Hive's main fleet trained its cold gun barrels on them from ahead, while the Chaos Exclusion Zone roared silently behind them. The Benatar was like a lone boat in a raging sea, utterly surrounded by death. Queen Bee Aishana's cold, greedy will coiled around the ship like tangible shackles, tightening around everyone's hearts as well.
"The engines are overheating! The shields won't activate! They've locked onto us! At least twenty main guns!" Rocket's voice was hoarse with despair as his claws hammered futilely at the dead and half-dead consoles.
"We'll take them down with us!" Drax roared, hoisting the Blaster Cannon despite knowing he might as well be trying to stop a freight train with his bare hands.
"Calm down!" Gamora snapped, gripping both blades tightly, though her gaze turned toward Lin Ye. Right now, he was their only hope.
Lin Ye stood quietly before the viewport, facing the overwhelming Hive fleet without a trace of panic. After merging with the [Huang Ti] crystal, his aura had grown deeper and more restrained, like a tranquil ocean before a storm. On the back of his hand, the [Origin Thunder Seal] burned fiercely. It held not only [Wan Jun]'s dominance and [Huang Ti]'s sorrow and purification, but also a newly born, strange affinity for [chaos] and... hunger?
[Chaos Thunder Devour]... one of the supreme applications for countering chaos within [Huang Ti]'s legacy. Not destruction, but... devouring, converting, and making it my own!
A wild, audacious idea took shape in his mind in an instant.
"Star-Lord!" Lin Ye's voice was calm but brooked no argument. "On my command, make a full-power dash toward three o'clock, along the edge of the chaos vortex!"
"What?! Head toward chaos? That's suicide!" Star-Lord cried in horror.
"Do it!" Lin Ye barked, lightning blazing in his eyes. "It's