820: The incessant siren...
As the war alarm sounded, the commander of the Huaxia Field Army, seated to Yang Dian's left, rose abruptly:
Where has been invaded?
Why didn't I receive any early warning on my end?
Han Zhang remotely controlled the nano-electronic insects far away on Mars.
As the camera angle shifted, the situation on the other side of the Mars base city, which hadn't been projected in the conference room before, appeared.
It's not Earth itself that has been invaded.
The energy shield of the Mars base city is under attack.
Amidst the piercing alarms, Han Zhang zoomed in on the attacked area.
Then, Yang Dian realized it didn't look like an attack.
It looked more like corrosion.
On one side of the egg-shaped energy shield enveloping the base city, an elliptical area about a hundred meters in diameter was glowing with a bright blue light.
And the range of the bright blue light was constantly expanding outward.
As time passed, the areas covered by the bright blue light were being corroded and thinning at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After observing the Extreme Cold Creatures gathered outside the bright blue area, curiously peering into the Mars base city, Yang Dian raised an eyebrow and spoke:
Three seconds.
Dr. Bai, who had clearly only materialized his body as a projection but still insisted on having a cup of milk tea, leaned in closer to Yang Dian while holding it:
What three seconds?
Just as he finished speaking, the energy shield at the center of the ellipse, which had only a thin layer left, was completely obliterated.
A biting cold wind transformed into a spear, piercing directly into the city that had been harmonious and beautiful just a short while ago, but was now erupting with flames everywhere.
In a collapsed building, an Indian, wearing a white turban and lying on a lizard, was unlucky enough to be pierced directly by the spear of cold energy, his body and the lizard completely frozen together.
Behind him, several other Indians, who had already taken off their pants and were queuing up, ran out in a panic for two steps before being frozen solid on the ground as well.
One unlucky Indian, whose feet were off the ground, was frozen solid in mid-air and shattered into pieces upon hitting the ground.
In the corners of the city, some people fled in panic into defensive buildings, praying for the apocalypse to arrive later.
Others embraced the cold wave naked, claiming it was the light that would cleanse the world.
In the city's central plaza, the steel-paved ground suddenly collapsed, revealing massive passages underneath, ranging from a meter to a hundred meters in diameter.
Amidst a buzzing sound, the Mars base city's defense force, possessing the 'Guardian' script, piloted mechs, fighter jets, and warships as they flew out of the passages.
As endless flames rose above the base city, the first confrontation between humans and Extreme Cold Creatures officially began.
Earth, Crisis Defense Department conference room.
As the first confrontation on Mars began, countless pieces of information were collected by the nano-electronic insects densely spread across Mars, relayed through a secret base on Canglan Star on the other side of the Universe, and transmitted back to Earth.
Beep, beep, beep...
Analyzing information from Mars Front Line One...
Analysis complete...
No carbon-based or silicon-based information collected from the Extreme Cold Creatures. Based on their dissipation after death and their ability to change body forms at will, the probability that Extreme Cold Creatures are energy-based lifeforms is 98%.
The strength of Extreme Cold Creatures is generally related to their body size.
Those with an overall volume within one cubic meter have strength within the Extraordinary Tier.
Those with an overall volume between one and one hundred cubic meters are at the Star-Patrolling Realm.
The largest Extreme Cold Creature currently discovered is a spiky, spherical creature with a volume of around 300 cubic meters. Its destructive power is unknown, but it froze a base city with a diameter of one hundred kilometers just by the Extreme Cold Zone it emitted. Its strength far exceeds the Star-Patrolling Realm.
No Extreme Cold Creatures with Planet-Exploding Tier strength have been discovered yet.
As the broadcast ended, Lao Bai leaned closer to Yang Dian again. Just as he was about to say something, an even more piercing alarm sounded again.
Beep, beep, beep...
Alert! Alert!
Approximately 0.25 light-years from Earth, massive Planet-Exploding Tier energy fluctuations have been detected.
Approximately 0.75 light-years from Earth, massive unrecorded energy fluctuations have been detected. Based on the energy level, their strength far exceeds the Planet-Exploding Tier; they are suspected to be Star-Tier lifeforms.
Beep, beep, beep...
Alert! Alert!
After 30% of Extreme Cold Creatures die, their bodies condense into deep blue cold beads ranging from the size of a soybean to a marble. These cold beads contain pure cold-attribute energy and are extremely suitable for cultivators of cold-attribute Cultivation Techniques and Awakened with cold-attribute talent abilities.
After 0.1% of Extreme Cold Creatures die, they condense into energy beads of other attributes, which can be used to Cultivate cultivators of corresponding attribute Cultivation Techniques and Awakened with talent abilities.
Beep, beep, beep...
Scanning... Scanning...
Cold-722 Quantum Radar has encountered unknown energy interference; radar frozen.
According to the Crisis Warning Act, self-destructing Canglan Star-722 Radar Base, activating backup Canglan Star-723 Radar Base.
Beep, beep, beep... Beep, beep, beep...
Scan complete.
The 0.5 light-year area at the center of the Extreme Cold Zone is the Core Area, suspected to be a mixture of solid and liquid states; no gravity system detected.
The area from 0.5 to 1 light-year within the Extreme Cold Zone is the Sub-Core Area, where a large number of Tier 5 Star-Tier Extreme Cold Creatures exist.
The area from 1 to 1.5 light-years within the Extreme Cold Zone is the Central Area, where a large number of Tier 4 Planet-Tier Extreme Cold Creatures exist.
The 0.25 light-year outer layer of the Extreme Cold Zone is the Outer Area, where a large number of Extreme Cold Creatures below Tier 4 exist.
Please note, the deeper you go into the Extreme Cold Zone, the stronger the Extreme Cold Creatures become. Please, as soon as possible...
Alert... Alert... Alert... Before the warning could finish, an even louder alarm sounded in the conference room:
A large number of planets in the asteroid belt are simultaneously crystallizing into ice and shattering into molecules.
Pluto has encountered an unknown attack; the entire planet has crystallized into ice, shattered completely, and become Cosmic dust.
Neptune and Uranus are currently undergoing crystallization into ice...
Beep, beep, beep...
Except for the Core Area of the Extreme Cold Zone, no solid, liquid, or even gaseous planets have been detected.
Extreme Cold Zone rules locked.
Rule One: All incoming planets must undergo the crystallization phase; the entire planet will be annihilated into Cosmic dust and completely integrated into the Cosmic Extreme Cold Zone.
Other Extreme Cold Zone rules not yet locked; more information is needed...
More information is needed...
As the alarm sound gradually weakened, Lao Bai looked at Yang Dian:
It seems that the sky screen I built, the new crust I arranged, and that [Heaven-Deceiving Array] you created were all in vain.
What the Extreme Cold Zone wants is the entire planet, or even the entire Solar System itself.
Yang Dian shrugged:
It's not entirely in vain.
If it weren't for the new crust blocking them, those Extreme Cold Creatures might already be ravaging the surface.
Speaking of which, Yang Dian curiously rubbed his chin:
I just don't know if they can break through that border shield.
Beep, beep, beep... Just as Yang Dian was wondering about the extent of that shield, the alarm sounded again.
Alert... Alert...
In the direction of the East Sea, traces of Extreme Cold Creatures have been detected...
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