Mech: Shattering of the Galaxy

(Today is May 21st, it is Lao Dang's birthday, so I am adding an extra chapter for myself, and there are two more chapters to be released before midnight. The plot involving the insects is a necessary buildup and is about to conclude.)

The sky's anomalies completely changed at this moment, as countless condensed clouds began to surge towards the vertical pupil like a giant whale inhaling water.

The blood-red vertical pupil opened, revealing not an eyeball, but an endless abyss of darkness.

Just then, a series of sonic booms echoed in the sky, and a massive Taigu Mecha flew rapidly with a trail of purple light.

Inside the cockpit, Mu Fan's heart suddenly skipped a beat heavily, and an unknown terror surged within him.

The immense pressure caused his breathing to become momentarily rapid.

Black reacted even faster than Mu Fan's body because the huge crack in the distance was so dazzling and obvious.

On the light screen before Mu Fan, the energy response radar clearly indicated the current energy fluctuations outside, suddenly increasing by several tens of levels, far exceeding the radar's set alert threshold.

[High-intensity space fluctuation detected ahead!]

[Warning: Unknown energy field detected ahead!]

...

"Space energy reaction!? Is it a Realm-Breaking Gate or a directional transmission channel?" Black's voice was shocked and surprised.

Amidst the continuous warnings, Mu Fan squinted his eyes and looked ahead.

His brow was furrowed, and he muttered to himself, "Why is this happening above the Zeg Clan's territory?"

In his sight, the scarlet crack that connected heaven and earth, standing thousands of meters tall, was pitch black.

But his heart beat more intensely as he got closer, feeling a formidable pressure from this heaven and earth.

On the light screen before him, the numbers representing energy responses kept rising without any intention to decrease or stop.

The Taigu Mecha had flown within ten kilometers directly in front of this vertical pupil, and through the optical lens, Mu Fan could now clearly see the entirety of the vertical pupil.

The width of the vertical pupil exceeded a kilometer, and through this dark space, he saw...

A universe!

A dark universe, with a starry background he was all too familiar with.

"What is this? Why can I see the universe?" This situation was beyond his imagination.

Black's voice was stuck, and after a moment, it spoke in disbelief, "Universe connecting the earth... such a scene... this is the Zeg Clan's spatial passage!!"

Black's voice was filled with terror.

Some detailed data in its database was lost, but concerning the Zeg Clan's spatial passage, there remained a deeply significant phrase!

——The spatial passage is a vital strategic resource for the entire Zeg race, and its appearance must require this race to pay an incredible price.

——It is something that humans have been unable to reach so far. The insects use an unknown energy response to open a massive channel spanning tens or even hundreds of light-years.

——The appearance of a Zeg Clan spatial passage signifies their full invasion of this world.

This phrase, if not for witnessing this situation, Black might have never recalled.

Because in its plane, except for those age-old nemeses of the Zeg Clan, the tribe Mohandas belongs to, no human nation ever faced this kind of spatial weapon in formal combat history.

"Full invasion?"

Mu Fan couldn't help but repeat.

"Yes, full invasion! The insects we're encountering now are probably just a small reconnaissance team, and now they might consider the reconnaissance complete, deeming this planet or universe suitable for them. They will cross tens or even hundreds of light-years to come!"

As Black finished speaking, it had every reason to be horrified, as it was an entity that even countless high-ranking officials of the Yake Empire feared.

They would rather engage in civil war for ten thousand years than fight those insects for one year.

Black's main body, Alpha Light Computer, naturally inherited the thoughts of its developers.

To seemingly substantiate Black's words, the radar of the Taigu Mecha emitted a piercing alarm, an expanse of red light occupying half the light screen.

[Unknown flying objects detected! Quantity: Cannot be calculated!]

A brown "wall" over a kilometer wide and more than ten kilometers high forcibly squeezed out from within.

And in an instant, it spread to fill the entire field of view!

Most terrifyingly, the insect swarm squeezed out was endless, showing no intention of decreasing in the slightest, and the passage itself was still expanding to both sides.

Mu Fan merely glanced and couldn't move his eyes away again.

It was an overwhelming, boundless mass of... giant flying beasts!

Slightly smaller in size than the Corruptor, with a shape somewhat resembling Flying Winged Dragons.

This was a type of bug he had never seen before, with fierce yellow eyes filled with a fervor and cruelty to devour everything living.

And on the ground, from the vertical pupil directly connected to the deep earth emerged an unending sea of insects.

Small and large insects instantly became a torrent that flattened trees, spreading wide.

Some enormous, mountainous soft-body insects genuinely sank into the ground as soon as they landed, and several-hundred-meter-long fleshy skin membranes began to bulge.

The terrifying and spectacular sight would astound anyone who saw it.

On the unnoticed ground of the Primitive Forest, the densely-packed fungus blanket's thickness skyrocketed nearly half a meter!

The short shrubs were instantly swallowed, becoming nutrients for the fungus blanket.

...

And the hand that tore open this prologue quietly withdrew.

A Human-shaped Insect Beast, seventy meters tall and backed with twin wings, arched its back and bent waist calmly floating in the air, hovering at the very center of that black channel.

In front and behind it were seas of insect swarms, yet within ten meters around it, not a single insect silhouette could be found.

Strange moon-white Bone Armor covered it from bottom to top.

Thick reverse-joint legs tread on the void, with long forearms ending in sharp claws.

Covered by a bone mask, its forehead showed scarlet eyes and sharp claws.

On first glance, its form was astoundingly similar to the Layela Clan's Demon Servant who once appeared on Purple Jade Star.

However, this Human-shaped Insect Beast was ten times larger, and the aura emanating from its body was even colder and more lifeless.

Its left hand seemed to have sustained some irreversible injury when forcibly tearing open this spatial passage just now, with brown blood continuously dripping from its fingertips.

The giant insect beasts below spontaneously avoided the blood as if they dared not touch it.

When the first drop of blood hit the ground, a silent deep hole was instantly corroded away.

It glanced down, with its compact compound eyes reflecting a tiny white dot, almost negligible on the ground.

That white plump insect was now raising its head towards the sky, with mung bean-like eyes revealing excitement, devoutly conveying its respect.

Silent communication seemed to occur through some unknown method.

Suddenly, the white plump insect emitted a squeaky cry.

In the sky, a flying giant beast with a wingspan over three hundred meters detached from the insect swarm and descended to the ground, gently placing the white plump insect on its back.

The white plump worm squeaked excitedly, then looked cruelly towards a direction in the sky.

An instant release of some form of pheromone centered on it.

The countless insects flying in the sky instantly turned toward one direction—

The Taigu Mecha!

The massive flying beast carrying the white plump worm ascended into the sky, then in Mu Fan's field of vision, the swarming insects finally flew towards him.

Rapid brown spheres of light pounced like lightning, forming a massive net just three kilometers behind the Taigu Mecha in the blink of an eye, completely enclosing it.

Behind the unending insect swarm, the bone-covered face and a pair of red compound eyes quietly focused on him.

At this moment, Mu Fan finally understood where the mysterious throbbing in his heart came from.

The Zeg Clan, using Planet 131 as a foothold, had initiated a full-scale invasion of this world.

And he was the witness of this scene, the first to face...

The receiver.