I am Jinshan Youxia

Damage inflicted will heal at an extremely fast rate, and the user will be immune to the same type of damage.

Complete destruction would allow Hellstar to reappear in a more resilient form.

The attempt to control the mind was a complete failure. The mind controller who proposed the plan led nearly 10,000 people to their deaths, turning them into invisible bombs in human society and directly or indirectly causing the deaths of nearly 500,000 people.

Fortunately, even though Hellstar has gained a little bit of intelligence, it is still a glutton. It will eat every planet it passes by, and even stuff larger meteorites into its belly.

Taking advantage of this characteristic, Earthlings racked their brains to come up with all sorts of ways to hinder Hellstar's progress.

"With the spatial barrier working in conjunction with the mind bomb, the Hellstar split cannot break through the blockade of the material space..."

As Kitawaki Natsumi wrote her report, she looked up and said, "I wonder if we can break the record for the time delay set by the black hole retreat cannon that the Chinese made last time. If we can delay Hell Star for more than a year, not only will everyone get a promotion and a raise, but we might also be able to go back and witness that 'promise'."

"I hope so," sighed the Russian researcher not far away.

In another month and a half, the agreement made with the Lord of the Microbiome will be reached. Humanity throughout the universe is rushing to Earth, but it is their legion that is responsible for delaying the actions of Hellstar.

It's not that I have any issues with them, but the legion commander is Matsui Keiichi, who was highly trusted by the Lord of the Bacteria and was rated as the Church's number one expert for seven consecutive years. That shows that it's genuine trust.

I believe the entire legion will be able to keep Hellstar firmly under control outside of humanity's ever-shrinking territory by the day the covenant between man and god is fulfilled.

"Hey~"

One person sighed, and everyone else in the lab followed suit, including white, black, and Asian people; the members' bloodlines were quite diverse.

The earliest legions were divided into churches, security forces, laboratories, and the United Nations. Over time, the legions became much looser, and even the review process became more lenient. As long as you had a planetary-level fortress, you could apply to form a legion.

The result was that they formed groups in various senses, until fourteen years ago when Souichi's disciple, a grand-disciple of Matsui Keiichi, had a brain fart and came up with the Hellstar Control Plan.

At the time, Keiichi Matsui was 'negotiating' with a group of silicon-based aliens, while Souichi traveled to Sagittarius to mediate a space war between two alien races. This Japanese mind controller, whose name was never recorded, led more than 9,700 Japanese members of his legion to their deaths, turning Hellstar from a fool into someone with mild intellectual disabilities. The legion's reform plan was approved and implemented within a month.

Faith, bloodline, skin color, gender, and a whole host of other things cannot be the reason for establishing a legion; no personality cult is allowed on a spiritual level...

To punish himself, Keiichi Matsui resigned as one of the seven decision-makers in the church and established the Redemption Legion, which recruited a large number of members from the church and the laboratory and charged to the front lines every year.

From stopping Hellstar to opening up new starfields and exploring dangerous microbial technology, the Legion of Atonement can be seen almost everywhere.

The leader of this daily mission that hindered Hellstar was Souichi, a disciple of Keiichi Matsui.

Kitawaki Shiko and Kitawaki Natsumi almost died in a battle with aliens, but Souichi saved them. That's why they joined the Redemption Legion and followed Souichi on this mission.

"Something's wrong!"

A serious voice rang out from a beautiful Mexican-American researcher, who was in charge of monitoring the space curve: "Hellstar is mastering jump space; it's swallowing up all of matter space!"

The researchers were not alarmed. Before this, Hellstar had demonstrated 'absolute adaptability', showing that it could become immune to whatever it was exposed to, and if it could not become immune, it could master it.

Kitawaki Shigehiko, as the commander of the outpost hindering Operation Hellstar, spoke calmly and forcefully:

"Activate backup plan number two."

The ability to jump through space is part of the plan for Hellstar. Humanity loses countless lives and researchers go missing every year in the field of 'space'.

It's time to let Hellstar experience the malice of space towards all things.

Kitawaki Shihiko's face revealed a malicious expression:

"Quantum disorder field unfolds!"

Chapter 419 Mars Reception Point

Two days later, in the solar system.

Like a butterfly, the spacecraft silently traversed the starry sky and entered the solar system. Before it could make any move, Mars suddenly produced an enormous, thick cannon-like structure, making the entire planet look like a small mushroom.

The butterfly-shaped 'wings' on both sides flowed with vibrant colors, and the communication signal connected with the mental network, allowing the delegation representing the alien race [Metal People] to send out their verification signal.

"[Landing on Mars, location: ...]" The mind controller in charge of communications and reception began to give orders in a very forceful tone.

The cannon slowly retracted into the ground, and the butterfly aircraft did not make any strange moves, slowly landing on Mars following the instructions of the mind controller.

After landing safely, the butterfly-shaped spacecraft opened its abdomen, and a beam of light revealed a dozen polyhedral metal pieces that landed on the ground. The silver polyhedron at the front, facing the person, displayed a standard Earthling's smile, speaking in Japanese through the mental network:

Is Keiichi Matsui here?

They weren't originally called XX people. In fact, no alien race in the universe is called XX 'people'; they all have their own names.

But Earthlings don't care about any of that. The so-called mediation of the silicon-based war back then was actually just Earthlings taking their fortresses there, blowing up the nearby sun with one shot, and then capturing the military leaders of the three warring parties and holding a meeting in Earthlings' mushroom-shaped pods.

In this way, the war can be stopped however one pleases.

Since Earthlings first appeared, many intelligent life forms in the universe have changed their names to "XX-humans." After all, in Earthlings' understanding, only those with "human" in their name are capable of communication. There is a group of hairy, six-legged beasts that also have a civilization and have even entered space, but they refuse to communicate with Earthlings and attempt to steal Earthlings' mushroom pods...

Anyway, hairy six-legged beasts no longer exist in the universe.

The Silver Polyhedron is the leader of the delegation sent by the 'Metal Man' race to participate in the 'Covenant between Man and God' tribute. He is also one of the first intelligent polyhedrons to differentiate from the mother planet. He even gave himself a Chinese name: 'Silver Miracle'.

Just as Matsui Keiichi has four characters, so too does he. Silver represents skin color, and miracle represents that he was among the first to appear as a polyhedron of wisdom.

"Lord Matsui is currently receiving the lizardman delegation on the moon." The mind controller's tone remained indifferent.

The polyhedrons behind the silver miracle emit special signals through friction:

"How arrogant!"

"I heard their civilization is only a few thousand years old, truly a newly emerging and crude civilization."

"How could such low-level monkeys possibly defeat us? I think those..."

"Shut up." Silver Miracle immediately snapped, and the next second—

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The delegation officials who had just been praising Earthlings collided with each other, engaging in a frantic, chaotic exchange, their communication channels filled with incoherent and nonsensical sounds.

Silver Miracle pleaded, "Please forgive them. They have no experience with war or Earthlings. They are officials from the Metal Race who manage the incubation pools for the young."

The social structure of the Metal Race is very different from that of Earthlings. Because of their small number, they do not have a structure where the upper class manages the lower class. Instead, they are more like a loose parliament where many things require voting.

The only ones with some power are these polyhedrons that manage the incubation pools that produce newborns. They symbolize new life and therefore have special significance in the entire Metalman society. What they see, hear, think, and feel will affect the entire Metalman society, which is why a portion of them are sent to participate in the offering.

Humans may be powerful, but they appeared too late and in such a strange way that they live in a star system near a cosmic disaster. Some cosmic races simply don't believe in the existence of humans, considering it just a legend or a rumor.

Even though the influence of Earthlings is gradually increasing thanks to the diligent expansion of various legions, ultimately, others don't really understand them. Upon hearing about thousands of years of civilization, they subconsciously underestimate Earthlings.

This mainly happened when Earthlings were trying to communicate peacefully with extraterrestrials. They sent a lot of information about the history of human civilization, which was eventually proven to be useless, but it still became first-hand information for many extraterrestrials to understand humanity.

"Humph!"

The mind controller snorted and ignored them, but he also released the mind control, preventing them from harming the few metal men who spoke rudely.

She could understand why the aliens looked down on Earthlings. If it weren't for the Lord of the Microbiome, Earthlings would have been destroyed long ago, and they wouldn't be able to swagger around in the universe.

The existence of the cosmic disaster Hell Star has made interactions between intelligent life throughout the universe more volatile. Many races that escaped from the star regions ravaged by Hell Star have fled throughout the universe, some spreading technology, some spreading civilization, and some bringing destruction.

Within most known star systems, civilizations are either fighting haphazardly or focused on escaping before cosmic catastrophes strike, vying for other habitable planets, and collecting useful technologies.

Under the pressure of Hellstar, intelligent races could not live in harmony, and there was no such thing as an interstellar alliance, because any alliance would be vulnerable under the pressure of survival.

The metal beings were created by a group of aliens about six thousand years ago. The reason for creating the metal beings is unknown, and they have long since escaped.

They lived right next to the Milky Way and watched as Hellstar suddenly accelerated toward the Milky Way one day. They thought of robbing it and making a quick getaway. Most of the other silicon-based life forms had the same idea, and naturally, war broke out.

If humans hadn't suddenly appeared, they would have run away long ago.

Compared to various ancient alien races, Earthlings have existed for a short time, and their technological development is a mess. After leaving their home planet, they wasted a lot of time and energy trying to solve the problems of Hell Planet, and there was very little communication between civilizations at the cosmic level.

Without the extraordinary bacteria and mushroom technology, we wouldn't be able to colonize the moon by now. When making external announcements, we can't say that we relied entirely on the extraordinary bacteria and mushroom technology; that wouldn't be friendly, it would be betraying our own intelligence.

In the end, the United Nations avoided the main issues and talked about the history of human civilization, which made the aliens look down on humanity, thus backfiring.

However, Earthlings have hindered the progress of cosmic disasters and demonstrated formidable military power. The earliest messages they sent have long been copied countless times and delivered to various alien civilizations near the Milky Way, forming stereotypes.

More than half of extraterrestrial civilizations believe that Earthlings are just unlucky barbarians who still believe in some nonsensical 'god'.

Of the alien delegation that came to present this gift, almost a third of them spoke rudely to Earthlings upon arrival. Apart from a few enlightened individuals who had a deep understanding of Earthlings, the aliens had no good impression of Earthlings and were basically there with the intention of stealing the core of Earthlings' mushroom technology.

Chapter 420 Undercurrents

Moon, Fungus City, Suburbs, Lizardman Embassy Building, Entrance.

"Take care, Lord Matsui, I hope that Earthlings and Lizardmen can..."

The lizardman, dressed in a suit resembling a human's, warmly saw Matsui Keiichi off. He tugged at his tie, and as Matsui Keiichi vanished into thin air, his smile disappeared as well. He turned and hissed in his own language, "Activate the mind shield."

With a thought, the subordinate following behind activated the AI ​​implanted in the back of the brain, causing a faint light to simultaneously illuminate the rooftop and basement of the embassy building, spreading throughout the entire courtyard of the embassy building.

Two lizardmen went upstairs one after the other and arrived at the conference room on the third floor. A slender lizardman, wearing a sequined jacket that looked like armor, had been waiting for a long time. When the lizardman in the suit entered, he said, "Jin, did you send that guy away?"

The lizardman in the suit, referred to as Jin, took off the suit that made him very uncomfortable and nodded, saying, "Ku, he probably guessed that we have other ideas."

“It’s alright, he won’t make a move directly,” the slender lizardman Ku said nonchalantly. “I’ve investigated for a long time, and their respect for the gods is genuine, and it doesn’t seem like a totem. Maybe this ‘god’ is just an alien who has mastered mushroom technology.”

This is a conclusion that many extraterrestrial civilizations have been able to reach after conducting investigations.

There are many technologies that are incomprehensible. Many civilizations have even refused to waste time on basic theories. As long as the technology is usable, the underlying principles are not important. When they see something they want, they don't patiently study it; their idea is to just snatch it.

Faced with technology that Earthlings cannot comprehend, the lizardmen are naturally not the only civilization they want to acquire. The core of everything is probably on Earth, and they need to take advantage of the opportunity of offering gifts to infiltrate Earth.

"hope so."

Jin was somewhat uneasy. Having spent a long time with Earthlings, he had heard more or less about the deeds of the Lord of the Microbiome. After removing the obviously exaggerated parts, the remaining reasonable parts seemed particularly outrageous.

Even if they are not gods, but just aliens who impart technology, wouldn't there be some problems if they rashly infiltrated?

"Don't worry," Ku said, seeing his companion's hesitation. "If anything goes wrong, you can just blame it on me."

Earthlings have never treated any intelligent life equally.

This is something that all intelligent beings who have come into contact with humans on Earth have personally experienced.

For example, humanoid intelligent beings with hands and feet can receive preferential treatment, establish diplomatic relations more quickly, and even purchase civilian mushrooms whose principles have not yet been understood by any other civilization.

God knows why a bunch of fungi can possess so many amazing abilities.

This is mainly because the social structure, civilization development, and racial customs of humanoid intelligent beings can be understood by humans. Humanoid intelligent beings with hands are the fastest to leave their home planet and explore interstellar space.

Of course, humanoid intelligent beings also have many flaws, such as infighting, fighting, and persecution. However, in this participatory cosmic environment, these flaws have become advantages. Being good at infighting means they will not lose to other foolish alien beings who would easily believe in foreign civilizations.

Like twenty years ago, there was an alien civilization that was a liquid planet, naturally possessing the ability to integrate all things into one. They were keen to invite other civilizations and creatures to join them, living peacefully in the ocean of their minds. Every life had its own place to control, able to resist gravity, and travel freely in the universe.

Strictly speaking, they are generally kind; only a very few creatures with malicious intentions would forcibly recruit people.

But the problem was that it affected Earthlings, so they completely disappeared, and it's said that even their remains were used to develop offensive weapons.