Chapter 296: Desperate Straits

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Lordbluefire

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Lordbluefire

In the dark void, even the stars lost their colors.

A gigantic flying shuttle flew through s.p.a.ce. Its exterior was filled with cracks as sparks continuously emitted from them.

A giant spirit shark kept ramming its hammer-like head over and over again, and the powerful impact caused the flying shuttle’s shape to warp, almost to the point of collapse.

Ang!

Another black hole opened up and a beam of starlight shot out from within as a figure over ten thousand meters long came into the starry s.p.a.ce. It enveloped the flying shuttle completely, exerting a force on it.

Creak, creak.

The sounds of something exceeding its stress limit could be heard. It was on the verge of breaking apart.

Feng Lin was inside the shuttle, and he had to do all he could to stabilize his stance. But even so, he could clearly sense that the circulatory system within the flying shuttle was already on the verge of collapse. The oxygen was getting scarce and the temperature plunged.

Those zombies already died. They had lost the basic temperature regulation system of the human body and were all frozen solid upon coming in contact with the air. They no longer moved.

These students took the chance to rush out from the zombie crowd, but before they could heave a sigh of relief, another warning rang out through the air.

“Dear students, we have no idea how the breach in information about our schedule occurred, resulting in our movements being known by the Spirit Race. We are now so heavily surrounded that we have no way to break out of the siege. The flying shuttle is about to crumble apart. Now, you all have to depend on yourself to reach the bottom layer of the flying shuttle in ten minutes. There are escape pods that would navigate automatically to the Great Wall University. You all will be safe once you reach the university. I wish all of you good lu…”

With a cracking sound, the voice stopped completely.

Within the flying shuttle, chaos was everywhere.

“What? Telling us to escape on our own?!”

“We are the genius candidates that were recruited in advance by the Great Wall University. By doing so, won’t they allow the Spirit Race to slaughter us at will?”

“Don’t abandon us!”

…

The students roared.

Only Feng Lin and a few others maintained their calm.

The flying shuttle was about to crumble, and soon, the people within would all be powerless to defend themselves.

What was the use of begging others for help? Right now, they could only depend on themselves.

According to the information from his microchip, the escape pods were located all the way at the back of the flying shuttle. The distance from his current location to there was about ten kilometers, and he had to reach there within ten minutes.

It was a race against time!

(Rather than wasting time here to complain, why don’t these people hurry up instead?)

Feng Lin abruptly sped away, shooting toward the depths of the flying shuttle with the speed of a fired arrow.

He roughly understood the ending of this matter.

The pa.s.sengers on this flying shuttle were all exam candidates that were recruited by the Great Wall University. These were also peak-level geniuses of humanity and the future hope of mankind.

The Spirit Race was one of the greatest enemies of humanity. It was unknown where they had gotten this information which led to them wanting to strangle these human geniuses in their cradle before they could fully mature.

Right now, they were already thorns in the eyes of the Spirit Race. If they didn’t leave now, when should they leave?

Feng Lin increased his speed. But as time pa.s.sed by, the rate of the flying shuttle crumbling also increased.

The temperature plunged and oxygen was growing even thinner.

Although Feng Lin had a strong body, he wasn’t a universe lifeform yet. He lacked those living function aspects of a universe lifeform.

He ignored the dirty blood of the zombie. On his way toward the escape pods, he grabbed a suit of micro mecha armor and equipped it while he continued rus.h.i.+ng.

He had to cross ten kilometers with a time limit of ten minutes. Moreover, he had to deal with the attacks from the Spirit Race as well. He couldn’t tarry anymore.

Sizzle~

Black shadows filled the air, rus.h.i.+ng over from all directions. The electromagnetic waves blasted out, rus.h.i.+ng into the minds of the humans, wanting to explode their consciousness.

Those students with weaker wills all clutched their heads as they slumped onto the ground and bellowed in pain.

The spirit lifeforms were like ghosts; it was extremely difficult to see them with the naked eye. They were adept at hiding in the darkness like G.o.ds of death that were here to reap souls.

Everywhere they pa.s.sed by, those students who were too slow to avoid them all fell onto the ground, frozen solid.

Soon, soon, soon!

Feng Lin’s body transformed into after-images. He could already see a tunnel ahead. As long as he pa.s.sed through the tunnel, he would enter the bottom-level of the flying shuttle.

At the next moment, several people including a gigantic figure rushed ahead of him and entered the tunnel first. That person at the back turned his head and showed a sinister smile.

“Haha Feng Lin, we will make a move first. We can only trouble you to block the rear for us. If we safely escape, we will definitely not forget you!” Ferrot laughed loudly.

He then punched out and blasted torrents of fire that destroyed the tunnel, causing rubble to barricade it.

The path ahead was already severed!

Feng Lin’s eyes turned to ice. How could he not understand what had just happened.

Ferrot destroyed the tunnel because he wanted to turn Feng Lin into the sacrificial scapegoat to block the spirit race. His intention was truly venomous.

But despite already falling into such a deadly situation, Feng Lin didn’t give up because he still had one greatest trump card.

(It’s good that these people are in a hurry to flee for their lives! No one knows for sure who’s the bait yet.)

A cold smile appeared on Feng Lin’s face. He didn’t panic at all.

At this moment, the spirit lifeforms surrounded him, wanting to drown him completely. He discovered that the instant they floated pa.s.sed him, they would absorb the warmth from his body.

With such immense numbers, Feng Lin couldn’t kill them all no matter how much effort he put in. It would only be a waste of strength.

Stonebirth Transformation!

He once again folded hand seals, turning his skin to stone while he focused on his defense, maximizing his ability of being impervious to water and fire.

These spirit lifeforms surrounded him en-ma.s.se, but Feng Lin was like a stubborn rock that refused to break.

Feng Lin had a strand of his spirit force monitoring the situation outside the stone sh.e.l.l.

The s.p.a.ce here was dark; all light had already been devoured.

The flying shuttle was still floating in s.p.a.ce. Firstly, the energy s.h.i.+elds crumbled, after that, the metallic body began to break apart into fragments that floated off in s.p.a.ce, becoming a pile of s.p.a.ce garbage.

A construct from the pinnacle of science and technology was destroyed just like that.

Over ten escape pods shot out into s.p.a.ce. They were like scattered bees flying out in all directions, about to vanish into the darkness.

Within the wreckage of the flying shuttle, countless spirit lifeforms suddenly emerged. They transformed into energy storms, whistling through s.p.a.ce as they pursued the escape pods.

Ang~

The three gigantic spirit beasts opened up wormholes as they chased in pursuit as well.

A figure inside a stone sh.e.l.l was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, floating about in s.p.a.ce. There was no life aura coming from him. He casually floated like a dead object.

Feng Lin maintained a strand of spirit force outside to monitor the situation.

Those jerks wanted to harm him, making him the scapegoat to delay the spirit lifeforms while they escaped.

But had they ever imagined that the escape pods were nothing but bait as well?

The intelligence of the Spirit Race surpa.s.sed humankind, how would they allow the students to escape so easily?

By entering an escape pod, that would only serve to draw the attention of the spirit lifeforms. It would be good if they could have a 10% survival rate!

Feng Lin didn’t want to gamble his life on such a minuscule probability.

He used a special technique to conceal his breath and aura. The stonebirth transformation in addition to the micro mecha armor he was wearing allowed him to float in s.p.a.ce like a dead object. This was sufficient for him to trick the ma.s.ses of the spirit lifeforms.

Naturally, the prerequisite was that he had to be able to maintain this state until all the spirit lifeforms had left.

In this dark void of outer s.p.a.ce, the temperature was so low that almost anything would instantly freeze.

Feng Lin floated in the dark void, drifting along with the spatial waves, to unknown locations…