127: Chapter 127 Professional Thunder Beast Slaughtering Assembly Line

Chen Yao leaned in and said with a grin, "Actually, that's not entirely true. The main thing is that Chen Jingyi's talent is simply too much of a cheat—she can control equipment to build itself. As long as there are enough materials, theoretically, she could turn an entire planet into a warship. You know, that star-class Prey Hub Starport was built by a predecessor of her family, all alone, in just one month."

She paused and added, "Of course, Major General Zhao said that doing so would be too flashy, so he told us to keep a low profile."

Ling Xi: "..." You guys are already being very flashy right now, okay?!

The welcome banquet was held in the base's central canteen.

While it was called a banquet, it was really just replacing the various nutrient pastes with actual food—Chu Xinghe managed to get his hands on a batch of fresh vegetables and synthetic meat from somewhere, Luo Lan contributed some of his treasured energy drinks, and Yimoku even brought out her small food synthesizer to print cakes for everyone on the spot.

Looking at the lifelike strawberry cream cake on the table, and then at the palm-sized machine in Yimoku's hand, Ling Xi felt the crushing weight of technological superiority once again.

"So, the current situation is," Chu Xinghe said while cutting the cake, "among the teams that arrived this time, about 60% of the weaklings have already given up on the trial and are in the process of evacuating. The rest are basically the strong groups—the three human families, the god races like the Angels, Demons, and Giants of Lights, as well as the Forest Fairies and Elves."

Sai Wei stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth and asked indistinctly, "Why aren't the Forest Fairies and Elves withdrawing? Aren't they famous for being 'aloof from worldly affairs'?"

"Forest Fairies are immortal and love to play." Luo Lan pushed up his glasses and pulled up the data, "Their entire race is immortal. After death, they resurrect in the Pool of Life, retaining all memories except for the moment of death. So, for them, death is just a... um, 'thrilling experience'."

Chu Xinghe added, "To put it bluntly, they are a bunch of trolls. Dying is just like playing a holographic game; they resurrect at full health a month later and can brag to their clansmen, 'I died so coolly back then'."

Everyone: "..."

"The Elf race is even simpler," Luo Lan continued, "Stubborn. They must complete the tasks they set for themselves, even if it kills them. Furthermore, their population is constant—the number of Elves born from each Tree of Life is fixed. When one dies, another is born, so the total number never changes."

Elia asked softly, "Then they... aren't they afraid of death?"

"For them, death is returning to the Tree of Life, waiting for the next rebirth," Luo Lan said. "Besides, the main job of the Elf race in the universe is planting trees—they plant them wherever they go and then enlighten trees with spirituality into new Trees of Life. It's said that many human environmental organizations are funded by the Elf race. After all, no matter how fast Elves plant trees, they can't keep up with the exponential population growth and resource consumption of humans."

Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but retort, "So the Elf race funding human environmental protection is essentially investing in their own future 'sapling reserves'?"

Luo Lan thought for a moment and nodded, "That's one way to understand it."

Ling Xi raised her hand and asked, "Then how many people are staying now?"

"About four thousand," Chen Jingyi pulled up the data. "They are scattered all over the planet. We have already advised all human teams via internal communication to converge on us—the Blazing Dragon Federation and the Olympia Empire have both replied and are on their way. As for the Holy Alliance... they said they found a ready-made base on the planet with very high specifications and are preparing to gather there."

Chu Xinghe clicked his tongue, "'Ready-made base'? 'Very high' specifications? Only the Holy Alliance could cheat in such a fresh and refined way."

Li Yuan patted his shoulder, "Calm down. After all, not everyone has the construction talent of the Daoyan Military Nexus."

"Then what are we doing for the next few days?" Laya stole a strawberry from Li Yuan's plate and asked while eating, "Waiting for the others to come and rendezvous?"

"We do have to wait," Chen Jingyi said, "but we can't just wait idly. My suggestion is—while those Primarch guys are still struggling with the bugs, let's seize the time to clear out the Zerg on the planet's surface."

She looked at Elia, her eyes brightening, "Elia, I heard you can kill an Ultralisk in the 'Wall of Sighs' state? Then we can do this—push the base shield forward, wrap the Ultralisk inside, and you kill it within the shield. This way, the Ultralisk's psionic and biological energy won't dissipate outside, and it can all be collected by the base!"

Elia was stunned for a moment, "This... will it work?"

"Theoretically, it's feasible." Chen Jingyi pulled up simulation data, "The directional expansion speed of the base shield is fifty kilometers per hour. As long as we plan the route well, we can 'scoop' up all the large Zerg units along the way. Student Elia will be responsible for the kills, and the energy after the kills will be collected by the absorption array inside the shield to strengthen the base's energy reserves."

She paused and added, "Of course, this requires Student Elia to maintain sufficient killing efficiency."

A trace of fighting spirit flashed in Elia's ice-blue eyes, "I can try."

Li Yuan raised his hand, "Laya and I will go help too."

Chen Jingyi made the final decision: "Then it's settled! Operation codename—'Great Purge, Great Incorporation'! Starting tomorrow, the base will advance at full speed. Kill every bug we see, kill every beast we see!"

Over the next few days, North Star Base entered a crazy "Great Purge, Great Incorporation" mode.

Thus, a spectacular scene unfolded.

Millions of unmanned armaments swarmed out of the base gates, surging in all directions like a metallic tide. Self-propelled artillery, assault tanks, reconnaissance robots, and even engineering vehicles specifically responsible for "corpse collection"—these vehicles dragged huge containers behind them, and wherever they passed, Zerg corpses were automatically sucked in, crushed, and preliminarily processed.

Of course, Li Yuan secretly arranged a team of Light Guardians to mix in with the corpse-collection team. On the surface, these light-element constructs were assisting with work, but in reality, the moment their fingers touched a Zerg corpse, the life essence was silently extracted.

And the trio's main task became—hunting Ultralisks.

Yes, the very same Ultralisk that Li Yuan had just judged yesterday to be "a huge loss, extremely low cost-performance ratio, and to be avoided unless they attack first."

"Plans can't keep up with changes." Li Yuan explained to his two teammates while driving the battle fortress toward the predetermined coordinates.

"Now with the cooperation of Chen Jingyi's base shield, we can 'wrap' the Ultralisks in and kill them. This way, the psionic and biological energy that dissipates after death won't be wasted, and it can all be absorbed by the base's energy collection system."

Elia sat in the back row, holding the thermos Li Yuan had prepared for her—inside was the "Resonance Energy Drink" specially concocted by Yimoku, which was said to slightly boost energy. The young girl sipped the drink, her ice-blue eyes shining with anticipation.

Laya lay on the back of Li Yuan's seat, resting her chin on his shoulder, her voice soft: "Then, Brother Li Yuan, how many are we killing today?"

"As many as we can." Li Yuan looked at the dozen or so large red dots marked on the map, "Anyway, these big guys sleep all day and don't move, just like fixed resource points."

Upon arriving at the designated location, the process was already quite practiced:

Step one, Chen Jingyi remotely controlled the base shield to expand locally. The light blue energy barrier, like a giant inverted bowl, slowly extended, enveloping the sleeping Ultralisk along with the surrounding few kilometers.

Step two, Elia made her move. "Moonlight" descended, and a beam of pure moonlight enveloped the Ultralisk. The freezing effect activated, and that outrageous shield known as the "Wall of Sighs" actually quietly dissipated under the freezing.

Step three, finishing blow. For the first few times, Elia did it herself, piercing the skull with an ice sword. Later, they discovered that although the Ultralisk's massive body remained hard, it was no longer "indestructible." Thus, Li Yuan and Laya also joined the ranks of delivering finishing blows—Li Yuan's energy-focusing arrows and Laya's Holy Light Slash were both able to effectively cause damage.

"It feels like we're a professional Ultralisk slaughter assembly line." During one break, Laya sighed while pounding Elia's shoulders.

Elia felt a bit ticklish from her pounding and dodged slightly, but the corners of her mouth curled up: "It's quite good. At least... I'm useful."

After killing over a dozen Ultralisks, Li Yuan finally discovered the truth behind Elia's abilities.

"Your Moonlight freezing... isn't essentially cold freezing, but time freezing!" He asked Elia.

At that time, the three of them were sitting in a temporarily built rest area, watching another Ultralisk ice sculpture in the distance slowly crumble. Laya was kneading Elia's shoulders—the angel girl said this was "team care," but Li Yuan suspected she just wanted to touch Elia's collarbone.

Elia nodded, then shook her head: "Not entirely. The effect of Moonlight is absolute freezing; under this freezing, time has no meaning. When generally used, the effect on intelligent beings attenuates based on the difference in talent levels between both parties. But Ultralisks... they have no intelligence."

She paused and explained, "So when Moonlight shines on an Ultralisk, it takes full effect. It's equivalent to stopping at the moment Moonlight lands; all energy circulation within them pauses—including the 'Wall of Sighs'. And because it's absolutely frozen, although the Wall of Sighs looks like it's still there, in reality, it no longer exists."

Li Yuan suddenly realized: "So the shield wasn't 'broken', it just 'stopped spinning' on its own?"

"Correct," Elia said, "The shield stopped, and although the Ultralisk's flesh is hard, it can't withstand attacks at the level of ship cannons. So..."

"So actually, you don't need to do it yourself," Laya interjected, "As long as Sister Elia freezes the Ultralisk, Master and I can kill it too!"

As she spoke, her eyes sparkled as she looked at Li Yuan: "Master, Master, let me try next time! I want to use my Holy Sword to chop off an Ultralisk's head!"

Li Yuan imagined the scene—a kilometer-tall giant beast frozen into an ice sculpture, and then an angel girl flying up, "Heave-ho," and chopping off its head with one sword stroke...

"Fine," he nodded, "You go next time."