The "Survival on the Train" game has bugs, it's really laggy!

After the Devourer left the far side of the moon, the cratered remains on the lunar surface rapidly shrank.

The God-Slaying Giant Scythe - Sky-Piercing Main Cannon has been retracted into its armor, with dark red high-dimensional energy still remaining at its muzzle. The mechanical monocular on the far side of the moon has been completely erased, and the unsupported flesh and blood tissue lies spread across the ruins plaza, rapidly solidifying in the vacuum.

Su Yuan did not turn around.

He sat in front of the control panel, his palm resting on the jump push rod.

"Little Fire, connect to the parent Starlink topology map."

"Connected."

The star map on the main screen began to reorganize.

The orbits of Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter were all marked. The original jump route to the deep space matrix was blocked by dark red high-dimensional chains, and there were many unresolved spatial nodes outside the route.

Tang Lan stood to the side of the main control panel, staring at the ever-changing star map.

"Did the parent body deploy a defensive network in the outer solar system?"

"It's not an interception network," Ji Yun said.

She remained strapped to the passenger seat, her hands, waist, and ankles locked in alloy straps. Her right eye was a deep blue, her left a dark red. The two forces were forcibly suppressed within their respective areas by Su Yuan's rules, and there was no further conflict for the time being.

"Those are higher-dimensional physical barriers," she said. "They're not responsible for intercepting spaceships; they're only responsible for altering the results of the jump."

Wang Hu was changing the heavy machine gun ammunition belt at the back of the carriage when he heard this, and turned around to ask, "What do you mean?"

"When you jump from Earth to Mars, it can define Mars as non-existent. It can also define the coordinates you are going to pass through as dead zones. Jumping is not about hitting an obstacle, but about the course itself becoming meaningless."

Wang Hu snapped the magazine shut.

"Is it still possible for us to get over there?"

"This waterway is not suitable."

As soon as Ji Yun finished speaking, the control panel suddenly emitted a sharp warning sound.

The synthesized sound of the small fire immediately increased.

"Warning: Intergalactic jump engine has been blocked by logic."

The star map ahead instantly turned black.

It's not a signal interruption; all coordinate parameters are disappearing. Spatial distance, gravitational reference, heading markers, along with the target point already locked by the warp drive, are being erased from the system.

Su Yuan pressed down on the push rod with his palm.

"Forcibly maintained."

"Unable to maintain. Navigation anchor point lost."

"Add one more."

"No anchor points available."

"Then we'll build it ourselves."

Su Yuan slammed his fist on the edge of the control panel, and the cloud-shaped mark on his left arm lit up. The paradoxical rules spread along the cockpit's wiring to the chassis, forcibly pulling back a portion of the shapeless flight path.

The warp drive emitted a deep, rumbling sound.

Everyone in the carriage was lifted off the ground at the same time.

Li Daikui had just pushed an external sealing plate back in when his body slammed into the bulkhead. He didn't cry out in pain; after landing, he grabbed the anchor rod and continued inspecting another crack.

"The third sealing valve on the left is leaking pressure!" he roared.

"Wang Hu, go press the valve."

Wang Hu grabbed his toolbox and rushed over, grabbing the rotary wheel with both hands and forcefully twisting the deformed valve back into place.

Tang Lan gripped the scope with one hand and clenched her other hand tightly against the edge of the cockpit. Looking at the disappearing coordinates on the main screen, she asked, "How much longer?"

"Seven seconds."

"Can it hold out?"

"Even if you can't hold on, you have to."

Su Yuan accessed the low-level interface of the warp engine and wrote the mass parameters of the Devourer itself into the navigation anchor point.

Xiao Huo immediately reminded: "Commander, forcibly binding the vehicle to its own mass will cause engine overload."

"Remove restrictions."

"After the release, the vehicle body may disintegrate during the jump."

Do as instructed.

"receive."

The God-Slaying Wings deflection array on the exterior of the Devourer simultaneously deployed, and the dark matter patterns on the surface of the black-gold armor all lit up. The weight of the entire vehicle was forcibly written into the trajectory, and the warp coordinates finally stopped collapsing.

The next second, the real universe crashed back.

There was no buffer.

The Devourer was thrown out of the warp tunnel, its hull flipping three times sideways in the vacuum. The securing devices inside the vehicle snapped one after another, and Wang Hu slammed into the turret base with a dull thud.

Tang Lan gripped the back of the seat, forcibly stabilizing her body.

Li Daikui and two veterans fell to the back of the vehicle, but a few seconds later they got up and secured the detached ammunition boxes back in place.

Jiang Yu sat on the ground, his severed arm pressed against the deck. His face was pale, and the metallic veins beneath his skin were rapidly contracting.

Su Yuan pressed down on the control panel with both hands.

"Stop rolling."

Several short bursts of dark gold fire erupted from the chassis of the Devourer, and the chariot came to a forced stop in the vacuum.

The sound of the small fire was accompanied by static.

"Current jump failed. Spatial location confirmed."

The main screen lights up.

A crimson planet occupies most of the screen.

"Mars orbit."

Wang Hu propped himself up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"How did we end up here?"

Su Yuan did not answer.

He stared at Mars.

That once arid, desolate, and dust-covered planet no longer has its original surface visible. Dark red flesh covers the entire planet, with a dense crystalline skeleton embedded between the flesh, forming a vast network spanning the globe.

The internet is breathing.

With each contraction, a deep red pulse illuminates the surface of Mars. Countless thick, fleshy tubes pierce the planet's crust, extending underground.

Mars has lost its original form.

It is more like a giant biological egg wrapped in high-dimensional tissue.

No one spoke in the carriage.

Ji Yun stared intently at the screen with his right eye, the dark blue data in his pupil beginning to fluctuate rapidly.

"It's incubating something."

"What is it?" Tang Lan asked.

"A weapon targeting the Pangu system."

Su Yuan raised his hand.

"scanning."

The star core smelting furnace is started.

Thirty-six probes extend from the chassis, with high-dimensional probe arrays unfolding at their tips. Scanning waves pierce through the Martian atmosphere, penetrate the fleshy network, and reach deep into the Earth's strata.

Xiao Huo quickly transmitted the data back.

"Mars' core is being extracted."

Where did the energy go?

"A high-dimensional energy convergence zone has been discovered 2,100 kilometers underground. The target is incomplete, and its structure cannot be fully analyzed."

Su Yuan looked at the data.

On the screen, a shrinking, dark red object appears inside Mars. Its surface is covered with fragments of the underlying code of the Pangaea system; with each pulsation, new code is torn apart and reassembled.

"It's dismantling Pangu's rules," Ji Yun said.

"and then?"

"Turn the dismantled parts into weapons."

"Targeting me?"

"Targeting the entire Pangu defense line."

Ji Yun spoke quickly, "The Sky-Piercing Main Cannon, planetary force field, maintenance station authority, Pangu Suppressing Boundary System—everything related to Pangu will become its attack samples. It's creating an anti-Pangu weapon in the core of Mars."

Wang Hu walked to the main control panel.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's knock it down."

"Not for now," Su Yuan said.

Wang Hu was stunned for a moment.

Su Yuan retrieved a scan of the Martian surface.

The shallow layers of the flesh-and-blood network contain numerous energy conduits, internally connecting dozens of high-dimensional spore-forming cavities. The Martian surface is supplying energy to the orbital location of the Devourer.

"Little Fire, calculate its defensive range."

"Preliminary assessment indicates that all the crystalline networks of flesh on the Martian surface belong to the same nervous system. Once the target is locked, full-area fire control can be completed within 0.3 seconds."

Su Yuan looked up.

"It has spotted us."

As soon as the words were spoken, the network of flesh and blood near the Martian equator simultaneously tore apart.

Large numbers of dark red crystals rose from the surface, their interiors containing black metallic particles. In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of spore-like projectiles rose from the Martian surface.

The projectiles did not produce a tail flame, but fine cracks appeared on their surface. Dark golden energy shone from within the cracks, and the projectiles began to accelerate.

The number of red dots on the radar increased rapidly.

Ten thousand.

Thirty thousand.

80,000.

The last patch of red completely covered the main screen.

"Spore missile swarm, 176,000 in number," Little Fire reported. "All locked onto the Devourer."

Tang Lan looked out of the car.

"They left no blind spots."

"Activate the explosion-proof gate and close the external passage," Li Daikui immediately ordered. "Everyone, move into your designated positions and prepare to withstand the impact."

The veterans remained calm and quickly retrieved the ammunition boxes, tools, and external cables into the vehicle. Wang Hu rushed towards the main gun control panel, Tang Lan repositioned her sniper rifle, and Jiang Yu grabbed the anchor ring below the driver's compartment.

Just as Li Daikui was about to press the external explosion-proof gate, Su Yuan raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't turn it off."

"Train commander?"

"Do not activate the defensive force field."

Li Daikui's expression changed.

The missile swarm outside has entered attack range. If the defense is not activated, the tank will be completely wiped out in the first round of attacks.

Wang Hu also turned around.

"Su Yuan, these aren't just a few shells."

"I saw it."

Su Yuan looked at the red dots spreading across the main screen and his finger landed on the newly appeared weapon interface.

"Wang Hu, take over the main and secondary cannons of the Zaotian Cannon."

Wang Hu's expression changed quickly.

"Can the secondary guns be used?"

"We only tested the main gun just now."

"If the secondary guns can't hold out..."

"If it can't hold up, switch to the main gun."

Su Yuan pressed the authorization button.

A dull mechanical creaking sound emanated from the base of the Sky-Piercing Cannon. The cannon itself did not rise, but sixteen dark red muzzles appeared in the surrounding armor.

Energy begins to compress.

Little Fire's Tip: "Secondary gun mode is a conceptual disintegration firing mode, consuming 0.03 units of high-dimensional energy per shot. It is recommended to control the rate of fire."

"Remove the rate of fire limit."

The fire was simmering for half a second.

"The secondary guns may be overheating."

"They will die first."

Wang Hu sat in the gunner's seat, gripped the control lever with both hands, and grinned.

"This is the kind of work I do."

The first spore missile entered the firing range.

Wang Hu pressed the fire button.

Sixteen dark red beams were fired simultaneously, without spreading or exploding. The beams swept across the missile swarm, and the missiles that came into contact with them instantly lost their structure.

The outer shell, the metal core, and the internal energy all disintegrated at the molecular level.

Sixteen beams moved in an alternating pattern.

Spore missiles vanished into space, their remaining material disintegrating into fine, dark gold dust. Before the dust could disperse, the second salvo of secondary artillery had already swept through.

Wang Hu laughed loudly.

"Again!"

The secondary guns fired continuously.

A dark red beam of light covered the vacuum area in front of the Devourer. None of the 170,000 spore missiles reached the vehicle; they all disintegrated outside the attack range.

The Martian flesh and blood network emitted low-frequency vibrations.

The shock, unable to propagate through a vacuum, landed directly in everyone's nerves.

Jiang Yu suddenly bent over, and all the metal veins on his severed arm taut.

Ji Yun's left eye opened wide at the same time.

"Stop devouring!"

Su Yuan looked over.

Dark red veins crept across the left side of Ji Yun's face, extending from her eye socket all the way to the side of her neck. The restraint chair emitted a continuous metallic clanging sound as she struggled fiercely.

"Mars' neural pathways are connected to the mother structure," she gritted her teeth. "By breaking down the spore bullets, you're essentially skinning it. It transmits the pain signals to you."

"How long can it last?"

"I can't take it."

"You don't need to hold it in."

Su Yuan looked at Xiao Huo.

"Initiate extreme negative pressure absorption."

"What is the goal?"

"All disintegration dust."

The chassis of the Devourer was opened.

Thirty-six dark gold conduits pierced the vacuum, forming a massive absorption field at their tips. The energy dust scattered around the chariot was forcibly gathered and poured back into the mother furnace.

The patterns on the black and gold armor lit up segment by segment.

The vehicle's mass began to increase, and the chassis's energy readings rose rapidly.

Xiao Huo reports: "Energy absorption rate of 40%, armor density increased by 7%."

"continue."

"The Martian biological network is exhibiting high-frequency responses, sending us a mental shock."

Ji Yun's body suddenly arched.

Her forehead slammed against the headrest of the restraint chair, and dark red blood flowed from her nose. Her right eye flashed with frantic blue data; the logic of Pangu was suppressing the deep-space pollution in her left brain.

"Ji Yun!" Tang Lan called out.

"Leave me alone!"

Ji Yun's wrists were chafed raw by the straps. She stared at the network of flesh and blood on the Martian surface, her speech becoming faster and faster.

"It's looking for me. It wants to access the Devourer through my left brain."

Su Yuan walked to the passenger side and placed his hand on her forehead.

The purple rule pressed down instantly.

The surging dark red veins within Ji Yun's body paused for a moment, and the deep blue of his right eye once again occupied most of its socket.

"Shut down the mental channel," Su Yuan said.

"I can't turn it off; it's already covered by my pollution layer."

"Then cut it down."

"They'll cut off my left brain too."

"Can he survive?"

Ji Yun looked at him and gave a short laugh.

"Having half a brain is better than having it used to open a door."

Su Yuan raised his hand to strike.

Jiang Yu suddenly looked up.

"Wait a moment."

His severed arm emitted a piercing metallic scraping sound, and all the black veins pointed toward the Martian equator.

There's something there.

"What is it?" Wang Hu asked.

Jiang Yu closed his eyes, veins bulging on his forehead.

"It's not the mother network. The frequency is very old, originating from the equipment of the old Blue Star Expeditionary Force."

Xiao Huo immediately changed the scanning direction.

A signal covered by a web of flesh and blood has appeared in the Martian equatorial canyon region. The signal is very weak and repeats every twelve seconds.

Su Yuan looked at Jiang Yu.

"Location."

Jiang Yu raised his severed arm and pointed to a narrow, black canyon on the main screen.

"Equatorial Canyon, bottom. Depth 380 kilometers."

Small fire corrects the data.

"Remains of a high-dimensional computing power hub have been discovered; the model cannot be identified. It currently retains 6% of its computing power output."

"What can I do?"

"The central computing power band matches the Pangu logic within Ji Yun's body. After access, a physical isolation layer can be established to temporarily prevent the continued spread of deep space pollution."

Ji Yun stared at the signal, his right eye, a deep blue, slightly contracting.

"The expeditionary force's equipment could not possibly survive on Mars for fourteen years."

"Have you been to Mars?" Tang Lan asked.

"Fourteen years ago, the Kunlun spacecraft was responsible for clearing Mars' orbit and equatorial valleys," Ji Yun said. "After completing the mission, they lost contact. There was no record of their return, nor any distress signal."

Li Daikui, who was standing at the back of the vehicle, stopped moving when he heard the words "Kunlun".

"Kunlun?"

The veterans raised their heads.

That was one of the first expeditionary flagships to leave Earth.

Fourteen years ago, the Kunlun carried 9,000 expeditionary troops and was tasked with opening up a sea route to outer space. It never returned to Earth, and all its channels went completely silent three months later.

Li Daikui touched the old nameplate on his chest.

"Commander, go check it out."

"Of course I'll go."

Su Yuan returned to the main control panel and brought up a map of the Martian surface.

The flesh and blood network has reassembled, and hundreds of dark red energy pillars are rising from the ground, blocking the sky above the equatorial canyon.

Little Fire warns: "Martian surface defense units are reorganizing. A high-dimensional interception layer is expected to form in thirty seconds."

"Open a path for me."

"Conventional artillery fire cannot determine whether targets at the bottom of the canyon have been damaged."

"I didn't order you to use conventional artillery fire."

Su Yuan pulled the push rod.

"Go down directly."

Wang Hu suddenly stood up straight.

"Go down?"

"Break in."

The Devourer turned its locomotive around.

Instead of slowing down, the vehicle pushed its power to the limit. The Blue Flame Core, the Star Core Melting Furnace, and the Anti-Gravity Deflector Engine all entered a high-load state simultaneously.

The outer layer of the black-gold armor unfolds an adaptive structure, the abyss-breaking ram at the front of the vehicle extends forward, and the god-slaying wings deflect and converge into a sharp dark gold structure.

Ji Yun, strapped to the passenger seat, saw Su Yuan's actions and immediately asked, "Are you planning to plunge directly into the canyon through the Martian atmosphere?"

"Is there a problem?"

"The surface of Mars has been transformed by the parent body into the shell of a higher-dimensional organism. You'll crash into its blood vessels."

"Then break it."

"The canyon is over 300 kilometers deep and is full of high-pressure crystal layers and living metal."

"Perfect timing to give the refining furnace a boost."

Su Yuan stepped on the push rod.

The Devourer has derailed.

The vehicle plummeted straight toward Mars.

The Martian atmosphere was torn apart by the black-gold armor, and red dust formed a high-pressure shock layer on both sides of the vehicle. In the distance, the network of flesh and blood began to shrink, and thousands of fleshy pillars were uprooted from the ground, blocking the descent path.

The first layer of flesh and blood barrier slammed into the front of the car.

The abyss wall was breached and the horn pierced directly.

There was no explosion; the flesh and blood were forcibly separated by the conceptual structure on the armor, and a viscous, dark red liquid clung to the vehicle and flew backward. The second and third barriers closed one after another, the black and gold armor on the front of the vehicle continuously reassembled, and the rammed head continued downward.

Quick update from Xiaohuo:

"Breaking through the hundredth barrier."

"The 300th floor."

"The 700th floor."

"Remaining blocking structure, 420 layers."

Wang Hu gripped the handrail of the gun emplacement.

"Just how many layers of skin does Mars have?"

Tang Lan pulled the trigger.

An armor-piercing projectile struck the high-dimensional crystal core in front, shattering it and briefly halting the surrounding flesh and blood barrier.

"There is an energy node ahead."

"I saw it," Su Yuan said.

He made slight adjustments to the front of the car.

The Devourer crashed through the last layer of flesh and blood, burst out of the Martian surface, and entered a collapsing equatorial canyon.

The rock walls on both sides of the canyon have been covered by the mother tissue. Dark red membranes extend downwards along the rock walls, with numerous bony structures embedded in them.

The tank continued to fall.

Thirty kilometers.

Seventy kilometers.

150 kilometers.

As gravity, pressure, and high-dimensional radiation increase simultaneously, the outer layer of the vehicle body continuously emits low-pitched vibrations.

Xiao Huo reports: "Armor withstands 97% pressure, anti-gravity engine overheating."

"Turn off anti-gravity."

Ji Yun raised her head.

"After it shuts down, it will crash directly through the Martian crust."

"This is exactly what I want."

Su Yuan pulled out the Blade of Judgment and inserted it into the rules interface on the side of the main control panel.

"Rule is absolutely defined."

Purple patterns cover the vehicle body.

"Desolate Devourer, maintain current speed."

"Ignoring the pressure of Mars' core."

The rules have been set in stone.

The tank's descent speed increased again.

The fleshy structure at the bottom of the canyon finally changed. Numerous dark red tentacles rose from below, their tips covered with dense metallic teeth, ready to intercept.

Wang Hu activated the main and secondary cannons of the Zaotian Cannon.

"Commander, fire?"

"Not open."

Su Yuan stared at the metallic outline that was gradually emerging below the canyon.

"Let them catch it."

Tentacles entangled the Devourer.

The combined force of higher-dimensional gravity brought the chariot to an abrupt halt in its descent. Dozens of fleshy pillars held the chariot in place, and deep red corrosion marks appeared on the surface of its black-gold armor.

Wang Hu panicked.

"They want to drag us back!"

"Wait until they extend a few more."

As the tentacles multiplied, the membranes on both sides of the canyon split open, and more intercepting structures emerged from the rock strata.

Su Yuan looked at the weight reading on the main control screen.

"Now."

He pressed the maximum acceleration button.

Thirty-six conduits shot out simultaneously from the chassis of the Devourer, their drill bits piercing the surrounding flesh. The Star Core Melting Furnace activated its negative pressure absorption, and all the tentacles wrapped around the vehicle were pulled out in the opposite direction.

Their energy rushes into the mother furnace through the conduit.

The dragging force suddenly loosened.

The Devourer continued its descent, carrying the drained flesh pillar.

At the bottom of the canyon, a huge piece of metal debris was finally revealed.

Su Yuan lifted the rule restrictions.

The tank crashed down heavily.

boom!

The rock strata at the bottom of the canyon collapsed entirely, and the dark red membrane was ripped apart by the shockwave. The Devourer crashed through a metal deck tens of meters thick, and the vehicle became embedded inside the wreckage.

The alarm sounded for three seconds and was then turned off by Xiao Huo.

"Emergency landing completed."

"What is the extent of the vehicle damage?"

"External armor wear by 2%, ram angle intact. Chassis energy reserves increased by 11%."

Wang Hu stepped down from the gunner's position.

"Is this what you call an emergency landing?"

After checking on the veterans, Li Daikui helped up a soldier who had injured his shoulder.

"Those who can stand up, check their weapons and protective suits."

"yes!"

The rear door of the carriage opened.

There was no wind at the bottom of the Martian canyon, yet the air carried a distinct metallic stench. The searchlight of the Devourer shone out, its beam piercing through the descending red dust to reveal a massive wreck lying across the canyon floor.

It was an interstellar fortress over twenty kilometers long.

The ship's main structure was broken in two; the forward half was embedded in the rock wall, while the aft half was covered in dark red tissue. The hull was covered with deep bite marks, some of which penetrated directly into the ship's interior.

A missing number is still preserved on the side of the ship.

Kunlun.

Li Daikui stood at the tail gate, not moving.

Wang Hu's face also darkened.

Tang Lan turned on the communication channel of her helmet visor and, after confirming that there was no immediate external radiation, got out of the vehicle.

"It's the Kunlun."

Li Daikui reached out and stroked the worn-out serial number.

The metal surface had turned black, and when the fingertips touched the dents, the remaining fine dust stuck to the gloves.

"They really were here."

No one responded.

The veterans got off the train one after another.

Some people's legs were still trembling, some had bandages wrapped around their chests, and some were missing an eye. But when they reached the Kunlun, they all stopped.

Li Daikui took out his old nameplate.

The nameplate was warped by artillery fire, with traces of melting along its edges. He affixed the nameplate to the hull of the Kunlun and raised his hand in salute.

"Xuanwu Lian, Li Da Kui."

He paused.

"We are ordered to bring you home."

One by one, the veterans behind him raised their hands.

There were no slogans, and no superfluous words.

Su Yuan stood by the car door, his gaze fixed on the bite marks on the Kunlun.

Those marks were not caused by artillery fire.

The ship's hull was riddled with dents, each bite mark bearing the remnants of high-dimensional energy. The Kunlun had been dragged into a canyon by some enormous creature; no remains were found among the crew, but the ship itself remained largely intact.

"Don't rush to hold a memorial service," Su Yuan said.

Li Daikui put his hand down.

"Commander, what's wrong?"

"There are living things here."

Su Yuan raised his left arm.

The cloud-shaped markings did not glow, but the detection signals on the bottom of the chariot were constantly fluctuating.

The scan results from the small torches were transmitted into everyone's helmets.

"Three large life sources have been detected beneath the Kunlun wreckage, with an estimated length of over 5,000 meters."

The ground suddenly shook.

The rock walls on both sides of the Kunlun wreckage cracked simultaneously.

Huge, dark red scales emerged from the crack, with a black metal skeleton embedded between them. Three enormous creatures raised their heads from the depths of the canyon; their heads had no eyes, only multiple layers of mouthparts that closed inwards.

Their bodies stretch along the rock face, extending for over five kilometers.

Their bodies are covered with anti-gravity scales, and Martian debris constantly detaches from the ground and floats beside them.

The three-headed Star Devourer Clan simultaneously locked onto the Devourer.

One of the ends is an opening device.

The gravity in the canyon changed instantly.

The Devourer rose from the ground, its black and gold hull being dragged into the air by an invisible force. As the tracks left the rock layer, the internal support frames inside the vehicle emitted a series of cracking sounds.

Wang Hu grabbed the edge of the gun emplacement.

"They lifted the car up!"

Tang Lan rushed to the firing port, raised her gun, and aimed.

Just as her crosshair locked onto one of the familiars, the surrounding space suddenly folded, and the target disappeared from the mirror.

"Unable to lock on; anti-gravity scales are interfering with visibility."

Jiang Yu knelt on the deck, the metal veins on his severed arm growing rapidly, several black spikes piercing through his skin.

"They are consuming the mass of the tanks."

The fire alarm kept going off.

"The vehicle's weight is decreasing, currently by eight percent."

Su Yuan stood in front of the control panel.

He glanced at the hovering Devourer, then looked at the three Star Devouring Clan members outside the vehicle.

"Start the rules interface".

Xiao Huo immediately responded: "There is a high-dimensional gravitational network in the current space, and rewriting the rules may be met with countermeasures."

"implement."

Su Yuan drew the Blade of Judgment, its tip pressed against the control panel.

The cloud-shaped mark spread from the left arm to the blade, and purple patterns rapidly diffused across the metal surface.

"Rule is absolutely defined."

Su Yuan's voice wasn't loud, but everyone in the carriage could hear it clearly.

"The Devourer has infinite mass."

The rules have been set in stone.

There was a brief pause in the sky above the canyon.

The next second, the mass of the Devourer began to increase dramatically.

One hundred tons.

Ten thousand tons.

100,000 tons.

One million tons.

The chariot, dragged into the air by the higher-dimensional gravitational net, suddenly sank. The three-headed star-devouring minions simultaneously emitted low mental vibrations, causing ripples to appear in the surrounding space.

The gravity net cannot withstand the new weight.

The first high-dimensional chain broke.

The second one.

The third one.

The Devourer crashed down directly.

The gravitational field constructed by the three-headed Galactus's minions collapsed entirely, causing the rock layers at the bottom of the canyon to sink. When the vehicle landed, the enormous impact ripped apart all the surrounding flesh and blood.

Li Daikui was so shocked that he knelt down on one knee and immediately helped the old soldier next to him.

Wang Hu turned and sat back in the main gun position.

"Commander, it's our turn."

Su Yuan drew his Blade of Judgment.

"Main gun."

The small fire took over the main cannon.

"Main gun charging begins."

The armor on top of the Devourer opened to both sides.

A massive, dark red cannon, hundreds of meters long, rose from inside the vehicle, its barrel wreathed in purplish-gold energy. The rock walls on both sides of the canyon could not withstand the energy pressure, and large pieces of rock crumbled away.

The three-headed Galactus Clan attacked simultaneously.

Their anti-gravity scales fully unfurled, and their massive bodies pressed down on the Devourer. The wreckage of the Kunlun was dragged along by them, large sections of the ship's steel plates ripped up.

"Launch," Su Yuan said.

Wang Hu pressed the fire button.

The Sky-Piercing Cannon did not fire a normal beam.

A black fault line first appeared in the space in front of the cannon muzzle, and then dark red and purple-gold rays pierced out from the fault line, directly covering the three-headed clan.

The rays fell.

The first Star-Devouring Clan member's body began to disappear from the middle. Scales, skeleton, and flesh were stripped away simultaneously, leaving only empty cavities that collapsed to both sides of the enormous body.

The second head attempts to change the direction of gravity.

The destructive power of the Sky-Piercing Cannon bypassed the physical layer, locking onto the conceptual structure within its body. Its body lost its connection, its head and tail separated in mid-air, and then both were completely annihilated.

The third member of the pack crashed less than twenty meters from the front of the vehicle, its body beginning to disintegrate from its mouthparts. Before it even hit the ground, its entire body had already turned into large patches of red crystalline dust.

The canyon fell silent.

Only the sound of falling rocks remained.

Three high-dimensional crystal cores detached from the wreckage and floated in the air. Strong primordial fluctuations were still preserved inside the crystal cores.

Wang Hu stared at them and grinned.

"Can I eat these?"

"Yes," Little Fire replied, "The purity of the source is extremely high; I recommend immediate recycling."

Su Yuan did not get out of the car.

"catheter."

Thirty-six dark gold conduits shot out from the chassis of the Devourer.

The conduit stretched for hundreds of meters, and the drill bit pierced directly into the three crystal cores. High-dimensional energy flowed back through the conduit, and the star core smelting furnace inside the vehicle began to operate.

Xiao Huo reports:

"First crystal core extraction in progress."

"The second crystal core has been connected."

"The third crystal core rebelled."

Su Yuan raised his hand.

"Increase the pressure."

The dark gold patterns on the conduit lit up, and several cracks appeared on the surface of the third crystal core, emanating a sharp mental shock.

Su Yuan's left arm was pressed against the control panel.

"If you resist again, I won't even leave you a scrap."

The rules are carried along the duct into the crystal nucleus.

The rebellious will within the crystal core was forcibly suppressed, and the remaining essence quickly surged into the mother furnace.

Armor density continues to increase.

The sound of the small fire was briefly interrupted.

"Absorption complete. Acquired anti-gravity scale structure, external armor adaptive capability enhanced. Gained high-dimensional gravity resistance."

Su Yuan shut down the mother furnace.

"Break down the door."

The entrance to the main control room at the front of the Kunlun was sealed off by thick armor, the outer layer covered with dark red flesh and blood. The Devourer did not slow down; its ramming horn pierced directly into the hull.

The armor plating of the Kunlun was torn open.

The tank crashed into the wreckage.

The ship's interior retains its structure from fourteen years ago. All the lighting on both sides of the passageway is off, and the bulkheads are covered with dried black marks. Numerous metal pipes hang from the ceiling, their ends wrapped in dark red fleshy growths.

Su Yuan piloted the Devourer through the damaged main passage.

Tang Lan sat beside the firing port, the muzzle of her gun always pointed outwards.

There were no bodies.

Li Daikui stood at the rear of the vehicle and inspected several compartments.

"They'll either be dragged away or eaten."

Wang Hu said in a deep voice, "The Kunlun has nine thousand men."

"First, find the computing power center," Su Yuan said.

The Devourer crashed through the last isolation door.

The control room appeared before everyone.

There is no flesh and blood covering this place.

The walls, control console, and chairs were all preserved in their original state. However, there wasn't a single human skeleton to be seen in the entire control room, and the floor was excessively clean.

On the central control console, a quantum server is still running.

Half of the server's casing was missing, exposing the internal wiring. Hundreds of wires connected to the depths of the ship, and indicator lights flashed once every twelve seconds.

A black command sword was stuck in the center of the control panel.

There was no blood on the blade, but a single character was engraved on the guard.

纪。

Ji Yun, who was on the restraint chair, saw the knife, and his right eye, which was a deep blue, suddenly contracted.

"parking."

Su Yuan stopped his chariot.

Ji Yun stared at the black command sword, his breathing becoming rapid.

"That's my command sword."

Li Daikui frowned.

"You left it on the Kunlun?"

"I have never been to Mars."

"Then how did it get here?"

Ji Yun did not answer.

She stared at the tattered expeditionary insignia on the hilt of the knife, and the dark red veins in her left eye suddenly flared outwards. The alloy latches on the restraint chair clicked softly, and she forcefully suppressed the dark blue in her right eye, stopping the surge of corruption.

Xiao Huo began scanning the quantum server.

"Automatic wake-up program detected."

"Connect," Su Yuan ordered.

"The server has human identification."

"Use my privileges."

"reject."

Su Yuan raised his hand, and the Paradox Armor covered his left arm.

Instead of hacking the server, he grabbed the black command knife remotely and pulled it directly from the control panel.

The moment the blade left the slot, the entire Kunlun began to tremble.

All the indicator lights on the quantum server are lit up.

A blue data stream rose from the console, sweeping over Su Yuan, Ji Yun, and the Devouring Wasteland.

The sound from the small fire was abnormal.

"Identification successful."

A projection screen was lowered from the top of the main control room.

The code from fourteen years ago appeared line by line, its background color changing from blue to red. Finally, all the characters came together to form a single sentence.

Don't go to Saturn.

They were already full.

run.

Li Daikui stared at the line of words, his finger pausing on the nameplate.

"Who left it?"

Xiao Huo analyzes the data.

"The code uses the highest command protocol of the Kunlun flagship, and the signature belongs to... Ji Yun."

Ji Yun stared at the screen, her face turning extremely pale.

"impossible."

"Signature confirmed," Xiao Huo said. "Timestamp: fourteen years ago."

Su Yuan placed the black command sword next to the control panel.

"Did you issue this order back then?"

Ji Yun shook his head.

"After the Kunlun set sail, I had no further contact with them."

"That means someone has obtained your access privileges."

"Or..." Ji Yun looked up, "the people on the Kunlun have been replaced."

Tang Lan suddenly raised her gun.

"The radar has a signal."

The small fire immediately switched the screen.

A large amount of red data popped up in the upper right corner of the main screen.

"Fleet-level spatial fluctuations detected."

"quantity?"

"Preliminary statistics could not be completed."

After the fire subsided, a new result was given.

"Target confirmed to be from Saturn's orbit."

All the lights in the control room turned on simultaneously.

Deep within the wreckage of the Kunlun, lines that had been dormant for fourteen years were reconnected. The dark red membrane on the ship's hull parted to reveal a signal array hidden behind the wreckage.

Space folds appear in the distant Martian sky.

One.

Ten paths.

Hundreds of dishes.

The massive fleet signal is passing through the folded region and is rapidly approaching Mars orbit.

In the radar image, the hull at the very front gradually came into view.

The ship's hull was painted in the blue-gray of the expeditionary force, with old Blue Star military markings engraved on its sides. In the center of the fleet, a flagship larger than the Kunlun towed a tattered solar sail, its bow lights illuminating one by one.

The human fleet's identification code was transmitted via a public channel.

"This is the Saturn Defense Zone of the Pangu Expeditionary Force."

"Kunlun, please respond."

"Repeating, Kunlun, please respond."

Ji Yun raised her head.

Her right eye, a deep blue, gradually darkened, while a tiny red pupil emerged from the depths of her left eye.

The blood-red warning on the quantum server was suddenly overridden.

New text appeared line by line.

Welcome home, Ji Yun.

Outside the main control room, the sound of metal turning could be heard from deep within the wreckage of the Kunlun.

The black command sword engraved with the character "纪" had a crack in the expeditionary force insignia on the hilt.