Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1350 - 1316: Exhausted

The spiritual power bestowed upon Chen Fei by the "Life Tree" can now cover a distance of 1500 kilometers, entirely thanks to the massive consumption of biological combat weapons and the remains of biological space motherships in the permanently stationed fourth "Abnormal Region," nourishing this towering tree's limitless growth.

The contributions from the Parasitic Species have been overwhelmingly abundant.

The numerous biological combat weapons of the "Sagali" civilization continue to flow ceaselessly, with individual combat power far surpassing ordinary humans. Even with railgun weapons and conventional firearms, a careless slip can still leave you vulnerable to a sudden ambush.

Fortunately, these soulless, non-intelligent species cannot manipulate elemental energy; otherwise, their threat level would not be inferior to the robust and resilient biological space motherships.

Although the massive biological space motherships are far less agile in the atmosphere than in the void, a full power strike is still formidable. Near the Andes mountain range on the west coast of the South Continent of America, a high-energy beam from a biological space mothership vaporized a gigantic gap about 500 meters in diameter in the mountain, with the intense photon stream even piercing the atmosphere and plunging diagonally into the void, vaporizing more than a dozen satellites on different orbits along the way. The residual energy within a kilometer radius of the beam's path caused local ultra-high temperatures, burning the flora and fauna on the ground to ash, melting the rock and soil, resembling a scene of apocalypse, which would make anyone gasp at the sight.

And this was only the power of a single strike.

Everyone immediately understood why Chen Fei prioritized exterminating these behemoths at all costs.

If they couldn't preemptively eliminate them, the rampant attacks of the biological space motherships within the atmosphere would cause incalculable damage. Even a single one could be enough to wipe out the entire Blue Star human civilization.

With the joint efforts of The First Sovereign and several major sovereignties of the Europa Continent, the nearly collapsed battlefronts of the "Water God Star" Abnormal Region and the "Giant Turtle Star" Abnormal Region had just stabilized when, as if foreseen, the "Sagali" civilization began deploying multiple biological space motherships simultaneously instead of one by one. Simultaneously, countless biological combat weapons swarmed out, forcing sovereignties to repeatedly deploy tactical neutron bombs to maintain the defense line at approximately 30 kilometers from the Abnormal Region, precisely within the effective range of conventional heavy artillery.

At least tens of thousands of large-caliber heavy artillery pieces roared in turn day and night, alongside farther-reaching, more powerful railguns, continuously launching high-explosive shells to annihilate the biological combat weapons crashing against the defense line like a tidal wave. Despite turning the battlefield into a sea of blood and mountains of corpses, these monsters kept advancing relentlessly.

Thousands of air defense systems surrounding the "Abnormal Region" fired continuously, accompanied by large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, dense phalanxes, and missiles forming an intricate crossfire net to intercept flying species of biological combat weapons and the more threatening "Pod Flying Ships." In the nearby sky, over a hundred combat aircraft and nearly a hundred combat spaceships patrolled to eradicate any that slipped through the air defense system. Among them, Chen Fei's Airship Battle Group and The First Sovereign's fleet became the main combat force, while local sovereignties and surrounding allies played supporting roles, not because they didn't want to contribute, but because they simply couldn't.

"These guys are endless! 'Rookie,' rest a bit longer; the sovereignties can still hold for now."

The S-Class Superpower User on guard watched the bleary-eyed Chen Fei yawn and sit up from his sleeping mat, casually waving his hand to silence the simulated alarm sound in his head.

"No more sleeping, or I'll soon fall into an eternal slumber."

Chen Fei shook his head, waved to the nearby Monk, and said, "Bring me a cup of strong tea to perk up."

Like coffee, strong tea is rich in caffeine and offers the same invigorating effect. The Monk, who runs a stall here, also has small snacks for sale, though it's unclear where he finds the time to make these things.

"Eat something first, then have tea, or you'll hurt your stomach!"

Miyoshi Xuesen placed a plate of snacks in front of Chen Fei, then poured a cup of slightly warm tea.

Here, only he could provide food consistently on the battlefield. As for others, they mostly chewed on military rations without complaint, having neither the luxury nor time to be picky.

Louis Landon, who had halted discussions with the staff council representatives, turned and said, "You should rest for a while; we'll keep watch for you!"

The number of staff members sent to the bridge cabin tripled, divided into four groups, taking six-hour shifts to monitor the battlefields across Blue Star and beyond the atmosphere. If an emergency arose while Chen Fei was resting, they would promptly awaken him.

This war of attrition not only depleted the war potential and resource reserves of Chen Fei and Blue Star sovereignties but also wore down Chen Fei's vitality and spirit. If the blood and flesh carrying large amounts of "Flying Ship Black Vine" spores are not swiftly recovered into the Life Space of the Boundary Pearl, they will quickly sprout and grow at an alarming rate. Once the "Bean Pods" hatch on a large scale, the cumulative pressure will eventually overwhelm Blue Star human civilization.

The higher the civilization's struggle, the more straightforward the strategic tactics become—no schemes, no ingenious ideas. It's all about overwhelming force, outright crushing through the opposition.

The Blue Star sovereignties had long abandoned any illusions; this was a kill-or-be-killed war. Only by annihilating the "Sagali" civilization could their civilization's flame continue to burn; otherwise, all would be lost.

Shift changes applied not only to the personnel in the bridge cabin of the Kilometer Flying Ship "No. 2 Command Ship" but also to the battlefield, with even more echelons formed. Large numbers of personnel and combat equipment rotated in and out of battle.

The endless biological combat weapons and successive biological space motherships resulted in massive accumulations of corpses. Initially, daily collection sufficed, but the intensity of warfare necessitated collections every hour. This was not only to prevent the decomposition and spread of disease and environmental pollution from corpses but also because the abundant blood and flesh accelerated the growth of hidden "Flying Ship Black Vine" spores, quickly spiraling out of control.

The most extensive and aggressive fourth "Abnormal Region" in the South Continent of America required Chen Fei's personal oversight, causing his already limited rest time to shrink drastically. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Though a mere mortal body, he could endure three to five days with young resilience, yet after six to seven days, Chen Fei's vitality and spirit visibly waned, with unavoidable dark circles forming beneath his eyes.

"No worries, let's seize the moment and go for it!"

Chen Fei shook his head and said to Heseman Brown, "Mr. Brown, let's set off!"

This S-Class Superpower User was also experiencing fatigue, but he could rest immediately after utilizing the Psi Skill "Space Transmission," whereas Chen Fei found no such reprieve.

The Cangqiong Star side also gathered considerable biological combat weapon flesh, using Space System Alchemy Storage Devices with immense capacity to contain it. Daily shipments of tens to hundreds of cubic kilometers passed through the Stargate; otherwise, accumulation risked similar issues.