Chapter 676: Seizing Control of the Micron Civilization!

“You can leave here now.” Xiao Yu said to the Solan Civilization and the others, “The Great Emperor Civilization and its lackey civilizations have all been wiped out by me. From now on, no one will disturb your peaceful development again. I came here following the last wish of the God of Space to take away the Star of Hope. After I finish this, I will leave the Large Magellanic Cloud and return to the Milky Way Galaxy.”

The Specter companion’s slaughter was targeted. Before they began, the Solan Civilization submitted a whitelist to Xiao Yu, and all intelligent beings of the races on that whitelist were not harmed. Now, with Xiao Yu’s help, they had completed the entire rescue operation. There was nothing more for them to do here, and Xiao Yu had no interest in incorporating them into the Divine Ark Civilization.

After receiving Xiao Yu’s message, the Solan Civilization fell silent for a moment, then joined with the other civilizations and released a message to Xiao Yu, “Divine Ark Civilization, thank you for your assistance. Although what we are about to say may sound laughable, we still want to say it. If, in the future, there is anywhere you need our help, please tell us. No matter the cost, we will accomplish it for you. Then, farewell. We are going back to rebuild our home.”

“Farewell.”

Altogether, a little more than thirty civilizations, piloting spaceships of varying technological levels, departed. Moments later, only Xiao Yu’s Divine Ark Civilization remained in this star system.

“The corpse of the Micron Civilization… Specter Taihao searched for you for several million years and never found you, yet you ultimately hid here. I wonder how you came to be here? There are one hundred sixty thousand light years between the Milky Way Galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud. Back then, under the strike of the Neutron War Star, you were grievously wounded and on the verge of death. How did you cross such a vast distance? What kind of splendid story lies behind this?” Xiao Yu silently pondered, quietly observing the sphere before him.

Unfortunately, the Micron Civilization is now dead and can no longer answer Xiao Yu’s questions.

When it was still alive, the Micron Civilization was unquestionably powerful. This can be seen from how, with the Great Emperor Civilization manipulating its corpse, they destroyed five hundred thousand of Xiao Yu’s warships within three hours. When it was alive, the Micron Civilization undoubtedly possessed strength far surpassing Xiao Yu’s, even exceeding that of the Guardian Civilization. Yet, even after joining forces with Specter Taihao, it still lost to the Neutron War Star.

Now, Xiao Yu had set foot on the same road. Perhaps his ending would be the same as the Micron Civilization’s, or perhaps it would develop into another outcome. A thousand thoughts churned in Xiao Yu’s heart. After a long time, he let out a slight sigh, shook off these tangled thoughts, opened the passage linking the small universe and the main universe, and released the Specter Heart. The Specter companion also left the small universe, quietly hovering beside the Micron Civilization’s corpse. Xiao Yu sensed that after devouring the lives of several hundred billion intelligent beings of the Great Emperor Civilization and its subordinate lackey civilizations, the Specter companion seemed to have grown stronger again.

Ever since approaching the Micron Civilization’s corpse, the Specter Heart had been exhibiting an abnormal energy fluctuation, and it had continually shown some kind of tendency to approach, like an iron sheet being drawn by a magnet. Now, Xiao Yu opened the material passage between the small universe and the main universe and gave up control over the Specter Heart. The Specter Heart shot forward like an arrow released from the string, instantly rushing to the Micron Civilization’s corpse and merging into it.

With the addition of the Specter Heart, the corpse of the Micron Civilization instantly radiated a brilliant light disproportionate to its size. Moreover, this light was no longer the previous orange-yellow, but a dazzling, white-hot glare.

“The Specter Heart, the Micron Civilization’s corpse, and the Specter Race are all wondrous things.” Xiao Yu murmured with a faint sigh, fixing his gaze on these changes whose principles he did not understand in the slightest.

“Right now, I have a very strong feeling.” The Specter companion muttered. Suddenly, it moved as well. After the Specter Heart was absorbed by the Micron Civilization’s corpse, the Specter companion also rushed toward it and in the blink of an eye vanished without a trace. Even Xiao Yu could no longer sense the Specter companion’s existence.

Xiao Yu was greatly alarmed. There had always been this subtle link between him and the Specter companion, but now he felt that this link had been severed. Under normal circumstances, there is only one possible reason for such a situation to occur, namely that the Specter companion had died.

“Specter, Specter, where did you go? What happened to you? Are you alright?” Anxious though he was, Xiao Yu still maintained basic composure. Through spatial broadcast and radio broadcast, Xiao Yu began sending his message to the Micron Civilization’s corpse. Because the current situation was unclear, Xiao Yu did not choose to approach it at close range for the time being.

“I am here. I am fine.” At this moment, Xiao Yu received the Specter companion’s reply. “I am inside the Micron Civilization’s corpse. This is a very subtle feeling. The Specter Heart has become a bridge linking me and the Micron. I seem to have a body again. I feel that I can freely control its movement… um… look…”

Right then, Xiao Yu saw the Micron Civilization’s corpse begin to move slowly. Its speed increased from several decimeters per second, climbed continuously, and did not stop even after reaching more than a thousand kilometers per second.

“This feeling is truly marvelous… The Micron is my body. I can control it to do anything. I can enter curvature space. Look, my cruising speed can reach one hundred thirty times the speed of light, and I have a feeling that as I grow stronger, this speed can be raised further.”

Under Xiao Yu’s watch, the Micron Civilization’s corpse disappeared from the visible universe and entered curvature space. Xiao Yu’s detection instruments kept a tight lock on it, watching its speed rise continuously until it stabilized at one hundred thirty times the speed of light. Xiao Yu received the Specter companion’s message brimming with joy.

“Have we succeeded? Do we truly possess the Micron Civilization’s corpse as our weapon? Hm? Specter, quickly run a test and see whether you can freely enter and exit the Micron Civilization’s corpse. If you cannot come out, that would be terrible. Even if the Micron Civilization’s impact can destroy the Neutron War Star, the Micron itself will certainly be destroyed as well. If you cannot get out, wouldn’t that mean we would perish together with the Sweepers Civilization?”

“Alright…” The Specter companion responded, brought the Micron Civilization’s corpse to a stop beside Xiao Yu, and tried a movement. In an instant, it left the Micron Civilization’s corpse and returned to the real universe. At this moment, Xiao Yu once again instantly sensed the Specter companion’s existence.

“The answer is yes.” The Specter companion said with delight. “I can enter and exit the Micron Civilization’s corpse with complete freedom, without any obstacles in the process.”

“Excellent. Being able to enter and exit at will means that at the final moment before steering the Micron Civilization’s corpse to collide with the Neutron War Star, you, Specter, can escape instantly and avoid the aftermath. I did not expect this trip to the Large Magellanic Cloud to go so smoothly.”

“Hahahaha! Damn Guardian Civilization, to dare scheme against us in the Battle of the Galactic Center. When we return to the Milky Way Galaxy this time, let’s see what the Guardian Civilization can use to oppose us. When that time comes, I will devour every intelligent being of the Guardian Civilization without leaving a single one behind!” The Specter companion laughed heartily, obviously in high spirits.

In this moment, throughout this patch of space, signals representing the Specter companion’s laughter filled every corner.

Under the Specter companion’s control, the Micron Civilization’s corpse suddenly began to accelerate and charged toward a rocky planet ahead. Along the way, by some unknown method, the Specter companion had already switched off the gravitational shielding on the Micron’s corpse, allowing it to regain gravity commensurate with its mass. The star system immediately plunged into chaos. Endless warship fragments, interstellar dust, asteroids, rubble, and other matter began to converge onto the Micron’s surface. As soon as they touched the Micron’s body, they were immediately assimilated by its immense gravity into a substance similar to neutron star matter.

Among the objects striking it was that rocky planet. A rocky planet has a diameter of nearly ten thousand kilometers, while by comparison the Micron’s corpse has a diameter of only two hundred kilometers. The disparity between the two was truly enormous. Yet the Specter companion did not slow down, but continued to accelerate until the speed reached ten thousand kilometers per second.

At such tremendous speed, the Micron’s corpse met the rocky planet head-on. Then, a world-shaking scene unfolded. The Micron’s corpse pierced through the rocky planet in an instant. Its immense gravity completely tore apart the planet’s structure. The planet disintegrated at once into countless fragments. Some fragments acquired extremely high energy and escaped the Micron’s gravitational field. The other portion, under the Micron’s gravity, began to trail behind it, advancing along with it.

Under the Specter companion’s control, the Micron’s corpse continued forward, heading straight to collide with the star of this system.

“Specter! Do not be so reckless! Colliding with a star could be dangerous!” Seeing this, Xiao Yu was startled and immediately tried to stop it, but he was a little late. Under the Specter companion’s control, the Micron’s corpse had already reached the vicinity of the star and was at this moment hurtling toward it at extremely high speed…