Chapter 896 - 584: Despair

Two days quickly passed.

Near the star system of Mosmo Planet, a gigantic Titan Battleship hovered in the starry sky.

At this moment, numerous robots and "engineers" in protective suits were floating above this gigantic Titan Battleship, constantly installing something.

Additionally, the star equipped with a Dyson sphere-like device was now charging a huge machine.

This machine resembled a cabinet, the difference being that it had many slots on it.

And on those slots, there were black crystals the size of marble slabs.

Whenever energy was transmitted to the black crystals, they emitted a faint glow.

These black crystals are special energy storage crystals, capable of storing vast amounts of energy.

One crystal filled with energy is enough to power Earth’s humans with electricity for 660,000 years.

Thus, it is evident how advanced these energy storage crystals are.

There are thousands upon thousands of energy storage crystals here, and anyone can tell something major is about to happen.

Indeed, Crickhan was preparing to use these energy storage crystals to detonate the "Reboot Device."

It’s just detonation, not providing energy to the "Reboot Device."

Simply put, these black crystals are merely the "fuse."

Even the "fuse" requires such massive energy consumption, which shows the astonishing power that will be unleashed once the "Reboot Device" is activated.

Inside the core control room.

Crickhan, Billiruba, and several senior commanders quietly await the completion of the "Reboot Device" installation and the impending attack led by the iron-based lifeforms.

According to timeline estimates, they should have one Earth Day to prepare.

During this time, Crickhan remained very silent, only occasionally responded to reports, without saying much otherwise.

Perhaps because the matter is too important, neither Crickhan, the supreme commander, nor Billiruba, nor the dozens of senior commanders found a moment to rest.

Finally, after about twenty-two Earth hours had passed, the "Reboot Device" installation was complete.

At this time, Crickhan ordered all the deployed probes to be activated to check if the iron-based lifeforms were attacking.

Initially, there was no response on the various screens.

Everyone continued to patiently wait.

After roughly another hour and a half on Earth, suddenly a probe screen showed a wave, then instantly shattered, losing its picture.

Crickhan abruptly widened his eyes, "The iron-based lifeforms are attacking at Eastern-939, Western-748 interstellar coordinates. Immediately, have someone activate the ’Reboot Device’ and launch it in that direction!"

"Yes!"

A communications officer hurriedly departed.

Clearly, he was going to command the launch of the "Reboot Device."

After about ten minutes, a strong light suddenly shone outside, bright enough to blind eyes.

This situation lasted only for an instant.

Soon, the strong light soared like a wandering supernova, extending to more than a hundred light-years away.

A terrifying scene unfolded.

A strong light similar to a giant luminous celestial body of one to two hundred light-years instantly illuminated the entire starry sky.

The speed at which this light spread seemed to exceed the speed of light by many times.

In fact, only Crickhan, Billiruba, and the senior commanders understood that this was not the speed of light transmission, but nearby had such a strong light rising.

And in such intense light, the most terrifying conjectured universal phenomenon, the "Big Freeze," was unfolding.

Crickhan’s forehead was sweating nervously because they had to constantly monitor the spread of the "Big Freeze," then prematurely launch the "counter-control light wave" to end the "Big Freeze," or else letting it spread unchecked past 200 light-years, they would be powerless to control it.

As the saying goes, fear what comes.

Suddenly, a Martial Immortal race member, wearing white work clothes and looking terrified, stumbled into the core control room.

This Martial Immortal race member came in and shouted in horror, "Commander, the light wave from the ’Reboot Device’ is out of control, it has surpassed two hundred light years and we are about to be frozen!"

What!? Out of control?

Crickhan’s face turned white, the worst fear had come true.

Billiruba and the remaining senior commanders each looked as if they’d seen a ghost.

Although they had long known of the "Reboot Device’s" existence and that it was in the experimental stage, they truly hadn’t expected this.

Once the light wave from the "Reboot Device" is out of control, what awaits them? Death!

What about the fate of the Cosmos?

Simple, with the onset of the "Big Freeze," the entire Cosmos would extinct.

Crickhan smiled bitterly, "Oh, my foolish king, you personally ended the Cosmos, unleashing a Demon King a million times more terrifying than iron-based lifeforms!"

Billiruba was more rational, not cursing like Crickhan, instead turning to the senior commanders, "Immediately notify all officers to leave a paper will in the black box we distributed earlier so when the king’s people come searching, they’ll know what happened here."

"Yes."

"We’ll get right on it."

Though each senior commander was filled with fear of death, they continued to persevere, completing the last task of their lives.

As for whether the iron-based lifeforms were wiped out in the "Big Freeze," no one cared.

The reason is simple, once the "Big Freeze" becomes uncontrollable, iron-based lifeforms are no longer a key factor in the Cosmos’ fate.