World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

Chapter 1677 - 4: The Secret of the Drones (Part 2)

"Protecting it is indeed a bit tricky..."

Zhang Xiaoman frowned slightly.

Currently, the spiritual shield of the spaceship is struggling to resist the interference of the Fog Heart, which means that the Hail doesn’t have extra energy to perform a space jump.

Everyone is currently flying at high speed towards the center of the star system. Although this speed is considered "high" relative to a planet, it is hardly worth mentioning compared to the vast constant star system.

"We have to figure out a way to eliminate that Fog Heart!"

At this moment, the spaceship’s alarm suddenly sounded. According to the information returned from Li Xiang, everyone is currently under some kind of severe toxin attack,

"Toxin attack? Could it be caused by this fog?"

Zhang Xiaoman blinked and pulled up the current damage report of the spaceship.

Immediately, he was horrified to notice that the spiritual shield outside the spaceship was being consumed rapidly. The main system issued an alarm that the current consumption speed was no longer keeping pace with the recharge speed. If this continues, the spaceship is expected to completely lose its protection in one hour and twenty minutes.

Ziwei, too, encountered such a strong toxin for the first time in her life. When she saw the scene of the spaceship’s shield being continuously eroded, her expression began to become serious.

Indeed, according to this situation, there is no need for the Desert Worm to take action; we’re likely to be doomed first.

"We must find a way to get close to the Fog Heart quickly and prioritize taking care of that annoying thing!"

A light flashed on Zhang Xiaoman’s arm, and the Star Pattern Talent was activated, already injecting a touch of strength into the spaceship beneath his feet.

Life, Bestow!

Acceleration, Bestow!

"Creak~"

A teeth-clenching sound appeared, and immediately the entire spaceship’s light suddenly went out, only to light up abruptly in less than 0.5 seconds, everything seemingly restored to normal.

However, Li Xiang was greatly surprised after checking the current movement state of the spaceship.

"What’s going on! Our speed has increased twenty-five times compared to before!?"

His face was full of disbelief, unable to comprehend what just happened, why in that brief moment when the lights went out and on, the spaceship he was aboard suddenly seemed to transform, even turning on a cheat, soaring its speed to an extreme.

"Ji Xing! Well done!"

Ziwei screamed excitedly, quickly switching to Holographic Mode, watching the rapidly advancing scene with eyes full of eagerness.

She evidently knew Zhang Xiaoman’s Talent Ability. The latter could now activate the ability instantly by quickly opening the Three-star pattern and then quickly closing the Three-star state’s status. This way, unnecessary consumption can be minimized, and the preparation time for the ability’s activation can be saved, making it a very practical skill.

At their current speed, it would probably take another half hour to reach the core area of the Fog Heart.

"Ji Xing, you’ve turned the Hail into an intelligent lifeform too, so its strength should be greatly enhanced. But I always feel something strange, like something isn’t quite right..."

In the room, Ziwei hesitated for a moment, her finger resting on her chin as she pondered for a while, then her expression cleared up, saying:

"I remember now! Why do I always feel familiar when I see you modifying machines? Seeing the Hail today made me realize, Ji Xing, don’t you think these mechanical lifeforms you’ve transformed are very similar to the Beller drones in the Beller Star Domain?"

Zhang Xiaoman was stunned by her words, then quickly realized. Indeed, he also felt that this form of life was somewhat familiar. Isn’t this exactly the life form of the Beller drones in the Second Universe?

The Beller drones are considered an independent race. Many people have been studying how they gained wisdom and life.

Because in that universe, many people had dismantled those drones, only to find piles of basic metal substances and dark spiritual materials after dismantling, with no signs of activated cells. How could such a form give birth to life?

This question has always been an unknown mystery, buried in people’s hearts.

Until now, when Zhang Xiaoman utilized the Life Granting ability to activate this spaceship, because it shared a space battleship form with the drones, Ziwei made the association and discovered the similarities.

Zhang Xiaoman scratched his head. To be honest, he himself didn’t understand the principle of this ability. In any case, anything he bestowed life upon, even a stone or a pile of machinery, could transform into a life form. He didn’t know if this shared the same principle as the Beller drones, but since he couldn’t figure it out, there was no need to waste time contemplating it. What needed to be done now was to defeat this Fog Heart.

"Spaceship accelerate, approach the target at maximum speed!"

Zhang Xiaoman issued the command.

"As you wish, great creator, God of Life!"

Instantly, the response of the Hail followed in his ears.

Zhang Xiaoman had gotten accustomed to their strange way of addressing him over these days, and he didn’t bother to correct them.

The spaceship speed increased drastically again, but the faster it went inside, the faster the external spiritual shield was corroded. Zhang Xiaoman quickly activated the ability again, bestowing the characteristic of "poison resistance" on the spaceship.

With the addition of the poison resistance trait, the efficiency of the Hail’s advancement indeed received a boost, and the recharge speed of the external spiritual shield finally escaped danger levels.

"I’ve seen many Fog Hearts, but this is the first time seeing one with such a large coverage. I don’t even know to what extent its main body has reached, to encompass an entire constant star system... and this toxin too, even able to corrode spiritual shields; if it infects the human body, how terrifying would it be..."

Ziwei marveled beside him, unexpectedly witnessing a burst of brilliant light entering the spaceship’s interior through the holographic projection in front of her eyes.

"Uh... this is... poison!?"

Ziwei suddenly clutched her chest, unable to help but spit out two mouthfuls of blood.

Zhang Xiaoman was startled by the sudden change.

"What’s going on? Ziwei, you were poisoned!?"

He quickly checked Ziwei’s Inner Breath, and his face changed dramatically.

In Ziwei’s body, a domineering Dark Spiritual Power was rampantly attacking. Even Ziwei’s strength couldn’t resist this toxin.

Without any delay, Zhang Xiaoman directly activated the Star Pattern, and the dazzling Eye of the Starry Sky light shone. He enveloped the entire spaceship with his will, instantly performing his Talent Skill on everyone inside the spaceship.

Toxin, Strip Away!

In an instant, everyone affected by the toxin was freed from its state.

Ignoring his own consumption, Zhang Xiaoman unleashed another area-wide Talent Skill.

Life Force, Bestow!

Poison resistance enhancement, Bestow!

In a moment, crew members who were on the brink of death recovered, and sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.

Zhang Xiaoman finally breathed a sigh of relief. That sneak attack took him somewhat by surprise.

He never expected that there would be a poison so dominating that it could infect someone just by being seen without any physical contact.

If not for his passive immunity to toxins provided by the Morning Star Ring, he might have been hit just like Ziwei.

"Damn! I was careless!"

Ziwei angrily hit the ground, creating cracks on it.

"That light just now should be the Poison King Guard, an advanced evolutionary form of the Poison Stinger Insect. It’s extremely rare in the entire Desert Worm Clan, and I didn’t expect to encounter one here."

PS: Many thanks to "Drunk Morning Star Dream" for the 2000 coin reward, and "Li Jinse" for the 100 coin reward. Thank you!