All the heavens, starting as the ruler of the universe

Chapter 91 Leviathan

The old man sat in the empty command room, holding a cup of tea that had gone cold.

Another muffled explosion came from outside the window, but he didn't look up.

He had gotten used to this sound, so much so that if it didn't make a sound, he would feel like something was missing.

The command room was unusually quiet after You Lingfeng left, with the battle reports still scrolling silently on the screen.

He put down his teacup, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes.

Multiverse Chat Group.

He knew at first.

You Lingfeng didn't hide it from him, nor could he hide it from him.

No one can resist his mind-reading ability; even the strongest person in the world, You Lingfeng, cannot stop him.

But later the chat group was upgraded.

He still remembers that day.

You Lingfeng had just returned from fighting a giant beast on Kyushu Island. He subconsciously used his ability to probe the area, only to find that he couldn't see anything at all.

From that day on, he could no longer read You Lingfeng's mind.

"12 Talismans —"

He is not a greedy person.

Over the years, he has enjoyed everything he was supposed to enjoy while sitting in this position, and he has suffered enough. He has had thoughts about immortality, but he has never seriously considered them.

Until chat groups came along.

The power of immortality is readily available, but this right belongs to You Lingfeng.

He didn't ask for it, knowing that You Lingfeng wouldn't give it to him, not because You Lingfeng was reluctant to part with the talisman.

It's because he's sitting in that seat.

The world does not need a leader who can live forever.

Moreover, if someone were to discover that he could live forever, the consequences would be far more terrifying than the giant beasts that now fill the world.

Will those who now obey him willingly continue to follow his orders once they know he can stay in this position forever?

Those who covet this position, knowing they'll never see the day of leadership transition, will choose to continue to endure, or simply establish their own independent faction?

He can't say he hasn't thought about these things; he has thought about them many times.

Every time I think about it, I come to the same conclusion: You Lingfeng is right, he cannot live forever.

Not at least not now.

Over the Pacific Ocean, a long gash was torn in the clouds, its trail stretching all the way to the western shore of the Pacific.

What would take fighter jets hours to traverse, You Lingfeng covered in just a few minutes.

The power of the chicken talisman flowed through his body, doubling his already extremely fast flight speed.

The wind pressure was automatically dissipated by the energy field of the talisman, and it didn't even stir the hem of his clothes.

The dog charm was also on him.

The air currents swept past his fingertips, and the boundary between the clouds and the sea receded rapidly beneath him.

This talisman not only keeps him alive, but more importantly, it keeps his physical condition at its best.

The hidden injuries accumulated from continuous battles, the tiny tears deep in the muscles, and the mental exhaustion caused by long-term high-speed flight were all wiped out the moment the talisman took effect.

The Giant missile swept past the clouds, its thrusters leaving a trail of orange-red flames.

You Lingfeng glanced at it, then increased his speed by another gear, and passed the missile directly.

The missile's thrusters emitted a low rumble behind him, but he was quickly left behind.

The gray-black outline ahead became clearer and clearer.

Leviathan, a sky species, is over two hundred meters long.

It floated above the clouds, without wings or any visible propulsion organs, just drifting there in mid-air, like a small island that shouldn't exist at this altitude.

Its body is covered with a layer of dark gray carapace, and the spaces between the carapace are densely covered with flagella.

They are called flagella, but that's based on the size of the animal; each one is at least several meters long, and some are even more than ten meters long.

The whip-like hairs lashed incessantly in the air, creating swirling currents in the clouds.

You Lingfeng had seen Leviathan more than once.

This thing looks terrifying and is the largest known behemoth, but its internal structure is actually quite loose.

Its body is filled with a special gas with extremely low density and special ability to make the entire behemoth float in the air, ignoring Earth's gravity.

Its only means of attack is its flagella; each flagellum has a tiny hole at the end that can spray a liquid.

If that liquid gets on an ordinary person's skin, the person will die instantly; if the contact area is large enough, it can even corrode through bones.

The liquid will continue to evaporate after falling to the ground, polluting a radius of several kilometers and leaving the land barren for several years.

But this thing has a fatal weakness: its skull is very brittle.

It's not really crispy, it's just relative to its size.

If you're fast enough, you can penetrate the head and attack the brain before the whiplashes can react, and it will die instantly.

You Lingfeng adjusted his direction and flew towards the location of Leviathan's head.

The Colossus missile followed behind him, its thruster exhaust flames already shining brightly.

"boom!"

The moment the Colossus missile struck Leviathan, a charred hole exploded on the behemoth's body.

The armor, several meters thick, was pierced by a specially designed armor-piercing projectile, and fragments scattered and flew above the clouds.

Leviathan's massive body remained completely still; this injury was nothing more than a superficial wound to it, like a thorn stuck in a human's finger.

But the Titan missile's killer move has never been armor-piercing.

The rear half of the warhead exploded inside the armor, and a large amount of dark red smoke poured out from the breach.

The smoke didn't drift away with the wind; instead, it seemed to be alive, seeping into the blasted hole.

You Lingfeng hovered in mid-air, watching the smoke spread inside Leviathan's body.

The warhead of the Colossus missile was not filled with explosives, but with a chemical inhibitor specifically formulated to target the special gases inside Leviathan's body.

Once this inhibitor comes into contact with a special gas that is much lighter than air, it will undergo a neutralization reaction within seconds, turning the light gas into a denser compound.

Leviathan is able to levitate because of the light gas inside its body. Once the gas is neutralized, its own weight will pull it down from the sky.

A dozen seconds later, Leviathan’s massive body began to slowly descend.

Its side hairs were still waving, but the speed was getting slower and the accuracy was getting worse.

Its internal gases are being gradually neutralized by the propellant from the Giant missile. Once it loses buoyancy, the only outcome for this behemoth is to crash into the Pacific Ocean.

In the control room in the distance, dozens of screens simultaneously switched to real-time images of Leviathan.

"The inhibitor is working! The behemoth is starting to slow down!" A monitor stood up from his seat, slammed his fist on the control panel, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

My colleague next to me took off his headphones and slammed his hand on the table twice.

"We did it! We did it!" The entire control room erupted in long-suppressed cheers.

Don't be too happy yet.

The middle-aged commander standing in front of the main screen did not turn around, his voice as steady as ever.

He stared at the massive object slowly sinking on the screen, paused for a few seconds, then turned around and nodded to the group of researchers in white lab coats in the corner.

"Mr. Zhao, your inhibitor formula is successful. The neutralization reaction is four seconds faster than expected."