Star Forge Titan

Immediately afterwards, a bright red flame rose up, completely burning the empty shell.

The holy flame from the upper level burned quietly, bringing up a vertical wisp of smoke that floated into the sky.

If the sword in his right hand is the scythe of death that quietly and equally bestows defeat on the enemy, then Ivan's left-hand attack with his bare hands is like the thunder struck by Jupiter, carrying a majestic momentum, crushing the enemy completely with overwhelming force.

A soldier-level insect beast opened its huge mouth, which was almost one-third of its body length, and bit towards Ivan, trying to make the other party like a kitten thrown into a meat grinder by a bad dog, unable to be put back together again.

But before that, the black-haired boy's powerful left arm turned into an iron hammer and hit the side of the insect beast's mouthparts hard.

Boom!

In an instant, a large amount of shell fragments mixed with yellow-green corrosive liquid sprayed in the opposite direction like exploding fireworks, leaving a large cone-shaped mark.

With just one punch, Alvin turned the entire mouth of the insect beast, along with half of its head, into pure natural pigments for a terrifying "oil painting" on the wall of the passage.

This was not the end. The black-haired boy grabbed the insect beast with half of its body missing and swung it up. As the juice splashed, the remaining body turned into a bloody meteor hammer and smashed into another insect beast next to him with extreme ferocity.

The equally strong shell quickly cracked and shattered during the collision, and then they were like two doughs mixed together by a baker, or beef hamburgers beaten into one piece in Han O Wang, with no distinction between you and me.

The series of actions were so fast that they exceeded the limit of ordinary people's dynamic vision. Except for the audience with extraordinary level dynamic vision, others could only see a blurry shadow, sweeping across the entire battlefield in an instant like a storm that could not be stopped by human power.

There were only twelve soldier-level insect beasts, but Alvin almost wiped them all out in just a few seconds.

The difficulty he has in dealing with enemies of this level now is really not much different from fighting cockroaches before he crossed over. Considering the agility and small size of cockroaches, it might even be easier.

But the reason why it is said that they were almost completely eliminated is mainly because the Mountain King following behind Alvin also did some minor work at the same time.

This mutant horse, which had accidentally undergone a shell-type transformation, first sprayed out a large number of yellow miniature magic missiles from its mouth like saliva splashing. This attack, which had average lethality but was extremely insulting, immediately attracted the attention of an insect beast.

But when this guy roared and rushed to the front of the mountain king, the big strange horse that was spitting saliva with its tongue suddenly opened its eyes wide.

Then, two slender beams of scorching light shot out from the depths of the pair of big round eyes, one on the left and one on the right. The bright red light even illuminated half of the corridor for a moment.

Even Alvin had never imagined that the lighting ability of the Sanwang used as the front headlight in the heavy motorcycle form could easily penetrate the insect beast's invulnerable outer shell after being compressed by magic, giving the opponent a double piercing (literally).

Without a doubt, the insect beast was killed on the spot.

Are you kidding? Most of the internal organs are roasted, even a bug can't survive until the next round.

With one leg stepping on the body of the fallen enemy who was kneeling on the ground, Sanwang snorted with satisfaction, flexed the muscles of his forelimbs, and at the same time, a large stream of wet white mist blew out of his nostrils.

Perhaps in his understanding, this is the most powerful performance...

Anyway, the next moment, Ivan unleashed the legendary magic sword, Burning Justice, from the last enemy. Behind him were several piles of burning insect and beast carcasses, as well as several "stains" that required mosaicing, though even without mosaicing, it was impossible to tell what they were.

"Don't rush to continue, we may have to leave here early."

A few minutes ago, Alvin followed the remnants of magic and found himself going deeper and deeper into the huge mobile fortress.

Moreover, judging from the frequency and number of insect and beast patrols, he had some vague guesses in his mind about this.

Perhaps, he and the Mountain King had already arrived at an area very close to their nest.

That's why the patrol density around here is so high, and the patrol units are gradually replaced from ordinary insect beasts to more powerful elite ones.

The next thing that will most likely appear is a giant bug that can spit fire, and even the most elite Shell Knights may be mixed in as high-level units.

In addition, there are all kinds of strange insects that move around freely in the surrounding area like wild beasts, and even establish a rough food chain among each other.

But if you go deeper into the core area, there is a high probability that the twelve extremely dangerous Ghost in the Shell will appear, and in plural form.

Now if Alvin faces an opponent of the same level as twelve Hercules, even if the opponent has no other special abilities and is all power-type characters like the latter, he will be in a very passive situation.

Alvin naturally would not let himself fall into that situation.

Therefore, he did not rashly go deep into the core of the area where the Zerg was located.

Although he was a little worried about White's safety, if the other party really needed him to do something, his cat's life should be safe during that period.

But how to break through the increasingly tight defense as he goes deeper into the interior has become an urgent problem for Alvin.

In three minutes, he had come up with a simple plan.

"Go on, we need to mobilize the enemy. We can't let them huddle together like a rock like they usually do."

Ivan's idea wasn't complex, or even particularly innovative. He and his friends, who had received similar education, had tried similar things many times before. Back when he was still a student, it would have been hard for him to imagine that one day, they would apply the old historical knowledge from textbooks to the latest fully immersive virtual worlds.

But as long as it is combined with actual conditions, those seemingly old knowledge will often bring unexpectedly good results.

Perhaps, for humans, who learned to use tools and invented weapons at the same time, it can almost be said that fighting is engraved in their genetic genes.

Even this war itself can be considered a game...

As a result, the insects and beasts responsible for guarding the periphery were in complete disaster.

There were constant reports of missing patrols, but the missing patrols were not concentrated in any particular area.

Therefore, it is difficult for the Zerg to make an accurate judgment in a short period of time, whether the other side is a large group of people launching group attacks from different areas at a similar time period, or a group of elite with extremely strong mobility who continuously launch tentative attacks that retreat after one strike.

The paths of probing attacks are not uniform, and the depth of attacks varies greatly.

Initially, the situation could have been resolved by simply redirecting other forces to focus on defense, but developments proved more complex than anticipated. Initially, only the outer patrols disappeared, but the worrying infiltration attacks have in recent days even approached the edge of the core area where the Zerg Queen resides.

"These bugs are really exaggerated. They have almost established a unique civilization." Standing on top of a dumped metal waste, Alvin looked into the distance.

The frequency and depth of the repeated probing attacks continued to increase, which put a lot of pressure on the Zerg. They were obviously planning something important, so they did not deal with the emergency in a timely manner.

By the time some thinking character that most likely existed inside the swarm reacted, Alvin had already torn many large and small gaps in the defense circle they had painstakingly built.

The swarm's garrison forces, which are constantly being mobilized, are no longer guarding the vicinity of the nest as precisely as they used to be, but are now actively taking on the work of patrols.

When he saw some special individuals emitting powerful magical fluctuations begin to patrol outside, he knew that his chance had come.

Bypassing the tight layers of defense on the outside, this time Alvin directly broke into the living area inside the hive.

Now, he could see ahead of him a large structure made of rusted metal, intact steel, and a large amount of what looked like a mixture of bug slime and dirt.

Its appearance is somewhat similar to a honeycomb, but the overall shape is conical, just like a nest built by ants and bees. At the same time, a naughty human uses daily garbage such as cans to cover the surface with a layer of so-called metal protective armor.

But this is a building that looks extremely messy, with every detail revealing a dilapidated atmosphere. It is like a garbage dump used by all the surrounding communities to store discarded debris. There is almost no order at all. It is a building that is purely randomly piled up like the slums in South America, but it itself reveals a feeling that makes people's eyes bright.

It was the shock brought by different civilizations, just like a humid trade wind full of ocean scent. Although it was not very refreshing, it could still make sleepy people feel a shock all over.

Avoiding all kinds of insects and beasts with different divisions of labor, Alvin's figure appeared in the depths of the nest like an illusion.

"The next problem is to find out where my cat is hidden."

"puff?"

Hearing this, the Mountain King tilted his head, as if to say, "I'm just a horse, and I don't understand what you're saying."

Not paying attention to what this bad-tempered horse was doing, Alvin's brows suddenly frowned slightly.

He seemed to sense something strange, and the feeling became clearer as he got closer to the nest.

It was as if something was calling out to me, so kind and so gentle.

It made him inevitably think of certain people or things that might be related to him by blood.

Chapter 73 Old Messages

Although Herbert, the King of Sandworms, is a living sandworm itself, its body has been completely transformed into a half-biological, half-mechanical life form.

In other words, Herbert, the King of Sandworms, was also a husk species. Although his body was much larger than other husk species, the key to determining husk species classification was not size, but something deeper.

This had nothing to do with Ivan for the time being, but the strangely shaped insect nest in the distance actually made him feel a sense of familiarity. Of course, it could also be something hidden in the insect nest that made him feel inexplicably familiar.

Alvin's excellent eyesight allows him to clearly see every detail on the surface of the hive even from hundreds of meters away.

This cone-shaped insect nest, resembling a crater, is located deep within the mobile fortress, and seems to contain some kind of enormous cylindrical mechanical device.

At the point where the conical top of the hive touches the mechanical device, a bright golden light can be vaguely seen shining through it, just like a little light escaping from the gap of a lantern buried by debris.

At the same time, the style of the area where the insect nest is located is very different from that of ordinary giant ruins. Instead, it reveals a very obvious style of the ancient Uranus civilization, which is what modern archaeologists call the source of magical technology and many unearthed treasures, or what they call the super ancient Sid Meier civilization.

As far as Alvin could see, various mechanized structures completely replaced the original flesh and blood tissues in the body of the Sandworm King, and the surrounding scene could not be connected to the internal environment of a living organism.

Seriously speaking, it is somewhat similar to the interior of a modern aircraft carrier, where the entire cabin environment is filled with cold metal from the ceiling to the surrounding walls.

At the same time, according to Alvin's estimation, they should have reached the middle and back part of the Sandworm King's body.

What alarmed him even more was that the Sandworm King's upright posture had no effect on the ship's gravity, preventing the illusion of a person walking on the ceiling. Apparently, even gravity was controlled within this mobile fortress.

It was hard to believe that the Giant Kingdom, a country that hadn't even left its own planet, possessed such amazing technology.

Or is it also a Titan legacy from the Uranus civilization?

Putting aside the information that was meaningless to think about now, Alvin noticed that there were a large number of passages around that were connected to this cabin.

You can see that the high-altitude trestle overhead is densely packed like a spider web, occupying a large amount of space. From a distance, it looks like a metal nest, and the huge cylindrical mechanical structure that runs through the top and bottom is the key pillar in the center of the nest.

Even so, the area where the insect beast's nest is located is still very spacious.

This caught Ivan's attention. Even a mobile fortress like Herbert, the King of Sandworms, which was over a kilometer long, had a relatively limited internal space, and it was impossible to waste a large amount of space for no reason.

Therefore, such a spacious area must have its necessity.

Thinking of the various complex mechanical structures he had seen along the way, Ivan quickly concluded that this was likely an area similar to the engine room of a ship. In other words, the mysterious power source that drove the Sandworm King's massive body might be located here!

But due to the indiscriminate expansion of the insect beasts, the metal floor and walls were covered with a thick layer of secretions, making it look like a cheap purple blanket, or a dirty swamp with a foul smell.

Alvin frowned slightly. The environment was obviously very harsh, so why did he feel that mysterious calling and intimacy?

Looking at the faintly glowing nest in the distance, Ivan fell into deep thought. The bright red sword in his hand trembled slightly, and he suddenly realized something.

Just now, when the insect beasts were hit by the celestial flames, they actually showed an extremely intense reaction of pain. But if they were just ordinary demonic life forms, they shouldn't be hurt to such an extent by the high-energy positive energy flames...

First, let's rule out the possibility of undead driven by negative energy. Ivan, who used the tail feathers of the phoenix to become an Ash Knight, is extremely sensitive to the breath of life.

The worm-beast living within the Sandworm King, though terrifying and ferocious in appearance, still exudes the vibrant energy of living creatures. Just like in human society, just because someone is ugly doesn't mean they're not alive, right?

Therefore, the next most likely possibility is distortion and corrosion.

This often comes from evil gods, but the previous experience made Alvin have another suspicion.

"Pure color..." The boy murmured.

The moment this word appeared, the red magic sword in his hand trembled immediately.

Living within it, the angelic-looking "Forged Steel Soul" emits a deep murmur that echoes like an ancient bell at dusk.

And amidst this voice filled with gorgeous metallic vibrations, there was also another almost imperceptible sharp voice.

"Dusk... destroy... the great enemy of Dusk... pure poison, extinguished with fire! Justice, burn!"

Alvin slowly lowered his head and stared at the legendary magic sword from heaven in his hand.

According to Afrediya's description, he remembered that the raw materials for making this sword were originally mined from the Outlands. At that time, the dwarf airship responsible for searching for mineral veins discovered a huge astral crystal as big as a mountain. They originally wanted to directly mine it as a mineral vein, but they found that three incomplete and broken sword pieces were wrapped deep inside the crystal. Thus, this legendary longsword - Burning Justice was created.

Later, according to the speculation of the Archangel Librarian, the fragments buried in the crystal should have come from an unknown immortal-level holy sword.

At this moment, Alvin couldn't help but sigh that those speculations should be correct.

Immortal-level holy sword...

An extremely valuable mysterious creation second only to the ultimate treasure in mythology.

Gold-plated scripture appeared in the center of the red crystal blade. Surprisingly, the scripture located on the sword's spine was not the familiar celestial words, which read, "Holy! Holy! Holy! Forged in the name of God, ye are blameless!" (SANCTUS! SANCTUS! SANCTUS! CASTIN THE NAME OF GOD, YENOTGUITY)

What came into the boy's sight at this moment was a line of unfamiliar scriptures that had never appeared before.

The ancient characters that make up the bronze inscriptions are so ancient and mysterious that even a wizard specializing in archaeology would find it difficult to discern the meaning contained therein.

But Alvin knew that it was the ultimate wisdom used by the great god Odin in ancient Norse legend to describe the mysteries of the universe.

As his gaze moved, the meaning contained in it also emerged in the boy's mind.

[They call me the fire that destroys the world.]

They call me the branch of disaster.

They call me...

As if restricted by some kind of thing, the strange runes did not fully appear, and then gradually dimmed.

In other words, the fundamental reason why the Zerg, which was originally part of the battle sequence of the Giant Kingdom, showed this crazy and uncontrollable trend thousands of years later was because of some kind of twisted power left in the world by the Titans' enemies, the mysterious monsters with pure color names?

The new information he obtained unexpectedly made Alvin silent for a moment, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how many unknown secrets are still hidden in this world?

It seems that if you want to have a peaceful and happy life, and if you want to protect the people and existence that you value and that also value you, you have to make more efforts.

The slight sense of complacency in his heart, which he himself might not even be aware of, quickly melted away like snow in the sun, and Alvin adjusted his mindset.

Afterwards, he did not continue to approach the insect nest, but retreated back into the passage.

Now is not the best opportunity. Although the Zerg has been mobilized, the most advanced forces are still guarding the interior of the Zerg nest, so...