Chapter 277 - Chapter 277: Trial
Chapter 277: Trial
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The mysterious void realm was the first anomaly that Li Wenyuan had encountered since he arrived.
Although he suspected that this matter might have something to do with humans, even the void realm in the Milky Way was not damaged by the frequent activities of humans. Why was there a problem here?
Moreover, the problem was not just ordinary. It was possible that the entire void realm had been destroyed.
Li Wenyuan finally understood the source of the extremely concentrated psionic power energy. It was the void realm blood.
While he was thinking about the problem, the sentry formation that had been set up in the Outpost galaxy and started working normally also detected the appearance of a small number of lifeforms.
“Yes… Is this what the native lifeforms in this oval galaxy looked like? But this is too…”
Gray Wind also saw the contents of the sentry formation, but with just one glance, she blocked the relevant graphics and directly mosaicked those lifeforms.
Although she was a nano lifeform, Gray Wind’s three views were formed by the enlightenment books left behind by humans. Her aesthetic standards were not too different from humans.
The humanoid lifeforms that looked like skinned frogs naturally made her feel uncomfortable in an instant.
Although Li Wenyuan also felt that the lifeforms here looked quite strange, he was more concerned about the uniqueness of the creatures themselves.
“Without the help of machines, the organs of special lifeforms cannot be seen with the naked eye, but they can fly in space directly. Is it because of psionic?”
Li Wenyuan was quite curious about how these lifeforms could travel in space on their own.
There were no psionic lifeforms in the Milky Way that could do this. Even the widely recognized number one person of psionic power in the Milky Way, the high priest of the Watcher who had turned into dust, had to take a spaceship when he went out.
It seemed that just as he had speculated, the lifeforms in this galaxy were much more adept at utilizing psionic. Sainthood seemed to be commonplace here.
“But…Their movement trajectory seems a little strange…”
As he looked, Li Wenyuan noticed something strange.
At first, he had thought that the psionic races were just passing by, because according to the surveillance of the sentry formation, their direction of travel was extremely irregular, sometimes east and sometimes west. Two galaxies were clearly close at hand, but they had to travel dozens of galaxies before they could reach them. It did not seem like they were coming for him at all.
However, as time passed, these lifeforms seemed to have arrived at a specific place. Then, in an instant, they crossed the distance of hundreds of galaxies and suddenly got closer to his home.
Li Wenyuan was extremely surprised by this strange method of superluminal travel. At the same time, it also made him understand how the lifeforms here overcame the long-distance test in this galaxy without a hyperspace channel.
It was through that strange teleportation method. Although the principle was still unknown, Li Wenyuan remembered it.
Apart from that, he was also certain that the psionic races were coming for him, and they probably had ill intentions.
Through the observation of the sentry formation, he could feel the nature of the lifeforms’ greed.
It seemed to be due to the survival knowledge that they had developed in an unknown environment. Each of them was separated by an extremely long distance, as if they were guarding against each other.
Occasionally, when they reached an agreement with each other, they would suddenly attack a certain fellow kinsman, killing and eating it.
Just a glimpse of them made Li Wenyuan wonder if these creatures belonged to a civilization. He even thought that lifeforms were space beasts similar to space amoebas.
However, they were clearly moving forward in an organized manner, and it seemed like they were stopping to talk. Li Wenyuan guessed that these 10,000 individuals might be a group of pirates.
After all, the number of individuals was too small. No one would have thought that this group of individuals was the main force to fight against the crisis.
“It’s not clear how they knew I was here… But no matter what, it’s still necessary to probe. This group of pirates may not be the top combat strength of this galaxy, but they can be used as a reference to estimate the average strength of the civilizations here…”
After making up his mind, an ordinary escort ship separated from the fleet and warped towards the galaxy where this group of people was currently located.
The sudden appearance of the battleship naturally alerted the psionic lifeforms. Before Li Wenyuan could attempt to communicate, a large number of attacks followed.
“Their attitude is really not very friendly…” Although he had a premonition, he still felt a little helpless.
He had come here to find traces of humans and did not want to get involved with the civilization here. However, from the current situation, the civilization here had long discovered him and was even preparing to eliminate him, an alien visitor.
Unbelievable psionic power burst out from the bodies of those lifeforms, gathering into all kinds of light beams and striking the escort ships in the simplest and most brutal way.
At this moment, they were like little void realms which had endless psionic power hidden in their bodies. As long as they were willing, they could suddenly burst out with terrifying combat strength.
Unsurprisingly, the escort fleet was destroyed and turned into an inconspicuous firework among the dazzling psionic beams.
The psionic lifeforms seemed to be cheering at the same time.
Their muscular faces were trembling slightly. Even if they had no facial features, the remaining instincts of their bodies were still expressing their joy.
Even the beams of psionic interweaved into various shapes under exquisite manipulation. They were not enjoying themselves through sight or hearing but through their perception of psionic power.
However, while they were celebrating, Li Wenyuan had also completed the first wave of analysis.
“On average, the energy contained in each psionic beam was between the main cannons of ordinary battleships and cruisers in the Milky Way. It is not considered strong, but it is still unbelievable that lifeforms can unleash such combat power. Can psionic even do this?”
“These psionic beams also have an obvious difference in energy level… Was it because there were strong and weak among them? Or was there a difference between a humanoid battleship and a humanoid frigate?”
The result of the analysis was not too dark. He did not want the beginning of the journey to be the end for him. If these psionic lifeforms were the existence of Planet Destruction, he would have to consider running away.
However, the result of the first test made Li Wenyuan slightly relieved. Even if he considered the possibility that the other party was hiding his strength, he did not go all out.
Therefore, according to the calculation, a fleet made up of cruisers, which was slightly larger than this batch of ten-thousand manners, set off.
Speaking of which, this cruiser fleet was built by Gray Wind. After all, Li Wenyuan’s fleet only had frigates, battlecruisers, and Titan Battleships. There were no other types of battleships.
Under normal circumstances, he could deal with most situations with only the escort ship. If the escort ship couldn’t deal with it, the combat patrol could deal with it better than other battleships.
As such, he had no intention of building those intermediate battleships.
Only Gray Wind was like a good student, starting from the frigate to the Titan Battleship, all kinds of battleships were built.
However, these were not nano-cruisers but actual mechanical cruisers that were completely based on Li Wenyuan’s technology, not battleships made of compound nanobots.
The sudden arrival of the cruisers disrupted the celebration of the psionic lifeforms. They did not seem to expect that the trial was far from over.
However, this did not make them retreat. Instead, it made them even more fanatical.
Through the observation of the sentry formation, Li Wenyuan even saw that the faces of some psionic lifeforms, which might have been their mouths, were sinking under the wriggling of their muscles, as if they were shouting.
More beams of psionic began to shine in the galaxy, too, colliding with the shields on the battleships and bursting with light.
Li Wenyuan didn’t hold back and attacked these guys who weren’t prepared to communicate at all.
Cannons, missiles, close-range weapons, and even ship-borne aircraft had all become a part of the battlefield.
Compared to the escort fleet, the firepower and defense level of the cruiser were undoubtedly several levels higher. Even if it was like shooting a mosquito with a cannon, the psionic lifeforms would die immediately if they were grazed by it.
Just like the battleships in the ATilky Way that had always been thin-skinned and big-stuffed, these destructive psionic lifeforms had no defense.
It could still withstand some small explosions, but it would die on the spot if it was hit by the main cannon of the cruise ship. It was hard to imagine how such a fragile body could erupt with such terrifying psionic.
The situation began to develop in a disadvantageous direction for these psionic lifeforms. They seemed to have sensed that the enemy was more comprehensive than them. If this continued, it would only be a matter of time before they were all wiped out.
In order to pass the trial, they took out their trump cards.
An unfortunate lifeform was chosen and was instantly devoured by other creatures. The psionic stored in his body flowed into the bodies of the others, making them stronger.
This scene made Li Wenyuan’s eyes narrow. It was not because of their cruel actions, but because he remembered a certain record in the past.
In the Milky Way, the Czero race seemed to have used a similar method to gather power into others. However, it was not as bloody as here. Instead, they burned themselves into ashes like firewood.
In the next moment, after the numbers of those groups were reduced, the remaining lifeforms burst forth with even more powerful psionic power. Some of them were even capable of taking on the main cannon of the cruise ship head-on.
With this kind of turning-the-tide action, the scales of victory gradually tipped in their favor.
After paying the price of one wave after another, splitting up their companions one after another, they finally completed this trial.
Half of the cruiser fleet was destroyed, and the remaining half was left by Li Wenyuan, who felt that there was no need to waste anymore.
At this moment, the galaxy was quiet. Other than the wreckage of the battleship, there was not a single corpse. All the corpses had been eaten by the living, and their auras were getting stronger.
They were sure that this was the benefit of the trial. In time, they would also stand at the top of this galaxy.
However, before they could celebrate this time, the third trial came.
Battlecruisers that were larger than the previous ones arrived, and their cannon muzzles locked onto each of them.
Facing such a huge cannon that they couldn’t even block with dozens of them, their enthusiasm was finally doused with cold water.
What they needed to think about now was how to escape from the trial..