The faster-than-light observation equipment transmitted images from afar. The instant Hao Ren saw them, he realized that this situation was anything but ordinary.
He saw a gigantic wreck floating in space. The wreck had a distinctly curved surface and a conical base. Judging from its observed dimensions, it was easy to determine that it was a fragment left behind after a planet even larger than Earth had been torn apart.
What was shocking was that traces of survivors still remained on the already-shattered celestial fragment. Artificial lights glittered across its surface, and the land illuminated by those man-made sources was still lush and green. A faintly glowing "veil" covered the space continent, a sign that part of its atmosphere remained. There was no doubt that this fragment, only one-third of the original planet, still possessed an incredible life-support system—and that system was still functioning to this day.
But the situation of this broken celestial body was far from optimistic, because a dark and sinister army was surrounding it and had already launched an attack.
Hao Ren had the faster-than-light observation equipment zoom in while ordering Nolan to release swift probes to observe covertly. Once observation footage from various angles came back, even he, who had seen plenty in his time, could not help exclaiming in astonishment. What in the world were those things?
It was a chaotic coalition composed of countless twisted, mutated alien creatures and steel monsters. No systematic or rational description could accurately convey the true appearance of this horde. They included bloated lumps of flesh as huge as skyscrapers, soft-bodied creatures covered in tentacles and eyestalks, beasts pieced together from various limbs and heads, and giants whose entire bodies were swollen and rotting. Yet these bizarre flesh monsters were merely the "small fry" of the army. The