Chapter 00101: First Battle Victory
# First Battle Victory
Chapter 101
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 101: First Battle Victory
When Lan Xiaobu entered the starry sky, Hou Yi immediately ordered the Fuhe Warship to unleash its maximum attack against Lingluo Star.
Dozens of thunder magnetic light bombs struck the protective net surrounding Lingluo Star, exploding in a dazzling array of colors.
Though the damage wasn’t significant, the spectacle was indeed magnificent.
At that moment, as Lan Xiaobu floated in the cosmos, he came to realize that the starry sky and space were two different realms.
It was true; outer space in different cosmic star systems was completely distinct.
Here, it was not a perfect vacuum but rather filled with various kinds of gases, though these gases were extremely thin.
Furthermore, there was a gravitational force in the starry sky, which varied greatly, sometimes strong, sometimes weak.
According to Lan Xiaobu’s memories, the gravitational pull in the starry sky was a completely different concept from the gravitational force exerted by planets.
Once Lingluo Star was attacked, panic spread throughout the planet.
How could Lingluo Star be weak? It was a top-tier star, a Level-7 technological civilization planet.
It was precisely because it was a top-tier star that the inhabitants panicked.
Imagine, unless one was foolish, who would dare to attack a Level-7 technological planet? No one would dare to do so, not even another Level-7 technological planet would take the risk to attack Lingluo Star.
Now, someone had attacked, which meant what? It meant the attackers were absolutely confident they could defeat Lingluo Star.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to strike a Level-7 technological planet.
Who could have the confidence to defeat Lingluo Star? Naturally, it would be several Level-7 technological planets working together, seizing the opportunity when the planet’s supreme leader, Hei Xuchen, was absent, to attempt to take down Lingluo Star.
With Hei Xuchen gone, many of their destructive weaponry was unusable.
As Lan Xiaobu suspected, Lingluo Star’s first reaction was to raise all defenses, summon a powerful fleet, and report the attack to Hei Xuchen, who was still outside Jinchuan Star.
In the vastness of space, Lan Xiaobu facepalmed.
He had been too naive.
He was in space, after all.
He had been so engrossed in studying formations that he hadn’t considered the implications and limitations of his current abilities.
His formation flags could only be set up on the ground; he couldn’t place them in outer space, at least not at this moment.
Considering this, would he need to set up formations to deal with a technological civilization’s warship when he could finally place flags in space?
At that moment, a Level-7 warship from Lingluo Star had already broken through the protective net.
Despite enhancing the planet's defenses and reporting to the emperor, they still dispatched a Level-7 warship to assess the situation.
Although the monitoring system only detected a Level-6 warship, no one on Lingluo Star believed that a Level-6 warship would dare to attack them.
Nowadays, there were many stealth techniques; technologically advanced as Lingluo Star was, they couldn’t cover all bases.
If a large number of warships were hidden outside and launched a surprise attack, it would be a trap for them.
Lan Xiaobu watched as the warship charged towards the Fuhe.
He knew it spelled trouble.
The Fuhe couldn’t escape this Level-7 warship, and if it fled, they would be exposed.
It seemed he hadn’t assessed the situation correctly; Lingluo Star wasn’t just sitting on defense.
Although they hadn't launched a mass assault, they had sent out a warship for reconnaissance.
Lan Xiaobu hoped Hou Yi wouldn’t retreat immediately; if he did, he wouldn’t be able to keep up with a Level-7 warship, and a sneak attack would be impossible.
Hou Yi clearly hadn’t thought of retreating.
He knew that fleeing would expose them.
Instead, he concentrated firepower to bombard the Level-7 warship.
The warship locked onto Fuhe, and at that point, it was nearly impossible for Fuhe to escape.
The only option for Hou Yi was to unleash a full-scale attack while trying to break away from the enemy's lock to attract their attention.
Taking advantage of this moment, Lan Xiaobu became invisible and rushed close to the Level-7 warship, wielding his giant axe.
Although the Level-7 warship's large screen detected him, it only appeared as a vague shadow, more like a chunk of meteorite.
In the expanse of space, moving meteorites were not unusual.
Even if a meteorite hit a Level-7 warship, the damage would be negligible unless the ship was flying at top speed; then the ship would evade or fire projectiles to clear the meteorite.
Now, the Level-7 warship was nearly stationary, with its crew fully focused on the Fuhe, utterly disregarding Lan Xiaobu, who appeared as an insignificant celestial rock.
After Lan Xiaobu unleashed his giant axe, while his invisibility didn’t vanish, the image of the axe clearly appeared on the warship’s screen. “Not good, it’s a cultivator,” thought the warship's commander, recognizing the term.
Only cultivators could sneak up on warships in space and take them down.
He no longer cared about the Fuhe, urgently directing his warship to attack Lan Xiaobu, but it was already too late.
Lan Xiaobu’s axe crashed into the warship, tearing a massive gash into its hull.
With the survival space inside the warship vanishing, the soldiers had no chance to resist and were cleaved down by Lan Xiaobu.
Even if he hadn’t killed them, without the warship's structure intact, they were doomed.
Far away, Hou Yi was stunned.
He saw Lan Xiaobu swing an axe and slice apart a Level-7 warship clearly.
Soon his excitement surged; as long as Hei Xuchen returned, Lan Xiaobu would have a chance to eliminate him.
He understood the significance of the Fuhe's existence; it was meant to draw in Hei Xuchen’s warship and slow it down.
He just hoped the Fuhe could withstand one attack from Hei Xuchen’s ship.
Lan Xiaobu had now entered the Level-7 warship.
Although the outer shell was ripped apart, it wasn’t entirely destroyed.
He placed his hand on the pilot's command crystal, a gesture he was now quite familiar with.
He hoped one of those he had just killed was the ship’s master.
Sure enough, as soon as he placed his hand on the crystal, the warship issued a command, “Warship in unclaimed status. Please remove handprint and press again to claim...” Lan Xiaobu quickly removed his print and pressed it down once more.
“Claiming warship, scanning owner information... Recording owner information...” As the countdown ended, Lan Xiaobu knew the warship was his now.
Unless he died, it would not belong to anyone else.
“Warship claimed successfully. Please name your warship,” the voice continued.
“Let’s call it Qinling,” Lan Xiaobu almost blurted out.
“Name successful. Please give instructions,” Qinling instantly acknowledged the name.
Technological warships didn’t possess loyalty; they belonged to the one alive.
Unless it was a rare case of a warship programmed to only accept one person, in the event of that person’s death, the ship would be destroyed.
Military warships normally wouldn’t have such restrictions.
Just like Qinling, which moments ago aimed to eliminate Lan Xiaobu, now belonged to him.
Lan Xiaobu glanced at the gash outside Qinling. “Qinling, can you repair the damage outside?”
The gash had been made by his axe, and in space, only cultivators could survive on Qinling; anyone untrained would perish here.
“Can do a simple repair, but complete repair requires returning to base,” Qinling responded immediately.
“Then perform a simple repair...”
As soon as he spoke those few words, a voice call came through, “Lingluo Number 61, please respond to status...”
“No need to respond,” Lan Xiaobu said without hesitation.
He was sure Lingluo Star had already realized that Qinling’s master had changed.
Asking now would only be a pretense to discern his origins and gather clues from his responses.
Sure enough, after failing to receive a reply from Qinling, the voice stopped calling.
Lan Xiaobu asserted, “Cut and destroy all connections with Lingluo Star, shut down all external networks...”
“Command completed. Awaiting instructions.” Qinling obeyed the order in an instant.
Lan Xiaobu dispelled his invisibility.
Since Qinling was a warship from Lingluo Star, even if he had eliminated its previous master, Lingluo Star could still see its status through Qinling.
Although he had entered invisibly, they likely couldn’t discern his appearance through space scanning, at most just vague conditions.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have attempted to inquire about the situation.
As Qinling began repairs, Lan Xiaobu considered whether, once Hei Xuchen’s warship arrived, he could use the Soul Thorn to take him out, then claim Hei Xuchen’s warship as his own.
Hei Xuchen's warship would undoubtedly be the best, with technology far superior to all monitoring systems of Lingluo Star.
This meant if he obtained Hei Xuchen's warship, he could monitor Lingluo Star while they couldn’t monitor him.
However, even if he did manage to kill Hei Xuchen with the Soul Thorn, he still wouldn’t be able to claim the warship as his.
Claiming requires one's own handprint on the recognition crystal; divine thoughts couldn’t achieve this.
Knowing this made it even harder for Lan Xiaobu to let go of the thought.
Back when he hadn’t condensed a pill, if he replaced Kunlun with a Level-7 technological warship, would he have any reason to worry about not being able to escape?
“Lan Xiaobu, are you alright?” Hou Yi’s worried voice came through on the interstellar communication watch on his wrist.
“I’m fine, don’t worry. This Level-7 warship has recognized me as its master. You should engage Hei Xuchen’s warship from the side while I attract its attention up front,” Lan Xiaobu replied.
Hou Yi’s warship was a bit lower in tier, a Level-6 warship, which might not withstand Hei Xuchen's assault.
After losing Qinling, Lingluo Star indeed didn’t dispatch any more warships.
A Level-7 warship was not the same as a Level-1. Even for Lingluo Star, a Level-7 warship held immense value.
For Lingluo Star, as long as the attacks from Fuhe didn’t threaten their planetary defenses, they only needed to wait for Emperor Hei Xuchen’s return.
A lot of their offensive capabilities were under Hei Xuchen’s control; without him, they simply couldn’t engage.
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