Seeing the seven Everlasting Star warriors, invigorated by the bottle of milk tea, Han Yun nodded with satisfaction. But Dream Jia, standing beside him, couldn't help but kick him and scold, "Hey! We're not here on vacation. How can you enjoy yourself like this?"
"Hey! You guys too! Take a quick break! Do you even know what time it is now? Stop wasting time and get to the point!" After scolding Han Yun, Dream Jia ordered Tie Zhu and the others in a commanding tone. Then, shamelessly, Dream Jia opened a bottle of milk tea and started drinking, and the others, seeing this, could only gulp down their milk tea as well and then continue discussing the previous topic.
Reluctantly placing the empty milk tea bottle aside, Tie Zhu continued, "According to historical records, because the explosion happened so suddenly, everyone lost consciousness without any preparation. It wasn't until some time later that the people of Everlasting Star slowly regained consciousness. By then, the celestial phenomena of Everlasting Star had become extremely strange, with various visible energy currents swirling incessantly in the sky. Everyone thought Everlasting Star was on the brink of destruction. However, after some time, everyone realized that the surging energy currents in the sky not only did not continue to press down on Everlasting Star's land, but were also being continuously drawn away by the still-existing defensive array and repelled to the outskirts of Everlasting Star."
"This abnormal celestial phenomenon lasted for a very long time before finally disappearing. The people of Everlasting Star, relieved to learn that the energy currents would not destroy their planet, finally showed a look of relief. What's more, to their delight, after the anomaly occurred, all the trapped Mastani people disappeared. At that time, the people of Everlasting Star thought the sudden explosion and the sudden sleepiness were related to the battle between the two sides. The disappearance of the Mastani people also meant that the League of Spirits had won the final victory in that battle and successfully destroyed the invading Mastani core army."
Then Tie Zhu's tone suddenly became somewhat disappointed. "But not long after that, the people of Everlasting Star realized that something was amiss. Because after we woke up from our sleep, we lost contact with the divine army of the League of Spirits and the various allied forces. At first, we thought it was because the powerful energy fluctuations caused our communication devices to malfunction. But after a thorough inspection of the communication equipment, we found that the equipment was not damaged. This made us begin to suspect that something suspicious was going on."
"Because, even if Everlasting Star can't communicate with the outside world now, the League of Spirits can still send people to contact us, right? But after waiting for so long, Everlasting Star has still not received any news of envoys sent by the League of Spirits. So, the priests who remained on Everlasting Star decided to fly out of Everlasting Star in a battleship, to establish contact with the divine army guarding the outskirts of Everlasting Star, and to see if the previous anomaly had any impact on the outer response of Everlasting Star."
"Did those priests bring back any information?" Dream Jia asked.
"No. To be precise, shortly after they flew off Everlasting Star, the sky once again showed anomalies. Then, the battleship they were riding on was suddenly attacked by a downpour of fire from the sky, and because they failed to escape the area of the downpour in time, they ultimately perished on the spot," Tie Zhu said sorrowfully. At the same time, Tie Zhu also couldn't help but look at Dream Jia again, indicating that this was also the reason why he strongly opposed Dream Jia flying solo to Everlasting Star earlier.
Tie Zhu continued, "Watching the priests flying into the sky disappear in an instant amidst the sudden downpour of fire, the people of Everlasting Star immediately fell into a panic. A sense of inexplicable fear instantly struck everyone's hearts because no one knew why such a huge downpour of fire suddenly appeared in the sky."
"Later, more and more squads of priests, attempting to break through the airspace where the sudden downpour of fire occurred, failed in their attempts and ended in disastrous defeat. This plunged the entire Everlasting Star into panic and despair. More and more people began to believe that it was actually the League of Spirits who lost that divine battle. As one of the League of Spirits allied forces, the people of Everlasting Star became prisoners of the Mastani energy and were imprisoned on their own planet, awaiting the impending evil judgment."
"However, even so, the people of Everlasting Star did not lose their fighting spirit. We quickly regrouped and once again formed a defensive line, prepared to engage in a final battle with the enemy who could arrive at any moment. Unexpectedly, there was another twist. A team of Everlasting Star warriors, during a routine patrol, accidentally discovered a crashed battleship in a remote mountainous area, and in the wreckage of this battleship, they found a dying priest."
"According to historical records, this priest's name was Bapiqiu, and he was also one of the priests stationed on Everlasting Star who had intended to forcibly leave Everlasting Star to find the divine army. Then, this patrol team learned from Priest Bapiqiu that the culprit behind the downpour of fire was the same one who caused the earth-shattering disturbance and sudden loss of consciousness in the previous explosion. It was because the explosion caused an abnormality in the energy surrounding Everlasting Star, which led to the complete loss of control over the previously surrounding meteor array, the crimson poison fog, and the immortal star array. They began indiscriminately attacking anyone who approached them."
Tie Zhu looked up at the pouring rain of fire outside the cave and continued, "According to Bapiqiu's discovery, although the immortal star array closest to Everlasting Star still isolates the Mastani's crimson poison fog, the terrifying thing is that if the crimson poison fog detects a target it can attack and comes into contact with the immortal star array below it, the two will immediately produce a terrifying fusion reaction. The crimson poison fog will ignite the immortal star array and turn the stars in the immortal star array into active volcanoes, using the continuous rain of destruction to indiscriminately attack all targets within its range."
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At this point, Captain Tie Zhu's mood became even more depressed. "After obtaining the valuable information exchanged for the life of Priest Bapiqiu, although the people of Everlasting Star felt extremely anxious about being trapped by this three-layer out-of-control array, at the same time, everyone also felt a bit relieved to learn that this three-layer array would also launch attacks on the invading Mastani energy army. Because no matter what, as long as the people of Everlasting Star stop actively provoking the three out-of-control arrays in the sky, we can at least continue to live relatively peacefully and slowly search for ways to break through the three out-of-control arrays and re-establish contact with the League of Spirits. But what we didn't expect was that our good intentions would soon be met with even more serious consequences."
Taking a long breath, Captain Tie Zhu continued, "Hoo—! According to historical records, for some unknown reason, attacks suddenly began to occur frequently in various places on Everlasting Star. And the culprit behind these attacks was none other than the Mastani people who suddenly emerged from somewhere. Those damn bastards, they multiplied rapidly like pests, which quickly enabled them to establish a certain climate in the form of a viral invasion, and they used various sudden attacks to devour large swathes of our land. The whole world once again became turbulent, and a new war was on the brink. But this time it was different from before. Because we lost the powerful protection of the League of Spirits, we quickly fell into a passive struggle in this war."
"A viral invasion? I say, Old Tie, who exactly are the Mastani people?" Han Yun couldn't help but ask curiously upon hearing this.
From Captain Tie Zhu's expression, it was evident that he harbored extreme hatred towards the Mastani people, which made him very resistant to Han Yun's question. However, in order to let Han Yun and the others better understand the enemies of Everlasting Star, Captain Tie Zhu still pondered after adjusting his emotions, "Those damn Mastani people! Let me see where to start."
"No matter where you start, we'll listen attentively," Dao Lao said, while gesturing towards the pouring rain outside, indicating that they had plenty of time now, and Captain Tie Zhu didn't need to rush to organize his thoughts.
Captain Tie Zhu nodded and then took a deep breath before continuing, "Hoo—! As you all just saw, those Mastani people who look like straw men are actually a kind of low-intelligence creature made up of special grass seeds and have a very small stature. The Mastani people are cruel by nature, with only 'slaughter' and 'devour' in their dictionary. As a result, when they appeared, they became a brutal race in the Heluo galaxy, specializing in hunting and plundering the lives and resources of others."
Legend has it that the Mastani people originated from a seed found in a meteorite. This meteorite, by coincidence, flew into the Heluo galaxy and eventually fell onto a planet. Instead of being destroyed in this fall, the seed miraculously took root and sprouted on this planet, which was originally barren except for deserts and wastelands, where not even a drop of water existed. After experiencing countless years of extreme cold and hot climates, it miraculously transformed a sand pit hidden in the desert into a small oasis covered with vegetation.
This planet, which served as a seedbed for growth, was actually a natural synchronous planet of another planet called Gaia and was named "Mastani Star" by the creatures living on the planet Gaia. Mastani Star has always been regarded by the people of Gaia as their patron god and has long been worshipped by the people of Gaia, becoming the most yearned-for paradise of the people of Gaia. It was precisely because of this that when the people of Gaia finally developed to the stage where they had a certain spacefaring capability, they decisively built a manned spacecraft capable of landing on Mastani Star and sent Gaia people to this planet they had longed for to explore for the first time in history.
"'Taking a small step on Mastani Star is a big step forward for Gaia people.' This is the motto left by the Gaia people when they first landed on Mastani Star, and it was precisely because of this phrase that it completely opened the Pandora's box of Gaia civilization. The exploration journey, which the Gaia people thought was the beginning of building a better future, soon turned into the beginning of a nightmare that caused the Gaia civilization and more civilizations to fall into the abyss," Captain Tie Zhu summarized the chain reaction triggered by the Gaia people landing on Mastani Star from the perspective of tens of thousands of years later.
"After the initial successful landing on Mastani Star, the Gaia people gained invaluable space experience, leading to rapid development in their space endeavors. Consequently, they began designing and constructing better landing equipment based on their previous experience, allowing them to explore a wider range for longer periods after landing on Mastani Star. Therefore, following the successful landing on Mastani Star, the Gaia people decided to transform this revered planet, worshipped for countless years, into their second home, effectively bringing this sacred planet under the Gaia people's sphere of influence."
"Let me guess, the result was that not only did the Gaia people fail to make Mastani Star their second home, but they also lost their only home because of it. Am I right?" Dream Jia confidently speculated, the answer seemingly evident.
"You're correct. Isn't it ironic? It's said that one day, scientists from Gaia were remotely controlling a newly developed exploration robot, conducting in-depth exploration on the far side of Mastani Star, forever turned away from Gaia. Due to a sudden malfunction in this newly developed robot, the controller was momentarily unable to operate it remotely, causing this expensive exploration robot to accidentally fall into a vast desert at the bottom of a giant desert, hidden in darkness for years."
"What no one could have expected was that it was precisely due to this incidental and significant technical failure that this exploration robot captured a miraculous sight of a small patch of lush green vegetation in a vast sandpit at the bottom of the desert. Gaia's scientists were immediately shocked beyond measure upon seeing the vibrant vegetation in the image because they had actually discovered extraterrestrial life for the first time on Mastani Star, a sacred planet that is a staggering thirty-nine million kilometers away from Gaia!"