Chapter 686: Judging Trillions of Beings in the Main World (Part 1)
Under the combined efforts of over a dozen deities, the God of Knowledge and Alchemy was quickly sealed within the Alchemy Array.
Even with the power of a formidable deity, attempting to destroy or decipher the seal under heavy restrictions would take at least several hours.
As for direct persuasion to surrender, Ogg never considered it, nor did he trust having such a ticking time bomb nearby.
"You stay here and keep an eye on him; we probably have many enemies to deal with next," Harrov instructed a Star Deity who had just recently ascended.
Although the God of Knowledge and Alchemy voluntarily bound himself, Harrov did not relax his vigilance because of this.
Beside him, Ogg, from the moment he entered the Main World, began mobilizing power. He prepared to detach the divine realms from the Main World and distance them as far as possible to avoid the consequences of the upcoming battle.
This process was not complicated; the structure of the Main World is somewhat similar to a star system, but with one key difference: its core is not the Sun but a massive dimension created by three main gods.
And this dimension uses powerful gravity to bind the divine realms of the gods, even capturing a star to provide a light source, which is the Sun of the Main World.
"No wonder the church is so fervently committed to geocentrism... perhaps Ayla saw something from the memories of Moon Goddess Diana."
Listening to Ogg's introduction to the layout of the Main World, Rafael clicked his tongue in wonder. Here they seemed to have become heretics.
Such an extent of modification is barely achievable for the council now, so Harrov and others were not too surprised, but the news from the magic network was quite unfavorable.
The fleet that acted first has already encountered resistance from other deities...
Just as Lynn predicted, this time the deities of the Main World have invested heavily in the invasion of the cosmos; three main gods, all great-level deities, and seventy percent of deities possessing strong Divine Power have left, yet even the remaining defensive forces are still terrifying...
From the reports, there are as many as twenty-seven deities blocking them, and besides that, the fleet also faced attacks from a group of powerful beasts.
It's clear that the main gods did not leave without making preparations.
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"Ships 0143, 0279, and 0286 conduct a feigned attack to gather these dimension beasts together. Third column, use the dimension traps, then attack... attack!"
Dennis's eyes were fixed on the hundreds of projection screens in front of him, continually transmitting orders to various units, successfully annihilating over a hundred cosmic beasts together.
Just when the crew inside the ship cheered loudly, a sudden intense alarm sounded.
On the display screen, hundreds of red dots suddenly appeared within less than ten kilometers of them; unknowingly, these cosmic beasts had quietly approached the Command Ship.
"How is this possible? The outer defense should not have been breached." A crew member widened his eyes, incredulous as he looked at the alarm on the screen, even suspecting that there was an error with the detector.
"Damn it, they must have done it on purpose..." Dennis's face turned somewhat unsightly, immediately realizing that the other party willingly fell into the trap, aiming to locate their Command Ship!
"Execute a dimension jump immediately!" Dennis unhesitatingly issued the command and pressed the activation button.
In the next moment, the Command Ship along with twelve Escort Ships disappeared successively from the three-dimensional space.
However, the alarm did not stop; instead, it grew increasingly loud because those cosmic beasts all followed suit.
Only now did Dennis understand how the other party broke through the outer fleet blockade.
In fact, some ships were equipped with high-dimensional detection devices, but due to mobilizing several formations to besiege hundreds of cosmic beasts previously, there was a noticeable gap within the defense circle, and the enemy must have slipped in through there.
Dennis felt quite annoyed at being outmaneuvered in his first time commanding a battle.
Compared to the geometric civilization's proficiency in cosmic warfare, the council had hardly fought anything resembling a cross-dimensional war; the experience was quite limited, and even a thousand simulations in the magic network with a realism of ninety-nine point nine nine percent couldn't entirely substitute for the effects of real combat.
Dennis immediately ordered the fleet to return to three-dimensional space to avoid further waste of energy; then the twelve Escort Ships quickly moved forward to buy time for the Command Ship to retreat.
The rest of the combat fleet had already received the news that the Command Ship was under attack; however, at this moment, the enclosure of thousands of cosmic beasts was forming, and reckless use of ship artillery could easily hit allies, leaving only the release of sentinels for support.
These single-person drones, about five meters in diameter, are operated by Psychic Wizards, also propelled by Curvature Engines internally, capable of reaching speeds twice the speed of light.
The only issue is the limited fuel and short combat radius, but they are quite effective in dangerous close-range battles.
Countless sentinels quickly charged into the cosmic beast swarm, their agile form and rapid speed directly ignoring most attacks, while the annihilation rays shot from their ejection ports caused significant destruction.
The most powerful was still the destruction caused by the sentinels' self-detonation.
The five-meter drones seemed as tiny as ordinary silver needles before the massive cosmic beasts, impacting within one after another at twice light speed, then directly detonating their internal gravity bombs to annihilate themselves along with enemies thousands of times larger than themselves.
However, not all attacks were effective; after the first wave caused severe casualties, the remaining cosmic beasts quickly devised counter-strategies; waves of high-frequency energy continually sprayed from those abyssal mouths, prematurely detonating the approaching sentinels.
"Have the fifth, seventh columns provide assistance, have sentinels conduct remote harassments... all remaining fleet continue mission, pass down the order, now let Tic take over command." Dennis continued communicating, since breaking through seemed hopeless, he might as well use this Command Ship to hold these cosmic beasts in place.
He was already prepared for sacrifice, only able to pray in his heart for the success of the mission on the other side.
Meanwhile, the eleventh fleet, which had acted first, had already broken through the blockade of numerous cosmic beasts with extensive support from fellow units and visually witnessed the true visage of the Main World.
It was a massive continent floating in the void, so large as to be indescribable in words, with a diameter probably exceeding one hundred million kilometers, encircled by a hundred radiant stars, and further out surrounded by rings emitting sacred brilliance.