Traveling to the Star Empire to Raise an Emperor (Translated)

Chapter 7

The people at the rehabilitation center were extremely anxious, fearing that their emperor might come to harm outside.

It's known that the emperor's condition was very dire, and he could die at any moment.

Starworms, especially advanced starworms, are poisonous.

They are a mysterious cosmic substance, and advanced starworms are covered with this substance. If they are injured, they release large amounts of it.

Anyone exposed to this substance will be poisoned, leading to a gradual collapse of their body, confusion, and eventually death.

To avoid poisoning, humans need to isolate themselves from advanced starworms, using warships and mechs for protection.

However, advanced starworms are not afraid of heat weapons. Being creatures born and raised in space, they are not deterred by cosmic rays and can adapt to harsh space environments, so they are not intimidated by human-made heat weapons.

Human heat weapons can kill lower to mid-level starworms and can injure advanced starworms, but generally, they cannot kill advanced starworms.

Advanced starworms are especially adept at space combat and can outmaneuver human fleets.

The only advantage humans have in fighting starworms is mental power.

Advanced starworms fear mental power; they will die after a powerful mental attack.

However, to launch a mental attack on advanced starworms, one must get close to them.

Getting close to advanced starworms can result in them damaging the warship or mech, causing poisoning.

Mental power is indeed the nemesis of starworms; once poisoned, mental power can suppress the toxins in the body, but it's not a long-term solution. Deep poisoning will still lead to death.

The current emperor, Ming Zheng, was only eighteen when he first went to the battlefield twenty years ago.

At that time, the Human Empire was in constant retreat and the situation was very critical. The human understanding of starworms was limited... Many people had not received targeted training and went to the battlefield unprepared.

Ming Zheng was no exception.

On his first battlefield, he encountered advanced starworms.

The battle was not in space but on a resource planet that originally belonged to the Human Empire.

The battle was intense. The advanced starworm, whose core was shattered by Ming Zheng's powerful mental power, went berserk and destroyed Ming Zheng's mech. Ming Zheng was exposed to the cosmic substance and got poisoned by the starworm.

Ming Zheng's mental power was strong enough to suppress the toxins, and this level of poisoning would not affect his daily life.

However, for the past twenty years, he had been on the front lines, constantly fighting starworms, and had repeatedly been exposed to this substance.

His poisoning grew progressively worse.

Initially, he could use his mental power to suppress the toxins and lead a normal life. The effects only became apparent when he had to use his mental power on the battlefield.

But six years ago, Ming Zheng was attacked by three advanced starworms. His mech was destroyed in space, and he was poisoned again.

His condition rapidly deteriorated, and he became unable to maintain his sanity while using mental power in battles.