Chapter 1 The Assault on the World Tree

The light of the High-Dimensional Revelation Transporter faded from view, and the scenery outside the portholes of the players' warships had transformed into a vast green world. The enormous World Tree itself stood in the distance, surrounded by an endless World Tree fleet, like a sea of green light.

The distribution of the World Tree forces leaped into view, seemingly covering every inch of space, an oppressive sight that could trigger trypophobia in the average person, making their scalp tingle.

Countless ship-borne weapons simultaneously adjusted their muzzles, remotely aimed at the direction where the players appeared, ready to spew endless firepower and blast the invaders to pieces.

One could almost smell the thick aura of death, yet the players showed no fear. Instead, their chests burned with fervent bloodlust, a shivering mania.

"Hahahaha—you little saplings, your day has come!"

"Brothers, charge!"

"For the Horde!"

"The sacred forums connect us!"

"Waaagh, die for your daddy!"

Tens of millions of players shouted excitedly and scattered in a hubbub!

Batch after batch of warships teleported in and unhesitatingly split up, spreading like stars across the sky, charging forward in all directions like huskies released into the snow.

"Fire!"

With the Ancestor Tree King's decisive order, countless cannons suddenly fired, forming an almost seamless sea of light cannons. A wave crashed down, instantly crushing large swathes of players along with their shields and hulls, reducing them all to annihilated powder!

In just one exchange, the player fleet suffered heavy casualties!

However, some High-Dimensional Revelation Transporters operated in a grouped manner, forming an all-weather operating teleportation chain, with new troops being teleported out every moment. The remaining High-Dimensional Revelation Transporters operated in clusters, specializing in large-scale deployment. The two teleportation methods cooperated to ensure that there would be no troop vacuum on the front lines.

Large numbers of players were killed, but new players continued to enter, constantly bringing back detailed intelligence about the World Tree's main dimension… Because of limited information communication, normal reconnaissance troops could not transmit messages back to headquarters, while players who could resurrect were the most unrestricted intelligence agents.

The World Tree army's firepower was endless, blasting enemy ships into fireworks across the sky, but at this moment, the player forces suddenly stopped teleporting. They were replaced by a dense swarm of Keys of Destruction.

"Shields!"

The roar of commanders at all levels echoed in the World Tree's mind network. The outermost defense circle immediately activated countermeasures, and the space extended, lengthening the distance, turning into a deep area used to buffer the bombardment, the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt.

The next moment, batches of deployed Keys of Destruction burst forth with dazzling light, like hundreds of thousands of rising suns. The violent energy poured out like a flood!

Rumble rumble rumble—

The ultra-high-density energy burst reaction distorted the space. The source of the explosion seemed to have become a singularity, and the surrounding space-time collapsed toward it, presenting a vortex-like spatial wrinkle.

Then, an earth-shattering radiance erupted, spreading and extending rapidly. It slowed down after entering the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt, like a wave rolling onto the beach, its momentum gradually slowing down, finally barely touching the anti-bombardment giant shields of the outer defense circle, blasting out crackling arcs of light and leaving large cracks in the shields.

The carpet bombing of the Keys of Destruction was repeated many times. Most of the power was reduced by the Spatial Protection Belt, and the remaining power shattered layers of protective shields, causing considerable damage to the World Tree fleet in the outermost defense circle. However, the repair fleet interspersed in the formation, constantly repairing the shields, so that the effect of the Keys of Destruction bombardment stopped at the outer defense circle.

If it were an ordinary sub-dimension, it would have burst from the inside out under this level of energy eruption. However, the toughness of the World Tree's main dimension was far beyond common sense. The spatial intensity was even greater than the main universe, and it was also reinforced by a large number of spatial devices by the World Tree fleet, making it extremely strong.

The player reconnaissance + Key of Destruction carpet bombing tactic was repeated several times, scraping off swaths of World Tree warships, while the warships further inside constantly stepped forward to fill the gaps, maintaining the shields. One side was acting as a bomber, and the other side was steadfastly defending their position.

After another batch of Keys of Destruction exploded, the formal troops of the Star Cluster Alliance finally arrived in a flurry, teleporting in wave after wave.

Due to the limitations of teleportation efficiency, the task of the vanguard was to withstand the World Tree's offensive, buying time for subsequent troops to allow the High-Dimensional Revelation Transporter to continuously deploy troops until there were enough troops on the scene. The first phase of the combat mission would be considered a success, and then they could enter the next stage of large-scale hard combat.

The Star Cluster Alliance forces who arrived immediately took action, with a clear division of labor—the engineering troops established positions, built stargates, and wanted to directly connect to the main universe to add new troop deployment channels, while the guard troops surrounded the area, preparing to resist the World Tree's offensive. The task of harassing attacks was temporarily handed over to the Space Shear Suicide Squad.

The Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt served as a depth, lengthening the spatial distance and separating the two sides, regardless of friend or foe, causing the Star Cluster Alliance to have to sail for a long time to cross this deep area to reach the outermost defense circle of the World Tree.

But conversely, if the World Tree wanted to attack the Star Cluster Alliance, it did not need to travel through the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt, but could directly teleport across it—because this was the World Tree's main dimension, which solidified the "World Tree Express" function. All World Tree members here had rapid teleportation capabilities and could appear anywhere at any time.

The World Tree Civilization had home-field advantage here, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The next moment, streaks of green light flashed, and batches of World Tree's mobile fleets flashed, directly crossing the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt.

Looking at the dense armies of the three civilizations outside the window, countless World Tree warriors showed expressions of seeing death as going home, and a tragic emotion filled the mind network.

Although their minds were controlled by the World Tree, World Tree members still had self-awareness, regarding the World Tree as a totem. Now they only had one thought, which was to repel the counterattack of the three civilizations at all costs.

"For the Mother Tree! Kill all the enemies!"

World Tree soldiers let out shrill battle cries, manipulating their warships to launch a fierce attack.

"Hold them back!"

The officers of the Star Cluster Alliance also roared angrily and issued orders.

One side carried the fury of avenging their compatriots, and the other side carried the determination of a desperate battle. The intense collective pan-consciousness clashed, intertwining into a raging mind undercurrent, and countless people vaguely seemed to see two giant beasts tearing at each other.

Immediately afterwards, the military formations of both sides collided with a bang, and in an instant, the movement was like the sky falling and the earth collapsing!

As soon as they exchanged blows, the situation was one-sided. Due to the large gap in troops on the scene, the World Tree fleet quickly gained the upper hand, breaking through the Star Cluster Alliance's military formations on a large scale with its numerical advantage.

The vanguard of the Star Cluster Alliance struggled to support themselves. The pressure came not only from the vast military force of the enemy guarding the main dimension, but also from the harassment of the World Tree itself.

Whenever the fresh troops of the Star Cluster Alliance teleported to the battlefield, space cracks would bloom around them, and dense World Tree roots would stretch out, slapping and smashing their military formations, and shattering starships one after another.

—In the main dimension, the Mother Tree consciousness could independently control the World Tree roots to block the enemy. The lethality was not necessarily strong, but it was definitely a sharp means to disrupt the battle.

The special technology troops of the World Tree and the Star Cluster Alliance did not rest either, sometimes using gene bombs, sometimes using two-dimensional spatial weapons, sometimes using network viruses. Various technologies were staged in turn, exchanging blows and dismantling each other, bizarre, and full of strange phenomena.

Batches of fleets were sacrificed, and more troops teleported in. The number of troops increased and decreased like a roller coaster, but the overall trend was still upward. The speed of attrition could not keep up with the speed of troop deployment by the High-Dimensional Revelation Transporter.

The group armies of both sides fought into a chaotic mess. The formations were intertwined, facing each other head-on. Every minute and every second, there were millions or tens of millions of casualties. The numbers of sacrifices were scrolling and refreshing at a terrifying rate.

…

"Attack, attack! We must not let the enemy desecrate the Mother Tree!"

Fervent fighting spirit spread in the mind network, infecting all World Tree members.

However, no matter how excited the emotions were, they could not determine the direction of the battle.

The two sides had been fighting fiercely for a long time. The Star Cluster Alliance had passed the most dangerous initial stage. At this time, the troops who arrived had reached a certain scale, gradually getting rid of the disadvantage and beginning to compete with the World Tree fleet, reaching a stalemate.

In the chaotic battlefield, a mobile warship of the World Tree nimbly shuttled between the barrages, teleporting from time to time to avoid blind-spot attacks, and continuously shot out a series of light energy missiles, like a whip, smashing enemy ships one after another.

The pilot gritted his teeth tightly, his eyes blood red.

Approaching an operation team of the Star Cluster Alliance, firepower coverage attacked head-on. The pilot directly activated the teleport, and the entire spaceship disappeared with a whoosh, dodging a round of firepower.

The next moment, his spaceship appeared in the center of this squad. The pilot unhesitatingly removed the limiter of the reactor, turning the entire spaceship into a large bomb, wanting to self-destruct and eliminate this batch of enemy squads.

However, at this moment, an invisible force field suddenly pressed down, directly crushing his spaceship into powder, and crushing his roar that had not yet been spoken into nothingness.

Among the increasingly large military formations of the Star Cluster Alliance, hundreds of Super-As appeared in unison, descending justice from the sky, and instantly destroyed a large number of World Tree troops who were attacking.

A huge mechanical deity was also exposed to the sight of both sides, emitting the energy fluctuations of a Beyond Grade A. It was Han Xiao's Supreme Heavenly Venerate. The strong sense of existence instantly attracted the attention of all soldiers and officers on both sides.

World Tree members already had a psychological shadow of Han Xiao, and countless people felt awe in their hearts at the same time.

The soldiers of the Star Cluster Alliance were just the opposite, and they were overjoyed.

"Attention all, the Super-A Association has moved out! Formal counterattack!"

The entry of high-level combat power was a signal, representing the strategic entry into the second stage, from defense to offense.

The Star Cluster Alliance had accumulated enough troops and no longer focused on defense. Finally, they launched a fierce counterattack, advancing towards the World Tree's main body from all directions.

"The Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt can block them for a long time. The enemy will not be able to break into our formal defense circle for a while. We can use the depth to cause greater damage to them…"

Seeing this, many World Tree members flashed the same thought, but in the next moment, they all changed color. An accident suddenly occurred.

Han Xiao's Supreme Heavenly Venerate raised his arm and made a virtual grip in the direction of the World Tree fleet's defense circle. A strange spatial fluctuation was released, instantly covering the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt.

The next moment, the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt quickly became ineffective, and the extended space quickly shrank and returned to normal.

But the change was not limited to this. Originally, even if the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt became ineffective, there was still a distance between the military formations of the two sides, but it suddenly shortened in the opposite direction. In the blink of an eye, the large troops of the Star Cluster Alliance were close to the defense circle troops, without wasting time on the road.

The cosmic treasure technology "Spatial Constant Debugger" provided by the Saint Tylers had been perfected and improved by Han Xiao. At this time, once used, it shined brightly, and the role of the Lerebo Spatial Protection Belt was directly neutralized.

The shortening of the spatial depth was of great help to the attacking Star Cluster Alliance, and the World Tree Civilization was terrified.

"Follow me!"

After doing this, Han Xiao spun the Emperor's Sky Splitting Blade, and the huge Supreme Heavenly Venerate machine roared forward, tearing apart the military formation of the World Tree fleet like splitting waves. Nether energy waves were sprinkled out like they were free, paralyzing enemy ships one after another.

Many Beyond Grade As looked serious and followed closely behind, constantly making up for the damage. Everyone seemed to form a sharp blade, inserting into the World Tree's defense circle all the way, the deepest.

Wherever they passed, World Tree warships exploded!

Such an arrogant breakthrough immediately encountered a large-scale concentrated fire from the World Tree fleet, and the Star Cluster Alliance fearlessly guarded them, providing cover.

Just as Han Xiao barely pierced through the outermost defense circle, another Beyond God grade fluctuation suddenly descended, sweeping across the audience like a hurricane.

The Ancestor Tree King had already abandoned himself, burning the stored Beyond God level legacy power, and launched the Tree God's Advent.

If there was no Beyond God grade Black Star among the enemies, the Ancestor Tree King still had room to operate. He could use the Tree God's information state rebirth mechanism to make the World Tree superficially defeated, but in fact, regenerate in other places and return to the shadows to recuperate.

But in the face of the information state obliteration of the Beyond God grade, this road was impassable, and as long as the Primeval Devil was not destroyed for a day, the World Tree would have nowhere to hide for a day. The Ancestor Tree King had no way out.

At this moment, only the Tree God, driven by instinct, led the remaining high-level combat power of the World Tree to face Han Xiao and others head-on, all bursting out with the tragic fighting spirit of seeing death as going home.

"Even if we die in battle, we will never let you pass!"

"Kill!"

Now that the enemies were meeting, no extra words were needed.

Boom!!

Han Xiao did not hesitate to crash into the Tree God's arms and stabbed in with a knife, rushing forward, holding the Tree God.

The two huge Beyond God grade bodies were entangled and rolled in the battle formation, rumbling and crushing the starships all over the sky.