Him and their stars.

Chapter 2180 I have a lot to do, I need to focus my energy on other things...

A thought flashed through Yu Lian's mind, and he couldn't help but look down at the platform made of an unknown metal beneath his feet.

This structure, hidden deep within indescribable flesh and blood, covered with unnatural geometric patterns, is now trembling violently as space collapses.

Yu Lian understood what he should do. The little bit of spiritual energy he had just recovered extended from his mind, forming the most exquisite psychic fluctuations, precisely targeting the structural nodes at the bottom of the platform.

It took him less than a second to figure out the energy flow of those patterns and confirm the interface that could trigger the automatic navigation system—if this thing really was some kind of vehicle, it must have this function.

Yu Lian's guess was correct.

“Found it.” His telekinesis turned like a key. The platform shuddered violently, and all the geometric patterns on its surface simultaneously lit up with a ghostly blue light! The entire structure emitted a deep hum, as if an old car that had been broken down for ten years had finally been restarted thanks to someone’s miraculous repair skills.

Although it was clumsy and difficult, it did get moving.

At the same moment, Yu Lian could clearly sense that a new spatial rift had appeared. It seemed that it would only appear once the heavy old man beneath its feet activated it.

"A very bold design!" Just as Yu Lian was about to make that comment, the platform beneath his feet suddenly accelerated, leaping over the collapsing gray mist and hurtling towards the vortex-like spatial rift!
There was still time to escape! Yu Lian quickly made this judgment. However, at the same instant, he suddenly caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that the Void Crown, which was suspended in the collapsing void, had also transformed into a fleeting shadow of light, following closely behind him!
So you actually made it through!
Yu Lian couldn't tell whether the crown was following him or just automatically searching for spatial rifts to escape, but considering that the thing was keeping a distance from him, he had no choice but to let it be.

In any case, I really don't have the time to deal with this right now.

At this moment, the platform had already plunged into the rift, and the surrounding spatial turbulence was cutting towards it like billions of blades. Even a tiny gravity well traversing a dangerous star field would only encounter such a scene.

However, under Yu Lian's telekinetic perception, the platform suddenly lit up with a ghostly blue light, blocking most of the impact.

Who would have thought that a platform-like vehicle, no bigger than half the size of a stadium, would even have a shield function?
As an excellent engineer, Yu Lian only spent another half minute before finding a similar mechanism inside this complex pile of machinery, and naturally opened it without hesitation.

The aftershocks of the spatial turbulence still penetrated the shield, but for Yu Lian, who had already recovered a significant amount of health and mana, it was no longer a problem.

In fact, the reason why Yu Lian's red, blue, and green bars are recovering so quickly is not only because he is moving away from the influence of certain chaotic forces, but also because he has indeed heard a clear and bright voice.

"Commander's vital signs detected... Re-establishing connection... Beep... Beep... Beep beep... Connection successful." The guide, dressed in a community military uniform with mechanical armor covering key areas such as shoulders, knees, and chest, suddenly reappeared.

She was expressionless and spoke in a calm tone. Her large, lifeless, golden-gray eyes even had strange data symbols flickering in them.

In short, she perfectly fits the stereotypical image of a mecha girl in every way.

"Why are you still pretending to be an artificial idiot at a time like this?"

"This is about ritual, you know? Do you even know what ritual is? You people are always treated like carbon-based monkeys because you don't pay enough attention to rituals." Little Gray's eyes immediately regained their sparkle, still speaking earnestly, but with a rare hint of concern and relief in his tone.

"They're really trying to welcome you in a way that will definitely excite you."

Indeed, while Xiao Hui's transformation show was breathtakingly beautiful, almost like a world-famous painting, Yu Lian always felt it lacked a certain soul. This robot girl is definitely better suited to this kind of stereotypical mecha girl outfit; there's a kind of conflicted beauty born from a clash with civilization.

Well, like I said before, that's not the point.

"I'm truly flattered that Sister Gray came all this way to greet me. But does this mean that things have calmed down outside?" Yu Lian continued to respond through his consciousness. The platform he was on was violently tossed about by the spatial turbulence. He used his legs to press down on the iron plate to maintain his weightless posture, and finally managed to stabilize himself.

"The behemoth has stopped moving. The pollution of the illusory realm has also stopped," Little Grey reported succinctly, and at the same time, a screen popped up beside it.

Very good, this does indeed indicate that I am about to escape this strange subspace bubble and return to the starry sky of the primary plane.

It was cold there, it was empty there, there was hardly any air, but now, walking in the vacuum of space, I still felt like I was home, it was very warm.

"I have so many homes," Yu Lian thought. "Besides, I'm really becoming less and less like a human being."

However, this thought only caused him a brief period of depression, while the scene on the screen made him feel refreshed and happy.

In the starry sky of the celestial realm, the monster composed of tangled steel and twisted flesh had indeed ceased its movements. Countless destructive beams of light rose from beneath the steel armor like erupting volcanoes, but instead of stirring up soil, they hurled burning parts and fragments of flesh and blood.

Interestingly, however, the illusory flesh and blood, which resembled a translucent, viscous solution, strangely transformed into solids when torn apart and scattered into the void by the fierce artillery fire. Metallic, stoney, keratinous, chitinous—it seemed to possess all sorts of textures, and although they were burning, they undeniably possessed the stability of real matter.

Of course, given how clear the image is, it almost looks like a close-up shot. This is unlikely to be the work of the Sky-Surveying Eye; it must be Little Gray's nanomachines.

“Its body is condensing, transforming into a physical form,” Yu Lian said. “Yes, right now, 74 elements have been produced,” Xiao Hui said. “This phenomenon is quite amazing; even I find it incredible. Your science officers are going crazy, but they can’t go over there to collect the materials.”

Yu Lian couldn't help but feel regretful, but then he smiled and said, "However, this is a good thing."

“Yes, transitioning from subspace to physical form is actually the standard for the complete death of what you call a ‘Virtual Realm Lord’. In my sister’s time, we even used this method to collect rare materials.”

"So, the Enlightened Ones actually know how to raise Void Realm Lords?"

“Ah, you know what I’m going to say.” Little Grey put his finger to his lips again: “This idea is dangerous, and it requires a certain level of skill.”

Indeed, although the behemoth had stopped moving, explosions were still occurring inside its body. However, it continued to unleash firepower in all directions, gradually thinning out, but it seemed it could continue for some time, much like a reptile that had lost its mind and life force but still retained its knee-jerk reflexes.

Given the size of this thing, this reaction may continue for a long time.

Thus, the attacks by the temporary "allies" were far from over.

The fleet's long-range artillery fire continuously compressed the outer armor, causing the wounds to widen further.

The dragon breath and psionic shocks of the Astral Knights rained down on its riddled body, continuing to cut through its armor and flesh from the warp.

Under the dragon's cover, the Crimson Ghost fighters, operating in space bubbles, cut close to the behemoth and continuously dropped antimatter bombs into the gaps in the holes.

Great. In physics, antimatter bombs destroy matter. If they're used in subspace, wouldn't they become synthetic matter?

At that moment, the bow of the Silent Ship once again shone with a dazzling divine light, condensing into a platinum-gold spear of light. This attack directly blasted the mountain-like protrusion on the giant beast's head.

The spiral protrusion was flattened on the spot, and the strange, ugly spherical sensor also disappeared instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the behemoth's entire body structure began to disintegrate from the inside out. The ashen flesh and blood began to burn extensively. The outer mechanical structure, stretching for nearly a hundred kilometers, began another round of twisting and exploding.

A torrential downpour of metal and energy, covering tens of thousands of kilometers of airspace, is about to erupt.

The knights and fighters began to move rapidly away. The Imperial fleet and the Silent Ship in the distance also ceased their bombardment.

Through the bright light, Yu Lian could even see some points of light in the distant galaxy. They were drifting out from behind the purple giant planet. Needless to say, those were the carrier fleet led by Wayne.

"I hope they are all ready," Yu Lian thought.

The scene before him went dark, but his own intuition had already sensed the state of the giant beast.

Similar to the Emperor, all the spiritual fires were constantly waning, leaving only a tiny remnant of the subspace that was barely clinging to life, which was enough to sustain the existence of the polluted virtual realm.

"But it's only a matter of time."

"Your combined attack with the Imperial psykers disrupted its energy cycle, and the spatial anomaly caused by the antimatter bomb accelerated its collapse. Of course, in the sense of warp, it was a process of reorganization and regeneration."

"So, according to the Enlighteners' original concept, wasn't that essentially harvesting?"

Little Grey pretended not to hear and calmly analyzed, "Based on the current progress, in seventeen minutes, all the Void Realm contamination will be completely purified. Forty-nine members of the Astral Knights have died in battle, and forty-three dragons have perished. Although the Silent Ship has suffered severe damage, everything is under control. The Sobek Fleet and your squadron are clearing away the Void Realm remnants at the edge of the battlefield."

Yu Lian nodded slightly. Putting aside their positions, the Knights were indeed very brave. From this perspective, the future of the Tyrellians and the Galactic Empire was indeed very promising.

"Furthermore, according to my sister's analysis, this monster is actually after the Silent One and my sister. It wants to eat me, ha, outrageous! It's clearly just a subspace biological mineral vein, yet it's being treated like a divine entity! What's with that expression?"

A subspace bio-mineral vein! This concept sounds incredibly anti-civilizational, but Yu Lian wasn't surprised at all. He simply exclaimed, "Yes! You've finally realized it! You truly have a keen eye for detail and can see the big picture from small things!"

Little Gray pretended not to hear and continued, "Of course, now that this thing is dead, it's my turn to eat it."

Excellent, indeed a very valuable mineral vein. I always felt that the Age of the Enlightened should have seen the emergence of some kind of animal protection group specifically to protect warp monsters.

Yu Lian closed his eyes and let out a long breath, even though there was actually no air in this spatial rift. He suddenly felt completely relaxed, just like after a great battle when all his physical strength, focus, and courage had been exhausted.

He gazed thoughtfully at the approaching end of the warp and said, "You can handle these things yourself. Just tell Eleanor it was my idea, since you've already forged the imperial decree. I have many things to do, and I need to focus my energy on military matters... well, not military matters, but other things."