Age of Cosmic Exploration

The creator’s particle of the AI fleet had completely covered the City of Light Moon. This meant that the fleet would reach the city in less than 10 minutes and would attack it in less than five minutes. Under these circumstances, the City of Light Moon’s defense mechanism had already been activated. However, due to the lack of manpower, the defense mechanism was full of holes, and it couldn’t stop the AI fleet even if it tried. Therefore, the hope of this last war was squarely placed on the vanguard unit and Yao Yuan, who was rushing back.

Xi Kong was still singing even though one could distinctively hear the tiredness in her voice. In fact, there were already medical crews standing around her in the lab. Everyone looked at her with nervousness and worry as they knew she couldn’t hold out for long.

Even though her condition wasn’t perfect, her singing in the past few hours had helped immensely. The vanguard unit’s Black Star Troopers hadn’t returned to their main ship once for a recharge. They rushed deep into the ranks of the enemy team. This was the last leg, there was no possibility of turning back. The only way of turning back or resting was death.

Xi Kong’s song was a great help to the troopers. Even though the war had dragged on for so long, they didn’t feel any exhaustion. Their spirits were surprisingly high as they tried their best to stop this AI fleet from reaching the City of Light Moon.

Finally, after Xi Kong finished her latest song, there was silence for more than 10 seconds. The medical crew understood what had happened. Two nurses rushed forward to hold her and instantly, Xi Kong collapsed in their arms... She fainted.

At the same time, the lab workers had brought several three-meter-long metallic bars to the Hope’s weapon carrier center where the people there already stood waiting. When they arrived, the few metallic bars were soon launched out of the Hope and heading towards the battlefield. The speed wasn’t fast as the carrier was equipped with normal propellers, so it wouldn’t be taken as weapon.

About two minutes later, the metallic bars were salvaged by a hidden spaceship. The spaceship didn’t stop and followed the greater unit to head towards the City of Light Moon.

Finally, when the cannons at the City of Light Moon started to roar, the front of the AI fleet had reached the the City of Light Moon. However, weirdly enough, they didn’t attack the city. Actually, they suffered the defensive attacks from the city quietly as they started to land... Were they trying to take over the city?

The Black Star Troopers in the the City of Light Moon started to mobilize. They jumped into their Space Combat Jets to initiate a counter attack. Based on the advantage of Homo Evolutis and the Space Combat Jets, they managed to destroy half of the landing spaceships in mere minutes. However, the Black Star Troopers were soon distracted by the enemy battleships. Therefore... the landing ships started to land on the City of Light Moon!

When the vanguard unit’s Black Star Troopers arrived, this was the scene that they saw. Everyone was anxious until their eyes were red. They couldn’t wait to destroy all the landing ships in their sight. However, even now, the AI fleet still had a technological advantage over humanity. Furthermore, they also held an advantage in terms of numbers. There were several ten thousands battleships and more than a handful of motherships. In fact, the several ten thousands civilians were taken into one of the motherships, and none of the attacks from the Black Star Troopers could cause any harm to the motherships.

Under these circumstances, the vanguard unit’s Black Star Trooper unit couldn’t assist the people at the City of Light Moon even though they desperately wanted to. They were stopped by the several ten thousands of the enemy spaceships. No matter how much they took down, there would be another spaceship to take their place.

Yun Si was one of the Black Star Troopers assigned to the vanguard unit. He piloted his own Space Combat Jet and continued to fight the war with the assistance of two other troopers. However... his heart started to breed despair. The numbers were simply too much. Could they really reach the City of Light Moon? Could they really destroy all the landing ships? Also, what about the people in the city...

"Wait... what is this?"

Yun Si suddenly felt something. It was not danger or some vision into the future. He just felt attracted to something in front of him, something that was deeply connected to him. The feeling was one of familiarity, like he had sensed this thing a long time ago...

"Yun Si, this is the field of my Whisperer power. The research regarding the mind and its psychology is more in-depth than Professor Bo Li’s, right?"

"The mind is a special organ. The reason why the field is shrouded in mystery is because our science is still unable to explain it. With future advancements in science, when the day comes that we can analyze the mind fully, the power of the mind will be taken as part of the valid scientific focus..."

"Think about it, did prehistoric man understand what electricity is? They would see it as some kind of god power, but fast forward to modern times, electricity has been fully researched. It is the same with magnetism, is it not? These energies that we cannot see or touch will eventually be analyzed as the science continues to grow. It will be the same with the mind..."

"The power of the mind for each individual is different. Each human being, no, every lifeform has their own unique mind power, and this power is a constant written in their genes. There might be little variations, like when the person is mad or happy. However, the mind itself is a constant. I call this number the mind power quotient."

"After we find out the mind power quotient of a lifeform, we’ll be able to confirm its origin despite the change in its form, genes, or other changes, like radiation..."

(Yes, this is my mind power quotient. At the time, Yue Xuan had helped me analyze it; therefore, this thing must be...)

After this thought settled in Yun Si’s mind, he retreated from the battlefield and closed his eyes to feel, to feel that connection. Thinking about the instructions given to him earlier by Yue Xuan, he started to "activate" his mind. He felt like there was something trying to escape.

(It’s coming!!)

At a distance quite far away, around a large battleship over the City of Light Moon, several hundred minuscule light orbs suddenly surrounded it. The orbs glowed brightly, and in just an instant, the large battleship exploded into pieces. Then the small orbs disappeared into the flames and fire with incredible speed. Then several metallic bars slowly exited the flames. They rushed through the energy shield easily. All the stuff that stood in their way, be it guardian ships, battleships, canonships, landing ships, they all exploded.

(No, I can’t see the bigger picture. Plus, this is quite mentally demanding. I have to focus on more than 10 targets at the same time... The number of targets can still increase because each light orb can take down one target, but I still can’t do that yet... I should focus on 10 targets for now...)

After shooting the psychokinetic floating cannon twice, Yun Si felt a sharp pain in his mind like someone had stuck a needle into his brain. His hands clamped over his head. With a bitter smile, when he used the cannon again, he chose to narrow down his range. However, even so, he still felt his spirit weakening. The exhaustion this cannon had on the mind was unbelievably huge.

By then, some landing ships had reached the surface of the City of Light Moon. Even though the cannons and the tanks on the surface of the city had taken down about 90 percent during the landing process, the numbers of the enemy fleet were simply too high. Some managed to survive the onslaught. The moment they reached the surface, a great amount of AI robots was vomited onto the city, and they started to disperse...

Despair, chaos, anxiety...

The battlefield had reached its peak. The vanguard unit was like ants on a hot pot. Everyone rushed towards the City of Light Moon like they were on a death march. The fatality of the Black Star Troopers increased drastically. Yun Si was still trying to use the psychokinetic floating cannon, and the people on the surface of the City of Light Moon fired at the AI robots. This was the war that would decide the fate of a race. This was... the final roar of humanity!

At this time, a red ball of light was fast approaching. It got closer and closer to the city...

Yao Yuan sat down in the seat. He took a deep breath and said, "Enter control mode. Password: Last Length!"