In an instant, everyone in the conference hall was stunned into silence so profound that even the drop of a pin could be heard clearly. On Earth, until now, no one had dared to claim confidence in killing the Devourer. Even Hong and Thunder God, both possessing domains, had only said they would “risk their lives to kill the Devourer,” fully prepared to sacrifice their lives!
There was no certainty at all!
“Luo Feng!” Hong stared at Luo Feng, eyes wide with disbelief. “What did you just say?”
“I didn’t hear clearly,” Thunder God also stared intently at Luo Feng. “Say it again!”
“Luo Feng, what did you just say?” Jia Yi, standing beside him, grabbed Luo Feng’s arm, his voice trembling with excitement and tension.
“Luo Feng.”
All the national leaders and powerful council members stared at Luo Feng, like drowning people catching sight of a ship sailing by. Many rubbed their ears, fearing they might have misheard. Some even turned to their neighbors to confirm if they had truly heard Luo Feng’s words.
Tension, excitement, anxiety—all kinds of emotions filled the conference hall.
“I said it!”
Luo Feng took a deep breath, looking at everyone around him. “I have confidence! I can kill the Devourer!”
“Really confident?”
“Luo Feng, how exactly can you kill the Devourer?”
“Luo, you’re not fooling us, are you?”
People of all skin colors and from various countries couldn’t help but shout out, many of them already with white hair, yet their faces flushed with excitement.
“Silence!” Hong shouted loudly.
Gradually, the hall quieted down as Hong raised his voice: “Let me ask Luo Feng. Everyone, please calm down.” After all, those present were Earth’s elite. Previously, with the fate of entire nations, races, and even humanity at stake, they had lost their composure. Upon hearing Hong’s words, they managed to regain some calm.
“Luo Feng.” Hong looked at Luo Feng, and everyone in the hall turned their eyes toward him.
Luo Feng met Hong’s gaze. “Ask.”
“What weapon are you using to kill the Devourer? Don’t tell me you’re going to fight it to the death.” Hong stared at Luo Feng. The hall was filled with the planet’s top experts, and from Luo Feng’s tone, they could tell whether he was truly confident or lying.
“Everyone.”
Luo Feng looked around at the crowd. “The last time we met in this hall, I requested from the Director a file containing records of ancient civilization ruins across Earth!”
“I can confirm that,” Hong nodded slightly. He had indeed given that file to Luo Feng.
“When the Devourer appeared, I was deeply worried. After much thought, I believed that perhaps the ruins of ancient civilizations might hold hope for saving Earth.” Luo Feng spoke solemnly. “Many ruins across Earth have been explored by various nations. Only three deadly places remain unexplored.”
“The three deadly places?”
Many in the hall gasped in surprise.
They all understood how dangerous those three places were.
“Which one did you go to—No. 1, No. 12, or No. 31?” Hong couldn’t help but ask.
Everyone on Earth knew how perilous those three deadly places were.
“I couldn’t enter the silver-white pyramid beneath Bermuda’s waters or the toxic gas source in the Shennongjia region of No. 31.” Luo Feng shook his head. “I entered the twelfth ruin, which was a black spaceship.”
Many in the hall nodded.
Quite a few knew about the twelfth ruin, but all nations had suffered setbacks there.
“That spaceship could maintain the ‘energy supply’ for its laser channel. At the time, I was convinced the spaceship couldn’t be severely damaged. And indeed!” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. “After I entered, some weapons were indeed damaged, but one of the most powerful single-attack weapons—the laser cannon—was nearly intact! I obtained a repair robot inside the spaceship, and it’s currently undergoing repairs. I believe it should be ready for use by now.”
“A laser cannon? How powerful could it be?” someone seemed doubtful.
“Don’t speak nonsense if you don’t understand.”
An elderly white man with messy hair stared at Luo Feng. “What level is the laser cannon you obtained?”
Luo Feng hesitated slightly.
In his consciousness, Babata’s voice rang out: “Tell them it’s B6 level!”
“It’s B6 level!” Luo Feng declared.
“Heavens, B6 level! Humanity has hope! Humanity has hope!!!” The elderly man with messy hair was immediately overcome with emotion, laughing and crying at the same time.
Immediately, a council member asked, “Mr. Breckenridge, just how powerful is a B6-level laser cannon?”
“Everyone.”
The elderly ‘Breckenridge’ looked around and spoke loudly. “Many of you here know that the laser cannons we’ve developed on Earth, capable of killing King-class beasts, were manufactured only after we studied and disassembled damaged laser cannons discovered in ancient civilization ruins.”
“At the time, I received some data indicating how the universe classifies the power levels of laser cannons.” Breckenridge continued. “Translated into Earth’s terms, they are divided into three major classes: A, B, and C.”
“For example, an A1 laser cannon can kill an ordinary Star-level 1 warrior!”
“An A2 laser cannon can kill an ordinary Star-level 2 warrior!”
“And so on, up to an A9 laser cannon, capable of killing a Star-level 9 warrior!”
“As for B-class laser cannons, they are also rare in the universe. A B1 laser cannon can kill an ordinary Cosmic-level 1 warrior.” Breckenridge laughed heartily. “Similarly, a B6 laser cannon can kill an ordinary Cosmic-level 6 warrior! According to the data, even entire interstellar fleets didn’t possess such individual weapons back then.”
The hall erupted into chaos.
“Haha! There’s hope! There’s hope!”
“No more dying! No more mass deaths!”
“Haha!”
“Hooray!”
Many of Earth’s top elites, usually so composed, were now overcome with excitement. But no one cared about decorum anymore—what was composure compared to this?
“Luo Feng.” Hong looked at Luo Feng, smiling. “Thank you!”
“Director…” Luo Feng was about to speak.
“Don’t call me Director. If you respect me, just call me Hong Ge, like Thunder does.” Hong smiled, genuinely grateful. Even if he had to fight to the death, he had only a two or three in ten chance of success. If he could kill the Devourer without dying, who would still want to throw their life away?
“Hong Ge.” Luo Feng called.
“Haha! Good, hahaha! I haven’t been this happy in a long time.” Hong was almost beside himself with joy, and Thunder approached from the side.
“Oh, by the way, Luo Feng.” Hong’s expression turned serious, his tone grave. “I know the laser cannon fires at light speed, so the Devourer won’t be able to escape. But if the first shot doesn’t kill it, the Devourer will instantly escape underground and quickly find an opportunity to retaliate and destroy the laser cannon. So… we only have one chance to kill it.”
Luo Feng’s heart jolted.
Right!
The laser cannon, also known as the light cannon, was fast—but after firing once, it needed a brief moment to prepare for a second shot. In that short time, the Devourer’s incredible speed would allow it to escape easily. Once it escaped… the Devourer would never give Luo Feng a second chance.
“I understand.” Luo Feng nodded.
…
His consciousness left the virtual space and returned to reality, already past six in the morning.
Outside, the sky was just beginning to brighten.
“The night has passed. It’s dawn.” Standing on the balcony, Luo Feng exhaled warm breath onto the glass, causing it to fog up.
“Hey, Luo Feng, it’s done! It’s done! Hahahaha… I, Babata, am just too awesome! An eighty-thousand-year-old laser cannon that hadn’t been used in ages, and only I, Babata, could fix it so quickly!” Babata’s proud and boastful laughter echoed in Luo Feng’s mind. Luo Feng’s face lit up with joy. He had no intention of scolding Babata for his arrogance, instead eagerly asking, “Where’s the weapon? Show it to me!”
“Hey, don’t rush.”
In the intelligent space on his wrist, Babata stretched lazily. “This laser cannon may be a personal weapon, but it’s still a cosmic one. It takes up quite a bit of space—six meters long, six meters wide, and three meters tall. Your balcony won’t fit it.”
“This is called a personal weapon?” Luo Feng was stunned.
“Just send a robot or a warrior to carry it, and it’s definitely a personal weapon.” Babata grumbled. “Don’t you know that large ship-mounted weapons are as big as your Earth’s aircraft carriers?”
Luo Feng scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly.
That made sense.
Weapons used within planets and those used in space naturally had different scales.
“Also, Luo Feng, you wouldn’t be able to handle this weapon yourself. Don’t you have three repair robots? Assign one to me. I’ll program it. Leave this kind of operation to robots—they may lack creativity, but they never make stupid mistakes.” Babata said.
Of course, Luo Feng agreed!
One of the three black metal robots was quickly taken into Babata’s storage space for programming.
…
“Why hasn’t the Devourer emerged from the sea yet?”
On the rooftop of Luo Feng’s home, Hong, Thunder God, Jia Yi, and ten others, including Luo Feng, gathered. The sun was now high in the sky—it was past noon.
“What’s the rush? It would be better if the Devourer never came out.” Hong glanced at Thunder God with a smile, while Luo Feng looked at the tall black metal robot in front of him and the massive instrument lying on the ground—six meters long, six meters wide, and three meters thick, seemingly made entirely of crystal.
Its complex internal structure was dizzying to behold.
The cannon’s muzzle had a diameter of five meters.
“Will this shot really kill the Devourer?” Murmured Merhenderson from America, somewhat worried.
“Rest assured.” Luo Feng smiled confidently. “Don’t be fooled by the Devourer’s massive size—180 meters long—but its head is only twenty meters. A five-meter-wide beam of light will completely blow its head off, ensuring it’s utterly destroyed, beyond any hope of survival!”
“Yeah, blow its head off.” Merhenderson was visibly excited.
The group waited anxiously.
Only the black metal robot stood motionless, the sunlight reflecting off its surface without a glimmer.
Minute by minute passed.
1 PM. 3 PM. 5 PM…
As the sun reached the western mountains, about to set.
“Hey.” Hong pressed the communication watch on his wrist.
“The Director, the Devourer has just emerged from the waters near Svens Island, close to Antarctica!” The voice from the communication watch sent a wave of excitement through the twelve gathered people.
Almost simultaneously, other communication watches began vibrating.
It’s here!
The Devourer had finally emerged!
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