After faking her death in interstellar space, the powerful woman disguised herself as a man and went

On the other side, the support troops.

He Yuanyang sat in the main control cabin of the Thorn, his eyes fixed on the live screen displaying the battle situation on Anning Star, his fingers lightly tapping the table, lost in thought.

Holding an electronic chip, Wang Chang strode towards He Yuanyang: "Commander He, we have received the latest report from the researchers."

He Yuanyang immediately stood up from his chair and went to greet him: "What do you mean?"

Wang Chang immediately inserted the chip into the control panel of the main control cabin, and a star map showing the distribution of cosmic energy appeared on the screen. Green indicated normal conditions, while red indicated abnormal fluctuations.

At this moment, the space surrounding Anning Star was filled with deep red.

Wang Chang said with a solemn expression: "After research and investigation, the cosmic energy around Anning Star is about to reach the threshold for opening a space tunnel. Researchers speculate that a powerful space-type alien beast may be about to open a space tunnel on Anning Star."

He Yuanyang narrowed his eyes. There was once a strange beast that caused their Ninth Military Region to suffer great losses and take the lives of countless comrades. Even his good brother Leng Ziyi disappeared there.

Will it be you coming, the instigator of the Yellow Sand Bloodbath—the S-class Void Beast?

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Upon hearing the good news that communications had been restored, the military academy students were full of energy during the shift change that evening.

Unlike the hard-fought battle last night, the alien beasts seemed to be withdrawing in an organized manner. Leng Ran and the others patrolled the defense line in batches and only encountered a few alien beasts.

Piloting the light long-range mech Hummingbird, Leng Ran yawned. Seeing that there was no danger around, she smiled and called out to Zhou Rui, "Senior~"

Zhou Ruixin shuddered. According to his observation, every time Mo Li called him "senior," he would have bad luck, and the sweeter the smile, the worse things would be.

He shook his head: "Mo Li, you'd better not call me that anymore, just call me by my name."

Leng Ran readily agreed: "Okay, Senior Zhou Rui."

Zhou Rui covered his face.

Leng Ran smiled brightly: "As the saying goes, the capable are often burdened with more work. I'll ask you to arrange for them to patrol tonight, senior."

Zhou Rui: "And what about you?"

He coldly gazed into the darkness: "Of course, it's to check for potential dangers for you."

Her intuition told her that there seemed to be something inside watching them in some way, and this feeling of being spied on... made her inexplicably irritated.

She wanted to see what kind of shady thing was hiding inside.

"I'll leave this to you now, I'll take my leave first."

"Wait a minute, you're all alone..."

Don't go to such far places!

The cold-blooded hummingbird was incredibly fast, disappearing from Zhou Rui's sight in the blink of an eye. Zhou Rui sighed and could only accept the task of arranging the patrol.

In the darkness, Leng Ran didn't activate the mech's searchlight, but instead activated her mental vision, stealthily moving forward. As she gradually moved away from the defensive line, the surroundings became extremely quiet, with only the whistling of the wind passing by the mech's ears.

Within a two-kilometer radius, she saw no living creatures, but her heart began to beat irregularly, her body felt hot and cold, and it was as if a force was constantly surging within her, resisting what was hidden in the darkness, making her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

This was the first time Leng Ran had ever felt that her body was somewhat out of control, and this feeling of losing control made her feel rather uncomfortable.

She absolutely had to find out what was going on!

Leng Ran pursed her lips tightly, a thin layer of sweat already seeping from her forehead, but the surroundings remained quiet. When she spread her spiritual energy outwards, all that responded to her was boundless darkness.

A strange feeling rose in his heart, and Leng Ran immediately drew the two laser guns that Hummingbird was equipped with, raised his hand and aimed at a pitch-black night sky.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the once calm sky before her, and a colossal creature swayed and "swam" out from the fissure.

Its body is flat and broad, like a huge wing span. The edges of its "fins" are covered with delicate, transparent membranes that ripple slightly in the night sky. Its skin is covered with strange patterns that constantly flow and change, like the dazzling aurora.

It was actually an S-class Void Beast!

The Void Beast spread its wings, revealing a pair of pale golden eyes. It slowly turned its eyes and suddenly locked onto Leng Ran. Its gaze seemed to pierce through the mech's cockpit, meeting Leng Ran's eyes.

The moment their eyes met, a sharp pain shot through Leng Ran's head. She heard the sound of shackles breaking, and unfamiliar fragments of memory flashed through her mind.

The "Star of Hope" was reduced to ruins, and the Spire of Hope collapsed before her, breaking in two. Endless flames and blood covered this desolate wasteland.

No... When she traveled to interstellar space, Hope Star was still the largest human survivor base in the apocalypse, and it hadn't been destroyed! If the apocalypse really was destroyed in that white light, Hope Star should have been frozen at that moment, so what's with this memory fragment now?

This isn't her memory? Is this really her memory?

Her memories, it seems, don't belong to her.

Countless fragments of memories surged through her mind, causing Leng Ran to feel a splitting headache, and she crouched down in agony. Whenever she tried to grasp those shards of glass-like memories, they would turn into specks of light and disappear before her eyes.

It was as if a sigh from the distant past had risen once more.

"Everything you seek comes at a price..."

He gritted his teeth and coldly asked, "Who exactly are you?"

The only response to Leng Ran's coldness was the clear sound of a bell. In Leng Ran's mind, the shards of glass disappeared one by one, and her headache gradually subsided.

The S-class Void Beast made no further move, but its pair of purple-gold eyes remained fixed on Leng Ran without moving an inch, its thoughts unknown.

Suddenly, Zhao Yuheng's voice reached Leng Ran's ears.

"Mo Li, what are you daydreaming about! Run!"

The heavy weapon Thunder unleashed countless blue lightning bolts, accurately striking the glowing Void Beast. The Void Beast's patterns dimmed, finally shifting its attention away from Leng Ran and looking towards the Third Branch Base not far away.

Once she had recovered, Leng Ran quickly said to the AI, "Hummingbird, overload mode, full speed flight."

The hummingbird spread its pair of gliders on its back and rushed towards the base at great speed.

A neat row of lightning bolts appeared on the weapon platform outside the protective shield, with pale blue light converging at the muzzle, ready to be charged and fired again.

The Void Beast merely glanced at Thunder, then slowly spread its wings and flapped them twice. The air seemed to be torn apart, and two invisible wind blades instantly formed, carrying terrifying power and slicing through the sky at an incredible speed, heading straight for Thunder.

With a deafening roar, the cannon muzzle instantly collapsed under the cutting force of the wind blades, scattering metal fragments everywhere. Accompanied by a powerful shockwave, the entire weapon platform was blasted and collapsed.

Mu Yingwei stared at the blacked-out screen, his heart sinking: "This is bad. These lightning bolts can't hurt S-class beasts at all; they're not powerful enough!"

"Moreover, given this attack intensity, our protective shield... can only withstand a maximum of two hits!"