Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 944 Reverse Mother Bullet and Thermobaric Chain Magic Bullet

Inside the cockpit of Jormungandr, the light was dim.

The aftershocks of the high-intensity energy output continued to propagate deep within the entire train, echoing endlessly like thunder within its metal frame.

On the main control panel, streams of thermal energy flashed with glaring red warning lights, and the system's feedback data showed that the target beneath the train was still alive.

The Ninth Hero frowned, looking at the torn body of the ferocious beast in the projection, and murmured:

"What happened to the two modulated bombs that followed? They didn't explode, and there was no feedback. It's like they just disappeared."

He looked back at the data with some disbelief, checked it again, and repeated:
"Domain expansion? Or... an indelible miracle property?"

The Ninth Hero spoke with the characteristic angelic habit of exploring the unusual.

Clearly, he viewed the disappearance of the TMB bomb as an anomaly or a domain ability, completely unaware that he had actually "experienced" a complete explosion scene just now.

It's not just the explosion, but also the damage that the explosion caused.

Xia Xiu remained silent.

He simply watched in silence as the monster projected below slowly healed its wounds.

Xia Xiu lowered his head, slowly raised his left hand, and gradually pulled the Sovereign Avatar [Vassak], which was still in a semi-transparent state and appeared on his back, back into his body.

As the light dimmed, the silhouette of the Time Demon vanished behind him, leaving only a faint, almost imperceptible echo of time.

At that moment, he already had a guess in his mind.

The Star Beast is not just a creature with powerful attack or destructive capabilities.

What He just revealed was something...more dangerous.

A certain ability that Xia Xiu was familiar with, but had never personally experienced—time manipulation.

More accurately, it's a rewriting of reality.

"Delete and modify..." Xia Xiu murmured to himself.

Of course, this is just speculation, and he needs to observe more.

He already had a vague understanding of the abilities and characteristics of the [Star Beast], but now that he was facing a [Star Beast] that resembled a miracle, he dared not confront it head-on.

This monster's ether floating-point computing efficiency has exceeded the upper limit of most magical entities.

Even if he's using the Gospel radio, you still have to avoid his sharp edge.

If we really want to fight him, we'll have to activate the [Saraphael Archangel] template.

The problem is that this module is designed for the subsequent kickoff, and with his current physique, he can only maintain it for three minutes.

These precious three minutes are extremely important for this kickoff and must be used sparingly.

Xia Xiu raised his gaze and looked at the war train in front of him, which carried the will of human civilization to fight back—[Jormungandr].

It is currently the only weapon platform that is not afraid of miracles tearing apart.

He finally spoke, addressing the Ninth Hero:
"I have some guesses about that monster's abilities. But I need to verify them first."

His tone was calm, yet it couldn't hide a subtle, almost imperceptible pressure.

"We've already used a quarter of the miracle weapons we have available this time, and we can't afford to keep using them like this."

The Ninth Hero was taken aback upon hearing this, and then his expression darkened.

He understood what Xia Xiu meant.

“The remaining weapons…” Xia Xiu’s voice was even lower, “including the [Thermobaric Chain Magic Bomb] and the [Reverse Mother Bomb], must be used with caution.”

Upon hearing this, the Ninth Hero stood to one side of the command post, his gaze fixed on the still-uncollapsed monster silhouette on the projection, his voice low and restrained:
"We do need to carefully weigh our next strategy. Jormungandr activating the Spark System can indeed help us fight against the beasts below, and even suppress them for a short time... but that's only enough to maintain a stalemate."

He spoke slowly, as if deliberately suppressing his emotions.

"What can truly change the course of the war is still the God-Slaying Bullet in the Heavenly Kingdom's arsenal."

With a light tap of his palm on the control panel, the combat data stream was automatically brought up.

"Now, we have two that we can use."

A complex, dark light flashed in the eyes of the Ninth Hero, who continued:

"The first one is the reverse-mother bomb."

He didn't look at Xia Xiu, but stared at the slowly flashing ballistic image in front of him, as if he were looking at a verdict awaiting execution.

"The core of the strategy is to use ideas to obliterate technology."

He explained softly:

"It's like putting a 'I don't exist' label on the enemy. No one can see it or remember it. Even the battle records in the genealogy will be cut out."

"Its destructive power is not to destroy the enemy, but to erase the enemy from the known world."

His voice gradually lowered:

"But the side effect of this weapon... if you can call it a side effect; its side effect is that we ourselves... must also forget that it ever existed."

Xia Xiu: "In other words, once we use it, we must accept that there is a gap in this battle."

"Yes."

The Ninth Hero nodded. "We must also accept the information black hole blockade of the warheads, otherwise the enemy will escape from the information black hole, remove the 'I do not exist' label from their faces, and come back."

He took a soft breath and continued:

“Each reverse-Membrane warhead is equipped with a ‘Membrane disruption device’, and its core structure is seeded with ten GB-level ‘reverse-Membrane dictionaries’, which are completely unmemorizable codes.”

“Once users attempt to read and understand, they will immediately forget the content and enter a cognitive loop.”

He looked at Xia Xiu, his tone instantly becoming solemn:

"This weapon... can even seal away divinity."

"Generally, after the Kingdom of Heaven uses the [Reverse Mother Bullet], it will only leave behind a code and traces of its use. Moreover, in order to counter the Kingdom of Heaven being attacked by Reverse Mother weapons..."

The Ninth Hero suddenly looked at Xia Xiu and asked him a seemingly inexplicable question:
Do you think the Heavenly Kingdom's Reverse Mother Weapon was researched by the Mother Academy?

Xia Xiu frowned, recalling the departmental handbook from Heaven, and slowly said:

"Only the Memoir Department within the Central Containment Chamber of Heaven has the authority to access and study Memoirs..."

At this point, he seemed to vaguely understand something.

A moment of silence fell over the air.

Neither of them continued the conversation on this topic—it was truly a "topic that should not be discussed."

Some departments of Heaven have mysterious vacuums, much like the miniature garden world, which constantly consume Heaven's resources without being known to the outside world.

“The second one,” the Ninth Hero continued, “is a thermobaric chain magic bullet.”

He pointed to the ballistic simulation diagram that was slowly loading on the combat list, a cold and stern look appearing on his face like that of a tactical soldier.

"It's not as bizarre as the Reverse Mother; it's... very direct."

Xia Xiu stared at the projection, remaining silent.

The Ninth Hero continued to explain:

"The instantaneous release of high temperature and high pressure creates a negative pressure tearing effect, completely dismantling the enemy's body at the physical level; then, it is incinerated by extremely high energy, burning away its spirituality, divinity, and magical structure." "Finally, it uses rune-style burst combos to interfere with and lock on the target."

His fingertips traced patterns in the air, as if they were no longer data, but a real, impending explosion of destruction:
"When we faced ancient Titans and deified beings in their physical forms, we used them to destroy them completely, burning them to ashes."

"It is most deadly to those beings that rely on regeneration to survive."

Xia Xiu finally said in a low voice:

"The ultimate destructive force of unconventional information and unconventional energy."

The Ninth Hero said with a slight smile:

"Besides its large range and deep interference layer, it has another advantage."

"Oh." Xia Xiu became interested. "What advantages?"

The Ninth Hero countered with a question:
Why didn't the nations of Terra develop into a nuclear war?

Xia Xiu's eyes flickered slightly, he remained silent for a few seconds, and then nodded:

"Naturally, it's because think tanks from various countries have mastered..."

He was certainly aware of this history.

As early as the seventh supernatural war on Terra, nuclear weapons had already completed the theoretical loop in many countries. If the traditional path of human warfare had been followed, it should have triggered a multi-level nuclear strike chain, setting off a death spiral across the entire planet.

But the reality is that wars frequently break out, yet the end of the world never truly arrives.

And all of this is because...

“The Ghost Particle Formula,” he said slowly.

“Not bad.” A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Ninth Hero. “All the fools who thought they could reshape the world with nuclear bombs will soon find that what they created was not the end of the world, but a meaningless illusion.”

Xia Xiu then added:

"The Ghost Particle Formula is a technical model that the Central Containment Chamber of Heaven deliberately spread. It can distort any ether principle based on the Crystal Sky and Ether Layer structure—causing nuclear bombs to deviate from reality before critical detonation, forming the Ghostly Detonation Effect."

“Moreover…” he continued, “the Kingdom of Heaven also established a system of checks and balances.”

That's the programmable transfer protocol.

The Ninth Hero Supplement

"Most genera can transmit the pre-vibration signal of a nuclear explosion using a subspace formula once they detect it—even if it's just five seconds before the explosion, it can make the missile disappear directly from Terra."

Xia Xiu nodded:
"So, nuclear weapons are not useless, but they have no chance to play a role. Just like ships, they are interfered with by the Crystal Sky, distorted, diverted, and ignored."

"Therefore, countries began to seek 'escape formulas' in an attempt to develop a purely physical method of killing that can escape the interference of magic and magic."

The Ninth Hero's voice began to grow heavy, "But truly successful... there are very few."

"All other skills are inferior, only extraordinary arts are superior," Xia Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

This seemingly sarcastic remark was not a joke.

In fact, whether or not a species possesses nuclear weapons has never been a real issue for the various factions of Terra.

Because the powerful units of each lineage—whether crowns, regular units, or wonders at the pinnacle of magic—have long since replaced the role that nuclear weapons should play in the ecological niche of war.

If several crowned beings were to wage war simultaneously, or if a miracle worker were to appear, the damage they would cause would be no less than that caused by a nuclear bomb.

Therefore, the rest of the so-called ballistic missiles, orbital cannons, and conventional airbursts are merely for the purpose of lower-level warfare.

Moreover, many countries possess some truly remarkable weapons, though none are as polluting as nuclear bombs.

The reason Heaven puts nuclear weapons on the ban list is mainly to prevent those troublemakers from causing trouble.

The existence of [Crystal Sky] and Heaven has led to the banning of many basic real-world physical weapons.

This has resulted in Terra being in a bizarre version of the environment that is both advanced and backward—a special atmosphere where the physics of medieval lightsaber combat using high technology, similar to that of a space opera, simply doesn't exist.

Xia Xiu has already come into contact with hyperspace tunnels, gravity slingshots, space-based weapons...

Technology has surpassed all of humanity's previous fantasies.

However, the surface warfare on Terra still maintains a simple dueling environment where people wearing power armor clash with each other.

All surface warfare is basically about "when in doubt, resort to etheric magic," using the omnipotent ether and magic to bring all enemies to the same level, and then continue to fight each other.

The Ninth Hero then continued...
"However, for every spear there is a shield. When the Ghost Particle Formula was being spread, Heaven did not actually give up its research on the Escape Formula."

The Ninth Hero continued:

"The escape formula is not just a literal avoidance; it also has a special algorithm for deviating from the etheric narrative hierarchy."

Its name is Escape Variant, and its core function is to escape the 'unkillable' entry in the exception logic stack.

He paused, then slowly raised his right hand, pointing to the still slowly writhing and closing arms and the indestructible black body of the [Star Beast] in the combat projection.

"Like these beings...those who have achieved physical sanctification, been crowned by miracles, been blessed by myths, and whose very names are terrifying creatures that can interfere with reality."

They are immortal not only because of their regenerative properties, but also because their existence logic is pre-written into the seventh level of the Aether, which forcibly binds them to reality; in reality, they are defined as unkillable.

"The essence of escape variants is to make reality give up binding them and give up acknowledging them."

"The core engine of the thermobaric chain magic bullet is to use the escape variant as an anchor chain to act on the superimposed negative pressure blast and high temperature rune incantation."

"This is a weapon that first severs divinity and then physically erases it." A cold light flashed in the eyes of the Ninth Hero. "It can burn the rebirth template of the undead and tear apart the causal shell of divinity."

"Moreover, escape variants are not fixed. After each formula is used, they are rearranged, and it is very difficult to master them again."

Even with crown-level computing power, it's barely possible to observe the existence of these formulas on the Ether; regaining control over them would require a massive investment of resources.

Xia Xiu looked at him silently without saying a word.

At this moment, the cabin was so quiet that the only sound could be the low chimes and resonance of Jormungandr as it operated, like a mythical clock.

The Ninth Hero slowly lowered his head, looking at the original sin-like creature rising from the ethereal sea in the projection, his tone carrying a hint of regret:

"If the true nature of the target at the ether level is determined in advance, this type of warhead can cause even greater damage."

Upon hearing this, for some reason, an ancient myth suddenly came to mind.

He raised his eyes, his voice slightly deep, yet carrying a hint of inquiry:

“It suddenly occurred to me… that there is a record in mythology that if you say the true name of a demon, it will submit and may even be wiped out of the world.”

He paused, then looked intently at the Ninth Hero: "The escape formula you mentioned sounds somewhat similar to that logic."

The Ninth Hero gave a smile that was almost one of approval, as if he had been waiting for the other party to ask that question.

“Not bad.” He nodded, a rare excitement in his eyes. “You really thought of that too.”

"The escape formula is actually just a passive reconfiguration logic protocol."

"And another, more proactive and structurally complex form of weaponry is what you call the True Name Formula."

"The core principle of the True Name Formula is to fundamentally 'claim the world's right to name something,' and then, through this naming chain, tamper with, reverse, and weaponize its logic of existence."

“This operation is extremely dangerous because the ‘real name’ itself is a narrative anchor. Once you have it, it’s like holding the most basic operating token of an entity.”

"Therefore, when it is executed, complex matching equipment is required: such as a spell-inducing device with a fixed tone, a binding judgment document, a magical instrument with a stable frequency, and a memory carrier, which is used to record and seal the true name of the body's structure."

"...During the era of the Demon Army Kings, the Heavenly Kingdom even used the True Name Formula to reverse-engineer abnormal weaponization, creating a batch of abnormal entities whose names were weapons."

(End of this chapter)