Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 274 Quasi-God Insect (4k)

Luo Qing was actually carrying two dwarf planets: Pluto and Charon, Pluto's companion planet.
Charon, also known as Pluto's moon Charon, has a diameter of approximately 1208 kilometers, about half the diameter of Pluto's 2370 kilometers. It is about 20000 kilometers from Pluto, and both orbit around a common center of mass and are tidally locked to each other. Their orbital period is the same as Pluto's rotation period, both being 6 days, 9 hours, and 17 minutes. This unique relationship makes Charon more like a companion star to Pluto than a traditional satellite, and together they form a unique binary dwarf planet system.

If the Trisolaran system could have one less star, the remaining two stars would form a stable binary system, something the Trisolaran civilization had always dreamed of.

Luo Qing didn't notice the companion star at first, and the humans didn't tell him either (or maybe he just wasn't paying attention). It wasn't until he took Pluto away that he realized a small dwarf planet was following him around.

Alright, given the deep affection between husband and wife, Luo Qing couldn't refuse. So, carrying one ball in each hand and one ball in each hand, he hurried over for three days and finally arrived at the edge of the Kuiper Belt.

...

The solar system fleet that had retreated from Kuiper Belt passed by Luo Qing, who was on his way.

Enveloped in pale gold, Pluto and Charon were extremely bright in the universe, and a considerable number of the retreating fleet's warships gradually noticed these two dwarf planets that were traveling at speeds far exceeding the third cosmic velocity.

"Looking up, Pluto? What's Pluto doing here?" A crew member recognized the former ninth planet of the solar system by Pluto's deep blue markings.

“Pluto’s companion star is also there. Charon is very close to Pluto, less than 10,000 kilometers away, almost touching it.”

"I haven't seen any planetary engines on Pluto either."

"It's impossible to build planetary engines on Pluto. Currently, only the Moon and Mercury have a certain number of planetary engines, which exist as backups for the Wandering Mercury Project and the Moon Chasing Project, respectively. Other planets do not have them."

"What is Pluto doing?"

"When in doubt, try quantum mechanics. If that still doesn't work, then try blaming the cultivators... Have the sensor array scan the vicinity of Pluto; we should be able to find our beloved Wallfacer."

Upon hearing this, a crew member immediately activated the warship's high-precision optical observation system and indeed spotted the Wallfacer flying on a 'star'.

"It really is the Wallfacer. Even though it's blurry, I could recognize him even if he turned to ashes!"

"So this is the truth. The Wallfacer pushed Pluto, apparently intending for it to crash into the giant ring. Tell the fleets behind to be careful and avoid it. If things have come to the point where the Wallfacer has to take action himself, it's enough to show that the three main fleets have failed to achieve the expected results. Tell the Uranus and Neptune defense lines to prepare for the enemy. The giant ring is about to enter the solar system."

"Don't be so pessimistic. Maybe if the Wallfacer throws out two dwarf planets, the giant rings will explode?"

"The ring is too large for these two dwarf planets to fly very fast... but let's hope so, and may God bless Luo Qing." The crew member from a Christian family prayed sincerely.

...

Large ring.

The aftermath of the collision of the three star-class warships continues.

The continental shelf of the giant ring suffered irreversible structural damage. The shockwaves of the destructive wave swept across the ring, and huge metallic waves swept outwards from the point of impact towards both ends of the ring. Countless grand structures, cities, and mountains were completely flattened within seconds.

On the surface of the giant ring, the surface of the 12 districts was almost completely destroyed. Most of the dinosaurs had moved to the refuge tunnels inside the ring, while the white fish dug out a huge underground refuge and led the Puji and the balloon fish inside.

The three enormous gaps reached deep into the core of the ring, revealing a pure white skeleton.

Even the framework of the white dwarf star showed large cracks. Despite the buffer of the steel and soil surfaces, the white dwarf star framework did not completely break apart, but at least 300 billion tons of white dwarf matter broke through the stable state of electron degeneracy pressure under external influences and caused a chain reaction of explosions.

The original one-piece white dwarf ring-shaped framework now has three huge gaps.

However, the Devouring Empire, which had luckily escaped the explosion, had no time to assess the damage to the Great Ring. All the dinosaurs saw the new figure blocking the Great Ring of Devouring.

The target stood in the ravaged Kuiper Belt, beneath him a new asteroid belt composed of countless wrecks of warships from both sides—a desolate battlefield filled with wreckage and molten metal. He was as insignificant as a speck of dust, and behind him, the shadows of two planets gradually emerged.

Starlight fell on his face, and those familiar eyes almost suffocated the dinosaurs. This person was exactly the same as the previous pseudo-god worm.

After recognizing the false god worm, the commander of the Great Ring immediately used the elevator inside the ring to find Shanqing's grave on Anvil Plain. Fortunately, Anvil Plain was not directly hit, otherwise Shanqing's entire grave would probably have been destroyed.

"What's wrong?" Shanqing's ghost floated on the tombstone, looking at the Tyrannosaurus Rex in front of him.

Tyrannosaurus Karl didn't speak, but instead showed the Devouring Empire's observations via video: a human who looked exactly like Shan Qing, but wasn't wearing a spacesuit, was blocking the Devouring Giant Ring.

"Another one like you has arrived. How many false gods like you are there in human civilization in total?" Karl asked in a deep voice.

“It’s just me,” Shanqing explained.

"What's the other one?" The Commander of the Great Ring pointed to the dark shadow in the sky in the video.

"Huh? My true form has come to pick me up?" Shanqing jumped down from the tombstone, looking very excited.

"The real body?" Tyrannosaurus Karl's voice was full of doubt.

“Yes, he is my true form… Your Great Ring must have killed quite a few humans, right? Then you’re doomed. You’d better have new four-dimensional fragments and antimatter weapons to stop my true form, otherwise you might as well surrender.” Shanqing’s soul was excited for a while, then lay back down in the grave. “I’ll wait for him to come and get me. You can do as you please.”

Tyrannosaurus Karl asked, "The Empire has no option to surrender. The Great Ring is severely injured and needs to consume more planets to replenish its energy. This is beyond the control of the dinosaurs. I'd like to know, how does your true form compare to your strength?"

A voice emerged from the grave: "Let's split it 30/70, I get 30% and he gets 70%."

"Then there's still a chance to fight," Tyrannosaurus Karl murmured.

...

The dinosaurs mobilized all their antimatter weapons, which were manufactured bit by bit using a high-energy particle accelerator. At this moment, they were all enveloped in a strong magnetic field and suspended in front of the giant ring.

The small, dragon-crafted four-dimensional fragment at the ring's center began to drift slowly. Most of the antimatter weapons were packed into the fragment, preparing for the same hyperspace attack as before. The Ring Defense Officer said, "The dwarf planet behind the target is the largest dwarf planet in the solar system. We first encountered this dwarf planet back in the Dragon Ant Federation era. In the early days of the Dragon Ant Federation, they even considered Pluto to be the ninth planet of the solar system. Now, this dwarf planet, older than the Empire, is hurtling towards the giant ring at ten times the third cosmic velocity!"

The technologist said, "The gravitational waves emitted by this dwarf planet are distorted, and its center of mass does not seem to be in the exact center—the gravitational wave detection results are in, and there is another dwarf planet with a diameter of 1000 kilometers behind Pluto. The pseudo-god worms have hidden the small dwarf planet behind them. How cunning, cunning human worms."

The technician added, "Currently, no propulsion devices have been detected on these two dwarf planets. It seems that the False God Worm directly manipulated the gravitational field to drag them here. Imperial history records that true gods can manipulate gravitational fields and move stars and even black holes!"

The Great Ring Defense Officer: "Request permission to use the 'Sun Spear' (gamma laser beam cannon) to destroy Pluto, just as we destroyed Eris."

The Grand Ring Commander rejected the idea: "Over a hundred 'Sun Spears' were destroyed in the recent explosion, and the remaining two hundred were also damaged to varying degrees. Have the 'Sun Spear' system target the pseudo-god worms; only the 'Sun Spears' can quickly strike these highly mobile pseudo-god worms. As for the two incoming dwarf planets, deal with them with nuclear weapons. Have the Grand Ring's still-operating missile defense system launch interstellar nuclear missiles to destroy those two dwarf planets."

The giant ring's volume is 12.34 times that of Earth, and Earth's volume is 165 times that of Pluto. In total, the giant ring's volume is 1980 times that of Pluto, nearly two thousand times. Looking at Pluto from the giant ring's perspective is like looking at a mouse from a human's perspective (specifically, a northern mouse).

In the past, giant rings of dwarf planets like Pluto were not considered food. Therefore, the oppressive feeling of a Pluto blocking the way of a giant ring is the same as the oppressive feeling of a field mouse blocking the way of humans.

Even if this field mouse is flying over at ten times the speed of the third cosmic velocity.

The dinosaurs were worldly-wise. Although the giant ring was weakened, it was still not something that a dwarf planet could shake. The two sides were still far apart, and the giant ring had enough time to decide whether to fight or dodge.

Before the cosmic dust of the Kuiper Belt had settled, the fewer than 200 gamma laser beam cannons that survived the super-explosion of the Devouring Ring began to operate again, launching a light-speed attack on the figure.

Subsequently, within the shattered ring, interstellar nuclear missile launch sites began to emerge. These interstellar nuclear missiles were another self-defense weapon of the ring. In battles against humans, these interstellar nuclear missiles, which could travel at a maximum speed of Mach 1000 in space, posed no threat to the high-speed human fleet. However, at this moment, these interstellar nuclear missiles could be used to attack the dwarf planet behind Luo Qing.

After the attack by the ring began, the ring attempted to maneuver, but due to the extensive damage to the equatorial engines, the ring's maneuverability was very low. However, it was likely that it could evade the super meteor shower following the destruction of Pluto.

As for that false god worm, it was instantly engulfed by more than two hundred 'sun spears'.

The Great Ring Defense Officer said, "This pseudo-god worm is too arrogant. The reason the last pseudo-god worm caused so much damage to the Empire was because it was in the Inner Ring, outside the range of the 'Sun Spear' system, and we couldn't use high-yield weapons against the Great Ring... But if this pseudo-god worm appears in space 2 million kilometers away, it will be a sitting duck."

The commander of the Great Ring said in a deep voice, "Don't underestimate the Pseudo-God Worm. This Pseudo-God Worm is three times stronger than the one that appeared on Anvil Plains before. Even it took us four-dimensional fragments and a large number of antimatter bullets to kill it. Tell that little four-dimensional block to get ready for a hyperspace attack."

"Fuck!"

A strange sound suddenly appeared in the command center, and the main screen flickered, displaying a bunch of static like an old-fashioned television short-circuiting.

Before the dinosaur could react, a picture popped out from the middle of the snowflakes, showing a blue flag slowly waving.

Five gold cross stars, one large and four small, are inlaid in the upper left corner of the flag. The flag's background color is the same blue as Earth's, with star stripes undulating across the flag. The blue emblem of the Earth United Government, inherited from the United Nations, is faintly visible against the background, while the insignia of the three major fleets stand neatly on the left side of the flag.

This is……

"The banner of humanity!" The commander of the Great Ring was the first to react, and he angrily swung his tail, smashing the display screen.

"Has the signal been hacked? Where are the engineers?"

The engineers watched helplessly as more and more screens in the command center were hacked, revealing the blue flag amidst the increasing static and noise.

"Humans hijacked our electromagnetic signals? How did they do that? We don't even use the same communication bands as humans, and there are no interference sources nearby." An engineer said blankly.

【Hello?】

Following the hijacking of the video, the sonic communicator was also hijacked. Luo Qing's voice rang out in all the networked devices of the entire ring, still using the swallowing language.

The well-informed commander of the Great Ring roared, "A pseudo-god worm?"

It is not unusual to manipulate electromagnetic waves at will. In the history books of the empire, the true gods did indeed have the ability to arbitrarily analyze and distort electromagnetic wave signals.

If nothing unexpected happens, the other party should be 2 million kilometers away, directly distorting and covering the full-band electromagnetic wave communication of the large ring.

Fortunately, the weapon operating system of the large ring is transmitted through optical fiber. No matter how strong the opponent is, it is impossible to directly intercept photons transmitted in optical fiber.

Call me Luo Qing.

The sound continued.

[I now reiterate that the invasion of the Solar System by the Devouring Fleet and the Devouring Ring is a fact akin to that of a neutron star. The Solar System Fleet's counterattack against the Devouring Ring and the Devouring Fleet is a defensive response for the sake of civilization's survival!]

[Before I destroy the Devouring Ring, I will allow you to make a final explanation.]

While Luo Qing was speaking, he casually waved his hand, creating a pseudo-black hole-level gravitational field that bent the photon beams. With a gentle wrap, the photon beams vanished like streams flowing into the ocean. His right hand formed a miniature white hole, from which a gamma laser beam condensed and was released. He then flicked it at light speed towards the array of cannons firing the "Sun Spears" from the giant ring.

By continuously increasing the energy density with spiritual power, Luo Qing could barely use this little trick. However, since energy is not mass, he had not yet learned how to convert energy into mass. Therefore, the miniature black hole he formed was not a real black hole, but rather a kind of instantaneous black hole similar to the one Ding Yi theoretically created by impacting a high-energy particle accelerator.

Only black holes can distort beams of photons.

Eight minutes later, the last two hundred or so 'sun spears' were all destroyed, and the dinosaurs lost their last gamma laser ray cannons.

Upon receiving the news, the Devouring Empire remained silent.

The commander of the Great Ring realized he had been deceived by Shan Qing. The 30/70 split was a joke. This was probably not some so-called pseudo-god worm, but a true quasi-god who protected the solar system, just like the true "god" who protected the Great Ring.

The commander of the Great Ring reacted the fastest. He immediately changed the target's identity from the mortal enemy of the Dinosaur Empire to a true cosmic deity. He said to the largest display screen, "Honorable quasi-god, the Great Ring cannot be stopped. It has an independent intelligent system and will fly to the nearest planet with the richest resources to forage on its own."

I'm sorry, but this reason isn't enough to convince me. In the next hour, I will completely destroy the Devouring Ring, ending its threat to any planet in the solar system—this is part of the plan.

(End of this chapter)