Chapter 764: Light in the Darkness
Lao Jiang was jumping towards the Doomsday Fortress.
This is a very risky behavior. As a living being of flesh and blood, he might be targeted by the Doomsday Fortress.
In addition, after the Doomsday Machine opened the digital rate disruptor, his act of running over was almost tantamount to suicide.
This thing can change the law of 0 and 1 at the existential level, and it has two concepts: nothing and nothing. People with little math skills cannot understand its effectiveness, let alone imagine its power.
But just by looking at those arrogant world-destroying demons disappearing around the machine like mud, you can tell that this thing is definitely not a joke.
But Lao Jiang did not commit suicide.
After all, he was a wall-climbing expert, and when he got close enough, Boss Jiang used his teleporting ability to accurately cross the space barrier in a short jump and appeared in the core of the doomsday machine.
He was able to get through so smoothly, it must be because Ju Zi had turned off the magical power that was interfering with him.
At the same time that Lao Jiang fell into the body, a bit of data-level guidance seemed to have planned a route for him, allowing him to move forward towards the control core of the body where Ju Zi was.
At this time, there was no mechanical life inside the Doomsday Fortress. Only the automatic maintenance robots that Lao Jiang had seen before were active in large numbers.
These octopus-like creatures swayed their bodies like fish swimming in the water, each performing emergency maintenance and adjustments at key locations.
Digital rate weapons are extremely powerful, but the energy consumed to use them is definitely astronomical.
In the current transformed combat state, all energy is provided by the burning heart of the world, which means that this rule-level weapon cannot be activated for a long time.
Otherwise, too much energy would be consumed and the Heart of the World would no longer be able to ignite the cosmic furnace.
In other words, this mode of killing all who stand in its way will soon be over. After rushing into the dark vortex at the center of the universe, the Doomsday Machine will enter into a brutal close combat.
Lao Jiang followed the guidance of the data flow and jumped all the way upwards.
His ability to travel through space is not a simple space travel, so it will not be affected by the space lock opened inside the body. Under the same concept, those world-destroying demons who have the ability to jump through space cannot directly jump into the body to cause damage.
The giant really has polished . This machine is designed and manufactured entirely for the combat methods of the strikers under the Lord of the Wasteland, and can be called a true killer of the Lord of the Wasteland.
In the innermost layer of the machine, near the energy furnace, Jiang Xia landed here after his last jump. When he looked up, he saw the Mechanical Sage sitting on a metal seat.
It still maintained the "fragile" humanoid mechanical appearance, but there were several data sockets extending from various parts of this cramped command cabin, connecting to the sage's brain and torso.
It is the central processor and thinking core of the Doomsday Fortress.
Lao Jiang’s previous guess was correct.
As expected, Ju Zi had a set of machines specially designed for combat, but he had never guessed that Ju Zi would go so far as to make it so big.
"Just say whatever you want to say."
The Mechanical Sage is in no state now to have a face-to-face conversation with Lao Jiang like last time. It can only focus on the sound module of the command cabin.
Its voice echoed throughout the cabin, with a sense of focus and simplicity.
"As expected of you, Juzi."
Lao Jiang walked slowly forward to the front of the "mechanical throne" where the sage was. He looked at the sage with his eyes closed in front of him and said:
"I was so dull in front of you that you fooled me. Of course, we can talk about this later. What I want to know most now is that you actually had no intention of completely igniting the furnace from the beginning to the end, right?
You also know that's impossible.
The truth of the so-called doomsday battle is that at this moment, you will lead the entire Alpha civilization into the cosmic furnace, destroy the entire dark star field at the cost of your sacrifice?
Do you also think that the breaking of the seal of the Lord of the Wasteland's evil thoughts is unstoppable?"
“We can’t trap it.”
Juzi replied in a gentle tone without a trace of frustration:
"Since the birth of this era, this universe has been heading towards the end of self-destruction. This inherent decay is the source of the power of the Lord of the Wasteland.
Unless the problem can be solved fundamentally, the Lord of the Wilderness will be invincible.
The Demon-Slaying in the West Sea five hundred years ago has proved this point. Even if such a terrible price was paid, using the destruction of the world to exchange for the seal of the Lord of the Wilderness's evil thoughts, it is nothing more than drinking poison to quench thirst.
From the very beginning, I never expected to seal the Lord of the Wilderness in the Bitter Wood Realm forever.
I am only using my precious sacrifice to buy time, one more day or one more second. I once left three strategies to my companions, and I vowed to them that we can find a way out of this doomsday.
But at this moment, there is no need to hide it from you.
When I first proposed the so-called best strategy, I was not sure at all. I tried to do it myself, but I could not escape from this sea of stars, even though I have the same magical power of traveling through time as you do."
Juzi paused and said with regret:
“But the life born here will be marked by the imprint of the universe from the moment it is born. I am both a part of this universe and a part of it heading towards death.
The breath of decay envelopes me and everyone born in this universe.
We were born in a wrong era. Our birth itself is a mistake. We must perish along with this universe. This is destined.
I can't transcend.
I can only look forward to a fantasy that may not exist, that there are lives in higher dimensions that lend us a helping hand, and that is the unspoken meaning of my best strategy.
That help may never come.
Then all I can do is to do my best to buy some more time for this universe. After the Lord of the Wasteland breaks the seal, I can buy some insignificant time for the lives among the stars.”
As Ju Zi's words were being conveyed, the Doomsday Fortress relied on digital weapons to rush all the way to the front of the dark vortex, and then plunged into the boundless darkness of the vortex without hesitation.
The moment he jumped into it, the entire body began to vibrate violently, and dazzling sparks burst out in the command module. The surrounding light strips kept flashing, which made Lao Jiang feel depressed.
The next moment, continuous battle damage reports were sent to the command cabin. Juzi did not hide it from Jiang Xia and allowed him to receive the information.
"The First Regiment encountered a negative energy shock. We can no longer fight. We will execute the destruction protocol... For the glory of Mecha-God! Long live Alpha!"
"The 13th Chapter's thrusters are severely damaged. We will execute the destruction protocol... for the glory of the Machine God."
"The 18th Regiment has detected the location of the Cosmic Forge. We will fulfill our mission and open a passage for the Doomsday Fortress. The black hole cannon is ready for the glory of the Machine God."
"The Seventh Regiment...hiss...encountered demonic invasion...hiss...flesh infection...hiss...self-destruction cannot be activated...hiss...help us! For the...glory of Mecha-God."
"boom"
The big man activated a certain protocol in the next moment, and Lao Jiang vaguely heard a loud noise. He mourned for it and knew what happened.
After jumping into the whirlpool at the center of the universe, all senses seemed to be stripped away, and the purest cold darkness submerged everything. There was no world-destroying demon and no destroyer here.
There is only an indescribable breath and power here. It is accelerating the pace of destruction and radiating death outwards.
Those world-destroying demons and destroyers were born because of it.
“Do you smell it?”
In the darkness, Juzi whispered:
“ The smell of corpses after the universe dies, this is the smell of death and the end, this is where the real body of the Lord of the Wasteland is, the dark star field outside is just the embodiment of its power in the material world.
Only by destroying this place can the ever-expanding power of the Lord of the Wasteland be stopped, or even delayed.
Without this original power, the Lord of the Wilderness will be seriously injured. Of course, it will not die. As long as the universe continues to decline, it can continue to gain power.
One day, it will surpass its current power and engulf the entire star system."
Having said that, Juzi didn't seem to want to talk about this topic anymore.
Lao Jiang could feel that the Doomsday Fortress was accelerating, and the entire body was constantly firing at the surrounding negative energy of death, in order to open a path to the center in this quagmire of destruction.
In front of the Doomsday Fortress, the floating islands of the large battle groups surged forward one after another, using black hole cannons as the final force for their advance, trying their best to open a passage for the fortress's advance.
They were born for this moment.
Amid the endless oaths of "For the glory of Mecha-God", the war network quickly became silent, and the light spots representing the existence of the mechanical leaders dimmed one after another.
Old Jiang felt heartbroken when he saw this.
What a fighter.
This is simply unspeakable loyalty!
"Do you know how happy I was when I heard the news of your appearance?"
Juzi said in a tone of making arrangements for his final affairs:
"Your appearance means that my ridiculous desire and fantasy have finally been realized by others, and a powerful, noble and kind person has extended a helping hand to us.
Your presence means much more than you realize.
My soul, which has been lingering on for five hundred years, will truly die today. I will finally be able to close my eyes with relief, because you have grown up to be good enough.
You have been able to do things that I want to do but cannot.
What I can do is to relieve your worries and send you on your last journey. Next, be patient, this universe has not seen light for too long.
I will light this light for those in the darkness.
It may not be enough to illuminate the darkness, but it will declare that hope is still there. It is time for you to take this flame and hold it in your hand to find a way to the future in the darkness.
You have to prove that our life may be born out of mistakes, but it is still worth continuing. "
Lao Jiang did not answer.
He was in a strange state at the moment, with his eyes closed, as if he was preparing to do something strange.
The giant ignored it.
With the continuous sacrifices of the Great War Group's floating island and the bombardment of the armed forces of the Doomsday Fortress, this doomsday machine, which was riddled with holes and eroded by the negative energy of death, finally approached the core area of this space.
In front of the machine's eyes was a gigantic metal structure, just like the one that Ju Zi had shown Lao Jiang before.
A furnace larger than a star.
A layer of black ice has condensed on its surface, and it is completely frozen, like a frozen heart of the universe. It has long stopped beating and can no longer supply the nutrients needed by the stars to this sea of stars.
It was the first to start burning before the universe was born.
When the universe is about to die, it dies before everything else.
The huge doomsday machine stretched out its corroded left arm and punched the giant furnace, shattering the ice covering it. This action froze its left arm for a moment, and then shattered it in the impact of the ice.
But under the manipulation of the giant, the robot used its right arm to roughly open the energy cabin on its chest and forcibly took out its burning heart of the world.
Throw the fire into the cold furnace in front of you.
Fire burned in the Hearth of Winter, and light leaped down, eventually reaching the furnace's combustion chamber.
Then……
Light!
A dazzling light shone from the frozen furnace before us.
The nearest doomsday machine was almost instantly enveloped by the scorching light. In the command cabin, the data interfaces on the giant's body fell off one after another.
He stood up with difficulty and looked back at Lao Jiang who still had his eyes closed .
A grin stretched across his metallic face.
Then, he stretched his body, turned his head and looked at the burning beam of light that was exploding in front of him, sweeping away all the haze. He said softly:
"It's so dazzling, so beautiful."
"The long-promised promise has finally been fulfilled."
