aircannonsinc Chapter 22 SOS Signal
Chapter 22 SOS Signal
Chapter 22 Distress Signals (2000)
"Our target is the Ash War Zone, about 100,000 light-years away from Barracks 9. It's a supercontinent with a diameter of nearly 1 light-year." Nina projected an image: a huge floating landmass surrounded by countless smaller continents.
"Of course, we're definitely not going to the main continent. There are countless smaller continents around it, and we only need to fight on those smaller continents."
"Don't worry!" Yin walked over and patted Lu Xing on the shoulder. "Our team has been exploring there for thousands of years, and we've fought countless battles, big and small."
"Hmm." Nina nodded. "Considering that this is the first battle on the planet, we will proceed to land number 4-867 as planned, where there is no event for bestowing titles and immortality."
"Let's get to know each other better over time before considering going to more dangerous areas."
"Um."
The others nodded in agreement.
The spaceship shuttled through piles of ruins. Once outside the barracks, battles could break out at any moment, so even inside the spaceship, one could sense energy fluctuations coming from afar.
Nina and the others were on edge, ready to fight at any moment.
"That's how the battlefield is," Bloom said. "You need to adapt to this atmosphere as quickly as possible."
"Yes." Blair nodded. "These ruins outside might suddenly be sprung up by alien races. I remember the most dangerous time was when we were ambushed by an immortal of the mechanical race. Fortunately, that immortal had just gone through a great battle, and his million-strong mechanical army was almost wiped out. In the end, we killed him instead."
"Mhm." Lu Xing naturally knew that the mechanical race was the only race that could rival the human race in technology. Their detectors were generally much more advanced than those of immortals, making them very easy targets for ambushes.
"Beep, the spaceship has entered the void region and has begun its dark universe traversal."
"3…2…1"
"Rip!"
"Entering the dark universe, the spaceship is beginning to accelerate," the intelligent system notification sounded.
"Alright, now you can relax a bit," Nina said. "The spaceship isn't moving fast; we'll be traveling through the dark universe for nine years."
The probability of being ambushed in the Dark Universe is extremely low, at least it won't happen here. To be able to move around in the Dark Universe with a physical body, one must at least be immortal. Of course, some races with extremely powerful physical bodies, or those with high genetic levels, can also achieve the status of a World Lord traversing the Dark Universe.
Just like Lu Xing now, if he is no match for the immortals, he can accelerate to the speed of light and enter the dark universe. Every tiny deviation in the dark universe will be magnified ten thousand times when placed outside, greatly increasing the probability of escape.
"By the way, Lu Xing, what is your military merit quota?" Yin asked.
It's easy to see that she's the most talkative in the whole team, Lin Feng is rather taciturn, the two brothers, Blair and Bronn, are relatively normal, and Captain Nina has the authority that comes with being a captain.
"It's 5 million!" Lu Xing said.
For a moment, the others showed a hint of surprise, but quickly returned to normal.
"That's normal. You can fight on par with the captain. Giving you the highest limit of 10 billion wouldn't be unreasonable," Blair said.
"Generally, the World Lord War Generals who can rival Immortals have a maximum quota of 10 billion. It seems you've been hiding something in the virtual universe," Nina joked.
Lu Xing shook his head. "I don't know either. Anyway, the military system gave me a quota of 500 million."
Although the virtual universe did not expose 10 times the genes, the power of the secret technique was indeed real. As for why it wasn't 10 billion, he himself didn't know. Who knows how the virtual universe system assessed it?
"Alright, alright, Linfeng, take this opportunity to distribute the potions to everyone," Nina said, turning to the side.
Lin Feng nodded, and stretched his right hand to the table, whereupon eight bottles of colored potions and two bottles of gold potions appeared.
"Take it yourself."
Nina's potion was naturally golden, while the other realm lords' were naturally multicolored; each received two bottles, enough to sustain them through a battle.
"Oh, right!" Nina put the potion into her world ring and then said, "The potion isn't free; each bottle costs 1 unit of Chaos Energy. I'll transfer it to Lin Feng later."
These words were clearly directed at Lu Xing, and the other team members must have known.
Lu Xing nodded. A potion that allows a realm lord to briefly rival an immortal with only one unit of Hunyuan and has extremely low side effects is definitely at cost price.
Just as he was about to transfer the money, Lin Feng spoke up, "Consider this a gift from me for the first time. Two bottles of potion aren't worth much."
Lu Xing felt a little embarrassed, since the selling price would definitely be more than that.
"It's nothing!" Yin noticed his embarrassment. "Lin Feng is rich, much richer than the captain. Two Mixed Yuan Units are nothing to him."
Lu Xing could only nod, thinking to himself, "At worst, I'll just repay the favor."
"Alright, everyone go relax in the virtual universe."
"Uh-huh."……
After leaving the dark universe, the spaceship traveled at sub-light speed for several months before finally arriving at the Ash War Zone, also known as the Ash Continent.
"Here we go again!" Lin exclaimed, looking at the giant floating continent in front of him.
"What do you mean 'again'?" Nina retorted. "Last time we went to the Northern Continent, this time it's the South. This is clearly our first time in the South, okay?"
"That was back in the Ash Continent," Yin continued.
Changing positions after each battle is almost the norm, in order to avoid being ambushed by alien races.
Lu Xing and the others followed behind. He was a new recruit, so it was better for him to stay with them.
The Ash Continent, its land resembling ashes from a fire, exudes an aura of utter desolation. It is the cradle of the Shake race, a cosmic race.
Of course, they were no match for the major powerful clans, and in the end, only this one continent remained as a battlefield.
"Land 4-867 has a diameter of hundreds of billions of kilometers. Although there are no immortal beings at the Marquis level, it is still of mid-level among small landmasses. There are also several elite alien teams operating here. We must be careful," Nina warned.
"Understood." The group perked up. Once on land, it wouldn't be suitable to pilot a spaceship, as it would be too conspicuous. Therefore, they would rely on their own bodies to fly.
"Let's go to the southwest corner first. There are many human alliance teams there; it's practically their base."
Nina led the way, quickly flying southwest.
……
"Beep! A distress signal has been received from 90 million kilometers away." A message was simultaneously transmitted to everyone.
The Human Alliance possesses a virtual universe, and in the event of an insurmountable danger, it can send a distress signal to all its allies within a diameter of billions of kilometers.
"Captain, are we going or not?" Blair asked immediately.
"Let's go over and check the situation first. There are quite a few allies nearby, so we shouldn't be the only ones who received the signal." After a moment of silence, Nina made the decision.
This is also the safest approach. They will definitely prioritize their own safety before seeking help. If they find the alien race too strong, they will leave without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)