Chapter 650 381: Giant Spirit Mecha

Just as everyone watched in utter horror, a gigantic, monstrous insect several hundred meters long crawled out from the rift.

One, then two...

Soon, a full ten of the massive insects had emerged.

"Deploy the Giant Spirit Mechas!"

Seeing the situation, the captain of the Space City had no choice but to activate their ultimate weapon: the Giant Spirit Mechas.

This was a newly developed type of giant, manned mecha—a super-soldier powered by a compact cold-fusion reactor paired with a multi-vector propulsion system.

Its Energy and defensive capabilities were many times greater than those of smaller mechas.

"Captain, the technology isn't perfected yet. Is it wise to deploy them so rashly?"

The vice-captain raised an objection.

"At a time like this, we don't have the luxury of worrying about that."

The captain's face was grim, his gaze heavy. If he let these giant insects breach their defenses, the Space City would be the one to suffer.

Hundreds of thousands of people lived here; there was no room for even the slightest error.

Soon, dozens of towering mechas flew out from the Space City, heading straight for the giant insects.

These mechas stood about fifty to sixty meters tall and weighed several hundred tons, each one as massive as a small hill.

Seeing the mechas deploy, the people of the Space City didn't look any more relieved. They knew that if the Giant Spirit Mechas couldn't hold the line, the only option left would be thermonuclear weapons.

When that happened, the Space City would inevitably be caught in the blast.

Inside the Space City, Zhao Rui heard the commotion. With a stir of his Divine Thought, he instantly understood the entire situation.

His brow furrowed slightly.

'Insects?'

'Blue Star was once attacked by Exotic Beasts, which is what gradually flipped the switch for the recovery of Spiritual Qi.'

'Could these insects be the same kind of trigger?'

He couldn't afford to be careless. He had come here to solve the mystery of the Ancestral Star.

'If his previous theories were correct, the last wave of humanity on the Ancestral Star had developed an Immortal Level civilization, and step by step, they had walked out of their native universe to transcend the multiverse.'

'Ultimately establishing the magnificent Immortal Realm.'

'But this cycle of civilization had developed into a technological one. According to the principle of civilizational inertia, that shouldn't have happened.'

'It was just like Blue Star, which had also been a technological civilization before the Exotic Beast invasion turned it into a High Martial World. Later, after a seal was broken, it became a Cultivation Civilization.'

'There had to be some kind of connection in all this, whether causal or coincidental. If he could uncover these connections, he might be able to grasp the secret behind his own transmigration.'

'He could also learn what this world was truly like.'

'Perhaps even the system in his mind would reveal its true nature.'

Meanwhile, in the expanse of space outside, a great battle was about to erupt.

The two completely different types of behemoths crashed violently into each other.

Metal mechas and biological carapaces collided fiercely, sending sparks flying with a metallic clang.

If not for the vacuum of space, the noise would have been deafeningly shrill.

"Open fire!"

The insects' shells were in no way inferior to steel. What's more, their biological nature allowed them to secrete a strange fluid that created an organic chemical reaction on their surface, forming a protective layer.

This protective layer was not only incredibly hard but also highly resistant, capable of blocking everything from high-temperature lasers to kinetic projectiles.

Its defensive power far surpassed the armor of the Giant Spirit Mechas.

BOOM!

A massive fireball erupted in the distance. A Giant Spirit Mecha that had charged out of formation had been swarmed and torn to pieces.

At the last moment, its cold fusion reactor went critical in a final act of mutual destruction, completely annihilating the nearby insects.

Although the others were grief-stricken by the sight, their fighting spirit surged.

The nuclear fusion explosions were still effective.

But before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the insects that were less than a kilometer from the blast began to stir.

Just as with the other giant insects, a layer of gelatinous fluid slowly covered their bodies, repairing their wounds.