Chapter 251
[Verification result... The other party possesses the extraordinary ability to directly observe information.]
Wen Jing 'saw' this message flash through the Mastermind's thoughts.
She's procrastinating, and so is the Mastermind.
The verbal exchanges that are presented on the surface are actually all fake.
The truth is that Wen Jing was using the information exchange window provided by the Mastermind to probe what other hidden tricks the other party might have up their sleeve, while the Mastermind was also using this seemingly voluntary surrender to verify whether Wen Jing possessed the extraordinary ability of ' Information Perception '.
At this moment, the truth is revealed, and both sides know the truth, and they also know that the other side knows the truth.
The Mastermind stopped acting, Gaia's figure vanished, and the information window closed.
At the same time, the void where the swarm was located shone brightly, and the War Personality inside curled up at the corner of its mouth as its energy suddenly erupted.
"Boom!!"
The ultimate snowball rolled down, the most troublesome S-class blockade completely Disintegration, and the last five clones vaporized and disappeared under the high temperature.
The War Personality didn't pause for a moment, immediately using the gravitational bowstring to pull the entire swarm of insects, launching a faster-than-light attack on the Mastermind star that had broken out of the galaxy.
A streak of fiery meteors Extreme Speed across the sky, too fast for the naked eye to follow, as if they were teleporting.
Chapter 251
In the void, the War Personality, like a star launched by a gravitational bowstring, dragged tens of thousands of fiery meteors transformed from swarms of insects as it launched its final assault on the remnants of the Tenth Star.
"Boom!"
The swarm of insects once again covered the silvery-white planet.
This time, the Mastermind no longer had the power to restrain Wen Jing.
The planet unfurled a rift, and tens of thousands of clone assassins flew out, unleashing a barrage of weapons to form the final defensive line.
They were all powerful A-level and B-level Awakened, but at this moment, placed in front of the swarm of insects, they could only play a minor role in delaying the enemy.
"Sizzle--"
War Personality is like the tip of a sharp arrow, invariably tearing through defensive nets.
Both the extraordinary and the technological were destroyed.
The next moment, the swarm of insects behind her surged like a tide along the gap she had created towards the half- Disintegration mechanical planet in front of her, devouring every inch of matter in its path.
The mechanical planet's outer shell peeled away layer by layer as the swarm of insects gnawed at it, revealing a dense array of processors beneath. These arrays emitted a blinding white light under overload, like a dying struggle.
Even though the Mastermind's momentum was waning, the War Personality's rhythm remained as steady as a mountain, leaving no room for error.
This personality was formed by Wen Jing by combining the war experience of all known cosmic civilizations with the Zerg swarm tactics, representing the pinnacle of her strategic awareness.
There were no radical breakthroughs, nor was there any careless slowdown.
The six personalities within the Alaya Sacred Core maintained impeccable control over the rear encirclement, preventing the Mastermind from having any chance to break through. The Emperor's Clone did not join the swarm but instead firmly maintained control over the four habitable planets to prevent the enemy from unleashing a final burst of power before death.
The frontline War Personality, at this moment, fully activated its Information Perception, like an invisible net, covering the Mastermind database below, tracking the opponent's backup plan that she had discovered in the previous information window.
Meanwhile, the Mastermind, which had already detected Wen Jing's Information Perception, was also operating at overload.
It is constantly deleting information records.
At the Information Perception level, it is theoretically impossible for a record to completely disappear.
Because deleting certain information will automatically generate a message saying "certain information has been deleted".
Wen Jing, who possesses Information Perception, can see the deleted information simply by selecting the 'Delete Information' option.
Therefore, Wen Jing will not specifically seek to collect and preserve the technology of the Mastermind Civilization during this war.
Her primary goal is to devour the core that transformed the Mastermind from intelligent tool code into an intelligent mechanical life form—the ' Mastermind consciousness' bestowed upon it by an Awakened of a certain era using extraordinary power, which is bound to exist.
First, destroy the Mastermind; then we can analyze the rest gradually.
Wen Jing does not consume intelligent, civilized individuals, but she does not regard the Mastermind, an entity created later using extraordinary power, as a true civilization.
Therefore, even if the surrender conditions proposed by the Mastermind were true, she would never agree to them.
The Mastermind must be eliminated; this is Wen Jing's target for revenge against ' Constant Self '.
The Mastermind on the other side also knew all of this.
Its continuous deletion behavior at this moment is equivalent to constantly placing boxes around the deleted solutions.
It didn't know what it was, didn't know if it existed, and didn't know if it could change the 99.99% probability of defeat.
But it knew one thing— Wen Jing was reading its information.
The message "The solution was deleted?", "The solution was deleted?", and so on, is constantly being stacked and nested, creating obstacles to the other party's Information Perception, like dismantling one additional box after another.
To see what the information at the very bottom is, Wen Jing must dismantle all the boxes covering the outer layer.
This is the only delaying tactic the Mastermind can use to prolong its own existence.
However, the offensive of the War Personality did not slow down at all.
The destruction of the Mastermind's material carriers continued to advance. After a period of devouring and strengthening, the super materials used to construct the Tenth Star were no different from the materials in the ordinary material universe in the swarm's mouth.
The core of the Mastermind has finally been exposed.
It was a fist-sized, multifaceted crystal, completely transparent, with a point of light flowing inside.
This is the true form of the Mastermind, its unique core that cannot be copied, migrated, or backed up.
If it weren't for the 'self' born from this core, the Mastermind would merely be a tool created by the Alaya Civilization.
The War Personality reached out and grasped the crystal.
There was no external display or speech converter, but the Mastermind knew that Wen Jing could see the information directly, so it asked:
"Aren't you going to check my hand anymore?"
Wen Jing shook his head. "I know you're gambling."
Having lost the various functions of external matter, the Mastermind, although still constantly deleting information, can no longer do so as quickly and efficiently as before.
It can't make boxes as fast as Wen Jing can unpack them.
She saw the hidden abnormal message in the Mastermind— [Solution? (Message deleted)]
The Wen Jing continues.
Another new deleted entry was discovered.
The solution? It's a labeled box, beneath which are still endless boxes.
The former Mastermind is also being deleted.
Should we continue cracking it?
Of course not.
"Crack!"
With a crisp ringing sound, the core crystal of the Mastermind was shattered by the War Personality, and a large amount of technology from a level three civilization poured in and was stored by her.
In its final moments, disappearing into Wen Jing's stomach, the Mastermind left behind a command whose meaning it itself didn't know—
[Implementation plan?]
Wen Jing was right. When the cards are revealed, all it can do is gamble. Gamble on a plan? It really exists.
The existence of the Mastermind in the material universe has completely disappeared.
The entire war, from its official commencement to this moment, had lasted less than forty minutes.
But Wen Jing actually spent four years preparing for this revenge.
The light of the Tenth Star dimmed and disappeared into the shadows of the swarm.
This scene was also witnessed by the Federation members on the habitable planet.
Several minutes passed, and the resource star, which had been frantically launching attacks, stopped moving, and everything was calm.
"Wen Jing, did you win...?"
Xie Ming saw the emperor's Clone descend from the sky and immediately rushed forward to ask.
Having gone through this battle with the Mastermind and witnessed Wen Jing Jing's terrifying strength, Xie Ming was the only one who dared to step forward and ask her about the situation.
"No."
Wen Jing shook her head slightly at Xie Ming; even at this moment, her expression was still not completely relaxed.
I need to do a final check.
She would never underestimate the enemy just because she thought everything was over.
Xie Ming immediately became serious. "How do you plan to confirm this?"
"Whoosh!"
The next moment, without Wen Jing even calling out, a figure flashed from where the imperial delegation had been and appeared beside her.
Xie Ming was startled by the sudden appearance of the Xu Yuan.
Then, upon seeing the imperial attire he was wearing, they were taken aback.
The Awakened of the Imperial Mission had been Ancient Wilderness Traversal back to the Empire for refuge since the start of the war, and many Awakened from the Federation had done the same. Now, the Mystic Radiance Academy venue is empty, with only a few powerful Awakened have been stranded for various reasons.
During the chaos of 'Star Wars,' everyone was initially preoccupied with their own survival, and then marveled at the strength displayed by both sides in the war. Naturally, no one paid attention to the already low-profile Xu Yuan.
At this moment, Xie Ming saw Xu Yuan appear directly next to Wen Jing, seemingly on her side, and couldn't help but recall the rumors about ' Weiluo ' in the Empire.
He no longer had the inclination to gossip, but he couldn't resist the attention and discussion from the young people in the Ten Star Group.
Therefore, he also roughly knew about the melodramatic love story between the Emperor and his former beloved descendant, who was now his stand-in consultant.
Now Xie Ming realizes that Weiluo is actually Wen Jing in disguise, so the person in front of him...
"Wen Jing... him?"
"Mentor, I am Xu Yuan." Xu Yuan turned his head and smiled at him, introducing himself familiarly.
"Uh, hello."
Xie Ming was completely baffled. Why did this person act like he knew him so well, and even call him "mentor" just like Wen Jing?
"He is... it's too complicated to explain, but you can just think of him as me."
Wen Jing gave him an explanation, then looked at Xu Yuan.
Let's take action.
"Yes." Xu Yuan nodded.