Chapter 1604: Chapter 600: Failed Palace Coup

The ancients of the Earth era invented many idioms.

The Mechanical Empire that originates from Source Star seems to have grafted those idioms onto itself, then embellished them with its own historical allusions to make them sound justified.

The inheritance of these idioms may stem from the genetic instincts of humankind, or it may come from some mysterious power’s manipulation behind the scenes.

In any case, as the "turtle" trapped in the urn, the Red Blade Vanguard Corps did not feel good at this moment.

As the war progressed deeper and deeper, Ren Zhong and his clan came to realize ever more profoundly just how terrifying this Second-Class Mother Empress, a quasi–Constant Star Level mutated cosmic lifeform, truly was.

This ought to have been an opponent that at least an entire Star Domain Level army group would qualify to attack, yet at this special juncture, thanks to all sorts of opportunistic circumstances, it had instead become a mortal enemy that the Red Blade Clan had to face with the strength of a single clan.

Far off in the distance, the Star Domain Alliance Army commanded by Marquis Zhenjiang had already intensified its offensive, but breaking through the defensive line formed by the remaining troops of the Sublimators was no easy task. Even if they truly punched through, by the time those fleets arrived, it would already be too late.

Not much time had passed when, in the distant space, more and more massive mutated space creatures—each the size of an ordinary solid planet—began to reveal themselves one after another, locking the Red Blade Vanguard Corps firmly in an all-round encirclement.

Ying Zhenshan worked hard to change the formation, shifting many Planet Ships to the inner side of the array and pushing a large number of warships to the outer ring.

From that point on, the rear army of the Red Blade Vanguard Corps also became the front line; the space war finally broke free from the simple concept of a single front and began to turn three-dimensional and all-encompassing.

As the sharpest blade, Ren Zhong once again rushed to the front lines.

He seemed like a machine that never knew fatigue.

For many years, because the four major human branches in the Ancient Disk Galaxy had to fight for the usage rights of the quasars, the Mechanical Empire’s external threats had never ceased.

Within the Empire there had always been a martial ethos. Especially among the nobles, who enjoyed imperial favor, luxurious comfort, and inexhaustible strengthening resources; naturally they bore the duty of fighting in campaigns, having to be ready at all times to answer the Royal Family’s call to venture out and meet the enemy in war. Without real skill, it was far too easy to die young on the battlefield.

Yet in several million years, never had there appeared a war general as ferocious as Ren Zhong.

Continuous campaigns, sleepless and tireless, never knowing fatigue, never making mistakes, fearless unto death, seasoned in experience—possessing perfect individual combat power, yet able at any moment to take over regional command within a small area and greatly boost the combat strength of surrounding forces...

When all these traits are piled onto a single person, he immediately stands out from the crowd.

In the past, after Ren Zhong had crushed the elite warriors under Duke Wenle Mansion, he had swaggered and issued a public challenge to the entire Empire. At that time, Ren Zhong’s actions stirred great dissatisfaction in many people, but some became his supporters.

But after so long, truly not a single person has dared go to the Far Border Star Domain to challenge him. Within the Empire’s borders, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the sound of ten thousand horses has fallen silent.

Now, when the live battlefield situation of the Red Blade Vanguard Corps was occasionally transmitted outward through brief restorations of communication, those people who had once mustered their courage and wanted to come to the Far Border Star Domain to show Earl Red Blade what a true Warrior was immediately became much more honest.

This man is truly fierce, the kind of ferocity that knows no bounds.

Relying on his precognition and Short-range Jump, Ren Zhong charged back and forth across the chaotic front lines, shifting as he pleased across billions of miles, appearing and disappearing like a ghost in all directions.

Often, wherever he arrived, the offensive and defensive posture in the surrounding area would immediately reverse.

A moment before, the Red Blade Army was still retreating step by step, barely able to resist; but once he appeared, those Red Blade Army warships that had been in retreat would instantly counterattack on the spot, unleashing full firepower to sweep the surroundings.

Missiles of all shapes and kinds, beam cannons of all performance types, and that Antelope Hook style of cross-regional, all-direction concentrated fire—trackless and elusive yet exceptionally venomous—often caught the space creatures completely off guard.

However, those battle zones that did not receive Ren Zhong’s assistance remained at a disadvantage, mired in difficulty, their positions gradually eaten away by the space creatures under the Second-Class Mother Empress.

Especially since the Second-Class Mother Empress would even personally press forward from time to time, further squeezing the Red Blade Army’s maneuvering space. Wherever this Second-Class Mother Empress went, the space creatures under its command grew even more ferocious, as if they were eager to die in battle on the spot, only to be swallowed back up by the Second-Class Mother Empress and remanufactured anew.

Within the system of the Sublimators, the Mother Empress Ship, as the absolute ruler of the race, stored within its Giant Reproductive Cells the most comprehensive array of genetic fragments. Aside from a very few special Reproductive Subunits, it could virtually synthesize all Reproductive Subunits quickly and on site.

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