National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 824 [Sea of ​​Fallen Gods]

"For hundreds of thousands of years, the mechanical civilization of creation has had very limited contact with us, and getting them to cooperate is not easy."

"That being said, it is a fact that we in the Shattered Star Sea have always been at a disadvantage in the distribution of rights and interests in the Fallen God Sea. The addition of a newly emerging hegemonic civilization is not necessarily a bad thing for all parties in the Shattered Star Sea. We just need to give it a push."

As they were talking, a faint light suddenly flashed between Jiang Yuan's brows, and a strange object radiating multicolored light emerged from his ancestral aperture of fire.

[Amazing Object: The Brain of Technology]

[Quality: Color/Excellent]

[Convertible to: None]

[Effects: {Brain of Technology} {Computational Overclocking} {Intelligent Brain Bank} {Super Mechanical Technology}...]

[Note: The last remnant of a super-technological civilization from the multiverse era.]

……

"Jiang Yuan, you mean use this as a bargaining chip?"

Jiang Yuan shook her head.

"This [Brain of Technology] alone is not enough!"

As he spoke, he looked at Emperor Ying and the others.

The meaning is quite clear: they are all members of the Heavenly Pillar of Fire royal family, so if they have anything suitable, they should bring it out.

Soon, all three human emperors present took out several items, among which the one taken out by the Ying Emperor was a tenth-order mythical-level intelligent brain.

This AI is not a rare artifact from the stars, and it holds great uncertainty for the Torch Civilization. Therefore, since obtaining it, Emperor Ying has kept it sealed away and has never actively activated or used it.

However, while this thing is useless to them who follow the Fireship system, its value to the mechanical civilization is self-evident.

The three emperors did not pay attention to Song Chi. In their impression, Song Chi and the Song family of Dragon Spine had only been established for 11,000 years and their foundation was still limited.

However, Song Chi was unwilling to do nothing. Even if he remained silent, he believed that the emperors would not say anything, but he could not sit idly by.

Since you have made up your mind to place yourself on an equal footing with the four emperors, you should strive for equality in everything, instead of seeking only benefits while ignoring contributions, otherwise you will only be looked down upon by the four emperors.

After giving a greeting, Song Chi returned to the Ancestral Domain of the Flame, which contained the Heavenly Ruins Market, where one could advance to the ninth rank. Now he could quickly switch between the Chaotic Divine Continent and the Shattered Star Sea, and soon he returned to the Human Emperor's Palace.

However, compared to when he left empty-handed, he now had a tricolor artifact in his hand.

【Wonder Object: Master of Machines (Mirror Image)】

[Quality: Color/Lower Grade]

[Convertible to: None]

[Effects: {Mechanical Overlord} {Mechanical Teleportation} {Mech Heart} {Mechanical Armor} {Mechanical Communication} {Intelligent City}]

[Note: This is the last remaining essence of a mechanical civilization from a multiverse era, and it has a powerful auxiliary effect on technologically advanced civilizations.]

Indeed, the strange object that Song Chi retrieved was none other than the "Master of Machinery" that he had traded to the "Immortal Qin Heavy Industry Group"—the "Master of Machinery" mirrored with the "Chaos Mirror Stone."

Compared to the [Brain of Technology], the [Master of Machinery] is indeed a level lower in quality, but given its attributes, it's safe to assume that the [Genesis Mechanical Civilization] wouldn't ignore it.

"Alright, given the value of these items, I believe the Genesis Mechanical Civilization will be very interested."

"Let's not delay, let's set off as soon as possible."

……

Two days later, a mythical immortal ship and more than ten superdimensional motherships, a total of fifteen Fire-Burning warships, emerged from the [Human Emperor City] in stealth mode and headed towards the [Fallen God Sea], tens of millions of light-years away.

Because of the great distance, apart from Jiang Yuan and Song Chi who remained in the [Human Emperor City], the other thirteen people all traveled with them.

Of course, this does not mean that the other thirteen superdimensional motherships are the original bodies. In fact, all fifteen Fire-Bearing warships are warship clones. However, apart from Jiang Yuan and Song Chi, the other thirteen are all in the [Shenxia Jiuli] warship clone.

Unfortunately, for ninth-tier captains, even if their flagships are equipped with colorful extreme-level warship clones, the maximum remote control distance they can achieve on this Chaotic Divine Continent is only tens of millions of light-years; they can't go any further.

Only by boarding the [Shennxia Jiuli] warship clone and accompanying it throughout the journey can one precisely maintain control over all warship clones.

As for the only two exceptions.

Jiang Yuan is currently the only officially recognized immortal captain of the Torch Civilization. His own mental power has long since transformed into an immortal soul, and his long-range radiation capability far exceeds that of a ninth-tier captain by a hundred times. In addition, the warship clone components loaded on the [Divine Summer Nine Li] are also of the highest quality color. Not to mention tens of millions of light-years, he can even go to areas a hundred million light-years away.

As for Song Chi, he naturally relied on the Zhutianxu Market.

With the market advancing to the ninth rank and gaining the blessing of a mythical status, he can now normally influence the Chaos Divine Continent. With the help of the power of the myriad markets, the range he can remotely control may be even greater than Jiang Yuan's.

……

Fifteen Fire-Slaying warships left eerie blue trails in the chaotic void, and every few hours or days, the fleet would perform a collective jump.

Through the special perception of the Heavenly Ruins Market, Song Chi could clearly see the energy ripples left by the fleet on the surface of the Chaotic Divine Continent—like the ripples formed when you run your fingertip across the surface of mercury.

When the fleet had already made its umpteenth jump, the monitoring systems of the fifteen warships that had broken out of the jump tunnel suddenly detected abnormal readings.

The holographic projection of the air-sighting radar showed a distorted cloud of dark matter pulsating regularly tens of light-years ahead.

"It's a horde of Soul-Devouring Beasts." Jiang Yuan's voice came through the fleet's magnetic wave communication group chat:

"The number is about three hundred, and the leader should be at the ninth level."

Song Chi accessed the warship database, and detailed information about this creature immediately began to appear.

The Soul-Eating Beast resembles a jellyfish, with golden light paths flowing like nerve veins within its translucent body. Its attack method involves releasing "mind toxins" that can corrode the soul to dismantle the enemy's will.

"Should we go around it?" the ninth-tier captain in charge of navigation asked.

Jiang Yuan replied quickly:
"Of course, the challenges from those top-tier clans have not yet arrived. What we need to do now is conserve our energy and build up our strength."

Following Jiang Yuan's orders, the team chose to take a detour. As they traveled, the scenery outside the windows inevitably came into view, causing all the crew members to hold their breath.

The so-called "Sea of ​​Fallen Gods" is not an ocean in the traditional sense, but a deadly vortex group composed of countless broken laws and rules, including the super brain storm zone.

A blue storm cluster with a diameter of over three light-years spread through the void like cancer cells, and each energy pulsation caused spiderweb-like cracks to appear in space.

"Abnormal readings!" The voice of the leading ninth-tier captain of the Crimson Yu Divine Dynasty trembled:
"The intensity of the outer storm has reached the peak of the ninth tier, and the energy fluctuations in the core area... have exceeded the monitoring limit!"

Song Chi's pupils reflected the torrent of data. Through the special perspective of the Heavenly Ruins, he saw more terrifying details—giant biological skeletons floated in those blue storms, the smallest of which was the size of a giant asteroid.

Some kind of black, vine-like substance is wrapped around the skeleton, slowly growing while absorbing the storm's energy.

"God-Devouring Vine." Jiang Yuan's projection suddenly appeared on the command platform: "A byproduct nourished by the flesh and blood of the transcendent. Any creature entangled by it, including warships, will turn into dried corpses within three minutes."

As if to prove this statement, a twisted metal wreck suddenly shot out from the edge of the storm.

It was clearly the mothership of some advanced civilization, but at this moment it was as shriveled as an empty soda can, with wriggling black vines crawling all over its hull.

Before the fleet could adjust its formation, three hostile senses suddenly locked onto them from different directions.

The void to the east distorted, and three hundred chaotic demonic apes arrived riding on meteorites. These giant apes, their bodies ablaze with crimson flames, were each at least tens of thousands of kilometers tall. The leader, the "Skullbreaker - Golden Ape," carried a molten flame war staff forged from the core of a star, with chains wrapped around the staff bearing the heads of hundreds of powerful beings from different civilizations.

The western space shattered like a mirror, and the ghostly fleet of the Netherworld Clan slowly emerged.

Their warships appear to be made of solidified shadows, with organs resembling living brains embedded in their bows. When a scanning wave from a certain Fireship sweeps by, those brains suddenly open their densely packed compound eyes simultaneously.

"Humans of the Flame, this is not a place for you."

A mocking laugh echoed through the mental communication channel.

"A weak civilization that has only had its myths for less than ten thousand years..."

A meteor shower suddenly fell from the due north, and the rock giants of the Rift Mountain Clan tore through space and descended.

Their bodies were made of obsidian unique to the Chaos God Continent, and the red cores embedded in their chests constantly released gravitational ripples. The leader swung its mountain-like giant hand and directly smashed a nearby ninth-order limit Devouring God Vine into dust.

Jiang Yuan's projection appeared in the chaotic sky, his mythical aura sweeping across all directions: "According to the 'Agreement between the Peak Races of the Divine Continent and the Overlords of the Star Sea,' the newly emerging overlord civilization of the Shattered Star Sea has the right to participate..."

"An agreement?" The golden gorilla's maniacal laughter echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

"That thing is too hard to even wipe your butt!" It suddenly pointed its war club at the human fleet. "Either get out of here yourselves, or I'll make you get out myself!"

At the critical moment, two new powerful forces tore through the void and arrived.

Green flames erupted from the void on the left, and the skeletal fortress of the wizarding civilization tore through dimensions and descended. Tens of thousands of floating skeletons formed a magic circle, and the black-robed wizard in the center raised a staff inlaid with thirteen eyeballs:
"The Wizard Civilization recognizes the right of humans to participate."

The phantom image of intricate gears appeared in the space to the right, and the Ark Fortress of the Genesis Mechanical Civilization completed its leap.

Hundreds of millions of nanomechanical insects formed a galactic vortex, coalescing into the form of a metallic giant:
"Based on logical judgment, adding variables is more conducive to exploration efficiency."

With the open support of the Wizard Civilization and the Creation Mechanical Civilization, coupled with the faint phantoms of Titans and Thirty-Six-Winged Holy Angels appearing in the depths of the void behind them, even if they were unhappy, the top races of the Chaos God Continent could only withdraw their aggressive stance in the end.

With witnesses from multiple parties, the ancient "Godfall Duel" protocol was activated.

A battle arena with a diameter of over 10 billion kilometers was generated in the void. The rules were simple: both the Fire Civilization and the Peak Race would send five representatives to engage in a life-or-death battle of nine levels. The civilization of the ultimate victor would gain control of a small area of ​​the Fallen God Sea.

Golden light pierced through the chaotic void, and Emperor Ying's [Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon] leaped out from the folded space. The surface of the ship was covered with energy veins composed of bronze inscriptions, and the pitch-black cannons at the bow resembled a monstrous beast that was ready to devour its prey, ferocious and terrifying.

"I'll take the first round!"

The voice came from the Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon, and soon a figure also emerged from the opposing peak clan's team, a ninth-level Qingyao Stone Rift Mountain Clan member.

Once both sides entered the battlefield, a battle was imminent.

The Azure Radiance Stone Mountain Clan member was clearly not an ordinary ninth-tier Mountain Clan member. Not only had its aura reached the limit of the ninth tier, but the earth law surrounding its entire body was also extremely solid, and it even showed a tendency to transform into the earth rule.

With a sudden stomp of its azure stone legs onto the battle platform, the [Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon], billions of kilometers away, felt a powerful geomagnetic force surging from below.

This strong geomagnetic force immediately reduced the flexibility of the [Xianqin Zulong] significantly.

[Azure Dragon Overlord Body]!
Ying Yi activated an active immunity control component immediately, but the next second the Azure Stone Giant had already taken a step and arrived below the [Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon].

He slammed the giant axe made of cyan obsidian into the side of the Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon ship, sparks flying everywhere.

Sensing that the warship's energy shield and hull armor were damaged simultaneously, Ying Yi reacted quickly.

He did not immediately try to create distance between the warships. He was well aware of the disadvantages of the warship's form on this limited battle platform.

On the contrary, the Rift Mountain Clan, who wields the Dao of Earth and is suspected of possessing the secret technique of shrinking the earth to an inch, is the biggest beneficiary in this situation.

Under the watchful eyes of countless onlookers, the hull of the [Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon] creaked and groaned, eventually transforming into a mythical mecha giant with a height exceeding two hundred million kilometers, clutching a seven-colored halberd in its hand.

Clearly, Ying Yi wanted to engage in close combat with the Qingyao Stone Clan.

The moment the seven-colored halberd collided with the obsidian giant axe, the entire spatial structure of the dueling arena groaned under the strain.

At a certain moment, nine bronze chime images suddenly lit up on the chest of the mecha giant controlled by Ying Huang. As the chimes resonated, the law patterns on the body of the Rift Mountain warriors began to recede.

"【Black Bird War Banner】·The Collapse of Rites and Music!"

Three hundred and sixty Xuan Bird battle flags unfolded behind the mecha, each flag projecting a war scene from different periods of the Immortal Qin civilization.

The obsidian giant was not afraid and roared as it shattered the seven battle flags. The moment the obsidian giant axe struck, a cold stream of data flashed in the eyes of the Emperor Ying.

The shipboard AI's warning flashed on my retina:

[Gravity disturbance exceeds the threshold, and the efficiency of conventional avoidance is reduced to only 17%...]

"Initiate the Light of Order charging sequence."

The black bird battle flags on both sides of the ship suddenly converged, forming seven battle flag rings in the void.

As the giant axe of the Rift Mountain Clan warrior shattered the third ring, the chest of the Immortal Qin Ancestral Dragon Mythical Mecha Giant suddenly split open, revealing a crystalline rhombus inside.

[A breakthrough in law-level defense has been detected.]

The Arbiter of Mechanical Civilization's mech flashed: [Warning! Rule-based weapon fluctuations detected!]

The star core on the chest of the Azure Stone Giant flickered wildly, instinctively trying to activate the Shrinking Earth to an Inch Divine Power, but it was too late—the pure white beam of light shooting out from the rhombus crystal pierced through its core in a fraction of a second.

There was no explosion, and no energy dissipation.

In the areas hit by the Light of Order, even the chaotic rules were forcibly corrected into a state of absolute order.

The giant remained frozen in his axe-wielding pose, and the azurite on his body began to arrange itself neatly at the molecular level, eventually transforming into a perfect dodecahedral crystal.

[Target entropy value reaches zero, battle ends!]

The arbitrator of the machine race calmly declared.

The crystallized obsidian giant refracted a strange spectrum in the void, with each ray following a perfect geometric angle.

The tenth-tier mythical commander of the Rift Mountain Clan in the spectator stands suddenly stood up. Its core began to crystallize uncontrollably, and it was only by actively severing the energy connection that it was removed.

The victors will carry on the torch of civilization.

The mechanical arbitrator's electronic voice unusually fluctuated: [Warning! The rule structure for Duel Arena Zone 37 has been permanently changed.]

Through the market's perspective, Song Chi observed that even the free energy within the space swept by the light of order began to arrange itself according to a prime number sequence.

Even more terrifying is that this order is spreading outward at a speed of three kilometers per second.

However, these were quickly overlooked. After Ying Huang, the Torch Civilization sent two more superdimensional captains, including Jiang Yi of the Divine Xia Dynasty's [Divine Yi Qiongyu]. However, the results were not optimistic, and both battles ended in defeat.

Until the fourth game.

Emperor Ferdinand's platinum warship entered the arena in a cross-shaped trajectory; his opponent was the "Memory Eater" of the Netherworld Clan.

The Civilization of Fire is already trailing by 1:2, and Emperor Ferdinand is under immense pressure.

Upon stepping onto the new battle platform, the humanoid black mist that was the "Memory Eater" of the Netherworld Clan released a large number of memory pollution ripples as soon as it appeared, trying to first define the activity area of ​​Ferdinand's flagship, the "Heavenly Light".

(End of this chapter)