The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 682 - 675: Let There be Light

Apart from the blind, everyone can see light, various kinds of light.

But from birth, how many can understand its principles? Even if we follow the principles Earthlings have explored and researched, how many know them?

The most common, the most obvious phenomena, yet it contains the ultimate secrets of the universe—this is light.

Why don’t the Serpent People want the secret of Immortality? Why don’t the Serpent People want the Celestials’ blood samples? Why do the Serpent People choose to descend their mothership onto Djibouti? Why don’t they just directly destroy the 59 modification that powers Xinghe, and instead use five successive spaceships to conduct tests?

Because what the Serpent People want is Xinghe.

The technology granted by Xinghe is too detached from Earth, so even though Earthlings have made progress that spans tens of thousands of years, it is still only the most basic part. Basics are important, but they can’t be quickly transformed into combat power.

But it’s different for the Serpent People. Their technology has already reached a highly developed stage. It’s not on par with the Celestials, but they can already see the shadows of the Celestials. So, concepts and technologies that humanity would need many years to understand, the Serpent People can use right away.

This is like giving a jet plane to a primitive person; they can’t use it, let alone replicate it.

But give a jet plane to humanity during World War II, and they would quickly understand the principle, structure, and method of manufacture of a jet plane. Moreover, they can drive a significant leap in technological development as a whole—from material science, aerodynamic layout, to weaponry, and so much more.

So, of course, the Serpent People must obtain Xinghe; they must.

With this understanding, it becomes known that the Serpent People will continue to test, and Xinghe will ultimately be captured by the Serpent People. This fact can hardly be changed.

Xinghe knows this now, and so does Gao Yuan.

This realization started to disturb Gao Yuan; he began to feel fear from the bottom of his heart.

"Xinghe, you go!"

Gao Yuan approached Xinghe, his voice full of apprehension, "You and I escape first, let them cover our retreat!"

Gao Yuan’s decision was absolutely the right one because he can’t let the Serpent People destroy Earth and then obtain Xinghe.

Xinghe brought humanity a leap of ten thousand years; they definitely couldn’t let the Serpent People make the same leap, not even a leap of a thousand years. That was something Gao Yuan couldn’t accept.

"The Ark is not on Earth, my fate cannot be changed."

The voice of Xinghe was full of regret and unwillingness as she looked at Gao Yuan, her voice helpless, "What I can’t accept is that my Mecha only has a life support system and no self-destruct system. Celestials don’t have the habit of self-destruction because we have never faced an enemy that could force us to it. So my Mecha will inevitably be obtained by the Serpent People, but I cannot be obtained by them. The knowledge in my head is not something the Serpent People can have. Compared to Earth, the knowledge in my head is much more important."

After speaking, Xinghe turned around and then she whispered softly, "The good news is, my Mecha cannot be destroyed, but I can be. If we want to ensure that I can’t be utilized by the Serpent People, I need to be destroyed completely."

"Retreat! Retreat with Xinghe!"

Ram had already reached Gao Yuan’s side, and he said urgently, "Now you understand, nothing is more important than her, you must retreat immediately..."

Xinghe shook her head and said, "Where can we hide? The Serpent People’s mothership has already locked onto me. You should know, to the technology of the Serpent People, it’s impossible for me to hide any longer. Why do you think I left my mecha in the underground base of Shenzhou? It’s because I knew, once I activated the mecha, the Serpent People would find me, and now, they have."

Gao Yuan said in a deep voice, "When you first arrived, weren’t you able to hide? Why can’t you do it now?"

"Back then I had backup energy, the mecha’s own reserve power, like a battery. But now the battery is exhausted, understand? My current energy source is from the 59-modifed, an energy source compatible with my mecha, but it can’t recharge my battery. Once I activate my mecha, I can’t hide it anymore."

Gao Yuan was helpless, he whispered, "You really shouldn’t have used the mecha..."

"If I don’t use the mecha, should I just watch all of you die?"

Xinghe’s mecha powered up, and she exposed her face, looking tenderly at Gao Yuan, "The reason Explorers never get involved in wars is that the warfare of similar civilizations, once observed, can advance the less developed side. But in the end, I couldn’t watch you all die one by one, while I..."

Breathing out, Xinghe said softly, "I will have to pay a price for this, the technology of the Serpent People will advance further, and the Celestials will no longer be able to maintain a technological advantage. But this day was bound to come eventually, we... we have ultimately lost."

With her mecha’s hand, Xinghe pushed her hair back; her face then retreated back inside the mecha. She said loudly, "I think the Serpent People shouldn’t have any more tests, oh, and there’s a Colossal Worm. So next, it will be the Colossal Worm’s test, right? Reuse of waste, since it’s still here."

At that moment, hundreds of triangular ships had already filled the sky, yet these ships did not launch an attack, they just hovered in the air, observing the ground.

The Colossal Worm finally began to move. It seemed slow, but in reality, it moved very swiftly, for the Colossal Worm was enormous, and even a slight movement covered a great distance.

The situation seemed to have reached an irreparable state, but staying here waiting for death was really not the style of anyone present.

Xiang Weiguo shouted, "Come closer to me, come closer to me, within a hundred-meter radius circle—the Colossal Worm is going to attack, hurry, if the tanks take up too much space then leave the tanks, come closer to me, hurry, hurry!"

Xinghe continued indifferently, "The Serpent People won’t attack the 59-modifed, they know that if the 59-modifed is destroyed, my mecha will be unable to operate. My mecha’s capabilities will not be able to manifest, but the Serpent People will definitely destroy the 59-modifed’s Electromagnetic Shield, because sometimes metal and objects that can’t be destroyed by energy weapons can easily be destroyed by chemical reactions, this is a universal rule in the galaxy."

Xiang Weiguo suddenly shouted tensely, "Watch out, the Colossal Worm is going to self-destruct! There’s no time to retreat, try to come closer to me! Hurry!"

Xinghe looked at Yang Yi; she knew Yang Yi had an excellent memory. Then she continued, "If you survive, remember, there should be light, but also chemistry. There is no such thing as useless technology in the universe, but most importantly, there must be light! Because with light, a civilization can leap forward, only then can a civilization enter the cosmos."

Yang Yi nodded and said, "I will remember, there should be light!"

The Colossal Worm began to inhale a large amount of air, and then its already massive body swelled up, expanding to more than twice its original size. Just as Yang Yi’s words fell, the Colossal Worm suddenly let out a heaven-shaking explosion, and then its flesh and acidic fluids obscured the entire sky before raining down.