The rapid development of Fu Xia Star shocked the other planets in the same star system. When the spaceship from Fu Xia Star arrived on their planet, the participants thought that they had been discovered by the Mechanoids and believed they were about to die there.
However, the spaceship landed not far from their base and humans walked out of it. The participants were puzzled and wondered if these were advanced civilizations that had always existed in this universe.
Soon, the familiar wristbands on their wrists identified them as participants, yet they couldn’t help but think: was this development happening too fast?
While they were still cautious, the people from the spaceship explained their intentions and revealed the news that the Lan Snake royal family was about to arrive. If they agreed to join forces against the enemy, they could provide both technological and magical support.
The participants were even more confused. Technological support made sense since they could come here in a spaceship, which meant their technology must be highly advanced. But what about magic? Wasn’t this supposed to be the same survival competition they had all signed up for?
As they watched, the person from the spaceship raised their wand and casually threw out a giant water sphere. With a wave of their wand, the water sphere continuously changed shape and eventually floated over the fields outside their city, turning into a gentle drizzle.
This display immediately dispelled the concerns of the residents, who were still in the cold weapon era. The appearance of magic transformed their initial wariness into curiosity and longing. After all, who could resist a mysterious energy that they could fully control?
Moreover, the strong had the say. At that moment, they had no courage to refuse. Even if the other party kept their promise and left if they didn’t cooperate, what about everyone else?
As long as one person on the planet agreed to the cooperation terms, the base would rapidly develop and eventually overtake other bases on the planet. That was the reality—whether they wanted to develop or not, development would come.
Thus, although the other planets started slowly, they also began to develop quickly. Even though there wasn’t much time left for their development, Shu Bao didn’t demand much from them. As long as they could defend themselves when the Lan Snake royal fleet arrived, that would be enough.
The destructive power of battles at the level of interstellar warships was immense. Shu Bao didn’t want to see these vibrant planets turn into desolate wastelands in the end.
Of course, not all participants were willing to accept Fu Xia’s cooperation. Some even accepted Shu Bao’s cooperation while secretly contacting the Lan Snake fleet to provide intelligence.
However, Shu Bao had already anticipated this situation, so the technology provided to the outer stars had restrictions. The most core technologies and magic, of course, were not going to be handed out for free.
Before the Lan Snake fleet even arrived, they had already heard about the Qing Wang Star System. But the second and third princes weren’t concerned. From the information they received, it was clear that Fu Xia Star’s development was indeed extraordinary, but to think that they could contend with their interstellar fleet was nothing but a dream.
The spacecraft and interstellar warships are two completely different things. In terms of both flight speed and combat power, they are on entirely different levels. Lan Qing and that mouse might have had some luck, but no participant has ever, through infrastructure, gained the ability to rival an interstellar fleet in just a few decades.
Clearly, many people in the Qing Wang Star System thought the same way, which is why they secretly passed on information to the Lan Snake fleet, hoping to sell a favor and express their stance.
Because of this information, the two princes believed they fully understood the current strength of the Qing Wang Star System. As for the magic spoken of by the people, the two of them analyzed that it should be the people from the Chaotic World who had entered the real world through space-time rifts, and the people from Fu Xia Star had mistaken them for magicians.
The second and third princes had been traveling through space for years on interstellar warships, so they had encountered space-time rifts and had fought with creatures and people from the Chaotic World. While the creatures from the Chaotic World indeed possessed some strange abilities, in the face of absolute technological superiority, those peculiar abilities were practically useless.
Thus, the Lan Snake fleet showed no signs of slowing down or planning any tactics. They simply headed straight toward the Qing Wang Star System. Their thinking was simple: use their strength to flatten Fu Xia Star, find Lan Qing, seize their abilities, and then decide the fate of the Qing Wang Star System based on their mood.
The Lan Snake fleet didn’t slow down at all and charged straight into the Qing Wang Star System. When they reached the outer edge of the star system, they noticed that the Qing Wang Star System seemed a little dim. According to the star charts, the number of stars in this system appeared to be quite low.
However, the system wasn’t very large to begin with and no one paid much attention. After locking onto the target planet through the signal source, the interstellar fleet immediately headed toward Fu Xia Star.
Because of their extreme confidence, it wasn’t until they reached a critical point in distance that the second and third princes finally ordered the fleet to slow down. After all, interstellar fleets move at near-light speed through space, so decelerating is a long process.
As the fleet got closer to Fu Xia Star, they gradually realized that something was off. It wasn’t that the Qing Wang Star System had too few stars, but most of the stars had already been encased in Dyson spheres. The energy conversion rate of these Dyson spheres was extremely high, capturing even light, which was why everything appeared so dark.
However, what didn’t make them too nervous was that, aside from the Dyson spheres, there were hardly any other space facilities to be seen.
Naturally, Fu Xia Star quickly detected the approaching Lan Snake fleet. The residents of various cities on the planet immediately began to mobilize. After years of preparation and practice, the people no longer feared the Lan Snake fleet. Upon hearing that the fleet had finally arrived, they were even a bit excited.
People quickly entered their respective spacecraft or interstellar warships and ascended into the air. One by one, all sorts of spacecraft and warships lined up in the direction of the Lan Snake fleet. The formation looked disorganized, in stark contrast to the powerful and well-organized Lan Snake fleet.
As the Lan Snake fleet approached Fu Xia Star, they saw this haphazard fleet from a distance. Looking at the images displayed on their virtual light screens, the entire fleet nearly laughed out loud.
“What kind of ragtag army is this? It looks like they can’t even find two identical warships!”
“Those must be travel ships, right? What are they doing here? Just for numbers?”
“It looks like they’re putting all their assets on display, but it’s not even close to enough!”
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Everyone in the Lan Snake fleet found the scene before them laughable. With a single interstellar warship, they could wipe them all out.
Compared to the shabby spacecraft and warships, the space station rings outside Fu Xia Star actually looked quite decent. When the battle begins, they could consider attacking carefully. After the battle, they could simply seize the space rings.
The people from Fu Xia Star had no idea that their “luxurious” lineup had caused disdain from the other side. After all, each of them cherished their own spacecraft, especially the people who worked aboard the warships, who were extremely satisfied with their ships.
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum, but that didn’t stop the Lan Snake fleet from sending a communication signal. The people of Fu Xia Star quickly received the message, which essentially demanded that they surrender Lan Qing and Shu Bao. If they did so, the Lan Snake fleet would refrain from attacking.
Such a demand was obviously not going to be accepted by anyone. At that moment, the people of Fu Xia Star also began to show their own strengths, initiating the battle by sending signals back.
The Lan Snake fleet soon received a flood of responses.
“Just you lot, trying to harm our revered Lord and Lord Lan Qing!”
“Surrender your second and third princes, and we won’t attack!”
“This old junk from so many years ago dares to enter our Qing Wang Star System!”
“…”
The people in the Lan Snake fleet were utterly confused. Were these rural folks out of their minds, or could they not see the huge power gap? And what was going on with the other side? Why were there so many responses? Did they not have a unified commander? It seemed like everyone was doing their own thing, with no basic discipline!
After the shock, as the responses kept pouring in, the people of the Lan Snake fleet grew furious. They hadn’t mocked the other side, but now they were being scolded in return. In all their years traversing the stars, this was the first time they had encountered such an ignorant and arrogant planet.
The second and third princes, seeing this, decided to stop wasting time and were ready to teach the other side a lesson. They immediately ordered the front line of warships to launch an attack.
Upon receiving the command, the Lan Snake fleet activated their attack program. They looked down on Fu Xia’s insignificant spacecraft and warships and directly launched the most destructive atomic weapons.
The energy at the launch site quickly gathered, the light intensified to its peak, and then they aimed at Fu Xia’s fleet and began the attack. Once the attack was completed, they didn’t plan any follow-up strikes, instead waiting quietly for the annihilation of their enemy.
Under their assault, the various flying vehicles scattered in all directions. Some of the slower ones were immediately engulfed by the light.
The Lan Snake fleet erupted into cheers, thinking the battle was already over. However, the next second, they saw a large number of spacecraft rushing toward their fleet at high speed, almost as if they were committing suicide.
Some of the spacecraft even flew out from the atomic light!
But how could this be? How could such simple-looking spacecraft resist atomic energy attacks?
There was no time to be surprised, as the various-sized flying vessels quickly closed in and beams of colorful light shot out from them. The light was clearly some sort of energy weapon, but strangely, the warship’s defense system couldn’t identify the energy type.
Unable to identify the energy, the automatic defense system didn’t activate and the people on the Lan Snake fleet began to frantically operate the ship, activating the ion shields and attempting to counterattack and lock on to targets.
The second and third princes had made their fleet extremely advanced through modification and plunder. Their crew had not done such complicated manual operations in a long time, so their response was naturally slower than usual.
Many of the flashing colored lights hit the warships. A few ships that raised shields were horrified to find that the energy seemed to have an eroding and devouring effect. The shields were visibly disintegrating at a rapid pace.
As for their counterattacks, few of them hit their targets. Even when they did manage to hit, it did not cause substantial damage to the spacecraft or warships. To put it another way, the ones they managed to hit were those with extremely tough exteriors that didn’t even bother to dodge.
