The celebration should have lasted all day, but when the Great Silence Barrier swept over them, billions of Nomu Race members were struck with terror.
"It's the Great Silence Barrier!"
"Not again! Why is it happening again?"
"This is a reserve! No extraterrestrial civilization can enter without authorization. Who's coming?"
"We only just bought back our freedom. Are we going to suffer what we did nine thousand years ago all over again?"
Countless people panicked. The nightmare of nine thousand years ago was like an inner demon, branded into the heart of every Nomu Race member.
Although Nomu had reached the pinnacle of the Atomic Era, their fear of Faction Lord civilizations had not changed. They still saw themselves as a speck in the Milky Way, unaware that their technology had already surpassed that of the Bessel Civilization.
Terror, tension, hatred, and dread tormented the Nomu Race.
Around Kunlun Palace, silence gradually fell. Everyone looked up at the sky without a word.
Their eyes searched for the enemy, and soon they saw something that chilled them to the bone.
The Starburst Battle Cloud!
It was so vast that the entire starry sky seemed about to vanish beneath a flood.
Its crushing presence left them struggling to breathe.
Forgetting all decorum, Nifita flew out of Kunlun Palace and hovered in midair, her eyes wide with fury. She desperately tried to contact the Star Alliance, but her communicator answered with nothing but silence! "Head of State! Leave this place, now!" Vita grabbed her anxiously.
Nifita's little lanterns drew taut. "Evacuate the civilians!" she roared.
Oka walked over and said grimly, "If they've brought out the Starburst Battle Cloud, we can't escape if they want us dead. If they don't, this is the safest place to be."
"Hmph! The nerve of them! All