"CRACKLE... STATIC..." A faint rustling sound came through the Super Giant War Armor’s communication system.
It was the sound of the radiation detector alarm.
This area of the Meteorite Belt was contaminated with radiation.
Shen Feng raised an eyebrow. He realized this must be the aftereffect of the Giant Hydrogen Bombs brought here by the Shen Feng from Water World.
That also explained why this region of the Meteorite Belt was so empty.
It had been cleared by the explosions.
The Shen Feng from Water World had led the members of the Advancing Faction, piloting three Super Giant War Armors and a fleet of spaceships, towing a massive number of Super Hydrogen Bombs to this world.
They had intended to completely obliterate the World Beasts’ lair and perish together with the wretched behemoths, but they ultimately failed.
But before that, they had clearly fought an incredibly brutal war.
More and more World Beasts appeared—tens of thousands of them—crawling over the surrounding meteorites in a dense swarm. They closed in on the Super Armor piloted by Shen Feng. The Beast Ancestor also extended its massive tentacles, thousands of meters long, completely enveloping the surrounding Meteorite Belt and slowly closing them.
Even the light from the Shield UY Red Supergiant Star began to dim.
But Shen Feng paid it no mind. Instead, he piloted the Super Armor over to the damaged Zero Armor and grabbed the rotating meteorite it was on.
Through the Zero Armor’s cockpit, he could see a young man who looked exactly like him standing inside. A sharp Stone Spear had pierced his chest, and the low temperatures of the Cosmos had long since frozen his body into an ice sculpture.
The moment Shen Feng saw the young man, he knew. That was this world’s version of him.
The Shen Feng from Water World.
As the Commander of the Salvation Army, his courage was something Shen Feng himself had to admire.
But he had still fallen in battle.
"Xiaofeng..." Jingwei No. 2’s voice came through, choked with sobs.
Then, the damaged Zero Armor before him suddenly lit up. The holographic projector in the cockpit activated, casting the image of a girl in a sailor uniform. It was Jingwei No. 2.
Jingwei No. 2’s face was filled with sorrow. She drifted forward and gently caressed the deceased Shen Feng from Water World with her holographic hand, crystalline tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes.
Jingwei’s voice sounded in Shen Feng’s ear. "Xiaofeng, if you have a plan, you’d better use it now. She’s about to lose it."
Shen Feng pursed his lips. "Let’s check out that laboratory. It’s too strange for a lab to show up in the middle of nowhere like this."
The words had barely left his mouth when the damaged Zero Armor on the meteorite suddenly roared to life. Its engines thundered, all its lights blazed on, and jets of flame erupted from the thrusters on its back, wrenching the Super Giant War Armor’s frame off the sharp Stone Spear.
It was Jingwei No. 2, controlling the Zero Armor.
Before Shen Feng could ask, the Zero Armor blasted violent jets of flame from its thrusters. Hundreds, even thousands, of missiles launched from the pods on its shoulders and back, streaking toward the surrounding World Beasts. The Zero Armor then drew the heavy alloy Long Saber from its back and charged like lightning into the swarm, beginning a frenzied slaughter.
"You monsters! You cosmic trash! I’ll make you pay for Xiaofeng’s life! Die! All of you, just DIE!"
Jingwei No. 2’s electronically synthesized voice, now venomous and crazed, echoed over the communication channel. She despised the monsters who had killed her Xiaofeng!
Under the control of the super A.I., the Zero Armor’s agility and destructive power rose to a new Level. Its massive frame charged back and forth through the swarm, leaving a trail of severed World Beast limbs and blood in its wake.
This sudden turn of events momentarily stunned the surrounding World Beasts. They quickly rallied and swarmed toward the Zero Armor, beginning to encircle and destroy the human armor that had burst forth.
The Beast Ancestor also lashed out with its tens of thousands of massive, densely packed tentacles, sweeping them toward Jingwei No. 2.
In the blink of an eye, the already damaged Zero Armor sustained even more severe damage.
Shen Feng frowned. He instantly detached his own Zero Armor from the combined Super Armor. In a flash, the massive combined frame appeared before Jingwei No. 2.
"No. 2, combine with the Super Armor!"
Jingwei No. 2 was already lost in a bloodlust and couldn’t think about much else. She shot Shen Feng a grateful glance and instantly docked her battered Zero Armor with the larger frame. Now in control of the Super Armor, her combat power surged. She tore the surrounding World Beasts to shreds and even began to clash with the Beast Ancestor’s tentacles.
She needed this power to kill every last one of the damned World Beasts!
’Xiaofeng, I’m with you now. I’ll destroy every last one of these bastards! I’ll help you fulfill your final wish!’
The Beast Ancestor’s tentacles, accompanied by tens of thousands of World Beasts, lashed out. At the same time, giant eyes suddenly opened on the tentacles, projecting destructive Energy Beams that blasted toward the Super Battle Armor controlled by Jingwei No. 2.
Jingwei No. 2 pushed the Super Battle Armor’s energy output to its maximum. It became a fortress, firing streams of Energy Beams and volleys of Kinetic Energy Bullets. The colossal metal Battle Blade in its hand moved unopposed, carving through the enemy ranks.
For a moment, turbulent blasts of violent energy scattered in every direction, a brilliant and chaotic spectacle.
Meanwhile, Shen Feng seized the opportunity to approach the building floating in space.
It was a very familiar-looking structure. It resembled an ordinary human biological research institute, extremely similar in style to others Shen Feng had seen before.
Except this one was perched on a massive meteorite.
Judging by the mottled damage on its surface, the building seemed to have been here for a long time, as if it had endured a brutal war.
However, the exposed inner metal layer beneath the damaged concrete exterior suggested it hadn’t been here long. The technology it employed was clearly at the cutting edge of human advancement.
The Zero Armor piloted by Shen Feng hovered before the meteorite. A gangway extended from the cockpit, connecting to the building’s entrance.
Beyond was the vacuum of space. Shen Feng stepped into the gangway, and the Nanomechanical Cluster swiftly transported him to the building’s main door.
Shen Feng’s body was now encased in the Nanomechanical Cluster, forming a natural spacesuit that protected him from the vacuum and extreme cold.
The interior of the building was pitch-black. The main door stood open, and a thick layer of cosmic dust had settled inside, a clear sign it had been abandoned for a long time.
But intuition told Shen Feng that an unexpected discovery awaited him inside.
With Jingwei No. 2 keeping the Beast Ancestor and the swarm occupied in the Super Armor, he now had time to investigate.
Seeing the pitch-black interior, Shen Feng snapped his fingers. Streams of the Nanomechanical Cluster flowed from the War Armor behind him, forming tens of thousands of densely packed tentacles that probed into the building.
The Nanomechanical Cluster then began to glow, like countless strips of light, instantly illuminating the dead-silent building.
"Xiaofeng, there’s a sterile lab in here. It really is a biological research institute. Is this... is this a quantum computer? It’s far more advanced than Earth’s technology... I’ve used the Nanomechanical Cluster to activate the equipment. You should come take a look."
Jingwei’s voice came through. She was clearly observing the building’s interior via the Nanomechanical Cluster.
Shen Feng immediately entered a room on the second floor. Its construction was far more advanced than any biological research facility he knew, looking like something out of a science fiction film. But fundamentally, its purpose was the same.
Much of the equipment was beyond his comprehension. Fortunately, thanks to his extensive knowledge of biology and virology, he could still identify the purpose of most items.
This was a virus cultivation lab.
Above a device that resembled a dishwasher, a hologram projected a cascade of data.
According to Jingwei’s analysis, it was a quantum brain, with a level of technology that surpassed the world Shen Feng came from.
Luckily, the relevant technology was already in its database and it had no firewalls, which was how Jingwei was able to access it.
In a nearby specimen container, there were several samples.
One petri dish contained a white powder, and another held a black substance.
Shen Feng frowned. His experience immediately told him what these were.
He was all too familiar with these two substances.
The white powder was a metabolic byproduct of the Stone Statue Virus.
The black substance was organic matter that had been corrupted and altered by a zombie virus.
He was very familiar with both viruses, and yet, these versions were unfamiliar.
Based on their appearance, these residues were from highly mutated variants of the two viruses.
In another container was a gray substance that looked like organic tissue.
It was a perfect match for the tissue structure of a World Beast.