Ordinary people exposed directly to such intense light might be blinded on the spot. Even psychics could easily be injured. But in truth, Yu Lian and Sobeck's eyes were protected by the hull of the ancient ship. Though the light was astonishingly bright, it wasn't especially harsh on the eyes. It even shimmered with color, making it rather beautiful.
Amid the intense light, a gigantic shape was slowly taking form.
At the same time, a string of unfamiliar characters flashed across Yu Lian's field of vision.
"...Whatever. I can't fucking read them anyway," Yu Lian muttered.
Then the characters in his field of vision transformed into a standard sniper-scope view, complete with crosshairs.
The "dumbbell" in his hand seemed to change as well, a slight protrusion appearing beneath his fingers. That had to be the so-called trigger.
As expected of an Enlightener ship. The user experience really was perfect! Yu Lian was just about to express his admiration for the ancients when the sunlike glare stabilized. Then, one after another, the figures beyond the blazing light entered everyone's view.
The first to come into sight was a golden-armored deity with eight arms, towering between heaven and earth. Everyone present recognized him: it was none other than Duke Saduran's War God avatar. However, this statue was nowhere near as awe-inspiring as before. Its armor was riddled with scars and holes, and its imposing helmeted head had been twisted out of shape, as though someone had smashed in its brow with a hammer.
The statue leaped through the portal, dragging along a gigantic centipede-shaped machine. The enormous construct still had a seamless, mercury-like appearance, but its winding body stretched at least thirty or forty kilometers. It had no visible head or tail, and sharp hooked blades jutted from every part of its