Ironclad, but the dungeon is in Hell difficulty.

Chapter 146 The Expansion of Fate

Golden and blue light shimmered in space, transforming into an elusive shooting star that streaked across the sky. As the gold dissipated, a white dragon-shaped figure gradually emerged.

Behind Hegar, the massive war worm, several kilometers in size and covered in metal, had been reduced to countless fragments.

The Ultimate Dragon Shining Technique instantly consumes the life force absorbed from the golden energy core at its tail, in exchange for a significant increase in attack and speed.

Of course, this is not because these Huilong possessed some of the abilities of the prototype, but rather because Yu Tianyi combined the characteristics of the Abundant Destiny with some of the overload capabilities from the Jade Fortress engraving technique.

It's just that the name of its ability is borrowed. In reality, it has nothing to do with its prototype. It's mainly because Yu Tianyi was too lazy to design an appearance himself. Instead, he associated it with a series from the game that Ti Feng was in before he traveled through time, and just used it.

Such an outburst did not come without a price. After this state was lifted, Hegar could clearly feel that its control over Alpha had become sluggish. Attacks that could previously be easily dodged now required full concentration.

However, Yu Tianyi's "Locust Plague Apocalypse" was created to combat insect swarms, so there is no such thing as game balance.

By simply killing a few more swarms of insects, these Shining Dragons, which are made from silverfish, can automatically absorb the imaginary energy released from their deaths to regenerate, thus enabling them to be reused repeatedly in a short period of time.

As for damage to the body, with the blessing of an abundant destiny, it is not a problem at all.

"That feels great! That feels great! Even better than operating a planet-destroying weapon!"

Hegar felt the smoothness of his sword blade slicing through the carapace, and the feedback from the beam of light piercing through the auxiliary worms. Excitedly, he manipulated Alpha's dragon tail to swing wildly.

This tangible sense of killing was something they hadn't experienced in over two decades of being on the front lines. Even when tasked with defending the front lines, they could only return as quickly as possible after dispersing the swarms, otherwise they risked being caught in the insect tide.

Furthermore, killing the swarm is pointless. This is the first lesson all warriors need to learn after joining the defense line, because their abilities cannot forcibly erase the swarm's reproductive capacity with their own destiny like the Commander. They can only suppress its budding potential through conceptual barriers.

Therefore, such unrealistic kills will only wear down the warriors' enthusiasm in the daily battles, and only some races that are not very sensitive to this aspect can maintain their state year after year.

However, things are different now. The feeling of being killed is real. After being killed, the insects die completely and will never reproduce, turning into an even more terrifying swarm of insects.

“I feel like I’m dreaming, Hegar.”

Number Thirty-Seven's voice came through the communication channel again. It, Hegar, and Nomp were not far from the defensive line, so they usually rested in the same star system. Before entering the cockpit, it had added him as a friend in the game.

"You're not a memetic life form. Having witnessed so many memories, how could you not tell if you're dreaming? I don't care if it's real or not. If I could just kill these swarms of insects so easily, I'd be willing to do it even if it were a dream."

Hegar didn't have as many concerns as Number Thirty-Seven. After all, his superior, Silver Wolf, had made the recommendation. Even if there were problems, what could these warriors do?

Instead of dwelling on these things, it's better to think about how to improve yourself in this "Locust Plague Apocalypse".

“Hergal is right, Number Thirty-Seven, you have too many concerns. As a soldier, confirming this is not something we need to focus on.”

The Red Clay Giant Nomp stated that its intended role was to carry portable concept barriers to cover the retreat of its comrades, and therefore it was only natural to choose the Left Wall Four-Section Tower, which is commonly known as a meat shield type character.

While it's called a meat shield, it's actually more like a tanky warrior, a fusion of Sion and Braum. It has strong damage mitigation capabilities while also dealing considerable close-range damage, but it lacks a bit of mobility.

"Number 37 and I came to meet you. It's a pity she also chose Alpha, otherwise we could have formed a perfect team."

Shortly after these warriors launched from the Celestial Radiance Ship and began harvesting the insect swarm, Yu Tianyi's consciousness within his Jianmu clone quickly sensed a negligible increase in the activity of the Abundant Destiny Path.

The power of abundance begins to sprout anew in this possibility, and your rank: Star God (Remnant) has experienced a slight increase.

[Gained a strand of 'Reproductive Destiny', and 5 Imaginary Energy]

"What is this? The Path of Reproduction?! Why didn't I get any notifications when I killed the swarm of insects, or when Silver Wolf and the others killed them with Shining Dragons?"

Yu Tianyi looked at the pop-up prompt in front of him and withdrew from deducing his sword technique in surprise.

When he returned to the event after the event agency ended, he focused most of his attention on the clone, while the main body only retained a part of its consciousness for deduction.

So he was quite shocked when he saw the news. It wasn't until he retrieved most of his consciousness from his clone that he regained his normal cognitive abilities.

"It turns out that the previous number was too small. These insect swarms may seem to be different individuals, but they are actually part of the locust ancestor. It reproduces countless insect swarms by splitting itself."

Therefore, in order to obtain a means of reproduction from the insect swarm, he must effectively kill a sufficient number of insects in a short period of time.

According to the feedback from the Destiny Path, the number is approximately five thousand per strand.

"With such a massive number, it's hard to imagine how far His destiny has expanded. If He didn't consider everything except reproduction as trivial and never launch any proactive attacks, I would never have thought of using this plan."

And naturally, once Tianyi's abundant destiny expands to a certain extent, it will inevitably block His path of reproduction. At that time, it will be time for the final battle.

Now, Yu Tianyi turned his consciousness back to his clone. He stood in the palace under the bronze divine tree, looking down at the ground.

The scene, which seemed no different from any other day, appeared different to the clone's perception at this moment.

As the layers of material colors gradually fade away, it's as if the layers of the world are being gradually removed, revealing the model framework made of lines.

Immediately following, a peculiar sphere composed of several distinct colors, surrounded by a pale green barrier, approached where Yu Tianyi was.

This is the demiplane that Qingque is located in, artificially created by civilization, and its outer barrier is the manifestation of Yu Tianyi's pull.

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PS:

I got a decent base today: an attack rope with double critical hit rate and critical damage. After enhancing it... it gained 8% critical hit rate, 10% critical damage, and an extra HP stat. Not bad, I guess.

Chapter 147 The Impending Crisis

"Hmm, it's probably two billion square kilometers. To be able to expand a demiplane to this extent and maintain stability, it must have been a fairly strong civilization before."

Yu Tianyi reached out and carefully manipulated the Abundant Destiny, peeling away the thick layer of insect eggs that had condensed on the outer layer of this demiplane, revealing the body inside, which was already riddled with holes.

If Qingque had arrived any later, the basic structure of this demiplane would have collapsed, and it would have been directly surrounded and destroyed by endless insect eggs.

Those high-ranking officials whose minds had been distorted by cognitive distortion didn't even realize there was anything wrong with it. It can only be said that the terror of the Insect Emperor cannot be explained in a few words.

Two billion square kilometers sounds like a lot, roughly the surface area of ​​four Earths, but you have to understand that this is a civilization capable of creating demiplanes and engaging in interstellar travel.

For such a population expansion, colonizing many planets, and with a human-dominated civilization, this size is undoubtedly too crowded. It's likely that many groups were abandoned before retreating here.

"With the players' efforts to wipe out the swarm of insects, the once somewhat ephemeral destiny of abundance in this time and space has finally taken root. This is a change that we hadn't anticipated before, and it seems we can be a bit bolder in our actions now."

Yu Tianyi immersed his consciousness into the Path of Fate. This was a strange place that could not be described by three-dimensional environment. Every time he put his senses into it, he would 'see' the source of abundance.

The 'God of Paradise,' whose exact form was completely obscured and which appeared only as a ball of white light to his senses, almost covered half the sky.

However, ever since his first attempt to merge with Him was thwarted by the mysterious star god, he no longer had a similar feeling when he entered Him again.

"If I'm not mistaken, the creature that could make the Amber King disappear in this time and space is definitely not a native being."

But given that nothing unusual has happened in my area, perhaps the problem lies at its source?

It is not difficult to deduce that if these possible star gods are all projections of Himself in four-dimensional spacetime, then the changes in their source will correspond to these projections.

"However, these are still too far away for me. Let's deal with the demiplane issue first."

After a brief moment of distraction, Yu Tianyi refocused his attention on the Abundant Destiny Path. Using his Jianmu clone as a bridge, his understanding instantly expanded to every corner of the Destiny Path.

Wow!

There seemed to be the sound of swaying rice stalks in the void, and the strange phenomenon of a golden wheel soaring into the sky also appeared.

The next moment, a pair of golden giant hands, large enough to fit an entire demiplane into a basketball, manifested from the imaginary space. Every detail on the palm was clearly visible, and every line in the palm was crystal clear.

The Falun, in its bright and dark chambers, guides compassionate souls across the ocean of wisdom.

The roots of dust have not been washed for a long time, and they hope to be exposed to the light.

As if some unknowable being was whispering in the darkness, the golden light faded slightly, revealing a majestic and solemn figure with a halo around him. The Jianmu body, with its hands clasped together, made Yu Tianyi appear like a Buddha incarnate.

At the same time, the people in the demiplane were surprised to find that after the golden light fell, the shells of all the creatures that had been eroded by the 'calamity' peeled off, revealing the newly grown, fair skin that was out of place with its surroundings.

"A miracle! This is a miracle bestowed by the gods!"

"Mom, I'm not feeling bad anymore." "My daughter, my daughter!"...

This scene of a divine being descending from the sky immediately prompted many residents to leave their homes and come to the streets to look at the phantom projected above the demiplane, making this gesture of civilized prayer.

However, the process was not without its challenges. When Yu Tianyi pushed it to the main city where Qingque was located, it seemed to be stimulated by fate. The wing powder buried in the basement suddenly lit up and tore apart the barrier set up by Qingque.

A burst of blue-purple light erupted, and all the creatures in the main city dissolved into liquid amidst screams. The next moment, they gathered around the wing powder, transforming into a terrifying giant worm hundreds of meters in size.

"What...what exactly happened?"

Neither Qingque nor Yu Tianyi had anticipated this scenario, and Fu Xuan's divination was ineffective against the Star God.

So Qingque, who was still in the main city wiping out those high-level remnants, watched helplessly as the insectoid she had just found dissolved and sank into the ground in the next moment, completely ignoring the material made of bluestone, as if they were two layers that did not interfere with each other.

"That's... the Star-Shattering King Insect?! How could this be? No, this size couldn't possibly be its true form. Did Tianyi's arrival activate the reproductive destiny within that wing powder?"

Qingque raised her hand, and a blue barrier rose in front of her, isolating her from the effects of the locusts' roars. She looked at the giant locust rising from the center of the main city with surprise.

"Yes, this is the first time I've used the power of the Star God rank on such a large scale, so I don't have a clear understanding of the power collision at this level."

Yu Tianyi's voice echoed in Qingque's heart. Even though he had protected the affected residents outside the main city as quickly as possible, the main city, which was the most severely affected by the Wing Powder, was indeed impossible for him to break through in a short time with his current destiny strength.

Fortunately, Qingque had already distributed his Jade Tokens to every household in the main city, so even if they were fused with Wing Powder, he was able to 'revive' these residents through Abundant Fate.

This resurrection actually stems from the fact that these creatures affected by fate are not completely dead, but leave traces in abundance, thus enabling them to achieve a certain degree of 'resurrection'.

Just like a fleeting 'death', even if it is annihilated and only a few wisps of dust remain, it can transform into a thousand-faced giant tree and make a comeback.

However, Yu Tianyi is powerless to do anything about those insectoids who have been deeply mutated, since they have not been affected by the Jade Tablet at all.

However, those guys deserved to die, so there's nothing wrong with them.

"hiss!"

With a resounding roar that echoed throughout the plane, a deep blue beam of light streaked across the sky and hurtled toward the Jianmu body outside the demiplane.

The Pyrolysis Death Ray is a terrifying ray emitted from the mouthparts of the Insect King's mandibles. Even this illusory entity, formed from wing dust, possesses the power to melt the earth's surface and pierce through planets.

You have encountered the 'Star Shattering King Insect Skarakabaz (Wing Powder)', a giant insect that inherited the jaws of the Insect King. It can use its mouthparts to condense the death rays of shattered star clusters and use the broken galaxy as a breeding ground for its offspring.

What's here is merely a fragmented entity formed from a portion of the original being's reproductive destiny transported by its wing powder, yet it still possesses the power to easily tear apart planets.

Yu Tianyi remained calm. His hands, which had been clasped together, opened, and golden light descended, blocking the terrifying beam of light.

At the same time, with a raised hand, these rays of light converged into a strange, unfinished giant blade in reality, the Spine of the Demon Dragon.

"Although the process was somewhat unexpected, the result will not change."

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