The Star Train's Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 99 Devouring Beast and Mana Flower
"It seems that we really can't attract the Devouring Beasts. What attracts them is actually the fluctuation of life essence caused by emotional changes," Meng Huaifeng concluded.

"But we've been here for so long and made quite a commotion, doesn't that Devouring Beast feel anything at all?" March 7 asked, puzzled.

“Under normal circumstances, the Devouring Beasts are in a dormant state. They will only be awakened if they sense intense emotional fluctuations or too much noise,” Hongkou said.

“If we really need to attract the Devouring Beasts, I can do it,” Hongkou said after a moment’s hesitation.

Both Hongkou and Poxiao are seasoned hunters with extremely stable emotions. Even after learning that the pioneering team were aliens, their emotions did not change much, which is why they did not attract the Devouring Beasts.

If the hunter team and the dust people who transport supplies were like the two of them, the danger of gathering supplies would be greatly reduced.

Unfortunately, in a large forest, there are all kinds of birds. When they first arrived on the ground, things were fine, but after staying there for a while, some people would wake up the Devouring Beasts due to tension, fear, jealousy, envy, etc.

Once the Devouring Beasts appeared, their emotions became even more uncontrollable, attracting more and more of them, eventually leading to a great battle and their escape.

"No need, we're just curious if we can attract the Devouring Beasts," Meng Huaifeng refused.

The group walked a little further and a huge crater appeared before them, with a giant scarlet flower in the center of the crater.

"Is this the Mana Flower?" Himeko took a few steps closer and examined the Mana Flower carefully.

The Mana Flower swayed, spewing out a scarlet mist.

"Be careful, this is scarlet pigment. It can cause hallucinations and also transmit information to awaken the Devouring Beasts," Hongkou warned.

Himeko plucked a petal from a Mana flower and stored it in her ticket space, intending to study it later.

Meng Huaifeng used EtherEdit to transform the real world into a data world in his eyes, and then forcibly connected it to the Mana Flower.

His etheric editing skills are too low to rewrite reality, but he can barely access real-world data.

It's somewhat similar to the Heavenly Questions Technique, but it's far inferior in terms of both access range and access speed.

However, it's not without its advantages.

To use the Heavenly Inquiry Technique, you must first ask a question, but if you don't even know what you want to know, then the Heavenly Inquiry Technique is useless.

Using Ethereum to edit and access the data allows you to uncover all related information, including things you might never have imagined.

Looking at the information contained within the Mana Flower, Meng Huaifeng couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Wow, energy transmission, scarlet pigment conversion, Devouring Beast Evolution Type I, Type II, Metamorphosis... It has so many functions. This is not like a plant that can be produced in nature at all. It is more like an information port, a biological weapon."

"It seems the catastrophe in this world was indeed caused by humans. What a vicious method," Walter said in a low voice, somewhat angry.

"That's terrible! Even worse than the Star Core!" March 7th exclaimed indignantly.

"Are we really not able to find the mastermind? I want to smash his head with a baseball bat," Xing said.

“The mastermind is outside the universe; finding him in the vast sea of ​​stars won’t be easy,” Walter shook his head.

"To find him, one option is to wait until I've progressed further on my destiny journey and use the Heavenly Inquiry Technique to search this universe. The other is to wait for him to make another move and then follow the trail. Neither method is likely to work in the short term, so let's focus on resolving the Mana ecosystem first," Meng Huaifeng said pragmatically while infiltrating the Mana Flower's information.

"Swish swish swish~"

The sound of massive objects moving could be heard in the distance.

"The crimson pigment released by the Mana Flower has attracted the Devouring Beasts. Be careful." Hongkou drew her greatsword and looked in the direction from which the voice came.

Dawn, on the other hand, set up the city's defenders and equipped them with gravity machine guns, standing side by side with Red.

"Roar!"

A Devouring Beast crawled out of the building ruins and roared at the crowd.

Soon, a second, a third... dozens of Devouring Beasts surrounded the group.

The tentacles on the Devouring Beast's body swayed constantly, seemingly engaging in some kind of communication, before swarming forward.

"The land is frozen solid for thousands of miles."

On March 7th, with a simple gesture, the dozen or so Devouring Beasts in the direction she was facing were all frozen into ice sculptures in various poses.

"These are some of the unique monsters in this world. They're a bit ugly, but let's take a group photo to remember them." March 7th turned around, pointed the camera at himself, and pressed the button with a 'click'.

One baseball bat per star, it can be smashed back to where it came from.

Zhu Zhuqing's martial spirit possessed her, and her claws formed half-meter-long energy blades. In a flash, she severed the heads of more than ten Devouring Beasts.

Hongkou fearlessly charged towards the Devouring Beast horde. With her Gravity Body under her feet and flames spewing from her back to propel her, she moved and turned nimbly through the Devouring Beasts, her greatsword decapitating them one by one.

Dawn used heavy machine guns to cover Red Hair, and anyone who tried to attack Red Hair would have their head blown off by a burst of bullets.

"Good combat awareness, a promising candidate to pilot a mech," Walter commented, watching the two fight.

"These monsters are so weak," Xing said with some disdain.

“They are just the weakest of the pan-evolving Devouring Beasts, and they are not dead. They will be resurrected soon.” Hongkou shook off the slime on her greatsword and said solemnly.

The pioneering team looked at the slain Devouring Beast and saw that the flesh and blood at its wounds were constantly writhing, which was extremely disgusting.

Those whose bodies were relatively intact, those whose heads were broken and bleeding from being hit by the stars, have already gotten back up, while those that were split in two have also regenerated small parts of their bodies.

"How come it's just like the bountiful monster?" March 7th exclaimed in surprise.

And you know what? It's pretty much true. It has a tenacious vitality, can be resurrected, and can even plunder the abundant blessings (life essence) of others to become stronger and evolve. If you say it's not a bountiful evil, not many people would believe it.

Xing rushed up and struck the resurrected Devouring Beast with a stick again, this time using more force, flattening the Devouring Beast's head.

However, their flesh and blood continued to wriggle, gradually returning to their original state.

"According to the information in the Mana Flower, the Devouring Beast has a core that stores life essence. It is the life essence that constantly uses energy to regenerate rapidly. Breaking the core will kill them," Meng Huaifeng pointed out, having found the Devouring Beast's weakness in its Type I evolution information.

Zhu Zhuqing carefully sensed the energy flow within the Devouring Beast's body, and then suddenly pierced its body with her sharp claws.

The Devouring Beast trembled, and its flesh stopped wriggling.

Zhu Zhuqing clearly sensed that the energy within her body was no longer under control and had completely dissipated into the air.

"So, the Devouring Beasts can actually be killed?" Hongkou and Poxiao asked with complicated expressions.

What exactly has the Lighthouse Research Institute been doing for the past thirty years?
They couldn't even figure out how to completely kill the Devouring Beast. If they had figured it out earlier, it wouldn't have been impossible to clear a safe zone on the ground.

The two tried to kill the Devouring Beast completely, but embarrassingly, even though they knew that there was a core inside the Devouring Beast, they could not sense where that core was.

The core location of each Devouring Beast is not the same.

"Um, we can't sense it." Hongkou looked at the others awkwardly.

On March 7th, more than ten ice arrows were shot out, shattering all the cores of the Devouring Beasts surrounding Hongkou.

"Later I will pass on the cultivation method designed by Uncle Yang to you. You should cultivate it well. When you reach a certain level, you will be able to sense the energy flow on the Devouring Beast's body," Meng Huaifeng said without looking up.

"Thank you," Hongkou said.

"However, let me make it clear beforehand that my skills have been affected by a certain being. If I pass on a skill to you, I will definitely gain a skill from you as well. If you cannot accept this, Uncle Yang can teach you slowly," Meng Huaifeng said.

“What’s so unacceptable about that? I’m just afraid that what we know won’t meet your standards.” Hongkou didn’t care at all.

In the distance, a different kind of Devouring Beast, unlike the snake-dog from before, climbed onto a tall building, opened its mouth, and fired an energy cannon at the group.

Not just from this direction, but several energy cannons were also bombarding from other directions.

At the same time, more melee-type Devouring Beasts surrounded them. Xing raised his Flame Spear, and a fiery red shield enveloped everyone, the energy cannons landing on the shield without moving an inch.

Several drones flew out of Himeko's suitcase and headed towards the Devouring Beasts that were launching a long-range attack from a distance.

On March 7th, Zhu Zhuqing and Walter each stood in one direction and completely killed all the Devouring Beasts.

Hongkou and Poxiao stood awkwardly inside the protective barrier, somewhat at a loss.

"Don't worry about it, relax. Everyone starts from being weak and grows up slowly," Himeko comforted the two with a smile.

"That's right, I went through the same thing. I clung to powerful figures for two years, and it felt pretty good to just lie back and relax," Meng Huaifeng said nostalgically.

Now, I'm almost capable of handling things on my own.

However, both combat power and ether editing are still somewhat immature, and there is still a lot of work to be done.

Breaking through the information blockade of the Mana ecosystem is a very good experience!
After calming down, Hongkou and Poxiao observed the battle situation and went to Zhu Zhuqing's side to provide her with support.

The city was teeming with Devouring Beasts, along with countless Spine Worms, but none of their numbers mattered against the train crew.

"This is never going to end! How come there are so many?" March 7th asked impatiently, "There are no survivors in this city, right?"

“No, I recorded the life characteristics of the Devouring Beast and the Spine Worm, and after scanning the city, I found no other life characteristics in this area,” Himeko said.

"Frozen world of ice and snow!"

March 7th pressed his hand to the ground, and imaginary energy surged. The Six Phases Ice bypassed March 7th's own people and quickly spread to the surroundings.

In just over ten seconds, the entire city was transformed into a snow-covered wonderland!
Hongkou and Poxiao were dumbfounded. Was this... their true power?
This is simply... God!

With such immense power, how could any disaster be unsolvable?

Having witnessed Dan Heng's one-on-one battle against all the gods of the divine realm, Zhu Zhuqing's expression remained unchanged. This was nothing compared to what she had seen.

Xing walked up to a frozen Devouring Beast and smashed it into pieces with a baseball bat.

"What are you doing?" March 7 asked, puzzled.

Xing looked at the Devouring Beast's body, which was slowly beginning to wriggle, and said disdainfully, "March, you haven't completely dealt with them yet."

"That's just how ice is, what can I do?" March 7 pouted. "The Destruction Legion of Yalilo VI has been frozen for hundreds of years, and they can still come back to life after being thawed. Although these guys are weak, they are still somewhat like the creatures of the Abundance, so it's not surprising that they can't be frozen to death, is it?"

"In March, thaw this." Xing then approached another Devouring Beast.

"What now?" March 7th asked, but still thawed the ice.

Xingyi smashed the Devouring Beast to death with his baseball bat and said, "Let's see how many times this guy can revive without destroying its core."

One minute later, the Devouring Beast revived, and Xing immediately hit the baseball bat again.

Three minutes later, the Devouring Beast revived again, and Xing hit another baseball bat.

Ten minutes, an hour...

"Its internal energy has been exhausted, and it is slowly absorbing external energy. It is estimated that it will take twelve hours to revive," Walter judged.

Xing didn't have the patience to wait that long, so she directly shattered the core of the Devouring Beast, causing its life essence to dissipate and making it unable to absorb energy to restore its body.

Meng Huaifeng finally put away his phone.

"How is it?" Himeko asked.

“This Mana Flower is just a sapling; it doesn’t directly connect to the Crimson Vortex Space. Instead, it connects to the mother plant. Only the mother plant, the Mana Flower King, can connect to the Crimson Vortex Space. I tried to invade the Crimson Space through the information channels between the Mana Flowers, but I failed. Once the information entered another space, it could no longer be received. I wonder if I alerted them,” Meng Huaifeng said, frowning.

"So, if we want to enter the Ape Vortex Space, we need to go through the Mana Flower King?" Himeko asked.

“Yes, even if I induce the portal in the Ape Vortex Space to appear here, the portal will appear on the Mana Flower King’s side, not here. So we need to go to the Mana Flower King’s side first,” Meng Huaifeng said.

"It's so complicated." March 7th felt a little dizzy.

"Don't listen to that, we just need to focus on doing the work," Xing said.

"You've found the Flower King's location, haven't you?" Himeko asked.

"Yes, it's just over a thousand kilometers to the east, in a place called Jiuchuan City before the apocalypse," Meng Huaifeng said. "Mana flowers mostly bloom in cities and densely populated areas. I really don't believe there's no one manipulating it behind the scenes."

It was getting late, so the pioneering team decided to rest for the night before setting off again.

After finding a reasonably good house in the city, the Herrscher of Welt activated her powers, and the dilapidated house was instantly transformed, without even needing to be cleaned of dust.

The all-powerful Uncle Yang!
Meng Huaifeng transmitted Walter's training method to Hongkou and Poxiao, and obtained intermediate mecha control from the two of them.

Although both are intermediate-level mech piloting techniques, their focuses and strengths differ, and their combined abilities complement each other.

Once Meng Huaifeng gets a little familiar with the game, his skills will likely surpass those of Hongkou and Poxiao.

However, Meng Huaifeng wasn't particularly interested in mecha.

After eating the dinner prepared in advance in the ticket space, everyone chose a room to rest.

"Bang bang."

There was a knock on the door.

Meng Huaifeng got up and opened the door, only to see Hongkou standing there.

"Sister Hongkou, what can I do for you?" Meng Huaifeng asked, puzzled.

"Um, I wanted to ask, could I tell the Lighthouse about the weaknesses of the Devouring Beast?" Hongkou asked somewhat shyly.

“Of course you can, but even if you tell them, they won’t find out. Just like you, they’ll have to wait until someone on their side has mastered Uncle Yang’s cultivation method to a certain level before they can,” Meng Huaifeng said.

Hongkou's face lit up with joy, but she didn't leave. Instead, she continued to look at Meng Huaifeng and pleaded, "That's good. But I can't contact the Lighthouse right now. It seems only you can contact them. Can you help me tell them?"

"It's nothing, no problem. They all wanted to burn you and Brother Dawn to death, and you're still thinking about them," Meng Huaifeng said with emotion.

“Some people are indeed despicable, but others are innocent.” Hongkou said with some sadness.

Meng Huaifeng took out his phone and contacted Jingnan directly. After sending her all the details about the Devouring Beast's weaknesses, he disconnected without saying a word more.

Jingnan, who was still in a daze, couldn't find anyone to ask him anything and was full of questions.

Believe it or not, it's up to you.

After Hongkou left, Meng Huaifeng did not rest. Instead, he used the EtherEditor to analyze various program codes and studied how to apply them in reality, striving to improve himself.

sleepless nights.

Early in the morning, Meng Huaifeng patted Hongkou and Poxiao, who were wearing gravity suits.

"Add a program to your gravity bodies. With this program, you can see the weaknesses of the Devouring Beasts." Meng Huaifeng connected his phone to the systems of the two gravity bodies and transferred the program he had just edited last night.

"An unknown program has been detected installing. Do you want to stop it?"

Hongkou and Poxiao quickly chose no.

Energy detection equipment is very common in the world, and there are several on the train. Meng Huaifeng had already recorded its program, but he hadn't had time to analyze it yet.

After analyzing and modifying it using Ethereum editing software last night, I finally succeeded in making it work without any related instruments, just by using the program itself.

This is EtherEdit, rewriting reality!
(End of this chapter)