256: Expedition terminator, direct escape? (two together

As Longduo gave the order, most of the warships charged into the planet's interior.

Lin Yang watched as the main ship of the Third Expeditionary Fleet charged into the planet, becoming even more excited.

"Even the main ship came in, this is truly an unexpected surprise!"

Lin Yang's eyes flickered.

To be honest, before he started cussing, he only wanted to lure the attacking warships in, he never thought he could lure the main ship in as well.

After all, the main ship must contain the captain and other high-ranking officials of this expeditionary force, and while his cursing could anger them, they shouldn't personally risk entering the planet's interior.

Sending other warships to charge in would be normal procedure.

But Lin Yang never expected that the main ship would lead the charge!

This was simply an enormous, unexpected surprise!

"It seems I overestimated these Aliens and underestimated the power of the national essence; even the people on the main ship couldn't stand it and personally led the charge!" Lin Yang couldn't help but smile.

These Aliens were nothing special!

He didn't know that the national essence art of his ancient Eastern civilization was a top-tier existence, even throughout the entire universe!

These poor Aliens had never seen such a spectacle before, and to not explode in anger on the spot after being suddenly baptized by a wave of national essence was already quite good.

Looking at the approaching fleet, Lin Yang didn't hesitate at all, instantly waving his hand and saying:

"Ground weapon System, open fire! Give them a head-on blow!"

Boom boom boom!

Following Lin Yang's command, the previously installed and hidden ground weapons instantly appeared, launching an indiscriminate, dense attack on the fleet in mid-air.

"Hmph, as expected, there was an ambush!"

Inside the main ship, Longduo did not show any surprise at the sight, merely snorting in anger, while the fleet's weapon System also instantly launched a counterattack, enduring the firepower and heading straight for Lin Yang's position.

"Xiao Hu, I will capture you alive, then cut out your tongue inch by inch, making you wish for death but unable to die!"

Longduo looked at the approaching Lin Yang, a cruel expression appearing on his face as he spoke coldly, his voice amplified infinitely through the warship's loudspeaker.

His anger was so intense that, though his face was not visible, one could imagine from his words that Longduo at this moment must have been in a furious, teeth-gritting rage.

"Haha, you mongrel of the Black Mountain Empire, want to catch your grandpa? Dream on!" Lin Yang laughed, taking the opportunity to curse a few more times.

"Mere words! Cherish your last chance to speak, in a few minutes, you will no longer be able to speak!" Longduo snorted angrily, his face dark.

"Heh heh, you mongrel, no need to wait a few minutes, right now, I'll send you to heaven!" Lin Yang sneered.

"Arrogant..."

Longduo roared.

But, the next moment, before he could even finish the word "arrogant," his words abruptly stopped, and his face instantly changed dramatically, staring intently at the ground, his eyes filled with surprise!

On the ground, a large number of peak weapons suddenly appeared in an instant, and their terrifying firepower instantly shattered the energy shields of their few warships!

"Peak technology weapons?! Those, all of them are peak technology weapons?!"

Longduo's heart suddenly pounded.

The peak technology weapons appearing on the ground stretched as far as the eye could see, with dense clusters of them covering the entire ground!

There were at least several hundred each of peak energy cannons, Ion Cannons, and anti-ship cannons!

All of them were now locked onto their warships!

Longduo's face instantly turned somewhat pale!

He was tricked!

He was truly tricked!

Inside this barren planet, there were at least thousands of peak technology weapons installed!

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

The next second, Longduo's heart trembled, and he frantically issued retreat orders!

The reason he dared to enter just now, even knowing there might be an ambush, was because their fleet also carried a lot of peak technology weapons.

The firepower of the peak technology weapons carried by the entire fleet was enough to easily destroy an ordinary Level 3 civilization!

Even if they encountered a Level 3 peak civilization, they could retreat unscathed!

Therefore, after learning that Lin Yang was the murderer of Solo and had launched an indiscriminate barrage of insults at them, he knew Lin Yang was deliberately provoking them, but he still personally led the fleet into the planet's interior, wanting to capture Lin Yang alive and torture him.

But now, looking at the dense array of peak technology weapons' muzzles aimed at his warship, Longduo was terrified!

Although his fleet also had peak weapons, compared to the massive number of peak weapons appearing on the ground, his meager peak weapons might not even last five minutes!

"Five minutes! All teams, attention, you must escape within five minutes!"

Longduo, his eyes bloodshot, issued the command!

The fleet's strength could only last a maximum of five minutes under this firepower saturation!

They had to escape the firing range and leave this planet within five minutes.

Longduo looked at Lin Yang's location, his anger reaching its peak, and he couldn't help but snort, "Xiao Hu! Once I'm out of your firing range, I will definitely skin you alive and pull out your tendons!"

Although the situation was extremely grim, Longduo was still confident that as long as he left the planet's interior, escaped the ground peak weapons' firing range, and entered space, he could regain the initiative!

Lin Yang only had one Apocalypse, and without the ground weapons' firepower support, he couldn't make any waves in space!

He was already starting to think about how to surround and torture Lin Yang.

However, just as Longduo's thought emerged, the main ship's intelligent System suddenly began blaring various ear-piercing alarms!

"Warning, warning! Warships Five and Seven have hull damage, and their energy shields are broken and cannot be recharged or reactivated."

"Warning! Warning! Warships Six and Nine have sustained fatal blows, their hulls are completely ruptured, they have lost navigation capability, and escape pods are about to be launched."

"Warning! Warning! Warships Ten and Twelve have their power engines destroyed and are about to fall. Personnel inside the cabins, please escape quickly!"

"Warning, warning..."

A series of warnings instantly stunned Longduo!

He watched the nearby auxiliary ships and attack ships being shot down, completely dumbfounded.

Forget five minutes!

Only a few tens of seconds had passed, and apart from the main ship he was on, all other warships were heavily damaged, had lost navigation capabilities, and were beginning to fall!

"Damn it, where did this Xiao Hu get so many peak technology weapons?!"

Longduo completely panicked!

Just now, he thought five minutes was enough to escape into space.

But the sight before him made him realize he was too naive.

With some warships left to guard outer space, the strength of the warships that entered the planet's interior now, under the concentrated firepower of peak technology weapons, couldn't even last a minute!

Boom!

An energy cannon struck Longduo's main ship, instantly blasting a large hole in the hull!

"Activate escape mode!!"

Longduo roared.

"Escape mode activating! Warning, escape power source destroyed, escape mode activation failed!"

Longduo's face instantly turned pale, and at the same time, a sneer came through.

"Still trying to run? Stay here and sleep forever!"

This voice became the last sound Longduo ever heard in his life.

The next moment, accompanied by dozens of peak ion energy cannon volleys, Longduo and the entire warship turned into dust!

In total, one minute and thirteen seconds, all warships that entered the planet's interior were annihilated, with no survivors!

Buzz!

The Apocalypse, amidst the flames, rushed into outer space.

In outer space.

The fleet that Longduo had ordered to guard the periphery of the planet was now also engaged in battle.

Upon seeing the sudden outbreak of a major battle within the planet, and even Longduo being directly annihilated, these warships in outer space were originally preparing to withdraw immediately.

However, a combat Robot wearing peak mecha directly intercepted their path!

It was Lin Mu!

Although Lin Mu was alone, Lin Yang had prepared several self-operating mechas to assist him in combat.

Amidst the self-destructive attacks of several mechas and Lin Mu's bombardment, the few warships in outer space were temporarily intercepted.

When Lin Yang piloted the Apocalypse, carrying peak weapons for outer space combat, the remaining few warships also could not escape their fate of being destroyed.

However, in order to leave one usable warship, the battle in outer space took a bit longer than the ground battle.

Seven minutes and twenty seconds later, all the warships in outer space, except for one that was completely intact, were destroyed!

In less than ten minutes, the Third Expeditionary Fleet dispatched by Soman was completely annihilated!

"Congratulations, Host, you have actively intercepted the expeditionary forces of other empires in the universe and successfully protected your home planet. You have received a reward of 100,000 reputation points and 10,000 interstellar prestige!"

"Congratulations, Host, as you have successfully killed an expeditionary force from another universe empire for the first time, you have received a reward of ten achievement points and a large amount of national treasure value, and gained a new title: Expedition Terminator."

"Expedition Terminator: From now on, every time you kill an invading expeditionary force from another empire, you will receive certain rewards!"

"..."

After destroying the entire Third Expeditionary Fleet, Lin Yang heard the System's prompt.

"Expedition Terminator, this title is good, I like it." Lin Yang raised an eyebrow.

The other rewards were similar to the last time he killed Soman, not much.

And he still hadn't completed the planet protection mission.

Lin Yang already had a rough idea about this; he estimated that he would have to completely resolve Soman, the root cause, to complete the planet protection mission.

"System, tally the battle damage. Let's leave this place first."

Afterward, Lin Yang led Lin Mu back down into the planet's interior, beginning to salvage any usable peak technology weapons.

Some weapons, though their energy was depleted, could still be used after being recharged, so leaving them there would be a great waste.

"Host, the battle damage is not significant, only about 40%."

"...This isn't significant?" Lin Yang's mouth twitched.

Military supplies bought for over 5 billion star crystals, nearly half of them lost in less than ten minutes, front and back.

This isn't significant??

One must know that this was also because Longduo's fleet was split into two routes this time, with one part rushing into the planet's interior and the other part stationed outside the planet, so their forces were not concentrated, which gave him the opportunity to annihilate them in a short time.

If they hadn't split into two routes and all their peak weapons were together, he wouldn't have been able to annihilate the fleet inside the planet in just over a minute.

But even with such dispersed forces, destroying them one by one, the battle damage was still almost half!

If this isn't considered significant, then what is?

"Host, the System has said before that the cost of warfare in the universe is inherently enormous. This time's battle damage is already very small compared to the System's previous estimate. If they hadn't split up, the battle damage would have been at least over 80%. Now it's only 40%, which is already a great gain."

Lin Yang was momentarily speechless.

Indeed, the System had emphasized several times before that the cost of warfare between advanced technological civilizations was extremely high, but he hadn't expected it to be this high.

The weapons and equipment purchased for billions of star crystals were enough to destroy Blue Star civilization thousands of times over.

But here, it was just a simple battle.

And the opponent was just a small expeditionary force.

Lin Yang found it hard to imagine what kind of terrifying consumption and scene it would be if two peak Level 3 civilizations went to war with each other.

And the consumption of a Level 3 peak civilization's engagement was already so terrifying, what if higher-level civilizations went to war?

Lin Yang didn't dare to think further.

This was truly a bit scary!

"No wonder the higher the civilization, the more they scramble for resources; this consumption is simply inhuman!"

Lin Yang suddenly understood why the Red Thunder Empire wanted to compress internal consumption costs.

The war consumption was ridiculously high.

"Host, please leave this place as soon as possible. The System has detected some forces secretly observing."

The System suddenly spoke.

Lin Yang's heart instantly tensed. He quickly finished retrieving the weapons, then took Lin Mu and Cang Miao and swiftly left on the spaceship.

"System, next, do I need to buy a new spaceship?"

After leaving the battle planet, Lin Yang asked.

"Yes, Host, the System is currently searching for suitable planets. Please wait patiently."

"Oh... Can you get information on the Black Mountain Empire? Or rather, information on that Soman?" Lin Yang asked again.

Soman was the source; if he wasn't dealt with, he would continuously send more expeditionary forces to cause trouble.

Only by killing Soman could the problem be completely resolved!

"Please wait, Host, the System is working hard."

"..."

At the same time, shortly after Lin Yang left the battle planet, several warships landed inside that planet.

Inside the lead warship, it was none other than the Marked Man with the golden shield mark on his brow!

Beside the man, the Vice Captain (Deputy Captain) looked at an analysis report and respectfully said:

"Commander, these are Level 3 peak technology weapons, made by the Red Thunder Empire. That kid bought a large quantity of peak weapons before purchasing the Wu Cang Clan slaves on Guiyun Star, it seems he intended to use them against this Black Mountain Empire fleet. The intelligence provided by the Yu Clan was accurate, we tracked the right target!"

"Very good, the battle here clearly just ended not long ago, he shouldn't have gone far. Activate star path tracking mode, pursue him!"

The Marked Man's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Yes, Commander, star path tracking mode has been activated. The target's navigation route trace has been locked, estimated to catch up within two hours."

"Two hours..." The Marked Man smiled coldly, "In two hours, the Wu Cang Clan slaves will belong to this squad. This is truly exciting!"

...

On the other side, Lin Yang was resting with his eyes closed, waiting for the System to suggest a suitable planet to buy a spaceship.

But then he suddenly heard the System's ear-piercing alarm!

"Warning! Host, please be aware, the System has detected a powerful intelligent brain scanning and locking onto the Apocalypse. The opponent appears to have activated advanced star path tracking mode and is pursuing. Please prepare for escape!"

"Huh? What's going on?"

Lin Yang instantly woke up.

"System, what are you saying? Someone is tracking the Apocalypse?"

"Yes, Host, the opponent used intelligent brain scanning and activated star path tracking mode. This is a technology only available to advanced civilizations. Please prepare for escape immediately!"

"...Just escape directly?" Lin Yang's eyes narrowed slightly.

There were still a large number of usable peak weapons on the spaceship, yet the System was suggesting direct escape??

This chapter is a combination of two chapters, so there's no missing update, Xiao Hu will try to adjust and resume early morning updates.

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