Chapter 166 Raising Gu! Inheriting the Upgrade Progress!
"Based on the coordinates, an origin warship was discovered?"
Hearing this, Lu Jin couldn't help but chuckle, gaining a general understanding of this Origin Alliance.
Presumably, this so-called Origin Alliance was established by a group that controlled a large number of origin warships.
Its primary purpose was to distribute the ships under its command.
In other words, apart from the high-ranking members, the rest of the so-called Origin Alliance were merely fodder for the high-ranking members to upgrade.
But that's fine too; for Lu Jin, wasn't this also a juicy piece of meat?
Thus, Lu Jin obtained the method to contact the Origin Alliance from Zhou Guangfei.
Once all the intelligence was in his hands, Lu Jin looked at Zhou Guangfei again.
"You can leave with your crew."
"I'll only give you one hour."
"Anyone who remains on this ship after an hour will not be spared."
As soon as these words were spoken, the other crew members immediately reacted.
They ran directly towards the hatch without looking back!
And after Zhou Guangfei reacted, he looked at Lu Jin pleadingly.
"Can you leave me a spaceship?"
"Time is very precious."
Hearing this, Zhou Guangfei immediately understood.
He gritted his teeth, no longer daring to delay, and quickly followed the other crew members towards the hatch!
Before long, all the crew members were driven off.
"What do we do now?"
"We can only find a way to leave here!"
"Damn it! If it weren't for you, you idiot, provoking those strong individuals, how would we have fallen into this predicament?"
"Exactly! It's all your fault!"
Now that their ship had been hijacked, they were all in a helpless situation.
For a time, all the crew members vented their anger on Zhou Guangfei.
Zhou Guangfei, being a mere mortal, had no room to fight back and was directly besieged by the group of crew members.
Just as everyone was furious, another ship appeared in the sky.
Seeing this ship, everyone quickly shifted their attention.
At this moment, they were like grasping at a life-saving straw, waving at the ship in the sky.
If this ship could allow them to board, they might still save their lives.
But at this very moment, Yu Tiancang, inside the prometheus's bridge, looked at the crew members on the ground and decisively chose to activate the ship's weapon system.
"These guys should be the crew of the previous ship."
"Since that's the case, I'll be merciful and send you on your way."
"Lest you suffer torment on this planet."
Boom!
A missile went down, and all the crew members were annihilated in the flames of the explosion.
Lu Jin looked at the completely wiped-out fleet crew, merely glanced at them, and then directly commanded his crew to begin transferring the ship's supplies.
After all the ship's supplies had been transferred, Lu Jin began to dismantle the origin warship in front of him.
First was the most core area of the origin warship, the origin core of the bridge.
Lu Jin dismantled the origin core and then put it into the prometheus's origin core.
When the origin core was decomposed, Lu Jin immediately heard the familiar upgrade prompt.
"Ding, a new origin core has been detected and absorbed!"
"Ding, absorption complete. The ship's upgrade progress has increased to 90%!"
What?
Just by feeding it one origin core, the upgrade progress increased to 90%?!
This was much faster than him painstakingly devouring a large amount of ship materials!
No wonder those guys in the Origin Alliance chose to hand over origin warships to others.
Although Zhou Guangfei's origin warship didn't have high upgrade progress, it still allowed his own upgrade progress to reach 90%!
If he upgraded to a medium-sized origin warship, wouldn't devouring it allow him to directly break through and evolve into a large ship?
At this moment, the ship system in front of him again popped up a large number of system prompts.
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking'Space Warehouse', greatly increasing material storage capacity!"
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking 'Burst Engine', greatly increasing ship speed!"
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking 'Multi-functional Star Map', greatly increasing ship radar range!"
... Along with Lu Jin devouring Zhou Guangfei's ship, its upgrade progress was naturally inherited by his own ship.
Lu Jin looked at the unlocked cabins and functional equipment, his brows slightly furrowed.
How come the cabin functions Zhou Guangfei unlocked were all so useless?
Lu Jin had encountered the Space Warehouse several times before, but compared to other evolution options, he decisively abandoned it.
But here with Zhou Guangfei, this thing actually became the best item.
If Zhou Guangfei heard Lu Jin's words, he would definitely curse out loud.
The cabin functions unlocked by origin warship upgrades are determined by the materials it devours.
The materials Lu Jin fed to the prometheus were not ordinary ship materials.
Gem Fleet, Black Stone Pirates, undead ships... Because of these materials, the cabin functions unlocked by the prometheus each time were far more powerful than those of ordinary origin warships.
But Lu Jin was not aware of this.
At this moment, the ship system sounded again.
"Ding, 10 upgradeable route options have been detected. Please choose the next upgrade route!"
Hmm?
10 upgradeable routes?
At first, Lu Jin even suspected that his ears had deceived him.
When he opened the ship's upgrade panel, he found that he had indeed not misheard.
What appeared before him were 10 upgradeable route options, and each one made Lu Jin's heart pound.
"Upgrade Route One: Unlock 'Charged Stellar Furnace', Unlock Mode '1000% Super Stellar Mode'!"
"Upgrade Route Two: Unlock 'Neutron Star Laboratory', Unlock Weapon 'Neutron Star Missile'!"
"Upgrade Route Three: Unlock 'Quantum Communication Center', Unlock Recipe 'Quantum Swarm'!"
... "All good stuff!"
Looking at the 10 evolution routes before him, Lu Jin's eyes lit up.
This further solidified his desire to hunt other origin warships!
If devouring a small origin warship could yield such powerful improvements...
Then what if he devoured a medium-sized origin warship?
A large origin warship?
Or even a star-annihilation level origin warship?
Thinking of this, Lu Jin suddenly realized something about the origin warship he controlled.
If it truly reached its strongest and highest form, could it become a unique, invincible warship that could decide the outcome of battles?
Such a thought gradually emerged in Lu Jin's mind.
Finally, this thought, like a seed, took root in Lu Jin's mind and began to grow and sprout.
Perhaps this was also a path, a trump card that he could create!
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Chapter 167 SOS Signal! Corrupted Zombies!
"Perhaps it really is possible!"
Lu Jin had never thought of it before, but the appearance of the Origin Alliance now gave him hope, an opportunity!
If the entire Origin Alliance were to be devoured, and all the origin warships integrated into one!
Then, to what extent would this warship be powerful?
Although Lu Jin didn't know the upper limit of an origin warship, his gaze fell on the upgrade path before him.
He was certain that once he devoured all the origin warships of the Origin Alliance, his own warship would grow to an unimaginable extent.
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking 'Charged Stellar Furnace' and unlocking the mode '1000% Super Stellar Mode'!"
Among all the evolution paths, Lu Jin chose to unlock the Charged Stellar Furnace.
Most of the other evolution paths primarily added a new attack method to the warship.
However, the 1000% Super Stellar Mode unlocked by the Charged Stellar Furnace was a mode that could substantially boost the warship's combat power in a short period.
Now, Lu Jin had his own fleet, and the main cannon possessed the immense weapon known as Stellar Elegy.
Other weapon systems were far less practical than a direct increase in combat power!
Just as Lu Jin finalized the warship's upgrade path, the Jushen Hao Intelligent System suddenly appeared beside him.
"Captain, just 3 seconds ago, the giant god received a distress signal from this planet."
Saying this, the Jushen Hao Intelligent System displayed a star map in front of Lu Jin.
On the star map's coordinates, the distress signal originated from a canyon terrain.
Upon seeing these coordinates, Lu Jin didn't hesitate and decisively stood up.
Since this distress signal could be sent to the giant god, it meant that the entity sending the signal was most likely a Scholars of the Realism Faction from the Sun Dynasty.
Even if not, they must have an inseparable relationship with the Scholars of the Realism Faction of the Sun Dynasty.
Their main purpose for coming to this planet this time was to rescue these people.
Therefore, Lu Jin didn't delay at all.
Shelia transformed into her dragon form and directly led Lu Jin and the others towards the coordinate area.
Meanwhile, the prometheus followed closely behind, ready to quickly support Lu Jin and the others on the ground if any unexpected situations arose!
Soon, Shelia reached the sky above the canyon.
In the Life Canyon, which was a mix of flesh and ore, the smoke of civilization could vaguely be seen rising from its bottom.
Upon seeing this, Lu Jin immediately had Shelia approach the source of the rising smoke.
"It's right there!"
Combining the coordinates and the location of the smoke, Shelia immediately led everyone towards the bottom of the canyon.
But when Lu Jin arrived at the bottom of the canyon, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
Because at the source of the smoke, a simple bonfire had just been extinguished.
But it wasn't extinguished by the users themselves; it was trampled out by some creature.
Large amounts of charcoal residue were scattered chaotically on the ground.
There were even unextinguished sparks on them.
From this, it could be inferred that this group of people must have encountered an attack from wild beasts.
"It's really not easy to find them!"
The repeated beast attacks had made Lu Jin clearly feel that this planet had undergone a huge anomaly.
If they continued to stay, their lives might be threatened.
And at this moment, Lu Jin's keen hearing picked up a wail.
Not only Lu Jin, but Yin Yue and the others also heard the sound.
Everyone immediately followed the sound forward, and before long, they finally saw a figure.
Linglong was even more excited when she saw that figure.
Because the person in front of her had the characteristics of the People of the Sun Dynasty, clearly one of her kind!
But just as Linglong was about to approach, Lu Jin directly pulled her back.
"Wait, don't come over!"
Before Lu Jin could speak, the person opposite him proactively told everyone not to approach him.
And at this time, everyone also realized.
The body of this People of the Sun Dynasty in front of them was already occupied by a viscous, slime-like creature.
This mass of slime had already devoured half of his body, and it was still approaching his head at an astonishing speed.
Seeing this scene, everyone frowned slightly.
Because even they had never seen such a bizarre creature!
Upon seeing this, Linglong couldn't help but look at Lu Jin for help; this was the first of her kind she had encountered with such difficulty.
"He's beyond saving. If I'm not mistaken, the creature on him is something called Corrupting Spores."
"Once infected by these spores, the organism will gradually be parasitized by them, eventually becoming something called a 'Corrupted Zombie'!"
"And after an organism turns into a Corrupted Zombie, it will be controlled by the spores to continue spreading Corrupting Spores!"
Lu Jin never expected that he had already encountered the Void Zerg, Subspace Demon, and Blood Clan True Ancestor, three of the four most terrifying races of the Assimilation War.
He had originally thought he would only encounter Corrupted Zombies when the Assimilation War broke out.
But by a twist of fate, he actually encountered these guys on this life-bearing planet!
"If you have anything to say, just tell us."
"Based on the activity level of the spores on you, you have less than 10 minutes before you turn into a Corrupted Zombie."
Upon hearing Lu Jin's words, the People of the Sun Dynasty opposite him looked up at the sky as if resigned to his fate.
So, he only had 10 minutes left to live.
But thankfully, he saw other members of his kind before he died.
And his own kind seemed to be doing quite well!
This also meant that their civilization's'Spark of Civilization' plan had not failed.
"My name is Casaro, a member of the Scholars of the Realism Faction of the Sun Dynasty. I once participated in the construction of three large engineering vessels: the 'giant god', 'Zhenshan Hao', and 'Arcane Hao'!"
"After the'Spark of Civilization' plan was implemented, I was assigned to Exploration Team 231 to conduct research on various planets."
"On this planet, we discovered special spores. We originally wanted to tame and utilize these spores, which possessed infinite vitality."
"But ultimately, we failed. These spores are a disaster; we personally unleashed the disaster..."
As if he had already realized his time was running out.
The People of the Sun Dynasty in front of him told Lu Jin everything he knew.
And after listening to his narration, Lu Jin's expression also gradually became solemn.
According to the other party's description, the reason he was targeted by the Corrupting Spores was that many creatures on this planet had already become corrupted creatures.
They were targeted by corrupted creatures and then infected with Corrupting Spores!
"Besides you, how many survivors are there?"
"There are still..."
Just as the other party was about to reveal the number of survivors, the Corrupting Spores on his body suddenly became highly active.
In an instant, the Corrupting Spores transformed into a gaping maw, directly devouring the entire body of this People of the Sun Dynasty!
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Chapter 168 Survivors! Leave!
Seeing this, Lu Jin quickly retreated several steps.
The others, seeing this, also quickly became alert!
Because they had just heard Lu Jin say that once Corrupting Spores completely devoured a creature, that creature would become a corrupted being driven by the spores.
If targeted by a corrupted being, one could easily be infected with Corrupting Spores if not careful.
"Shelia, use Psionic Dragon Breath to burn this entire area clean!"
"Although Corrupting Spores spread extremely fast, they are not without a natural enemy!"
"As long as high-temperature weapons are used to incinerate them, they can be completely annihilated!"
"Understood!"
Shelia unhesitatingly exhaled a breath of Psionic Dragon Breath.
Before the Corrupting Spores could react, the high-temperature dragon flame swiftly incinerated them into ash.
But even so, Lu Jin still did not relax his vigilance.
Among the main races in the Assimilation War, although Corrupting Spores were the weakest in terms of individual strength, they were absolutely the most numerous!
A single corrupted zombie hosted billions of spores!
While these spores had fragile lifespans, their sheer numbers were overwhelming!
On the battlefield, a moment of carelessness could lead to an attack by Corrupting Spores, which is why during the Assimilation War, wherever corrupted beings appeared...
After the war, that area would inevitably become a scorched earth!
Similarly, Lu Jin was no exception now.
After incinerating all the Corrupting Spores in front of him, Lu Jin even had Shelia use Psionic Dragon Breath to burn the entire surrounding area.
Only after confirming there were no remaining Corrupting Spores did Lu Jin dare to proceed.
Not long after advancing, Lu Jin heard a cacophony of voices from ahead.
"I've really had enough. If he hadn't brought that monster back to the outpost, would we be in this state now?"
"Stop arguing. What's the use of saying all this now? The most urgent task is to go to the next outpost and see if there's a spaceship that can leave this planet."
"The next outpost? Most of our outposts have already lost signal. This must be because those monsters have discovered our intentions."
"We're doomed. We are now destined to become hosts for those monsters!"
Around a bonfire, several People of the Sun Dynasty were arguing fiercely.
The series of accidents they had encountered in recent days had pushed their spirits to the brink of collapse.
Now, only they remained of the entire squad.
Under the threat of death, no one could remain calm.
But just as they were arguing, Lu Jin and his companions appeared in their line of sight!
Lu Jin's appearance instantly made them wary.
But then, they saw Linglong, and they saw their own people.
Linglong's presence quickly calmed these People of the Sun Dynasty.
"Who are you?"
"We received a distress signal and came to save you."
Lu Jin briefly explained the situation to the people in front of him.
When they heard that Lu Jin was the current owner of the giant god, their eyes instantly lit up.
Because among the several large engineering vessels they had built, only the giant god was now controlled by Lu Jin.
After all, the conditions for inheriting each engineering vessel were the same.
That was to melt the body of a Night Necromancer into metal and inject it into the altar.
In the vast star sea, how many dared to oppose a Night Necromancer?
They had originally given up hope on this Civilization Tinder Project, but Lu Jin's appearance undoubtedly gave them new hope!
"So, you really did eliminate quite a few Night Necromancers?"
"The Captain annihilated a Night Necromancer fleet led by a Count!"
Before Lu Jin could speak, Linglong was the first to recount Lu Jin's various glorious achievements.
If these words had come from someone else, these scholars might have been suspicious.
But these words came from Linglong's mouth, and as fellow People of the Sun Dynasty.
And Linglong had escaped from the Night Necromancer's enslavement; no one hated the Night Necromancer more than she did.
After confirming their friendly status, an elder from the Sun Dynasty, who was the leader, stepped forward.
"Great Captain, thank you for saving us!"
"Hong Yin, a scholar of the Sun Dynasty, expresses his highest respect to you."
Before the other party could finish speaking, Lu Jin directly cut off his pleasantries.
This was not the time for them to chat.
This planet was now occupied by Corrupting Spores, and for every minute they stayed on the planet's surface, the probability of being parasitized increased.
Therefore, Lu Jin stated that their most urgent task now was to quickly board his ship!
"Besides you, there are no other survivors, right?"
"Only us!"
"If that's the case, then let's leave here quickly!"
As soon as his voice fell, the ground began to tremble again.
Roar!
Accompanied by a beast's roar, a tyrannosaurus covered in Corrupting Spores suddenly appeared around the bend of a nearby canyon!
That corrupted tyrannosaurus swiftly fixed its gaze on Lu Jin and the others after seeing them!
Immediately after, the corrupted tyrannosaurus charged straight towards them!
During its charge, clusters of Corrupting Spores occasionally fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Lu Jin snorted coldly and activated his psionic energy!
The flames in the bonfire, empowered by psionic energy, swiftly surged upwards, transforming into a scorching wall of fire!
Lu Jin manipulated the wall of fire, directly enveloping the corrupted tyrannosaurus in front of him.
The corrupted tyrannosaurus was engulfed by the flames and was instantly incinerated into ash!
The clusters of Corrupting Spores scattered on the ground, seeing this, quickly dispersed, breaking into smaller units and merging into the ground.
The main body of Corrupting Spores is extremely small, making them difficult to detect with the naked eye when mixed with dust.
But Lu Jin didn't care in the slightest, directly releasing a large amount of psionic energy!
Terrifying flames instantly engulfed the entire canyon land!
Seeing this, the People of the Sun Dynasty couldn't help but widen their eyes; Lu Jin's methods for dealing with these corrupted beings were even more skillful than theirs!
And just then, the prometheus also arrived above the canyon.
Lu Jin and the others quickly boarded the ship.
Once on the ship, Lu Jin even directly ordered everyone to undergo a disinfection check, giving the Corrupting Spores no opportunity to infiltrate.
But just then, in the jungle not far from the ship, a corrupted flying bird flew straight towards the prometheus.
Seeing this, Lu Jin directly activated the missile weapon system!
Boom!
The missile hit the corrupted flying bird, and the explosive fire instantly engulfed it.
But just then, a series of attacks began to appear, and Lu Jin couldn't help but frown slightly.
"It seems these corrupted beings don't want to let us leave so easily!"
"Yu Tiancang, activate all weapon systems and gather all ships from orbital positions!"
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Chapter 169 The Sky Burns! A 1000% Star Elegy!
"Gather all ships from orbit?"
Upon hearing Lu Jin's command, Yu Tiancang was momentarily puzzled.
In his opinion, the creatures attacking the ships were merely indigenous life forms of this planet.
Wouldn't the weapon systems carried by their own ships be enough to deal with these indigenous creatures?
Was it really necessary to bring the entire fleet over?
But facing Lu Jin's order, Yu Tiancang merely felt a slight wonder in his heart, without a trace of hesitation in his actions.
Soon, the sun whale-class battleship, as well as the sarcophagus of silence and the giant god, all gathered from the planet's orbit.
And the Scholars of the Realism Faction inside the ships, upon seeing the sun whale-class battleship, even had tears welling up in their eyes.
They never expected that in their lifetime, they would still be able to see the sun whale-class battleship and the titan engineering ship, these two vessels!
After all the ships were in position, the Corrupting Spores on the ground seemed to sense the impending danger.
Large numbers of Corrupting Spores broke up into smaller units and directly hid in the rock crevices of the planet.
The creatures' will to survive told them that they must hide now.
But how could Lu Jin let them off so easily!
"All ships, heed my command: immediately bombard the surface of this planet."
"All weapons, all ammunition, unleash them all!"
Initiate carpet bombing?
The Star Sea Cowboy, sitting inside the ship, couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat from his brow after hearing Lu Jin's command.
Fortunately, he had chosen to take a side early, siding with Lu Jin.
When boarding the ship, Lu Jin had already instructed him to notify the Star Sea Cowboys who were still on the ground.
If they hadn't left by now, they would likely face only one outcome: death.
The captains of the many ships did not hesitate, decisively choosing to carry out Lu Jin's command.
A large number of ship weapons were activated, and countless laser missiles rained down on the planet's surface.
The massive shockwave generated by the explosions directly blasted all the Corrupting Spores hidden in the dark into the open.
Before those Corrupting Spores could hide again, the second round of attacks followed closely, directly eliminating all exposed Corrupting Spores.
These Corrupting Spores still wanted to escape; countless Corrupting Spores gathered together, forming a wave.
Seeing the wave of spores appearing on the planet's surface, everyone's eyes were filled with horror.
"What in the world is this thing?"
"The number of Corrupting Spores has reached such a terrifying extent?"
"Fortunately, we didn't stay on that planet for too long; this number is simply too terrifying!"
"Keep bombing quickly; we absolutely cannot let these Corrupting Spores remain in this world!"
When everyone saw such a terrifying number of Corrupting Spores, their attacks no longer held back.
Although the Corrupting Spores' intelligence was not high, they quickly realized that the fleet in the sky was completely targeting them!
The will to survive ignited a sense of anger in the Corrupting Spores!
Numerous Corrupting Spores condensed into a giant, and with a wave of the giant's hand, cannonball-like spore clusters directly attacked the ships.
Seeing this, the many ships quickly ascended, not giving these spores a chance to attach to them.
But these Corrupting Spore clusters actually transformed into flying birds in mid-air.
Large numbers of Corrupting Birds attacked the ship shields, fearless of the energy erosion from the shields, consuming the ships' energy without regard for their own lives!
However, Lu Jin seemed to have anticipated this, having already ascended the ships into outer space.
Looking down from outer space, countless Corrupting Spores appeared like an anomaly on this planet, clearly visible even from space.
But standing here, one could also more directly perceive the terrifying numbers and reproductive capabilities of these Corrupting Spores!
"The number of these Corrupting Spores is truly vast; even the Void Swarm seems exceptionally small in comparison to them."
Looking at the army of Corrupting Spores below, Yun Mengyan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Even she, having experienced many battles, couldn't help but be awed by the astonishing number of Corrupting Spores before her.
If the Sleepers were to face these Corrupting Spores, could they win?
This question emerged in Yun Mengyan's mind!
She also gradually realized that after entering the Endless Star Sea, more and more powerful enemies began to appear.
If she continued to be complacent, she feared she wouldn't be able to keep up with Lu Jin's pace.
At this moment, Lu Jin's gaze fell upon the charging progress of the Stellar Elegy.
Now, the charging speed of the Stellar Elegy was incomparable to before.
In just one hour, the Stellar Elegy's charging speed had already reached 100%.
But that was not enough!
Lu Jin wanted to destroy this planet, to nip all the Corrupting Spores in the bud.
Corrupting Spores do not possess interstellar travel capabilities; they can only parasitize other creatures to perform interstellar travel.
Therefore, as long as all the Corrupting Spores on this planet are annihilated,
Perhaps, one of the terrifying races of the Assimilation War could disappear forever!
"Activate the charged Stellar Furnace!"
"Just right, let these Corrupting Spores try."
"What terrifying power the Stellar Elegy possesses in its Superstellar Mode!"
The charged Stellar Furnace began to operate, and a pure and astonishing energy instantly permeated all the equipment of the entire ship.
The main cannon, Stellar Elegy, glowed even brighter at its muzzle as the furnace energy poured in.
At this moment, the entire ship began to shake.
This was because the energy of the main cannon, Stellar Elegy, had reached an extremely astonishing level.
If charging continued, there was a risk of the barrel exploding.
Lu Jin couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat; this Superstellar Mode was actually so powerful?
"All ships, retreat immediately!"
The Stellar Elegy had reached a point where it had to be fired.
To avoid accidentally harming his own people, Lu Jin immediately ordered all ships to begin evacuating the planet's surface.
All ships immediately obeyed and swiftly evacuated the living planet.
The moment the last ship evacuated, Lu Jin directly pressed the launch button.
Immediately after, a beam of light as dazzling as the sun directly struck the surface of the living planet.
Boom!
A massive energy wave began to spread from the beam's impact point.
A terrifying wave of energy swept across the entire planet's surface until the waves collided on the opposite side of the planet.
The entire living planet instantly erupted with an extremely strong energy shockwave.
This energy shockwave was so powerful that even ships in outer space could clearly detect it.
The beam dissipated!
The main cannon of the Stellar Elegy re-entered its cooling state.
And everyone's gaze, at this moment, was completely drawn to the living planet bombarded by the Stellar Elegy.
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Chapter 170 holds a secret! The Celestial Leviathan!
The green planet, once a symbol of vibrant life, now had its surface turned into scorched earth.
Black scorched earth, with flames still not completely extinguished on the ground.
The entire planet was now enveloped in an aura of destruction and despair!
But this was not the end. In the area bombarded by the Stellar Elegy, a massive crater led directly to the planet's core.
The planet's internal core had shattered, and a large amount of energy exploded within.
The entire planet was instantly torn apart, and the immense energy shockwaves contained within caused the Endless Star Sea to experience a second energy impact.
After all the energy shockwaves dissipated, what came into view was a sphere composed of countless planetary fragments.
These scattered fragments would one day in the future reaggregate to form a small celestial body.
But even so, having lost its internal planetary core, even if it re-coalesced, it would only be a worthless dead planet.
Lu Jin, sitting on the bridge, looked at the now shattered life planet and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He had already gone to such lengths; those Corrupting Spores should have been completely eliminated by now.
However, to be safe, Lu Jin decided to scan the planet to a certain extent.
Lu Jin dared not relax his vigilance in the slightest when dealing with a troublesome disaster-level organism like the Corrupting Spores.
"The fleet will remain here for 12 hours. During this time, scan the celestial body data. We must completely eradicate the Corrupting Spores on this planet!"
Stay for 12 hours, continue scanning the celestial body?
Yu Tiancang heard Lu Jin treat a creature with such seriousness for the first time.
He did not know the horrors of the Corrupting Spores.
However, Yinyue and others profoundly understood the horrors of the Corrupting Spores.
Therefore, when faced with the command issued by Lu Jin, they immediately accepted without any hesitation.
Lu Jin then proceeded to educate Yu Tiancang and the others about the existence of the Corrupting Spores.
After learning about the characteristics of the Corrupting Spores, Yu Tiancang couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.
"There are such terrifying creatures in the Endless Star Sea?"
"Such capabilities are even more terrifying than the Void Zerg from before!"
"The strength of the Void Zerg lies in their powerful evolution and reproductive capabilities."
"And the horror of the Corrupting Spores lies in their terrifying numbers and their hard-to-detect size."
After a series of educational briefings, the fleet's crew dared not be negligent in the slightest.
While scanning the celestial body, they also conducted scans and inspections of their own vessels, absolutely ensuring that the Corrupting Spores would not have any opportunity.
Just then, Lu Jin received a message from one of the ships.
"Report! We have discovered an unknown biological fragment within one of the celestial bodies!"
Fragments of an unknown organism?
Seeing this message, Lu Jin couldn't help but become interested.
So, Lu Jin decisively went to the ship that discovered the unknown biological fragment.
Upon arriving in the ship's cabin, several crew members were already present, all wearing protective suits.
The leading crew member was a Sleeper, who was using various instruments to scan and test the chunk of flesh before him.
Seeing Lu Jin arrive, the numerous crew members immediately shifted their gaze to Lu Jin.
"Reporting, Captain, we found this unknown biological fragment within a celestial body fragment."
"We tested the celestial body fragment and this unknown biological fragment that were discovered at the time, confirming that no Corrupting Spores were present on them."
"After our preliminary tests, the unknown biological fragment before us is carbon-based life."
"And the test results of the celestial body fragment show that it is a fragment from the inner core region of the planet."
"Therefore, we infer that this organism is a carbon-based life form that lives in the geocentric region of the life planet!"
Lu Jin came before this unknown biological fragment. From its appearance, it was the flesh and skin tissue of an unknown organism.
The outer side had a scale structure. Lu Jin tested it and found that the scales contained a large amount of incompletely developed keratinous material.
As for the flesh part, based on the muscle fibers and cell structure, the approximate size of this creature could be inferred.
Subsequently, the Sleeper used the Think Tank computer system installed within the ship to quickly construct a biological model.
Based on the biological model, it was inferred that the size of this creature had reached an extremely colossal extent.
Its size could even be compared to the Void Zerg "Devouring Insect" recorded in the Think Tank.
"A celestial body-level organism, with scale structures, surviving within a life planet."
Lu Jin's eyes narrowed slightly, and the name of a creature immediately appeared in his mind.
Celestial Leviathan Beast!
An extremely rare and immensely powerful giant monster.
An adult Leviathan Beast can even devour all the celestial bodies of an entire galaxy in a short period.
However, the reproduction of these giant beasts is extremely difficult because the egg of a Celestial Leviathan Beast is a planet.
And to provide nutrition to the young, these planets often possess vast life energy.
Therefore, these eggs are often targeted by various civilizations, becoming mines for them to exploit.
With the exploitation of the mines, the life energy is depleted, and the young of the Celestial Leviathan would directly die in the womb.
Evidently, the fragment of this unknown life form before him was a corpse fragment of a young Celestial Leviathan.
After layers of comparison by the Think Tank computer, the results were clearly displayed before everyone.
"DNA comparison complete. The probability of this organism being a Celestial Leviathan is 99.999%."
Indeed!
Lu Jin felt a wave of relief at this moment!
It was a good thing he discovered the existence of the Corrupting Spores in advance!
If the Corrupting Spores had truly devoured the entire planet, they would undoubtedly have discovered the existence of the Celestial Leviathan.
And for the Corrupting Spores to leave this planet, they would certainly try to hatch the Celestial Leviathan.
At that time, the Celestial Leviathan would most likely become the source for spreading the Corrupting Spores.
It was a pity that all plans had now been ruined by Lu Jin's single cannon shot.
Now, Lu Jin had instead obtained the DNA genes of the Celestial Leviathan.
This meant that as long as Lu Jin accumulated enough bio-agents, he could create his own army of Leviathan Beasts!
"In the remaining time, collect as many fragments of the Celestial Leviathan as possible!"
"Of course, while collecting biological fragments, do not forget our original mission!"
Understood!
After assigning the additional task, Lu Jin was in a great mood.
And at this moment, another message followed closely behind!
That was, after Linglong's persuasion, those Scholars of the Realism Faction from the Sun Dynasty also expressed their willingness to pledge allegiance to Lu Jin.
Their condition was simple: Lu Jin only needed to preserve their Sun Dynasty lineage when establishing the planetary civilization.