Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Cosmic Battleship Ready for Action!
Even if it’s just the movement before death, it’s enough to cause massive casualties.
The inside of the armed helicopter fell into silence.
Only the endless rumbling could be heard.
Everyone was deep in thought.
Until Martial Artist Shen Yu suddenly spoke: "Such a big creature must have been very small when it first arrived, for its body to swell to such proportions in a short time... But what about its Primordial Spirit?"
"Are you thinking of trying to control it with Primordial Spirit Martial Arts?" Shen Yu raised an eyebrow.
He had actually thought of this long ago, only he wasn’t sure enough.
Because from what he now understands about Martial Arts, to control such a gigantic body, the Primordial Spirit can’t possibly be weak.
After all, it would need to control the immense Life Force contained within the entire body.
At the very least, with Martial Artist Shen Yu’s current cultivation, he’s afraid it’s very difficult to achieve.
"I can bring in reinforcements." Martial Artist Shen Yu said, "Although the cost for strong warriors to cross worlds is huge, even if the Primordial Spirit can’t control it, chopping off the worm’s head is just one sword strike."
The Northern Alliance liaison next to him felt his heart skip a beat, even wondering if he’d learned a fake version of Chinese.
One sword strike—to sever the head of a giant beast over five kilometers long and more than forty meters in diameter?
How huge would that sword have to be?
Yet, neither Shen Yu nor interstellar world Shen Yu found this surprising at all.
They’d actually already had a brief discussion before.
On Martial Artist Shen Yu’s side, some true experts had indeed arrived.
Even greater than the Moonstone City Lord.
Those were the three Supreme Elders of Sword God Peak.
Their main disciple of the next generation, Sword One, had likewise married the Princess of Moonstone City, which made him Shen Yu’s brother-in-law. After sending a message home by special bird that day, the three Supreme Elders set out directly, wanting to investigate and confirm whether the Immortal was real or fake.
Each one was a true master of the highest order.
Even if Martial Artist Shen Yu cultivated the Golden Cicada Technique all the way to the Sixth Realm, he might still not be a match for such masters.
They’d already faintly surpassed first-class!
But the problem was, bringing such experts over would require a huge price.
Shen Yu asked about it right away, and the answer came quickly.
— Six hundred thirty thousand units of Gray Mist!
Bringing a living being into another world requires paying the amount of Gray Mist that it needs to survive in the Gray Mist Space.
It’s actually a consumption that’s linear in time.
Which means the same life form, every second spent there continues to consume Gray Mist.
If you’re just crossing from another world, the fastest time required is about 0.3 seconds.
But even just surviving for those 0.3 seconds still needs six hundred thirty thousand!
"Not enough." Shen Yu glanced at the current Gray Mist units.
Four hundred thirty thousand.
Though a decent amount was used, in the last several hours, the anti-eyed insect drone hive continued fighting, constantly supplementing new Gray Mist, and after Martial Artist Shen Yu started distributing food, some survivors on the brink of starvation also provided a certain amount of Gray Mist.
Even now, it’s increasing at a considerable rate.
But still not enough.
"We’ll put this as an alternative plan." In Shen Yu’s mind, a clear plan was starting to take shape, and he quickly said, "First, we need to pinpoint this creature’s current location. If we can solve it before it enters the city, that is definitely the first choice."
As he spoke, Shen Yu turned to interstellar world Shen Yu.
"I’m already preparing," interstellar world Shen Yu nodded. "I’ve got a medium-sized underground detection device ready, its scan radius can cover a subterranean volume with a three-thousand kilometer diameter."
"I’ll go back to discuss and have people get ready too." Martial Artist Shen Yu’s figure vanished directly into the Gray Mist.
"The Cosmic Battleship I previously mentioned to the Martial Arts World member, I’ve actually already prepared it." Interstellar world Shen Yu dropped another bombshell, "Night Owl-III Single Soldier Tactical Ship: besides conventional weapons, its main weapon includes a small Antimatter Orbital Cannon that can fire antimatter clusters to trigger annihilation reactions. It’s a small-area armor-piercing weapon, specifically designed for dealing with thick-armored bio-weapons."
Shen Yu’s eyes lit up.
A Cosmic Battleship—the kind with big guns—was actually secured!
As for dealing with thick-armored enemies, that’s perfectly reasonable.
After all, this Cosmic Battleship was prepared for Martial Artist Shen Yu, and the enemies in Shen Yu’s Martial Arts World definitely weren’t all relatively small but powerful biological types.
Armor penetration is more important than area damage!
"We’ll see how things go shortly, and if needed, we’ll borrow it first." said Shen Yu right away.
The nearby liaison’s heart skipped hard again.
Even Cosmic Battleships are in play!
He hurriedly recorded all these conversations, then sent them back.
Shen Yu noticed all of this, but didn’t mind.
They were all speaking Chinese, precisely so they’d avoid having to repeat themselves once they reached their destination.
Soon, the armed helicopter arrived at a location obviously set up as a temporary military base; a huge concentration of heavy weaponry was gathered here, and they could even see several extraordinarily large missiles!
A slightly chubby, yet extremely burly, duty commander had been waiting for them.
"Welcome, everyone. I’m the chief commander in charge of worm operations for the Northern Alliance. Just call me Lars." When Lars caught sight of interstellar world Shen Yu, his eyes lit up too, though not as obviously as the others.
Right now, he was more focused on the situation.
After all, he had just been appointed the third supreme commander to deal with the worm crisis!
If he couldn’t deliver a reasonable outcome for this crisis, his career was over.
"Do you have any specific plans at the moment?" Shen Yu knew that the man before him was already aware of their discussion aboard the armed helicopter, so he skipped the small talk and went straight to the point.
"We currently only have two plans."
Lars led the group swiftly toward the command center, drawing lots of attention as they moved.
"First, we’ve already sent people into that building carrying three detonator-type low-yield nukes!"
This was indeed a plan, since with nothing else changing, that building would likely be the first swallowed up by the worm. Detonate the bombs then, and that should be enough to blow up the worm’s head.
But there’s the same problem.
Even if the head were destroyed, the writhing body would still utterly demolish the city.
That’s not something any normal earthquake can describe.
"Second, there are already five aircraft carrying high-yield nuclear weapons circling over Gerard City."
This plan was even more straightforward.
It’s the most extreme measure—willing to blow up the entire city just to take down the monster.
"You haven’t pinpointed the worm’s current location?" Shen Yu raised an eyebrow. "Not even roughly?"
"In reality, we lost track of the worms completely half a month ago," Lars admitted, "They’ve burrowed deeper than we can detect."