novelhk Chapter 340 The Death of Brainiac
Chapter 340 The Death of Brainiac
Chapter 340 The Death of Brainiac
This Brainiac is indeed quite capable; he can even encode souls, pulling the creatures on this warship into a domain unique to data. Brainiac himself is a data life form, and everyone trapped within it will lose their support in reality.
Such ability is indeed powerful, but unfortunately, he encountered a true archmage. Brainiac may have fought other mages before, but unable to understand magic, he will never grasp its essence.
Magic is the miraculous power that can create hope even in the most desperate situations.
Brainiac's wisdom was exhausted in the face of Rune's will, not only because Rune only needed to carry out his will while Brainiac had to constantly analyze, but also because the transformation spell Rune had previously cast on Brainiac's ship was constantly eroding the surroundings and spreading to Brainiac's other hardware during their standoff.
Thus, Brainiac, who relied on hardware to provide computing power and attempted to suppress Rune in the data field, ran out of tricks. The erosion of the computing center also brought about a terrible chain reaction, and the data field is collapsing.
"No, I can't lose. Brainiac is perfect, he's immortal!"
As he said this, Brainiac's enormous body continued to disappear, the numbers and letters that made up the body flowed out like blood, and the code that was spread all around was vibrating at a certain frequency.
"Nothing is perfect or immortal." Rune looked at the guy, still carrying out his will. With the opponent's computing power malfunctioning, his virus was eroding Brainiac at an extremely fast speed. The giant was trying to struggle in his death throes, but it was destined to be futile.
The virus program, like a giant black fishing net, completely enveloped Brainiac from bottom to top. Brainiac activated his final defense—the quantum protective wall—at the critical moment. Based on the observer effect, this barrier should theoretically be able to block any form of intrusion. Information can only flow in after it is recognized by Brainiac's own system. However, Rune and his magic are not reasonable.
Although it took Rune some time to realize the strength of the defense, breaking through it wasn't difficult. Since the defense was powerful enough, he would simply bypass it!
Rune gave a cold laugh, and then his body, composed of data, instantly shrank into a singularity, then exploded into countless fragments, directly traversing time to arrive at the core of this giant, where he met Brainiac's true form.
"No, your existence is illogical." Brainiac unleashed a data storm, still trying to escape the runes' attack. "Magic is merely technology that has not been understood."
However, Rune's punch shattered his virtual avatar, completely disregarding what Brainiac said. This punch also had an effect on the physical world—a critical node in the spaceship's core processor exploded.
Alarms blared throughout the entire spaceship. Brainiac attempted to restart the backup system, but Rune's punch was more than just a physical injury in the virtual world. The virus within the mage's will had also invaded Brainiac's mind, allowing Rune to see the guy's memories.
After failing to restart the backup system, Brainiac had to make a final decision. He initiated the self-destruct program, not to destroy himself, but to take Rune down with him. He ejected the core module, which contained both himself and the mage, from the very heart of the spaceship, and this module would fly into the vast universe.
Rune was already able to read the other party's thoughts, but to trap a mage, especially one capable of traversing extremely long dimensions, was simply a pipe dream, especially since Rune was already able to cast spells within this data domain using his will.
Meanwhile, in the outside world, as the two sides fought, the spaceship itself was being altered by the darkness itself.
If Rune's magic had only corrupted the exterior of Brainiac's ship, then with him pulled into the data space, the ship itself might have been able to withstand the effects of the transfiguration through its own anti-magic system, without anyone controlling it. Unfortunately, Rune's transfiguration had already infiltrated the ship's interior. Furthermore, the magical power driving this transfiguration was inherently extremely dark.
Thus, malice began to spread uncontrollably. The spaceship's external armor was eroded from the inside out. The outermost layer of nanobots that formed the anti-magic runes was directly eliminated, as if fish scales were being scraped off. At the same time, things that shouldn't be there were exposed—clumps of red, writhing flesh. The turrets and engine thrusters were transformed into giant mouths full of fangs, bloodshot eyes, and other deformed organs.
As for the original mechanical tentacles, they are now turning into fleshy tentacles, while the mouthparts are still growing and spreading.
So when Rune's soul returned to his body and completely destroyed the ejected core module, Brainiac's powerful, high-tech spaceship was reduced to a twisted, bloated shell. And for some reason, it wouldn't obey Rune's commands.
This terrifying living spaceship is acting on its instincts, targeting the nearest star system, ready to assimilate the civilization there into its own flesh and blood.
"What a pity—I was thinking of giving you to Tony for research." Rune shook his head, but what he didn't know was that when Brainiac activated the self-destruct program, the spaceship was already technically locked down. Forget about research, it would be difficult to even use it as a vehicle.
However, the spaceship, now in this state, was not entirely useless. Rune stretched out his left hand, and a dark crack appeared in his palm. Countless dark magic burst out from the crack, transforming into countless hungry tentacles that wrapped around the living spaceship. Then, the spaceship's flesh began to rot.
Black vein-like patterns quickly appeared on the surface of the scarlet flesh, then melted like a lit candle. The turret, which had turned into a giant mouth, began to shrink and collapse, and the tongue inside dried up rapidly. The spaceship's tentacles, covered with mandibles, struggled frantically, but became stiff and motionless upon contact with the dark magic, eventually breaking apart piece by piece and becoming dust in the universe.
In the end, the entire living spaceship was melted into a huge vortex of magic. Rune was very satisfied with the size of the vortex. With a thought, the magic surged into his body like a flock of crows returning to their nest.
After the absorption was complete, Rune let out a satisfied sigh of relief. Mechanical patterns briefly appeared on his skin before quickly disappearing.