Chapter 256 Inviting a Wolf into the House! Unknown Fears!
Seeing Lu Jin pull out a very unfamiliar revolver, both Yinyue and Shelia's gazes fell upon the firearm.
It was a weapon they had never seen before, and Lu Jin had not worn this revolver previously.
Was it a trophy brought out from the Ship Graveyard?
Thinking of this, Yinyue and Shelia said nothing more.
Because they were very aware of how dangerous the interior of that Ship Graveyard truly was.
Any item existing in such a dangerous environment would certainly not be ordinary.
Yu Tiancang, on the other hand, was unaware of the situation in the Ship Graveyard. When his gaze fell on Lu Jin's sidearm, he immediately recognized the type of firearm.
"A revolver? When did you get such an antique weapon?"
"This gun is probably older than me."
Lu Jin took out a karma bullet and loaded it into the revolver.
Seeing Lu Jin's actions, Yu Tiancang looked puzzled.
What was Lu Jin trying to do?
Could it be that he planned to use this revolver to take down Wild Thomas on the other side?
What a joke!
In Yu Tiancang's eyes, this revolver was practically an antique.
It was at this moment that the starship's communication channel received a signal from the opposing fleet.
Yu Tiancang's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden communication signal.
After connecting the signal, Wild Thomas's holographic projection immediately appeared in everyone's view.
Although Wild Thomas was at a disadvantage now, he still exuded an arrogant and overbearing air.
Wild Thomas's gaze fell on Lu Jin, and after seeing Lu Jin's appearance, he couldn't help but let out a light laugh.
"Heh, I thought the leader of the Cosmic Alliance was some big shot."
"He looks so young, what great abilities could he possibly have?"
"What good is it if you're good at fighting? I'm here to inform you that the other fleets of our Origin Alliance are already on their way."
"If you surrender now, I can just ask you to hand over the origin warship and not harm your lives."
"How's that for a deal?"
Wild Thomas's words were not bluster.
As soon as Wild Thomas realized Lu Jin was a tough nut to crack, he quickly notified other fleets to come for support.
If Lu Jin continued to stalemate with him, he would surely be surrounded by the other fleets.
Wild Thomas wanted to seize the opportunity to see if he could exploit Lu Jin's psychology and bite off the last big piece of meat.
However, while his idea was ideal, the real Lu Jin's mouth curved into a slight smile.
He hadn't expected Wild Thomas on the other side to deliver himself right to his doorstep.
Bang!
Before anyone could react, a gunshot rang out.
Yu Tiancang's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately looked at Lu Jin's hand.
Lu Jin, meanwhile, put away his revolver, and the holographic projection in front of them stood frozen in place.
A bloody hole appeared between Wild Thomas's eyebrows, with blood streaming down.
With a thud, Wild Thomas fell directly to the ground.
At that moment, the holographic projection abruptly ceased.
Inside the bridge of the black hole devourer, numerous crew members stared at Wild Thomas lying on the ground.
For a moment, all the crew members looked around, as if searching for the assassin who had killed Wild Thomas.
But no matter how they searched, they couldn't find any trace.
There wasn't even any bullet residue around Wild Thomas's body.
"What...what exactly happened?"
"He's dead? Is he really dead?"
"Who's going to check?"
After a moment of silence, a brave crew member stepped forward and briefly checked Wild Thomas's condition.
Then, that crew member looked around, and all the crew members stared intently at him.
"Dead! He's really dead!"
In an instant, an unknown fear instantly enveloped everyone's hearts.
Wild Thomas was killed without any warning right inside the flagship's bridge!
Such a situation, the crew members had never even heard of, let alone witnessed.
"Wild Thomas is dead, so are we still going to keep fighting?"
"Fight? Why should we keep fighting? What did we join the Origin Alliance for?"
"Wild Thomas is dead, so isn't this starship now ownerless?"
"What do you want to do? This is a battlefield, shouldn't we deal with the enemy first?"
"Enemy? That's Wild Thomas's and the Origin Alliance's enemy. With an origin warship, who can stop me if I want to escape?"
Before he finished speaking, one of the crew members had already opened the starship's control panel.
The nearby crew member, seeing this, immediately grabbed the other's wrist.
Another starship crew member seized the opportunity to directly snatch the starship's control panel, preparing to modify the starship's permissions.
But before he could act, a gunshot rang out.
At this moment, all the crew members looked at the crew member holding the firearm.
"I am the captain of the starship's armed forces, and I have permission for many lethal weapons."
"If you don't want to be killed by me, hand over control of the origin warship to me now!"
Before he finished speaking, another gunshot rang out.
Another armed member directly killed this squad leader on the spot.
And at this moment, the entire starship immediately descended into a chaotic melee.
Wild Thomas came from an Interstellar Pirates background, so his crew members were basically all Interstellar Pirates.
These Interstellar Pirates would throw themselves at danger for profit, and now a large origin warship was just sitting there in front of them.
Before, with Wild Thomas suppressing them, they dared not act rashly.
But now that Wild Thomas was dead, their greed immediately surfaced!
But just as they were still fighting over control of the origin warship, the starship automatically popped up a warning message.
"Warning, the starship has been locked onto by high-energy weapons. Please evade quickly!"
High-energy weapons?
Before the many crew members could react, a laser beam directly pierced through the entire starship.
The crew of the entire starship were directly annihilated by this sudden attack.
Lu Jin looked at the penetrated black hole devourer and nodded with satisfaction.
"Take the starship over. Before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, we need to recover the origin core inside as much as possible."
Understood!
Yu Tiancang immediately maneuvered the starship closer to the destroyed origin warship.
The captains of the sun whale-class battleship also quickly began to organize their formation.
The Origin Alliance fleet, having lost its backbone, faced with the surging Bliss Star fleet, could no longer muster any will to resist.
Lu Jin easily recovered the origin core of the black hole devourer.
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking the new recipe 'locust drone'!"
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking the new cabin 'Energy Output Bay' and unlocking the new recipe 'Pure Energy Cube'!"
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking the new main cannon 'Crimson Destroyer Cannon'!"
"Ding, congratulations on successfully unlocking the new turret 'Wolf Fang Mountain Piercing Missile'!"
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Chapter 257 The Cicada is Hidden Behind! Everyone is Here!
"Oh? As expected of a starship from the twelve high ranks of the Origin Alliance."
It must be said that the good things on the black hole devourer far exceeded Lu Jin's expectations.
Not to mention the locust drone, it even contained a brand-new main cannon.
It was a pity that Wild Thomas underestimated Lu Jin too much, daring to reveal his true form in front of Lu Jin, who possessed a karma bullet.
Now, Lu Jin only needed to grasp the target's appearance to accurately hit the target across time and space.
This ability was truly an assassination divine skill!
The only drawback was the limited uses; the karma bullet could not regenerate.
If it weren't for the other starships of the Origin Alliance about to arrive as reinforcements, Lu Jin would not have chosen such a method to quickly end the battle.
"The origin core has been recovered. Withdraw from the battlefield quickly."
Upon receiving the order, Yu Tiancang immediately began to command the other starships.
All starships immediately formed a retreat formation.
Facing the Bliss Star fleet that was about to retreat, Kuanye Tuoma's (Wild Thomas) remaining fleet dared not intercept them.
After all, Wild Thomas had died inexplicably at Lu Jin's hands, and there was no guarantee that such an accident wouldn't befall them.
Just as both fleets had completely disengaged from the center of the battle, several bright lights appeared at the edge of the star system.
A fleet with the Origin Alliance's emblem, shaped like a strange venomous snake, appeared in everyone's sight.
When Lu Jin saw these starships, the starship system in front of him immediately brought up the corresponding intelligence.
"Target starship is a 'Large origin warship', starship name is 'aurora lightning snake', starship owner is 'Duxia'!"
"Duxia, an Ailuola Snake-person, with a naturally cruel racial disposition, likes to torture prey with her own venom, currently one of the twelve high ranks of the Origin Alliance!"
"The aurora lightning snake possesses an extremely swift Aurora Thunder Light Main Cannon, and the starship controls extremely troublesome signal jamming methods!"
After reading all the information, Lu Jin's eyes narrowed slightly.
The Origin Alliance's reinforcement speed was truly fast enough!
Lu Jin pushed the starship's engine lever, preparing to distance himself from the aurora lightning snake.
But just then, a warning appeared on the starship screen.
"Warning! Extremely strong interference detected, starship functions restricted!"
Seeing this warning, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.
Without a doubt, this was the Aurora Thunder Serpent's (Dushima's flagship) so-called signal jamming ability.
This ability was far more powerful than Lu Jin had imagined, its range capable of covering an area as vast as an entire star system.
Inside the aurora lightning snake, Duxia flicked out her black-purple forked tongue, her gaze falling on the damaged black hole devourer.
Her eyes narrowed slightly, a shudder running through her heart.
The star system she defended was the closest to Wild Thomas, yet even though she rushed over as soon as she received the news, she still couldn't change Kuanye Tuoma's (Wild Thomas) fate.
Now, the origin core of the black hole devourer, which Wild Thomas controlled, had been completely absorbed by Lu Jin's starship.
Duxia's gaze towards Lu Jin's starship became even more fervent.
For the high ranks of the Origin Alliance, Lu Jin was now no different from a Ginseng Fruit.
Whoever could devour the origin core of his warship would be one step closer to advancing to an origin star destroyer.
"Set the interference signal frequency to maximum!"
"I absolutely cannot let Lu Jin escape my grasp!"
Making a decisive move, Duxia began to Siege Lu Jin.
The crew nearby immediately understood and directly activated the high-power signal jamming function.
For a time, not only the Bliss Star fleet led by Lu Jin, but even the remaining fleet of Wild Thomas was affected by the signal jamming.
Some starships even had their shield systems directly fail.
In such a battlefield, a starship without shields was like a soldier without a shield.
Boom... Flames splattered everywhere, and a large number of starships were destroyed in the new round of artillery fire.
But facing such a situation, Duxia felt nothing, even finding Kuanye Tuoma's (Wild Thomas) remaining fleet to be in the way.
"Surround him! I must get Lu Jin's origin core!"
But before she finished speaking, another layer at the edge of the star system once again showed several bright lights.
A brand new fleet appeared in everyone's sight, and this fleet belonged to another high rank of the Origin Alliance.
Red Earth Kadan!
"It's that guy Red Earth Kadan, he really showed up at the wrong time!"
It was clear that Duxia, like Wild Thomas, did not want other high ranks to come.
Because for every additional high rank, her share of the benefits would decrease.
But after all, everyone was currently affiliated with the Origin Alliance, so even though Duxia felt some resentment, she didn't show it directly.
When Red Earth Kadan's fleet appeared, the starship panel in front of Lu Jin also quickly displayed the opponent's intelligence.
"Target starship is a 'Large origin warship', starship name is 'blazing heaven incinerator (chidi kadan's ship)', starship owner is 'Red Earth Kadan'!"
"Red Earth Kadan, a Chidi Martian, the barren land created the warlike Chidi Martians, currently one of the twelve high ranks of the Origin Alliance!"
"The blazing heaven incinerator (chidi kadan's ship) possesses extremely powerful Liquid Flame Missiles, and a unique Blazing Shield System!"
"It's really lively, another fleet has arrived?"
Lu Jin looked at the intelligence data in front of him, checking it while beginning to load karma bullets.
For him, such a situation was not unexpected.
Lu Jin had even considered the worst outcome, and the current situation was still under his control.
But just then, several bright lights once again appeared at the edge of the star system.
A brand new fleet appeared in everyone's sight, and Lu Jin's first reaction was that other fleets from the Origin Alliance had come as reinforcements again.
But when he clearly saw the opponent's starship paint scheme, his action of loading the karma bullet instantly stopped.
Because the newcomers were none other than the Howling Shark Pirate Group fleet led by Mermaid Eve.
And in the center of the Howling Shark Pirate Group, inside the raging sea tempest serving as the flagship, Eve's gaze swept over the Bliss Star fleet, finally landing on the prometheus.
"prometheus? Lu Jin is back?"
During the time Lu Jin disappeared, Eve and Old Fifth Huang had both tried to contact Lu Jin.
But no matter how they tried, Lu Jin gave no response.
After the changes in the Jile Star's (Bliss Star) operational methods, Eve and the others had vaguely guessed that something might have happened to Lu Jin.
But now, with the reappearance of the prometheus, their last trace of worry vanished into thin air.
"That guy Lu Jin, after such a long time, reappeared and actually went head-to-head with the Origin Alliance."
She said it, but Eve's face was filled with the joy of an old friend reunited.
Then, Eve's gaze fell on the two Origin Alliance fleets.
"Tell the brothers to prepare, we're in for a tough fight now."
If it weren't for the signal interference, Eve would have really wanted to ask Lu Jin what he had been doing all this time.
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Chapter 258 Encirclement and Counter-Encirclement! Nobody gets out!
Following Mermaid Eve's command, the Howling Shark Pirate Group's starships immediately began to move.
As the flagship, the raging sea's mad waves, unhesitatingly targeted Duxia's flagship, the aurora thunder serpent.
Although the aurora thunder serpent's combat power was not considered strong, the signal jamming device carried by its starship was indeed somewhat troublesome on the battlefield.
Therefore, Mermaid Eve decisively targeted the aurora thunder serpent.
The raging sea's mad waves rapidly approached the aurora thunder serpent, and the surrounding pirate starships immediately launched an attack to clear a path for their flagship.
Rumbling... a series of firelights lit up in space.
Immediately after, the raging sea's mad waves suddenly burst out from within the firelight.
At the main gun position on the starship's front end, a Zhan blue energy was gradually converging at the muzzle.
The aurora thunder serpent, which was locked onto by the raging sea's mad waves, also lit up with a series of warning alerts.
And Duxia, sitting inside the flagship, seeing the alert that she had been locked onto, her face instantly became incredibly grim!
"Immediately deploy shields, engine thrust to maximum power!"
Between counterattacking and evading, Duxia decisively chose to evade damage.
It should be known that the raging sea's mad waves, among all factions' flagships, while not the strongest, was definitely the most ferocious existence.
This starship gathered Atlantis's many years of accumulation.
In battle after battle, it was constantly damaged, then constantly repaired and modified.
And it was precisely this kind of bloody struggle that made every inch of this starship's deck imbued with the bloody aura of war.
Such a starship, in some respects, was no longer a simple starship.
Therefore, Duxia chose not to confront the opponent head-on.
But this choice was clearly a wrong one.
Boom!
The raging sea's mad waves' main gun finished charging, and a Zhan blue energy beam gushed out.
After the energy beam left the muzzle, it instantly exploded, turning into a sky full of flying stars.
Immediately after, these energy flying stars seemed to possess guidance capabilities.
A series of attacks instantly landed on the escort starships around the aurora thunder serpent.
Suddenly, those escort starships were directly enveloped by the explosive aftermath of the energy flying stars.
And Duxia, seeing this scene from within the flagship, immediately realized she had been tricked!
Mermaid Eve's initial target was not her, but the escort starships around her!
With the escort starships destroyed, the other starships of the Howling Shark Pirate Group quickly began to besiege the aurora thunder serpent.
Rumbling... a series of attacks landed on the aurora thunder serpent's shields.
After just one round of attacks, the aurora thunder serpent's shields had already reached their critical point.
"Report, Captain, our shields have reached a critical state, and can only withstand one more round of attacks at most!"
Hearing her subordinate's report, Duxia gritted her teeth in frustration.
Damn it!
The Howling Shark Pirate Group truly lived up to its reputation as one of the Seven Pirate Kings' forces!
Whether it was the quality of their starships or the caliber of their crew, they were far superior to her own useless subordinates.
But fortunately, Duxia still had hope; the fleets of other high-ranking officials were almost here to provide support.
As long as she could hold them off, there was still a chance to win!
Thinking this, Duxia made a decision!
"Activate the Lightning Storm Device!"
The Lightning Storm Device was one of Duxia's trump cards.
Once the Lightning Storm Device was activated, the starship's surrounding shield system would transform into a self-attacking lightning shield.
Anything approaching the starship would be attacked by energy lightning.
The only drawback was the immense energy consumption.
Even with the large amount of high-energy ore stored in Duxia's current warehouse,
the energy contained in these ores would only be enough to power the Lightning Storm Device for one hour.
The Lightning Storm Device activated!
Suddenly, a massive amount of energy was directly injected into the aurora thunder serpent's shield system.
The entire starship's shields were instantly covered by countless lightning bolts.
Starships approaching the aurora thunder serpent had not yet had time to attack when countless lightning bolts directly struck their shields.
The fierce lightning even made the pirate starships' shields unable to hold out for too long.
Seeing the aurora thunder serpent, which was emitting lightning all over, Mermaid Eve's eyes narrowed slightly, and she immediately saw through the aurora thunder serpent's trick.
"Everyone, stop attacking the aurora thunder serpent."
"The opponent activated this shield to stall for time."
"Such an energy shield must consume a huge amount of energy; we only need to destroy the starships under its command, and then wait for its own energy to run out."
At her command, all pirate starships quickly moved away from the aurora thunder serpent and turned to eliminate the other starships under Duxia's command.
And Duxia, seeing this scene, couldn't help but be filled with rage.
Her gaze fell on Red Earth Kadan's fleet in the distance.
Now that she was in a predicament, she wondered how Red Earth Kadan was faring?
The moment this thought emerged, a bright light suddenly appeared in everyone's vision.
The blazing heaven incinerator, piloted by Red Earth Kadan, had its shields directly broken by a main gun shot from Lu Jin.
Immediately after, drone swarms were dispatched, with superluminal annihilation drone leading the charge.
Seeing the drones approaching, the starships around Red Earth Kadan immediately redirected their firepower to attack the superluminal annihilation drone.
After the superluminal annihilation drone attracted the firepower, Lu Jin once again opened the exit of the infinite hangar.
locust drones, under the cover of the superluminal annihilation drone, quickly broke through to the vicinity of the blazing heaven incinerator's hull.
By this time, the locust drones, just like their name, immediately began to extract energy from the blazing heaven incinerator.
Seeing the energy reserves rapidly declining, Red Earth Kadan's face instantly became grim.
"Damn it! That Kuanye Tuoma, even in death, he doesn't give people peace of mind!"
Red Earth Kadan cursed under his breath; he naturally knew the origin of these locust drones.
But in this situation, he couldn't effectively destroy these locust drones either.
And the number of drones dispatched by the opponent was simply too many.
This had far exceeded the carrying capacity of ordinary starships; was this also one of the origin warship's abilities?
Just as both Red Earth Kadan and Duxia were in distress, a warp signature once again appeared at the edge of this star system.
And this time, the warp signature was different from before!
The energy phenomenon produced by the warp signature was extremely massive; it was clear that a behemoth was about to arrive in this star system.
Larger than a large starship, that could only be a star destroyer class ship!
"Great! It must be the Alliance Leader coming to save us!"
"What about the Seven Pirate Kings? What about the Cosmic Alliance? Our Origin Alliance is the real winner!"
"You are about to see the origin star destroyer, unique in the entire star sea!"
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Chapter 259 A Sacrificial Pawn! The Information We Want!
origin star destroyer?
Lu Jin narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on the edge of the galaxy.
But just then, the same warp signature appeared again.
The second, the third, the fourth... more and more warp signatures appeared, which made the smiles on Duxia and Red Earth Kadan's faces freeze.
They had both said that the origin star destroyer was unique.
But now, so many large starship signatures.
Clearly, the arrivals were not the origin star destroyer of the Origin Alliance.
Then, besides the origin star destroyer, what other starship could cause such a massive warp phenomenon?
Whoosh!
Accompanied by the appearance of a phantom, the phantom gradually solidified, revealing its true form.
The Golden Holy City built by Holy Terra appeared before them!
One, two, three... Holy Terra, with its profound heritage, once again displayed its powerful military strength to the world.
Even without the Sacred Emperor leading them, their sheer heritage alone was enough to strike fear into all petty villains.
Once the Golden Holy City starship was securely docked, a large number of combat starships immediately detached from it.
In just a moment, Holy Terra's massive fleet had completely surrounded Duxia and Red Earth Kadan's fleets.
And just then, an even more powerful interference signal swept across the entire galaxy.
The two interference signals canceled each other out, directly freeing all of Lu Jin's starships from the interference.
Communications were restored, and Old Fifth Huang's holographic projection also appeared before Lu Jin.
Upon seeing Lu Jin's condition, Old Fifth Huang couldn't help but show a relaxed smile.
"You brat disappeared for so long without a sound, and as soon as you showed up, you managed to catch two troublesome rats for me."
Old Fifth Huang immediately reverted to his previous carefree demeanor in front of Lu Jin.
This appearance made the other Golden Humans on the bridge feel somewhat unreal.
One must know that in their impression, Old Fifth Huang was a Living Saint, decisive and possessing powerful means.
In their hearts, Old Fifth Huang's image was tall and solemn.
But in front of Lu Jin, Old Fifth Huang seemed like a different person.
"It's my first time seeing His Excellency the Saint in such a relaxed state."
"The leader of the Cosmic Alliance is also a Living Saint, perhaps this is the relationship between Living Saints."
"Sacred Emperor above, with Living Saints appearing one after another, our Holy Terra will once again shine in glory."
Under Old Fifth Huang's operation, the entire Holy Terra was already united.
The Golden Humans held even greater respect for Lu Jin, this Living Saint.
Lu Jin looked at Old Fifth Huang before him, and a memory fragment suddenly surfaced in his mind.
This memory fragment was precisely about the Sacred Emperor.
Lu Jin frowned slightly, instinctively wanting to follow the clues to find more detailed information.
But doing so, the sea of memories in his mind surged again.
Helpless, Lu Jin could only give up.
At this moment, Holy Terra's fleet had already surrounded Duxia and Red Earth Kadan's fleets.
Under the encirclement of Holy Terra's fleet, Duxia and Red Earth Kadan didn't even have any room to resist and were directly captured on the spot.
Even the origin core was captured by Holy Terra's Holy City starship.
Holy Terra's swift suppression of Red Earth Kadan and Duxia made Lu Jin extremely puzzled.
"In my opinion, the Origin Alliance's capabilities aren't particularly strong."
"With such a scale, they actually dare to contend with Holy Terra?"
After easily suppressing this war, Lu Jin also arrived at the Holy City and met the long-unseen Old Fifth Huang and Mermaid Eve.
Facing Lu Jin's question, Old Fifth Huang shook his head and gave a bitter smile.
For Holy Terra, the Origin Alliance was indeed not to be feared.
But the trouble was that Holy Terra's size was too vast!
Countless planetary territories, plus various Holy City starships wandering outside.
Holy Terra was like a burly giant, and the Origin Alliance was as tiny as an ant compared to the giant.
But every origin warship of the Origin Alliance had different abilities.
Coupled with the origin warship's powerful self-healing capabilities.
This led to Holy Terra's fleet always striking out, only to find nothing in the end, allowing the enemy to escape.
If Lu Jin hadn't attracted the enemy's main firepower this time, Old Fifth Huang wouldn't have been able to catch these two guys.
As he spoke, several Holy City warriors escorted Duxia and Red Earth Kadan over.
But even at this point, Duxia and Red Earth Kadan still showed no signs of backing down.
"Holy Terra is nothing more than a buffet for our Origin Alliance."
"Presumably, many members have now successfully completed their promotion by devouring the starships under Holy Terra's command."
"As long as the origin warship exists, our Origin Alliance will be endless and grow ever stronger!"
Facing their threats, Old Fifth Huang glanced at them, a slight curve forming on his lips.
"Are you still hoping that your companions can come to your aid?"
"If so, I advise you to save your breath."
"When we warped, we already encountered other Origin Alliance support fleets."
"Guess what their reaction was when they saw us?"
"That's right, just like how you reacted when you saw Holy Terra's main forces earlier, they simply fled."
In other words, Duxia and Red Earth Kadan were now abandoned pawns.
Upon hearing these words, Duxia and Red Earth Kadan's faces immediately turned incredibly grim.
And Old Fifth Huang, turning his gaze back to Lu Jin, generously stated.
"The origin core of these two guys' starships is yours."
The origin cores of two large battleships were offered up.
It must be said that even Lu Jin felt Holy Terra was quite generous.
And just then, Eve, who was beside him, couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward directly.
"Lu Jin, where did you go during the time you disappeared?"
Not only Eve, but even Old Fifth Huang beside them was very curious.
For Lu Jin to disappear for so long, it must have been something very important.
And Lu Jin, thinking of the spacetime memories he had seen, looked at Old Fifth Huang.
"I can tell you where I went during the time I disappeared."
"And the place I went to this time might have the information you want, Old Fifth Huang."
The topic suddenly shifted to Old Fifth Huang, who was a bit confused.
You disappeared, how could it be related to me?
Information I want?
He possessed the deeply resourced Holy Terra, was there really any information he didn't know?
But just then, Old Fifth Huang seemed to have thought of something, and the carefree smile on his lips instantly froze.
He seemed to have realized something, his gaze on Lu Jin was utterly serious.
"Could it be... news of the Sacred Emperor?"
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Chapter 260 God Emperor and Star God! Project Light of Hope!
Thinking of this possibility, Old Fifth Huang no longer dared to neglect in the slightest.
He quickly had his subordinates prepare an absolutely secret room.
As a Golden Human and the current leader of Holy Terra, Old Fifth Huang was naturally extremely concerned about news of the God-Emperor.
Considering Lu Jin's identity and the series of actions he had taken, Old Fifth Huang was even more certain that this news would likely shock all of Holy Terra.
"It seems you've gained quite a few benefits during your disappearance."
Led by the Holy City Guard, Old Fifth Huang brought Lu Jin to a magnificent, opulent room.
The moment Lu Jin stepped into the room, he immediately sensed it.
Inside this room, not only were a large number of signal shielding devices installed, but even in the building materials, there were many materials that could suppress and shield psionic energy.
It could be said that this room was completely confidential.
Old Fifth Huang sat at a massive conference table and introduced the room to Lu Jin and Eve.
"This is the council chamber established by the Holy City. Don't let its small space fool you."
"Unless the eavesdropper is a Ninth-Level Psionicist or uses ancient technology to eavesdrop, this council chamber is the safest place for discussions."
Lu Jin sat in one of the seats, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding walls.
Once Eve was seated, Old Fifth Huang's gaze fell on Lu Jin again.
Now, he was extremely curious about where Lu Jin had disappeared to during this time.
After Lu Jin retracted his gaze, he told Old Fifth Huang and Eve about his time in the Ship Graveyard.
"Ship Graveyard? Spacetime node? The Vast Star Sea truly lives up to its reputation!"
"Such a miraculous place, I haven't even heard of it, let alone seen it."
"If you are interested, I can give you the coordinates of this Ship Graveyard."
Lu Jin smiled faintly and placed the compass recording the Ship Graveyard's coordinates on the table.
For Lu Jin, the news of the Ship Graveyard was not a secret.
It was easy to enter, but difficult to leave.
And not everyone had his good fortune of meeting his future subordinates.
If one were to encounter future enemies, it would basically be a dead end.
Old Fifth Huang and Eve on the opposite side only paused their gaze on the compass for a moment before decisively retracting it.
Both of them were well aware of the terror of chaotic spacetime.
Lu Jin's ability to return unharmed was already a blessing.
If they were to enter, there was no telling when they would come out.
Moreover, according to Lu Jin's description, the Ship Graveyard even had abundant Queen-level monsters.
There were also those strange phantoms. Based on Lu Jin's speculation, Old Fifth Huang immediately thought of a record in the Holy Terra Think Tank.
Spacetime Phantoms!
Creatures that die in places of spacetime chaos have their souls transformed into Spacetime Phantoms.
They feed on time, and any existence that touches them will have its time devoured.
It was fortunate that Lu Jin possessed a powerful artifact like the karma bullet, which was not bound by time.
Otherwise, Lu Jin's life should have already vanished back in the Temple of Spacetime.
After listening to Lu Jin's description, Old Fifth Huang raised the question he was most concerned about.
"Were there any clues about the God-Emperor in the Ship Graveyard?"
"If you really met your future subordinates, did they reveal whether the God-Emperor has returned?"
For all of Holy Terra, nothing was more important than the God-Emperor.
Lu Jin concealed the fact that he had met the spacetime entity itself. He told Old Fifth Huang about the spacetime memories in his mind.
"In the Temple of Spacetime, I obtained the memories mastered by countless versions of me across spacetime."
"In one of those memories, I saw a phantom of the God-Emperor; he was with several Star Gods."
"It's just a pity that my current psionic power is too weak to view all the memories before and after."
Star Gods?
The God-Emperor and Star Gods together?!
Old Fifth Huang suddenly stood up and began pacing back and forth in front of the conference table.
"Star Gods, His Majesty the God-Emperor with Star Gods, could it really be as the Pope said, that His Majesty the God-Emperor has already ascended to godhood?"
"If that's truly the case, then to find His Majesty the God-Emperor, one would at least need to reach the realm of the Ancient Sages."
"It seems it's time to activate the project left behind by His Majesty the God-Emperor."
Watching Old Fifth Huang mutter to himself, neither Lu Jin nor Eve chose to disturb him.
After a long while, Old Fifth Huang suddenly came back to his senses.
He walked straight to Lu Jin, grabbing Lu Jin's shoulders with great excitement.
"Brother Lu Jin, tell me something."
"Is it true that the more your psionic power increases, the more memories you can see?"
Lu Jin nodded; theoretically, that was the case.
After all, the more memories there were, the greater the demand on the body's endurance.
This was why the brain sometimes forgot things; these were all the body's protective mechanisms.
The spacetime memories Lu Jin's brain was currently enduring were the memories carried by 190 million versions of him.
Even with the strongest psionic gene seed, Lu Jin could not bear such a vast amount of spacetime memories.
After confirming Lu Jin's situation, Old Fifth Huang spoke to Lu Jin with a solemn expression.
"Brother Lu Jin, if you trust me, come with me to Holy Terra!"
"Before His Majesty the God-Emperor disappeared, he had laid out many engineering plans."
"These engineering plans were set with restrictions, only to be activated at a certain time."
"Now, your situation meets the activation conditions for one of our projects."
"I can help you raise your current psionic power limit. In that case, I presume you will also be able to obtain more memory intelligence."
Can increase the psionic power limit?
With such a benefit, Lu Jin naturally wouldn't refuse.
After all, these spacetime memories were causing him immense pain.
If he could increase his psionic power limit and alleviate his suffering, that would be ideal.
Seeing Lu Jin agree, Old Fifth Huang immediately felt relieved.
After leaving the room, Old Fifth Huang immediately opened his personal terminal.
A message was instantly sent to Holy Terra.
"The Light of Hope God-Making Project conditions have been met. Initiate the project plan!"
When this message appeared before the high-ranking officials of Holy Terra, their eyes lit up.
"Is the Light of Hope God-Making Project about to begin?"
"Of course, this is an order from the Living Saint!"
"Is there news of the God-Emperor? That Living Saint would actually initiate this project!"
"If it can help the God-Emperor, this project will not be in vain!"
"Act! Act! Unseal the project plan, and start preparing the project materials!"