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"Pulse units, suppress the insect offensive! Gauss units, call them out one by one!"
"Move all self-propelled artillery forward and set them to attack all insects within a 200-meter radius!"
"The miniature electromagnetic railgun is beginning to build up energy; once the defense perimeter shows any weakness, it will blast these insects to death..."
Earth has long been the site of various wars, such as the Chitauri invasion, the Hell invasion, the Kree invasion, and the Destroyer invasion, and has been in contact with the universe for over a decade.
The Avengers seem to be at the forefront most of the time.
But this was only because the Avengers were very enthusiastic and always wanted to keep the war away from Earth, so they carried out one decapitation operation after another.
The military is not truly incompetent; almost every senior officer actually has the pulse of the secret forces at their fingertips.
This war is taking place inside the Earth, and even very close to New York City.
Even the combined forces of the government and the military could not withstand the overwhelming power of the Avengers, and the military's secret forces were revealed to the world for the first time.
After the order was given, a group of soldiers carrying power sources, wearing heavy armor and wielding huge and strange guns, entered the already built defensive building complex with the sound of drumming footsteps, and accurately entered the walled area.
Immediately afterwards, a firing port resembling a female breach in an ancient city wall appeared in front of the fully armed soldiers.
"...First rank, Gauss snipers, prepare!"
Strict military orders are issued rapidly through special military electronic communication channels.
Soon, the weapons in the hands of the fully armed soldiers began to spin like giant rotating cannons, casting blue light in front of the swarm of insects.
Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!
The attacks released by these rotating cannons are not particularly lethal, but once they hit the swarm, they explode like air bombs, creating a powerful impact.
From a distance, the ring of fire looked like blue raindrops bursting out from within, forcefully throwing back the black swarm of insects.
"Gauss, focus fire! Snipers, fire freely! Prioritize taking out organized assault groups!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As another military order was issued, purple light, like burning red nails, pierced the void, leaving behind charred and twisted spatial dents on the battlefield.
Immediately afterwards, swarms of insects rushed out, instantly killing and injuring many people.
These Gauss snipers are extremely accurate; almost every shot can kill a bug directly, and even more skilled snipers can pierce through two or three at once.
Just as the military was methodically mapping out attack targets, the previously well-organized insect-collecting camp was suddenly disrupted, with a large number of insects brought in at key points, causing one chaotic scene after another.
Perhaps having received advance warning, the military did indeed demonstrate a terrifyingly powerful fighting force in dealing with the second insect invasion.
The pulse weapon has a strong shock effect and has been specially modified by the military into a rotary cannon. It has powerful firepower and can have a strong deterrent effect on insects, like a tidal wave.
Chapter 527 Xu Fu's Enrage
In fact, Xu Fu had already made preparations to open the gates of Heaven as soon as possible. Once Earth was truly lost to the Void Beetles, he would allow the vast majority of humanity to retreat to Heaven.
Xu Fu's plan became known to Tony and others.
Xu Fu never expected that Tony, that son of a bitch, would have the courage to do something incredible in Heaven. He knew that Heaven was humanity's last card.
On an airship over New York City, a giant screen in the military conference room displays videos recorded by members of Paradise.
A dazzling silver light flashed across the endless, folded sky, forming a torrent of energy that crashed against the sky at tremendous speed, as if trying to open up the heavens.
In the blink of an eye, infinite space exploded into fragments. The silver, seven-colored light, shimmering with unparalleled beauty, was like a world-destroying torrent, tearing the earth to shreds and splitting the infinite land apart. Like a raging fire, it shattered the entire paradise.
"Tony, you'd better explain to me what this thing is. Don't tell me Asgard just had some free time and curiously took a picture of Heaven with the Rainbow Bridge?"
Seeing this, Xu Fu felt his anger rising, turning into a raging fire that could burn through the sky.
Tony looked at the enraged Xu Fu with a sarcastic smile, not daring to say anything more.
Dr. Banner, somewhat perplexed, offered a loose explanation: "It was a gamma storm that was carried away by the energy of the void, creating a backflow..."
Xu Fu started raging again, saying, "I don't care what kind of gamma-ray storm it is, who can tell me how the hell it happened in the sky?"
Dr. Banner had eggs stuck to his face, his complexion was pale, and he looked aggrieved, as if he had just arrived.
Tony said sarcastically, "Banner 057, Stephen, and I set the coordinates of the Fragment World in the middle of the pillars of the Fishing Void Astral Plane in Heaven. I don't know what happened, but that void suddenly rebelled, forming a massive flood that attacked Heaven. But we were prepared; we all evacuated beforehand. Don't worry, no one was hurt!"
Xu Fu had almost guessed what was going on, so he took out his rifle from his backpack, loaded it with his divine power, and prepared to shoot that bastard Tony! "Who are you?"
How dare you claim there was no loss and expect to get a reward or something?
We're on the front lines fighting an invasion of insects from the Void, while these sons of bitches are setting fire to our own backyard—no, they're building nuclear weapons.
As Dr. Banner stated, this thing is roughly equivalent to 893 conventional nuclear warheads, and a single explosion could destroy more than 70 square kilometers of the Paradise Plate.
This is because God left behind immense power in the heavens, and the infinite folded space has become a drainage zone capable of guiding the influence of these energy flows.
If this were on Earth, such hostility would be enough to destroy the entire planet and even penetrate the entire solar system.
Even if Heaven was once God's creation, and perhaps one of the most perfect and powerful spatial worlds in the real universe, it could not withstand such an attack, not even for a few rounds.
Seeing Xu Fu's anger, Tony licked his cheek and continued with a sarcastic laugh: "Joe, although Heaven paid a price, the results of our research this time were absolutely fruitful. In the center of the void, we recorded fragments of hundreds of worlds, which can be used for the Cosmic God Project. We also gained the technology to capture the coordinates of the void. It was a truly great experience. Next time..."
Xu Fu interrupted him menacingly, "Shit! You damn bastard, do you really want a next time? Don't stop me, I'm going to chop that bastard Tony into eighteen pieces. That's where we'll last immigrate to..."
Dr. Banner, Thor, and others held Xu Fu back tightly. Tony, stunned by Xu Fu's words, became increasingly insistent: "Joe, Heaven is not suitable for us to migrate to. It's merely an independent space subordinate to the real universe. It doesn't have a complete cosmic system; it can't even accommodate humanity's eternal evolution..."
In a sense, Tony's claim is not wrong: Heaven is larger, quieter, and more habitable than Earth, but only if you disregard the future.
All energy, laws, and even the workings of the world depend on input from the real universe. Without the infinite power of faith, heaven might be just as bad as hell.
If someone is in a desperate situation and just wants to keep living, heaven might be a good option.
However, if we consider the future development and prosperity of humanity, it is impossible for Heaven to accommodate all of humanity for too long.
After Tony brought up the matter, Xu Fu had to calm down.
It's okay to be angry, but to say that Xu Fu admires and loves Mai Zi is an exaggeration. If he had to choose between his friend Tony and Mai Zi, Xu Fu would choose Tony without hesitation.
The reason why he attaches so much importance to Heaven is that Xu Fu is only looking for support for humanity.
In fact, if it weren't for the insistence of the Avengers and Xu Fu himself, Xu Fu could have left Earth and moved to the depths of space with his friends and family.
With Xu Fu's abilities, he could live well anywhere in the universe.
After calming down, Xu Fu realized that getting angry was useless, but he looked at Tony with some annoyance and said, "What's the use of four or five hundred worlds with different coordinates? Even if we gave you all the heavens to experiment on, how many times could you perform a void grab?"
Xu Fu poured cold water on him, and Tony also had a bit of a headache.
The Heavenly Court is indeed vast, but if it always feels averse to this level of power, it really can't withstand a few more experiments with empty air.
Even if we count thousands of fragmented worlds at once, those thousands or tens of thousands of fragmented worlds are just a drop in the ocean compared to the billions or tens of billions of people on Earth.
However, fishing in the void was a technology that Tony and the others lacked the expertise to perfect, and it remained unresolved for a considerable period. Releasing gamma-ray bursts was easy, but searching in the void was purely a matter of luck.
If you're lucky, you might find hundreds or even thousands of fragmented worlds, but if you're unlucky, you might not find even a few. Once you face the unknown in such a void, the exploding gamma rays mix with the void energy flow, creating a reaction, and who knows if the celestial body won't completely collapse next time.
Tony shook his head and thought for a while, but he couldn't come up with a solution to the problem.
This is a cosmic problem. Even the Kree Empire, the most technologically advanced of the three great empires, possessed the technology to save the Void, yet it could not prevent such an accident.
This is labor-intensive and resource-intensive, and if we keep moving things, it will have the opposite effect.
This is why the three great empires of the universe would rather fight each other at the center of the universe than seek resources in the void.
At this point, in the entire known universe of Earth, there is only one race capable of evolving in the void. However, even the Void Worms can form tribe after tribe in the void, simply because they have unlimited reproductive capabilities.
Just like the void that Earth is currently interacting with, in the true void, it might just be a small insectoid tribe.
"Perhaps we can explore the true void through these insects..."
While pondering insects, someone thought of insects.
When everyone fell silent, Steve hesitantly offered his suggestion.
In fact, Steve was unaware of the personal plans that Xu Fu, Tony, Dr. Banner, and others were discussing, but Steve simply offered his own ideas with the shrewdness of a soldier.
In a way, the idea is perfect.
If people can control these Void Worms by utilizing their ability to live in the Void, then as long as these Void Worms are alive, people can easily explore a large number of fragmented worlds in the Void, and even continue to collect the coordinates of these fragmented worlds.
After all, based on the information we have, the Zerg's massive hive, as well as numerous secondary hives, void portals, and so on, were mostly built by the Zerg by collecting resources in the void, and the number of scattered worlds absorbed by the Zerg is almost countless.
But this is still an idea that is almost impossible to realize.
These Void Insects have no thoughts whatsoever, only endless desires for destruction and devouring. Even if you capture the Queen, you cannot truly control these Void Insects.
Moreover, Earth and the Void Beetles are currently enemies, and it remains to be seen whether they can defeat these Void Beetles.
As soon as he finished speaking, Steve realized the problem and waved his hand, saying, "Uh, if I said anything wrong, just pretend I didn't say anything!"
"No!"
Steve realized he had misspoke, but Xu Fu took it as an inspiration and said, "Steve is right. We may not be able to control the bugs, but the queen bug's nest, the bugs' gathering place in the void, and the bugs' passages in the void are all there, even with fixed entrances. Can we use gamma-ray bursts to kill these damn bugs, or even search in a larger void and constantly divert the attention from these passages?"
This is a very strange idea, even a bit of a random brainstorming session.
However, upon closer examination, if certain difficulties can be overcome, such as clearing a fixed, undisturbed battlefield for experimentation, and if there is some guidance and control during the release of the gamma burst, it is entirely possible to achieve the two objectives of killing the bugs and exploring the void.
Soon, Tony's eyes lit up, filled with boundless enthusiasm. He said, "F...K! Joe, you're a freakish genius! With the internal channels of the Void Beetle diversion, the energy ripples caused by the gamma-ray bursts as they pass through the void will be minimal. Even if they encounter energy backflow, they might not return to their original location, and even if they do, the induced recoil will be completely acceptable..."
Chapter 528 The Zerg's Successful War of Attrition
Void Worms have lived in the infinite void for generations and have developed astonishing resistance to gamma rays and void energy. Trying to kill these worms with gamma rays is as ridiculous as trying to drown a fish.