Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 262 Landing on Satan

Above the circular world, light and darkness alternated three times. Then, under a secret order personally issued by the Society, a special small force, rigorously selected by the Second Republic, officially set off.

Do you think they can succeed?

Somewhere, gazing at the special spaceship departing through the subspace passage, an old man shrouded in black robes asked his companion a question, while Duu's teacher did not answer, but simply meditated silently.

Beside him, deep psychic energy trembled continuously, like a psychic hymn blessing his disciple.

……

"We should feel fortunate that new technology means we no longer need to disappear for a century like the previous task forces."

Inside the spacious, folded space, a stern-faced psionic warrior smiled.

Thanks to the latest technological advancements, researchers have successfully created a miniature spacetime anchoring device. The most interesting aspect of this device is its ability to anchor the flow of time within a certain range.

In the psionic warriors' subsequent "operations," this device can ensure that they maintain a relatively constant flow of time even when they are near massive "celestial bodies." Next to that "giant celestial body" that is traveling at near the speed of light, time will slow down to a mere instant or a thousand years.

The same was true of the previous task forces. The first task forces set off 84 years ago, but there has been no news of them since. According to scholars, they are probably still trying to get closer to that "giant celestial body," and the Second Republic may have to wait at least another thousand years for the first task forces to send back a message.

This device will undoubtedly allow the Second Republic to receive the message from the task force much sooner, whether it's a few days, a few dozen days, or even a few years.

Of course, this is all predicated on... the task force being able to return.

"I wonder if I'll be able to see any of these seniors again."

A psionic warrior meditated silently, but the psychic energy emanating from him, like ripples on water, clearly demonstrated this to everyone.

In many rumors, psionic warriors are portrayed as cold-blooded machines, but psionic power is the power of the mind. Those whose minds are dead cannot possess powerful psionic abilities. Every psionic warrior has an extremely rich inner world, but they often choose to keep it hidden.

Psionic warriors are so rare that they often know each other, and some are even fellow students who studied under the same master. Clearly, he knew someone among the previous task forces.

"Impossible, after all, it's too big; the probability of them meeting is practically zero."

Duwu replied.

Inside the spaceship are eight psionic warriors, and these eight are the entire crew for this mission.

"...Attention, a short-distance subspace jump is about to take place..."

Just as the group was talking, the AI's cold voice rang out.

Almost instantly, the view of the universe outside the transparent spaceship changed...

In the pitch-black depths of space, somewhere far away, a gigantic light is moving forward.

The light was so dazzling that everything in front of them seemed to be illuminated by its brilliance, hotter and brighter than any star, while the spaceship beneath them was relentlessly chasing after it.

Then, the light gradually dissipated, and the eight psionic warriors were able to clearly see the enormous thing in front of them...

The psionic warriors, who had just been talking, stopped communicating with psionic energy and stared at the monster in front of them, their expressions either indifferent or solemn.

None of them had ever seen it with their own eyes, but every interstellar human had seen images of it.

That monster, the monster that roams in space.

No one could see its full form. All the psionic warriors could see were huge scales, with no end in sight, let alone any specific shape.

Vast and incredible, it was like a living planet, a living world. The random undulation of each enormous scale was like the earth swaying like water, but how could the solid earth sway?

But in the face of this enormous thing, everything makes perfect sense, after all, it is so huge that it is treated as a "celestial body" by scholars.

"Satan Star".

A giant, living celestial body that is over 100 million kilometers long.

It is so large that the uneven spacetime structure caused by its massive mass can be detected from light-years away.

After devouring more than ten stars, this colossal celestial body continues to grow larger, expanding tens of thousands of times in size compared to its initial appearance. Even now, scholars see no sign of it stopping. Like a black hole, it is never satisfied, endlessly devouring everything.

In the vast expanse of space, the monster marches forward tirelessly.

Nothing can stop it on its path, and in every galaxy it passes through, its stars are devoured.

Nearly a century has passed since that monster appeared. In these nearly one hundred years, the Second Republic has organized dozens of major battles, but they have been ignored by the enormous monster soaring through the sky.

It is like a mystery, constantly refreshing the understanding of interstellar humanity.

People once thought its body was made of matter, and in fact it was once, as antimatter had harmed it. But the next time, they found that antimatter no longer worked, because its body had transformed into some kind of exotic matter.

It is as if it is conscious. There are weapons and methods that can harm it, but the next time, it will spontaneously change its body structure. Any weapon can only work once, and it will be meaningless the next time.

Over the past century, scholars' attitudes have shifted from confidence to disbelief, to doubt, and then to panic. In just one hundred years, they have exhausted every possible method, only to realize that there is no effective way to eliminate this monster.

Ultimately, this is what people called it:
"World Eater".

But at the same time, scholars also found a clue that they were unsure if it was actually a lead.

Ninety years ago, during the Hope Star defense battle, the Hope Star defense force was almost completely wiped out, with only one general named Tiloan surviving. In his dying words, people received a strange message...

"In the snake's eyes...there is..."

There seemed to be something in the monster's eyes.

Driven by this curiosity, more than a dozen task forces were dispatched, but none of them have been heard from since. Now, a new task force has arrived.

……

"Attempting to enter gravity orbit..."

The AI's voice rang out.

In its precise calculations, this specially designed spaceship is attempting to be captured by the immense gravity of the object before it, just as its predecessors have done. However, avoiding being left behind by a near-light-speed "celestial body" is no easy feat.

Even with the assistance of numerous specialized black technologies, the spaceship could only approach this behemoth drifting in space with extreme difficulty.

The tiny spaceship was like a speck of dust next to a colossal behemoth, spinning rapidly beside it.

The colossal creature paid no heed to this insignificant speck of dust, but for that speck of dust, a mere casual movement or slight turn by the colossal creature could easily destroy it.

Below the spaceship, as the enormous monster moved, those massive scales resembled undulating earth. The spaceship often narrowly missed those earth-like scales, and the slightest carelessness would result in a crash.

The psionic warriors watched quietly; having long since become accustomed to the danger of dancing on the edge of a knife, these warriors who disregarded life and death were no strangers to such peril.

"High energy ahead!"

Suddenly, the AI ​​cried out urgently.

Immediately afterwards, in a very short time, a burst of white light suddenly appeared in front of everyone, making it difficult for them to see. Then, the white light swept past at an extremely fast speed.

Duwu's prosthetic eye contracted slightly.

"That is……"

"The remnants of a star."

Before he could finish speaking, a psionic warrior stared at the white light that was rapidly disappearing behind the spaceship.

"Forty-three years ago, the star in the Baichen system was devoured. Due to the obstruction of the Second Republic at the time, the star was not completely consumed by the World Eater, and some of its remnants remained on its body. Because of the World Eater's immense mass, this small portion of the remnant did not detach but remained on its body, continuing to undergo fusion reactions."

"The spaceship flew from tail to head, and just now it narrowly missed this remnant of a star."

(End of this chapter)