Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 278 The Surrounded Base 028

"Behemoth? A massive army of billions of Zegs?"

The Heavenly King chuckled softly.

"You mean Behemoth, that special life form with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers?"

As a special life form, he may be very powerful.

But even the strongest special life form can only reach the level of a king at most when it becomes a realm lord.

I'm more curious about the billions of Zerg you mentioned!

Could it be a powerful figure with a net worth of billions, just like your clansmen?

I think that's unlikely.

Qin Mu gave Tian Cang Wang a strange look. A tyrant worth billions?

You really dare to dream!

"You'll see, it's impossible for him to be as strong as my people."

But that was a peak realm master with a value of tens of billions.

Some of them can even rival ordinary immortals.

I need the battle map of Base 028; my army will be entering the battlefield.

Qin Mu shook his head.

"As I said, I'm here to take over the battlefield. You can have the others temporarily withdraw from the battlefield and hold their positions."

The rest can be left to the Zeg army.

Let's coordinate our operations once they understand the fighting style of the Zeg army.

Seeing Qin Mu's confident demeanor, the Heavenly King nodded in satisfaction.

"Then I'll wait and see."

He didn't know much about Qin Mu, so he couldn't say whether he disliked or liked him.

His anger stemmed from the fact that if the higher-ups sent over a spoiled brat who needed a gilded reputation to the most intense battlefield, wouldn't that be a joke?

Of course, if Qin Mu truly possesses the strength, that's another story.

As he spoke, the Heavenly King waved his hand, and a star map appeared in the void.

Looking at the enormous star map, Qin Mu's lips twitched.

No wonder the Heavenly King had no objection to him taking over the battlefield.

On the star map, millions of landmasses within several light-years of Base 028, land that originally belonged to humans, have been completely occupied by the blood-red enemy.

Apart from the AAA-level war base No. 028, only the triangular area formed by the other two lower-level god bases is still in the hands of the human race.

In other words, the area outside Battlefield Base 028 has been completely occupied by the enemy.

Normally, battles in extraterrestrial battlefields are fought by humans, machine races, insect races, and demon races on various planets and continental fragments.

Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals.

The battlefield was incredibly chaotic, filled with all sorts of traps and fierce fighting.

Each side grows stronger and hones its people through battle.

While the loss may seem significant, it is actually akin to creating a "Zerg King"—losing a large number of ordinary World Lords to create powerful World Lords... Their probability of breaking through to become immortal gods is much higher.

A long, protracted, and brutal battlefield abroad is a form of tempering.

But now it has evolved into a situation where the Machine Race, Zerg Race, and Demon Race are forcing humanity out of their base.

Simply put, the spring water has been blocked.

Has the situation deteriorated to this extent?

Qin Mu frowned, then relaxed.

He realized he seemed to have been tricked. The King of Cang had deliberately provoked him with his words that day, probably to see if he had any trump cards up his sleeve.

How could someone who can control a war base in the most dangerous place on an extraterritorial battlefield be a mere brute?

But it doesn't matter, he was here to break the deadlock anyway.

As he said, the more enemies the better, and the stronger the better!

In battlefields outside the region, there is an unwritten rule.

That means that those stronger than Venerables must not intervene. As long as those stronger than Venerables do not intervene, the swarm of insects will have nothing to fear.

If someone of the Venerable level or above were to make a move, the human race would naturally have a corresponding powerful figure.

But back then, things wouldn't be so small-scale.

"It was indeed very bad. A year ago, we controlled hundreds of continents in the surrounding area."

But the enemy's attack was too fierce.

The most disgusting thing is the machine race, the machine sea and insect sea cultivated by the Zerg.

We can't afford to outlast them in a war of attrition.

As long as they have the resources, they can continuously spawn Zerg and create golems.

Our strong individuals need time to grow.

But if we don't fight, they will continue to erode our strength.

A year ago, Silver Tiger King, stationed at Base 028, impulsively charged into the Zerg swarm, only to be trapped by powerful Zerg warriors hidden within and killed in a combined attack.

The Heavenly King spoke in a somber tone.

"If this continues, and the other two bases are breached, Base 028 will truly become an isolated island."

"You need to break the deadlock, how do you do that?"

At this moment, the Heavenly King stopped playing any tricks and instead planned to discuss a strategy with Qin Mu.

"I will attack head-on and crush the enemy!"

Qin Mu pointed his finger to a spot on the star map, which was directly in front of Base 028, a continent with a diameter of over 100 million kilometers.

"Are you sure? This is not the time to act rashly. If we get dragged into a protracted war, even if you have an army of billions, you will be exhausted!"

King Tiancang looked at Qin Mu with a serious expression.

"A war of attrition? You don't understand the Zeg race. The Zeg race is the least afraid of a war of attrition."

"That's settled then! I'll scout out the surrounding area first, and then launch the attack."

Qin Mu said decisively.

Are Zerg swarms afraid of a war of attrition?

Let's see whose swarm is stronger!

Let's see if his swarm of insects is stronger, or his mechanical sea is stronger!

Seeing that he could not persuade Qin Mu, the Heavenly King said nothing more.

Knowing to gather intelligence about the surroundings instead of rushing out to fight shows that Qin Mu isn't a brainless idiot.

Knowing the surrounding situation, his insistence on engaging in direct combat can only mean that Qin Mu is indeed confident.

"I have given you access to War Base 028. If anything goes wrong, return to the base immediately."

Base 028 is an AAA-level divine base; as long as you retreat within the base's boundaries, it will be safe.

The Heavenly King manipulated the system, transferring some permissions for Base 028 to Qin Mu.

Thank you.

Qin Mu nodded and quickly familiarized himself with the permissions in the virtual universe.

A massive amount of data and information flooded into Qin Mu's mind; this was a war base much larger than the Zerg Hive Fortress.

Its diameter reached millions of kilometers, and the massive war base was completely covered by a layer of colored energy shield.

The diameter of the insect hive fortress is only 100,000 kilometers.

The base is covered with mysterious and powerful solidified law runes. Within the area covered by the war base, one cannot teleport or teleport, but can manipulate the profound mysteries of the law to attack.

It has a similar effect to controlling time and space.

On the base, there are also mechanical cannons with diameters of hundreds of kilometers, capable of destroying an entire starry sky with a single shot.

Even a king-level expert who is hit head-on will only face death.

Its destructive power is even greater than the combined attack of a million Zerg world lords.

However, these mechanical cannons have a very slow attack frequency and a very simple attack method, making it difficult to hit the King of Immortals in actual combat.

In addition, there are numerous passageways for the space army and spaceships to enter and exit...

After carefully reviewing all the information, Qin Mu discovered that he had permission to operate the base's detection system, so he tried it out.

In an instant, the fluctuations of life within a trillion kilometers were gathered together.

The detectors are mainly divided into two categories: large detectors and small detectors.

Large detectors are generally available in three sizes with radii of 3 million kilometers, 10 million kilometers, and 1 billion kilometers.

Small detectors are generally available in three sizes: 10 km, 20 km, and 100 km radii.

When Qin Mu left Chaos City, he purchased both types of products, and both were the top-of-the-line models.

However, even the most advanced detectors are no match for the detectors in Base 028; they are not even in the same league.

"The enemy is gathered ten trillion kilometers away."

Within a radius of trillions of kilometers, there are over a thousand immortal beings, with approximately 120 billion at the World Lord level. The majority of these are Zerg warriors and mechanical puppets, and the number below the World Lord level is far greater, making it impossible to count them all…

"Tsk, they're completely surrounded."

Qin Mu shook his head. How many Realm Lord warriors are there in the entire 028 base?

Qin Mu didn't know the exact amount, but it certainly wouldn't exceed ten million.

How can we fight them?

This is only what has been detected within a trillion kilometers; we don't know how many enemies are entrenched in even more distant areas.

Even the weakest Zerg Queen can spawn billions of Zerg warriors, enough to conquer a star system or even rule a star field.

It can control 1 Zerg warriors, each of whom can unleash attacks imbued with laws.

Or it could precisely control millions of Zerg warriors, and although it couldn't unleash law-based attacks, it could still hit exactly where it was pointed at.

Of course, if the number is too large, it becomes impossible to control precisely. If the number reaches hundreds of millions, at most you can control attacks from the same direction.

Another scenario is complete lack of control, resulting in the hatching of massive numbers of Zerg warriors who are then allowed to attack based on instinct.

The situation is similar for the Mech race.

At that moment, the Zerg Queen and the Mechs on the opposite side did exactly that.

In this situation, any realm lord could easily kill several, or even dozens, of insectoid warriors and mechanical puppets.

But what if the number of Zerg warriors and mechanical golems were even greater, reaching millions, tens of millions, or even billions?

We can wear them down!

And this is just the cannon fodder force that's out in the open!

Those Zerg queens and the elite forces of the Mech race must be kept in the inner world.

Judging from this, who knows how much more is hidden within the body.

With the demon race as a sucker providing resources, the Zerg queens and mechanical races are desperately producing Zerg warriors and mechanical golems.

And despite the large quantity, the resources consumed are not as exaggerated as you might imagine.

These cannon fodder peak realm lords who wander outside are the lowest level units; it doesn't even take 10 Chaos Yuan to hatch one of them using cosmic crystals.

If you collect a large amount of metal alloy debris, the blood of powerful beings or giant beasts, and some gelatinous substances such as scales, skin, tendons, and other raw materials to make it, it will be less than a Hunyuan!

The detector found all the mechanical golems and Zerg warriors, and the total cost was just over 10 billion Chaos Yuan.

Even a King-level Immortal could come up with that amount of money!

For a powerful force like the demon race, it's nothing at all.

"You saw what was happening through the base's detection system, right? Do you still insist on a direct confrontation?"

"Once war breaks out, the number of cannon fodder insectoids and mechanical golems will at least increase several times over!"

"Those Zerg queens, the machine race led elite units, hiding among the cannon fodder. If they're not careful, even king-level experts can perish."

"Among the immortals, there are also several Zerg immortals, each possessing the strength to be crowned king."

The situation is similar for the Machine Race and the Demon Race; whether it's top-tier or lower-tier combat power, we are being crushed.

King Tiancang sighed. Even if Qin Mu could produce billions of cannon fodder similar to Zerg warriors, he was not optimistic.

"It's alright! I still stand by my opinion."

"Zegg's warriors will crush them head-on!"

Having learned the detailed information, Qin Mu became even more confident.

That's it?!

If his Zerg swarm can't even take down this small number of enemies, he might as well go back to Chaos City and become a full-time researcher.

Just kidding, the higher-ups in humanity allocate hundreds of billions of primordial energy to him for research every year.

Since he proposed the human ascension plan, it has never been interrupted for hundreds of years.

The vast majority of these funds were used to cultivate insect swarms.

And this doesn't even include the resources that the swarm devours on its own in the nine garbage star systems!

The swarm consumes over a trillion basic resources!

If the two sides engage in direct combat and cannot achieve a crushing victory, it would be a disgrace!

"King of the Azure Sky, the Zeg army will set off in three days. You don't need to do anything; just watch."

Qin Mu smiled at the Heavenly King.

Over the next three days, he will gather more detailed information to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Strategically, one can despise the enemy, but tactically, one must take the enemy seriously.

"Okay, I'm really looking forward to it!"

Seeing that Qin Mu remained confident, the Heavenly King nodded.

……

three days later.

Qin Mu led 110 Zergling Tyrants into a large hall.

This is a hall with a diameter of over 30,000 kilometers, a massive hall large enough to accommodate billions of cosmic warriors.

In the past, spaceships carrying space warriors would travel from here to fight against alien races in the outer space outside the base.

The place was packed with people, but they weren't there to fight.

In these three days, the Heavenly King had already issued a message that the Zeg race would enter the starry sky to fight against the demon race, the mechanical race, and the insect race, and ordered the others to return to the base to avoid being affected by the great war.

Those inside the base couldn't believe their eyes when they received the news.

At this point, would anyone still dare to go out?

Even a king-level expert would have to flee when faced with an enemy of this caliber!

"You really went!"

"It is said that the Zeg clan is a special kind of life form. Don't be fooled by their mere World Lord level; each and every one of them possesses the combat strength of a Marquis! The leader even has the strength to become an Immortal King!"

"Even with over a hundred marquises and one king, they couldn't possibly fight against so many Zerg warriors and puppets, could they? Isn't this just suicide?"

"I don't understand what the higher-ups are thinking."

"They dare to go, so they must be confident and have some trump cards up their sleeves. I've heard they also have a super-large special life form with a diameter of 100,000 miles, so its strength must be terrifying."

"No matter how strong it is, it's still limited!"

"..."

A group of realm lords and immortals were discussing the matter animatedly.

Having been confined to the base for so long, their fighting spirit had been almost completely worn down, and they were not optimistic about Qin Mu and his group.

Ignoring the discussions of those around him, Qin Mu led the Insect Hive Tyrant directly into the passage.

After flying along the channel for hundreds of thousands of kilometers in a straight line, it began to turn and fly along an arc-shaped channel.

Just a moment!

"Boom!"

That straight passage, hundreds of thousands of kilometers long, was sealed shut by a series of gates that fell down.

at the same time!

The outermost gates of the entire massive military base began to open; of the tens of thousands of passages, only one gate was open.

"Whoosh!"

Qin Mu flew out of the massive military base into the void in an instant, turning his head to look at the huge military base floating in the void behind him.

This is a war base with a diameter of millions of kilometers, larger than the sun!

The massive war base was completely covered by a layer of colored energy shield, which covered the war base with a diameter of millions of kilometers. It was truly enormous.

"Colored energy shield", "Mysterious and powerful solidification law patterns", "Mechanical cannon muzzles with diameters of hundreds of kilometers", "Densely packed channel points", "Countless energy points".

This is a perfect example of elevating the violent war machine to the level of 'art'!

Unfortunately, this massive war base was blocked at the entrance by the enemy and could not move.

After flying hundreds of thousands of kilometers surrounded by tyrants, Qin Mu stopped.

After a spatial fluctuation, a hive fortress with a diameter of about 100,000 kilometers, covered with honeycomb structures and covered with fleshy tentacles, appeared in the void.

The Zerg hive fortress was surrounded by a faint halo, blocking all detection.

Qin Mu took the lead and flew into the insect hive fortress.

"Behemoth, advance!"

"Let billions of species see what a real Zerg swarm looks like!"

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