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Chen Yuan also stated that everyone cannot rely entirely on him, as his survival points are not unlimited.

On the other side, several small probe ships, specially modified and combining lunar stealth technology with the combat experience of ground teams, quietly took off from the launch platform of the Mechanical War God.

Their targets are areas that even the regular scans of the Mechwarz are difficult to penetrate—such as deep ocean trenches, poles with unusually strong magnetic fields, and ruins with seemingly unstable spatial structures.

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Bai Yuekui even provided some ancient coordinates that she discovered while walking on the ground in her early years, which are suspected to be related to the ecological origin of Mana.

An elite reaction force, led by Mark, is on standby.

Once the reconnaissance team discovers a high-value target, such as a cluster of monarch-class nests or a suspected emperor-class slumber site, they will travel in high-speed vehicles and, under the long-range fire cover of the Mechwarz, conduct a precise and rapid "surgical" strike to nip the threat in the bud.

This can be seen as planning ahead. On the other hand, Chen Xin made a key decision that received unanimous approval from everyone: to develop the moon on a large scale.

Chen Xin calmly analyzed: "The moon is not currently infected by the Mana ecosystem, and the environment is relatively simple and controllable. We can establish multiple self-sufficient survival bases there, and we cannot place all our hopes on the Mechanical War God."

This heavy responsibility mainly fell on the remaining forces of the Moon Palace and some of the space pirate engineers.

Therefore, Ling Ye led the rested lunar guard force to clear away any possible sporadic threats on the lunar surface, mainly the old-era automated defense systems and unknown risks, and to establish basic defenses.

Helian Hong leveraged his expertise in material sequence perception to lead the engineering team in efficiently planning the base site selection and utilizing the lunar native helium-3 resources and Regolith for construction.

The main structure of the Guanghan Palace was repaired and expanded, and new bases were established within several large craters.

Once construction begins, these bases will have independent ecological cycles, energy production, and defense systems, and must be transformed into habitable environments for humans.

Those technicians among the space pirates who were influenced by Jock's mechanical synchronization ability or who were skilled at waste utilization played an unexpected role in the construction of the moon.

They can dismantle and reassemble abandoned landing craft and damaged mining robots with extremely high efficiency, turning them into urgently needed parts for base construction, thus greatly saving resources and time.

Faced with shared survival pressures and a grand vision, the previously distinct factions gradually lost their barriers and slowly became united.

Furthermore, Allied researchers will proactively communicate with Awakened Ones, recording their unique insights into using Life Essence in actual combat, in an attempt to establish more comprehensive methods for developing these abilities.

Although the rough-around-the-edges pirates still swore a lot, many of them changed after adapting to the new environment, and stopped using vulgar language like "shit" and "mother".

The meditation sessions and psychological counseling courses organized by Master Jinghui were initially only attended by people from Yinshan Pure Land, but later gradually attracted more and more restless warriors and many researchers.

Erica and Xia Dou now frequently visit the industrial zone, watching the enormous nanotechnology manufacturing machines produce new mecha parts like an assembly line, filled with curiosity.

As Chen Yuan stood in the Starry Sky Command Center, a satisfied expression appeared on his face as he watched the green dots representing various progresses on the hologram increase in number and cover a wider area.

Silent night.

Inside the Mechanical War God, most areas have entered night mode, with a soft, comfortable, and quiet sky simulating starlight.

After a long period of intensive construction and training, many people fell into a deep sleep, with only a few on-duty personnel and the ever-running automated system maintaining the basic operation of this war god.

Chen Yuan was not asleep. He was in the Starry Sky Command Room, analyzing with Chen Xin some unusual and faint spatial fluctuations that had been detected recently.

Although unusual, the fluctuations were minor and quickly disappeared. Chen Yuan sent people to investigate, but they found nothing. This seemed to be an ominous sign.

Suddenly, Chen Xin's virtual figure solidified, and the alarm sounded at the lowest frequency in the command room.

"Brother, a massive underground life source reaction has been detected, with a rapid surge of energy. The target is directly below and around the Mechanical War God."

"Warning: A super-strong spatial distortion signal has appeared globally. The number is...uncountable. All known monarch-level and emperor-level energy signals are converging on us at an ultra-high speed."

Chen Yuan's pupils contracted sharply: "The counterattack of Mana's ecological will has finally arrived. Enter the highest combat alert and awaken all combat personnel."

The ground shook violently as soon as the order was given.

“Boom, boom, boom!!!”

The earth shook violently, no longer the minor disturbances of the previous burrowing Devouring Beasts, but countless active, gigantic earth vines, each over a hundred meters in diameter and resembling giant octopus tentacles, broke through the hard earth's crust and attacked the War God.

The dense, super-giant, active vines instantly wrapped around the legs, waist, and even quickly climbed up the arms of the Mechanical War God.

These vines are covered with a hard biocrystalline shell, and inside flows a high concentration of scarlet pigment and corrosive energy, powerful enough to snap small mountains in half.

What's frightening is that they seem to possess some kind of powerful energy suppression property, causing the armor at the contact points to dim.

For the first time, the body of the Mechanical War God was forcibly restrained, and its movements became noticeably sluggish. The enormous pulling force caused everyone inside to feel a violent shaking.

"Report: Lower limb joint pressure exceeds the safety threshold by 20%!"

"The energy shield was rapidly eroded at the point of contact."

"An abnormal life essence extraction effect has been detected..."

At the same time, centered on the Mechanical War God, within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, enormous, black hole-like super vortexes suddenly appeared, tearing through space without warning.

There were so many that there were dozens.

They spun wildly, drawing away matter and energy from their surroundings, turning the night sky into an eerie dark red.

From these super swirling vortexes, like a flood bursting from a dam, appeared countless bodies radiating terrifying pressure.

Emperor-level, all of them are Emperor-level, in large numbers

More than five thousand.

This is Earth's mana ecosystem, which has accumulated for an unknown period of time, possessing all the imperial-level resources.

This includes not only previously seen species, but also a large number of new Emperor-class creatures with even more bizarre and terrifying forms and abilities that have never been recorded before:

Lord of Tentacles: Its appearance is like a combination of a sea anemone and neurons magnified a million times. Countless tentacles that flicker with mental interference light waves dance, capable of directly attacking consciousness and causing large-scale chaos and hallucinations.

The Void Mirror: Its surface is like a flowing mirror, capable of reflecting, deflecting, and even absorbing energy attacks. Its physical defense is extremely abnormal, like a moving black hole, making it the most unique existence among the Emperor-level forms.

Immortal Puppet Spider: Resembling a giant spider, it can spit out biological silk threads imbued with spatial cutting properties, weaving a death web in the air to restrict movement and cut through armor.

Howling Demon Insect: This creature has no fixed form, resembling a constantly twisting and changing mass of darkness. It can emit soul-tearing sound waves and split from them into countless small, fearless sonic boom demons.

Crimson Form: Its core is like a miniature sun, constantly releasing ultra-high temperature plasma streams, vaporizing everything in its path.

Time Worms: These are relatively small in size, but can create small-scale time flow anomalies, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

The Source of the Curse: Resembling a giant, writhing pool of putrid pus, it releases various malevolent negative statuses, such as aging, weakness, corrosion, and energy disorder...

That's not all. On the distant horizon, like a black tide, all the known monarch-level beasts, along with tens of millions of pan-genetic and metamorphic Devouring Beasts, formed a true, destructive beast tide covering the entire continental shelf, which was closing in with overwhelming force.

Mana Ecology, mobilizing all its power, launched a war to annihilate the Mechanical War God, which is also a war against the last spark of human civilization.

"You think you can overwhelm us with sheer numbers?"

There was no fear in Chen Yuan's eyes, only boiling fighting spirit. "Then let's see if you have more numbers, or if our artillery fire is stronger!"

"Chen Xin, lift all weapon restrictions on the Mechanical War God, prioritize core energy supply to the weapon systems, and unleash a massacre!"

"Received. All restrictions lifted. Divine Punishment Weapon Array, full power output!" Chen Xin's voice carried an unprecedented chill.

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At the same time, the mechanical war god, which was entangled by earth vines, suddenly erupted with earth-shattering energy fluctuations.

The fists covered by the Sky-Piercing Force Field gauntlets suddenly unleashed a powerful destructive force.

The mechanical war god's arm muscles (hydraulic transmission structure) bulged, and terrifying power combined with the force field erupted, causing it to struggle fiercely.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...!!"

Countless incredibly strong, gigantic vines, capable of binding small mountains, snapped at the last inch under the absolute force, like rubber bands stretched to their limit.

The broken vines, like lifeless pythons, drooped and twitched helplessly.

Release the restraints!

Having broken free from its constraints, the mechanical war god has completely transformed into an ultimate weapon born for destruction.

The Iron Curtain Close-In Weapon Array, at full power, creates a continuous pulse storm that covers several kilometers around the user.

Any approaching flying unit, whether Emperor or Monarch class, was instantly pierced, torn apart, and detonated by countless pulse beams, turning to ashes on the spot.

The sky was suddenly cleared into a vast expanse of open view, only to be constantly filled in and then cleared again—a death zone.

With 20 sets of regional plasma generators in the Thunder Pool, the output is pushed to the limit, transforming the area around the Mechanical War God into a true plasma ocean.

The blazing white plasma surged and roared, its temperature comparable to that of a star's core. The beast tide surging from the ground evaporated in large swathes, like blocks of ice thrown into a steel furnace.

Even some monarch-level beings with weaker defenses who stepped into it could not withstand it for more than a few seconds before turning into ashes.

The Star Rain Vertical Launching System (X40 groups) launched an unprecedented saturation salvo, with each salvo carrying thousands of missiles of various types, which quickly ascended into the air.

Like an intelligent bee colony, it automatically diverts and precisely targets each and every emperor-level and monarch-level bee.

The gravity collapse bomb detonated near Wanxiang Guixu, sucking its mirror defenses and interior into the blast center.

The matter-disintegrating projectiles rained down on the web spewed by the Immortal Puppet Spider, disintegrating it into nothingness.

The mental interference bombs exploded around the Lord of Tentacles, disrupting his mental attacks.

The super-heavy armor-piercing explosive rounds are designed to target the heavily armored, physical-type Emperor-class destroyers.

The cannons of the four Thunder Punishment Orbital-class Electromagnetic Acceleration Cannons never stopped firing. With each roar after charging, an Emperor-class monster would inevitably have its core pierced by a high-speed projectile. Its massive body would freeze in place before crashing to the ground.

The Mental Storm Diffuser continuously releases high-intensity mental shocks. Although it cannot directly kill Emperor-level beings, it greatly interferes with their coordination and skill release, causing those Emperor-level beings that rely on consciousness to suffer greatly.

Moreover, while unleashing a barrage of long-range firepower, the Mech War God's close-combat capabilities are equally terrifying.

Faced with the charging physical Emperor-class, it didn't even bother to draw its sword.

Covered in a towering force field, the gauntlets unleashed a barrage of punches like pile drivers. One punch pierced through the chest of a Behemoth-like Emperor-level creature, and another smashed the head of the giant python coiled around its waist to pieces.

With a backhand grab, he seized the wing of one of the flying emperors, swung it like a meteor hammer, and smashed it towards another emperor-class beast.

The Mechanical War God grew stronger with each battle, and finally unsheathed the Star-Splitting Ship-Slaying Blade x2. The three-hundred-meter-long giant blade vibrated at a high frequency, emitting a buzzing sound that tore through space.

With a flash of light and a surge of energy, everything from the ejected plasma streams and woven spatial threads to the incomparably tough bodies of emperors was sliced ​​in two as easily as a hot knife through butter.

The fiercer the battle, the more frenzied the Mana ecosystem seems to become, disregarding all costs.

Emperor-level, monarch-level, and beast tides—one batch died, but more immediately surged out of the swirling stench, one after another, seemingly endless.

Despite the frenzied attacks from all directions, the Mechanical War God stood firm like a roly-poly toy. The Wan Hai Super Repair System operated at full capacity, consuming stored nanoparticles at a visible rate to continuously repair the damage.

Core energy is declining.

The high-intensity firepower output, especially maintaining the Thunder Pool and the full-power Iron Curtain array, consumes a considerable amount of resources.

Inside, all combat personnel were in position, with top combatants such as Mark, Bai Yuekui, and Shi Potian ready at any time. Once an Emperor-level creature broke through the defenses and approached, they would pilot their mechs to launch an attack from inside and engage in direct melee combat.

kill!kill!kill!