List of Ruins

Everyone in the conference hall was anxious.

"Brother Hong, are you confident?" Lei Shen and Hong sat in a corner, no one else approaching them.

"No, I'm not!"

Hong shook his head slightly. "Even if I'm not confident, I'll have to go when the final moment comes! With my current Planet-level Seventh Tier strength combined with my domain, I'm invincible among Planet-level beings. And with the Moyun Teng, rapidly growing from consuming Muya Jing, even a life-or-death battle against a Star-level First Tier might not be without hope!"

"The biggest problem is not knowing the strength of this Devouring Beast," Hong said in a low voice.

"Hmm," Lei Shen nodded slightly.

However, Hong and Lei Shen... clearly didn't realize that a Star-level First Tier human warrior was different from a Star-level First Tier monster! Not to mention the terrifying... Starry Sky Behemoths among monsters! And among Starry Sky Behemoths, the Golden Horned Beast possessed one of the most supreme bloodlines, renowned throughout the vast cosmos as the pinnacle of bloodlines.

This was also Babata's main reason for believing Earth was doomed!

"Everyone!"

"Everyone!"

The President of America called out repeatedly, "America has just sent over a video about the Devouring Beast!"

Immediately, everyone fell silent.

Luo Feng also looked up.

On the screen, a new video played. It showed a vast wilderness, with a war base spanning a wide river. However, from this war base, countless troops were continuously fleeing, tens of thousands of soldiers scrambling to escape! And saucer fighter jets were already taking off!

"They had just received orders from General Headquarters to abandon the war base and retreat quickly," the American President explained. "Mainly because our General Headquarters detected, via satellite, that the Devouring Beast was flying in this direction."

"But the Devouring Beast was too fast, and the troops hadn't finished retreating yet—"

On the screen, a golden streak of light stopped. It was the Devouring Beast, with four hooves and a pair of scaled wings.

Silence filled the conference hall.

"Going to be devoured again?" Luo Feng shook his head slightly.

In the video on the screen, the Devouring Beast suddenly swooped down like lightning, sweeping over the war base. The scales on its wings sliced through the base like blades, and the entire war base crumbled apart as if made of tofu. Some soldiers who hadn't managed to retreat were crushed to death, while others were turned into minced meat by the touch of its wings!

The base was reduced to ruins!

The Devouring Beast's cold, dark golden eyes watched the saucer fighter jets fleeing in all directions. The speed of the saucer fighter jets... seemed utterly ridiculous to it!

It merely waved its front hooves!

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Five golden rays!

Astonishingly fast, they directly struck five distant saucer fighter jets. The fighter jets immediately exploded with a 'boom,' turning into fireballs! Five fireballs, particularly conspicuous against the dim sky.

The video ended!

"Everyone," the American President said in a low voice, "From this video, we've discovered two points: first, this time it didn't devour the war base, but destroyed it. Second, it possesses long-range attack capabilities."

"Bastard!"

"Bullshit!"

On the side of the conference hall, the discussion group composed of top global nuclear weapons experts erupted in a chorus of curses! These white-haired old men, each an absolute titan in their field, would normally never utter profanities. Yet now, many of them were so enraged their faces were contorted and flushed red.

"What's wrong?" Hong looked over.

"Let me explain."

One of the big-nosed Soviet Russian nuclear experts stood up and addressed everyone, "We've been discussing using super-yield hydrogen bombs to detonate either on the surface of this Devouring Beast's body or inside its mouth! Previously, our biggest concern was the Devouring Beast's 'devouring ability'—whether it would interfere with electronic signals once it devoured something! However, we've almost solved that problem!"

"Now we've discovered the biggest problem! It has long-range attacks!"

The big-nosed Soviet Russian angrily stated, "Given the Devouring Beast's incredible defensive capabilities, a super-yield hydrogen bomb, if detonated more than 50 meters away from it, probably wouldn't even break its scales!"

Everyone in the conference hall was stunned.

"Everyone!"

"For humans, the greatest dangers of a hydrogen bomb are the 'shockwave' and 'nuclear radiation,' while the intense instantaneous explosion itself has the least impact. However... the shockwave generated by a hydrogen bomb is completely useless against a monster like the Devouring Beast. Nuclear radiation? Even the powerful council members aren't afraid of nuclear radiation, let alone this Devouring Beast."

"Therefore! Only that powerful instantaneous explosion can harm the Devouring Beast!"

Luo Feng listened, nodding slightly.

Once a super-yield hydrogen bomb detonates, the instantaneous explosion generates temperatures exceeding 20 million degrees Celsius...

"But it must be right next to it!"

"Because the immense energy released by fusion spreads in all directions! The further from the center, the weaker the power! For a mysterious, incredible existence like the Devouring Beast, the closer the better. Ideally, it should explode inside its mouth! Its internal oral defense is definitely not as strong as its external scales, so a hundred-million-ton yield hydrogen bomb detonating in its mouth would surely obliterate its head!"

Luo Feng's eyes lit up as he listened.

"A hundred-million-ton yield hydrogen bomb?"

"I don't believe it wouldn't kill it!"

...

Inside Luo Feng's wrist space, Babata's true form was present.

"A hundred-million-ton yield hydrogen bomb, detonating inside its mouth?" Babata said, shaking his head while eating an apple. "A beautiful thought, but they simply don't understand the Devouring Beast... It's the incredibly famous Golden Horned Beast in the cosmos, one of the most supreme bloodlines among Starry Sky Behemoths."

"Even elementary, intermediate, and advanced cosmic civilizations wouldn't dare underestimate it."

"If it died that easily, it wouldn't be a Golden Horned Beast."

"Unfortunately... I have too little information about the Golden Horned Beast. I don't know its weaknesses." Babata was also helpless.

After all, even for Immortal-level powerhouses, Starry Sky Behemoths are incredibly rare.

They could be called specially protected rare animals!

Huaxia Nation calls pandas rare animals, but even now, some zoos still have unmutated pandas. But a Golden Horned Beast... even an Immortal being, the Yunmo Star Master, with a lifespan of over sixty million years and having traveled countless galaxies, had never once seen a Golden Horned Beast.

Even a Golden Horned Beast itself, throughout its long life from birth to death, wandering the cosmos, would rarely encounter another of its kind!

Incredibly rare!

Because they are incredibly rare, almost impossible to see. Even if one were occasionally encountered, you wouldn't be allowed to dissect it! And even dissecting a corpse wouldn't reveal what was truly special about this Starry Sky Behemoth!

Therefore!

In the vast cosmos, knowledge of Starry Sky Behemoths has always been a blank slate! Even Immortal-level powerhouses don't know much, only some general information. Perhaps those with longer lifespans, greater strength, and broader knowledge than the Yunmo Star Master might know a bit more.

An Immortal of over sixty million years is indeed considered young.

...

In the War God Palace's conference hall within the virtual space.

"Everyone, the biggest problem now is, what if our fighter jet carrying the hydrogen bomb is destroyed by a golden ray from the Devouring Beast a thousand meters away as it flies over? At a thousand meters, even if successfully detonated... it probably wouldn't even kill a Planet-level powerhouse," the big-nosed Soviet Russian said.

"Everyone, a close-range hydrogen bomb detonation is a one-time opportunity."

"If it fails, given the Devouring Beast's intelligence, once it has learned its lesson, it will absolutely not allow any fighter jet to approach. We will have no further chances," the big-nosed Soviet Russian said, looking at everyone.

Suddenly...

Hong stood up: "At that time, my Primordial-grade intelligent fighter jet will carry the hydrogen bomb! With the defensive power of a Primordial-grade intelligent fighter jet, unless it attacks at close range itself, that casual golden ray won't be able to destroy it. Once the fighter jet carrying the hydrogen bomb gets close, the intelligent system will control it to self-destruct!"

"Thank you," the big-nosed Soviet Russian exclaimed, overjoyed.

The Primordial-grade intelligent fighter jet, the strongest fighter jet on Earth!

A Qiankun-grade intelligent fighter jet can ram King-level monsters.

A Primordial-grade one can even ram a Beast Emperor!

Its defensive power was even stronger than Hong's own defense! It was definitely one of Hong's greatest gains from the ancient civilization ruins.

"This way, the possibility of the hydrogen bomb exploding inside the Devouring Beast's mouth is much greater," the big-nosed Soviet Russian said, greatly excited. The top global experts were also thrilled.

But at this moment...

Luo Feng, however, frowned deeply, communicating with Babata through his consciousness.

"Everyone," Luo Feng stood up.

Everyone in the conference hall turned to look. Seeing Luo Feng speak, they were all a bit puzzled. Hong and Lei Shen also looked at Luo Feng with doubt. Luo Feng wasn't a nuclear expert or a national leader, so what could he possibly say?

"I know some information about this Devouring Beast," Luo Feng said solemnly.

A sudden silence fell.

"First, once the Devouring Beast devours something, the surrounding space twists, severing it from external space. Remotely controlling the hydrogen bomb inside the fighter jet to detonate is absolutely impossible. Furthermore... when it's being devoured, within that 'devouring twisted space,' the metal of the fighter jet and the nuclear bomb will automatically begin to decompose. Therefore, the possibility of it exploding inside its mouth is very low!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed.

This was incredibly bad news!

"Second, the strength of this Devouring Beast is indeed Star-level!" Luo Feng stated his second point.

"Third, the only good news is that its devouring ability is limited; it's not a bottomless pit. Just like earlier, it began destroying the war base instead of choosing to devour it."

Luo Feng's voice echoed in the conference hall.

Of these three pieces of news, only one was somewhat good; the first two were very bad!

"Councilman Luo, are you sure?"

"Are you certain?"

The top nuclear experts all looked at Luo Feng.

"Certain," Luo Feng nodded. "This Devouring Beast has the ability to devour metal, decompose it, and absorb it!"

"No wonder it ate the base."

"Terrible."

This news unsettled many.

At this moment, Luo Feng walked over to Hong, who was still troubled by Luo Feng's earlier statement that the 'Devouring Beast was Star-level.'

"Hall Master," Luo Feng looked at Hong.

"It seems you've gained some insights this past year, even learning some valuable information about this Devouring Beast." Hong looked at Luo Feng. He wasn't surprised; many people on Earth had explored ancient civilization ruins. It would be strange for a council member powerhouse not to explore them.

"I would like a list of all ancient civilization ruins on Earth," Luo Feng said solemnly. "I hope each ruin's situation comes with some introductory explanation."

"You want this for what?" Hong was startled.

"I want to see which ruin might contain some powerful weapons!" Luo Feng said.

Hong shook his head, saying, "I can give you the list and descriptions of the ancient civilization ruins. But Luo Feng, weapons capable of killing Star-level beings are incredibly hard to find. And even if they exist... they've probably decayed."

"I want to try," Luo Feng said, not wanting to hesitate.

He had time, but humanity on Earth didn't!

Seeing Luo Feng's expression, Hong nodded gravely. "Alright, I'll send you the list of ruins immediately. But... you must be careful!"

"Understood." Luo Feng nodded slightly, his body suddenly dissipating in the virtual space, clearly having left it.

"A moment of human survival."

Hong murmured, "Luo Feng is fighting, everyone is fighting. I hope we can overcome this catastrophe!"