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Morgana continued, "No, he did not restore the Styx's divine authority. The Great Worm Bridge is located inside the star system to which the Death Song Academy belongs. The closest civilization to the Death Song Academy is the Taotie, which is located on the edge of the same star system."
“Karl has only gathered the Taotie back together; there is far too little time for him to establish contact with all the civilizations within the Styx region.”
"Unless he develops a zero-latency communication method, using old technology, even a simple exchange of a few words will take years to complete."
"From this perspective, the pressure of war is actually not that great; there should only be one space-class Taotie."
Huang Ke didn't know much about the Styx, but Morgana did know a lot.
If there were only one Taotie, the current level of development on Earth would be sufficient to handle it.
"Immediately synchronize the message with the international coalition government. Based on the previously measured movement speed of the Taotie warships, without the Dark Dimension, it will still take them a very long time to travel from Pluto to Earth."
"Prepare in advance and keep the battlefield outside the Earth's atmosphere, otherwise it will damage the existing industrial base."
Huang Ke gave instructions to Qiangwei.
According to Huang Ke's thinking, the outcome of the war would most likely be positive.
Taotie's fighting strength is not strong.
Without the Dark Dimension, the Taotie might not even be able to activate its dark matter weapons.
The most powerful weapons on both sides are probably at the level of nuclear bombs.
Therefore, this war will most likely take the form of the oldest science fiction fantasy, using simple and unadorned methods of warship bombardment.
But Huang Ke had another thought in mind and asked Morgana a question: "After losing the Dark Dimension, is Karl really capable of quickly rebuilding divine authority? Even if it's just for the Taotie civilization?"
Upon hearing Huang Ke's question, Morgana pondered for a moment and replied, "Impossible, unless he possesses some power we are unaware of..."
Chapter 176 Pan Zhen's Bewitchment
Carl possessed other covert methods, something Huang Ke had anticipated long ago.
But Huang Ke still didn't expect Karl to be so efficient.
It was thought that the Styx River would be in chaos for a long time after the Dark Dimension failed, but in just one year, Huang Ke saw the fleet from the Styx River again.
After some thought, Huang Ke decided to wait and see.
Unless Karl has completely taken control of the so-called Void, there is no reason why Earth should be at a disadvantage in this upcoming war.
……
Pluto, the Insect Bridge.
Inside the flagship of the Taotie civilization.
Nusa and Pan Zhen were sitting there.
"Nusa, are you willing to completely obey Karl and fight to the death with the Earthlings here?"
Pan Zhen has officially become Karl's man, but now that he has left the Styx, he has regained most of his former composure.
Nusa is one of Karl's Void Knights and is theoretically loyal to Karl.
Upon hearing Pan Zhen's words, Nusa immediately glared at him, looking at Pan Zhen with the same eyes one would give a traitor.
Pan Zhen didn't care and said, "Stop acting. You and I have the highest authority on this Taotie flagship. Now that the Dark Dimension has been destroyed, even if Karl has extraordinary abilities, he can't monitor our conversation now."
Nusa frowned slightly upon hearing these remarks, but then relaxed.
His expression returned to calm as he looked at Pan Zhen and said, "You should have seen my abilities, God Karl. Even without the Great Clock, the power of the void remains."
"In the known universe today, besides myself, God Karl, which other god possesses the ability to instantly destroy a spaceship-class flagship?"
Initially, the Giant Wolf Civilization was the first to find the Death Song Academy, but Karl did not hesitate at all and sent Snow to communicate with them.
With just a few words, Snow realized that the Giant Wolf Civilization had already noticed the anomaly in the Dark Dimension and that the reason they rushed to Death Song Academy was because of Karl's "legacy"!
Without the slightest hesitation, Karl immediately took action.
Nusa and Pan Zhen still can't forget that scene.
A monster that seemed to come from the void appeared, a huge divine river body with a skull-like head, and swallowed a spaceship-class flagship in a single gulp!
This is definitely not the same as the previous dark dimension algorithm methods.
This is the power of the void!
Even though this power only appeared once, everyone doubted that Karl could use it at any time.
However, under the deterrent power of past divine authority and the shock of new methods, Karl quickly rebuilt the divine authority belonging to the God of Death, Karl.
Behind the flagship of the Giant Wolf civilization, there was another flagship from the Taotie.
Although the Taotie lost its Howling King, a spacefaring civilization is not so easily destroyed.
Even if one Howler King dies, there will be other new kings.
The new Taotie ruler was no fool. After noticing the anomaly in the Dark Dimension, he did not come to Death Song Academy in person.
Instead, they made the giant wolf civilization their pawn.
After the Giant Wolf Civilization collapsed, the Taotie immediately appeared and launched an attack on the Giant Wolf fleet surrounding the Death Song Academy.
They have a legitimate reason for coming: to defend "my god Karl"!
The Giant Wolf Civilization's fleet was terrified by Karl's void manipulation, and the remaining warships dared not go all out against the Taotie.
Before long, Taotie finished cleaning up the battlefield.
The new Gluttonous King immediately followed the flagship and landed at Deathsong Academy, expressing his loyalty to Karl.
After that, Karl believed that the threat to Earth was too great, so he sent out Nusa and Pan Zhen as commanders of the Taotie civilization in this war.
If Nusa and Pan Zhen truly help Karl, they could indeed cause great trouble for Earth's civilization.
A top-tier third-generation combat god, and a commander of the Blazing Sun who has lived for so many years, both are capable of influencing the overall situation on any battlefield.
But will these two really be loyal to Karl?
Pan Zhen replied, "You know perfectly well that if Karl could really use void techniques at will, why would he be willing to stay at Deathsong Academy?"
"How great is the threat posed by Earth civilization and the Angel civilization? Is it really not worth Karl taking action now?"
"Although the destruction of the Dark Dimension was caused by the joint efforts of Earth civilization and Angel civilization, such methods not only caused great losses to the Styx River and my Lieyang, but also cut off their own arm."
"Not only the Styx, but all advanced civilizations in the known universe are now in an unprecedented period of weakness."
"Karl sent the two of us to Earth only because he calculated that Earth couldn't accommodate me, nor would it necessarily welcome you. He just wanted the two of us to use our lives to delay Earth's development."
Pan Zhen had a very clear understanding of Karl's decision.
How could the mighty Death God Karl possibly have even the slightest trust in Pan Zhen?
He didn't even want to keep Pan Zhen at Death Song Academy!
He hopes that Pan Zhen will make full use of his remaining value!
It's totally worth it to use Pan Zhen's worthless life to cause trouble for the people of Earth!
It's important to know that there are more than just humans on Earth, and in the Chiwu star system.
The angels definitely made some arrangements!
Therefore, once Pan Zhen arrived in the solar system, there was no way for him to retreat!
After hearing Pan Zhen's words, Nusa remained silent for a while.
After a long while, Nusa asked Pan Zhen, "General Pan Zhen, what are your plans?"
In terms of scheming, even Nusa, a pure fighting god, can't compare to Pan Zhen, that old schemer.
Since the accident that day, Karl has fallen from grace.
Theocracy affected more than just the civilizations below; Nusa, who witnessed everything firsthand, naturally had other thoughts in his mind as well.
After all, there is also a civilization behind Nusa.
"The Taotie fleet's departure from the Styx means it has left Karl's control."
"Judging from the behavior of the Taotie civilization, they actually had the idea of betraying the Styx, but they chose to submit because of the pressure from Karl."
"I've observed them over this period of time, and the Taotie warriors inside this flagship have extremely low fighting spirit; they don't want to start a war."
"The Taotie of the past were warlike because of Karl's divine authority, but once divine authority collapses, rebuilding it is much more difficult than establishing a new one."
“You and I now represent the fragile divine authority that Karl has rebuilt. We only need to tamper with some of Karl’s instructions to make Taotie willingly follow our ideas.”
Nusa frowned.
To be honest, he couldn't understand what the point would be if he could control these Taotie warriors.
Sooner or later, Styx will send more fleets, and even Snow, who is loyal to Karl, may come to the Chiwu star system.
What can they gain by relying on this gluttonous fleet?
Is it really worth the risk for him?
And... is Pan Zhen really trustworthy?
Chapter 177 Pan Zhen: What will you do without me?
"What exactly do you want to do?"
"Even if we control the Taotie, what can we do?"
"Relying on this gluttonous beast to betray Karl? What's the difference between that and courting death?"
Nusa's question was very pointed, and it also revealed that his loyalty to Karl was not absolute.
Many people have developed a disloyal heart.
Seeing Nusa's reaction, Pan Zhen understood that the matter was already mostly settled.
Pan Zhen has been thinking a lot during this period.
First of all, no matter what, he will always be Pan Zhen of Lieyang!
The blazing sun is his true essence!
Even if he were to join Karl's ranks now, it would only be a temporary measure.