Chapter 126: The Final Moment (4)

Words : 1451 Updated : Sep 21st, 2025

The final moment had arrived. Moon One, carrying Xiao Yu’s ships, over a thousand surviving Arrow Beasts, countless spaceship wreckage, and dismembered Arrow Beast remains, surged toward the white dwarf like a vast and unstoppable army. Through the all-encompassing cosmic dust, Xiao Yu could still hear the voice of the Alien Beast reverberating in his mind. “Endless life! Infinite energy! Unpredictable potential! This is the ultimate life form... they’ve finally succeeded... Aren’t you curious? Aren’t you worried about your fate? Yes, you’re right. Your transformation into this form wasn’t coincidental. As for the specifics, figure it out yourself. Don’t expect me to tell you. Hahaha!” The Alien Beast roared madly, and its voice echoed endlessly in Xiao Yu’s mind: “Figure it out yourself! Figure it out yourself!” Xiao Yu clenched his mental defenses tightly, trying his best not to dwell on these words. But the questions gnawed at him like parasitic worms, tearing away at his composure bit by bit. “Not... a coincidence? Not a coincidence? Why? Why?!” Xiao Yu’s inner thoughts screamed in frustration. Moon One’s velocity had exceeded 60,000 kilometers per second. Only at such immense speeds could it resist the white dwarf’s gravity temporarily and serve as the Alien Beast’s intended stepping stone. This was why the Alien Beast hadn’t directed the Arrow Beast Civilization to accelerate a mere asteroid instead—because they couldn’t achieve such velocities. Thirty seconds remained. Distance: two million kilometers. At this range, the immense gravitational pull of the white dwarf was already wreaking havoc on Moon One. Xiao Yu observed as violent earthquakes shook its surface. Compared to these, the tremors caused by the planetary engines earlier seemed like mere ripples. These quakes affected the entire structure of the moon. On the side facing away from the white dwarf, massive sinkholes appeared, plunging tens of kilometers deep. Meanwhile, on the side facing the white dwarf, mountains erupted suddenly from the ground, their peaks stretching tens of kilometers high. Within seconds, dozens of such towering peaks emerged on Moon One’s surface. Amidst these upheavals, magma buried within the planetary core surged to the surface, boiling over like an erupting kettle and flowing freely across the moon. Moon One was no longer spherical. It now resembled an egg, with the “small end” of the egg pointing toward the white dwarf. It was as if an unseen, massive hand were compressing the moon. Planetary engines, towering hundreds of meters high and covering tens of thousands of square meters, were rendered insignificant by this cosmic chaos. Xiao Yu saw one engine topple into a massive sinkhole, disappearing into the molten magma without even leaving a ripple. This was the moon’s final, furious roar before its destruction. The relentless combat had left Xiao Yu’s ships defenseless against the overwhelming radiation in the area. All his ships were on the brink of annihilation. “My friend, farewell. Farewell,” the Arrow Beasts’ voices came to Xiao Yu just before their destruction. “Farewell. I... I will protect your kin,” Xiao Yu murmured solemnly. At that moment, all 7,000 Arrow Beasts perished, and Xiao Yu’s fleet of 5,000 ships was entirely destroyed. The thousand satellites Xiao Yu had launched earlier now served as his eyes, observing the events that unfolded. These satellites would remain operational for one crucial minute after the collision, allowing Xiao Yu to gather vital data. Through the monitoring satellites, Xiao Yu saw Moon One’s surface stretching further. The side facing the white dwarf grew longer and sharper. At twenty seconds to impact, and just over a million kilometers away, Moon One had been stretched into a near-conical shape. This was the raw power of tidal forces. Moon One’s diameter was over 3,000 kilometers, and gravity diminishes with distance. The side facing the white dwarf experienced significantly stronger gravitational pull than the far side, separated by the moon’s diameter. This difference in gravitational force caused the front to stretch forward, becoming more pointed and elongated, while the rear maintained a relatively rounded shape. This was why Moon One had been pulled into a cone. Ten seconds to impact. Distance: 700,000 kilometers. The tidal forces intensified further. Moon One’s length, originally over 3,000 kilometers, had stretched to 10,000 kilometers and continued to grow. The side of Moon One facing the white dwarf grew sharper and thinner, until, when the main body of Moon One was still 400,000 kilometers away, its elongated “tail” finally touched the surface of the white dwarf. This was no typical spiraling collision. Normally, if Moon One were naturally pulled in by the white dwarf’s gravity, it would first be torn apart into fragments, forming a disk of debris that would orbit the white dwarf before being gradually consumed. But this collision had been meticulously calculated by Xiao Yu to result in a direct impact. At the point of contact between Moon One’s tail and the white dwarf, an intense burst of light erupted. As more material collided, the light grew brighter and brighter, reaching its peak within three seconds. Through the pre-positioned monitoring satellites, Xiao Yu silently observed everything. The final second arrived. Moon One, now stretched into a thin strand over 70,000 kilometers long, was seconds away from colliding entirely with the white dwarf. In that last moment, the entirety of its elongated structure would strike the surface. “Hahahaha!” Amid this climactic moment, Xiao Yu received another message filled with the Alien Beast’s maniacal laughter. Xiao Yu witnessed a remarkable sight. In its final moments of life, this mighty Alien Beast, which had survived for over 17 million years, made one last leap with all its remaining strength. It leapt toward Moon One! With an initial velocity of an astounding 6,000 kilometers per second, the creature raised its massive fist mid-air and struck at the falling material of the satellite. An explosion of light erupted, almost beyond comprehension. Millions of tons of material were vaporized in an instant. Under the unimaginable high temperature and pressure, electrons transitioned to lower energy states, releasing photons across the spectrum: gamma rays, X-rays, and visible light all burst forth simultaneously. Even if Moon One had been intact, this single punch from the Alien Beast would have shattered it entirely. The creature’s overwhelming power was fully displayed in this final act. Beneath it, the most violent collision had already occurred. Trillions of tons of material struck the white dwarf’s surface, releasing an enormous amount of energy at incredible velocity. The light from the collision peaked at this moment but began to dim in the next instant. However, a far more powerful chain reaction had just begun. The hydrogen and helium gases at the impact site, subjected to the extreme heat and pressure, finally underwent fusion. It was a spark—a tremendously powerful spark. Previously, the fusion initiated by the Alien Beast’s earlier jumps had been like matches in the wind, extinguished as quickly as they were lit. But this time, the spark was a blazing torch. In the gale of a nova, such a flame would only burn brighter. Nuclear fusion had been triggered. The flame spread rapidly across the entire white dwarf, igniting it completely. This was a nova explosion—one of the universe’s most violent energy-release events. The white dwarf’s brightness increased tens of thousands of times in an instant, outshining its companion star. It became a true ocean of light. Visible light, however, was only a minuscule fraction—one ten-thousandth—of the total radiation. Beyond the visible spectrum, the nova emitted extraordinarily intense waves of invisible radiation, which constituted the primary form of energy release. Amid this sea of light, a colossal Alien Beast floated helplessly. Drained of strength, it began to fall back toward the white dwarf. In this moment, its massive body seemed as light as a feather, drifting slowly, almost serenely, downward. “Farewell, farewell.” Xiao Yu received its final message. The powerful being, which had endured for 17 million years and experienced countless epic events, met its end in this moment. The limitless sea of light engulfed it entirely. From the center of the white dwarf, an indescribably intense explosion of energy radiated outward in all directions. “Farewell, farewell.” Xiao Yu responded in kind, expressing his respect and awe for the mighty creature in his own way. In the final moments before the destruction of his monitoring satellites, Xiao Yu noticed something peculiar: a small black dot separated from the Alien Beast’s body and, propelled by the immense energy of the explosion, shot off into the void at over 8,000 kilometers per second. The next moment, the explosion obliterated Xiao Yu’s satellites, cutting off his view of the region.

Chapter 126: The Final Moment (4)

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