A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1546 - 1041: No Mercy

Chapter 1546: Chapter 1041: No Mercy

In this universe, there exists a civilization that has advanced and developed biotechnology. They use technologies beyond human imagination to create various monsters as weapons. Those monsters capable of disguise, infection, and transforming into other races serve as the vanguard, spread out to infect any species they can, converting them into submissive slaves under their civilization.

Upon encountering resistance, they create beacons to signal their masters, generating a teleportation portal leading to a distant star territory. The civilization then dispatches incomparably powerful alien beast invasions to capture the planet.

Fortunately, when this civilization’s vanguard arrived on this planet, they crashed in the Antarctic and became icebound in the severe cold.

Unfortunately, they were excavated by a group of foolish humans.

Of course, none of this mattered to Duanmu Huai. For now, he only had one thing to do.

"It’s only polite to reciprocate. Since they’ve come over, we also need to fight back!"

Driving the Titan Mech, Duanmu Huai stared menacingly at the space portal before him.

Mary was already used to this, merely sighing quietly. However, Liliath and Naruse Mio were somewhat and not so calm. After Duanmu Huai had taken down that giant monster, they immediately joined him and Mary on the Titan Mech, but now it seemed they might have made a wrong choice.

"Wa- Wait, go over? What kind of place is it over there? Not the Devil World, right? Could it be an Isekai? Or an alien planet? How are we supposed to get back?"

"That’s something to worry about after we’ve gotten there!"

Duanmu Huai didn’t have the time or leisure to be bothered with such matters. He quickly locked onto the coordinates on the other side of the portal, then piloted the Titan Mech to charge directly into the space rift in front of him!

"———————!"

Before Liliath and the others could stop him, the scene before them changed dramatically. The original void transformed into weird, illusionary corridors. Huge, translucent glowing forms, like cell membranes, loomed like closed gates blocking Duanmu Huai’s path.

"The space channel is blocked."

Grabbing the Magic Wand, Frieren assessed the situation with one glance, calmly giving her analysis.

"We cannot reach the other side of the channel."

"So what if it’s blocked? Just open it!"

Duanmu Huai raised his right hand and clenched it. Simultaneously, Destructive Mana condensed in his hand, and then he punched forward fiercely. As he moved, the Mech he was piloting mimicked the action, punching the sealed spatial barrier!

In the face of the Power of Destruction, even a spatial barrier was shattered effortlessly like petals. Subsequently, the massive body of the Titan Mech plummeted, diving into the depths of the space channel.

Immediately, the scenery before them abruptly transformed.

Passing through the dim tunnel, the next moment a sight appeared before them like nothing they’d ever imagined.

A giant world shrouded in mist appeared, countless high towers emerging from the clouds, streaked with lightning. With a closer look, innumerable monsters were arranged and moving through the pathways.

"There sure are a lot of Demon Beasts here."

Frieren curiously surveyed the scene, calmly offering her impression.

"This is way more than what we encountered in the Demon King Palace."

"So many...... how could this be......"

Seeing the countless Monsters before her, Naruse Mio clenched her hands, cold sweat streaming down her face. The previous Monster had already been terrifying, but to her surprise, there were so many more monsters at this side of the channel!

Do they have to defeat these monsters?

What should they do?

Naruse Mio was at a loss, but Duanmu Huai remained calm. He merely glanced at the scene below before redirecting his attention.

"Looks like they’re prepared too; that’s fine, we’ll take them all down! Let’s greet these lowly aliens first—prepare to load the Earthquake Shell!"

"On it."

Following Duanmu Huai’s order, Mary nodded and firmly pulled the lever beside her. In moments, the entire Titan Mech shook violently.

"Divine Punishment Earthquake Cannon loaded."

"Lowly aliens, feel the strength of humans!"

Gazing down at the alien creature gathering point below, Duanmu Huai bore a sinister grin. As he spoke, a huge cannon slowly shifted its aim, targeting the ground.

"———————Boom!!"

An earsplitting blast resounded at the moment, with a colossal shell roaring out from the cannon, piercing through the clouds and smashing heavily into the ground.

The boundless rage and hatred amassed before the death of a planet erupted completely at that moment. The entire earth rolled like rushing waves, the invisible force swept through everything. Wherever eyes could see, all was pulverized, shredded by infinite might. Towers collapsed, and countless monsters on them fell. The scene was like the advent of the apocalypse, overwhelming even just to witness.

But for Duanmu Huai, this was merely the start.

While Liliath, Naruse Mio, and others were stunned speechless by what they saw, Duanmu Huai’s voice once again reached their ears.

"Mary, give that to me."

"Alright."

Turning her head, Mary took out a parchment scroll from beside her and handed it to Duanmu Huai. The latter accepted the scroll, glanced at it, and then picked up the Rose Knot.

"Then, in the name of the Tribunal, I hereby issue the Extinction Order against these barbaric and foolish aliens, to be executed immediately."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai pressed the seal of the Rose Knot heavily onto the parchment scroll.

Then he lifted his head and gazed at the world before him.

"Perish, aliens, this is your ultimate fate."

It was the first time Naruse Mio had heard such cold words from Duanmu Huai’s mouth, devoid of aversion, without hatred, completely free of anger, much like a counter clerk calmly stating, "This is not within my responsibilities," akin to the unemotional descent of a guillotine blade, simply performing a task, surrendering to gravity from top to bottom; whether beneath was a radish or a head was not the guillotine’s concern.

At this moment, the world shattered completely.

The earth collapsed, the sky fractured, blinding flashes almost obliterated everyone’s sight in that instant, and Naruse Mio instinctively raised her hand to shield her face. Only after a moment did she cautiously lower her hand to look forward, where there was—nothing at all.

"... An unexpected gain indeed."

Compared to the girls who were speechless with shock, Duanmu Huai was also somewhat surprised, for just earlier, while destroying this planet, he discovered that his [Catastrophe] progress advanced by one notch.

Does this mean this was considered an enemy of the civilized race?

This was truly an unexpected delight.

After all, the system’s requirements for a "civilized race" were exceedingly strict, and Duanmu Huai was uncertain if this alien species attacking humans counted as a civilized race recognizable by Catastrophe, given that many biological civilizations were not regarded as civilized. He was merely doing his duty as a Judge—now it seems, indeed, he should adhere to his duties.

Following this, the group returned to the Antarctic through the passage, and Duanmu Huai asked Frieren to be responsible for closing this space-time portal. Frieren, along with Naruse Mio, successfully closed it completely, and Liliath and others also dismantled the barrier initially meant to isolate the area, and then the group returned to the Antarctic Base.

Of course, although they erased most traces, the destruction of the Antarctic Base couldn’t be covered up. Once it was confirmed there were no remnants of alien life forms, for safety’s sake, Duanmu Huai set the place ablaze, reducing it to ashes.

As for the mystery of the Argentine Scientific Research Station’s disappearance, let it be circulated as an Antarctic legend.

"Ah, Mr. Duanmu."

Shortly after Duanmu Huai’s team arrived at the station, Toudou Gin hurried over.

"You’re back?"

"Yes."

Duanmu Huai nodded at Toudou Gin.

"It seems everything went smoothly here?"

"Yes, although this research station hasn’t been used for a long time, thanks to you, the replacement instruments and equipment were very useful, and within a few days it should gradually return to normal."

"That’s good to hear."

Duanmu Huai also disliked staying in a rudimentary place, so he spent a lot to update the station’s equipment and rooms—of course, also because ordinary rooms were too small for him.

"Um..."

After the report, Toudou Gin intended to leave, but seeing Duanmu Huai and the tired-looking girls beside him, she couldn’t help as the leader to inquire.

"So, what exactly did you all do?"

"Um..."

Hearing Toudou Gin’s inquiry, Duanmu Huai paused and exchanged a glance with Mary beside him.

"Antarctic biodiversity survey?"

"........?"

Why was that a question?

And what is Antarctic biodiversity? Aren’t there only those creatures in the Antarctic?

"Did you all go to look at penguins?"

"Ugh—!"

For some reason, hearing Toudou Gin’s question, Naruse Mio beside her stiffened and let out a strange noise, while Duanmu Huai nodded.

"Yes, that’s right, penguins are quite cute, don’t you all agree?"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai turned to look at the others behind him, and upon hearing his question, they all displayed strange expressions.

"Ah, um..."

"Indeed, penguins... they are quite cute. If we’re talking about penguins..."

"???"

Hearing this, Toudou Gin looked even more puzzled, for many people found penguins cute, but for some reason, when these girls mentioned penguins, their expressions were complex—could it be that they didn’t like penguins?