From star abyss

Chapter 565 269. Set sail

The White Candle Autonomous State is now a composite civilization. The official mainstream advocates the [Domination] path and supporting industries. The mainstream of Layuan has always been the [Fine Arts] and [Destruction] paths, so Li Aozi has also absorbed a lot of ideas in this area. Immigration, but wait until they develop markets and employment... wait a hundred and eighty years.

If you want to bring White Candle Star back to the productivity and status it once enjoyed during the school economy, you have to either open your door to foreign capital to invade the fragile market, or you can take the initiative and accumulate raw resources.

For White Candle Star, Li Ozi has spent a lot of money on hand, but in fact, the income brought by the spirit maggots is about to bottom out, and he needs to find a new income channel as soon as possible.

As a selfish person, Li Ozi didn't want to share his things with aliens, so he chose the latter.

Three months after the establishment of the expedition plan, the first batch of fleet training was completed. A total of 30,000 combatants, 20,000 engineering teams, and 40,000 logistics support company and workshop personnel were sent to the Amaryllis Fortress and began to get used to the space environment. Operation.

At this time, Li Ozi also announced the opening of the long-closed space route. The cargo ships that had been accumulated for a long time left the port one after another, carrying the flag of the White Candle Autonomous State and sailing to various parts of the star abyss. Almost 40% of them were in Provide supplies to the troops along the way.

The direction of the first phase of the expedition was to march along the south side of Pulsar-127. Li Ozi did not participate in leading the team, and the fleet composition was also very simple: 12 old-model armed cargo ships and an old cruiser as the flagship.

Li Ozi did not allow the media to report the first voyage on a large scale, because this slightly shabby fleet had a certain experimental nature, and its main function was to cast stones to ask for directions - the first fleet was that stone.

Even because it was too perfunctory, the first phase of the fleet did not even have a number. An X (experimental nature) was added in front, and it was collectively referred to as the X fleet. The serving officers and soldiers under his command even mocked themselves as the "White Rat Brigade" or "White Rat Camp".

But even so, the morale of the officers and soldiers was not low.

In addition to the fact that the players themselves are sunny and cheerful boys who enjoy playing, there is another point. This time, their ship has 50 Epsilon-level (5) colonial armored vanguards from Li Ozi.

These elite colonial soldiers have been perfected by Li Aozi for many years and can be used as war vehicles.

Moreover, unlike mechas, the colonial armor can perfectly disguise the image of an organic creature without changing shape, and cannot be detected by metal detectors (after all, blood vessels are made of polymer composite materials).

These elite colonial soldiers, combined with the player's immortality, can fight against the ground gods of Zeta level (6) at critical moments. If the opponent is not strong enough, they may be able to retreat calmly.

If you encounter a zeta-level person like Zangetsu who stands at the top...there is no need to panic.

Because Li Ozi placed his biochemical center there and also stored his personal genetic sequence.

When necessary, Li Ozi can directly ask the Biochemical Center to clone a clone. As a [Star Echoer], he can use gravitational waves to remotely command the actions of his clones.

He can even come to consciousness - but if the distance is too far, with his strength, it may take three to five days.

What if I can’t make it in time? It doesn't matter, there are five sequence arcana built into it. If Li Ozi can't get over in time, and the X fleet is in an emergency, he can simply and crudely activate a virus. The virus will shield the balance system of the clone and let the genes inside run wild. .

At that time, the clone will become a pure Zeta-level (6) destructive beast. After destroying a planet, it will disintegrate and destroy itself, leaving no genetic information.

The ultimate weapon?

For non-interstellar civilizations, the Zeta stage itself is the best ultimate weapon.

Because the mechanism was too cruel, this ultimate method was codenamed internally by Fleet X: The Sinister Switch.

In such an environment, the X fleet carried the hope of the entire White Candle Star and quietly explored the dark star field that no one before had reached.

As time goes by, people seem to have gradually forgotten what happened before and began to return to a peaceful life.

Li Ozi handled government affairs conscientiously. Just as he was thinking about small issues such as what crops to plant in agricultural zones and whether to cancel school district housing, Thomas Edison, the chief engineer of the expedition center, suddenly sent a message:

"Your Excellency, Fleet X has encountered some strange things. You must take a look."

This great engineer was a refugee and immigrant, and his predecessor was an Epsilon-level [machinist]. He was very grateful and respectful to Li Ozi. Every time they met, he would insist on saying 'great benefactor', and then Use three languages ​​to praise and praise Li Ozi's image for at least 20 seconds.

However, now he just said a brief "Your Excellency", which made Li Ozi immediately realize how serious the matter was.

"Just tell me the situation."

As soon as Li Ozi finished speaking, the information was sent over. Li Ozi was reviewing it. Edison summed up the matter in one sentence:

"Various data anomalies indicate that Fleet X has discovered the larvae of void creatures."

"It's normal for void creatures. That place is prone to harbor dirt and evil. Let's see how it develops. If it's in the embryonic stage, send people directly to land and destroy it in the center of the earth. If it develops close to youth, then the entire planet will be destroyed together. Lose."

Li Ozi was not surprised. After all, in version 4.0, the main enemies they dealt with were void creatures.

In version 4.0, players feel the terrifying power from the lower star abyss - [Zhou Yuan] for the first time.

Narrative No. 6 - "The Kingdom of the Void"

In a sense, the void can almost be said to be one of the most terrifying existences in the Star Abyss.

As a narrative, occupying an entire star abyss, this narrative-level civilization is one of the few narrative-level civilizations that is always hostile to other narrative-level civilizations.

Zhou Yuan is a strange place.

Zhou represents the cycle that starts over and over again, and this ring is actually ‘0’, which can accommodate everything, but it also represents nothing.

Zero is everything and nothingness.

Zhou Yuan's curse is different from Jing Yuan's 'distortion'. Its curse is 'drying up', which makes your soul deny its own existence more and more. At the same time, your body shape weakens, and even if you are affected by the curse, you will lose certain mechanisms and concepts. .

Such as time, life, death, freedom, nation, self, reproduction...

Such a unique environment gave birth to a narrative that was completely different from other narrative-level civilizations - the void.

Void. It is the root of nihilistic thinking in all universes and planes.

Their grand narrative blueprint is "all things are nothingness", and they hope to enter annihilation in the entire star abyss and remain in a state of nothingness forever.

And the more void they are, the more intense their existence is, which gives void creatures an extremely terrifying characteristic - the ability to evolve.

Void creatures can actively float upwards or dive downwards into the star abyss depending on the environment.

They do not have unified thoughts, but they will spontaneously support the void.

The powerful individuals among them will send projections to the deep and shallow star abyss.

Therefore, you can see void creatures on any level of the abyss.

Before Li Ozi traveled through time, there were three versions in which he was working in the void. He even remembered clearly that before he traveled through time, he was in Zhou Yuan, the hometown of the void.

Zhou Yuan is a very dangerous place, but when it comes to dealing with void creatures, as long as they are not cutting-edge creatures such as the Monarch, the Devouring Chosen, and the Observer, Li Ozi is not afraid at all.

"Speaking of which, what kind of void creature is it?"

Li Ozi asked, calm and composed.

He has been very lucky recently, and in his impression, there are no high-level monsters in this place.

There's no way Layyuan could have given him a king just three months after setting off, right?

"The computer is checking, please wait a moment..."

After a few seconds, Edison said seriously:

"Lord of the Void."