Witch Punk 2840

Chapter 271 Eat

Unexpectedly, Xia Ye didn't feel anything.

She had expected that activation would be accompanied by excruciating pain. After all, that was a huge amount of energy that could destroy the world, shining directly on his head.

However, despite the overwhelming visual effect, she did not feel any pain... To be honest, it seemed that her forehead was slightly itchy, as if a mosquito was biting her.

Seemingly sensing Xia Ye's doubts, Xiu Ji explained with a smile: "Even with such high-density energy, for Xia Ye's head, it just reaches the lower limit of activating it. Of course, it is impossible to activate it." What damage did it cause? Look at your forehead, there’s not even a scratch on your forehead~”

Xia Ye blocked the light with her hands and squinted her eyes to look at her forehead. As expected, it was as smooth as a mirror without a trace of scar. Most of the energy derived from the spacecraft was absorbed by the head, with only a very small amount of diffuse reflection, forming a A light blue halo that is close to white.

The whole process went surprisingly smoothly. Xia Ye watched almost idlely as her head was illuminated by a beam of light for more than twenty minutes. Fortunately, Xiu Ji chatted with her, otherwise she could only admire the little light in the distance. The star turns red.

"...That being said, that position does seem to be a weak point. At that time, my hands were covered with nectar, but it tasted pretty good..."

"Hehe~ That's because it's Master Xia Ye. At that time, I fought with him fiercely just to get some food..."

"Is this so... Huh?" Xia Ye suddenly stopped the topic, "Your spaceship looks different from before?"

"Because for it, more than a billion years have passed. Sir Xia Ye, its lifespan is almost reaching its limit."

"what……"

Xia Ye immediately realized that the spaceship as a Dyson sphere and the star were in the same time flow rate. Since the star had passed billions of years, so had the spacecraft.

The weird pentagonal barrel-shaped shell is much dimmer than it was twenty minutes ago. As for the net that wraps the star, the change is even more obvious. Some of the emerald green light spots that were flowing rapidly before have slowed down to almost stagnant, as if they were old. The train is about to be scrapped; the black grid that serves as the track is no longer complete, and many gaps and breaks can be seen with the naked eye on a summer night.

"No wonder you said you would lose a ship..."

"In fact, even if the lifespan of this ship does not reach its limit, it can no longer be preserved."

"what?"

"Because before the star reaches the end of its life, it will explode into a red giant. This alone is enough to destroy it."

"makes sense……"

Xia Ye looked at the stars and spaceships that were about to die in the distance, and was silent for a while.

"Sir Xia Ye, don't you feel that it's a pity? It's just a spaceship, so Xiu Ji has nothing to part with...but it does feel a little painful, hehe~"

"No, I just thought that in these short twenty minutes, the star and the spacecraft had already spent more than a billion years, so I was a little sigh..."

For some reason, she suddenly thought of the starship of Tang Yue and Yumin. Although for them, it had not been orbiting the edge of the black hole for too long, it had actually spanned hundreds of millions of years.

"Really..." Xiuji blinked her emerald green eyes, "Xiuji can't understand this feeling. Xiuji only feels sad when she's hungry."

Hearing this, Xia Ye couldn't help laughing.

"It should be over soon, right?"

"Yes, Sir Xia Ye, there are only less than three minutes left."

Soon, Xia Ye felt a tingling sensation like an electric current running along the silk thread. Then, the appearance of her head quickly blurred. When it became clear again, the face was exactly the same as Xia Ye's today. Part of her suspicions were confirmed, and she knew that this head had been activated.

Although its eyes were still closed, a bright light could be faintly seen in the gap between the eyelids. Just as Xia Ye was looking at his head, Xiu Ji's voice came from the side:

"Lord Xia Ye, your head has been activated, but it can only be truly activated if it opens its eyes."

This is the same as what Xia Ye guessed: "I plan to open my eyes again after returning to Debso Tower."

Xiu Ji nodded: "Well, Sir Xia Ye, Xiu Ji's mission has been completed. Xiu Ji still needs to stay here to deal with some private matters. Sir Xia Ye can take the first step. When you return, Xiu Ji will immediately send you Release my sister."

"Then...thank you, Shuji."

"See you later, Lord Xia Ye."

Xia Ye tightened the thread and dragged back the head, which was as huge as a planet. As it gradually moved away from the star, its size also shrank rapidly. When it returned to Xia Ye, the diameter was "only" 200 meters. rice.

Then, she let the big head fly toward the crack together with the small head next to it, which was only the size of a normal human head.

As the two heads passed through the crack, Xiu Ji also began to retract her body. The black semi-fluid colloid returned from that world and flowed into her body. Of course, after all the bodies were retracted, the huge crack quickly closed. , leaving no trace.

But Xiuji didn't look at it from beginning to end, her eyes were always looking at the stars in the distance. It is almost completely red and could explode into a red giant at any time. The spaceship has become even more outdated than before, but it still miraculously manages to maintain operation.

In the conversation just now, there was one fact that Xiu Ji did not tell Xia Ye - even the spaceship built by the ancients would not be able to maintain normal operation after billions of years - unless there is "someone" constantly Repair it properly.

There are "people" on that spaceship, and they are clones of himself.

For the Shoggoths, the clone is also a part of his own body, and will not have self-awareness due to physical separation, unless there are some special circumstances - such as the little guy who fell next to Master Xia Ye, or those who were After being sent into the spaceship, the clones were unable to maintain contact with the main body due to the difference in the flow of time.

Even I don't know how they spent those long billions of years. Shoggoths are not born as symbiotic beings. After losing contact with their true bodies, they will most likely separate into countless individuals again. They may have established a new society in that "small" spaceship, experienced countless wars, experienced the rise and fall of countries, and the replacement of dynasties...

But these are not important. What is important is that before sending these clones, I have implanted two iron rules in the deepest part of their instincts: first, they are not allowed to explore the mysteries of time and space; second, they are not allowed to maintain and repair the spacecraft. It is the highest priority mission for the entire group.

The first one prevents them from escaping from the cage created by the difference in time velocity, while the second one ensures that no matter what happens, the spacecraft can operate normally.

Judging from the results, they did a great job. But that's natural - in the distant past, shoggoths were tools used by the Ancient Ones to repair their massive machinery.

And now, these kin who have been separated from themselves are about to die.

But Xiu Ji will not feel sad because of this. Just as she said to Master Xia Ye, she only feels sad when she is hungry.

Now, she is hungry.

After all, she lost a lot of material and energy by separating those clones.

But fortunately, there will be something to eat soon...

From the moment of its birth, the star that has been burning for tens of billions of years has finally come to its end. Its volume suddenly expanded, reaching tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of times before... The blood-red flames instantly engulfed the ancient's spacecraft. This was the last cry of a star before it died - —

But before its size reached its peak, an even larger black shadow had covered the surrounding starry sky. It quickly enveloped the red giant star in the explosion, swallowing up all the rays and light, light elements and heavy elements without missing a beat. .

In the blink of an eye, the short-lived red giant disappeared into the starry sky. Xiu Ji quickly left after eating it, leaving only a cold silence.

(End of this chapter)