Chapter 124 The Eight Royal Starry Sky Beasts! Stellar Energy Baptism! (Subscribe)
At the command, the USS Bald Eagle and four other planetary space battleships all activated their deflector shield defense systems at the same time.

This is a translucent energy field generated by a deflector shield generator that can effectively block damage from high-energy lasers, projectiles and various small celestial bodies in space.

"Boom! Boom!!"

Soon, the fleet, which had reduced its speed by half, forced its way into the Oort Cloud, which was filled with comets. Any smaller comets along the way would be pushed away by the deflector shields.

As for those larger comets, they have to be blasted to pieces with laser cannons. Otherwise, if they hit them directly, the deflector shield will consume more energy and may be destroyed at any time.

As we move forward, the swarm of comets ahead continues to increase, forming a natural barrier that separates the solar system from the outside interstellar space.

"No wonder this star system has never been discovered. With such a closed environment, any space fleet would be deterred from coming here."

Captain Ross couldn't help but frown.

Suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded inside the USS Bald Eagle!
"Captain! Signs of life activity have been discovered ahead! It's likely a group of giant space beasts!"

A crew member hurriedly reported.

"Release the real-time images of the space probe immediately!"

Captain Ross's face changed and he shouted loudly.

When the real-time image was projected onto the big screen, everyone saw that among the comets in the Oort Cloud, there appeared a group of giant beasts as huge and majestic as mountains.

"The mountain monster!!"

Everyone recognized these famous star beasts, and their faces were filled with shock and fear.

The Shan Gen behemoth clan is one of the eight royal bloodlines in the starry sky behemoth civilization. Its attribute is earth, corresponding to the Gen in the Bagua rune.

A starry sky behemoth with the blood of the eight royal families. It is satellite-level in its infancy, planetary-level in its growth period, stellar-level in its maturity, galaxy-level in its complete form, and the ultimate form can even reach the cosmic level.

Moreover, they are born with control over certain laws of the universe, they may be Tian Qian, Di Kun, Lei Zhen, Feng Xun, Shui Kan, Huo Li, Shan Gen, or Ze Dui, their combat effectiveness is almost the ceiling among the same level.

Although the destruction of the star beast civilization caused severe damage to the once glorious and powerful eight royal families and almost died out, there were still survivors who fled to various corners of the universe.

The Shan Gen behemoths are the largest beings among the eight royal bloodlines. Their bodies are made entirely of mountains composed of earth and rocks. They have extremely strong strength and defense, and have a terrifying appetite like a bottomless pit. They can devour everything in the world and quickly convert the food into their own mass and combat power.

Captain Ross and others had never imagined that there was actually a surviving group of mountain genus behemoths living here. Although the number was not large, there were only about thirty of them.

However, there are already mature star-level mountain monsters among them, with a body length of at least 3000 meters, which is more than twice as large as the Bald Eagle star destroyer!
“Hum!!”

The leader of the star-class mountain-gen behemoth beast let out a piercing roar that shook the eardrums of all the crew members on the ship and almost tore them apart!
Then, the chief of the Shan Gen giant beast grabbed a comet beside him and crushed it easily in his palm. Finally, he stretched out his arms and threw it towards the location of the fleet like a baseball!

"Retreat quickly! Increase the speed to the speed of light!"

When Captain Ross saw this group of giant mountain beasts, he immediately roared.

The fastest Star Destroyer, the Bald Eagle, quickly adjusted its speed and retreated, and the other four planetary space battleships followed closely behind, but it was too late!
"Boom!"

With the terrifying power of the chief of the Shan Gen beasts, the scattered comet fragments turned into a high-speed kinetic energy barrage that swept across everything at an astonishing speed.

The "Vulture" space battleship, which was the last to fall, was hit accurately. The deflector shield defense covering its surface was rendered useless and was broken in an instant, while the remaining comet fragments penetrated its armor with undiminished force.

The second largest space battleship, the "Owl", is no exception.

In the dim space, a bright and dazzling light burst out. It was the spectacular scene of the Vulture and Owl space battleships being pierced through. The resulting parabolic gray cloud covered a large area. The violent explosion caused a raging fire, and the thousands of crew members on board were killed, with no body left!
With just one strike, two entire planetary space battleships were blown up, and at least three thousand human crew members from Blue Star were killed in an instant!
This scene made the remaining crew members, including Captain Ross, shudder.

Fortunately, their warships were fast enough. After adjusting the time and jumping to the speed of light, they quickly distanced themselves from the group of mountain-gen monsters.

The speed and agility of the mountain beasts were their weaknesses. Seeing that the invaders had already fled far away, they did not chase them anymore, but instead came to the location of the blown-up Vulture space battleship and devoured its wreckage one by one.

For them, who are used to eating all kinds of comets, asteroids, and dust particles on a daily basis, this is a rare delicacy, but it's a pity that they didn't keep a few more.

On the other hand, the crew members of the warships who had managed to escape were all still in fear. If they were a step slower, they would probably have followed the fate of the Vulture space battleship.

"Captain Ross, what should we do next?"

"Those mountain monsters are so terrifying. If we go any further, we will be dead!" Inside the USS Bald Eagle Star Destroyer, there was no time to mourn the comrades who died heroically. The crew members asked questions one after another, and the pressure was concentrated on Captain Ross.

"Adjust the direction of travel and continue forward by taking a detour!"

After hesitating for a while, Captain Ross gave the order.

There is a giant mountain beast in front of them and no way to retreat behind them. If they fail to complete the reconnaissance mission of the solar system, they will definitely be subject to extremely severe space military law after returning to the Blue Star Human Federation, and even their families will be implicated.

If we had known that the interstellar voyage to explore the solar system was so dangerous, we should have applied to the Federation for the dispatch of a true stellar-class star destroyer.

However, at present, the administrative regions of the main constellations of the Blue Star Human Federation have entered the first level of combat readiness. Almost all the star-class star destroyers in the space fleet have been dispatched and deployed on the border with the Dragon Clan and the Shura Clan. A large-scale interstellar war may break out at any time and anywhere, and even if an application is made at that time, it may not be successfully dispatched.

With the situation in the Milky Way so tense, their reconnaissance mission on the tiny solar system is actually nothing.

But now Captain Ross has a vague feeling that this small solar system hides too many unknown secrets. Perhaps in the near future, it will become the focus of the vast Milky Way!

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Solar System, Mercury.

Mercury is the smallest and closest to the sun among the eight planets in the solar system. It is also the planet with the largest temperature difference between day and night on its surface. Its atmosphere is extremely thin and cannot effectively retain heat.

Chu Xu and his team explored Mercury for a period of time, but did not discover any biological populations or life civilizations like on the moon and Venus.

After exploring Mercury, Chu Xu set up a space jump point there as usual, and then turned his eyes to the sun that was already in front of him!
That's where he really wants to go!
Only with the help of the sun's stellar energy can he truly break through to the stellar level!
"You stay on Mercury for now and wait for me to come back."

Chu Xu spoke to the Royal Dragon Riders behind him.

With their current level of strength, they are unable to explore stars at close range, so Chu Xu plans to go alone.

"Yes!"

The Royal Dragon Riders and Bai Hong also knew the danger of this journey and did not force it, but they could not help but worry about the safety of the Dragon God, especially the Dragon Mother.

A mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away, not to mention that this time Chu Xu has to walk not just a thousand miles, but more than 50 million kilometers from Mercury to the Sun!

"Don't worry, I have set up a space jump point on Mercury. If we encounter any emergency, we can retreat anytime and anywhere."

Chu Xu comforted the Dragon Mother, and then without wasting any more time, he turned into a stream of golden light and flew towards the sun.

With Chu Xu's current planetary level nine, he is 500 meters tall and weighs more than 300 million tons. His physical strength has exceeded 1 million tons, and his flying speed has reached a full Mach .

The distance of more than 50 million kilometers from Mercury to the Sun is only five hours for Chu Xu flying at full speed.

As time passed and the distance got closer, the image of the sun in Chu Xu's eyes became larger and larger, and the intensity of solar radiation and the temperature it was blowing on his face were rising rapidly.

The original sun No. 1 in Chu Xu's body also began to rotate violently, causing the other eight microplanets to become restless.

It really works!

Chu Xu's level has been stuck at the ninth planetary level for nearly a year, and now this impregnable bottleneck has finally loosened.

Five hours later, Chu Xu finally stopped and faced the sun that was so close!
This is the outermost corona of the sun's atmosphere, composed of high-temperature, low-density plasma. It is millions of kilometers thick and has an extremely high temperature of millions of degrees Celsius.

"Roar!!"

Such high temperature was also a severe test for Chu Xu. The golden digital alloy equipment he was wearing showed signs of melting under the heavy load. His skin, muscles, and internal organs seemed to be burning. Blood seemed to gush out of his blood vessels, making his body turn blood red and in great agony.

But at the same time, Chu Xu also felt the continuous influx of stellar energy, causing the miniature solar system in his body to undergo a revolutionary transformation.

"continue!"

Chu Xu did not stop, but accelerated again, going deeper into the sun, accepting the scorching heat and the baptism of stellar energy.

If you want to be baptized by stellar energy, then you will fail and become Ren!
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(End of this chapter)