Chapter 1350: Chapter 1350

"They don’t seem to be very strong," Lin Yushi said with some disdain, finding their progress too easy. This was supposed to be a star fortress rated at tier seven, and yet they had managed to enter just like that.

"They were simply unprepared for us. A star-level fortress is definitely not that weak."

Perhaps because they didn’t pay much attention to the security of the core, there were only three biochemical weapons that had reached tier six. The largest one was battling the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs, while the remaining two were held back by powerful branches of the armed forces: the Dark Giant Dragons and the Death Gorillas.

"Stop all the nonsense and get on with our task," Du You scolded, and the two sisters finally ceased fighting.

There was no helping it; after all, this was the interior of a star fortress. Although not many troops had appeared so far, that was because their actions had been too fast. In less than an hour, they had been detected and pushed forward to the position of the planet’s core, presenting an enemy like nothing they had ever seen before. If they continued to delay, it would take much longer.

At the same time, those in the Command Center also saw the images from the core layer.

"What are they doing? Oh, damn it, how are they operating our Planetary Compression Cannon? What target are they aiming at?"

The Planetary Compression Cannon was a basic weapon for all star fortresses, and a necessary one, but the method of using each Planetary Compression Cannon was different, encrypted, and typically only known by a few people within the star fortress itself.

This was done to prevent the fortresses from being captured by enemies and then used against them. Although a star fortress had never been taken before, this tradition had persisted.

Without the control method, even if a star fortress was captured, it would take a long time to convert it for personal use. Who could have anticipated that these people would actually manage to... ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩

Lin Yushi had even taken the help of the numerous Demon Extermination Spirits she had just summoned. Thus, with just three people and a band of minor creatures, they brazenly activated their Planetary Compression Cannon.

When the Planetary Compression Cannon entered its final program, Du You stopped and turned his attention to some pipes above.

"Useless, all useless! What are you doing? The Planetary Compression Cannon is about to be activated, and you haven’t stopped them yet." The commander was furious; once the Planetary Compression Cannon was activated, regardless of the outcome, it spelled certain death for them.

"Look quickly, what is he doing? Oh, damn it, they aren’t targeting some other location, they intend to destroy us!"

They saw Du You raise his hand, the Energy-gathering Ring appeared, and the Energy Gathering Magic Cannon fired at the pipes above. These were not ordinary pipelines, but conduits specifically meant to direct energy.

Through these conduits, the converted planetary energy would be discharged outward, which was how the Planetary Compression Cannon was meant to release its power. But if these conduits were destroyed, the energy wouldn’t be able to escape, and the ones to be destroyed would be themselves.

Once the Planetary Compression Cannon was activated, it simply could not be shut down. Forcibly shutting it down might cause the entire star fortress to collapse; it would be better to let the energy be released. However, if that energy exploded inside, the consequences would be unimaginable.

A few minutes later, more and more troops appeared outside. Du You, with a ruthless decision, directed his Destruction Flames within the planet, maintaining this action for a full twenty seconds.

There was no option; those conduits were just too hard.

Du You didn’t know how much damage the Energy Gathering Magic Cannon could do, but using the Destruction Flames was a different story. A twenty-second channeling, though not as destructive as a five-second channeling from the Energy Gathering Magic Cannon, was sufficient and covered a larger area. These were calculations Du You had made himself, and as a result, a barrage of fireballs heavily damaged the surrounding conduits.

After another two minutes, Du You released it three more times, and the conduits were basically destroyed.

At this point, the two sisters had also finished their task. "All right, activate the Planetary Compression Cannon," Lin Yucha said as she forcefully pulled down a metal rod and the Planetary Compression Cannon finally started up.

Under immense pressure, the planetary core began to expand and contract, like a beating heart, growing more and more violent. Streams of white energy gathered around, and the conduits began to undergo even more severe deformation.

"Compressing the planet will take half an hour, let’s go," Du You called the two sisters over to his side. He didn’t bother to recall the Summoned Beasts; those summons couldn’t be killed anyway. Recalling them now might make their escape impossible.

Suddenly, Du You sensed a void in space and, with a flicker, he and the sisters reappeared on the surface of the star fortress.

Du You didn’t waste any time; he glanced towards a distant planet, and then, with another shadow flicker, the three of them disappeared. The Summoned Beasts too distant to reach automatically returned to the summoning space, leaving only the Demon Extermination Spirits at the scene.

Meanwhile, the Command Center erupted into chaos: "It’s bad, they’ve really activated the Planetary Compression Cannon, what do we do, what do we do?" As commanders, they knew exactly what that meant.

"Run! We only have half an hour if we don’t escape now."

"Let’s just stay here. Even if we run, it’s a dead end. With such a grave mistake, the higher-ups won’t let us off."

"Let’s head to the Star Ring Alliance. We’re all talents; the Star Ring Alliance won’t give up on us." With that, a group of people hurried toward the escape crafts while some remained in place.

Of course, those who fled chose personal shuttles, not worried about appearances now. The battleships and warships took too long to launch, and by the time they could, the place would have exploded. The smaller ships might take off, but couldn’t get too far from the planet. Once the planet exploded, they too would be caught in the blast.

Some who knew of the situation began to flee, but many others were unaware, carrying on with life as usual.

This was an entire planet, after all, where previous unrest had been suppressed, and everything had happened too quickly. Even informing them now would be useless. Not half an hour remained anymore.

The majority of the people had no chance to escape and could only face annihilation along with the planet.

From the distant starry sky, Du You and the two sisters observed from afar. Du You, while restoring his magic power, watched the sci-fi-style planet, waiting for its curtain to fall.

The empire’s mightiest weapon would be destroyed by his hand today—what an emotional thought.