Chapter 384: The Advancing Venus_1

On a human warship that had been missing for three years, the hallways were covered in yellow soil, and the cabins were filled with yellow soil, even one wall had been completely replaced by the soil, and all the instruments around were also covered in it!

In such an environment, four people were still working!

This was eerie in itself!

So when one of them turned their head, allowing everyone to clearly see the bones of their teeth and face, it wasn't really a surprise.

According to limited information from the PDC, humans, or perhaps all life on Venus, underwent certain mutations after death.

The principles behind these mutations were still unknown, but the fact was that after dying on Venus, life seemed to be able to continue in another form.

Team Sixteen cautiously entered the signal center and soon, the staff in the command room found that the instruments there seemed to be operating normally.

Wu Xinghai said to the communication officer, "Ask them, was it you who sent out the distress signal?"

The communication officer's mouth fell open, momentarily unable to react—these four individuals were clearly no longer alive; if asked questions, would they respond?

Thoughts aside, he quickly used the loudspeaker on J135 to address the four "people."

There was oxygen in the chamber, allowing sound to travel.

During the questioning, one J135 was ready to forcibly dismantle the wall, to retry linking the warship's optical cable.

Yet the wall crumbled upon touch, and behind the thin layer of metal sheet was all yellow soil.

Through the perspectives of other J135s, the staff noticed that each of the four people had deadly wounds, and it was evident that they had "died once."

The "person" who had turned around earlier actually responded, "Yes."

His voice was hoarse and lifeless, causing goosebumps to rise on everyone in the room.

Wu Xinghai then asked, "Why are you here?"

There wasn't much left of the other's cheek muscles and lips, so many words were somewhat breathy, but the message was mostly understandable, "I don't know, I just suddenly appeared here, and then, I died."

This answer made many feel a tightness in their chests.

Even Wu Xinghai felt a chill, "So what state are you in now?"

The other: "It's like, it's like I'm dreaming, I can't tell if this is reality or an illusion, I just feel so tired, so tired!

"But there's someone who keeps supervising our work, giving us no time to rest, so tired, so tired."

Wu Xinghai: "Who is supervising?"

The other suddenly paused for a few seconds, "The one supervising our work is here, has come!"

Thirty-six J135s immediately took up a defensive tactical formation, and the surroundings remained filled with yellow soil, deathly quiet.

One second, two seconds, seven, eight seconds went by, and no one came.

Suddenly, a strident voice declared, "The battle, has begun!"

This statement came from another "person," who bore a hideous smile that, once formed, was maintained as if to showcase the expression to everyone.

After mulling it over, Wu Xinghai said, "Team Sixteen, retreat and destroy that place."

"Wait," Jiang Yu stepped forward, "Tell him we mean no harm, this operation was simply to see if he had any ill intent, we can sit down and have a good talk first."

Then he turned to Wu Xinghai, "Sorry, I'm not trying to undermine you, but this signal center is a channel for us to communicate with the other side."

Wu Xinghai didn't see anything wrong with Jiang Yu's action, "In terms of communicating with other civilizations, you have vast experience, and it should primarily be guided by your ideas."

Jiang Yu nodded with a smile and looked at the screen, where the four "people" showed no reaction.

Jiang Yu sighed, "It seems that the other party has no intention of communicating with us for now."

At that moment, the operations staff officer exclaimed, "Squad 189 is under attack!"

Squad 189 was still inside that vast black hole, and their situation was chaotic, battling against some shadows that emerged from the darkness.

Number Two of the Milky Way used methods such as slow-motion and image enhancement to provide everyone with a picture of one of the shadows.

They resembled some sort of hoops, or an "O" shape taller than a person, similar to the unidentified creature encountered by PDC during their exploration of Venus.

The powerful laser weapons and plasma weapons equipped on the J135 were ineffective against them, only the limited number of Avenger missiles could harm the enemy.

In the half-minute that followed, hundreds of J135 squads were almost simultaneously attacked.

Now that the opponent had made their move, Wu Xinghai also showed no mercy, "Order Cannon Number One to fire at Venus! All ships, fire at will!"

The Number One Monster Cannon quickly finished charging and, after calculating the trajectory, fired at Venus.

This shot was planned in just 0.12 seconds and, given the firepower, it was expected to penetrate Venus. If the firing continued, it could easily damage the outer shell of the Sun, a whole astronomical unit away.

A beam of black light, as thick as an arm, burst from the center of the Monster Cannon and struck Venus.

The side of Venus facing the cannon immediately burst into white light!

Most people in the command center breathed a sigh of relief; although there were too many terrifying mysteries on Venus, humanity also had the capacity to obliterate it. The mysteries could be left unexplored for now.

Wu Xinghai was the first to sense something amiss, "Zoom in on Venus!"

The real-time image of Venus was enlarged. The once impenetrable atmosphere had been pierced by the previous bombardment, exposing a portion of Venus's surface.

Unbeknownst to anyone, the surface of Venus had turned white, reflecting the white light like glittering crystal.

Then more and more information reached command; there were no blast craters, nor had Venus been pierced through.

Wu Xinghai immediately ordered, "All ten Monster Cannons, fire continuously! Call for reinforcements from Jupiter and the Kuiper Belt, all Monster Cannons to fire at Venus!

"All ships retreat in order, use Earth or the Moon as cover to continue firing!"

The operations staff were dumbfounded, as the Monster Cannon should have had the power to destroy a planet, but how did Venus stop that shot?

But as surprised as they were, they relayed Wu Xinghai's orders reflexively.

Monster Cannons number one to ten immediately began to charge energy, and as Wu Xinghai expected, the artillery fire from ordinary battleships could not harm Venus.

Wu Xinghai told Jiang Yu, "Evacuate the refugees from Earth!"

Jiang Yu let out a sigh and directed Number Three to issue the evacuation order.

In preparation for this battle, the Solar System State had already gathered most of its transport capacity not far from Earth, ready to evacuate the Earth's residents at any moment.

Although the transport capacity of the Solar System State had expanded by hundreds of times compared to half a century earlier, it could still only evacuate a very small portion of the population, giving priority to evacuating residents with citizenship.

As for PDC, they could only hope for the best.

It was at this moment that the operations staff reported, "Venus has been detected leaving its orbit and is heading straight for Earth!"