Chapter 55 Infiltration Operation

The battle armor of the Entropy-Silence Watcher's leader erupted with a blinding radiance comparable to a supernova explosion. The brilliance, resembling the chaotic fire at the genesis of the universe, illuminated the entire stellar region. Enveloped by the intense light, twelve stream-light warships distorted into quantum-state phantoms, the energy veins on their hull surfaces pulsing violently like a burning galaxy, with each line flickering with mysterious power that transcended dimensions. The observation screens of the Allied Fleet blared with harsh alarms, the sharp noise making the operators' eardrums ache. Spiderweb-like spatial wrinkles emerged at the weak nodes of the energy shields, as if the veil of reality had been torn apart by an invisible giant hand. The dimensional anchoring beams controlled by the Watchers, like ancient divine spears, pierced precisely into the coordinate points with a momentum capable of destroying heaven and earth. The dark purple energy shield emitted a glass-shattering shriek upon contact, dissolving into countless shimmering fragments that outlined a hundred-meter-wide breach in the void. Those fragments scattered like shooting stars, tracing magnificent trajectories across the dark cosmos.

"Activate the interference matrix! Overload all quantum computers!" Inside the Spacetime Administration's main control room, three hundred water-cooling devices were turned on simultaneously, and the rising white mist instantly filled the entire space, making it feel like a fairy realm wreathed in clouds. A emerald-green data torrent poured in like a breached heavenly river along the cracked-control protocols, the buzzing sound of flowing data filling the entire room. The defense drones, which had been arranged in a perfect geometric array, suddenly convulsed collectively, their crimson optical sensors flashing wildly while emitting high-pitched electronic screeches—a sound so sharp it made teeth ache. These triangular mechanical swarms began to kill each other, the sounds of metallic collisions and energy explosions rising one after another. The splashing fragments carved countless arcs of death across the starry sky, resembling a magnificent and cruel metallic funeral. Some fragments struck nearby meteorites, instantly blowing them into powder; others, carrying remaining momentum, flew toward the Allied Fleet, fortunately intercepted in time by the shields with dull impacts.

Lin Yu's assault ship, like the Grim Reaper in the dark night, sliced through the breach. The retro-rockets on both sides of the hull spewed azure exhaust flames hot enough to scorch retinas, dragging long bands of light behind them in the dark universe like a blue ribbon. When the hull touched the outer layer of the base, everyone's eardrums felt a tearing, excruciating pain—it was the roaring quantum repulsive force remaining from the spatial barrier. "Class Beta neurotoxin concentration exceeds the limit! Initiate Level 3 protection immediately!" Amidst Lao Zhou's roar, tinged with obvious tension, the nano-masks of everyone's battle armor closed instantly like liquid metal. The buzzing sound of the filter screens operating at high speed resonated with their heartbeats inside the helmets, sounding like a tense battle hymn. Su Yao could clearly feel her heart beating violently like a drum, sweat constantly sliding down her spine and soaking her tactical suit.

The moment they stepped into the base, a mist as thick as liquid purple crystal rushed toward them, mixed with a pungent metallic smell that made breathing difficult. The fluorescent patterns on the ground flickered alternately in accordance with the Fibonacci sequence, and every flash was accompanied by a faint current sound, as if the base were breathing. The crisp crunch produced when Ah Ken's tactical boots crushed the crystallized ground was identical to the sound of human bones breaking, echoing in the silent corridor and making one's hair stand on end. Su Yao's oscillation dagger suddenly glowed with an eerie blue light, the blade rubbing against the air to produce tiny electric sparks. In an environment where the electromagnetic field intensity reached 300 times that of normal space, even breathing carried a stinging pain. She cautiously wielded the dagger, observing the surrounding movements for fear of missing any dangerous signal.

The moment blood-red runes spread across the metal floor like venomous snakes, a piercing alarm shrieked through the air like tens of thousands of steel needles piercing the brain, causing a splitting headache. The ceiling cracked open into neat rectangular gaps, and hundreds of robed figures hung upside down, resembling evil ghosts crawling from hell. The pulse rifles in their hands spewed purple light bullets carrying dark matter; wherever they passed, the walls were instantly corroded into bottomless black vortices as if swallowed by a cosmic black hole, accompanied by a hair-raising sizzling sound. "Diamond defense formation! Phase shift activate!" The Entropy-Silence Watchers roared in unison, their voices deafening. The runes on the surface of their battle armor transformed into a golden light shield, precisely deflecting the lethal light bullets. Every collision burst forth with a glare bright enough to scorch human eyes, accompanied by violent energy fluctuations that dispersed the surrounding mist.

Lin Yu's tactical eyepiece flashed wildly with crimson alerts. Concentrating fully on the battlefield situation, he noticed that the attack frequency of the robed figures perfectly matched the rhythm of the base alarms, fitting together seamlessly like precision mechanical gears. "They are using the alarm system to synchronize their attacks! We must cut off the core power supply immediately!" He roared as he pulled the trigger, his voice growing hoarse from excessive tension. His bullets penetrated a robed figure's mask, only to reveal a mass of constantly writhing purple flesh that emitted a nauseating, fishy sweetness—a scent that churned stomachs and nearly induced vomiting. Su Yao led her assault squad in bloody battles among the enemy forces; her dagger pierced precisely into the enemy's joints, and the splashing silver liquid smoked as it hissed upon touching the ground, leaving deeply corroded pits where more purple smoke continuously billowed. The team members cooperated seamlessly, leaping to dodge attacks at times and launching counterattacks at others, with battle cries echoing throughout the base.

Just as the battle fell into a deadlock, a roar resembling an ancient giant beast awakening echoed from deep within the base, the sound of rotating metal gears shaking the ground as if the entire base were about to be torn apart by this force. A technician from the Spacetime Administration turned pale and shouted, "Hyperspace jump preparation detected! The entire base is about to transfer!" His voice was filled with fear, and his body trembled slightly. Lin Yu looked down at the retreating safe zones on the tactical sandbox, which were receding like a tide, and gripped the cold, glowing dimensional stabilizer at his waist, feeling the high-frequency tremor it transmitted in his palm—a vibration that seemed to remind him of the pressing urgency of time. The red countdown numbers kept jumping in his eyepiece, and every second felt like the footsteps of the Grim Reaper, urging them to race against time. Lin Yu took a deep breath, a flash of determination crossing his eyes. He knew that success or failure hung in the balance, and no matter what, he had to stop the base from transferring.