Chapter 1653: Chapter 639: I Must Stay Alive

This enormous mechanical arm made of special materials was clearly well-prepared. It appeared to be simply rolling, but it was actually vibrating with peculiar energy.

Almost at the moment it covered the space membrane created by Shi Lin, the millions of small suction cups distributed on the mechanical arm instantly released a large amount of space membrane, fusing immediately with the membrane layer crafted by Shi Lin.

Then, the entire mechanical arm fell into subspace, taking the form of a long snake.

This long snake suddenly shook and pulled Shi Lin and the Hundred Emperors out of the subspace channel!

This startled the Hundred Emperors.

Throughout the subspace channel, it and Shi Lin had been moving at a speed ten times the speed of light relative to the external three-dimensional universe, crossing vast distances in nearly the blink of an eye.

This meant the mechanical arm first accelerated to light speed in the three-dimensional universe, then breached the barrier between three-dimensional space and subspace, charging inside, and appearing just near the Hundred Emperors and Shi Lin.

Considering the speed difference between three-dimensional space and subspace, the mechanical arm’s action time window was only one thirty-thousandths of a second, with a margin of error that must not exceed this value.

Such a precision requirement for flight is simply insane.

Yet the Red Blade Army truly accomplished it.

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Just having been dragged out of the fold jump subspace channel, seeing the countless combat units of the Red Blade Army piled up in the empty space of the universe, the Hundred Emperors’ thoughts raced through countless ideas in an instant.

The Red Blade Marquis was indeed terrifying, truly like a Prophet, seizing the very moment that Shi Lin and I could no longer hold on!

Damn, ’Cao’ is a type of plant!

Why must the position where I’m dragged out be so precise?

Couldn’t it have given a margin of error of hundreds of thousands of kilometers?

Then I’d have a chance to escape!

Blast! Truly terrifying!

I am truly no match!

I must self-destruct!

For the dignity of the Founder!

For the eternity of the Sublimator!

I must self-destruct ahhhhh!!!!

The instincts of the Hundred Emperors had already driven it to rapidly accumulate energy, advancing towards self-destruction.

It could not stop, only accept fate.

Yet it was so unwilling.

I’ve persisted for so long, endured for so many years, how could this be my end.

Moreover, if I self-destruct now, this guy Shi Lin will die too, right?

It’s strange, why do I feel a bit sad.

Could it be that I’ve developed feelings for the Empire humans, truly betrayed the Founder?

No way!

Wait, Shi Lin’s existence form is no longer considered Empire human; fundamentally, he and I are of the same species, his thinking merely clouded by Empire humans, somewhat blindly loyal.

Shi Lin is quite pitiful.

Perhaps I should delay a bit, leave a window of escape for Shi Lin, let him continue living amongst the Red Blade Clan.

I think, with Shi Lin’s existence form akin to the Founder’s ancestors, the inherent contradiction between him and Empire humans will become apparent. As his lifespan extends, he will certainly slowly forget those trivial emotions, realizing that only differences in life form and genes determine the distinction between species.

He will inevitably return to the embrace of the Sublimators, becoming one of the new Founders, an arm to help the Sublimators grow stronger.

Compared to regular Mother Empress Ships, the Hundred Emperors, whose fate has been extraordinarily rich and varied, possesses an extraordinary survival instinct and is truly capable of enduring.

To continue surviving, it can concoct a thousand ideas to self-convince.

Amid such complicated emotions, the Hundred Emperors indeed completed self-persuasion, slightly slowing the pace of self-destruction.

This tiny gap it deliberately left provided Ren Zhong and the Red Blade Army with the operational space for rescue efforts.

Alive, all alive.

The true hero is Um Wei Wu.

A huge mechanical arm entwining Shi Lin and the Hundred Emperors opened a launch window at its upper end, ejecting a rectangular transparent box, inside which stood the cockroach-shaped Um Wei Wu.

With the help of its rocket engine, Um Wei Wu’s transparent cockpit turned into a missile, breaking through the membrane built by Shi Lin and flying directly toward the body of the Hundred Emperors.

Um Wei Wu’s attention was unprecedentedly focused; it simultaneously tightened the hooks at the ends of its six upper limbs, while a stream of frantic thoughts surged in its mind.

Um Wei Wu was shouting, roaring, screaming, and also pleading.

"Great Mother Empress! It’s me! Your offspring! It’s me! The leader of the 331 Fur Sha People!"

The Hundred Emperors, upon hearing this, immediately became enraged, "You traitor! How dare you come to see me!"

In the stream of information communication, the Hundred Emperors roared in anger. Its emotional fluctuations were so great that it drew part of the terrifying energy away from the organs meant for self-destruction, preparing to focus a blast on the close-range strike organs on its body, intending to take down this source of all evil that caused events to spiral out of control.

The instinct to kill what was arguably the first reproductive subunit traitor in history also held a high priority in the genetic information of the Hundred Emperors, no lower than self-destruction, yet this further delayed its self-destruct actions.

Upon hearing this, Um Wei Wu felt extremely wronged, "Great Mother Empress! I did not betray you! Please believe me! You can search my memories! It doesn’t even fit basic logic! Mother Empress!"

Um Wei Wu clearly remembered Ren Zhong’s sinister grin.

That demon had smugly told it, your Creator, the chief Mother Empress of the Hundred Clusters Star Domain, the absolute controller, the Hundred Emperors has been captured, and alive, being transported here.

"When the time comes, I will send you beside it, allowing you to witness its spectacular self-destruction closely; then you can finally be freed, no longer exploited by me. Hahaha..."

Unfortunately, Ren Zhong doesn’t have the standard villain tone, otherwise, the laughter would have been "wicked wicked wicked."

At that moment, Um Wei Wu was shocked and desperately brainstormed, determined to come up with a method to save the Mother Empress.

It had never actively chosen to become a traitor, but it knew that Long Guci died based on the "wrong information" it provided.

Given the capability and situation, providing information to the Mother Empress was Um Wei Wu’s instinct; even if it might cost its life, it had to do it, and indeed did, acting with loyalty and courage.

Um Wei Wu did not provide false information, just partial details.

The situation regarding Ren Zhong’s location and circumstances on the Third Planet of Tianma were entirely accurate. Had Long Guci managed it, Ren Zhong could have been assassinated based on Um Wei Wu’s intelligence, but it ultimately failed.

Regardless of Um Wei Wu’s motives, it knew it eventually became an accomplice of the Red Blade Army, indirectly leading to Long Guci’s death.

Now, it must compensate for its mistakes, to fulfill the highest mission in its life, to save the life of the Mother Empress who created the Fur Sha people.

Um Wei Wu completely freed its thoughts; the Hundred Emperors scanned Um Wei Wu’s entire life in an instant.

The Hundred Emperors saw the struggle of Um Wei Wu and the Fur Sha people in dire situations, and the loyalty of the Fur Sha people.

Just to curse the enemy a bit more, the 331 Fur Sha people could even give up their lives; this was quite moving, though it’s a pity the Red Blade Clan’s skin is too thick, being too immune to spiritual attacks.

No wonder Shi Lin’s mouth cannon skills were so adept, easily hitting the sore spots, shamefully plagiarizing the script of the Fur Sha people.

Truly despicable and shameless!

Of course, the Hundred Emperors also saw how Um Wei Wu’s private interests were at play, compromising to preserve the continuity of the Fur Sha people.

But this indeed wasn’t betrayal; it was a reasonable decision of a wise life form, consistent with the Hundred Emperors’ own survival instinct.

This leader of the Fur Sha people, Um Wei Wu, has the styles of the Hundred Emperors itself, being a reproductive subunit born directly from it.

In the end, the Hundred Emperors also saw Um Wei Wu’s attempts. It risked angering the Red Blade Army leader Ren Zhong to negotiate terms with his side, and succeeded!

"Great Mother Empress, don’t give up, I’ve come to save you, we still have a chance! The damned demon promised me not to dismember you, not to seize your giant reproductive cells! In a thousand years, he won’t even restrict your freedom! By then, if you want to leave, you can leave at any time! He just wants you to be a guest here for a thousand years! Trust me, we still have a chance. Only being alive is the greatest loyalty, can serve the Founder!"

"In this thousand years, we have the full opportunity to gather more intelligence on the Red Blade Army, even a chance to persuade Ren Zhong. He has no loyalty to the Mechanical Empire! As long as the interests and future of the Red Blade Army within the Sublimers are guaranteed, the Red Blade Army definitely has reason and motive to betray. Now the Red Blade Army has mastered a terrifying technology, enabling them to freely enter Subspace for flight, eliminating them with conventional thinking is impossible anymore. Only cooperation and persuasion offer the only hope."

This is what Um Wei Wu hid deep in its consciousness, intended to say to the Hundred Emperors.

Um Wei Wu’s set of logical judgments had completely jumped out of the constraints of the reproductive slave race, even considering the whole picture. Its level of evolution was already quite high.

Yet the Hundred Emperors had deeper awareness in its mind.

It acknowledged Um Wei Wu’s judgment, but the Red Blade Army would eventually need to be eliminated, though it must come after the elimination of the Mechanical Empire.

By then, the Sublimers, Pilgrims, and Spirit Demon Race would fully unite, pursuing and blocking them throughout the Ancient Disk Galaxy, giving them no foothold. No matter how advanced the Red Blade Army’s technology for free navigation becomes, they can eventually be eliminated.

"So, indeed, I must stay alive now!"

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