Free Web NovelChapter 816: Chapter 725: Hong’s Wandering Shadow (3)
"Crimson Dancer."
Inside the war zone command center, the blonde girl maintained a calm expression. Her fitted military uniform accentuated her upright posture. Xu Xiaoyou stood with one arm across her chest, contemplating the projected images.
The red-haired girl in the image was wreaking havoc on everything around her, her destructive power akin to a hurricane, in a state of extreme loss of control.
"What’s the status of ’Builder’s Miracle’?" Xu Xiaoyou turned her head.
Her deputy was a military advisor sent by Cosmic Heavy Industries, Steint Starfall, ranked at Emerald 2.
"Commander, the threshold of ’Builder’s Miracle’ is steadily decreasing, and it will take about seven system hours for a miracle inversion."
"Seven system hours..."
Thoughts flashed through Xu Xiaoyou’s eyes.
Twelve system hours ago, the company detected large-scale magnetic field disruptions in the Red Weaving Workshop area, with a strong signal source originating from an individual.
After reconnaissance, they had basically confirmed the individual as "Crimson Dancer," who had once slain the Eight-Spider Nest Mother in Yuyuan City and then disappeared, now reappearing in such a manner.
Perhaps a few months ago, "Crimson Dancer" was wandering like a ghost in the Red Weaving Workshop, constructing a city-wide illusion with her spiritual power. Until today, she had completely lost herself, and her rampant spiritual power had almost razed the entire Red Weaving Workshop, with a force comparable to a destructive weapon.
The current "Crimson Dancer" is ’Chichu Yin,’ but not entirely; more accurately, it is the product of the Life Staff occupying her remnants, fused with the Insect Mother’s heart.
The detection equipment suddenly spiked, issuing a warning, followed by intense tremors sweeping through the command center, with chaotic noises and alarmed voices echoing continually.
After another bout of madness, the red-haired girl’s clouded gaze became bewildered, and she began to wander aimlessly within the space enclosed by "Builder’s Miracle."
This miracle can withstand any impact from the inside out, having been buried beneath the ice and snow of the extreme north. It witnessed the fall of the prior civilization, observed as people huddled together for warmth at the arrival of a doomsday winter, struggling to survive, yet unable to escape destruction in the end.
Once its impact threshold is reached, the miracle effect will immediately reverse, releasing the previously stored energy outward in an instant.
Her idea was simple: even in this state, confronting the "Crimson Dancer" head-on was still an unrealistic decision. The company’s Strategic Resources Department had calculated that their ground forces would face heavy losses, with at least four Prism Tier Cleaners killed in action, not to mention the losses of the army itself; that would be an astronomical number.
She intended to charge "Builder’s Miracle" using the volatility of the "Crimson Dancer." At the moment of miracle inversion, all the energy would focus and explode, causing the "Crimson Dancer" to self-destruct.
Even if it would destroy the Life Staff itself in the process.
Xu Xiaoyou glanced sideways at Steint.
She didn’t think the company would willingly watch the staff be destroyed.
If necessary...
Steint noticed the evaluating gaze of the blonde girl and deliberately avoided her eyes. Xu Xiaoyou turned around:
"What’s the status of those two High-level Insect Races?"
"Reitseira, Fleion, and Dawn Rose, the three cruisers, are continuing aerial combat against Vashak and Agares."
"Predictably, within three system hours, they will not approach ’Builder’s Miracle.’"
Xu Xiaoyou looked at the image, where every flashing red light on the battlefield represented a direct confrontation between Life Daylight and Cosmic Heavy Industries’ forces, with hundreds of such red lights.
Above ten thousand meters high, three warships suddenly appeared, and countless drones formed a vast ’Thunder Cage’ chain array, directing the mechanical sandworm to veer off from the main battlefield.
The three warships distributed in a triangle, advanced parallelly with Vashak, extending ’Thunder Cages’ from three directions to drag the massive body of the mechanical sandworm. Vashak roared thunderously, struggling hard, yet could only sway slightly up and down, firmly confined in this tailor-made cage.
"Vashak!"
Agares raised his scepter; the ruby in the center of the scepter shone. In the next moment, a beam of light pierced through his chest, disintegrating half of his body!
"What despicable lifeforms!"
Agares merely raised his hand, and several Titans seemed gripped by an enormous hand. As he clenched his hand into a fist, the azure light burst inwards with pressure, grinding those Titans along with their pilots into scrap metal.
He waved his arm, the mechanical claw behind him sweeping the night sky, the fiery red beam sweeping across from left to right, spanning a thousand miles, instantly destroying a row of small escort ships, bursting brilliant flames in the night sky.
"Do you think you can prevent the new emperor’s enthronement..."
"Delusion!"
An energy shield formed before Agares’ palm, intercepting hundreds of missiles aimed at him and forcibly redirecting them to the three warships.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions echoed through the night sky. Meanwhile, beneath the night sky, the command center was in complete disarray; just moments ago, shocking bad news had arrived.
"Kuiniu Train?" Xu Xiaoyou froze.
"Yes, Commander, Kuiniu Train is advancing towards ’Builder’s Miracle’ at a speed of three thousand kilometers per hour; they’re aiming to collide with ’Builder’s Miracle’ to forcibly disable the miracle!"
After the dissolution of Chichu Heavy Industry, its core relics had been taken over by Jiulong Message and Celestial Wings Space-Time, yet it was unexpected that the Kuiniu Train had ended up in the hands of Life Daylight after several changes.
Li Mingqing, that lunatic!
Sensing something amiss, Xu Xiaoyou reevaluated Steint deeply, her eyes showing a hint of murderous intent.
The intense oppression was felt as palpable by the company strategy department members, causing their breathing to halt, slightly reducing the chaotic commotion.
Deathly silence spread all around.
Xu Xiaoyou said nothing: "Steint, continue overseeing the command center; you’ll be in charge of all upcoming affairs."
"I will handle the Kuiniu Train matter."
After saying that, Xu Xiaoyou brushed past Steint:
"If anything goes wrong with this matter, I will hold ’Deep White Midnight’ accountable."
"Understood, ’Dark Gold Rose’... your grace."
Long after Xu Xiaoyou had left, Steint’s heart still couldn’t calm down, though he regained his composure moments later: "Continue monitoring the situation within the miracle."
The surroundings responded in unison.
The scene shifted elsewhere, just as Xu Xiaoyou left the Red Weaving Workshop, heading full speed towards the Kuiniu Train, she encountered someone she hadn’t expected.
A girl in a deep blue ceremonial dress slowly emerged, her elegant long gown trailing the ground, her half-face covered by a Silence mask; black teardrops trickled down. The girl’s slender index finger rested on the Conductor’s Sword, the sword’s tip slowly rising, aimed at the person deeply beloved.
"Why is it you?" Xu Xiaoyou was in a daze.
"I’m sorry, You," Tang Xin spoke softly, restraining the sadness in her voice.
Their eyes met, entangling countless unspoken sentiments, transcending countless long nights of yearning, those entrustments flowing through letters, the prolonged wait, tender warmth, all of which transformed into a silent, chilling wind in that moment, blowing between them.
They remained silent as if communicating many things yet resembling a strange encounter.
"I love you, love you," Tang Xin said with tears,
"So, I cannot let you pass."
