273: Endless enemies, fight to the bitter end!

“Activate 'Heaven's Mandate'!”

Following Lu Chen's cold declaration, a crystal emitting a strange purple light instantly shot out from the bow of the expedition, and then—vanished.

It neither exploded nor released any energy.

It simply disappeared.

As if it had never existed.

[No—!!!]

However, the moment the crystal vanished, a mental roar filled with fear and fury instantly echoed across the entire battlefield!

That sound came from the genesis engine, carrying the wrath of having its authority stripped away!

“What’s going on?!”

“War Wolf” split a Biological Warship with a single strike, looking at the white vortex that had suddenly become somewhat “sluggish,” his face full of confusion.

“I don’t know!”

heavenly craft's voice carried seriousness for the first time. [I can feel that the 'rules' in that area have been locked down by some higher power!]

[Now, the 'genesis engine' is just an ordinary generator with massive energy!]

“An ordinary generator?”

Lu Chen smiled, his laughter utterly cold.

“That makes things easy.”

“Since the god has been pulled down from the altar.”

“Then next,”

He suddenly waved his hand, his voice exploding like thunder!

“It’s the mortals' carnival!”

“All forces, heed my command!”

“Target: Hive Core!”

“Crush it for me!!!”

“Kill!!!”

Following Lu Chen's order, the entire Joint Fleet instantly erupted in earth-shattering roars!

One hundred thousand pitch-black “Jiuzhou” Destroyer Ships, like one hundred thousand swords of vengeance, fiercely stabbed towards the massive black fortress!

Three thousand pristine white “Holy Light” Assault Ships, like three thousand elegant reapers, silently cut into the enemy’s flanks!

The war entered its most brutal phase!

Without the unreasonable power of the genesis engine's rules, the Star Devourer's defensive force field was instantly weakened by several orders of magnitude.

Humanity's Star Destroyer Cannons were finally able to tear open their thick chitinous shells!

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Massive Biological Warships exploded into clusters of brilliant fireworks under the bombardment of the dragon gall main cannons.

Green bodily fluids and shattered limbs completely stained this cold starry sky into a hellish scene.

The scales of victory seemed to be tipping toward humanity.

However, Lu Chen's brow furrowed even deeper.

Because he noticed that the number of enemies...

...had not decreased at all!

It was even increasing!

“What’s going on?!”

He looked at the dense, ever-increasing red dots on the radar screen, a feeling of foreboding rising in his heart.

[Master! This is bad!]

heavenly craft's voice sounded urgently. [The Hive has countless 'Hatcheries' inside!]

[They are using the energy from the Black Hole Accretion Disk to spawn troops at a speed we cannot comprehend!]

[Although our kill ratio is high, their replenishment speed is faster!]

As soon as the voice fell, endless streams of new, more ferocious, and more violent Biological Warships suddenly poured out from the depths of the black fortress, which was already riddled with holes!

Like a swarm of unkillable cockroaches, they charged fearlessly toward the human fleet!

Tearing with claws! Biting with teeth! Even ramming ships directly with their bodies!

“Boom!”

A Winged Human Race Assault Ship failed to dodge and was struck simultaneously by three massive “Leviathan”-class warships!

That graceful white vessel instantly exploded into a brilliant fireball in space, like an egg that had been smashed.

“No!!!”

Queen Alia let out a heart-rending cry of grief!

This was the Joint Forces' first ship loss since the battle began!

And this was only the beginning!

As the enemy numbers increased exponentially, the human fleet's formation began to loosen.

Warships were constantly being overwhelmed by the swarm and ripped to shreds!

Alarms blared wildly on every ship!

“Commander Lu! We can’t hold them! These beasts are too numerous!”

War Wolf's “Xingtian” mecha's left arm had been blown off by a Self-destructing Bug. He roared hoarsely into the channel while swinging his battle saber with his remaining right arm.

“If this continues, we’ll be ground down alive!”

On the bridge, everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Chen.

They knew that right now, the only man who could change the tide of battle was him.

Lu Chen stared intently at the holographic star map, countless data streams flashing wildly in his dark eyes; his brain's development level was pushed to the extreme at this moment!

He was searching!

Searching for that one opportunity, the only winning move to break the deadlock!

“I have it!”

He suddenly looked up, astonishing light bursting from his eyes!

“heavenly craft! Immediately cut off the regular weapon energy supply to all warships!”

“Concentrate all energy onto...”

He pointed at the white vortex still spinning on the star map!

“...the 'genesis engine'!”

“What?!”

This time, even Su Qingying was stunned. “Lu Chen! Are you crazy?! We just managed to suppress it, and now you want to recharge it?!”

“That’s right!”

Lu Chen wore a maniacal smile!

“Since this thing can create the Star Devourer, it can also create something else!”

“I'm going to use its power to deal with its own 'children'!”

“heavenly craft! Execute the order!”

[Yes, Master!]

Although heavenly craft couldn't understand Lu Chen's crazy plan, she faithfully executed the order.

The next second, the cannons of all firing “Jiuzhou” warships instantly went silent.

Instead, one hundred thousand energy torrents, brighter than the sun, violently slammed into the silent white vortex!

“Buzz—!!!”

After a brief silence, the genesis engine once again erupted with a deafening roar!

But this time, what it emitted was no longer the aura of destruction.

But a kind of...

...filled with vitality and hope...

...Light of Genesis!

[What do you wish to create?]

That ancient and gentle voice rang out in Lu Chen's mind once more.

“It’s simple.”

Lu Chen looked at the Black Insect Tide that was almost upon them, a cold curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.

“Give me...”

“...create an army capable of clearing away this trash!”

“An army!”