By the middle of the test, almost no one was talking anymore. Even Kromir, who was issuing the orders, was mechanically following the procedure, but he was in a state of shock.

Although the research team was mentally prepared for the power of the Titans, the results were still terrifying.

Yes, it was fear. Kromir and his team of scientists, like their colleagues watching from behind a screen, had the illusion that they had personally opened Pandora's box.

Knowing full well the inherent flaws of humanity, all scientists, including those at the research base, are now in a state of conflicting emotions of joy and worry.

However, gradually, the feeling of joy took over completely, and given that it was a necessary factor in maintaining world stability, there was no reason not to use the power.

In contrast, Wu You was in a state of complete excitement.

He didn't care about Pandora's Box, since it was something he could control. Even knowing that the Colossus's specific strength was largely related to the pilot's skill level, he was already pleasantly surprised.

This bio-mechanical weapon is more than enough for a fully-formed silver creature to use. It may lack some magical abilities, but in terms of combat power, it is truly formidable.

As Wu You was the first to clap, gradually, everyone from the experimental site to the research base who had watched the Giant Warrior experiment joined in the applause.

The frontline engineers involved in the construction of the Colossus couldn't help but cheer.

The various supernatural forces and fantastical creatures who witnessed the ceremony also gave it high praise, and those of suitable size came over to get to know the main designers of the Giant Warrior.

Kromir and his colleagues clearly sensed a subtle shift in the atmosphere, which was hard to describe.

But if I had to put it in a way, it would be a process of gradually accepting the protected.

...

Meanwhile, deep within the cosmos, a colossal creature traversed at high speed, occasionally creating ripples as it disappeared into space.

Each time it reappears, it has already traversed a long distance.

In the dark and oppressive void, it resembled a giant comet carrying countless mental whips, its purple eye at the top staring unwaveringly at a single point in its path, without the slightest deviation.

All around were endless nebulae and planetary systems where spirit stars appeared and were hidden. Asteroids, like stray arrows, kept passing by, and a few that occasionally collided head-on would often dissipate on their own before they could hit.

The eyeball-shaped object, with a diameter of over a hundred kilometers, suddenly contracted and then expanded. Purple lenses swirled around it like a halo, and all the canopies on its body swung and vibrated at a high frequency. Then, amidst the ripples in the void, it disappeared into the cosmic space once again, like diving.

...

The Lomint system, on the outer edge of the second cantilever arm, lies a section of space littered with fragments of planetary corpses.

Located outside the gravitational field of the nearest large celestial body, this place is surrounded by fragments of varying sizes, some dense and some sparse, and the entire universe is filled with a sense of deathly stillness.

But even in this environment, life is hidden deep within.

A colossal man-made structure sits here, hidden among numerous asteroids and debris.

It is a spherical base with its base fixed on dense stellar debris all around, and its size is comparable to that of a large planet.

However, due to the numerous external deflection field devices and the sponge-like buffer gel layer, external stellar debris cannot threaten its outer shell.

Star debris serves as both cover and a source of resources.

Its interior is divided into countless ring-shaped city zones, each slowly rotating along its own fixed orbit, so that the creatures living on it can obtain stable gravity.

The weightless space inside was filled with starships of all styles, some bright and shiny, some dilapidated, of all sizes and types, with some launching and taking off or returning and hovering from time to time.

The spacecraft's mounting frame serves as both a docking station and a passageway for personnel. However, the closer to the center the spacecraft gets, the larger it becomes. The extended support structure is too long, and using it as a passageway would be extremely difficult. Therefore, boarding and disembarking can only be done via a ferry transport ship.

This is a refuge, a refuge for fleeing civilization.

Although everything appears orderly, the survivors here are all "homeless dogs".

It could even be said that they live in constant worry and fear.

They were all races that had encountered the "devourer," but escaped due to various lucky factors, and the number that survived was less than one-tenth or one-twelfth of the original.

Suddenly, the loudspeakers placed throughout this artificial shelter began to blare out a piercing universal language alarm.

"Beep~~Beep~~Beep~~Beep~~"

"Attention all personnel in the shelter: An unidentified interstellar substance is approaching this star system..."

In various parts of interstellar cities, countless people rushed out to the interstellar docks, with ferry ships constantly flying overhead—crew members heading to large starships.

Many spaceship crew members live and eat on the spaceships, so quite a few spaceships have already started up and slowly left the interplanetary dock.

Inside the shelter, the civilians, whether human or non-human, gathered together to pray to their original faith.

Most of them had already begun to doubt their faith when they fled into space after their home planet shattered, but in this moment of crisis, they still couldn't help but pray to God.

The survivors here are all highly educated and understand that although they are much stronger when they work together, if the Devourers really launch a large-scale attack, the shelter will be doomed.

After all, if they really had the strength, they wouldn't be hiding in such a desolate star field.

The survivors here are like frightened birds; any unusual event on the outskirts of this desolate star field will trigger an alarm.

Because the shelter's random interference is constantly active, accurate detection is also affected, and secondary detection from the outside is usually required.

The reconnaissance ships on the periphery had long been scattered to various key locations, including quite a few ships belonging to the Lieyun Star people. Because they arrived at the refuge with considerable strength, they not only gained greater influence but also shouldered greater responsibilities.

A reconnaissance ship from the Cloud Hunter Star was positioned at a critical location. At that moment, its detection equipment was running at full power, and soon a dense array of bright spots appeared on the detection screen.

"Wow... so many!"

The ship's captain stood up from his seat.

"Analyzing the composition, what comes next?"

The observer quickly operated the equipment to switch the data to the central screen.

Information from various frequency bands flashed by quickly, and a slightly blurry real-time image appeared on the screen.

"This is... a meteorite cluster?"

"Phew~ Thank goodness, it's not a devourer!"

"Yeah, it almost scared me to death..."

The crew on the bridge of the reconnaissance ship began to rejoice, but the captain remained silent with a furrowed brow.

"No! Their appearance is too strange!"

The captain's words silenced the bridge.

"Analyze and calculate the trajectory of the meteorite swarm immediately."

Upon receiving the order, the crew members immediately began operating the main control computer, and numerous computational models appeared repeatedly on the screen.

But even after several minutes, the operator was still operating the machine.

"What's going on? Why hasn't the calculation been completed yet?"

The captain shouted to the navigation analyst beside him, saying that the orbits of ordinary celestial bodies should be determined in a short time with the help of the ship's computing center.

The waterway analyst was already sweating profusely.

"The target meteorite cluster... they are... correcting their orbits!"