Wandering Meteor-Chapter 258 - 257: A Good Opportunity

Neutron radiation blanketed the sky, and the Lithium Eagle squadron immediately activated their emergency defense measures.

Only at this moment did they finally understand the terror of the Entropy Tree in front of them. The enemy could not only utilize the Strong Nuclear Force, but even control the Unified Force Field, making them an opponent on the same level.

It was even possible that their technological strength was superior.

Knowing that dragging out the confrontation was not in their favor, the Lithium Eagle squadron quickly arrayed their nine Battle Stars, each about 0.2 astronomical units apart, mainly to avoid being entangled all at once by the Entropy Tree, and this distance also ensured that the neighboring Battle Stars could provide immediate assistance in case of danger.

After arranging the formation, in order to fight quickly and decisively, the Lithium Eagle squadron immediately deployed their ultimate weapon.

The devices on the surface of each Battle Star began to rotate swiftly, and soon a transparent membrane, like a jellyfish in the sea, flew towards the Entropy Tree.

The Entropy Tree was a combination of the mutated Cannibal Tree and the Entropy Beast, with the former’s biological system fully integrated with the latter’s intelligent system, and after such a long time of adjustment, it had already become a perfect individual, forming a unique biological intelligence system in the Universe.

Generally speaking, both biological life and celestial life have their own unique systems (biological system and celestial body system), and the intelligent system created by biological civilizations is another mechanical mode. Although the three may be very similar in principle, the channels and methods of birth and evolution are different, and the integration of a biological system with an intelligent system signifies the opening of a new direction of evolution in the Universe.

This is a miracle in the Universe.

Thus, the intelligence of the Entropy Tree was extremely high.

When the Entropy Tree noticed that the Lithium Eagle squadron used the Absolute Zero Domain, it felt an immense threat from that transparent membrane and immediately activated the Unified Force Field around itself.

When the Absolute Zero Domain expanded at faster than light speed to envelop the Entropy Tree, it did not cleanly and efficiently kill the enemy as before but instead confronted the Unified Force Field surrounding the Entropy Tree.

The scope of the Absolute Zero Domain was seen compressing inward one moment and expanding outward the next, repeating this process.

Since the weapon core of the Absolute Zero Domain, the Seizing Vibration Field, was itself created using Unified Force Technology, when the Entropy Tree also used Unified Force for defense, the technological advantage of crushing superiority no longer existed. Both were on the same level, competing only in terms of Energy Level.

Whoever had the higher Energy Level would crush the opponent.

Luckily, the Lithium Eagle squadron had nine Battle Stars, and the nine Absolute Zero Domains were successively superimposed around the Entropy Tree. The Energy Level of the Absolute Zero Domain was raised several times, forcefully compressing the volume of the Unified Force Field by half.

The Entropy Tree, of course, would not sit by and await its doom. The core Unified Force device revolved at high speed, decomposing the mass and energy stored inside through the Unified Force, continuously providing a vast amount of energy for the Unified Force Field.

With the infusion of endless energy, the range of the Unified Force Field began to expand outward, forcefully pushing back the Absolute Zero Domain.

Meanwhile, the Entropy Tree had more spare energy and immediately took control of all Tree Needles, launching them at the nine Battle Stars of the Lithium Eagle squadron. Billions upon trillions of Tree Needles shot out simultaneously, creating a sky-covered and sun-blocked spectacle reminiscent of a raging dance of a billion snakes, the sight of which was chillingly majestic and overwhelmingly intense, enough to make one’s scalp tingle!

Witnessing this scene, the Wandering Alliance and other civilizations, located several light-years away, instinctively retreated a bit, deeply wary of the threat.

As for the Lithium Eagle squadron caught in the thick of it, there was no escape; they could only use a vast amount of Unified Energy Beams to sever the incoming Tree Needles. However, due to the sheer number of Tree Needles this time, and having learned from the previous encounter to attack from all directions, the nine Battle Stars of the Lithium Eagle squadron were overwhelmed, forced to cut through Tree Needles with Unified Energy Beams while simultaneously moving around to dodge the relentless ambush of Tree Needles.

Among them, Lithium Eagle Nine failed to evade in time and was instantly submerged by the all-engulfing Tree Needles. Despite Lithium Eagle Nine’s desperate cutting with Unified Energy Beams, causing occasional internal explosions within the layers of Tree Needles, this destructive power was negligible against the seemingly infinite onslaught. Moreover, the massive attack by the Tree Needles completely disrupted the defensive formation of the Lithium Eagle squadron, causing other Battle Stars unable to provide timely assistance, especially since the remaining eight Battle Stars were struggling to save themselves.

In just a few short hours,

The Battle Star Lithium Eagle Nine, with a mass equivalent to a thousand planets, was completely disassembled and absorbed by tens of thousands of Tree Needles.

As layer upon layer of Tree Needles gradually retreated, the space where Lithium Eagle Nine had been was starkly empty, sending a shiver of cold up the spine!

The rest of the Lithium Eagle squadron was both enraged and shocked for a moment!

Lithium Eagle Ten, responsible for guarding three civilizations, saw its comrades in danger and immediately requested to join the battle for support.

However, the Lithium Eagle squadron did not anticipate that such an excellent opportunity would not be missed by the Square Clan Civilization and the Shell Clan Civilization.

Through the previous battle, they had already discerned the timing intervals of the Lithium Eagle squadron using the Absolute Zero Domain, which was around half an hour. This was also why the Lithium Eagle squadron did not use the Absolute Zero Domain to attack the overwhelming Tree Needles this time; it must require a significant amount of energy to accumulate or the recovery of equipment, among other reasons.

In any case, as the Lithium Eagle squadron fell into a disadvantageous position, it was undoubtedly a golden opportunity for them.

Both civilizations intended to launch a surprise attack on Lithium Eagle Ten, stationed there; on the one hand, they aimed to cut off reinforcements for the Lithium Eagle squadron, allowing the Entropy Tree to completely defeat this formidable enemy, and on the other hand, they sought to take control of the situation to maximize their civilizations’ advantages.

Now, their target was not merely the Celestial Body Capture Device; they also aspired to capture a Lithium Eagle Battle Star, using it to thoroughly study the technology of the Metal Civilization and rapidly advance to a Level 4 Civilization.

Each civilization’s ambitions are not fixed, changing with the situation.

However, the Square Clan Civilization and the Shell Clan Civilization faced a challenge with their ambitions.

That is, assuming their intelligence was correct and each Lithium Eagle Battle Star could only use the Absolute Zero Domain once every half hour, their technology would surely be insufficient to withstand it. Therefore, the civilization that attacked first was likely to be annihilated by the Absolute Zero Domain, and knowing this, they were decidedly reluctant to be the cannon fodder.

Thus, the Square Clan and the Shell Clan began to prod, persuade, and coax the other into launching the first surprise attack.

However, as both civilizations were cautious, they naturally wouldn’t fall for the trick so easily, leading to both civilizations secretly conspiring again, shifting their target to the Wandering Alliance.