Chapter 158 First Step

After Duan Lei finished speaking, everyone cut off communications, and all the war fortresses began to fly towards the prison base.

At this time, it hadn't been long since Li Chenzhou had scattered the war fortresses. However, due to the existence of the small worlds, the twenty war fortresses had recruited a considerable number of survivors. On average, each war fortress recruited about twenty thousand people, totaling around five hundred thousand.

Given another day or two, this number would likely double. After all, the small worlds relied on word-of-mouth. The more people who knew, the more would come.

But now, Li Chenzhou didn't have that much time. The rest would have to wait.

In less than an hour, twenty war fortresses, plus Li Chenzhou's own, all returned to the prison base. Li Chenzhou first transferred everyone to the small world of one war fortress. Then, he merged all the small worlds into one.

Because the number wasn't enough, he exchanged for sixteen more, raising the level of this small world to Level 5.

Afterwards, Li Chenzhou had all the combat personnel cultivated in the fortresses assemble. He assigned positions to each war fortress. Due to the shortage of manpower, Li Chenzhou simply used a one-on-one approach, pairing someone who knew with someone who didn't, letting them learn while fighting.

Even so, Li Chenzhou only managed to equip eight war fortresses with full combat capabilities. However, it should be enough to cope with the current situation.

Then, Li Chenzhou put away the remaining war fortresses, leaving the war fortress with the Level 5 small world and all the non-combatant survivors. He led eight war fortresses and charged back towards the center of Qing City.

Upon returning to the center of Qing City, the eight war fortresses opened fire together, and the Devourer couldn't hold on. Although the branch nest's energy shield could still persist because the main nest's energy was constantly replenished through the spatial channel, the external fighters couldn't.

Moreover, the branch nest couldn't send new fighters to join the battle because the Devourer didn't dare to remove its energy shield. Eight war fortresses were constantly attacking it from the surroundings. Even removing it for a second would risk being blown up.

Furthermore, it didn't dare to recall the fighters outside, and could only watch helplessly as they exploded continuously under the dense firepower, eventually being annihilated.

Subsequently, according to Li Chenzhou's plan, the eight war fortresses surrounded the branch nest, continuing to attack it while unexpectedly firing several steel cables.

All eight war fortresses fired steel cables and linked with other fortresses, instantly creating a net under the branch nest. Before the branch nest could react, the eight war fortresses rose into the air together, forcibly lifting the branch nest into the high sky, exposing the spatial channel.

Then, the war fortress piloted by Li Chenzhou immediately detached from the team and covered the exposed spatial channel from top to bottom.

Thus, the exit of this spatial channel was temporarily controlled by Li Chenzhou and his team. Because the hall where the spatial channel was located was connected to the small world, any creatures entering would be instantly teleported to the small world.

As for the branch nest that was pulled into the air, its fate was self-evident. The continuous attacks of the seven war fortresses, deprived of the spatial channel and without a source of energy supply, quickly resulted in it being completely blown up, and all the Devourers inside were annihilated.

After confirming that all the Devourers had been eliminated, Li Chenzhou finally felt relieved. At least, the first step of his plan was quite smooth, successfully controlling the exit of the spatial channel.

Subsequently, Duan Lei brought Xiaoya to Li Chenzhou's war fortress. Because all the Devourers here had been wiped out, and there were several war fortresses guarding the area, his war fortress, which was absorbing the origin of the universe, was completely safe and could be freely entered and exited.

"Xiaoxin! This is our strategist. You will be working together frequently in the future! So get to know each other! This little girl is my sister!"

Bringing Duan Lei and Xiaoya to the room where the Devourer was, Li Chenzhou first introduced them to each other:

"This is the Devourer I plan to support. Before destroying the mother queen, we are allies. His original name was a long number, so I gave him a new name, Xiaoxin, representing his rebirth!"

The Devourer Xiaoxin looked at Duan Lei and Xiaoya without any expression. Duan Lei also sized up Xiaoxin and nodded slightly. Xiaoya looked at the Devourer with curiosity - she had never seen a Devourer before. During the previous war, she had been playing with Xiaoyuer in the small world all the time and didn't know anything about it.

Afterwards, Duan Lei chatted with Xiaoxin for a few words and asked some questions. Xiaoxin answered all of them, but his interest was obviously not high. Li Chenzhou and the others didn't care. After Duan Lei finished asking, they left together.

"Boss, my mental control might not work. At least, I'm not confident! This guy is also a mental type, and his mental power is very strong!"

After coming out, Li Chenzhou and the others returned directly to the central control room. Duan Lei said with a solemn expression.

Although the Devourer Xiaoxin's level was Level 10, due to the suppression of the world level, he was now at Level 3 like Duan Lei, and his own attributes were naturally at the Level 3 state as well.

And although they were both at Level 3, Duan Lei, whose mental power was doubled, could still feel that this Devourer's mental power was very strong. This showed that Xiaoxin's mental power was no less than that of Duan Lei, who had a mental power doubling talent.

Li Chenzhou called Duan Lei and Xiaoya here to mentally control Xiaoxin. However, this had to be done with 100% certainty. Otherwise, if this guy broke free from control, or the control failed, then Li Chenzhou's plan would be ruined.

Moreover, what Li Chenzhou feared most was not direct control failure, but being broken free after being controlled.

Because this was the most uncontrollable. You don't know when he will break free from control. If it was in the early stage, it would be fine. He could just kill this guy and replace him with another Devourer. But what if there were no problems in the early stage, and this guy broke free from control in the later stage?

Think about it, when Xiaoxin becomes a mother nest and creates a large army of Devourers, he suddenly breaks free from control, then it would be a big trouble.

Moreover, because Xiaoxin was going to transform into a mother nest form, and the mother nest itself could control a large number of Devourers, which was also a control type, it was naturally not so easy to completely control him.

Just now, Duan Lei sensed it. If he were to control him now, he could control him, but he was afraid that something would happen later...