110: Found

One month later.

Since most of the dangerous areas in this Disaster Zone had been explored, and the Galaxy Beasts on the periphery had not yet recovered their vitality, this temporarily assembled expeditionary force approached the core area without much cost.

Visibly, there were more and more wrecks of various damaged equipment in the void.

Through the vision provided by the tactical helmet, one could clearly see the unrecognizable bodies eroded by the scarlet mist beneath the broken mechs.

Among them were even high-level mechs that only eighth-level warships and S-Class Transcendent could use.

An invisible, heavy pressure gradually lingered in the hearts of all the soldiers.

"It seems you didn't take my words to heart."

Just as Zhang Huaiyuan was focused on scanning for possible anomalies in the space, a cold voice rang out.

Looking back, it was Sailos, the former commander of the Spear of the Sky, who had appeared in the command room at some unknown time, leaning against the command console, expressionless.

"Mr. Sailos, why do you say that?"

Zhang Huaiyuan raised an eyebrow slightly and turned around.

"I have already told you that there are at least seven SSS-Class Strongest Galaxy Beasts in the core area, yet you still ordered a direct attack."

Sailos raised his head, his gaze cold: "I don't know why the Statue of Liberty trusts you so much, but if you deliberately send the Star Alliance fleet to their doom, even if I have to face a military tribunal, I will kill you with one sword stroke."

Hearing this, Zhang Huaiyuan was not angry. Instead, he looked at the other person with some appreciation and asked with a smile: "Mr., are you confident in your own abilities?"

"That goes without saying."

Sailos snorted coldly: "Even if all of you die, I won't."

"That's exactly it."

Zhang Huaiyuan withdrew his gaze and said indifferently: "Just as you are so confident in your own abilities, I am equally confident in my own knowledge."

"In terms of strength, a hundred million of me added together would not be your match. But when it comes to understanding Galaxy Beasts and various research, a trillion of you added together wouldn't even see my back."

"Oh…?"

A trace of surprise flashed in the depths of Sailos's eyes as he looked at the composed Zhang Huaiyuan.

That kind of self-assurance was exactly the same as that of the true masters he knew.

Thinking back to the actions of the Statue of Liberty, he nodded slowly, his voice slightly gentler: "Since that's the case, I'll wait to see your performance. If it's truly as you say, I will apologize to you…"

"An apology is unnecessary; I understand your good intentions, Mr. However… I hope that when the time comes for you to act, you will use your full strength and let me witness the true power of an SSS-Class Strongest."

Zhang Huaiyuan smiled.

"Good."

Sailos was silent for a moment, looked deeply at the other party, and then disappeared. He left only one word and a communication number formed by elemental power.

Zhang Huaiyuan recorded the number and checked the favorability rating, which had increased from 0 to 10.

"It looks like I'll have to give it my all."

The friendship of a top-tier powerhouse would be of immeasurable help for his future entry into the Free Star Alliance.

He shook his head slightly, looked at the oppressive, abyss-like area ahead, took a deep breath, and said: "Pass on my order: activate all Ion Shields at full power, and prepare to enter the core area."

...

The second day after entering the core area. Inside a standard assault ship, two soldiers who had finished their shift took off their combat suits and returned to the break room.

"Have you heard? The 'Spear of the Sky' legion was wiped out right here. Even those big shots of S-Class and SS-Class all died."

One of the one-eyed men equipped with an electronic eye couldn't help but say.

"Really?"

The other person paused, a look of shock appearing on his face: "How is that possible? That was one of the most elite legions… and it had the SSS-Class 'Inter-Phase Walker' Sailos presiding over it…"

"It's true…"

The one-eyed man's eyes flashed with a hint of fear: "I heard that the elites of the 'Spear of the Sky' all died inexplicably without even seeing the shadow of the enemy. Many of them died mysteriously right in the break room."

"How is that possible…"

The other person's expression also stiffened: "Even so, there is the protection of the Ion Shield. Unless it was broken through head-on, it shouldn't be possible to intrude inside… The commanders wouldn't fail to notice a frontal attack, would they…"

"That's not necessarily true…"

The fear in the one-eyed man's eyes grew even more intense. He couldn't help but swallow and lowered his voice: "Remember the monsters we encountered not long ago that could travel through mirrors? They completely ignored all kinds of energy shields. Maybe it's a similar monster, crawling out of mirrors… or even the sights of weapons… Ugh… what is this! Ah!"

"What's wrong with you, One-Eye! Don't scare me!"

At this moment, from the other person's perspective, he watched his long-time companion suddenly widen his eyes, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying, and with a shrill scream, he completely lost his life.

"What on earth is going on…"

His pupils shrank sharply. Subconsciously, he followed the other's gaze and saw an open pocket watch, with a clean, polished glass on the cover shimmering with an eerie light.

"Could it really be that kind of monster that can ignore space and travel through mirrors? It wouldn't be the kind with many heads and many feet, wanting to eat people bit by bit, right…"

A thought flashed through his mind, and he felt his blood run cold. He hurriedly tried to press the alarm.

But the next moment, he saw a hideous head emerge from the mirror surface.

One… two… eight… revealing sharp teeth with bloodshot veins, dragging a body covered with tentacle-like long legs, it crawled toward him bit by bit.

"No… no… Ah!"

After another shrill scream, the entire break room fell silent, leaving only two intact corpses, their wide-open eyes with pupils gradually dilating, completely devoid of any signs of life.

And similar scenes were playing out in many places.

Meanwhile, in the command room.

A light screen suddenly lit up, and an urgent voice came out.

"Sir, there is an abnormal situation."

"Has it finally come? Synchronize it to me immediately."

Zhang Huaiyuan's gaze flashed slightly, and he said quickly.

"This is the footage of all the anomalies occurring."

Soon, light screen projections were neatly arranged in the void.

In the footage, whether it was ordinary soldiers or powerful Transcendent, just like the footage sent back when the 'Spear of the Sky' collapsed, they didn't see any enemies, but suddenly made strange movements and expressions, and suddenly died.

"Sir, apart from the abnormal spikes in heart rate and neural response, no special power has been detected, so no effective conclusion can be drawn for the time being."

"Hmm… I understand. Let me try."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded, a flash of brilliance in his eyes. He activated his ability and True Sight simultaneously, quickly scanning through the images.

Finally, he stopped on the footage of an S-Class Transcendent before their death, his expression suddenly tightening.

"Found it!"