Chapter 403: Space, Cry for Help
As the star in the sky disappeared, the sky gradually darkened, and the temperature plummeted to below forty degrees Celsius. Although the natives living on this Planet were long accustomed to the temperature of this environment, most people had never experienced traveling through the Desert at night. Not to mention the bitter cold that could freeze water instantly, the gusts of wind sweeping through the Desert carried Sand and grit that struck the exposed skin of the crowd. The feeling was like being scraped by a dull knife.
At this point, the number of people in this Refugee team had decreased by nearly a third. Some were buried by the wind and Sand, some were dragged away by monsters, and some simply gave up and left the team on their own. For the latter, Abad and Diego chose to refund their Spaceship ticket money in full. In the current situation, money seemed to have lost its meaning.
"After crossing the Sand Dune ahead and walking a bit further, we'll reach Frog God Mountain. The Spaceship is parked in a valley thirty kilometers east of Frog God Mountain! Everyone, push a little harder! We're almost there~"
Exhausted and weary was the current state of this Refugee team. Having walked for a full day, the Refugees felt that every step they took was a heavy ordeal.
Diego had to drag his tired body through the team, quietly cheering everyone on. Apart from Tang Song and his two companions, everyone else was forcing their tired bodies to move forward step by step. *Whoosh whoosh—!*
Rocket Raccoon sat back on Groot's shoulder. He held the Centipede Bead in his hand, brought it to his mouth, and blew. Several visible whirlwinds spun and brushed over the green translucent orb, which was quite magical.
Tang Song, ever the slacker, was half-reclining casually on the back of the pack beast, completely lacking his usual demeanor as Boss Tang.
He held the Green Skin Gourd in his left hand, and a Cube rotated freely in his right Palm. At this moment, the Cube's color had turned entirely golden yellow.
Though small, it was heavier than Mount Tai. Large swaths of brilliant light and crimson clouds erupted from within, and the core faintly glowed with a cinnabar hue. From time to time, tiny talismanic seals, seemingly formed by the very essence of Heaven and Earth, would appear and disappear from the Cube.
Inside the Cube was a vast and boundless Chaos Space. At the very center of this Space was a magnificent Hall radiating immense power.
Inside the mysterious and ancient Hall, two Golden Lists hung high. If Constantine, Catwoman, or Harley Quinn from the DC Universe were here, they would find this place strikingly familiar – it was exactly where they exchanged treasures in the Evil God Dream Realm.
And at this moment, inscribed on the Golden List, visible only to Tang Song, were the names of his Agents, only four in number. Among them, Ego's name was far ahead in the Contribution Points ranking, greatly surpassing Harley Quinn, who was in second place.
Within the small Cube was a Main God Space that Tang Song had opened up using the immense power of the Space Gem... a Palm Buddha Kingdom, or it could also be known as a Purple Manor Heavenly Palace, a Small World, a God Domain, a Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, etc. The names differed, but it was a Small World controlled by Tang Song. Everything in this World moved according to his Mental Power, and he could even alter the physical laws of this Small World.
Making flames burn underwater, making stones float into the Sky – opening up a World and creating a Universe were abilities only possessed by true Great Principle cultivators and Creator, just like the Supreme God who created the DC Multiverse.
Tang Song certainly couldn't do that yet. He was merely borrowing the power of the Space Gem, using the Cube in his hand, which had fused with numerous treasures, as the Foundation to open up a Small World within the Cube.
Its essence was no different from the Five Yin Space inscribed on the Beast Hide, only its growth potential was greater. To refine this Small World, he had even integrated the Five Yin Wallet, which he had always carried, into this Space.
And at this moment, within this Small World, which was only a few thousand kilometers across, in the internal test version of the Main God Space:
On a small island separate from the Main God Hall, a massive circular quantum instrument was erected. Dozens of Yellow Turban Strongmen wearing Ant-Man Suits disappeared into the machine amidst the buzzing sound of its startup. When these Yellow Turban Strongmen wearing Ant-Man Suits reappeared, hundreds of other Yellow Turban Strongmen, who had been waiting, replaced the Five Yin Pouches in their hands.
They traveled through the Sky above this Chaos Sea using Cloud Travel, pouring down the contents of the Five Yin Pouches in their hands. Various Zerg corpses were dumped into the Chaos Sea below with a rushing sound. As hundreds of millions of Zerg corpses were devoured by the Chaos Sea, the Space within the Cube also expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a Parallel Universe where the Human Race, Zerg, and God Race were locked in a struggle, the Zerg had recently been suffering continuous defeats for some unknown reason. The Zerg's method of attack was to place their parasite eggs on Zerg-made meteorites and send them to Planets. Once these Zerg reproduced, they could occupy Planets.
With their incredibly high numbers and reproductive ability, coupled with the fact that the Zerg's high-level units were not weaker than the Human Race and God Race, the Zerg had been winning battles against the Human Race. Facing the Zerg's Zerg Sea Tactics, humanity could only resist with their Space fleet, while the Planet Surface was completely the Zerg's turf, unless humanity used Weapons of Mass Destruction... But the Zerg's high-level units were not pushovers either; even if humanity could destroy a Planet, they couldn't destroy all Planets... Fortunately, the powerful God Race was holding back the Zerg, otherwise humanity would have no ability to resist the Zerg's army. However, recently, the meteor seeds the Zerg had sent out kept disappearing inexplicably, even though the Brain Bugs were supposed to have connected to the Zerg's bio-network.
This indicated that those Zerg eggs had not only fully hatched but had even reproduced enough of their kind, right? In the bitter cold Outer Space, a meteorite drifted through Space at an abnormal speed. "Squeak squeak," a strange-looking insect on a meteorite made a sound. Following the insect's antennae, one could see, illuminated by the Starlight, an Asteroid rotating nearby on its own.
Soon, the Zerg, having discovered a new habitat, controlled this Asteroid Belt to change Direction and drift towards the Asteroid. At the same time, deep within the Asteroid, which sensed the Zerg's Aura, a pair of colossal Eyes suddenly opened.
"Help!"
The night wind howled, faintly mixed with a few strange sounds. "There's movement!"
Abad, walking at the front, instinctively stopped and looked towards Tang Song, the only one riding a pack beast in the team. After dark, several scouts with nimble legs absolutely refused to go ahead and scout, as no one knew how many man-eating monsters were lurking in the darkness, and they didn't want to die.
Having lost his 'eyes,' Abad could only turn his pleading gaze towards Tang Song, whom he considered to have super Perception.
"A group of Mutated Sand Scorpions are hunting. There are quite a lot of them!" Boss Tang, who was fully focused on researching his 'Main God Space' plan, merely looked up ahead, then said indifferently, "You'd better take another path and go around them!"
"Both sides of this trade route are quicksand belts. To go around, we'd have to walk at least two more days. We don't have that time!" Hearing Tang Song's words, Abad's square face furrowed his eyebrow tightly.
"You guys wait here. I'll go ahead and take a look first!"
Abad turned back and said softly to the crowd. Then he activated the Optical Stealth Module on his body. The surface coating of his mechanical body shifted, and he blended into the darkness. Then he activated the Anti-gravity Thruster on his body and flew towards the sky. "You call this 'quite a lot'?!"
After flying for a while in mid-air, Abad arrived near a heavily weathered Sand Dune. *Click click!*
Abad put on his Infrared Night Vision Goggles and looked at the hundreds, if not thousands, of Heat Sensing Red Dots below, completely surrounding the Sand Dune. He felt a chill run down his spine.
"Help—"
The entire hill was a single piece of Red Mountain Rock, but due to severe weathering, the entire Mountain Body was almost sandy. At the base of a giant rock on the Mountain Peak, there was a Cave, and the cry for help was coming from within the Cave. Abad's complexion darkened slightly. He seemed to understand why these monsters were gathered here. Looking closely, one would notice that the structure of this Cave resembled a megaphone. The loud cry for help, amplified by this natural Cave-megaphone, traveled for dozens of miles. How could it not attract these monsters?!
But the current situation was that they had to pass through this Sand Dune area to reach Frog God Mountain... *Hiss—*
*Boom*
From inside the Cave, several Energy Beams occasionally shot out, blasting away a few monsters trying to enter the Cave. Illuminated by the light generated by the Energy Beam explosions, Abad finally got a clear look at the monsters surrounding the Sand Dune. Most of the monsters surrounding the Sand Dune were Sand Scorpions with sharp Tail Needles. These monsters, which had been lurking in the Sand, were now climbing towards the top of the Sand Dune from all sides. The area near the Cave was also full of the corpses of these Sand Scorpions.
Besides the Sand Scorpions, there were other monsters near this Sand Dune. Some he had seen before, such as the Giant Centipede, and some he hadn't, such as Flesh Giants with a height of four to five meters. At the same time, Abad also understood why the shouting idiot was still alive. *Hiss hiss—*
*Roar!*
Under the dark night sky, near the Sand Dune, two dense groups of monsters were fighting each other on the Sand.
(End of chapter)