"What happened??"
The onlookers even closed their eyes instinctively. That light had been far too intense.
When they opened their eyes again, their pupils were filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Before them lay an empty expanse of darkness.
There was no blazing star, no fleet of thousands upon thousands of High-Dimensional Demons.
Even the entire star system had been reduced to dust.
All that remained was a terrifying black hole that had devoured every last ray of light.
"Wait... look, up there!"
That pure-white regular hexahedron still hung above the sea of stars.
Silence...
A deathly silence!
Everyone's minds crashed in an instant.
They could not comprehend what those few seconds of footage meant.
Why had the Breakers' fleets all vanished?
Why had every planet in the entire star system, including that massive star, disappeared?
Why had they been replaced by a black hole, something that represented the most violent, profound, and terrifying force in the universe?
Why was this warship still here?
"Could it be..."
A relatively clever intelligent life-form suddenly had an incomparably horrifying thought flash through its mind.
"Could it be... that explosion just now was an attack from this single ship?"
"What kind of joke is that!"
"How could that be possible!"
"Impossible? Then what exactly are we looking at right now?"
No one could say another word.
They did not want to believe it. They refused to believe it. Yet they had no choice but to believe.
In other words...
This single warship...
Had blown up the entire star system, along with the Breakers' powerful fleets...
With a single attack!
"Theoretically, it is possible."
Angel Zhi Xin's mouth hung open in shock. A thin layer of gray matter covered her pupils as she continuously drew upon her processing power to calculate.
"The mass fluctuations triggered by a Supernova Explosion could turn an entire star system into a black hole if the process occurred quickly enough..."
"Is that true?"
"Absolutely." Zhi Xin took a deep breath. "It is merely something that can theoretically be done. In reality, the energy and explosive yield required to accomplish such a thing would be unimaginably vast."
"Even if Angel Civilization gathered every warship it possessed and used Final Judgement, it could not achieve such explosive yield."
"If... if my guess is correct, this warship likely just carried out a super-galactic explosive attack. It directly blew up the star. As for those Breakers' fleets, they were merely shattered by the shockwaves from the explosion."
Merely?
The angels beside her heard Zhi Xin's analysis, and their emotions were already incomparably complicated.
After all, with the footage of the Federal Fleet formations fighting those forces, they clearly understood one thing.
Conventional interstellar strike methods dealt negligible damage to those Breakers' fleets.
And now...
Just one warship. One attack.
Yet that single attack, an attack that took place in only a few seconds, had actually wiped out an entire star system.
And destroying those Breakers' fleets had apparently only warranted the description of "merely."
Beyond shock and terror, the angels could not imagine any other words to describe it.
"If these calamities appeared in our Known Universe..."
"Don't even think about it."
Zhi Xin took a deep breath. "If High-Dimensional Demons or the Zerg Scourge appeared in the Known Universe, even if they possessed only one-fifth of their strength, they would still be a catastrophic disaster capable of destroying all of Angel Civilization."
"What do you mean by that?"
Angel Zhui instantly frowned. "Zhi Xin, are you questioning Holy Keisha's leadership?"
"Did I say that?"
Zhi Xin's tone remained calm. "I was merely stating the facts."
"Now that Queen Keisha is gone, of course you can say whatever you want!"
Zhui clenched her fists and instinctively lowered her head.
Of course, she knew that if any one of those calamities were taken alone, Angel Civilization would absolutely be no match for it.
Yet the angels' pride, accumulated over tens of thousands of years, made her unwilling to bow to those calamities, much less to bow to the Immortal Qin Empire that had annihilated them.
In her eyes, Zhi Xin was being unreasonable, perhaps even simply worshipping strength above all else.
Then what did all the efforts Angel Civilization had made over tens of thousands of years to ensure the healthy development of civilizations throughout the Known Universe amount to?
Just then, a young man walked onto the battlefield.
"Hello!"
"Galaxy Strength?" Angel Zhui glanced at Ge Xiaolun. "What is he doing here? Angels and Blue Star have always kept out of each other's affairs."
Zhi Xin said nothing. She flapped her wings and flew before Ge Xiaolun.
"Hello, Galaxy Strength."
Ge Xiaolun scratched his head. "Um... you can just call me Ge Xiaolun."
After saying that, his expression grew more serious. "To be honest, I came here this time to ask Angel Civilization for help."
"Help?" Zhi Xin frowned slightly. "Did something go wrong on Blue Star's front lines?"
"No, no."
Ge Xiaolun waved his hand.
Although they were still struggling to resist the Taotie Legion and Demon Legion's attacks, the Super Soldier Squad's warriors were steadily growing stronger. With the Monkey King and Di Lena there as well, holding the line was not a problem. The angels had also helped share some of the firepower.
"I obtained this Void Controller. I named it Hero Core, but I don't know how to use it. I thought you might have some idea."
"A Void Controller."
A trace of disgust or disdain flashed through several angels' eyes. They firmly refused to believe in the existence of the Void, so naturally they did not think highly of a Void Controller.
"A Void Controller..." Zhi Xin pondered for a moment. "You mean you want to ask us about the uses of this Void Controller?"
"More or less." Ge Xiaolun smiled bitterly. "I'm just too stupid. I've studied it for days and still can't figure it out. This thing was a reward produced by the Ranking List, so it definitely can't be bad. If we can understand it, it will be a major source of strength for us, but..."
"I understand." Angel Zhi Xin nodded. "I can help you analyze the Void Controller."
"Zhi Xin!"
Angel Zhui's eyes widened. "What are you doing?"
"Doing what is right."
Zhi Xin calmly said, "You can continue fighting the Demon Legion here, but you cannot stop me from acting."
"You want to defy the queen's orders?"
"The queen's orders were never for us to reject Blue Star!"
Angel Zhui had never seen Zhi Xin act so forcefully before, and it took her by surprise.
She watched helplessly as Angel Zhi Xin left with Ge Xiaolun, an endless sorrow rising in her heart.
"Could it be... after the queen's fall, Angel Civilization even needs to rely on other civilizations...?"
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