novelhk Chapter 274 The natural disaster recedes, and the dust settles.
Chapter 274 The natural disaster recedes, and the dust settles.
The Reaper fleet has retreated.
This sudden turn of events stunned the two remaining forces on the battlefield.
The Star Skeleton Giant Devourer, caught up in the heat of battle, suddenly found that all its opponents had fled. A look of bewilderment flashed in its countless scarlet compound eyes.
It let out a roar filled with frustration and anger, as if venting its pent-up rage.
It circled in place a few times, then turned its enormous head toward the Earth fleet and the massive mothership in the vacuum zone of laws.
In its perception, these two "little ones" also exuded an aura that it disliked.
Especially that mothership, which just dealt it a heavy blow.
Just as Chen Zhou and Ogus were on tenterhooks, thinking that the crazed beast was about to turn its guns on them.
The behemoth stared at them intently for a few seconds, as if weighing something.
Ultimately, it seemed to think that it wasn't worth wasting any more energy on these two little ones.
It let out a disdainful growl, and with a flick of its massive body, it transformed into a streak of light, hurtling towards the depths of the "Sea of the Dead" star field.
It quickly disappeared from everyone's detection range.
It's gone too.
The cosmic space, which had just been in a state of extreme chaos, like a battlefield between gods and demons, returned to complete silence in just a few dozen seconds.
All that remained was the Earth fleet, still somewhat dazed from the thrilling spectacle they had just witnessed.
And that Star Eater Cult mothership, its hull riddled with craters and its shields nearly shattered, looking utterly wretched, but thankfully still clinging to life.
"Is it... over?"
On the bridge of the Pangu, the communications officer stammered, his voice filled with uncertainty.
"It seems...yes."
The radar officer stared in disbelief at the empty radar screen.
Two major natural disasters, an A-class cosmic creature, and a mysterious cluster capable of slaughtering star fleets.
They're all gone just like that?
We... survived?
The immense joy of surviving the ordeal overwhelmed everyone instantly, like a tidal wave.
"We won! We survived!"
"Oh my god! We actually survived!"
Inside the bridge, cheers erupted more enthusiastically than ever before.
Many people even hugged each other excitedly, crying tears of joy.
This battle began with the encounter with the Shadow and continued with the imprisonment of the beast in the dimensional cage.
Then came the arrival of the Star Eater Cult, and finally the Reaper's intrusion, plunging the two great calamities into conflict...
The whole process was full of twists and turns, and ups and downs.
Their hearts were like they were on a roller coaster, teetering on the edge of life and death every second.
Now, everything has finally settled down.
They not only survived, but were almost completely unharmed!
This is simply a miracle!
Chen Zhou also let out a long sigh of relief, his whole body relaxed, and he felt a chill on his back.
Only then did he realize that his combat uniform was already soaked with cold sweat.
He looked at Su Chen, only to find that Su Chen was not celebrating with everyone.
Su Chen's consciousness had just returned from that high-risk "attack on will," and his face was still a little pale, and he looked somewhat listless.
But his eyes were surprisingly bright.
His gaze did not linger on any of the crew members.
Instead, they looked through the porthole at the desolate universe outside.
In that airspace where a tremendous battle had just taken place, countless...wreckage floated.
There are the wreckage of Star Eater Cult warships.
Even more so, there were the wreckage of Reaper warships made of black crystals!
Although most of them were destroyed in the battle, a considerable portion still retained a relatively intact structure.
To others, these things might just be a pile of useless space junk.
But in Su Chen's eyes, that wasn't trash at all!
Those are treasure troves floating in the universe!
An invaluable treasure trove capable of transforming the technological level of Earth's civilization in a short period of time!
Materials science, energy science, space technology, fragments of regular weapons...
Even the slightest understanding of any one of these things would be enough to benefit the Earth immensely!
In the end, this crisis turned into an unprecedented windfall!
"Chen Zhou".
Su Chen's voice, though somewhat weak, was filled with undeniable power.
"Here!" Chen Zhou immediately stood at attention, snapping out of his elation at victory.
Don't be too happy yet.
Su Chen slowly stood up and walked to the porthole.
"The battle has only just begun."
Chen Zhou was taken aback and looked at Su Chen with confusion.
Su Chen pointed to the vast star field outside, littered with debris, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips.
"Pass on my orders."
"All fleets, including Ogus's mothership, are to commence operations immediately."
"Begin...cleaning up the battlefield!"
"Take every single fragment we can see, whether it's from the Cult of the Star Eaters or the Reapers—not a single tile, not a single screw—and drag them all back!"
"This is the spoils of war we earned with our lives!"