Did the worm king lose his horse today [Interstellar]

The star gate is approaching from a distance with overwhelming momentum.

An unprecedented sense of crisis emerged in his heart. The powerful fleet never made Gu Jiurong want to retreat, and even made him want to fight, but this lifeless building made him just want to leave here.

Leviathan quickly left the stargate.However, the speed of the star gate was faster than Gu Jiurong imagined, and the originally unreachable distance was shortened almost instantly.If he didn't leave in time, he might run into it head-on.

The closer you get, the more you can see its size.

And... There was a strange ticking sound.

The sound cannot be transmitted here, but Gu Jiurong could clearly hear the sound of a clock like a clock coming from the depths of the closed door, surrounded by the interlaced running gears and the surging spirit.

Like Xu Feiyang's voice, that voice was directly injected into his spiritual sea - and only he and the people of the fallen empire could hear the spiritual voice.

Tick.

Tick.

Tick.

The sound of metal impact came, as if the minute hand and the hour hand finally collided with each other during the long operation.

The sound of Qingming resounded through the entire sea of ​​stars, and everything else was silent.

Time is up.

Deathly silence.

Maybe it was one second, maybe two seconds, maybe nearly half a minute passed before Gu Jiurong woke up from the trance.During the time just now, he couldn't hear anything at all, the entire spiritual sea sank into the abyss, and the connection with the swarm was cut off.

The whole world is lightless, so silent that it is terrifying and lonely, as if wandering alone in the universe for millions of years.

The ticking sound came again, and the huge star gate gradually moved away.

The corners of his eyes were warm, and Gu Jiurong subconsciously wiped them, only to realize that he was crying.The crystal water droplets floated in the universe and quickly condensed into ice.

That's not his emotion.In that short period of time, his spirit was affected by the giant gate.

Obviously, in cognition, the insect king is the most powerful existence in the universe, and should not be controlled so easily.

The existence of this thing must be told to Gu Yue.

This is the only thought in Gu Jiurong's mind.

He took out the terminal habitually, but suddenly remembered that there was no signal here at all.

And... Gu Yue wouldn't believe him, would he?

Gu Jiurong re-determined the departure direction of the star gate, which is roughly the location of the space station.Although the universe is infinite, the chance of it hitting the space station is too small, but after all, we don't know its operating mechanism and purpose of existence, so caution is necessary.

So Gu Jiurong hesitated, thinking about how to tell Gu Yue.

Moreover, could it be that the missing Xu Feiyang ran into this huge gate?Is he still alive now, why can he be connected with him through spirit?Is he behind that star gate?

Gu Ming spent ten years looking for him, so is Xu Feiyang also in the door, trying to reunite with the old man?

Many doubts piled up in my heart.The existence of a fallen empire is beyond Gu Jiurong's imagination. Its rise and fall are mysteries, just like another invisible wall that stands between him and the truth of the world.

If the obstacles that hinder the development of the fallen empire cannot be overcome even by them who are several epochs ahead of technology, how can the mere Zerg and humans have a chance?

Gu Jiurong stared deeply at the direction where the star gate left.

Just like the giant whale returning to the deep sea, the giant Leviathan stretches its sharp long wings in the universe. Countless swarms of insects take off and land on it, and its eyes are burning like fire.

He has plenty of time.One day, his swarm will destroy that stargate and conquer the Fallen Empire.

……

"We are now on our way to a Type III asteroid," Gu Xingyan said calmly, "everything is working normally, and there are no insect swarms."

On the holographic projection, Zuo Ziming raised his eyes heavily: "Continue."

So the fleet accelerated across the board.This is another temptation of the Alliance to the Zerg. Ark can no longer move forward. If he wants to stay in this place for a long time, he must eradicate this young Zerg King.

However, after sailing for so long, they didn't see any trace of Zerg.Even if they approached a planet where a large number of bugs had been monitored, they quickly evacuated.

Gu Xingyan frowned.This is really abnormal, as if... that insect king is deliberately avoiding them.

But why?

He explained this doubt to Zuo Ziming, and the other party said in a hoarse and slow voice: "It's just some strange beasts, why worry about it? Don't let me disappoint you."

"Yes." Gu Xingyan replied in a deep voice.

The screen flickered for a moment, and Zuo Ziming went to rest because of lack of energy, and then he must not show up again for several months.No amount of human effort could bring him back to health.

Then what appeared on the projection was a woman with slightly white hair around her ears.Despite being well maintained, the wrinkles on her face were noticeable.

Her name is Zuo Qing, she is the adopted daughter of Zuo Ziming, and she is also the most likely person to become the next chief of the alliance.She is now the general of the fleet, and she is also very talented, with ruthless means, and assisted Zuo Ziming to solve many things, big and small, over the years.

She said coldly: "Now I will be in charge of the overall command and move on."

Soon the fleet approached a barren planet.There is a large mother nest with swarms of insects on it, they must not be able to retreat easily.

Sure enough, even though the fleet was approaching, they did not evade like before.

"Wait," Zuo Qing said, "What is the building that was detected further away?"

"It was the space station that we were forced to abandon before." Gu Xingyan replied, "It has been abandoned for a long time."

"I remember, Gu Yue hasn't moved since he defected, right?"

"Yes. We don't know exactly where he went."

Zuo Qing narrowed her eyes slightly: "However, the last time he was seen was heading towards the space station."

"This is just a possibility." Gu Xingyan said, "After all, he may go to any place in the universe, including planets that we have not yet discovered."

"Then you should take the fleet to the space station to have a look." Zuo Qing said directly.

"...I'm sorry General, many commanders including me think that it is unnecessary to go to such a remote place to hunt down a fugitive who is no longer a threat." Gu Xingyan said, "And we have also discussed with the chief... ..."

"What did he say?"

Gu Xingyan hesitated: "The chief's original words were, 'Let him go, leave it alone'."

Zuo Qing parted the broken hair beside Bie's ear: "Then now is your chance to eradicate this threat for the sake of the alliance."

Gu Xingyan was stunned: "Didn't we come out to exterminate the Zerg?"

"It's easier to deal with him than the Zerg." Zuo Qing said, "This is an order."

When Zuo Qing was planning this operation, she was very proactive and took care of everything.Gu Xingyan thought inappropriately, she looked as if she was going for this purpose in the first place.

Military loyalty quickly gained the upper hand, and he dismissed the questioning thought.

So the fleet left the Zerg-ravaged planet and headed towards the space station.

……

Gu Jiurong was wandering not far from the space station in a solo spaceship that was about to run out of energy.

He didn't dare to let Leviathan approach here, otherwise it would definitely cause other people to panic.Fortunately, on other planets, there were quite a few crashed spaceships. He sent bug swarms to look for them in large numbers, and soon found one that was barely able to fly.

Although the praying mantises were very puzzled why he was looking for this broken metal, they still tried their best to cut off layers of vines and sent the spaceship to the ground steadily.

Gu Jiurong doesn't know how to open this thing. He only has a theoretical basis and has studied it for a long time.After finally flying into space, its fuel was still very low, so he could only make Leviathan press against the spaceship like... a rubber ball, and fly most of the distance.

He didn't want to find Gu Yue so soon.

But a few hours ago, the swarm of insects on a certain planet came to consciousness, and the alliance fleet suddenly withdrew from the planet, as if it had suddenly changed its target.

In the next few days, the wandering bug swarms saw the fleet heading straight for the depths of the universe.

That direction... is this space station.Gu Jiurong didn't dare to delay, so he went back to Gu Yue, wanting to tell him about the Stargate and the Alliance Fleet.

Even though he was driving a small spaceship, Gu Jiurong didn't dare to get too close.The engine stalled momentarily, and then he managed to push the terminal forward and began to... rub signals.

He frowned, no matter how he changed the angle, the terminal had no signal at all, and he could only see the rapidly declining battery.

junk.Gu Jiurong cursed secretly.

The snow-white pigeon sitting on his shoulder tilted its head and pecked lightly at his ear.

The spaceship traveled a further distance, and the terminal finally had a weak signal.

Gu Jiurong thought about it for a long time, but he really didn't know how to tell Gu Yue, so he said directly: "I saw a building of a fallen empire, which is very dangerous. It can move like a starship, and I heard Xu Feiyang's voice from inside , you have to pay attention."

He was uneasy, afraid that what Gu Yue said would make him feel sad, or simply ignore him.

But Gu Yue's reply was unexpectedly quick, with a normal tone: "Where are you?"

Gu Jiurong touched the surveillance ring subconsciously.For some unknown reason, he never forcibly took it off.And in this place, most of the surveillance rings have no signal.

When Gu Yue asked this question, he probably guessed that he was back near the space station.

Gu Jiurong curled his tail: "I'll be leaving soon."

The reply came after a while: "What building?"

"A door. Xu Feiyang may be locked inside." Gu Jiurong thought for a while, and felt that he needed to let Gu Yue know the seriousness of the matter, "It's a big, big door."

Gu Yue: "..."

"Also, the alliance fleet is approaching here now. If their sailing speed is similar to ours before, they will come here in about two weeks." Gu Jiurong hesitated, "You tell others to be careful, I, Let me help you stop the alliance."

"No need." Gu Yue replied, "If I die in battle, that's the end I should have. I shouldn't have other powers besides this."

Gu Jiurong knew what Gu Yue meant.

He doesn't want any help from the Zerg.

However, the alliance fleet was coming fiercely, and it was fully armed to exterminate the insect swarm. Even if the "Black Cloak" fleet could intercept it, it was bound to suffer heavy losses.This space station cannot manufacture more starships. Once the fleet is lost, it will be permanently weakened.

Gu Yue's next message came quickly: "What should you do, don't get involved in this matter."

Gu Jiurong wanted to say something, but his fingers rested on the top of the terminal, and he didn't know what to say.

In the end, he just closed the terminal silently, drove the dilapidated one-person spaceship, and left around the space station.Before leaving, he tried his best to look towards the space station, hoping to see Gu Yue's figure through the huge observatory or the glass of the small room.

But it was so far away that he couldn't see anything.

He would still attack the alliance fleet, after all he worked so hard to pull Gu Yue back from death.

Anyway, Gu Yue already hated him enough, he didn't care about a little more.

As worrying as the fleet is, there's the stargate.

It seems to be sailing in a certain orbit, heading straight towards the surroundings of the space station.

Although the space here is large, as long as there is a slight deviation in the direction, it will be extremely far away when it arrives here.But if it really collides with the space station because of its huge size, there is no doubt that it will become a sea of ​​​​flames and no one will survive.

Some swarms have been following the star gate from afar, making sure that Gu Jiurong knows its location.

He didn't want to take any risks. If the collision really happened, he would bring Gu Yue out no matter what.

and……

Will it ever open up?What is behind that door?

Gu Jiurong left so quickly that the terminal did not receive the message from Gu Yue after hesitation.

"If I'm still alive after this battle," Gu Yue wrote, "come back."

The sign next to the message turned around a few times, showing that it hadn't been sent.

Gu Yue stood on the silent platform for a while, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

He thought of Gu Qi and Gu Zhizhan who died in battle, and many other fearless fighters.He thought of Celia's cruelty, Shao Yufeng's greed, and the sea of ​​thousands of screaming insects.In the end, everything was frozen in the frame. Gu Jiurong was lying beside him, playing games with his tail tucked in profile.

At that time, the light was dim and yellow, and the air was soft.

The star map drawn by Gu Jiurong is still on his desk.He has been looking at it over and over again these days, as if behind those hand-painted patterns, there are answers to the questions.

……

twelve days later.

The swarm took off from Leviathan, like a black tsunami, and rushed towards the Alliance Fleet head-on.

The battle situation is not optimistic.Gu Xingyan was sweating on his forehead, resisting the exhaustion of fighting for hours.The ferocity of these bugs has exceeded everyone's imagination.

And compared with the last time, the ability of this insect king to control the group has obviously improved significantly.

Worst of all, he's rapidly slipping out of childhood.

Fortunately, the automatic force field specially used to exterminate the insect swarm has been fully deployed, so that they are not at an irreversible disadvantage.This thing, which was used in the battlefield for the first time, was as powerful as expected.Countless Zergs are struggling to die in the force field, their wings and scales shattered into gray powder.

Soon in the stalemate battle, the radar warning appeared on the screen of the optical brain.

"That... what?!" The voices of other commanders came from next to my ears.

Gu Xingyan commanded the battle wearing a light brain, and his mental strength was exhausted, so he had no time to study what the huge monster in the far distance was.However, very soon, Zuo Qing also spoke, with unprecedented uncertainty and astonishment in her voice: "Is that the building of the Fallen Empire?!"

Only then did Gu Xingyan turn his attention to the radar scan results.

The above shows that the thing is indeed still far away, moving at a certain speed-although it is very fast and its volume is unimaginably large, it is still within a safe range.

But a few seconds later, Gu Xingyan found that it was accelerating rapidly, and its direction changed subtly, heading directly towards their battlefield and the space station not far away.

accelerate.

Its speed has surpassed the fleet traveling faster than the speed of light.

accelerate.

Radar can't capture its trajectory at all.

"It's coming towards us!!" There was a voice of extreme fear in the command channel.

In just a few seconds, the alarm has been upgraded to the highest level, and the entire command room is full of red lights.Through calculations, the supercomputer concluded that the giant building would collide with them within half a minute at the latest.

The escape route was quickly planned, and the data jumped wildly on the screen, but there was no result.

There was no way they could escape.This is dead end.

That is a building even bigger than Qingtian Fort.It seemed to have sensed their existence, approached quickly, and wanted to destroy them.

Attacks from fallen empires always come without warning, as long as they meet in space, it will definitely be a crazy attack.Previously, their many wandering unmanned fleets had dealt too many blows to the Alliance.

Within half a minute, there was chaos on the command channel, all drivers received an alert, and despair and disbelief spread throughout the fleet.No one has ever encountered such a situation, and no one could have imagined that the situation would change so quickly, and the shadow of the empire once again enveloped mankind.

This time it was still death.

Even the raging swarm of insects stopped their offensive, screaming manically.

25 seconds left.

Gu Xingyan took off his optical brain, and looked at the alliance fleet that was scrambling to escape in the universe.Streamers of light streaked across the vacuum, chaotic and colorful.

There was no fear in his heart, thinking, so death can really come so suddenly.In this battle, he has not had time to defeat the bug swarm and kill the traitors, but he will soon turn into star dust like his ancestors.

15 seconds left.

The chaotic fleet collided with each other while fleeing, and the flames exploded.

Zuo Qing seemed to be still talking, but no one listened to her.Gu Xingyan stared in the direction of the earth - he had never seen that blue planet, it should have the beauty in legends and myths.He saluted: "Glory belongs to the Human Alliance."

Ten seconds left.

The shadow of the colossus is approaching.

That's a stargate.

The gears were spinning rapidly, and the spout of light from the engine was brilliant.

Then, like a dream, the door slowly opened in the deep universe and in the dim starlight.

The light fell into Gu Xingyan's eyes.

Inside the door is a bright white light.

Five seconds left.

In the vast universe, the swarm of insects changed direction at the same time, just like violent waves in a strong wind driven by force majeure, they suddenly reversed their momentum and rushed to the space station with all their strength.

The space station is about to fall into the light.

They rushed in that direction layer by layer.The force around the stand is too strong, enough to tear their bodies apart.The scythe of the mantis snapped, the wings of the wyvern were torn off, and even the tusks of the ultralisk turned to dust.

But they kept going, like crazy.When the mantis turns into ashes, a new wave will make up for it. The flying dragon shrieks and changes formation. While the outermost insects die, they protect their companions, so that the speed of advancement remains unabated.

This is the tactic they are best at. At this moment, it is used without reservation and reckless, almost suicidal.A large number of swarms are dying, and the corpses are reduced to ashes.

But what's the use of them getting close, it can't change anything at all.

One second left.

The bell echoed in the universe, and everything trembled with it.

It came from inside the door, representing judgment, representing the end, brilliant and grand.

Then everything disappears.Space stations, swarms, fleets, nothing left.

The star gate slowly closed, slowed down several times faster than the speed of light, and continued to wander silently, and the sound of the clock came from the depths of the core.

The author has something to say: Come back sweet in the next chapter! !