The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

captive?

Ironclad law has no concept of surrender; capturing them is useless.

It's not like they're from the Yetgar clan, so Dirk can absorb and use their knowledge for his own purposes.

Chapter 168 Monster World

The intervention of the multi-party alliance curbed the fierce momentum of the iron-blooded charge.

Similar to Wang Lei's boarding squads, which coordinated with warships to conduct guerrilla raids across the battlefield, their efforts were merely to stabilize the front lines and extinguish the enemy's initial offensive.

If the Interstellar Federation wants to launch a complete counterattack, it needs to send more fleets to the battlefield.

However, due to the fear of unintended consequences, no one was willing to devote all their energy to it.

The fact that this war could even start was due to a sudden lapse in judgment on the part of the Ironblood side.

Sending half of our forces into the battlefield would truly be falling into the trap of a hidden civilization.

With that invisible barrier sealing off the star system in place, it is impossible to expand the scale of the battlefield. Even the Ironblood Civilization does not want to become a snipe and a clam.

Multiple warships repeatedly patrolled and explored along the edge of the galaxy, but could not find a way to break the deadlock.

An invisible barrier lies across the border, through which the energy of artillery fire can penetrate directly.

However, once the warship tries to leave, it will crash into an invisible barrier and be unable to move an inch.

"These civilizations are seeking cooperation to discuss breaking the galactic barrier." Bai Jingyu looked at the invitation signal broadcast over the loudspeaker with a solemn expression.

“It’s a rare seminar, let’s send someone over too,” said Li Wenxuan, who was sitting to the side.

Sometimes, because there's a gap in the space that's practically a hanging door, they don't worry about whether they can get out or not.

However, the fact that the civilization behind the scenes could silently block the entire galaxy still made them wary.

"The fact that the other party is hiding their true intentions so well means they are either weak or have other motives."

"Whether we have a clue or not, joining this seminar will have a certain impact on our understanding and familiarity with other civilizations."

"As for the stalemate between the Ironblood and the Federation on this battlefield..."

This is a good opportunity for the global fleet to practice.

The battle lines are unlikely to be cleared in a short time, and this protracted war is destined to drag on for a long time.

With that, Lu Qianwei was no longer needed, so he began to think about preparations for opening the next time portal.

The Wandering Earth, in a desolate place, with everything in place.

A group of pretentious researchers opened a time portal, and a beautiful landscape on the other side instantly came into view.

Before the vanguard could even begin to explore, a low, guttural roar echoed from the distant dense forest.

"Target approaching! All personnel on high alert!"

Almost simultaneously with the order being given, the edge of the dense forest was suddenly smashed open.

Several enormous black shadows, accompanied by a stench of blood and fallen leaves, hurtled toward the portal like cannonballs.

They are far larger than any land predator on Gina, their rough, wrinkled skin gleaming with a greasy, cold light in the sparse light, covered with carapace and large bone spikes.

Its massive jaws opened exaggeratedly, revealing dagger-like, interlocking fangs, and a scorching breath and a threatening growl spewed from deep within its throat.

Their limbs were strong and powerful, and each stomp made the hard ground tremble slightly. Their momentum was so fierce that it was almost crazy, and their target was the group of uninvited guests who had suddenly intruded.

The garrison soldiers' response was textbook perfect.

Before the ferocious beasts could fully emerge from the dense forest, the soldiers at the front of the formation had already pulled the triggers.

There was no deafening explosion; instead, a dense, subtle "whoosh" sound filled the air.

That's a laser rifle issued to members of the consortium.

The blazing white beam of light, like a death ray bursting forth in an instant, ripped through the air, leaving a trail of terrifyingly high temperature!

“噗噗噗…滋滋——！”

A series of impacts were accompanied by a teeth-grinding tearing sound.

The two giant beasts at the forefront were the first to be hit. Their thick hides, tough enough to withstand ordinary kinetic energy bullets, were instantly pierced, exploding into charred craters and dazzling crimson blood.

The intense pain caused them to let out deafening, furious howls, halting their charge.

"Left flank, right flank, crossfire suppression!"

"Mid-section, heavy firepower group, prepare! Target coverage of assault group!" Irina quickly adjusted the deployment.

They also have some experience in dealing with large creatures.

As the order was given, the soldiers on both sides quickly spread out, forming a crossfire network. Continuous streams of white light precisely targeted the giant beast's joints, eyes, and relatively vulnerable abdomen, restraining its charge.

The combined power of light and heavy lasers and heavy electromagnetic rifles was enough to penetrate the behemoth's defenses.

But the damage caused by a single nail bullet seemed insufficient to be fatal to these behemoths, instead igniting an even more ferocious ferocity.

Just then, the multi-barrel electromagnetic pulse cannon launchers carried by the heavy firepower group soldiers behind the front line emitted an even deeper sound of energy charging.

In the blink of an eye, several silver metal shuttles, dozens of times larger than rifle nail bullets, were hurled away by an invisible force, accompanied by a low whistling sound!

They instantly pierced through the relatively vulnerable chests, abdomens, or necks of several giant beasts, tearing through their bodies with tremendous kinetic energy before exploding violently!

Visible energy shockwaves reverberated within the behemoth's body, instantly churning its tough internal organs into a bloody pulp. A massive bloody hole exploded from the inside out, sending stench-filled flesh and bone fragments flying everywhere.

The giant beast, struck by the bullet, let out a mournful cry before its death, and collapsed to the ground with a deafening roar, like a mountain collapsing.

"Clear the airspace! Drone swarm, saturation coverage!"

In the air, more than a dozen swarms of micro-drones flew like arrows across the battlefield at low altitude, hovering above the heads of the remaining giant beasts.

Their small bomb bays opened, and countless small, individual-sized high-explosive electromagnetic bombs rained down with precision, like hailstones.

A single explosion wasn't powerful enough to kill the behemoth, but the dense explosions that erupted on their heads and backs, with sparks flying amidst billowing smoke, and shockwaves and shrapnel tearing through their thick hides and shattering their bone spikes, completely shattered their last will to attack.

The remaining few giant beasts were dazed and disoriented by the explosion, and could only drag their broken bodies, letting out weak howls as they tried to escape into the depths of the dense forest.

"Concentrate fire! Leave no one alive!"

"'Thunder' in position!" Irina's cold voice delivered the final verdict.

She wouldn't allow any potential threat to escape back and attract more predators.

Two heavy missiles, trailing long plumes of flame, rose into the air from behind the position.

This is the tactical anti-ship missile of the joint expeditionary force, codenamed "Thunder".

They instantly gained altitude, and the guidance system locked onto the fleeing behemoths.

The missile traced a beautiful, deadly arc in mid-air, precisely piercing the path of the fleeing behemoth and detonating with a deafening roar!

"Boom—! Boom—!"

A deafening explosion tore through the air, and two enormous fireballs suddenly rose at the edge of the dense forest. The powerful shockwave uprooted and tore the surrounding trees to pieces.

The scorching heatwave, carrying sand, stones, and bloody remains, spread outwards, completely engulfing and tearing apart the last few giant beasts.

As the smoke cleared, only several huge craters and charred remains of limbs and torsos scattered on the ground remained.

The wild roars vanished completely, leaving only the hum of electricity and the distant, rustling sound of the dense forest swaying in the shockwave.

Chapter 169 The Inner Earth

The soldiers remained alert, their guns pointed deep into the dense forest where a threat might arise again.

A lieutenant led a team into the time portal and confirmed that all threats had been eliminated.

However, out of caution, the expeditionary force still dispatched several reconnaissance drones to search for threats in the surrounding area.

These reconnaissance aircraft are equipped with high-precision passive sensors, spectral analyzers, and environmental scanning arrays, acting like invisible tentacles as they begin to meticulously perceive the pulse of this unfamiliar world.

"The nuclear radiation level is too high!" All the soldiers wearing power armor who stepped inside received an abnormal radiation report from the system.

In addition to this, the system also displays various other parameters.

Except that the gravity parameters are close to the standard.

The atmospheric composition in the air has a high oxygen content and even contains trace amounts of unknown inert gases.

Even without using drones to explore the environment, the troops who entered the time portal saw a world upside down in the sky!

There is no sun or moon here; what illuminates the entire world is a lightning storm, so vast it is beyond imagination, gathered at the center.

"What kind of world is this?!"

"This is definitely not Earth!"

"..."

Countless people exclaimed and discussed, but that was all they did; they had absolutely no clue what was going on.

"Hummingbird-3 reports signs of large biological activity 30 kilometers to the northwest."

The energy reading was enormous, the target was moving very fast, and the body's radiation level exceeded the standard.

However, it did not exhibit aggression... The target's form... is difficult to describe, resembling a giant sauropod?

The altitude exceeds fifty meters... We are currently circling and observing.

"Ranger-1 reports: a massive geological structure has been discovered due east."

“The entrance edge is covered with a large number of giant vines, which are a cluster of strong biosignatures, but no signs of active threat have been found.”

"Hummingbird-5 reports that there is an unusually open area deep in the dense forest, 20 kilometers to the south."

A large number of giant animal skeletons were discovered, some of which are over thirty meters long...etc.!

Traces of humanoid creature activity were found near the pile of bones?

The footprints were enormous; based on the model reconstruction, it was inferred that they belonged to a large gorilla nearly 100 meters tall?!

"Thank you! I'm wondering if we've shrunk?!"

As the investigators exclaimed in amazement and gathered information, the situation became clearer.

The three-dimensional graphics on the holographic screen quickly depicted a primitive ecological world teeming with giant beasts and full of radiation.