91: SS-class Star River Beast

The 17th day since entering the large Disaster Zone.

"The number of these Galaxy Beasts seems to be decreasing."

Inside the command cabin, Zhang Huaiyuan squinted slightly as he looked at the now-empty starry sky.

A few days ago, one could still see them coming to their deaths in a continuous stream, but after being ruthlessly crushed by artillery fire, they seemed to have realized the disparity in strength and had all gone into hiding.

"Sir, these monsters are ferocious by nature and will not give up. They likely sensed the gap in strength and, under the command of their SS-Class leader, have gathered to prepare for a head-on battle with us, uh..."

Gore spoke, then suddenly realized that the person before him was highly likely an expert in the study of Galaxy Beasts, and immediately said, feeling somewhat embarrassed:

"With your knowledge, Sir, you naturally know all this. I was merely overstepping."

"Ahem, no matter. It can also be considered a disguised relief for the pressure on the remaining life forms in this star region."

Zhang Huaiyuan coughed.

His understanding of Galaxy Beasts was limited to their abilities; he did not know much about their habits and the like.

He immediately changed the subject and asked: "How about it, are you confident?"

"Of course, Sir. With two full fleets here, a mere large Disaster Zone is nothing to me."

Gore raised an eyebrow, his hand subconsciously brushing over the hilt of the blade at his waist, and said confidently.

"That is good."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded with a smile.

Come to think of it, he had not yet seen a battle between true experts in this world.

In the Blackstone Star System, Leios had been defeated after taking just one blow from an SS-Class Star River Beast.

And in the virtual projection world before, although the four Pirate Group leaders were considered S-Class Transcendent, their comprehensive strength was clearly far weaker than official experts of the same level.

"Currently, the power displayed by technological weapons is far superior to the performance of Transcendent, but perhaps it is just that my perspective is too limited and I haven't seen true experts yet."

Zhang Huaiyuan shook his head imperceptibly.

Even the members of the Pirate Group that he had subdued and modified when he first arrived in the Golden Star Sea, such as Tarian and Finn, although they were A-Class Transcendent, could be killed with the coordination of just three Wings of Freedom series mechs.

Their cultivation value was too low, so later on, he could only arrange for these people to be in places with low technological content.

"I heard that the Empire and the Star Alliance do have those Transcendent legions that forge exclusive mech equipment, which can unleash strength far greater than 1+1. However, I don't have that many Transcendent under my command, and wasting that effort is not as good as spending time on mech upgrades."

...

Interstellar travel knows no time; amidst chatting, thinking, learning, and researching, time slipped away in a flash.

Another week later.

At one moment, frantic alarms suddenly blared on the command ship.

"Warning! Detected a massive amount of powerful unknown life forms, with maximum energy fluctuations reaching SS-Class!"

"Warning! Detected...!"

The urgent voice broadcasted more than a dozen times in a row.

The originally leisurely fleet members all turned serious, like a precision machine, quickly arriving at their posts and entering combat status.

"It has finally arrived."

Zhang Huaiyuan put on his tactical helmet and connected to the probe ship's field of vision; a shocking scene came into view.

Over a million Galaxy Beasts were coiled in a star region ahead. They seemed to have torn many planets into fragments, artificially creating an asteroid belt in an attempt to block and evade the starship artillery fire.

In the center of this herd, there were three that were particularly eye-catching; their bodies were over ten thousand meters long, and they exuded a terrifying aura that was hard to conceal.

A probe ship released a small unmanned reconnaissance satellite to approach, but it only had time to transmit one clear image before it was smashed.

It was a scene of various fierce eyes flickering in the pitch black, chilling one to the bone.

【Lava Crocodile Turtle】

Classification: Carbon-based and silicon-based hybrid.

Level: SS.

Ability 1 · Rock Crystal Shell: A special shell formed after high-temperature forging and precipitation of various rare metals, immune to most attacks, with astonishing defense.

Ability 2 · Mountain Fire: Can summon flames with terrifying temperatures from the void to attack.

Ability 3 · Void Stomp: Rapidly spreads energy via stomping, causing enemies within the area to enter a state of mental trance.

SS-Class Life Form Universal Ability · Transcendent Body: Highly immune to damage from conventional weapons under Level 1 rules.

【Thunder Unicorn】

Classification: Carbon-based life form.

Level: SS.

Ability 1 · Thunder Domain: Can form a force field filled with thunder power within a certain range to attack or interfere.

Ability 2 · Electric Soul Flash: Transforms the body into thunder, allowing speed to be increased to the extreme in an instant. Side effect: Maintaining this state for a long time will cause the body to tear.

Ability 3 · Thunder Strike: Accumulates all power and releases it through the horn on the head, which can amplify energy a hundredfold. Side effect: Cannot move while accumulating energy, otherwise it will be interrupted.

【Six-Winged Demon Insect】

Classification: Carbon-based life form.

Level: SS.

Ability · Eerie Sound: Each wing vibration can emit sound waves of a specific frequency, forming resonance and ignoring defense to a certain extent. The more wings that vibrate, the greater the power.

Through the ability, the information of the three SS-Class Star River Beasts was instantly fed back into his mind.

"It is the same as the encounter at Blackstone Star; there are also three. Perhaps the upper limit of an alienated Disaster Zone is the evolution of three SS-Class."

"And there is the universal ability 'Transcendent Body', which is highly immune to damage from conventional weapons under Level 1 rules. It seems that high-level Galaxy Beasts cannot be solved by simple artillery coverage."

Zhang Huaiyuan was lost in thought.

"Three SS-Class, that's fine."

At this time, Gore, who was standing to the side, breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the feedback from the probe ship, a slightly relaxed smile appearing on his face.

"Brother Gore, it is not that I don't trust you, but are you sure you can deal with three SS-Class Star River Beasts at the same time?"

Zhang Huaiyuan could not help but confirm again upon hearing this.

The biggest difference between this person and Leios was merely that his Transcendent ability level was one level higher. Could the gap really be so large that one could barely take a single blow, while the other could fight three at once?

"Of course, Mr. Zhang Huaiyuan. Unless it is that special type of SS-Class Star River Beast, for these carbon-based and silicon-based life forms that look normal, I can deal with four at the same time at my limit."

As Gore spoke, he raised his hand and put on a blue-black combat suit.

It was vaguely engraved with fine transformation inscriptions, clearly a high-quality piece of Transcendent equipment.

The cluster weapon that had been hanging at his waist was also replaced with another seemingly ordinary long blade.

Clearly, although he spoke lightly, he had already become serious in his actions.

"So, what should we do now? Should we rush over directly and kill those three monsters?"

"Uh... Sir, you are joking. Even an SS-Class Transcendent would not dare to rush directly into a herd of a million Galaxy Beasts. Of course, we should first clear out the other weaker monsters to avoid them interfering with the battlefield later."

Gore smiled, turned around, and said: "I wonder if you have heard a saying."

"What?"

"When poor, use artillery coverage; when rich... starship face-riding."