111: Solution

In the playback, the S-Class Transcendent, seemingly having seen something, had an extremely twisted expression. He swung his Transcendent weapon wildly, shattering the entire spaceship.

The aftershock of the reactor explosion and the crimson airflow were crazily ravaging his body.

However, being an S-Class Strongest, he managed to hold on for a few seconds longer than ordinary soldiers. It was in that split second that a special ripple flashed and disappeared.

【Fear-Eating Spirit (Mutated)】

Classification: Rule-type special lifeform.

Level: SSS.

Ability 1: Fear Invasion — This creature continuously produces an invisible special ripple, modifying the surrounding area, making creatures entering this range more prone to tension and fear. The greater the strength gap, the deeper the influence.

Ability 2: Illusion Manifestation — When in a state of fear, what one fears in their heart will manifest before their eyes. Once one dies during this process, they will truly die.

Ability 3: Void — When a source of fear that can be parasitized exists within the range, rules below Level 2 cannot harm its main body.

Mutated Special Effect: The upper limit of the ability's influence on rule levels is increased by 0.5.

Lines of data were clearly fed back into his mind.

"I see..."

Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly understood. Then, seemingly realizing something, he quickly spoke to his right wrist: "Statue of Liberty, seize control of all ships."

"Control was reclaimed at the very beginning of the chaos; several captains attempted to initiate self-destruct sequences." Statue of Liberty responded immediately: "Sir, have you found the root of the problem?"

"That's good."

Zhang Huaiyuan breathed a sigh of relief. Statue of Liberty is indeed reliable!

If these soldiers were eroded by fear and caused the fleet to descend into chaos, the losses would be immense.

He shook his head and said:

"I have some leads, but I need to carefully plan how to resolve it."

Although he understood the opponent's ability, it was not easy to counter.

To completely resolve this Disaster Zone, one must enter the core area.

And here, let alone being modified by the monster, even without that, under immense pressure, ordinary soldiers can easily develop feelings of fear.

Once emotions are provoked, they will be killed by the manifested illusory monsters.

You must know, even the SSS-Rank Sailos fell for it previously and almost perished here, let alone others.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huaiyuan frowned slightly.

Fear... this emotion cannot be suppressed just by saying so; even if you tell them it's the monster's ability, it's useless.

Just like some people watching horror movies; even knowing it's fake, they still can't help but feel afraid and let their imaginations run wild.

"It seems I must focus on developing mechanization in the future... If there were an army composed entirely of intelligent lifeforms, they wouldn't fear this ability."

Zhang Huaiyuan thought to himself.

However, that is a matter for the future... With current technological standards, even if an intelligent lifeform legion were created, it would not have the ability to deal with an SSS-Rank Star River Beast. Over 90% rule reduction is enough to ignore the vast majority of weapons.

The most important thing right now is how to break this ability.

"To deal with this monster, one must first eliminate fear." Zhang Huaiyuan looked at the data in his mind and reorganized his thoughts.

"And to eliminate fear, one must either get away from here or directly kill this monster and destroy this Disaster Zone..."

"That's right... It seems like an unsolvable problem... but stepping outside this framework makes it easy to solve..."

Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly: "Statue of Liberty, can you do me a favor? I've thought of a way!"

"Of course, Sir."

Statue of Liberty's voice carried joy: "I knew you could do it."

...

After stopping in place for several days, in the flagship.

The commanders of various fleets, as well as some powerful Transcendents, gathered. But their expressions were not very good.

"Mr. Zhang Huaiyuan, it's not that I doubt you... but many of my soldiers have already died inexplicably. If there is no good solution, I suggest we retreat and discuss it later." One of them couldn't help but say.

"Yes, Researcher Zhang, it hasn't even been a day, and morale has dropped to freezing point. If this continues, I won't be able to suppress it either." The others, in this life-or-death moment, could no longer care about previous threats and stood up to express their stance.

"Everyone, please calm down."

Zhang Huaiyuan's expression remained unchanged as he smiled at everyone: "Since I called you all here at this juncture, naturally, I already have a means to deal with it."

"What!"

"Really?"

As soon as these words were spoken, most people showed expressions of suspicion and uncertainty.

"Mr. Zhang Huaiyuan... this is no laughing matter..."

Several commanders looked at each other and frowned.

"I must remind you, if we go any further, there will be no turning back."

Sailos, who had been silent and leaning against the wall, suddenly said indifferently: "Do you see those three War Fortresses over there? Beyond that line, even I couldn't hold on last time."

As soon as these words were spoken, the commanders became even more nervous and quickly said: "Mr. Zhang Huaiyuan, as long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood. The Leader's order is to stop the Disaster Zone from expanding. We just need to clean up on the periphery; there's no need to go in and risk our lives!"

Zhang Huaiyuan did not respond immediately, but turned his head to look through the tactical helmet's vision at the War Fortress, which was over ten thousand kilometers long in the distance.

Dense weapon barrels were piled up like stairs, and countless tactical weapons were waiting to be fired inside. It was like an aircraft carrier from the ground war era, the ultimate weapon in interstellar warfare. Although most of it had been destroyed, it still gave people an incomparable sense of shock.

"These... and the fallen 'Spear of the Sky' legion, must be recovered."

Zhang Huaiyuan felt a slight joy in his heart.

The wreckage of those elite warships and weapons were extremely precious resources. If they could be transported back to the Golden Star Sea, there would be no need to worry about the new generation of 'Miracle Series' and "Wings of Freedom" mechs.

Thinking of this, he returned his gaze to the crowd and smiled faintly:

"Everyone, please listen to me."

"I, the youngest Grandmaster Level Researcher in the Star Alliance, a peerless genius whom several vice-deans of the Supreme Research Institute admit they cannot compare to. Statue of Liberty even uses taxpayers' money to cover all my research expenses. You tell me..."

Zhang Huaiyuan curled his lips into a confident smile: "Would a person like me be unable to see the situation clearly and rush forward on a whim? I have a bright future; if I didn't have a 100% chance of success, why would I run off to die in vain?"

"Rest assured, my plan has been repeatedly simulated by Statue of Liberty and is foolproof."

Beep—beep—!

At the same time, the light and shadow equipment in the entire command room flashed twice. Clearly, Statue of Liberty was echoing his words.

"This..."

Many commanders were stunned.

Looking at it this way, it really is... Although they didn't want to admit it, the person in front of them had a higher status than most of them, and with Statue of Liberty participating, perhaps it really could work?

If it could really be resolved, that would be a great achievement, so taking a risk wouldn't hurt.

Seeing the change in everyone's expressions, Zhang Huaiyuan looked at Sailos on the other side and smiled:

"Mr. Sailos, didn't you want to take revenge and wash away your shame? I guarantee that as long as you follow my arrangements, I can definitely let you personally slay this monster."

"Is that true!"

Sailos, who had been expressionless and keeping his head down, instantly lit up and met Zhang Huaiyuan's gaze.

"Of course."