I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

One is the philosophical aspect of "debate".

One is "erasure" at the conceptual level.

The two are not even in the same dimension!

When "Little Black" rushed into the core of the "Eyeball Monster's" soul, its proud "distorted" rules and "nihilistic" thoughts were as fragile as a joke in the face of the "zeroing" power of "End".

The "Eyeball Monster" feels its soul being "deleted" little by little.

Its thoughts, its memories, its very existence... were all forcibly wiped out by an incomprehensible and irresistible terrifying force!

That feeling is ten thousand times more terrifying than death!

Because it is watching with its own eyes how "itself" is turning into "nothingness".

No...no...spare...my life...

A fragmented thought, filled with fear and pleading, came from the depths of the "Eyeball Monster's" soul.

It... is begging for mercy!

The cosmic mentor who was just aloof and looked down on everything as dust has now cowered.

"Oh? Now you know to beg for mercy?" Lu Yuan picked at his ear. "Too late."

"Weren't you quite talkative just now? Didn't you say that nothing mattered? Come on, keep talking."

"Isn't your current will to live rather meaningless? You're going to die anyway, so what's the difference between dying sooner or later? Why not just end it all and return to 'reality'?"

Lu Yuan repeated almost verbatim what the "eyeball monster" had just said.

【I was wrong……】

I... am... dust...

You... are... real...

The "Eyeball Monster's" will to survive clearly overcame its philosophical beliefs. It began to frantically beg Lu Yuan for mercy in the most humble way.

The members of the "League of Gods" felt their worldviews had been refreshed once again as they witnessed this scene.

They watched the man hovering in space, hands in his pockets, impatiently reprimanding a planet-sized monster, and only one thought crossed their minds:

Their leader... seems to be the real villainous boss!

"Alright, enough nonsense." Lu Yuan seemed to have lost interest in teasing it. "I'll ask, you answer. If you tell a single lie, or are even a second too slow, Little Black will erase a piece of your memory. It'll be over when it turns you into an idiot."

【Yes! Yes! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!】The will of the "Eyeball Monster" trembled like a sieve.

"How many people came this time? Oh no, how many animals?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Reporting...to...the great...truth..." the "Eyeball Monster" answered tremblingly. "We...are...the 'Seventh Void Fleet'...this time...we are...on...the 'Lord of Devouring's'...orders...to...capture...the 'Newborn Chaos Source'..."

The fleet... has... a total of... thirty... six... 'Lords'... I... am... the... thirty-sixth... Lord... the 'Twisted Gaze'...

Besides... us... there are... hundreds of millions... of... "servants"...

Thirty-six lords?

This guy is just the very last one?

Then wouldn't the one ranked ahead of it be even stronger?

And what about that "Lord of Devouring"? You can tell from the name that he's no pushover.

Inside the bridge, Su Lie and Qian Sen's expressions turned extremely grim upon hearing this information.

They originally thought that this was already the main force of the Void Hunters.

Unexpectedly, this... is just a fleet?

Moreover, they were facing only the lowest-ranking lord in this fleet.

This universe is too dangerous!

However, Lu Yuan's focus was completely different from theirs.

"Thirty-six lords?" He stroked his chin, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "Doesn't that mean there are thirty-five more... different flavors of 'epic-level materials'?"

"And that 'Lord of Devouring'? Sounds like... the flesh should be pretty good!"

Su Lie and Qian Sen almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Why is it that our focus is always on a completely different wavelength from yours?

"One last question," Lu Yuan's voice turned icy, "Where is your 'Lord of Devouring' now?"

The Lord...slumbers...in the 'Nest of the Void'...

The Lord... is waiting... for us... to bring... the 'Source of Chaos' back...

"Asleep?" Lu Yuan's eyes lit up. "Doesn't that mean he can't come over right now?"

Yes...yes...crossing...the 'World's Scar'...requires...enormous...energy...and...time...

"very good."

Lu Yuan got the answer he wanted.

He grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

"Since the older ones can't come, then you younger ones..."

"None of them are leaving."

"Little Black, increase the pressure. Don't kill it, leave it a breath."

"I want...alive."

【No--!!!】

The Twisted Gaze let out a final, desperate scream.

Then, its soul was completely swallowed by the darkness of "zeroing out," leaving behind only a huge, unconscious, vegetative-like body.

Lu Yuan looked at the enormous, motionless mountain of flesh floating in space and nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, guys!"

He shouted into the communications channel.

"I've crippled the boss! Now, tie it up!"

"Tonight, we're having... grilled eyeballs!"

"Tie...tied up?"

Gu Tianye, who was engaged in a fierce battle with the Void Hunters, paused upon hearing Lu Yuan's command and was nearly struck by the tail of a monster.

He turned his head to look at the enormous mountain of flesh in the distance, which resembled a small planet, and then looked at the battle axe in his hand, feeling somewhat... at a loss.

"Boss, this thing is way too big! How do you tie it up? What do you use to tie it up?" he asked, looking completely bewildered.

This thing is over 10,000 kilometers in diameter; even if all of humanity held hands, they couldn't wrap their arms around it. What would you use to tie it down?

"Idiot! Use your brain!" Lu Yuan yelled into the comms. "Who told you to tie us up with ropes? We're superhumans! We need to use superhuman methods!"

"Mu Bingli!" Lu Yuan ordered.

"Yes." A cool voice rang out.

"Use your absolute zero to freeze it! Remember, it's a conceptual freeze, not a physical freeze! I want you to freeze its 'space,' rendering it immobile! Can you do that?"

"Okay." Mu Bingli said succinctly. She gently pressed a button on the guqin with her slender hand, and the music stopped abruptly.

The next second, she transformed into a streak of icy blue light and instantly appeared above the enormous "Twisted Gaze".

She closed her eyes, spread her arms, and an invisible, absolute chill, enough to freeze the soul, spread from her body.

There was no frost, no cold.

However, the space around the giant monster began to "freeze" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The space itself seemed to have transformed into a gigantic, absolutely transparent piece of amber.

The "Twisted Death" was sealed tightly in the center of this "Spatial Amber," unable to move even a single tentacle.

"Beautiful!" Lu Yuan exclaimed.

"Lin Ziling!"

"Yes, Teacher Lu!"

"Calculate the most stable 'energy structure' and 'physical structure' support points for this monster! Then, send the coordinates to Xiang Batian!"

"Calculation started... Model building in progress... Weakness analysis in progress... Complete! The coordinates of 3,600 'rule anchor points' have been sent to Xiang Batian Armor System!" Countless data streams flashed rapidly in Lin Ziling's eyes.

"Xiang Batian!"

"Hey there, boss!" Xiang Batian had been waiting impatiently for a long time.

"See the coordinates? Use your Titan Power to create 3,600 'Star-Fixing Piles,' and then, according to the coordinates, drive them one by one into this guy's body!"

"Remember! Use skill, not brute force! Like acupuncture, pinpoint the 'acupoints' precisely! If you pin it off-center and cause the 'ingredient' to lose quality, I'll turn you into a 'Titan Steak'!"

"Alright! Just you wait and see!"

Xiang Batian roared excitedly, slung the Heaven-Opening Battle Axe behind his back, and thrust his hands into the void!

"The earth serves as a prison, the Titans as pillars!"

The Titan bloodline within him was burning wildly!

In the surrounding cosmic space, countless earth and metal elements were forcibly extracted, compressed, and condensed by him!

In the blink of an eye, three thousand six hundred enormous stone pillars, each as big as a mountain and shimmering with dark golden light, appeared out of thin air behind him!

Each stone pillar is engraved with thick and ancient Titan runes, exuding an aura of suppression.

"go!"

With a flick of his arms, Xiang Batian sent the 3,600 "Star-Fixing Stakes" flying like arrows, tearing through space with a whistling sound, and aimed with perfect accuracy at the frozen "Twisted Gaze"!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!..."

A series of dull thuds of flesh being pierced rang out.

Three thousand six hundred star-fixing stakes, no more, no less, and without the slightest error, were all nailed to the "rule anchor points" calculated by Lin Ziling!

The enormous monster shuddered violently the moment it was pinned down. The vast energy that had been flowing chaotically within it seemed to have its flow instantly cut off, plunging it into utter stillness.

Its enormous body was firmly fixed in the void by these giant stakes, which were like rivets.

Thus, the first step of the capture plan has been completed!

"Well done!" Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

"Furuamano!"

"Aww! Boss! It's my turn!" Gu Tianye shouted excitedly.

"Your turn! You're strong, be the 'trailer'! See those 'star anchors'? Use your strength to connect them! Then, drag this guy back to the Pangu Temple!"

"Drag...drag it back?" Gu Tianye looked at the fleshy ball that was bigger than the moon and felt that even his Beast God bloodline was not enough.

Dragging a planet? That's an enormous undertaking!

"Nonsense! If we don't drag it back, do you expect me to dissect it on the spot?" Lu Yuan cursed. "Hurry up! The meat won't taste good if it gets cold!"

"Okay!"

Upon hearing the word "eat," Kotenno immediately perked up.

He roared, and his muscles swelled up again, making him grow even bigger!

He transformed into a blood-red afterimage, weaving back and forth among the enormous "Star-Fixing Stakes." Instead of using ropes, he directly used his claws, comparable to divine metal, to forcibly tear spatial rifts in the void. Then, using the power of chaos, he connected these spatial rifts to the Star-Fixing Stakes like chains!

Soon, a giant net composed of thousands of "spatial chains" firmly trapped the "Twisted Gaze".

"Get up, you son of a bitch!"

Gu Tianye hugged the other end of the chain with both arms, and the power of his blood and qi in his body exploded to the extreme!

The void beneath his feet was shattered into pieces by his stomping!

"Boom!"

The enormous monster, which had been frozen and pinned down, was actually being dragged away little by little by Gu Tianye's terrifyingly monstrous strength!

Although it moves as slowly as a snail, it is indeed moving!

Everyone was stunned by what they saw.

Capture a cosmic behemoth the size of a planet?

Then, drag it home like a dead dog?

You probably wouldn't even dare to do something like that in your wildest dreams, right?

But now, it has actually happened right before their eyes.

The warriors of the "League of Gods" looked at Gu Tianye, who was dragging a "planet" like a god or demon, and then at Lu Yuan, who was strategizing and commanding from the rear. Their hearts were filled with endless fanaticism and worship.

With a leader like that, how can we not achieve great things!

"Everyone else, stop standing around!" Lu Yuan's voice rang out again. "The main boss is under control! As for the rest of the small fry, finish them off quickly! If you can't finish this battle within fifteen minutes, you can only look at the barbecue tonight, no eating!"

"Awooooo!"

Everyone panicked when they heard "no barbecue allowed".

This is worse than killing them!

Instantly, everyone's combat power increased by 30% out of thin air!

They were all like they'd been injected with adrenaline, howling and charging towards the remaining Void Hunters.

The Void Hunters, who had been putting up a stubborn resistance, suddenly found themselves in dire straits.

They discovered that these humans, who had been fighting back and forth just moments before, had suddenly gone mad, their moves becoming unusually ferocious, each strike aimed at vital points, and they were also particularly careful to... preserve the integrity of the corpses.

The feeling was like a pack of wolves that hadn't eaten for three days and three nights rushing into a fertile sheepfold.

The battle instantly turned into a... inhumane, one-sided massacre.

Lu Yuan watched the bustling "hunting" scene on the screen and took a satisfied sip of juice.

Yes, that's more like it.

If you're going to fight, you have to act like you're going to fight.

Fighting for food is the noblest and purest reason to fight.

However, just as everyone was immersed in the joy of the upcoming "harvest".

Nobody noticed.

On a distant Earth, beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.

The prehistoric ruin known as the "Pioneer Prison," which had been silent for hundreds of millions of years, suddenly... began to flash violently deep within its core—the blood-red indicator light that represented "activation"!

Immediately afterwards, a mysterious signal, so faint as to be almost imperceptible yet containing some ancient agreement, pierced through the earth's layers, through the atmosphere, ignored the energy shield of the Pangu Temple, and shot towards... the dark depths of the universe.

It did not fire at the Void Hunter fleet that was engaged in fierce combat.

Instead, it shot towards... the rear of that fleet, further away, in the darker... unknown void.

On the battlefield, the "Twisted Gaze," which was being dragged along by Gu Tianye and had already lost consciousness, suddenly... trembled violently without warning!

It wasn't because of pain, nor because of struggle.

Rather, it is a kind of... the most primal, most profound... fear that originates from the instinct of life!

It was as if it sensed something, something that evoked a sense of despair and terror even more than "the end" or "chaos."

"Um?"

Lu Yuan, who was watching his team members "hunting" in the command center, raised an eyebrow slightly.

He keenly sensed the unusual reaction of the "Twisted Gaze".

It was a kind of... tremor that came from the deepest part of the soul.

It's like a mouse seeing a cat, or a sheep seeing a wolf.

A fear from a natural enemy, etched into the very essence of genes and soul.

"interesting."

Lu Yuan stroked his chin, his eyes becoming playful.

What could possibly frighten a Void Lord the size of a planet, an S+ level Void Lord, to this extent?

What could be coming?

Could it be that the "Lord of Devouring" has woken up ahead of schedule?

wrong.

Lu Yuan immediately rejected the idea.

While the "Twisted Gaze" held the "Devourer" in awe, it was a subservient obedience to a superior, not the instinctive fear of the bottom of the food chain towards the top predator.

In other words, there is something that even Void Hunters fear.

"Old Qian," Lu Yuan said into the communicator, "check if there were any unusual energy fluctuations on Earth just now."

"Report to Commander-in-Chief!" Qian Sen's voice quickly came through, tinged with confusion. "No large-scale energy fluctuations have been detected. However... just now, our monitoring station in Antarctica captured a... very peculiar, high-frequency subspace signal."

"The signal source is that 'Pioneer Prison'!"

"Pioneer Prison?" Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Yes!" Qian Sen's voice turned serious. "The signal was extremely weak, and the encryption method was incredibly ancient; we couldn't decipher it. It was like... a whistle from the deep sea, audible only to certain creatures..."

"It didn't fire at the area where we're currently engaged in combat, but rather at... the unknown depths behind the Void Fleet."

"Whistle..."

Lu Yuan looked at the red dots representing the void fleet on the star map, and then at the deeper, darker area behind them. A cold smile slowly curved his lips.

He probably guessed what had happened.

Those pioneers were truly... far-sighted.

They not only left behind the seal, but also the final plan for resistance: "possession and descent."

They even left behind a "backup plan".

An insurance policy that, even they themselves might not be able to control, could lead to mutual destruction...

This "insurance" will be triggered when an external enemy invades and Earth's civilization is unable to resist.

It will send a signal into the universe.

A signal that could attract an even more terrifying being.

To use someone else to do one's dirty work.

To drive away a tiger and then devour a wolf.

No matter what kind of jackals, wolves, tigers, or leopards come, I'll just summon the prehistoric giant shark!

We're all doomed!

"These old fogies, they really are... unwilling to suffer even the slightest loss." Lu Yuan couldn't help but laugh and curse.

He admired this kind of rogue mentality of "If I'm not doing well, you won't be either."

"Boss, what's wrong?" Gu Tianye asked breathlessly, dragging the enormous mountain of flesh. "Why is this guy shaking like he's having a seizure?"

"It's nothing, maybe... it saw its grandma," Lu Yuan said casually.

He didn't make a fuss.

Because he knew that telling them now would only increase their panic.

Anyway, we'll deal with whatever comes our way.

It's just a matter of having one more dish or one less dish.

Who knows, we might even get to see a... dog-eat-dog show.