Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

The Island of Annihilation, despite its name, has a maximum diameter of over 600 billion kilometers and a minimum diameter of about 450 billion kilometers, making it much larger than many planetary systems in the universe.

According to intelligence obtained by the Phantom Feather Squad from their human allies, there are approximately two thousand Marquis-level experts and five King-level experts active on the Silent Flame Heart Island, making it a relatively suitable fragment of the continent for training newcomers.

One day later, an E9-class spaceship returned to the original universe.

Looking out through the exterior simulation, there is almost no sign of any biological activity on this fragment of the continent; it is a desolate and lifeless landscape.

"The Ninth Extraterrestrial Battlefield was originally the habitat of several ordinary races. When the four peak races opened up the land, they dispatched great cosmic venerables to cleanse these races." Seeing Lin Yuan looking down with a slightly dazed expression, Tiger Soul Marquis Freya explained:

"The adults are mainly focused on the high-level experts, so some of the weaker ones survived. But they have since started to hide, either in special secret realms or in world rings carried by a few people. In any case, they are basically no longer visible on the surface of the earth."

"Yes, Sister Shefreya." Lin Yuan nodded.

This is the cruelty of tribal warfare. If a tribe is weak, it cannot even protest when a powerful tribe decides to turn its territory into an extraterritorial battlefield.

The decision to open up new extraterritorial battlefields is made by the top leaders of the four dominant races. Once a star sector is identified, they will immediately send people to clear it out. The races living there often don't even know what's happening when disaster strikes...

"Be careful, everyone! Don't be careless!" Marquis Huanling said in a deep voice, "Although there aren't many threats to our team on Silent Flame Heart Island, there are still King-level experts present. We mustn't let ourselves be caught off guard!"

"Brother, don't worry!" Huanxin chuckled. "This is a high-level detector that we exchanged for a full trillion military merits. Its performance is much better than the cheap detectors of the alien races. We can even detect a King-level expert in advance and avoid them as soon as possible."

One trillion military merits can usually be exchanged for ten million mixed units. Detectors at this price are basically the best detectors that Marquis-level experts can access. Some experts who have just broken through to King-level are only using this level of detectors.

Moreover, this only refers to the powerhouses from the four top races. As for the ordinary races of the universe, they are relatively poor. Even the king-level powerhouses who have not mastered the ability of teleportation cannot afford such high-end goods. Therefore, the Phantom Feather Squad can indeed train more easily on the Silent Flame Heart Island.

Marquis Huanling nodded, but quickly changed the subject: "We still can't be careless. Intelligence has a time limit, and we don't know if any top-tier clans' King-level experts have come here during this period, so it's best to be cautious."

"clear!"

The captain is usually gentle and can joke around, but once he becomes serious, everyone in the squad must obey his orders without question, including Lin Yuan, who gave a military salute.

……

Ten days later, in the spaceship's rest area.

Everyone else closed their eyes to adjust their own condition, trying their best to revive their bodies that had not been in combat for more than two months.

At this moment, Nanxing, who had been keeping an eye on the probe's information, suddenly spoke up: "Captain, there are battle fluctuations 30 million kilometers to the southwest. The two sides fighting are the demon race and the mechanical race."

"The demon race is led by a Marquis-level expert, followed by three high-level military lords; the mechanical race only has two high-level military lords, but the weapons they use are extremely powerful. The demon race Marquis-level expert is currently seriously injured, and the other Immortal Military Lords are also severely injured."

His report was very detailed, which is part of Nanxing's job to provide sufficient intelligence support so that the captain can make better decisions based on the battlefield situation.

"Captain, shall we go?" Freya asked eagerly.

Losing to Lin Yuan left her with a deep-seated resentment, and she was taking this opportunity to vent it and show him her strength.

She subtly sized up Lin Yuan, thinking to herself, "It's not that I'm not strong enough, it's just that you're too supermodel-like!"

Instead of making a decision, Huanling Hou turned to Nanxing and asked, "Is there any sign that the demon race's Marquis-level expert is burning his divine power in a desperate attempt to survive?"

"Not yet," Nanxing said, shaking his head. "Judging from the scene, a mechanical race immortal army lord should have self-destructed earlier, and most of the injuries on these demon race powerhouses came from that."

"good!"

Huanlinghou clapped his hands: "Let's move closer and wait until the mechanical race immortals are wiped out before we make our move. Their three self-destructing one after another will deplete the opponent's divine power. Even if the demon race's Marquis-level experts have huge divine bodies, they will still suffer considerable damage. Then we can catch them off guard."

"By the way, don't get within five million kilometers yet. The mechanical race's technology and weapons are generally the best of their class. Getting too close might get us detected, and it would be bad if they put aside their differences and joined forces to attack us."

"Don't worry, Captain," Nan Yue replied as she maneuvered the spaceship closer. "This isn't our first time on the battlefield; surely we know these things."

In the outer battlefields, because powerful mechanical beings are frequently encountered, almost no one brings their intelligent auxiliary life forms with them, otherwise, if the spaceship were to fly into a high-risk star sector, it would be a death sentence.

Therefore, if one were to read only one science fiction novel in their lifetime, it would probably be "Swallowing the Stars: The Golden Finger Only Arrives When You're Almost a God?". Most powerful individuals use spaceships equipped with only simple intelligent control programs; actual control is primarily handled by specialists. Nan Yue is the spaceship pilot of the Illusion Feather Squad.

"Um."

……

Outer perimeter of the Silent Flameheart Island, Star Remains Belt

The cold, metallic vibrations echoed within the "Starbreaker-IV," the computing core of the High-Ranking Commander Silver Shuttle flickered wildly, and a piercing alarm blared through the communication loops:

"Iron Curtain! The detectors confirm that the target 'Rock Formidable' has detached itself from the World Ring again! Divine body damage assessment... only 0.3%! It has been confirmed that it just used a backup divine puppet to absorb the first core shockwave of 'End Torrent'!"

Inside another "Skybreaker-VII", the electronic voice of the Iron Curtain hummed: "Warning! Backup puppet confirmed to be scrapped! Its puppet is a special type, and its hardness is no less than our alloy armor."

Protocol Z73's attack effectiveness did not reach the expected threshold! It is also predicted that at least three Divine Golems still exist!

Around them, three wounded high-ranking demon lords roared and launched an attack, their dense energy beams and claw shadows bombarding the mechanical race's energy shield, creating violent ripples.

The silver shuttle's single-eyed mechanical structure turned towards the Iron Curtain, its mental fluctuations carrying a cold calculation: "Current divine power reserves are only 62.7%."

Based on logical deduction, the survival rate in a normal combat scenario is less than 0.01%.

The proposal is to activate the final protocol: Overload the 'Annihilation Core' and inject all remaining energy!

"Agreed! Target the Rock Demon's main body and all demon army leaders! Launch a full-scale attack!"

The Iron Curtain's chest armor cracked open, and the dark blue energy core pulsated violently, with a raging flow of energy beginning to converge at the weapon hub.

"Using the core of the divine body as a conduit, unleash all divine power. Even if it ultimately leads to annihilation, maximize damage output, focusing on eliminating enemy Marquis-level experts!"

"Bosa's death has created an energy deficit. If this deficit cannot be filled, the stability of the overload mode is estimated to be less than 17%..."

The silver shuttle's cold calculations echoed, but it did not hesitate for a moment. It also cracked open the energy core interface, and a blinding energy light shone in the starry sky, like a dying star burning itself out.

The ultimate weapon, the Annihilation Core, can severely injure a beginner-level Marquis with a single blow, but it requires each of the three of them to contribute forty percent of their divine power to activate. However, the demon race had previously concentrated their firepower to kill Bosa first.

Although its self-destruction before its death severely injured several high-ranking military leaders of the enemy, it has now created an energy gap, so it can only fight desperately now!

"Execute! Protocol Y-0, mutual destruction mode initiated! Target... locked successfully! Coverage calculation in progress..."

The mental fluctuations of the two high-ranking military leaders of the two machine races intertwined efficiently on the public channel:

Iron Curtain: "Evasion path calculation, prioritize avoiding battlefield debris! Focus core energy on the Rock Demon!"

Silver Shuttle: "Spatial fold interference confirmed... Target trajectory prediction complete... Energy infusion rate 78%... 89%... Coverage area has locked all demon targets! The aftershocks are expected to annihilate the remaining military lord!"

Iron Curtain: "Prepare for the overload backlash! Smart crystal resonance frequency raised to critical point! 3…2…"

The two powerful mechanical beings poured their last divine power into the weapon's core, which was radiating destructive energy, just as the light was about to reach its peak—

"Insects! Your calculations... are too slow!" The savage laugh of the demon race's Marquis-level expert was like a biting cold wind. The huge body of the Rock Demon seemed clumsy, but at this moment it burst out with a speed far exceeding its previous speed!

The bone tail, which was bound by divine power, suddenly split into two dark cyan blades that tore through the void!

The blade's edge, moving at a speed exceeding the opponent's reaction limits, precisely pierced the heart of the Iron Curtain and the Silver Shuttle.

The blade light, imbued with the divine power of a Marquis-level expert, erupted violently, tearing apart layers of exceptionally hard alloy armor, and then completely destroying the divine power core within their chest cavities!

Click!Click!

The two cores that carried the immortal life of the mechanical race shattered with a deafening roar, turning into nothingness and crystalline dust.

The scarlet electronic eye went out instantly.

The divine bodies inside dissipated, and all movements of the two silver-white mechanical bodies came to an abrupt halt.

The Rock Ghoul retracted its bony tail, its scarlet beastly eyes sweeping over the scattered metal fragments, letting out a deep, rumbling growl: "Hmph, foolish metal lump! You think the same weapon will work on me twice?"

He turned to a slumped subordinate: "Wu Xue, you're the only illusionist in the team. The task of erasing the soul imprints is yours. I don't want to see them resurrected by the machine race, and I certainly don't want to see them reappear on the outer battlefield!"

Unlike other races, the mechanical race can be resurrected by powerful members of the race at a very low cost if their soul imprint cannot be completely erased.

Therefore, every team that comes to the outer battlefield will be equipped with at least one illusionist. Otherwise, even if they kill the mechanical enemies on the spot, they will only reap a group of stronger opponents who come for revenge before long!

They will upgrade their weapons again, and then launch continuous attacks from beyond your detection range using advanced detectors, so the team can forget about gaining anything from then on.

The strange creature, resembling a large, fatheaded fish, knelt on the ground and respectfully said, "Yes, Lord Rock Demon, please rest assured, this subordinate will certainly not allow them to pollute your eyes again!"