With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 427 Devouring
hum! ! !
The moment Artesia gave the order, the dense and silent artillery array outside the porthole suddenly lit up with a bright and soft light!

——That was the light produced by the strong and stable energy fluctuations detected by the light stone embedded in the autonomous turret.

As the light flickered, different fluorescent lights appeared inside the dark muzzle.

High-energy lasers, plasma, antimatter cannons, matter-disintegration rays, gamma rays...

With just a casual glance, Chen Fan saw several weapons of different specifications in the turrets surrounding the investigator starship.

even……

Even the same weapon has quite obvious signs of iteration!
Not only that, each turret looks very "new", with almost no signs of battle damage except for a little interstellar dust on the surface.

Obviously, in the more than 40 years since leaving the place of creation and living in anonymity, in order to resist the invasion of alien life forms, the Xinalo civilization's obsession with weapons has reached its peak!
"The target will arrive at the designated area in ten seconds."

An electronic synthesized voice rang out in the cockpit, pulling Chen Fan's somewhat messy thoughts back to the battlefield in front of him.

"9, 8, 7..."

Bright red numbers kept jumping on the holographic interface on the main console, affecting the minds of everyone on the investigator starship.

At the same time, the light at the muzzle of the autonomous artillery gradually faded from bright to dim.

It seems that the autonomous artillery array is much less powerful than before.

But looking at the energy density numbers that kept soaring and eventually stabilized in the holographic interface, Chen Fan knew that this was just the calm before the storm - once the Star Zerg appeared in the designated area, these autonomous turrets would release all the stored energy at once! !

"...1."

Yi's voice suddenly became high-pitched: "Attention! High-intensity space-time fluctuations detected! The target has arrived at the designated area!"

hum...

An invisible wave spread out in the deep and dark starry sky, and dozens of giant insects suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Under the fluorescent light emitted by countless artillery batteries, the hard armor on the giant insects glowed with a faint dark purple cold light. Their bodies were as huge as starships, emitting a heart-pounding aura from the inside out.

The huge claws waved slowly in the starry sky, as if showing its strength and majesty to everything around it.

Behind it, a tail covered with spikes kept swinging like a flexible whip.

The spikes are extremely sharp, and their surface is like a smooth mirror, reflecting the surrounding artillery and starlight!

That is a weapon made of strong interaction material!

There is no doubt that it is the most powerful weapon of attack of these giant insects - these spikes are as strong as neutron stars and can easily pierce all naturally occurring matter in the universe!

"Star Zerg!!"

Inside the investigator's starship, Chen Fan's heart sank as he watched the real-time images displayed on the holographic projection, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

That’s right, these ugly things in front of me are almost exactly the same as the “Strangers” that [Su Zheng] once showed!

only……

Their average body length was less than 500 meters. Although they were much larger than the size of the Investigator Starship, they were much smaller than the Starry Sky Zerg that [Su Zheng] had shown them. If he remembered correctly, in [Su Zheng]'s description, the size of these bugs could even be compared to a giant gas planet! !
Could it be that……

Are these actually two different races?
Before Chen Fan could figure out what was going on, the order from Artesia had already been transmitted to the dense array of autonomous artillery batteries.

boom! ! !
Almost at the same time, the muzzle that had previously returned to dim suddenly burst into an extremely dazzling light! !
Purple high-energy laser beams, green matter-disintegration rays, and antimatter torrents flashing with dazzling white light instantly gushed out from the staggered artillery positions, shooting straight at the Star Zerg that had just appeared! !
A truly saturation and indiscriminate attack!
With the help of Chen Fan, Artesia poured almost all of her firepower into the designated area!

……

Outside the porthole, a rising white ball of light suddenly appeared at the intersection of various lights!
It was like a tiny star appearing out of nowhere in the dim starry sky.

The energy density index detected by the sensor also climbed to a new level.

"It barely reached the energy output level of a Level 6 civilization."

Hongshi's calm voice came from behind, commenting on the wave of attacks that Xinaluo civilization had carefully prepared: "It seems that Xinaluo civilization's research on weapons is indeed not very advanced."

"……Did you make it?"

Unlike Hongshi, Chen Fan's focus is on the starry sky Zerg - he will go to the place of creation to investigate next. The weaker the strength of these Zerg, the safer the investigation will be.

He didn't want to face those powerful creatures that were described as bugs in [Suzheng]!
Time passed bit by bit, and the attacks from the autonomous turret array gradually subsided. Without the support of external energy, the bright white light ball in the dim starry sky also began to slowly dissipate.

"Something seems wrong!"

Hongshi's calm voice suddenly became nervous, and she quickly reached out and called up the energy density image on the main console.

Looking at the spherical energy density model with a constantly fluctuating surface in the holographic interface, Hongshi's expression changed completely: "Something happened!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the cockpit suddenly became solemn.

"What's going on?" Chen Fan sat up straight and cast an inquiring look at the energy density model in front of Hongshi that was still fluctuating violently.

Hongshi did not reply immediately, but stretched out his hand with an uneasy look and tapped the light ball in the holographic interface, and a curve graph appeared in front of everyone. This was a downward curve with a gradually increasing slope, and above this downward curve, there was a dotted line with a much gentler downward trend.

Hongshi raised his hand and lightly drew a line in the air, and then began to deduce the subsequent development of the energy density curve.

Under Chen Fan's gaze, the openings of the two curves, one real and one virtual, gradually expanded, and finally formed a huge crack that would swallow anyone it could!
"Did you see that?" Red Stone's voice continued, "The rate at which the energy density is decreasing is clearly faster than normal."

"There's only one possible reason for this."

She paused, raised her head slowly, and stared out the porthole with fixed eyes.

In just a few words, the originally bright ball of light had become extremely dim.

"Inside the light ball..."

There was some difficulty in Hongshi's voice: "Something is absorbing this energy!"

Chen Fan's body trembled, and he quickly realized the meaning behind this sentence.

Not only did those dozens of insects not die under the wave of attacks from the Xinalo civilization, they even regarded these attacks as gifts from nature!

"Damn it!"

Chen Fan's face changed slightly, and he quickly called up the communication interface: "This is Varela, calling Artesia!"

"Those bugs are not dead yet, be careful..."

Before she finished her words, Isa's suppressed exclamation came from behind her.

Chen Fan subconsciously raised his head and looked out the porthole.

The ball of light almost dissipated, revealing the scene inside it.

A circle of dark purple shields surrounded more than twenty giant insects, perfectly isolating their bodies from the antimatter torrent in the light ball.

This is not over yet.

The giant worm's mouthparts opened to an incredible and terrifying angle. The dark purple mouthparts were filled with densely packed smooth and sharp teeth. From the appearance, these teeth were made of the same material as the spikes on its tail.

They are all strong interaction materials!

The extremely active particles and energy in the light ball seemed to be pulled by some kind of force field, and quickly poured into the deep mouth that seemed to be able to swallow everything! !

In just a few seconds, the light ball shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye and disappeared into the dark purple mouthparts of the giant insect.

The body of one of the giant insects trembled slightly, and some curling flames immediately emerged from its dark purple, ferocious mouthparts.

Just like...

It's like burping after eating too much!!

"This……"

Chen Fan stared at this shocking scene in amazement, not knowing what to say for a moment.

That's antimatter and super-high temperature plasma!
What kind of creature could feed on this stuff?!

next moment.

These giant insects came to their senses, and their small eyes glowing scarlet light looked at the autonomous turrets that were in the state of cooling down and recharging ammunition.

It was as if they had seen some unique delicacy. After letting out a silent roar, they pounced towards the densely packed autonomous artillery without hesitation!

【Free Fire!!】

Artesia's order was filled with fear. Apparently, the giant worm's behavior of devouring the antimatter torrent and high-temperature plasma also frightened her: [All autonomous turrets, fire freely! ! ]

She even directly issued a general attack order: [Royal Expeditionary Fleet, attack! ! ]

boom! boom! boom! !

White, pale green, and dark purple beams streaked across the deep space, launching a counterattack against the approaching giant insect.

but……

No matter what kind of attack, it cannot penetrate the thin dark purple barrier around the giant insect!
Swish! !

The slender scorpion tail, which was over a hundred meters long, swung lightly, and the spikes made of strong mutual-force materials directly pierced through the armor of the autonomous turret.

Just like pieces of meat on a bamboo skewer, as the giant worm shook its head and tail, the autonomous turrets that had cost the Xinalo civilization countless efforts were all hung on the spikes of the scorpion's tail!
Then, the scorpion's tail stretched forward quickly, and the giant scorpion opened its huge mouthparts again, swallowing the autonomous turret hanging on the spikes into its mouth!

Creak! Creak!!

In the silent chewing, the sharp teeth made of strong interaction material completely grind these autonomous turrets into pieces! !
During this process, the giant star worm didn't even pay close attention to the intensive attacks from the surrounding autonomous artillery batteries!
To these giant star bugs, the autonomous turrets that the Xinaluo civilization had spent 40 years to iterate on were nothing more than a buffet for them to be slaughtered at will! !

(End of this chapter)