Chapter 161: Only Oneself Can Shatter One’s Own Faith
Xiu looked at the black hole that was about to form, his expression serious. “I’m afraid it won’t work. I tried many methods before, but none of them destroyed them.”
Everyone present felt their hearts tighten upon hearing this, staring blankly at the black hole, not knowing what to do.
“Then… if we add spirit stones to it, would that work?” Gao Si’s mind was racing.
Xiu turned to look at Gao Si, pondered for a moment, then looked at the black hole again. He sensed dense spiritual energy from inside it.
“Perhaps, it’s worth a try!”
Hearing someone support him, Gao Si immediately looked toward the commander.
Shi Jinbai glanced at Xiu, then at the black hole. “Alright, give it a try. Be careful!”
“Got it!” Gao Si excitedly grabbed the tools and ran to the nuclear bomb to start dismantling it.
The maintenance personnel also stepped forward to help him dismantle it.
Gao Si was trying to modify the nuclear bomb over there, while everyone anxiously waited nearby.
Seeing that there was no immediate danger, Xiu flew toward Shi An’an.
“What are you doing?” Liu Qi blocked Xiu, eyeing him warily.
Xiu glanced at the girl behind him, then at Liu Qi in front of him. “I’m going to rest for a bit. Don’t worry, I won’t disturb her.”
“No, go rest somewhere else.” Liu Qi said firmly.
Xiu looked at Shi An’an, who had been meditating with her eyes closed, nodded in agreement, found the nearest island to Shi An’an, took out a spirit stone, and sat on the ground to meditate and cultivate.
Seeing Xiu’s actions, Liu Qi was extremely shocked in his heart. Why could this person cultivate just like An’an?!
Liu Qi immediately told Shi Zhen Guang about this. Upon hearing it, Shi Zhen Guang came over to check. However, when he saw Xiu really holding a spirit stone and cultivating, surprise appeared on his face.
“When he finishes cultivating, I’ll ask him…” Shi Zhen Guang frowned and said.
“You guard An’an and protect her safety.”
“Got it!” Liu Qi replied.
Xiu “saw” the two leave and secretly rejoiced in his heart. He had deliberately let them know he could cultivate.
Two days passed, and Gao Si’s side finally succeeded in modifying the nuclear bomb. Xiu also opened his eyes and watched their actions.
“Everyone retreat! Launch in ten seconds!”
Shi Jinbai commanded, and everyone immediately retreated. After Gao Si set all the procedures, he also turned and quickly left.
Shi Zhen Guang and the others held their breath, nervously counting down the time.
“Boom!”
As the countdown ended, a nuclear bomb launched, rushing toward the black hole.
The moment it fell into the black hole, it emitted a blinding white light. When the light faded, everyone quickly moved forward to check.
“How could this be!” Gao Si shouted in shock, his face full of disbelief.
Shi Jinbai looked at the unchanged black hole, his face darkening, and patted Gao Si, who was dejected beside him.
“It seems we can only fight head-on.” Shi Zhen Guang sighed.
It was just a pity—his daughter’s planet had finally been built, and now it was about to be trampled flat by the star beast. Sigh…
“Roar!!!”
Suddenly, a massive roar came from the black hole.
The roar shook everyone to the point of nearly fainting.
Some soldiers, caught off guard, fainted directly. Xiu’s first reaction was to fly to Shi An’an’s side and activate a protective shield to protect her from the effect.
“Pfft…” Xiu felt the pressure in the roar. Caught off guard, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
When the roar faded, he immediately sat down to meditate and recover.
After Liu Qi came to, he saw Xiu already sitting beside An’an meditating, with an additional protective shield around An’an.
Seeing this protective shield, he was silent for a moment, then did not drive Xiu away.
Gao Si and the others were closest to the black hole. At this moment, blood was flowing from their ears and noses, and their bodies felt extremely uncomfortable.
Shi Zhen Guang and Shi Jinbai showed no abnormalities, but…
Looking at the jade pendant in his arms that had a crack, the two exchanged a glance and looked toward Shi An’an in the distance.
Then, the two carefully placed the jade pendant back into their arms again.
Shi Jinbai had everyone board the aircraft to rest. He and his uncle watched the black hole.
“That roar just now…” Shi Jinbai looked at the black hole, speculating, “Could it be that the nuclear bomb went through the black hole and attacked the star beast inside?”
“Possible!” Shi Zhen Guang nodded, thinking the same in his heart.
“But this star beast is too strong. Just the roar alone is this powerful…” Shi Zhen Guang’s face was extremely grave.
“If after the black hole forms, the one that comes is this star beast…” Shi Zhen Guang looked at his nephew. “At that time…, don’t engage in prolonged battle. Retreat immediately.”
Shi Jinbai looked solemnly at the black hole and nodded in understanding, but his heart was filled with immense sorrow.
He looked up at the sky. “Uncle.”
“Hm?”
“What are they raising these star beasts for?”
Shi Zhen Guang fell silent, then smiled bitterly. “I want to know too.”
“Uncle, when I learned that everyone had been poisoned…” Shi Jinbai gently shared his recent confusion with his uncle.
“For a moment, I felt a bit lost…”
Shi Zhen Guang looked at his nephew, whose eyes flashed with confusion, and sighed inwardly.
“Jinbai, Uncle felt the same confusion a few days ago, but not anymore.”
Shi Jinbai looked at his uncle.
“Do you have someone you want to protect?”
Many figures appeared in Shi Jinbai’s mind. “Yes.”
“Uncle does too! If there are difficulties, I can solve them bit by bit!
I won’t be controlled by anyone! Nor will I be affected by anything. I only want to protect the people I want to protect! That’s all!”
Shi Zhen Guang looked at Shi Jinbai. “From the first day we joined the legion, we swore an oath to protect our compatriots! To uphold our faith…
Jinbai, others can’t shatter your faith—only you can!”
“Even if we were treated like chess pieces from the start, we have our own thoughts. We must resist!
We can turn from chess pieces into the ones playing the game!”
Listening to his uncle’s words, Shi Jinbai’s gaze grew increasingly firm.
“I understand, Uncle!”
Shi Jinbai’s gaze became firm again. He looked at the black hole ahead and contacted someone.
“I’ll contact Anyu to see if he has any ideas…”
Shi Zhen Guang raised an eyebrow. Right, how could they have forgotten Second Brother.
However, Shi Anyu was already on his way at this time. By the time these people remembered him, H11 Star would probably be gone!
Thirteen days had passed, and the black hole was about to form.
Everyone watched the expanding black hole anxiously.
Since the day they fired a nuclear bomb at the black hole, Shi Jinbai decided to send one nuclear bomb to this black hole every day!
And each time a nuclear bomb was launched, the star beast’s massive roar would come out.
Fortunately, they had prepared early. With the daily attacks from the nuclear bombs, the roars grew increasingly frantic.
This made Shi Jinbai and the others even more determined: the nuclear bombs must not stop! Even if they only had a slight effect on the star beast!
“Ready?” Liu Feng shouted to Gao Si.
Gao Si quickly set the timer. “Almost!”
“Everyone take cover!” Liu Feng shouted loudly.
Hearing the command, all the soldiers activated their protective shields and quickly took cover.
