Chapter 43: The Cosmic Warship is Ready!

Even the mere thrashing moments before death would be enough to cause catastrophic casualties.

Silence fell inside the armed helicopter.

Only the continuous roar of the engines could be heard.

Everyone was deep in thought.

Until, Martial Arts Shen Yu suddenly spoke up, "A behemoth like this must have been tiny when it first arrived. Its body mass expanded to this degree in a short span of time, but what about its primordial spirit?"

"Are you suggesting we try to control it using primordial spirit martial arts?" Shen Yu raised an eyebrow.

In truth, he had already thought of this possibility himself, but lacked certainty.

Because, based on his current understanding of martial arts, controlling such a massive physical form would require an immensely powerful primordial spirit.

After all, it would take a tremendous amount of vital energy to regulate an entire body of that scale.

At least with Martial Arts Shen Yu's current level of cultivation, doing so would likely prove exceedingly difficult.

"I can summon reinforcements," Martial Arts Shen Yu said. "Although the cost of having mighty experts traverse worlds is immense, even if the primordial spirit cannot control it, severing the worm's head would be nothing more than a single sword strike."

The Northern Alliance liaison officer sitting nearby felt his heart skip a beat, momentarily wondering if he had learned some counterfeit version of Mandarin.

A single sword strike to sever the head of a colossal monster over five kilometers long and more than forty meters in diameter?

Just how large would such a sword need to be?

Yet neither Shen Yu nor Interstellar Shen Yu showed the slightest bit of surprise.

In fact, the two of them had already briefly discussed this beforehand.

On Martial Arts Shen Yu's side, several truly supreme masters had indeed arrived.

Experts even greater than the City Lord of Moonstone.

They were the three Grand Supreme Elders of Sword God Peak.

Furthermore, their next-generation chief disciple, Sword One, had likewise married the eldest princess of Moonstone City, making him a brother-in-law to Martial Arts Shen Yu. After the message was sent back via exotic birds that day, the three Grand Supreme Elders immediately set off in person to investigate and determine whether the immortals were genuine.

Every single one of them was a true supreme master.

Even if Martial Arts Shen Yu were to cultivate the Golden Cicada Art to the sixth realm, he might not necessarily be a match for such supreme masters.

They had faintly surpassed the first tier!

The real question, however, was the cost required to bring such powerhouses across.

Shen Yu inquired on the spot, and the answer appeared almost immediately.

---Six hundred and thirty thousand units of gray mist!

Bringing a living being into another world actually required paying for the gray mist necessary to sustain that living being within the gray mist space.

Furthermore, this was a linear consumption over time.

In other words, for that exact same living being, every single minute and second spent inside resulted in a continuous depletion of gray mist.

If they were to be pulled out and brought into another world, the process could be as fast as roughly 0.3 seconds.

Yet even for that fleeting 0.3 second survival window, a staggering 630,000 units were still required!

"Not enough." Shen Yu glanced at his current gray mist reserves.

Four hundred and thirty thousand.

Although a considerable amount had been used, over the past few hours, the anti-eye-worm drone hive had continued combat operations, steadily replenishing new gray mist. Furthermore, once Martial Arts Shen Yu began distributing grain on his side, some disaster victims on the verge of starvation had also provided a certain amount of gray mist.

Even now, it was growing at a steady and respectable pace.

Yet it was still not enough.

"Let's list this as a backup plan." A clear strategy gradually formed in Shen Yu's mind, and he spoke rapidly, "We must first locate this thing's current position. If we can deal with it before it enters the city, that will undoubtedly be our primary choice."

As he said this, Shen Yu turned his gaze toward Interstellar Shen Yu.

"I'm already preparing for that," Interstellar Shen Yu nodded. "A medium-sized underground detection device. Its detection range can cover an underground volume three thousand kilometers in diameter."

"I will also head back to confer and have people make preparations." Martial Arts Shen Yu's figure vanished directly into the gray mist.

"The cosmic warship I previously mentioned to the members of the martial arts world is actually already prepared," Interstellar Shen Yu dropped another bombshell. "The Night Owl-Mark III Individual Tactical Vessel. Aside from conventional weaponry, its main armament includes a compact anti-matter railgun capable of firing anti-matter clusters to trigger annihilation reactions. It is a close-range armor-piercing weapon specifically designed to deal with heavily armored biological weapons."

Shen Yu's eyes lit up.

A cosmic warship—the kind equipped with big guns—had actually been successfully acquired!

As for dealing with heavily armored enemies, that was completely understandable.

After all, this cosmic warship had been prepared for Martial Arts Shen Yu, and the enemies in Martial Arts Shen Yu's world were not all diminutive, fragile entities.

Armor-piercing capabilities were far more crucial than area-of-effect damage!

"Let's assess the situation shortly; if there's a need, we'll borrow it first," Shen Yu said immediately.

The liaison officer nearby felt his heart skip a beat yet again.

Even cosmic warships were coming into play now!

He hurriedly recorded every single word of this conversation and transmitted the data back.

Shen Yu observed all of this but said nothing.

They conducted their entire conversation in Mandarin precisely to avoid having to repeat themselves once they arrived at their destination.

Before long, the armed helicopter arrived at what was clearly a hastily constructed military base. A massive quantity of heavy weaponry was concentrated here, and quite a few missiles of enormous proportions were even visible.

A slightly plump yet immensely rugged commanding general was already waiting for them.

"Welcome, everyone. I am the Northern Alliance's supreme commander in charge of the worm crisis; just call me Lars." The moment Lars caught sight of Interstellar Shen Yu, his eyes lit up as well, though he did not show it as overtly as the others.

At this moment, he remained far more concerned with the overall situation.

After all, he had already been appointed as the third supreme commander tasked with resolving the worm crisis!

If he failed to bring a favorable outcome to this crisis, his career would effectively be over.

"Do you have any concrete plans at present?" Knowing that the man before him was already aware of their discussion aboard the armed helicopter, Shen Yu skipped the pleasantries and asked directly.

"At present, we only have two plans."

Lars led the group as they hurried toward the command center, attracting a multitude of intense gazes along the way.

"First, we have already dispatched personnel carrying three explosive-type low-yield nuclear weapons into that building!"

This was indeed a viable strategy. Barring any unforeseen changes, that building would in all likelihood become the first structure swallowed by the worm; detonating the weapons at that point would be sufficient to blast the creature's head apart.

Yet the same problem remained.

Even if the head were blown to pieces, the violent thrashing of the carcass would completely devastate the entire city.

The resulting tremors would defy comparison to any ordinary earthquake.

"Second, five fighter jets carrying high-yield nuclear weapons are currently circling above Gerrard City."

This second option was even more straightforward and brutal.

It was a contingency based on the most extreme mindset—willing to detonate the entire city alongside the monster just to eliminate the threat.

"You haven't pinned down the worm's current location?" Shen Yu raised an eyebrow. "Even roughly?"

"The truth is, we completely lost track of those worms half a month ago," Lars revealed a harsh reality. "The depths they have penetrated have already exceeded the limits of what our sensors can detect."