The Death List Novel - Chapter 562
Chapter 562 Death Battle (1)
He was trembling, as if he was treading on thin ice as if he was facing an abyss!
This was the true embodiment of the Apostle in the mission world! Even with Qin Lun’s shrewd intelligence and Holy Light Team’s high-level Apostle Wolf’s adventure experience in dozens of mission worlds, a single careless gutter could cause a ship to capsize and fall in a different space-time.
Whether it was the shattered starry sky or the superstring space, they were all just a collection of Laws. They control countless mysteries and histories of different spacetime, but they are still unable to accurately determine the butterfly effect caused by intelligent life. After the X-352, an unknown universe being, awakened, the entire battle began to slide in an unpredictable direction.
In the mysterious starry universe, the fifth planet in the X-352 galaxy began to disintegrate at a visible rate.
The surface of the planet would occasionally explode with a huge layer of rock, dragging bright flames into the universe. The smaller fragmentary stars would soon be burned to ashes. The larger parts of the planet would become small meteors wandering in the universe if they could escape the gravitational pull of stars.
When the crust on the planet’s surface completely ruptures, the planet code-named X-352 also reveals itself. It was a cosmic creature that resembled an octopus. Its gigantic head was as smooth as a ball, with shiny silver patterns carved on it. Below it were two pairs of azure transparent eyeballs. However, there were no pupils in his eyes, and each of them looked like a blue ocean.
Compared to its beautiful pupils, the eight-clawed tentacles around its body did not look so gentle. These tentacles didn’t have the enormous suction cups of octopus tentacles, but they had countless silver-gray spikes on their surfaces.
Qin Lun and the others, including the Attack, were still trapped on its surface, unable to see its full appearance. However, this didn’t matter, because even if they could see it clearly, there was no corresponding record of this type of universe creature in Giese’s information.
In fact, Planet X-352 is a very rare creature in the universe. The intelligent lifeforms present may only have memories of that mature Jannamer, Silver Lightning, which translates as the Cosmic Octopus.
Of course, the word octopus was only used to describe its appearance. It was not directly related to that sea creature. The only similarity was that both of them were carnivorous creatures.
In fact, Jannamer’s reaction was fast. When the octopus awoke, it began to drift backwards, trying to stay away from it and even leave the galaxy.
This cosmic octopus is still young and needs to adapt to the vacuum of the universe, so it can’t catch up with Jannamer. However, after all, this Jannamer Silver Lightning had never really touched the cosmic octopus. In fact, after the Silver Lightning entered the original atmosphere, it was equivalent to sticking its face to the cosmic octopus.
When Cosmic Octopus Shu unfolded her body, eight enormous tentacles directly controlled this star domain. Although the size of the silver lightning was more than ten times larger than the Belief, it was still nothing in front of the cosmic octopus. It was just a biscuit at the mouth of an ordinary person.
When the cosmic octopus awoke, its movements were somewhat slow, and Jannamer’s transparent floating body danced nimbly between its tentacles. Even though the universe octopus’s foolish head could not grasp this willow catkins, it gradually flew to the edge of its tentacles.
However, at the tip of the tentacle, the instinct of the universe octopus was stimulated. Its movements were much more flexible than before. Finally, it formed a net with eight tentacles, trapping Jannamer in it.
Aware of the danger to his life, Jannamer finally erupted with the most brilliant light. The translucent floating body lit up like a giant light bulb. His originally elegant body tightened into a ball, drawing a lightning trajectory in the starry space, about to rush out of the net woven by his tentacles.
At the same time, the cosmic octopus in front of it was still unhurried and unhurried. The silver-gray spikes on its eight tentacles gave off distorted whirlpools that were pitch-black like ink and slowly fused into a giant black hole. It actually pulled back Jannamer’s lightning bolt and finally stuck to one of its tentacles.
“This is … finished?” Looking at Jannamer, who was struggling in vain at the tip of his tentacles and slowly being absorbed into a liquid, Qin Lun and the others on the Attack were dumbfounded.
They were lucky that as Cosmos Octopus Shu unfolded, Attack landed near one of its eyeballs. If it was on the tentacle, it would either still be unable to move, or it would be thrown into some corner of the universe.
“Isn’t Jannamer mentally polluted and capable of devouring life forms? He actually ate it so easily?!”
Compared to the arrival of Apostle, Giese on the Attack felt that his entire world view had collapsed. Whether it was Dong Yue on the warship or Alex and the others sitting in the armor of the military aircraft, their eyes were wide open, and their faces were filled with expressions of seeing ghosts.
“Robin, hurry up and leave now!” Just as everyone was shocked, Qin Lun was the first to wake up. He turned on the communication device and reminded himself almost by shouting.
“Boom!” The Attack’s engine once again sprayed out a brilliant tail flame, rising slowly from the pit beneath its buttocks. Around it, dozens of soldiers also staggered to their feet, their bodies lit up with flames, protecting the Attack from the cosmic octopus.
As they watched the ground grow farther and farther away, a pure, boundless azure crystal surface appeared on the screen of the Attack, causing everyone to hold their breath nervously. It was an eye of the Cosmic Octopus!
Dong Yue’s voice sounded a little low, and the bridge was also silent. “Two soldiers from the third squad are missing, and one from the seventh squad …”
There were nearly a third fewer soldiers surrounding the Attack than before, and more than a dozen of the semi-biological mechs piloted by Pilot Guis were unable to catch up. They might not be dead, or their bodies might be damaged. However, everyone knew that they could not wait for them at this time.
“Qin Lun, how are you doing?” Robin asked softly through telepathy.
“We’re fine. The seven people who attacked are fine!” Qin Lun replied in a deep voice. At this moment, the advantage of an all-biological soldier was fully demonstrated. No one in Apostle was trapped on the surface of the universe octopus due to damage to their bodies.
“You guys … be careful, there’s someone on the left rushing towards the Attack. It seems to be Apostle from the Jannamer side!” Robin heaved a sigh of relief, but his expression immediately tightened as he looked to the left of the warship.
Although there was no projection screen, it was just a bare metal wall, Robin’s beautiful eyes were flowing with a glazed luster, and his gaze became abnormally deep. Apparently, under such circumstances, her psychic ability was still manipulating the biological radar.
“Don’t worry, leave it to us!” A smile appeared on Qin Lun’s face. Robin might have a lack of willpower, but the beauty of the Lost Rookies, Guild Leader, also had unparalleled merits. Her strict personality and meticulous mind would never disappoint her companions.
“Alex, take everyone away first. Leave the next battle to us!” Qin Lun connected the star map that Robin sent through telepathy and ordered in a solemn voice.
“Sir, don’t you need us to stay and help?” Vera asked with concern.
“No, it’s still too close to that big fellow. Let’s get the Attack out of this area first!” Qin Lun flatly refused. He didn’t care about the safety of Flying Officer Keith, but leaving too many people would be a disadvantage.
Cosmic octopuses were only focused on eating at this time, not noticing that they were real. But no one wished for a swarm of flies to play happily around when they were eating. The less noise they make, the safer they’ll be.
“Deputy Guild Leader, I don’t know which side this group of people belongs to. If they identify themselves as other alliance teams of the Horn of the Devil, can we talk about it first?” Bahrain’s voice was transmitted through telepathy, and one could tell that it was somewhat hesitant.
“Bahrain, the last thing you need on the battlefield is pity!” Qin Lun’s cold voice sounded in the hearts of all Apostle. “Besides, do you think they’ve lost? What they want now is not negotiation, but our attack.”
Qin Lun’s words caused everyone to be shocked. The fact that Jannamer was devoured by the universe octopus truly made everyone feel that this battle was won without a fight. If the opponent was one of Devil’s horn’s other two pursuing teams, keeping a foothold was one option.
However, Qin Lun was clearly more sober. The Faith was nowhere to be found. The Independent Warship was now the last straw for both sides. There’s nothing wrong with keeping a person alive, but you absolutely can’t gamble with your lifeline.
“Sorry, my fault!” Bahrain quickly came to its senses and apologized. Then, it flew to the left with Frank and Bowie. The two brothers Huo Biao and Robben went to the other side, leaving only Qin Lun behind.
This was the battle formation they had discussed before, and it was specifically used for team battles with only seven Apostle. One MT on each side, one melee and one ranged, while Qin Lun, who had the best combat ability, was both a mobile support and a main assault.
Looking at the blurry star map, Qin Lun knew that Robin’s detection power was almost at its limit. However, this level was enough. He could already see more than a dozen eye-catching spots in front of him using the self-contained detectors on the mecha.
‘”Eh” The moment the Dark Shadow Gale Leopard transformed into the Black Leopard Mech, Qin Lun suddenly raised his eyebrows in surprise. “It’s them?! I remember Lily saying that they should have gone to another city called Tyrant City!”
“Haha, this is getting more and more interesting!” A cold light flashed across the Black Panther Mecha’s eyes. “Let me see how much my’companion ‘has improved!”