Bai Zhongqi released two light blades from his left hand, shredding the faces and hands of those on the Meat Mountain Starship, and then his left hand opened to reveal a translucent, white stone.
"Do not think you are the only one who is prepared; if we compare starships, I'm afraid you Pilgrims are leagues behind us, the Elder Race."
Bai Zhongqi took out a white Homeland Stone from his right hand and hurled it into the sky. Once released, the stone transformed from the shape of a pebble into a piece of land floating in space.
Yongxi, having integrated into the Meat Mountain Starship, was shocked. "What is this? How can you have such a thing with you?"
Yongxi had heard about the hobbies of celestial collectors—those criminals who had killed countless Pilgrims—preferring to encase various celestial bodies in glass beads. Naturally, Yongxi mistook this suddenly appearing land for a celestial body encased in a glass bead, as he was completely unaware of the Homeland Stone.
An Insectoid clone leapt onto the hovering land, vanishing in the process, while at the same time, metal armor extended around the entire piece of land. Huge metal structures emerged and transformed on the surface, eventually enclosing the entire continent inside, turning it into an immense starship.
The Homeland Titan, following Bai Zhongqi's removal of Spratly Island from the Homeland Stone, reformed and appeared again in the world.
This Homeland Titan was drastically different from the old version, as Bai Zhongqi had implanted it with several newer technologies, including Warp technology and Incandescence Cannon technology from the Elder Race, along with various technologies from the Swarm and other civilizations. Although these were not yet fully integrated, this Homeland Titan was almost as terrifying as a mother ship of the Elder Race.
Even though the Homeland Titan was not as large as the Meat Mountain Starship, measuring only hundreds of kilometers in length, the Homeland Titan was a true warship equipped with a vast array of weapons, far superior to the singularly offensive capability of the Meat Mountain Starship.
"How is this possible?! You shouldn't have another mother ship of criminals!" Misjudging the situation, Yongxi became panicked. He thought the Homeland Titan was an Elder Race mother ship and, according to the rules set in the virtual world, Pilgrims ensured that all transpositions from other dimensions were forbidden, which meant Bai Zhongqi could not bring out the Iridium Star Ship or the Golden Great Sail Ship.
However, this Homeland Titan was not transposed—it had transformed from the Homeland Stone and was originally from this world.
"First shot, let's wake you up with some Incandescence Cannon fire," said Bai Zhongqi with a smile.
As he spoke, he detached the left arm of the Insectoid clone and attached it to himself. The Insect Emperor's Hand immediately connected with his body's muscles, bones, and nerves, looking as good as intact.
This time the Insectoid clone didn't die but instead rapidly transformed its face into compound eyes and mouthparts characteristic of insects and regrew a new left arm—in fact, growing an additional pair of arms—and also sprouted mantis-like wings from its back. This was a Beast Warrior known as Cool Insect, possessing formidable combat abilities. Although it lacked Star Energy, its physical strength nearly reached the biological limit and could also perform some shooting attacks, approximately at the level of a 26th tier organism.
Inside the Homeland Titan, nothing could harm Bai Zhongqi.
Bai Zhongqi, a warship designer deeply influenced by steadfast steely doctrine, had cluttered the new Homeland Titan with all kinds of turrets and weapon-launch platforms. The Homeland Titan possessed as many as 112 turrets of Incandescence Cannons alone.
The staggering 112 Incandescence Cannons fired their most deadly weapons, hitting the body of the Meat Mountain Starship, which lacked any real warship weapons. The 112 fierce beams of white light pierced through the surface of the Meat Mountain Starship, dealing catastrophic damage to its internal structure as well.
However, being a weapon as large as a planet, the Meat Mountain Starship could not be destroyed with a single full salvo from the 112 Incandescence Cannons.
"Sinner, you will pay the price!" Yongxi felt underestimated; he shared the enormous pain sustained by the Meat Mountain Starship. Yet as a Pilgrim who had practiced asceticism since childhood, he was accustomed to such pains.
The surface of the Meat Mountain Starship bore one crater-like gash after another, resembling countless cannon muzzles, from where red light brewed and magma-like light beams erupted wildly, shooting towards the Homeland Titan in space.
Bai Zhongqi was not surprised by the attack from the Meat Mountain Starship; he did not believe it was merely its gaping maw that could mount an attack. The Chancellor immediately maneuvered the Homeland Titan to perform evasive actions, but the number of magma light beams fired by the Meat Mountain Starship was vast, and since the Homeland Titan was so large, some hits were inevitable.
However, the Homeland Titan's defense system was incredibly powerful; its self-defense weapons continuously fired neutralizing beams, diffusing the energy of the incoming magma light beams in mid-air. Even if struck, a particularly strong energy shield was in place, causing only a ripple, with no significant impact on the starship's hull.
Bai Zhongqi noted that at the location just hit by the Incandescence Cannons, those disgusting pieces of flesh seemed to be growing back, covering the wounds, meaning that unless the Meat Mountain Starship was completely destroyed, this enormous monstrosity of a celestial starship would continually heal and repair itself.
"Second wave: fast neutron stream missiles, tachyon cannons, Ultra ultraviolet beam cannons."
Taking advantage of the Incandescence Cannons' recharge time, Bai Zhongqi tactically selected the second wave of weapons. With the Iridium Star Civilization having incorporated more and more technology, choosing weapons had become challenging. The traditional kinetic weapons Gauss Railgun, energy weapons Laser Cannon, and Plasma Beam Cannon represent three technological trees. In many specific situations, a starship also needs some other types of weapons.
The three types of weapons Bai Zhongqi selected for the second wave have been proven to be the most effective in damaging biotechnological civilizations; organisms impacted by fast neutron streams might instantly necrotize, and Ultra ultraviolet beams can also cause irreversible damage to biological weapons.
These essentially were the types of weapons the Swarm hated to encounter the most. The surface of the Meat Mountain Starship was a layer of rotten flesh, formed by the organic life of the entire planet, naturally fearing such weapons.
As thousands of these three types of weapons struck the Meat Mountain Starship, Yongxi let out a scream that nearly reverberated through the entire false world. Some areas of the Meat Mountain Starship's red outer surface underwent massive necrosis and peel-off after being hit, with even some areas showing signs of contagion.
"Bastard! I will never forgive you!" Yongxi roared, continuously aiming magma light beams at Bai Zhongqi, but to no avail.