Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

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"Beep... The Screw Star battleship is in position."

"Beep beep... The Immortal Boat Alliance is ready."

"The company's main fleet has arrived at the designated location."

"family......"

"..."

[Feixiao: Did you see that?! The Immortal Boat Alliance is in position!!! Did you hear that?! Seven words! Not a single word was ambiguous!!!]

[A citizen of Xianzhou: Waaaaah, I've finally heard that! We weren't excluded, we're joining, we're really here! It's been so tough!]

[Citizens of the Immortal Ship: Heaven knows how devastated I was just now! I thought the Immortal Ship was up to something again, but it turns out the information was just buried at the bottom and Jiang Jiu hadn't found it yet. The fleet had already arrived!]

[Jing Yuan: ...That's why I said, the Immortal Boat naturally responded.]

[Topa: No, why are you guys on Immortal Ships reacting like it's New Year's? It's just a simple statement that the fleet is ready, is it really necessary to get this excited? On Screw Star, the company, the family—aren't they all ready?]

[Gold Sand: I understand. After all, the Immortal Boat finally got to play a positive role in the sky. You'd be excited too if you were in that situation.]

[Feixiao: What do you mean by "playing a positive role"? When has Xianzhou ever not been a positive role? Sand Gold, you better explain yourself!]

[Gold Sand: Do you need me to help you recall what happened on the previous line?]

[Feixiao: ...That's the previous storyline, this is the current one. Our Immortal Ship is now part of the Universal Salvation Alliance!]

[Topa: Oh right, right, right, your Celestial Ship is now part of the allied forces sent to their deaths.]

[Jing Yuan: Whether it's suicide or not, we'll only know after the battle begins, but at least for now, you are all on the battlefield.]

[Fengrao Min·Huiqu: Tch, what's with the arrogance? We Fengrao Min people are here too, why didn't the Heavenly Canopy call our names? Is this preferential treatment?]

[Qingque: You people of Fengrao are already lucky to have even shown up, let alone expect Tianmu to call your name? Dream on! Being able to infiltrate the Allied Forces is a miracle!]

[Fengraomin·Huiqu: Who are you calling names?! We're here genuinely to help!]

[Su Chang: Sincere? Have you forgotten how you took advantage of the chaos? If it weren't for the impending apocalypse, the Cloud Cavalry would have been the first to slaughter you!]

[Star: Alright, alright, stop arguing. Now is the time to unite against a common enemy. Can we settle the score between the Immortal Ship and the people of Abundance after we defeat the Iron Tomb? Look at how big that thing on the sky is!]

[March 7th: Exactly! The most important thing right now is for everyone to survive.]

[Danheng: Actually, theoretically, there is still hope of survival.]

[Silver Wolf: The Star Core Hunters are in position~ Kaffa, where are we right now? Don't we have a script for this?]

[Kafka: Hmm...not very useful.]

Silver Wolf: That's heartbreaking.

[Pearl: I thought the Star Core Hunter's script was very detailed, but it turns out there are times when it's not very useful.]

[Kafka: Iron Tomb, Xi Lian, Jiang Jiu, Fu Li, Bo Shi Zun, Xing—the number of beings capable of manipulating the script is far greater than you imagine. The moment a being enters the game, the future transforms from a predetermined destiny that can be altered into an unfathomable abyss.]

[March 7th: From Learned Scholar to Iks?!]

Himeko: ...A very unique angle.

[Kafka: Heh... I guess you're right.]

In the video, the communication Jiang Jiu was connected to was very noisy, but for some reason, he ultimately did not choose to cut off the communication channel within the alliance.

I simply created a separate channel for Black Tower to facilitate direct communication.

He stood at the top of the space station, leaning loosely against a signal tower, his gaze unfocused, his eyes reflecting the firelight of various warships bombarding the Iron Tomb.

The beams of light, missiles, and energy torrents bombarded the planet like a grand fireworks display, exploding on the Iron Tomb's dark red shield before extinguishing.

Like waves crashing against rocks, they shatter into powder the moment they touch, and are then swallowed by the tide.

The company's flagship went silent after the first salvo.

It wasn't destroyed.

It means "infection".

The data virus from Iron Tomb spread in the reverse direction along the fire network, causing countless garbled characters to appear on the bridge screen, and then all systems simultaneously locked down.

"Disconnect all external links—!" The commander's last words were cut off before communication was even finished.

Then there are the Star Destroyers of Screwstar.

Unfortunately, inorganic life forms are indeed theoretically the most vulnerable to infection and annihilation under the Iron Tomb's virus.

Jiang Jiu watched all of this with a calm expression.

The communication channels were filled with casualty reports, so noisy that it was almost impossible to hear anything.

He didn't turn it off; he just listened to each message one by one.

"Jiang Jiu." Hei Ta's voice came from the single channel. Her voice was steady and there was nothing unusual about it.

"Ah."

"The internal battlefield... doesn't look too optimistic."

Jiang Jiu didn't reply. He looked at the Iron Tomb, the dark red light around him that was devouring everything, and his gaze fell on the battlefield inside Onfaros.

"How is the situation inside?"

"The progress is very fast. If the internal defenses are breached, the complete Iron Tomb will go berserk. At that point, there will be no need to fight on the external battlefield."

“I know,” Jiang Jiu said.

Black Tower paused for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Then... what are you waiting for?"

"I'm waiting..."

Jiang Jiu casually blocked an attack that had inadvertently reached their side, then turned his gaze to the figure inside Onfaros who was fighting the Iron Tomb, and shrugged.

"I'm waiting for the internal battlefield to fall."

[Qingque: Although I know this is trial and error, I still feel it's a bit cruel...]

Even if everything could be done over again, death is truly right before our eyes at this moment.

[Fu Xuan: Right now, we are both on the battlefield. To feel cruelty is to disrespect the efforts we have made.]

[March 7th: Well... even knowing this is a trial-and-error process, and although I know Jiang Jiu definitely has his own plans... hearing him say those words still makes me feel uncomfortable.]

[Danheng: Our loss isn't necessary; he just needs a result, a result that allows him to see the whole picture of the end.]

[Silver Wolf: That's right, Jiang Jiu never does anything meaningless.]

Black Tower: "..."

Jiang Jiu didn't shut down the main communication channel, a surprising statement that silenced the entire channel for two seconds.

His thinking is at a level that ordinary people simply cannot keep up with.

They act entirely on a whim.

But no one else had any other opinions; the die was cast.

[Jing Yuan: The virus from Iron Tomb can infect the star destroyers of Screw Star. The company's flagship was rendered useless after a single salvo. The firepower advantage on the external battlefield is meaningless against Iron Tomb, and they can't win on the internal battlefield either. This line of operations had no chance of winning from the start.]

[Feixiao: So Jiang Jiu is waiting for the internal battlefield to completely collapse so that he can see the full strength of the Iron Tomb, and then... reopen it?]

[Soaring Through the Sky: Are you willing to trade everyone's lives for information?]

[Hua: The essence of trial and error is to obtain the maximum amount of information with the minimum cost. If a project is destined to fail, then collecting as much data as possible before it fails is the responsible thing to do for the next project.]

[Soaring Through the Sky: What if... everyone wins?]

[Feixiao: Wouldn't that be a happy ending for everyone?]

[Yu Kong: What if everyone fights with all their might, suffering heavy casualties, and still wins? What if we all die, but still win? Would it all still have been worth it?]

Watching the movie (137) - Was this your doing? (The following is a separate, unrelated sentence: "Master of Knowledge")

Let's leave aside for now what people outside the canopy think.

First, manage the internal war in Onphalus.

Right now, inside Onpharos, after absorbing a bunch of buffs from the Golden Blood, Star was fighting the Iron Tomb while watching the super-duper dazzling rainbow cat flashing across the sky, and wondering what that scene with its constantly changing colors was all about...

The light of destruction was almost overwhelmed by this thing...

The internal battle became increasingly difficult. Just when they finally managed to win, they discovered that the enemy had survived!

Moreover, it has been upgraded to the Iron Tomb Promax version, making it impossible to damage no matter what you do.

Without the slightest hesitation, we immediately called for help!

"Mom!! We can't beat her!!"

"Help!!!"

[Star: Mom! I can't beat them! Help!!!]

[Fireworks: You can't beat the one in the sky, so what are you yelling about here for?]

[Star: Don't you think this is very fitting? I call it empathizing with my past self.]

[Sunday: To be precise, the future.]

[Star: Oh, it's all the same.]

[March 7th: I knew Xing would start randomly claiming relatives whenever he's in dire straits.]

[Dan Heng: ...How many times is this now?]

[Star: No! Don't you guys think Black Tower really feels like a mother? Giving Star Qiong, giving guides, giving speedrun cheats, and even providing remote support when in danger—isn't that just like a mother?]

[March 7th: So what did you call Jiang Jiu?]

[Star: Godfather.]

March 7th: Correct.......

[Sunday: Seems pretty accurate...?]

[Danheng: Don't listen to her nonsense, she'll lead you astray.]