zhang Yan took a deep breath and completely immersed his consciousness into the chaotic control core.
The mech's sensory system spread outwards, revealing every movement within a radius of 50,000 kilometers.
He saw them.
Twenty dark silver individuals, arranged in a precise V-formation, are cutting into the Kuiper Belt at a speed close to one-tenth the speed of light.
Each individual is about twenty meters long, and its shell is not the grayish-white, smoky texture of ordinary individuals in the colony, but rather a layer of dense metallic luster.
Elite species.
Their shells constantly adjust their angles as they move, overlapping each other like fish scales to form a unified shield.
The V-shaped formation is centered around three of the largest individuals, with seventeen smaller individuals arranged in order of size behind them.
Very clever. The three at the front are responsible for breaking through enemy lines and clearing a path, while those at the rear are responsible for maintaining formation stability and protecting the communication core.
Zhang Yan has confirmed that the communication core is hidden in the very center of the queue. It is the smallest individual, but its energy readings are the most complex.
It is responsible for sending information back to the parent body.
Killing it would be like blinding the entire formation.
But it hides inside.
"Enter the first interception zone," Nie Qingcheng said.
Zhang Yan did not move.
The force field of the Sky Anchor was activated the instant the elite species touched it, and the invisible delay field enveloped the entire front half of the formation like jelly.
Effect…
It is zero.
A dark red light flashed across the surface of the three elite species at the tip of the V-shaped formation. The force field of the Sky Anchor seemed to have touched something and was torn in two from the middle.
The elite troops didn't even slow down, charging straight through the first line of defense.
"The first line failed." Nie Qingcheng's tone remained unchanged.
Zhang Yan had anticipated this.
The force field of the Observation Anchor is essentially a time delay, and its effect on hindering physical motion is limited, especially when facing such hard-breaking individuals.
Its purpose is not to intercept, but to probe.
Now he knows.
The outer shell of elite species can actively counter force field weapons by releasing a high-frequency oscillation that disintegrates the force field structure from the inside.
I've noted it down.
The second interception zone.
The heat wall remotely deployed by the core of the Vermilion Bird suddenly unfolded 3,000 kilometers ahead of the formation, and the temperature instantly soared to the level of the surface of a star.
A plasma curtain of fire, thousands of kilometers wide, stretched across the shipping lane, bright enough to illuminate half of the Kuiper Belt.
This time it worked.
The V-formation made its first formation change in front of the heat wall.
The three alpha wolves retracted their shells, redirected the high-frequency vibrations forward, and forcibly burned a passage through the heat wall.
However, five of the seventeen individuals behind were noticeably slower and were swept away by the edge of the heat wall.
Their shells developed charred marks, and their speed decreased by about 15 percent.
Five.
enough.
Zhang Yan made a move.
The Chaos Mech bursts forth from the back of the dwarf planet, and the Heart of the Celestial Craftsman is activated at full power.
Golden light spread across the surface of the mecha, and the Four Spirits Protocol activated simultaneously.
He did not confront the entire formation head-on.
The Azure Dragon core activates the folded space.
The entire battlefield was cut in two in an instant.
Zhang Yan tore a space of 20,000 square kilometers into four independent closed regions.
The V-formation was forcibly broken up. The three alpha wolves were locked in the first area, the five slowed individuals were locked in the second area, the communication core and its four guards were locked in the third area, and the remaining eight were locked in the fourth area.
They were separated.
The elite species react extremely quickly.
The moment they are divided, they begin to impact the spatial barrier, bombarding the folded nodes with high-frequency oscillations.
However, the chaotic spatial folding is not a soft force field like the Sky Anchor.
This is pure spatial distortion, a physical-level cutting.
They can't be broken.
Zhang Yan first headed to the second area.
He gave the five slowed-down elites no time to react.
Chaos switched to the White Tiger form, and its speed increased dramatically.
The mecha's outline stretched from humanoid to beast-like, and its four limbs touched the ground as it launched itself out.
Before the first elite species could even turn around, Chaos in its white tiger form had already cut into its blind spot from the side.
The Thousand Arms transformed into twelve golden claws, simultaneously piercing six weak points on the outer shell.
The outer shell is broken, exposing the interior.
The Heart of Heaven Pulse caused the core of the elite species to disintegrate and turn to ashes during the purification energy.
one second.
The second one. The third one.
The speed of the White Tiger form made it impossible for the five slowed-down individuals to keep up.
Zhang Yan traversed the enclosed space at high speed along irregular trajectories, each approach a fatal blow.
All five elite species were wiped out.
Switch target.
The third area is the communications core.
Without hesitation, Zhang Yan charged straight at the smallest individual.
Four guards rushed at the same time, and Zhang Yan switched to Xuanwu form, unleashing his domain control.
The space within a radius of 300 meters was compressed.
The movement speed of the four elite species plummeted by 70%, as if they were stuck in a quagmire.
Zhang Yan broke through their blockade, and Chaos's fist slammed directly into the outer shell of the communication core.
This individual's shell was much thinner than the others; a single punch shattered most of it.
The Heavenly Craftsmanship Heart Purification Pulse is injected.
The communication core exploded, leaving not even ashes.
The four guards were still struggling in the mud.
Zhang Yan resolved each issue one by one, efficiently and cleanly.
The fourth region, consisting of eight individuals.
These eight have been impacting the spatial barrier for over ten seconds, and fine cracks have appeared on the surface of the barrier.
Their high-frequency oscillations are perfectly coordinated, and the frequencies of the eight bodies are converging into the same amplitude.
Give them another thirty seconds, and they might actually manage to break through.
Zhang Yan refused to give it to him.
Switch to Vermilion Bird form.
Chaos spread its wings from its back, and the blazing solar power furnace ignited.
The surface temperature of the mecha instantly soared to a plasma state, illuminating the entire enclosed space.
The shells of the eight elite species began to change color at extremely high temperatures.
The dark silver turned red, then white.
Their high-frequency oscillations are disturbed by thermal radiation, and their frequencies are no longer uniform.
Before they could finish adjusting, Zhang Yan charged in at full speed in his Vermilion Bird form, his fiery wings sweeping across the battlefield.
After two rounds of attacks, the shells of all eight elite species cracked.
The purifying pulses of the Heavenly Craftsman swept across, shattering them one by one.
Finally, in the first area, there are three alpha wolves.
Zhang Yan dispelled the spatial folding of the first three regions and concentrated all his energy on maintaining the first region.
The three alpha wolves are about to break through the barrier.
The moment Zhang Yan entered the enclosed space, the three largest elite species simultaneously turned, all the dark silver scales on their shells stood up, and the high-frequency vibrations turned into visible sound wave impacts.
Chaos was pushed back two steps.
Zhang Yan's brow twitched slightly.
The three alpha wolves' energy is significantly higher than the others, and this is not an exaggeration.
Their high-frequency oscillations can affect the space itself, which means there is a deeper resonance link between them and the community parent.
We can't delay.
The three alpha wolves did not fight independently.
They quickly drew closer, their shells interlocking, and the three 20-meter-tall individuals merged into a giant structure nearly 50 meters tall.
Fit.
Zhang Yan watched as the dark silver mass took shape in the enclosed space, resembling a sphere covered in scales.
The high-frequency oscillations on the surface reached their limit, and the spatial barrier emitted a piercing creaking sound.
He didn't give it time to reach its final stable state.
The Heart of Nature at Full Power.
Golden light burst forth from the chest of the Chaos Mech; the Purification Pulse was not a pulsed output, but a continuous torrent.
The massive, dark silver structure began to dissolve in the light.
The joint where the wolves were joined broke apart first, and the three alpha wolves were forcibly separated.
Their shells changed from dark silver to grayish-white under the cleansing energy, and then from grayish-white to nothingness.
The last three elite species disintegrated simultaneously under the full power output of the Heavenly Craftsman's Heart.
ash.
The battlefield fell silent.
Zhang Yan deactivated the spatial folding, allowing the ice fragments brought by Kuiper to refill his field of vision.
Nie Qingcheng's soft breathing could be heard over the communication channel.
"Twenty, clear them all," she said.
Zhang Yan looked around to make sure nothing was missed.
The system also provided the final scan results.
There are no community energy characteristics within a radius of 100,000 kilometers.
Annihilation complete.
He was preparing to turn around and return home when a yellow warning suddenly popped up in the system.
[A weak signal pulse was detected. Source: the remains of the last dissipated elite species.]
[Signal duration: 0.3 seconds.]
[Signal direction——]
Zhang Yan looked at the arrow marked by the system and his back stiffened for a moment.
The direction is not pointing towards the parent community.
It is inside the solar system.
He had the system track the coordinates of the signal's endpoint.
When the numbers appeared, Zhang Yan's fingers tightened on the joystick.
His villa in Jinghai City.
Directly below.
Underground laboratory.
"Nie Qingcheng," Zhang Yan spoke, his voice two degrees colder than when he fought the twenty elite creatures, "Is the lab door locked?"