Chapter 57: The Land of Endings, Section 3

“Bang!”
Even from such a great distance, the crew far behind could clearly hear the loud collision sound coming from the common channel. It was the first time hundreds of great two-handed swords had struck the enemy at the same time. In just an instant, it seemed as though a shower of light had appeared.
A golden rain of light!!
Countless tiny fragments were lifted off the Guardian’s body by Snake Fang’s giant swords, forming a golden rain of light. Right before everyone’s eyes, a huge arm, as massive as a mountain, rose from the Guardian’s body and was then brutally severed into pieces mid-air!! The giant Guardian let out a human-like roar and staggered back.
Just that one strike had severely wounded the Guardian!!
“Brilliant!!!”
Countless shouts of ecstasy rang out across the fleet. Everyone watching the battlefield was excited. That damned giant, who had just caused nearly a hundred of their comrades to die, finally paid the price under Snake Fang’s fierce attacks. How exhilarating! For a moment, everyone felt relieved, with all their frustration gone.
But ahead, the battle had just begun.
Adhering to Black Hair’s principle of “taking advantage of your weakness to strike when you’re vulnerable,” the third wave of 500 Snake Fang warriors wasn’t complacent at all despite this brief advantage. Instead, the moment the Guardian retreated, a group of less than 20 Snake Fang soldiers suddenly broke away from the attack formation and plunged downward like boulders. In the blink of an eye, they reached the Guardian’s legs. Raising their giant swords simultaneously, another wave of sword light flashed.
With a loud noise, a huge hole appeared in the Guardian’s knees—its kneecaps had been completely ripped out!! The two golden kneecaps were flung far away like flying saucers. Countless intricate internal bones appeared in the center of the Guardian’s legs.
It was only then that everyone realized those bones were also golden!! Completely different from the Guardian Type they had seen before!!
“That’s not human mecha technology!!” Amid the fierce wind, Monkey had the sharpest eyes and immediately spotted the problem.
Through the screen’s zoom, they could now clearly see the detailed structure of the Guardian’s wounded area. It was completely different from human mecha structures. It wasn’t the usual biological template for mecha bones but a completely new type of complex mechanical structure. A single bone was actually made up of hundreds of millions of tiny fragments!!

Seeing this scene, everyone widened their eyes. A question arose in their minds: Could it be that the guardian of the Moor Empire didn’t originate from human mecha technology, but from their own creations?? If that were the case, the growth rate of the Moor Empire would be terrifying. It had only been two years since they first witnessed the power of mechs, yet they had already managed to develop such massive mechs on their own. Both their technical expertise and resource reserves were astonishingly strong!! Was such an empire their enemy today? It felt like a dream.

Li Feng’s cabin gradually fell silent. Everyone closed their mouths and fell into deep thought. Meanwhile, at the forefront of the battlefield, the situation inside the guardian was quite different. Inside a sealed cockpit, a young and capable Moor officer was working frantically, sending reports one after another through the channel.

“Report: A fatal damage has occurred at the left leg joint of the guardian. The knee joint has detached, and the self-regulation system has failed. Balance is expected to be lost in twenty seconds.”

“Report: The right leg joint is in a similar condition, but the damage is more severe. In addition to the knee joint, cracks have appeared in the lower leg, reducing armor strength by 40%—now at the yellow warning level.”

“Report: The external armor of the guardian is under continuous high-pressure attacks, causing rapid loss of strength. Collapse is expected in three seconds and seven milliseconds.”

The reports grew more urgent, and the news became worse. If anyone were there, they would notice that the Moor officer’s forehead was covered in sweat. Despite his hands moving at full speed across the keyboard, he still couldn’t reverse the guardian’s current disadvantage. Because the guardian wasn’t a mech controlled by a single technician.

It might seem contrary to common sense about mechs. But just as Hei Fa found the skeleton of Guardian Type-1 in the flying fortress, this golden giant actually couldn’t be controlled by just one person. To make it fight, at least twelve people needed to work closely together!! This was also the main reason why each of its attacks took over ten seconds. It wasn’t because the mech was too heavy or inflexible—it was due to the limitations of the technician.

Twelve people—even if each took a second longer to act—would result in a total of twelve seconds of delay. In a fierce battle, one second can determine victory or defeat, let alone twelve seconds? This was the guardian’s greatest weakness!!

Just now, this weakness was actually exploited by the enemy after just a few attacks. After a single frontal assault, they managed to destroy both of the Guardian’s knee joints. This was nothing short of a nightmare for the Moor officer—a truly terrifying, hellish nightmare!! It wasn’t even a fight on the same level at all. For some reason, this thought suddenly popped into the Moor officer’s mind. It wasn’t technology, nor weapons, nor mechs—it was simply skilled technicians. The Moor officer could never have imagined that in this universe, there would be warriors even more skilled and experienced in combat than the Moors. They identified his weakness at first sight and struck. Such keen combat instincts—never seen, not even heard of!! Fighting against such opponents brought such terrifying psychological pressure that it almost drove the Moor officer mad. But he didn’t realize that this was actually normal. If he had managed to defeat Snake Fang through technology in a direct confrontation, that would have been the real novelty. After all, every technician of Snake Fang had years of experience piloting mechs. As elites among the Blood Wolves, if they were easily overwhelmed by Moor technicians who were only just exposed to mechs for the first time, it would be a huge joke. Not to mention the Black-Haired ones, even they wouldn’t be able to forgive themselves. When it came to warships, the Moors were undoubtedly the cosmic rulers. But when it came to mechs, if the Blood Wolves claimed to be second, no one would dare claim to be first!! This was the pride of the Blood Wolf warriors!! It might sound complicated, but it actually happened in an instant. While the Moor officer was shocked by Snake Fang’s combat prowess, the Blood Wolf warriors weren’t idle either. Seeing the Guardian’s massive knees torn away, the Snake Fang combat group intensified their attacks. At the same time, another squad silently separated from the rear and, taking advantage of the darkness of space, sneaked around to the Guardian’s back. As the Guardian was forced to retreat under the frontal attacks of its own allies, it raised its giant sword. “Bang!!” Another deafening crash echoed. The Guardian’s only arm was also severed. In an instant, this enormous humanoid figure became pitiful, like a “human stick” with its limbs cut off, floating helplessly in space. Surrounded by the dense ranks of Snake Fang warriors, their blood-red eyes stared at it maliciously.

“No!!!!” In the cockpit, Officer Moore, who witnessed this scene, screamed frantically. Seeing his prey, who had just allowed him to slaughter at will, suddenly turn into hunters, he could hardly believe it was real. But beyond this shock, another even more unfamiliar feeling made him even more uneasy. For that feeling was called… fear!!
The great Moor, an elite officer appointed by the Emperor himself as the guardian of the empire, was actually feeling fear?
In the past, Officer Moore would have thought he was crazy. But now, he knew clearly that he was indeed afraid—a fear of facing enemies he couldn’t defeat.
He knew he was done…
Sure enough, in the next moment, the circle formed by hundreds of Snake Teeth suddenly stopped, then rapidly tightened. All the Snake Teeth, like ants, swarmed onto the body of the giant guardian, using their giant swords to cut it apart piece by piece. Their blood-red electronic eyes emitted cruel glances, making them look even more ferocious.
Forty-five seconds later, that huge shadow in front of the Galaxy disappeared. All the Snake Teeth involved in the battle scattered and rushed toward the nearby Galaxy. Behind them, countless golden fragments, large and small, were carelessly discarded like trash—desolate and helpless.
The guardian of the Moor Empire, the first mech to appear since the founding of the empire, had been brutally torn apart by the Snake Teeth!!!
In Li Feng’s cockpit, those who saw this scene were instantly speechless. Hei Fa and Monkey exchanged a glance, and the same word popped into their minds.
“Beheading…”
Was this the response of the Blood Wolf warriors to enemies who had hurt their comrades?
Sure enough, it was in true Blood Wolf style…
In the cockpit, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Hei Fa’s lips, and his eyes lit up.
At that moment, no one noticed that some planets in the distant Galaxy began to act erratically once again. Several huge celestial bodies were slowly and silently leaving their original orbits, creeping closer to the Snake Teeth mechs that kept attacking the giant crystal planet…