Chapter 141 The Battlefield Situation

Somewhere in the Star Cluster Sea, a refuge planet was already tightly entwined by the roots of the World Tree, with soil, minerals, and forests all turning into liquid and flowing into it. In the distance, an emergency evacuation ship carrying the people of this planet was speeding through the sea of stars.

Behind the fleeing convoy, a World Tree fleet was in hot pursuit, while the Star Alliance Army's escort fleet was covering the escape of the convoy, fighting and retreating, holding off the pursuers.

The two sides exchanged fierce fire, leaving traces of energy explosions in their wake, the light reflected in the panicked pupils of the fleeing civilians ahead.

Ten figures with metallic luster charged left and right within the escort fleet, constantly firing psionic cannons, destroying one spaceship after another, as if in a no man's land, wreaking havoc. These were the Mechanical Apostles, and their master was in the main ship of the World Tree pursuit fleet, a Sovereign clone, remotely controlling the mechanical troops in battle.

However, there was not a single Super A Grade powerhouse in the escort fleet, they could only use warships to block the advance of the ten Mechanical Apostles.

"The enemy has a Super A Grade Mechanic, we urgently need high-level combat power for support!"

The commander of the escort fleet, seeing the one-sided situation, had no choice but to order the fleet to fight and retreat, anxiously requesting support on the military channel.

The World Tree had recklessly sent out a large number of alien powerhouses, the number of high-level combatants suddenly exceeded that of the three Universal Civilizations, all of them acting separately, stretching out the military forces. This resulted in an insufficient number of Super A Grade powerhouses for the three Universal Civilizations. They could not block every World Tree powerhouse, so there were always gaps.

In this encounter, this fleet escorting civilians was not equipped with high-level combat power. When they encountered a World Tree fleet led by a Mechanic seat holder, they were immediately beaten black and blue.

"Please continue to hold on for a while, we are deploying the currently available Super A Grades." The military intelligence's response immediately sounded on the channel.

The commander gritted his teeth, shouting loudly, ordering the fleet to continue blocking the enemy. But the size of their army had not undergone a qualitative change, and the ten Mechanical Apostles, leading a large army, devoured one starship after another like locusts.

Just as the casualty figures became increasingly alarming, a space on the battlefield rippled like water, followed by a flash of light, and a figure rushed out, like a burning meteor, suddenly colliding with the nearest Mechanical Apostle, sending it flying.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

The commander's spirits were lifted, and he hurriedly looked at the Super A Grade coming to support them.

Upon seeing the appearance of this person, the smile on the commander's face immediately froze.

"Why is it you?!"

"What's with that disappointed tone? I'm the only one available right now, if you're not happy, I'll leave!"

Korre was annoyed.

What's wrong with you, little brother, I came to support you, and you actually dislike me?!

"...The enemy's Mechanic Esper is entrusted to you, my troops will support you from the side." The commander smiled wryly, and could only express his cooperation with a bitter expression.

Korre snorted and charged towards the ten Mechanical Apostles, even if it meant facing a thousand men alone.

Many soldiers watched with a glimmer of hope, but in less than a few minutes, the impressive Korre was pressed to the ground and rubbed by the joint offensive of the ten Mechanical Apostles.

"..."

The commander covered his face.

The internal rumors were not lying, Korre was indeed the weakest among the Super A Grades.

It's not that I want to dislike you, but you're too terrible. I give you a chance, but you can't support yourself. Don't even talk about real combat, I don't even like using you when playing Weien cards...

Korre dodged a few psionic beams, and in the midst of his busy schedule, he returned a punch, knocking away a Mechanical Apostle that came at him. He quickly shouted in the channel, "What are you still standing there for, I'm helping you hold off the enemy, continue to ask for support!"

Your tactical role is only to delay...

The commander slandered inwardly.

He was about to continue calling for support when a wormhole suddenly unfolded in the distance.

A mechanical lifeform flew out of it, its body covered in heavy armor, with high-tech melee weapons installed in various parts, fully armed, and with two wing-style vector thrusters erected on its back, like two chess pieces. It was one of Black Star's Mechanical Deities, dispatched to the main universe to support various battle lines, Zhentianqi.

"Black Star's elite troops are here!" Korre was overjoyed and quickly waved his hand, "We are on the same side! Take over!"

An arc of light flashed in Zhentianqi's eyes, and the thrusters suddenly spurted out streamers, instantly accelerating. He flashed into the battle group.

The ten Mechanical Apostles detected a strong energy reaction and immediately split up, sending eight to meet Zhentianqi, leaving only two to entangle Korre.

Dense psionic cannons fired out, and Zhentianqi's arm armor turned into a heavy shield, suddenly pushing forward. The shield surface lit up with brilliant and complex energy circuits, and a thick psionic shield immediately popped out, blocking the crackling barrage.

Amidst the bombardment, the distance between the two sides rapidly closed. Several arms of a Mechanical Apostle popped out wrist blades and slashed out simultaneously, heading straight for Zhentianqi's energy core. Zhentianqi only made a light spin to avoid the attack. In the instant of passing by, he swiped at his waist, and a folding mechanical giant axe immediately unfolded, slashing out like a thunderbolt. The blade light instantly swept across the Mechanical Apostle's body.

In the next moment, the Mechanical Apostle, cut diagonally in half, flew out with inertia. The incision was smooth, and countless precision components could be seen broken into two sections. In the very center was the energy core that had been precisely cut open, and the unconstrained energy reactor jumped slightly, then exploded!

A huge explosion of light lit up behind Zhentianqi, reflected on his cold alloy shell.

Zhentianqi was a master of melee weapons among the Mechanical Deities. Various weapons appeared like magic, constantly changing, and he dealt with the Mechanical Apostles with ease. Before long, he had chopped down most of the Mechanical Apostles like chopping melons and vegetables, which was completely different from Korre's situation.

Suddenly, Zhentianqi kicked off his legs, and an energy shock wave exploded behind him. He turned into a meteor and charged straight at the World Tree fleet, shuttling through the barrage like a fish.

The ax blade slashed out rays of light, cutting the World Tree spaceships that blocked his path into two sections. In just a few blinks of an eye, Zhentianqi had reached the front of the main ship, and the giant ax wrapped in golden lightning slammed down.

Zzzzt—Thick golden arcs of electricity shot out from the ax blade, instantly shattering the main ship's shield and melting through the hull armor. The entire spaceship exploded, and dazzling light spread out!

At this moment, two figures, one chasing and one fleeing, rushed out of the explosion of light. The Sovereign clone of the Mechanic seat holder was running away, and Zhentianqi was chasing after him relentlessly.

However, after only a few rounds of fighting, Zhentianqi chopped the opponent's head in half with an ax, blasting open arcs of electricity. The power carried by this body instantly disappeared, and the Sovereign's descent had already been shattered by him, showing the spirit of taking the head of the enemy general from among thousands of troops.

With the Mechanical Deities' current strength, ordinary Super A Grades were no match for them at all. Their strength was completely different from the Mechanical Apostle stage, and they were able to stand alone without any problems, enough to make up for some of the gap in high-level combat power.

With the enemy's high-level combat power eliminated, the escort fleet immediately stopped its collapse and fought back stubbornly.

Zhentianqi did not continue to help. He reached out and took off the damaged head of the enemy's Sovereign clone, hanging it on his waist as a trophy.

He was about to open a wormhole and leave, but at this moment, Korre flew over, giving him a thumbs up with a happy face.

"Good job, working together, we finally solved this powerful opponent."

"...When did we work together? Were you fighting just now?"

Zhentianqi tilted his head, quite confused. He had no impression.

"I helped you contain two Mechanical Apostles, you would have been in danger without me." Korre patted his chest and said casually, "Who told me that I am a good friend with Black Star, protecting his Mechanical Apostles is just a casual thing, no need to thank me."

Zhentianqi was still silently calculating the logic of this sentence when Han Xiao's annoyed voice popped out in the channel.

"Shut up, you're really terrible."

"Oh, so you're here." Korre laughed, not ashamed at all, "I'm just kidding with you."

"Hehe." Han Xiao curled his lips, "Zhentianqi, ignore him, continue your mission."

Zhentianqi shook his head, ignored Korre, opened the wormhole, and went to support other battle lines according to Han Xiao's orders.

...

Old Star River, Mech Race territory.

The endless World Tree army was pressing down, impacting the Mech Race's defense line, the two sides' fleets were already fighting fiercely.

On the Mech Race's main star, Manison and Nijia's Sovereign clones stood at the highest point, looking up at the sky, their eyes reflected the approaching green tide.

The Mech Race troops waiting behind them did not show any panic from the foreign invasion, but instead looked fanatically at the backs of the two generations of Mech Race leaders.

"The Mech Race is also the target of the World Tree's first wave of attack, do they think we are easy to deal with? We are not easy to bully." Nijia stood with his arms crossed, and arcs of electricity jumped on his body.

"You are not qualified to say this sentence. The Mech Race has been able to develop to its current state over the years because of me. It has nothing to do with you." Manison said lightly.

Nijia snorted, but did not retort, and slowly said, "I didn't expect us to fight side by side in this situation."

"I know you don't like me, but don't worry, this battle won't take long."

As soon as he finished speaking, Manison raised his hands slightly.

Rumble—

All the planets within the Mech Race's territory buzzed and vibrated at this moment, as if countless things were about to break out of the ground.

"After accumulating for so long, let the world see the foundation of the Mech Race."

Manison's eyes flashed with electricity, and his tone was stern:

"Listen to my order, leave none alive!"

Rumble—

Seemingly endless mechanical legions flew out from the planets, covering the sky and the earth, and met the invading World Tree fleet...

...

"It's started, it's started..."

Many lurking Star Alliance observers looked at the turmoil in the major star fields in the news and could not help but reveal happy smiles.

"The World Tree's full-scale invasion overnight is obviously our intelligence that has come in handy, very good! Very good!"

The observer captain clenched his fists forcefully, his expression twisted, with both the ease of the plan working and the excitement of revenge.

The result of borrowing a knife to kill this time was very significant, successfully turning the stalemate situation into a quagmire of melee. This was what the Star Alliance wanted to see, it was best to fight to the point of mutual destruction.

"In this way, even if the three Universal Civilizations can fight the World Tree Civilization to a difficult and indistinguishable level, it will be difficult to prevent the territory from being gradually encroached upon. If this trend continues, the three Universal Civilizations will eventually be defeated. The time may be decades, or it may be hundreds of years." One person said excitedly.

The observer captain smiled coldly.

"Heh, this is just the first wave. In my opinion, the three Universal Civilizations will not last that long. According to the top management's deduction, the World Tree has a high probability of using the intelligence leaked by us to induce internal suspicion among the three Universal Civilizations and disintegrate their fighting spirit. Since the start of the war, a spirit of energy and spirit has supported the morale and belief of the three Universal Civilizations. When this energy is released, it will be the time of their defeat."

As he said that, a look of longing appeared in his eyes, as if he saw the demise of the interstellar society in the near future.

"The three Universal Civilizations have been high above for too long, it's time for them to taste the taste of their homes being broken and their countries being destroyed! Just like we were back then!"

...

On the other side, the Super Star Cluster Alliance.

The sudden full-scale invasion of the World Tree startled the Super Star Cluster Alliance.

Although the Super Star Cluster Alliance had received some information from the three Universal Civilizations in the past few days, it was only to strengthen internal protection. They did not mention anything about the inside story, so the Super Star Cluster Alliance did not know about the leakage of explored universe intelligence at this time.

The major star fields were attacked, and the various Super Star Cluster Civilizations were naturally also the targets of attack, but compared to the fierce battles in other areas, the scale of the World Tree fleet invading the Super Star Cluster Civilizations was very small, as if they were just going through the motions.

The Super Star Cluster Civilizations thought that the World Tree did not want to gnaw on their hard bones in the first wave of attack, and in addition to being surprised, they were also a little fortunate.

At this moment, an important meeting was being held in the joint conference room.

"...Everyone, the border defense lines of the three Universal Civilizations have been lost, and the World Tree has fully invaded. The reasons for this will be put aside for the time being. The current situation is developing in the direction we have been expecting. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has already appeared in front of us. We must not miss it. I think we can consider officially launching the 'Great Migration' plan."

The Star Arc leader opened his mouth in a deep voice. The crowd talked to each other, discussing and discussing, their faces filled with hidden joy.

Everyone felt it was magical. Originally, they could only passively wait for the opportunity, and painstakingly hoped for the outbreak of a melee, but they did not expect the opportunity to come so suddenly, it was as if the goddess of luck was standing on their side.

"I second."

"I also agree."

Everyone voted one after another. They had been waiting for this opportunity for too long, and there were very few dissenting votes.

Now that the World Tree had successfully invaded, it was tearing apart the flesh and blood of the explored universe every minute and every second. The three Universal Civilizations could not take care of each other, and if they stayed here, they would also be encroached upon, and their military strength would be depleted in vain.

Everyone did not want to lose everything, and decided to abandon the territory that would eventually fall, withdraw as soon as possible, and preserve their strength, without any nostalgia.

Seeing this, the Star Arc leader nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "It seems that everyone's opinions are relatively unified, so let's decide on this. After the three Universal Civilizations and the World Tree have been fighting for a while, and officially entered a stalemate, we will immediately launch the plan!"

As he said that, he paused and continued solemnly:

"Everyone, once we embark on this path, there is no turning back. For the future of civilization, we can no longer live under other people's roofs."

Everyone slowly nodded.

The Fall of the Peak, economic blockade, trade sanctions, the encirclement and suppression of the Flickering World... The experiences of being bullied by the three Universal Civilizations over the years flashed through their minds one by one, making everyone's determination more and more firm.

But just as the Star Arc leader wanted to give a speech to help himself and others strengthen their determination, a communication request from Han Xiao suddenly popped up on the virtual screen.

"Black Star? He wants to see us at this time?"

The eyes of many civilization leaders present narrowed, and their nerves tensed involuntarily.

As the saying goes, people who do bad things are afraid of being discovered. Although their escape was the result of careful consideration, it was desertion from the war in terms of war, so just seeing Han Xiao's name made everyone feel an invisible pressure.

The Star Arc leader raised his hand and pressed down, his expression calm, signaling everyone to be calm and quiet.

"Connect the communication and listen to what Black Star wants to say."