Chapter 819: Chapter 639: The Creatures Left by the Giants_2
Bronk still seemed to have lingering trepidation.
"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Isrile, who didn’t care how terrifying that thing was, whatever it was, it belonged to her now!
In the vast Asteroid Belt, an incomparably large spacecraft was quietly stationary. The ship’s appearance was remarkably peculiar, entirely black, with layers upon layers of huge scales, each scale measuring dozens of meters in length. The upper structure was slender, while at the bottom there was a belly even bigger than the ship itself.
All this information was obtained through the Distant Viewing Array on the battleship, and in reality, you couldn’t actually see it with the naked eye. According to Bronk, once you could see it with your own eyes, those terrifying little creatures protecting it would also be able to see you.
"This guy is really quite big."
Isrile marveled that just the diameter of the spherical part at the bottom of the enormous bio-ship was over ten thousand meters. Such a vast space could accommodate a large number of passengers, but it also meant that it could contain an equally large number of terrifying creatures. Isrile didn’t know what those creatures looked like, but without getting closer, there was no way to find out.
Isrile said to Bronk, "You guys wait here for me, I’ll go and see if I can communicate with them. If they are reasonable, it will save us a lot of trouble. Of course, if they aren’t, I’ll let you know."
Isrile immediately left the battleship, as Magic formed a shield around her body. It protected her from instant death due to the extreme temperature difference and vacuum of space. Hiding behind various asteroids along the way in the Asteroid Belt, she advanced. After rounding an asteroid, Isrile finally saw the enormous ship.
This is the place?
Isrile immediately revealed her true form, her huge body landing on the surface of a nearby asteroid, while she sent out a mental force towards the spacecraft.
At that moment, the previously motionless ship stirred. It moved in an unusual manner, not as a whole, but as if it were writhing. At the same time, dozens of massive eyes opened all over its body, each eye several dozen meters wide, and some were even a hundred meters across. Simultaneously, a mental force also swept across to her.
"The Queen has established mental contact with the other party, and they are communicating," said Isrile’s three underlings nervously watching from aboard the battleship, fearing any sudden movements.
Seconds and minutes passed by, and the massive ship made no further movements, nor did any of those so-called terrifying creatures appear.
About half an hour later, Isrile transformed back into her human form and made her way back to the battleship along the Asteroid Belt. Everyone could see the excited smile spread across Isrile’s face.
"I have good news," Isrile told Bronk, "that ship is willing to join us."
Bronk showed no signs of excitement, waiting for Isrile to finish speaking because if something sounded too simple, it usually meant there would be significant trouble ahead.
"But the condition is that we need to help it get rid of its current problem."
As it turned out, those terrifying creatures were not affiliated with the ship at all!
Originally, the Giant Beast within the ship was researching a specific kind of organism, which had extremely formidable adaptability. It could survive in magical environments, mechanical environments, or even in barren conditions without any external nutrition. After the Giant left, this organism merged with the entire ship and, due to harsh conditions, also assimilated the entire asteroid to gain energy. However, there were other organisms on the Giant’s ship, semi-mechanical life forms, which were also part of the Giant’s exploration into life. After all, pure life has limited endurance to external conditions, but mechanical beings could survive in the most adverse environments.
However, after merging with the whole ship and the asteroid, those semi-mechanical life forms also attained freedom. They hid within the asteroid, nesting, reproducing, using the metals and organic matter inside the asteroid as resources for their proliferation. Eventually, the ship devouring the asteroid from the outside and those semi-mechanical beings inside encountered each other when the asteroid’s size had diminished to a certain degree. As expected, in this contest of mutual devouring, the ship’s side lost, and those terrifying semi-mechanical creatures took control of the ship.
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With a spaceship as their vessel, the half-mechanical lifeforms were able to plunder resources from many more places. With more resources acquired, conversely, the spaceship became even more indispensable to them.
The spaceship set forth a simple condition. Eradicate those terrifying creatures, and it would follow Isrile in departure.
Of course, Isrile omitted the part where he demonstrated the Giant’s Power to the spaceship. The spaceship did not wish to transfer its freedom from one hand to another, which essentially made no difference. However, when Isrile showcased the Giant’s Power, everything changed dramatically.
After ten thousand years, perhaps many humans had forgotten just how powerful the Giants were. But the spaceship remembered. Even though it had completely merged with the ship, most of the ship’s functions required Giant identity to activate—including the Plane-traversing ability.
Upon receiving news from Isrile that a Giant was soon to arrive, the spaceship almost instantly entrusted its future to Isrile.
The condition, of course, remained that it would obtain freedom.
"That’s the situation. Regardless, this battle is now inevitable," Isrile said.
Bronk nodded his head; he too knew that since he was standing here, this battle was certain to take place.
But the real question was, how to fight it?
Isrile continued, "Currently, there are roughly thirty thousand half-mechanical lifeforms, and our combat power is about ten thousand. In theory, one against three might still give us a certain advantage. However, these half-mechanical lifeforms excel in combat within space, and less than a third of us can move freely there, so a space battle would certainly be suicide."
"Then, Your Majesty the Queen, what do you suggest?" a faint frenzy twinkled in Bronk’s eyes.
"My plan is exactly what you’re thinking," Isrile said. "I intend to ram this warship directly into the asteroid beneath the spaceship. Before we strike, the spaceship will expose a weak spot, and right after our collision, it will immediately seal the breach. The interior conditions of the asteroid are appropriate with breathable air, giving us an advantage in battle."
"However, this is also a plan where victory is the only option. If we fail, this warship, damaged from the collision, will no longer be able to carry us away from here," Bronk said.
"Me? Lose? Impossible!" Isrile laughed out loud.
All hostages on the warship were escorted down by a Giant Beast, which possessed a vast and sturdy chamber capable of keeping them alive for an extended period. The captain had intended to have his crew leave as well, but they had no such plans.
Was this trust in the captain or a mere impulsive act of camaraderie? Isrile did not understand, nor did he need to.
Once everything was prepared, the warship’s frontal armor charged up, speeding forward at high velocity! Passing by the Asteroid Belt, the vast spaceship came into view!
"Come on! Let’s crash into it!"
The heavy scale armor surrounding the Asteroid suddenly retracted on its own, and the warship crashed into it. Although it didn’t hit the outer armor head-on, the extremely thick hide still caused extensive damage to the entire warship!
The entire warship was engulfed, and the rear was promptly sealed.
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