Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 385 Spiritual Energy Field

The first to sense that something was wrong were the Ignivas who were lingering on the planet's periphery.

Being in the void, they are particularly sensitive to changes in the spiritual energy field. After all, their most common mode of transportation in the starry sea is to jump between the spiritual energy fields of various planets. Simply put, they first get themselves captured by the vortex-like spiritual energy field, and then try to get themselves thrown out by the spiraling spiritual energy field.

This so-called homecoming is nothing more than letting oneself be captured by the spiritual energy field of one's home planet and circle back again and again.

However, they are not in a hurry to go back right now, mainly because they are still preparing for war. Now that they know they have been targeted by the infamous Ubo Salas, they naturally cannot bring trouble back to their home planet.

However, the Ignivas were well aware that when they chose to return, they had already brought trouble with them.

This also made the Ignivas feel somewhat ashamed, after all, they had witnessed Upo Salas sending assassins to their home planet, but in order to lure out this damned schemer, they could not do anything and could only watch helplessly as the three assassins acted with impunity on their home planet.

If there's any good news to be had, it's that the strange wooden figure showed an unexpectedly reliable side. When the wooden figure destroyed three assassins from hundreds of miles away using only its clones, they reluctantly acknowledged this non-blood-related relative.

But just as the Ignivas were considering their next move...

The singing bowl of the Ignivas at the very front suddenly moved.

"What are you doing!"

The Ignivas behind immediately issued commands in their minds, after all, this was not part of their plan—if they acted too hastily, they would fall into a trap. Although the Ignivas liked to attack fiercely like flames, it did not mean that they would act recklessly.

But at that very moment, the cries of the singing bowls also rang out in Unicom's consciousness.

"It's not me! It's the spiritual energy field of our home planet... sense it yourselves!"

The Ignivas didn't even need to sense anything; the suddenly increased gravity had already pulled them quite a distance—especially since they were currently in the void, which directly amplified the pulling effect of gravity.

"What... what happened to our home planet?"

At this point, the Ignivas understood perfectly well that the spiritual energy field of their home planet had suddenly increased its inward rotation.

In the terminology of some so-called silicon-based civilizations, it could be called a "sudden increase in gravity," but obviously, under normal circumstances, such a thing is absolutely impossible—after all, planetary internal rotation is not something that can be decided on a whim; it can even be said that moving one part affects the whole body.

Let alone a planet suddenly increasing its gravity, even a slight change in the planet's angle would cause a cataclysmic upheaval. Just a slight tilt would be enough to kill more than half of the life on the planet.

And in situations like this now...

"Singing bowl! Quickly check how our home planet is!"

The Ignivas behind were extremely anxious; their fiery consciousness almost set the singing bowl ablaze on the spot.

They wanted to return to their home planet, not a dead planet, a planet where species had been wiped out. Even if they went back, they wouldn't find any trace of it.

As the Ignivas on the front lines, Songbo was naturally anxious. He didn't even need his kinsmen at the rear to say anything; he had already begun to observe his distant home planet.

To his surprise, the entire planet continued to operate smoothly. This was an extremely strange situation; the spiritual energy field had clearly increased in intensity, yet everything on the planet seemed unaffected, as if the change in the spiritual energy field had never occurred.

Or rather, even if it exists, it doesn't affect life at all.

The homeworld of the Ignivas, that aquamarine planet, is operating with remarkable precision, maintaining the planet's integrity while simultaneously spreading its spiritual energy field outwards with unrestrained force—its menacing appearance suggests it is trying to capture something.

One circle, two circles, three circles, five circles—the fluctuations of the spiritual energy field continued to spread outward.

Not only were the Ignivas caught up in it, but even the rubble and debris in the void were swept up as well. The boulders that were originally floating in the void gradually rushed toward the blue planet with tremendous force—but as soon as those boulders carrying such force entered the atmosphere, their immense force caused them to ignite themselves through friction with the air.

Just as the rain of fire was about to fall, a layer of water-laden clouds blocked it, and the giant rocks, which had just been burning red-hot, shattered into countless fragments as they passed through the water.

Layer upon layer of clouds continuously carried the fragments until they landed intact in the same basin.

"This...is this okay?"

If the Ignivas people thought it was just a coincidence when the dark clouds appeared, they were all speechless when all the meteor fragments fell into the same no-man's-land.

At this moment, they all sensed a certain will.

A certain kind of will, so strong it's almost exaggerated.

That was something they could never have imagined, a possibility they had never even considered: that a planet itself could awaken its own will and even achieve such a feat.

So, who could be the one who could make their home planet so aggressive?

"boom--"

At that very moment, a crack suddenly appeared behind a shooting star.

It was as if there was a crack that had always been there, but it had been sewn up very well. But now, the crack that had been disguised so well that no one could see it was torn open on the spot by the gravitational waves generated by the spiritual energy field. And in that crack, a hand inlaid with gemstones was pulled out by the gravitational waves.

In fact, it wasn't just her hands, but also her arms behind her back, which were adorned with countless bracelets. Just looking at the dazzling array of jewels was enough to blind anyone.

But at that very moment, the bracelets on his arm shattered one after another.

Jade bracelets, gemstone bracelets, dazzling rings, and gorgeous finger rings—those videos that looked extremely valuable—exploded one after another, managing to delay the gravitational wave's pull for a moment.

That brief moment of hesitation allowed the hand to retract into the crack.

"They actually damaged so much of my property..."

A piercing shriek came from within the crevice.

(End of this chapter)