Chapter 128 Battle (I)

The black tide's energy surged, and the golden flames rapidly expanded. Several white-eyed moths were consumed, but the shadow of Ming Zhuofeng remained standing.

It turned its head to look behind it and saw an extremely old, roughly modified starship breaking through the black waves and appearing at the end of its vision.

Gold spread across its chest, surrounded by the surging black. The tension and relaxation revealed an energy contest in which both sides refused to give in.

A thick black energy suddenly emanated from its palm, shooting straight back. The energy held in this human hand was even broader than that emitted from a starship's cannon, like a boundless night, threatening to drown out the narrow beam of the flashlight.

However, the dark golden light cannon would not go out.

As shot after shot was fired, the light of the light cannon burned into bright white and turned into a light bird with spread wings.

"Buzz—"

"Buzz—"

The black sea of ​​stars was churning and humming, and Mingyu and Mu Baixing's mental powers were also resonating, emitting extremely oppressive energy waves that spread outward.

The light bird flew out, carrying flames through the light cannon in Ming Zhuofeng's hand, quickly passed by in silence, and bit off Ming Zhuofeng's head in one bite!

"Buzz—"

The part from the neck upwards begins to grow again, first becoming a round human head, from which the nose and forehead bulge out, and then concave to form the eye sockets and mouth shape.

Its performance left Ming Yu with no more doubts. The "Ming Zhuofeng" riding on the white-eyed moth was an energy body formed by the pure accumulation of black tide energy.

This is the hardest thing to kill!

The light from Mingyu's secondary gun muzzle, which had also become slightly brighter white, was no longer staring at the white-eyed moths.

The swarm of moths that originally surrounded Ming Zhuofeng were quickly disappearing in the flames, and Ming Yu's mental power penetrated directly into Ming Zhuofeng's shoulders, entangled in the black mass, and kept pulling with the extremely tight black energy, refusing to let up at all.

The designer's forehead was covered in sweat. Mingyu knew that he and Mu Bo had made a risky move.

The one who could make a large group of black tide creatures give way was obviously not some small fry. The other party's almost identical appearance to Ming Zhuofeng made Ming Yu unable to help but think of the father that Albin mentioned.

That is an advanced creature among the advanced Black Tide creatures, and of course it is not something that can be easily dealt with.

It's not something that should be dealt with by this modified starship.

But whether it was Mingyu or Mu Baixing, neither of them could just watch "Ming Zhuofeng" leave like that.

...Looking at its appearance and the starship that looked like the Poseidon formed by those moths just now, Mingyu knew with his toes that something bad would happen if he let it leave like this!

"We're moving so fast now, we should be getting closer and closer to the star line!" Ming Yu stared ahead. "I wonder if there's any early warning in the Central Star Region. Fortunately, the Second Legion also arrived at the border to provide support on this Black Tide Day..."

Mu Baixing frowned and responded briefly.

The surrounding black tide energy seemed to wake up from its dormant state under the call of "Ming Zhuofeng", and crashed into the light shield around the starship.

No one knew that amidst the continuous energy vibrations caused by Ming Zhuofeng, severe pain was also felt in his spiritual realm, as if, like the surrounding black tide star sea, it was responding to the orders from "Ming Zhuofeng".

This intense pain and strange feeling of being on the verge of losing control came from the necrotic part of the mental realm, and he was no stranger to it.

This feeling was very similar to the pain and loss of control he experienced every time the Black Tide Day came.

It's just that the strange feeling is more intense this time.

But it won't dominate him.

Mu Baixing lowered his finger and pressed the fire button again.

The light bird circled in the air, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed Ming Zhuofeng's head again.

"Buzz—"

The human-shaped black energy ball emitted increasingly louder sounds.

"Buzz—buzz—buzz—"

In Mingyu's spiritual vision, the irregular black tide of energy surged into Mu Boxing's spiritual realm, but merged into one byte after another, which was blurry but still recognizable.

"It's you—"

"you--"

"Don't you want to come——"

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"Maze Star had discovered energy fluctuations suspected to be from advanced Black Tide creatures as early as the last Black Tide Day, but concealed it and did not report it?!" The Second Legion at the border of the Central Star Region temporarily stayed indoors. Musa in the legion had a gloomy face, and he was on the communication line, his face so dark that it seemed like water was about to drip out.

The captain of the team in charge of the Maze Planet investigation didn't dare to breathe and answered dutifully, "Yes, it was an order from the Maze Planet Executive Officer. Because the Maze Planet Wild Resource Area is the venue for the Star Navigation Competition, he's afraid that it might lead to complications and cause the venue to be changed..."

"Beep-beep-beep--"

Another call came in. Musa frowned, made a pause gesture, and answered the second call.

"Captain, according to information sent back by Director Gao Siqi of the Star Navigation Department, there are abnormal energy activities within the Black Tide Star Sea. The Third Division of the Star Navigation Department's exploration team has detected a peak energy wave at the outer edge of the Black Tide Star Sea. Black Tide Day is expected to arrive early, and its intentions are ill-intentioned."

Musa opened the data report sent by his subordinates, frowned and looked at it for a moment, then stood up.

"Contact Border Army Commander Xiao Hai, and send a message to the General Headquarters." He said succinctly, "There are unusual movements in the Black Tide Star Sea. I'll take some people to investigate. Have them prepare for the response."

"Send an emergency sailing order to the entire fleet of the Second Legion: Continue outward beyond the border, quickly cross the free star field, and advance towards the star line."

From a geographical point of view, the closest to the Black Tide Star Sea is the dark golden star line drawn by the Celtic King with his life in the Battle of Dawn, followed by the Free Star Field, and further inward is the border line between the Free Star Field and the Central Star Field.

Musa: "The communications starship is at the end of the fleet. Let's explore the way for the border troops first."

The Second Legion is well-trained and disciplined.

As soon as the emergency departure order was issued, the lights in the dormitories came on. Five minutes later, all members of the Second Legion's fleet were fully dressed and entered the brightly lit border starport, heading towards the departure port for their ships.

"It's been quite eventful lately." Hao Ru and An Qiang, gatekeepers for the second round of the Star Navigation Competition, were among the assembled team. They quickly entered the cockpit while chatting. As An Qiang took the observation seat and donned his helmet, he continued, "Something went wrong at the Ming family banquet yesterday afternoon... The invasion of high-level Black Tide creatures must have originated from Labyrinth Star."

"There were many injuries at the banquet. Several planetary executives are still lying in the emergency room, and two people are missing."

"The First Legion is finished this time. Ming Zhilang is still in critical condition, Zhao Ying is in intensive care, and a captain is missing. All personnel are on standby awaiting a detailed investigation. Just based on the situation, I don't think there will be peace on this Kuroshio Day."

"What do you think? Should we cross the star line this time?"

Hao Ru glanced at An Qiang.

The free star field behind the border line, and even further behind that star line, all belong to the former North Star Field.

In the entire human star field, perhaps only the immigrants in the Northern Star Field not only have fear or dread of the universe beyond that star line, but also have regrets that can never be eliminated... and a little attachment.

The starry sky hidden beneath the black tide is their home.

It is the place where they were born and raised.

"Come to think of it, I still want to see the star line with my own eyes." An Qiang continued, "After all these years, that was His Majesty's most glorious shot back then. We were so busy evacuating our men at the time that we didn't even see His Majesty's final..."

"Everyone." Musa's command came from the communicator, interrupting An Qiang's words, "Prepare to set sail."

An Qiang quickly stopped talking. Hao Ru straightened her expression and pressed the communicator, "Got it."

"Squadron One, Carrier One, self-inspection complete, ready."

"Ten seconds countdown, ten - nine - eight - ... two - one - set sail!"

The Border Starport, with its ten floors, could accommodate thousands of large carriers simultaneously. At this moment, the passageways above nearly half of the berths in the port opened, and the fleet of starships belonging to the Second Legion rose upwards, forming an orderly formation and rapidly sailing out of the Central Star Region's border, heading towards the star line ahead.

The voyage was extremely peaceful at the beginning. When crossing the free star field, the Second Legion also encountered several exploration ships from the free star field.

The other party recognized the icon of the Central Star Region Military Headquarters and dodged to the side in confusion.

"What's going on?" Inside the exploration ship, the driver scratched his head, and then received a nearby public communication broadcast from the Second Legion fleet.

"...Maybe Kuroshio Day will come earlier?" Inside the cockpit, the communications operator looked at the digital signal on the screen. "Please prepare for protection... Is this true?"

"Talk to the boss," the observer said immediately. "It's better to believe it than not... How about having the boss tell the brothers outside to hurry back to the base?"

As they gathered together in doubt, the Second Legion's fleet was still accelerating.

"This Kuroshio Day is likely to arrive earlier than we all expected." Musa was communicating with Gao Siqi in the main ship ahead. Her hair was tied up, and she wore her usual red dress, but her expression was unusually serious. "But the Kuroshio's energy waves are increasing rapidly. There are too many Kuroshio insects for the exploration ship to handle. I've already ordered my men to retreat."

"That's enough information." Musa nodded. "This is the farthest an exploratory starship has ever ventured into the Black Tide, right? We've gathered a lot of useful information. Large-scale combat is our responsibility, so don't worry."

Gao Siqi: "Be careful."

"The Star Line's defenses are weakening year by year, and the incident at the Ming family banquet is even more suspicious. I'm afraid the person who came this time has bad intentions."

Musa: “I know.”

He looked out the porthole.

After another day of sailing, they had almost crossed the free star field. The star line that was ten hours away was already visible in the distance, getting closer and closer.

Although it's called a star line, it's actually a golden wall towering across the universe. The psychic particles left over from the fierce battles decades ago still float through the universe. Though gradually fading after repeated black tides, they're still visible today.

On ordinary days, the Star Line acts as a barrier to intercept the Kuroshio energy. Any Kuroshio creatures that migrate from the outer edge of the Kuroshio Star Ocean towards the human star region are blocked by the Star Line, making it difficult for them to cross.

At midday, the intensified Black Tide's energy activity will overflow the star line and invade the human star domain. At that time, the golden light will be temporarily submerged by the Black Tide...

Just like now.

Thick black shadows surged from behind the star line, like a flood about to overflow the embankment, with great force.

Musa's brows jumped.

The black tide energy was still far away, and it would take at least an hour to reach the star line. But he had already sensed something was wrong from the surging momentum and decisively said, "Speed ​​up!"

"Communications ship! Initiate public network communication to the borders of the Free Star Region and the Central Star Region... sound the alarm!"

This Black Tide Day was anything but ordinary. The Second Legion Commander's eyelids twitched, his eyes almost twitching as he recalled the Battle of Dawn.

If this energy wave didn't contain the army of black creatures, the word "Mu" in his name, Musa, would have to be written backwards!