A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1427 - 966: The Star Territory of Melee

Chapter 1427: Chapter 966: The Star Territory of Melee

"To be honest, I’m not surprised at all."

When Duanmu Huai received Audrey’s communication, he was standing in the underground command center below GOTT, which was now a complete mess, strewn with the corpses of Genetic Thieves. Duanmu Huai had never doubted the arrival of the Tyron Swarms’ fleet, because this was consistent with the behavior of the Tyron Swarms: Genetic Thieves instinctually use their strength to summon the Tyron Swarms into outer space, and the latter would head to the destination upon receiving the signal, then devour the Genetic Thieves on the target planet along with everything else.

Therefore, after seeing that the planet had been almost completely occupied by Genetic Thieves, Duanmu Huai knew that the arrival of the Insect Nest was just a matter of time.

"How’s the situation with the Chaos Battle Team?"

"They are engaging in combat with the Insect Nest..."

"Ah, after all, the Chaos Battle Team is also fiercely hungry..."

Hearing the report from Aikute, Duanmu Huai couldn’t help but sigh. The Chaos Battle Team had been starving for so many years within the Eye of Fear, and now that they had come across such a top-notch feast, they naturally did not want anyone to snatch it away. From this perspective, the Chaos Battle Team could be considered as protecting the humans of this star system from being devoured by the insects.

Hmm, although in some sense, for the humans of this star system, being eaten by the insects is probably a better fate.

"We have no gains here, it’s purely a trap, evacuate immediately, and then issue an Extinction Order for the entire star system!"

Without hesitation, Duanmu Huai issued the order, and upon hearing it, Axelle was shocked.

"Wait, are you really going to do this? Completely destroy this star system?"

After following Duanmu Huai, Axelle and Lumiaire had witnessed several Extinction Orders, but... it’s another thing when it’s their own turn.

"Correct, the threat of the Tyron Swarms is real, we must ensure that the Tyron Swarms cannot use this star system as a stepping stone to enter other star systems! There is no room for negotiation!"

Duanmu Huai’s issuance of the Extinction Order was not just a habit of the Tribunal, he had his very sound reasons.

Currently in the universe, there are several ways to traverse between star systems.

For instance, using net pathways for warp jumps as used by the Tribunal and the Spirit race.

Then there is the method used by the Chaos Legion, passing through subspace.

However, the Tyron Swarms use a different approach from these two, resembling warp drive engines: simply put, they travel at warp speed across star systems by utilizing disturbances in gravitational fields between planets.

And how to stop the progress of the Tyron Swarms? That’s quite straightforward - if there are no planetary gravitational fields ahead, the Tyron Swarms have nowhere to go.

An Imperial Judge in the 40K era destroyed hundreds of planets with Extinction Orders, preventing the Tyron Swarms from further invading Imperial territory, based on this principle. If there are no planets along the path of the Tyron Swarms, no gravitational fields, no disturbances, then they cannot continue forward.

Therefore, for Duanmu Huai, the best course of action now is to issue an Extinction Order directly to this star system, which would deprive the Tyron Swarms of their stepping stone, preventing further invasion into the Milky Way.

So......

"For safety, I want the fleet to immediately calculate the gravitational mass in the area and issue Extinction Orders to all star systems centered on this!"

Duanmu Huai expressed his intention to not just take away the stepping stone but also the road, curious how they will escape now!

"I... okay then."

Axelle wanted to object, but Lumiaire tugged at her hand, the latter bit her teeth and looked around —— fighting their way into the command center through the Genetic Thieves wasn’t difficult for Duanmu Huai and others, but when they arrived, all they saw was chaos and a signal transmitter sending signals incessantly...

Of course, there was not a single living person here, nor could they see any dead bodies, which, to some extent, was a consolation for Axelle.

At least... at least she did not have to witness the corpses of her former comrades.

Is that something to be grateful for?

"Then we..."

However, just as Duanmu Huai was about to announce the retreat, a "beep" suddenly popped up on everyone’s terminal, and they all paused in surprise.

"What’s going on?"

"Hmm... it seems our gunboat has been destroyed."

Duanmu Huai glanced at the terminal, shrugged his shoulders silently — the Genetic Thieves are insects, not idiots; cutting off their escape route is... also a standard tactic.

"Wait, what do we do now?"

This left everyone dumbfounded.

"What’s there to fear, it’s not like we’re completely out of options."

Compared to others, Duanmu Huai seemed very calm; although he often acted recklessly, as a top player, he also had times of being cautious and prudent. In fact, in many cases, Duanmu Huai in this aspect was on par with Aikute.

It’s just that Aikute is all caution, no recklessness, while Duanmu Huai is both reckless and cautious.

Since he dared to come here personally, he certainly had his own way.

That’s his trump card—Soul Resonance!

Exactly, if there’s a problem with this world, why not escape into the Soul Fragment World, right?

This is also why Duanmu Huai willingly came here himself; he never believed he could take on the whole world alone, but sometimes the advantage brought by informational asymmetry... is quite useful, isn’t it?

"Follow me!"

Even before arriving on this planet, Duanmu Huai had already explored this world through Soul Resonance and identified an entrance to the Soul Fragment World. So at this moment, he quickened his pace without any hesitation, heading towards the entrance of the Soul World Fragment, and the others followed closely behind, without any hesitation either.

"Uncle, we’ve already begun preparing to execute the Extinction Order!"

"Notify me when it reaches the critical point!"

While responding to Aikute, Duanmu Huai dashed out of the dilapidated skyscraper and looked around. At this moment, the entire sky was extremely dark. Raising his head to look at the sky, he could see the radiation clouds that had enshrouded the atmosphere swiftly dispersing, as a shadow darker than the sky itself emerged from above, with countless swarms of insects pouring out like a torrential rain, plummeting towards the ground.

The Insect Swarm is coming!

Duanmu Huai shifted his gaze away, taking another quick look around.

Soul Resonance!

In the next moment, a shining gateway of light beams appeared before Duanmu Huai’s eyes. It was situated in a small alley not far down the street, looking just like a neon light door shimmering brightly.

"That’s the way, hurry up and go in!"

Duanmu Huai pointed out the direction, and the girls now hastened their steps and rushed over. At this moment, the planet had already become a sea of insects, with various bugs descending from the sky, screeching as they attacked everything they could devour. Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai walked at the rear, waving his War Hammer, repelling the enemies ahead of him.

"Quick, go in!"

Amidst Duanmu Huai’s urging, the girls one by one rushed into the light gate. Duanmu Huai took one more glance at the Insect Swarm closing in from all sides, then, without any hesitation, lifted his War Hammer and brought it smashing down with all his might!

"———————!"

A sparkling lightning bolt shattered the dark shadows of the Insect Swarm in an instant, and everything in its path was disintegrated by the scorching high temperatures. The next moment, Duanmu Huai dived into the gate of light.

While also not forgetting to leave that command behind.

"Do it now!"

The brilliance of shining stars burst forth in the Universe, then gradually faded away. The entire Star Territory was completely destroyed in a mighty explosion. In the face of such an incomparably powerful surge, perhaps the Chaos Battle Team could escape the catastrophe by traversing through Subspace, but clearly—the Tyran Swarm, which could only conduct warp jumps through gravitational fields, was not so fortunate.

"Thump!"

Duanmu Huai landed heavily on the ground. Mary and Ogis retreated in an instant. The former scratched her head and then climbed up from the ground, glaring at them unhappily.

"You couldn’t even try to catch me?"

"???"

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s complaint, the girls widened their eyes, looking at the 2.5-meter-tall Duanmu Huai who was still wearing armor bulkier than their bodies—you want us to catch you? Do you want to crush us to death?

"Alright, just joking. Look how scared you got."

Seeing the strange expressions on the girls’ faces, Duanmu Huai laughed heartily. As a big man, he obviously wouldn’t expect delicate young girls to catch him. Even if they tried to give him a princess carry, Duanmu Huai wouldn’t be comfortable with it, right?

"Please don’t make such terrible jokes next time, Mr. Duanmu..."

Mary murmured a complaint to herself; she didn’t know what others thought, but Mary knew she really couldn’t catch him—even though she possessed Golden Pupil, other than that, Mary was truly a delicate missy. Asking her to catch Duanmu Huai would be akin to trying to stop a wall from falling on her... She simply couldn’t do it.

"But speaking of which, where are we now?"

Axelle looked around and asked the question. Just a moment ago, she and Lumiaire passed through this door and arrived at this... strange place.

Yes, strange.

In Axelle’s view, this place is a desolate, undeveloped planet.

"Hmm... It seems your world is quite interesting."

Duanmu Huai did not immediately answer Axelle’s question, but instead squinted his eyes, scrutinizing the surroundings. The Fragmented World was still at this position in this world, meaning that this desolate planet was actually the city of GOTT where Axelle and the others were previously situated—however, clearly, at this moment, this planet had seemingly not been developed yet; it bore the look of being uninhabited.

"Interesting? What are you talking about..."

"Swoosh!"

Before Axelle could finish her question, the ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked open. Subsequently, a bizarre monster leaped out from it, baring its fangs and claws as it lunged at Axelle!