The principle of the space solidifier was actually quite simple, very similar to the properties of the Ancient Battlefield that prevented warping. Rather than a solidifier, it was more of a jammer.
When someone attempted to warp, the machine would actively tear the space near the destination, forcibly causing the warp to fail.
Thus, those black dotted lines that had appeared outside the spaceship earlier were actually artificially created space cracks.
But truth be told, a space solidifier was generally used to prevent outsiders from warping in, not to prevent those inside from warping out.
Commandant Behemoth’s reverse application of it meant the interference strength was not particularly powerful — as long as they had a Level 2 Spatial System or Telekinesis-type star energy user, they could forcibly mend the cracks and perform the warp.
But… they did not have one!
Even Yun Ruoxi was only a Level 1 star energy user, and she had already lost her ability to fight. Their miracle had long since perished.
“Lin Zhen, should we surrender?” Zi Jiu asked softly. She bit her lower lip hard, her face filled with unease.
Lin Zhen looked back. The others were the same, looking at him anxiously, waiting for him to make the final decision. The atmosphere on the entire spaceship was so oppressive it was frightening.
Lin Zhen turned his head, feeling as if needles were pricking his back. He looked at the frigate’s cannon muzzles, which were already glowing with a red light.
In that instant, he thought about many things. Then, he reached out and pressed the communication button, pushing it down with force.
‘They didn’t take Xinglan. She should still be here…’
***
Samira-21, the giant stone city.
Mo Yuan limped through the ruins. He was heavily injured; otherwise, he would have insisted on participating in the battle to encircle Lin Zhen.
Of course, under Behemoth’s arrangement, recovering the unconscious Xinglan seemed like a decent alternative.
As the victor, he could finally mock Xinglan properly.
– Lao Mo’s wishes are so simple.
– He really got beaten into submission.
– Uh oh, this scene looks a bit familiar. The heroine is lying on the ground, unable to move… and now Xiao Xi is also lying on the ground, unable to move.
– ??? Don’t do this. There won’t be some “NTR” plot, right?
Thinking this, Mo Yuan stepped over a collapsed wooden house and finally spotted Yun Ruoxi lying face down on the ground.
“Found you!!”
The corners of his mouth curled up as he walked toward Yun Ruoxi. In his excitement, his pace even quickened a bit.
But when he was only 20 meters away, he suddenly stopped, a drop of sweat rolling down his forehead.
*Flash!*
In front of him, a blinding white light erupted from the blue-haired girl, and a terrifying pressure overflowed in all directions.
The broken wood and rubble on the ground began to buzz and hum, suddenly floating up together as if gravity had vanished.
A gale rose out of nowhere.
The wind was so strong that Mo Yuan could barely keep his eyes open. He gritted his teeth, shielding his face with his hand as he took step after step toward the blue-haired girl.
“Are… you… kidding… me?!”
He growled out each word: “How can you still manage to break through in this situation?! I have to stop you!”
*Bang!*
The moment his words fell, the white light on the girl’s body flared again, and a terrifying shockwave surged outward.
Under the Starfield, the blue-haired girl remained indifferent, quietly gazing at the sky. Mo Yuan was blown back without any power to resist, landing heavily on his buttocks.
*Boom!*
A terrifying sound, almost like a sound burst, rang out. The girl turned into a white stream of light and soared straight into the sky.
Mo Yuan watched all of this in silence. It was only after the girl disappeared that he raised his hand and said in a hoarse voice:
“Commandant… Recovery of Xinglan has failed!”
“What happened?” Commandant Behemoth’s voice came through.
“She… she broke through. She is already a Level 2 star energy user!”
After Mo Yuan finished speaking, he hung up the communication. His entire body slumped powerlessly as he looked at the sky in a daze.
– A cheater is a cheater. She can even break through like this.
– Xiao Xi, hurry! Your husband is about to die!
– I usually find it fake when others break through on the spot, but if it’s Xiao Xi, it’s surprisingly reasonable. What’s wrong with me?
– Plus one!
“One last time. What is your response?” the Saints’ Hand Society soldier issued a cold ultimatum.
Lin Zhen pressed the communication button and suddenly gave a relieved smile.
“Screw you!”
The elegant Imperial curse spoke for itself. Lin Zhen had made his stance clear.
He thrust his hand forward, attempting to use his recovered star energy to interfere with the enemy’s ship.
However, these combat-grade frigates were equipped with Starshields. A layer of blue light flashed, and Lin Zhen’s supernatural power was directly repelled.
Immediately, countless rays were fired from the frigate’s cannons.
Lin Zhen didn’t even have time to control the spaceship to dodge.
‘Is this the end?’ he thought.
But in the next second, a red light streaked across the sky, arriving first and blocking the front of the spaceship. It expanded into a massive shield, blocking all the rays.
Chi Cha lowered his crossed arms and raised his right hand. He pointed his index finger at the dense cluster of ships ahead and made a gentle swiping motion —
A Red Laser flashed, and all the ships erupted into fireballs and exploded.
“Elder Chi Cha!” Lin Zhen shouted in pleasant surprise.
But in the next instant, he suddenly saw a massive wound on the other’s back.
The wound pierced straight through Chi Cha’s body, creating a hollow hole. The severed ends of the cables serving as blood vessels were neat and smooth, flickering with sparks.
The cross-section of the high-strength alloy serving as bones was so smooth it could reflect light like a mirror.
This was definitely no ordinary injury.
Seemingly sensing Lin Zhen’s gaze, Chi Cha’s voice rang out inside the spaceship:
“Don’t worry, I won’t die. Their injuries are heavier.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Chi Cha’s moving lips, he was just about to say something.
Suddenly, a white light flew in abruptly from diagonally below, piercing straight through Chi Cha’s head.
*Bang!*
In a silent explosion, Chi Cha’s head shattered instantly, spraying out a massive amount of blue bionic blood.
Some of it splattered onto the dome window, while some dispersed directly, turning into floating little blue spheres.
– My god, talk about fleeting.
– Chi Cha just died like that?
“Elder… Elder Chi Cha?”
It happened too fast. Lin Zhen didn’t have time to do anything; even the other man’s voice was still echoing in the spaceship.
He looked up blankly toward the direction the white light had come from.
Xia Guang was wearing a provocative, tight-fitting Starforce Battlesuit, holding a massive firearm while standing on a huge meteorite. That beam of light had clearly come from the weapon in her hands.
“Commandant Xia Guang?” Lin Zhen murmured softly.
Immediately after, the spaceship actually moved on its own, retreating from the battlefield at its maximum speed.
As soon as his voice fell, a terrifying explosion shockwave hit from behind.
Lin Zhen looked at the monitors, but the screen showed nothing but a field of white light.
If one could watch from above, they would see just how terrifying the self-destruction of a Level 4 cyberman’s shell truly was — it nearly evaporated all nearby meteorites, leaving a void with a diameter of 10 kilometers within the star ring.