I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world

Chapter 700 Straight to the Heart of the Army and 0-001

The discovery of the Trifid Heng system completely disrupted Jemin's original plan of "gradually occupying and slowly digesting" it.

The discovery of the God's Armaments shows that the true core of the Tentacle Tree Civilization was never in those colony cities or fleet factories, but in the "God's Armaments" scattered throughout the universe.

For every day of delay, a batch of data about the divine weaponry on those core planets may be completely destroyed.

He didn't have time.

Therefore, Jemin decisively readjusted the strategy: no longer making the conquest of the population the primary goal, but prioritizing the acquisition of information.

Jemin personally led three level-seven black giants, splitting into four groups, and headed straight for the core planets of the Tentacle Tree civilization.

These are, respectively, the home planet of the Tentacle Tree Civilization, its first colonial capital, its military research and development center, and the location of its highest academy of sciences...

Thanks to the information obtained in the space station's research lab, these coordinates had already been clearly marked in the commander's memories. Each of these four locations represents a planet that is the true lifeline of this civilization.

It can be said that these four places are the most likely locations to unify all the information of the divine armed forces.

Of course, such actions have both advantages and disadvantages.

Even without using the Causal Reflection Technique, Jemin could guess that the information about the fall of this research institute must have already been transmitted.

Even if no intelligence is leaked out, a top-secret research institute of this level will definitely report to the outside world regularly. Sometimes, the lack of reported information is the biggest piece of information.

Therefore, the other party will inevitably become more vigilant.

To put it simply, they will gather more combat forces around the core area, just in case.

Jemin wasn't sure how much fighting force the Tentacle Tree civilization would prepare, but judging from his own experience, he would definitely concentrate all his fighting force according to the worst-case scenario.

If they choose to attack these four locations directly, they are likely to suffer more losses than their previous strategy anticipated, and it could also cause near-devastating damage to the entire civilization.

Of course, there are advantages. Given the lack of combat power on other planets, the Black Giants will face significantly less resistance in conquering them. However, the elite Black Giants already possess overwhelming combat power against the civilizations of this plane, so this advantage cannot be fully realized. In short, by choosing to strike at the heart of the enemy, Jemin's gains in this war will inevitably be reduced.

But now, Jemin doesn't care anymore.

For a wizard, the most important thing is never any power or resources.

It's knowledge!

Tentacle Tree Civilization, Home Planet.

The moment Jemin stepped out of the teleportation beam, what came into view was a vast ocean of fleets that almost completely filled the void. Just as he had predicted, the Tentacle Tree civilization, after confirming that Jemin and his group had discovered the secret of the Divine Armament, immediately reacted with extreme urgency.

The last elite of the Tentacle Tree civilization has been assembled.

This time, it wasn't those old ships hastily cobbled together from the colonies.

Suspended around the outer edge of the mother planet's orbit were all dark gray capital ships.

The armor plating on the ship's surface gleamed with a cold, hard metallic luster under the starlight, and the dense array of naval guns was arranged like a steel forest.

The combined shield had already been deployed long ago.

Layer upon layer of energy patterns interlocked in the void, and it seemed that other more advanced technologies were used to make these energy shields not just simple stacks, but to form a complex multi-resonance structure.

From a distance, it looks like a huge net of light covering the entire star field.

Behind the fleet, several experimental ships with completely different designs were also suspended.

The ship's hull was not fully enclosed, and exposed energy conduits were wrapped around the surface of the hull like blood vessels. Some of the armor was even still in a semi-installed state.

The weapon array at the stern flickered with an unstable purplish-black light, its energy fluctuations extremely chaotic, yet also revealing extreme danger. Clearly, this was an "experimental machine" that had been forcibly dragged into the battlefield before even completing its actual testing.

Jemin glanced at it and continued forward without hesitation, showing no intention of slowing down in the face of the overwhelming beams of light aimed at him.

The Void Armor silently devoured all the attacks, like an abyss that could never be satisfied.

Seemingly finding the warship in front of him somewhat obstructive, Jemin raised his hand.

With a slight buildup, the Divine Light of Extinction of Fire suddenly erupted.

A beam of dark golden light shot out from the palm of his hand, leaving a straight trail that cut through the darkness of the universe.

The moment the first capital ship came into contact with the divine light, the combined shield collapsed abruptly.

The energy structure that made up the shield disintegrated at the most basic particle level the moment it came into contact with the divine light.

Then came the armor, bridge, engine room, energy core... the entire warship vanished silently as if erased by an eraser. But the attack of the Blazing Annihilation Divine Light did not stop there.

After entering the Dao Integration Realm, Jieming's control over spiritual power improved significantly, and his understanding of various spiritual energies and elements also grew rapidly. Now, Jieming can sustain the release of the Extinction Flame Divine Light for extended periods.

The dark golden beam of light, like a red-hot knife cutting into butter, pierced through the very center of the fleet.

Millions of warships were annihilated before they even had a chance to explode, leaving only a long, dark golden crack in the void. With a casual wave of his hand, Jemin unleashed a sweeping, still-emitting dark golden divine light, like a sword capable of cleaving the universe.

As a result, the remaining fleet was also drawn into the fray.

Because the energy of the attack was too dispersed, this time a warship "finally" managed to explode.

Dazzling flames lit up one after another, but those explosions lasted only a moment before being swallowed up by the Divine Light of Extinction of Fire along with the flames.

Moments later, as the fire died down, only a large amount of dust particles remained in the orbit of the mother star.

Jemin passed through the slowly spreading cloud of debris and went straight into the atmosphere.

The atmosphere of his home planet was calmer than he had imagined.

The extremely rapid descent caused the airflow to automatically part around him, and the clouds swept past his feet.

As the shockwave dissipated visibly, Jemin came to an abrupt stop.

He hovered high in the sky, his golden vertical eye between his brows slowly opening, overlooking the entire continent.

bustling.

The prosperity far exceeded expectations.

The city clusters stretch from the coastline all the way to the inland mountains, with transportation tracks covering the land like a spider web, connecting tens of thousands of megacities. But... it's too quiet.

There were no aircraft in the sky, no transport ships on the tracks, and not even a single person could be seen moving on the streets.

It's no exaggeration to say that the entire planet is as quiet as a tomb!

Suddenly, a light appeared.

All public screens, city projection towers, the exterior walls of administrative buildings, the GG matrix on the track... all devices capable of playing images were activated simultaneously.

The stark contrast even gave Jemin the illusion that the entire planet had lit up at the same time.

An aged figure appeared in the center of the image; it was an extremely ancient tentacle tree.

The bark was almost black, the ends of the tentacles were a deep iron gray, but the eight crystalline eyes were surprisingly bright.

His canopy was fully open, its posture wild.

"Intruders".

The low-pitched vibration frequency was broadcast globally throughout the entire planet.

"I am the governor of the home planet, a lifetime academician of the Supreme Academy of Sciences, and the chief person in charge of special weapons research and development."

"You can call me Furnace Core."

When he said this, there was even a strange sense of pleasure in his tone.

Jemin watched the video quietly.

"You are very strong." The core of the furnace slowly extended its tentacles. "So strong that our main fleet couldn't even last a few minutes against you."

"Fortunately, I never intended to waste my last bit of leverage on the fleet from the very beginning."

His tentacles suddenly swung backward, and the scene shifted to a huge void deep within the core of the planet.

In the center of the void, a dark gray suit of armor, over 500 meters tall, floats suspended.

The armor's outer shell was completely stained red with blood, and countless different colored biological blood were flowing along the gaps in the armor, being slowly absorbed. Meanwhile, the energy core inside its chest cavity was pounding violently like a heart.

Each time it jumps, the entire monitoring screen shakes.

"God's Armament. Number 0-001".

The sound of the furnace core gradually grew more frenzied.

"We've spent ten generations trying to activate it. Genes, frequencies, protocols, psionic energy... we've tried everything." "But all of it failed!"

"But then, we discovered something."

His crystalline eyes widened little by little: "When it comes into contact with enough biological life force, it will begin... to awaken on its own."

The camera cuts back to the furnace core, where all the tentacles on its canopy have stood up completely, like a cluster of black thorns that have exploded.

"So... in order to kill you, I released nerve gas across the entire home planet! Cities, villages, civilians, armies... all of my people will become the starting energy for 0-001."

"And you..." He stared intently at the camera, as if looking through it at Jemin, "Invader. This planet beneath your feet is your final resting place!"

The projection suddenly went out.

The next instant, the whole world began to shake.

Jemin clearly sensed that it was the entire planet itself that was moving.

The continents were overturned, the oceans were overturned, and the mountains were uprooted as if by an invisible giant hand.

From space, this planet, which was originally a mix of blue and green, is rapidly changing shape.

The earth's crust first collapsed and then coalesced and reorganized, with countless continental plates being kneaded together like clay.

Deep within the planet's core, 0-001 is operating at full power.

It frantically absorbs all the biomass and energy of the entire planet.

Even after death, the corpses of those tentacle trees that died from the poison gas were still drained of their last bit of life energy to fuel the divine armor. His previously stable senses suddenly triggered an alarm, causing Jemin's pupils to constrict.

The next moment...

boom!!!

A devastating torrent of energy burst forth from the planet's interior, striking him squarely in the chest.

Guixu Jia absorbed most of the energy instantly, but the pure physical impact still sent him flying.

Jemin's body crashed through the atmosphere and plunged into outer space, finally stabilizing itself tens of thousands of kilometers away.

He looked down.

That can no longer be called a "planet".

A colossal humanoid silhouette, tens of thousands of kilometers tall, slowly rose from the void, like a statue forcibly pieced together from an entire planet. The ocean was compressed into a giant water sphere, embedded in its chest.

The mountains and mantle material are constantly flowing across the surface, seeking a new stable structure, while the former cities have completely disappeared.

Jemin's three eyes simultaneously locked onto the planet's core.

There, 0-001 is burning.

Upon seeing this, Jemin immediately understood that this divine weapon was not simply a weapon of war.

This is an anti-civilization annihilation unit!

Once civilization falls, the entire planet and its entire population will be transformed into the ultimate weapon.

It left no resources for the enemy, no spoils for any civilization, only a raging, destructive behemoth.

"Interesting..." A strange light flashed in Jemin's eyes.

Since this divine weapon has this effect, it means that the Tentacle Tree Civilization's previous speculation about the origin of the divine weapon may have been wrong! But now is not the time to think about these things.

After all, once this thing is activated, it will attack everything living around it.

With the entire planet sacrificed, its only remaining target is him.

Jemin slowly exhaled.

Then, a burst of dark golden light erupted, and the thousand-meter-tall true form unfolded in the void.

The burly, dark gold giant took a step forward, his blood surging like a furnace, and three golden vertical eyes opened simultaneously on both of his faces. Then...

The dual manifestations descend!

A golden phantom, five hundred kilometers high, slowly rose up from behind him.

Even in just a few days, Jemin's Dharma form had made tremendous progress, becoming more solid and larger than before. The previously blurry area around the outline of the Dharma form had now shrunk by nearly half.

When those three golden eyes slowly opened, the entire star field seemed to darken for a moment.

Meanwhile, the planetary behemoth on the opposite side, which was reconstructed from the entire mother planet, finally stabilized its form completely.

It slowly raised its arm, which was a terrifying giant hand composed of continental plates, liquid mantle, and metallic core.

Then... he threw a punch!

Before the fist even got close, the space itself had already begun to crack.

Ripples spread wildly in all directions, instantly turning floating asteroids and fleet debris into dust.

Jemin did not retreat; his dual form met the attack head-on without hesitation.

The Dharma image, standing 500 kilometers tall, appears as insignificant as a speck of dust before a planetary behemoth spanning tens of thousands of kilometers.

boom!!!

The fists collided.

The entire void suddenly trembled.

The shock rings, interwoven with dark gold and deep gray, swept across the star field at near the speed of light.

The asteroid belt was instantly blown apart, the turbulent flow of elements was forcibly flattened, and even the light projected from the stars was visibly distorted by this impact.

Jemin and Fa were flying backwards at the same time.

He finally stopped after crashing into a dwarf planet at the edge of his home star system.

The dwarf planet behind him suddenly shattered, scattering countless fragments in all directions.

He stood amidst the shattered stardust, slowly raising his head, the three pairs of golden eyes on his two faces blinking simultaneously.

He himself was not seriously injured. The Returning Void Armor and the Second Dharma Aspect had converted and absorbed most of the impact of the punch.

but……

"strong enough!"

Since he entered the Dao Integration Realm and condensed the second level of Dharma Aspect, there has never been anything that could defeat him head-on.

Jemin's lips curled up little by little, and his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

The next instant, the 500-kilometer-tall Dharma image once again condensed behind him.

The body-strengthening method absorbed the negative effects of the punches and underwent adaptive evolution.

This was reflected in Jemin's appearance, making his appearance even more dazzling and solemn than before.

He took a step forward, and the lingering energy waves beneath his feet exploded outwards.

He stepped onto the surging spatial turbulence and charged once again toward the planetary behemoth formed from the entire planet.

(That's all for today)