Chapter 00102: How Do You Feel About the Outcome
# How Do You Feel About the Outcome
Chapter 102
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 102: How Do You Feel About the Outcome
Outside of the Jade Spring Star, countless battleships were pouring forth beams of colorful light towards the planet.
Meanwhile, the defenses of Jade Spring Star unleashed a barrage of dense magnetic light, preventing the foreign ships from getting too close.
Such attacks effectively diminished the enemy's offensive power.
Faced with a fleet of seven-level battleships, Jade Spring Star dared not venture out to engage.
Victories in such battles relied not on sheer numbers but on the might of their ships.
The most formidable capability of Jade Spring Star was its Starfield Resonance Wave, a technique that could instantly disintegrate everything within its resonant range, including battleships.
However, this posed limited threat to the seven-level ships.
Among the fleet, one silvery battle disk did not engage in combat.
Surrounding it were four battleships in protective formation, indicating it was the main war disk.
The owner of this silvery disk was none other than Heixu Chen, the Emperor of the Qiongyue Empire and the foremost figure of the Zero Luo Star, a level-seven technological civilization.
Heixu Chen was tall and had a piercing gaze.
At this moment, however, his expression was less than pleased.
After a month of relentless attacks with hundreds of ships against just a level-six technological civilization, the defense had not been breached, a clear slap to his face.
"Your Majesty, the planetary defense net of Jade Spring Star is no ordinary technology. It's even stronger than that of our Zero Luo Star. The one who masterminded their planetary defenses escaped from Li Star and once collaborated with Wu Jiu. Their Starfield Resonance Wave has limited effectiveness when deployed from battleships, but this planetary defense net poses a significant threat to us. Even as a fleet of seven-level ships, we cannot approach too closely," a fair-skinned man beside him quietly explained.
The defense of Jade Spring Star was not only powerful but also employed various energy interference tactics.
Being on foreign grounds, they were disrupted countless times just to land a strike on Jade Spring Star.
Coupled with counterattacks from inside the star, they could not breach its defenses in the short term.
Heixu Chen frowned.
"Wu Jiu? The one who made the Cauldron Bomb?"
"Indeed. However, Jade Spring Star has limited resources of Boundary Stone and won't last many days..."
The pale man barely finished speaking when the hazy silhouette of Jade Spring Star appeared on the main screen ahead of the main war disk.
Heixu Chen burst into laughter.
"So what if it's a turtle shell? We can still shatter it! Once we break Jade Spring Star, we will annihilate this planet thoroughly."
Seeing the hazy silhouette meant that the planetary defense was developing cracks.
Excitement filled the room; after over a month of continuous assaults, results were finally coming to fruition.
They had never faced such difficulty in attacking a planet before.
They had already lost over ten seven-level battleships, and had they sent in ships below level seven, the losses would have been astronomical.
Suddenly, the warning lights on the main disk began to flash intensely, startling everyone as Heixu Chen rushed to the console.
“Zero Luo Star is under attack from foreign battleships—Zero Luo Star is under attack!” The alarm echoed across the main disk, rendering everyone speechless.
Who dared to attack Zero Luo Star?
Heixu Chen's face twisted with fury, and he grit his teeth, “Who dares to attack my Zero Luo Star? If I, Heixu Chen, do not turn their planet into powder, I am unworthy to be the Emperor of a level-seven technological civilization!”
“Report to Your Majesty: Zero Luo Star is under attack by foreign battleships. The number is currently unclear; we only have a visual on one six-level disk, while the rest may be cloaked. Ship Zero Luo 61 has gone to investigate and has lost contact. Do we engage, Your Majesty?”
The information relayed through Heixu Chen's main war disk was clear to everyone.
“Defend Zero Luo Star! I will return at once.” Heixu Chen cast a reluctant glance at the hazy Jade Spring Star on the screen, gritting his teeth.
At this moment, Heixu Chen felt as if he had finally secured a date with a long-cherished beauty, only for someone to interrupt just as she began to undress, leaving him exasperated.
“Retreat! Return to Zero Luo Star!” He issued the command, and in an instant, hundreds of battleships fled.
……
The command center of Jade Spring Star was stunned.
Just as it seemed they would breach the defenses, the opponent retreated.
Were they giving them time to repair their planetary defenses before attacking again?
Finally, Hou Hongce, who had been red-eyed in the command center, let out a breath of relief before angrily exclaiming, “That beast Hou Yi brought such trouble to Jade Spring Star. I will not let him off in the future!”
Hou Hongce was short of stature, with a short beard, yet he was the ruler of the Qiongyue Empire of Jade Spring Star.
However, no one replied to his words at that moment, as Hou Hongce's rise was not honorable, while Hou Yi was the true heir of the Qiongyue Empire.
Moreover, Jade Spring Star was not entirely safe.
Although it was unsure why the fleet of Zero Luo Star would withdraw just as they were about to breach the planetary defense net, it was certain that they would return.
The energy source remaining for the planetary defense, the Boundary Stone, was running low, and if the Zero Luo fleet came again, disaster would surely follow.
Some residents of Jade Spring Star were already considering whether to take the opportunity to leave.
“小布，黑须尘已经来了，你小心。” The voice of Hou Yi came through the communication watch, his tone evidently tense.
“Don’t worry, and stop sending me messages,” Lan Xiaobu replied, shutting off the interstellar communication device directly.
He was concerned that messages from Hou Yi might be intercepted.
After all, his communication device was from the True Promise Star, and it was quite normal for someone to catch signals from a mere level-two civilization.
At this moment, Lan Xiaobu had already left the seven-level disk Qinling with the controller.
He set out to see if he could convince Heixu Chen to open the war disk’s hatch for him to enter.
Under Lan Xiaobu's command, Qinling waited patiently, while he concealed himself in the starry void.
Generally, seven-level battleships would not approach too closely for fear of a mutual destruction.
Hence, Lan Xiaobu had carefully calculated a distance to wait ahead of Qinling.
As long as Qinling pressed forward, Heixu Chen’s ships would be compelled to stop at a certain distance.
Lan Xiaobu did not have to wait long; mere half an hour after receiving Hou Yi's message, he spotted the approaching fleet.
The fleet clearly noticed Qinling and slowed down, while Qinling charged straight into the community of Heixu Chen’s battleships.
“Immediate halt! Otherwise, we will attack!” Heixu Chen's fleet warned as they noticed Qinling.
However, since Qinling was originally Zero Luo 61, Heixu Chen had yet to give the order to attack.
Qinling did not stop, continuing its advance.
As Lan Xiaobu predicted, as long as Qinling kept moving, the enemy would inevitably halt.
Indeed, Heixu Chen’s fleet came to a stop, and several ships simultaneously launched rays towards Qinling.
At that moment, they also noticed Hou Yi’s Fuhe ship approaching at a slower pace.
Heixu Chen snorted coldly. “Send two ships to lock onto that slowly approaching six-level disk.”
The moment Heixu Chen's fleet came to a stop, Lan Xiaobu was overjoyed.
Though the distance differed slightly from his calculations, it was not far off.
With just a little more movement, he could cover the main war disk with his divine sense.
As Lan Xiaobu moved, nearly all the ships spotted him, yet no one paid him any mind.
In an invisibility state, Lan Xiaobu merely appeared as a meteorite on the monitoring screens of the war disk.
These meteors, as long as they approached at a particular speed, would cause the war disk to avoid them.
In the event they could not evade, the disk would automatically attack and shatter the meteor into fragments.
Though Lan Xiaobu found himself amid the threat range of a potential attack, the war disk assessed that he would not collide with it, as the velocity he had was insufficient; thus, they ignored him completely.
In the vast starry sky, countless battle disks were destroyed daily, and countless planets disintegrated.
With meteorites the size of Lan Xiaobu, they were far too numerous; if everyone were to monitor them, it would be an exhausting task.
Now, Qinling had already unleashed its full barrage, and Heixu Chen’s ships emitted an array of colorful beams that struck Qinling.
With merely seconds of support, Qinling was reduced to fragments.
Lan Xiaobu’s divine sense had already covered Heixu Chen’s main war disk.
According to his previous discussions with Hou Yi about their strategy, he was now poised to unleash an attack on Heixu Chen’s disk.
However, Lan Xiaobu was unsure whether this plan would come to fruition; Heixu Chen’s disk was undoubtedly extraordinary, and his attack might not even reach their target before the disk retaliated.
At this moment, his physical body was weak; he'd merely tempered his skin recently.
As Qinling disintegrated, Lan Xiaobu did not wait for Heixu Chen to issue another attack order.
His Soul Thorn struck deep into Heixu Chen's soul.
Heixu Chen let out a shrill scream, rolling on the ground in agony.
Lan Xiaobu continuously tugged at Heixu Chen's soul but maintained control, aware that Heixu Chen could not die—not now.
“Your Majesty…” Those few shields who had been protecting Heixu Chen alongside his advisors were now in a panic.
If anything happened to Heixu Chen, they would be doomed too.
Heixu Chen struggled to rise, but the terrible tearing sensation seized him once more, descending deep into his soul.
A sudden voice echoed in Heixu Chen's mind, “Emperor Qiongyue, this is a brainwave attack we've recently developed. It can easily render you helpless and inflict unspeakable agony. How do you feel about its effect? If you're pleased, give the order to cease fire on our disk immediately; otherwise, in the next moment, you might not stand here whole—you’ll go mad.”
“What do you want...” Heixu Chen nearly roared in response.
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