254: Foreign warning!

A magnificent tower, reaching straight to the sky, rose from the ground.

It was cast in one piece from a new, ultra-high-strength memory metal, its interior filled with complex anti-gravity energy circuits, like a World Tree growing from the earth, extending its branches towards the stars.

It was one of the core elements of the Transformation (transformation) project: the Orbital Sky Ladder.

At the same time, at a synchronous orbit of 36,000 kilometers, another, even grander project was simultaneously unfolding.

Countless modular components were transported up by the Sky Ladder, precisely assembled and combined by engineering drones.

A colossal, ring-shaped metal construct took shape in the pitch-black Universe, like a giant spear about to pierce the firmament, coldly looking down upon the blue planet below.

It was the other core: a super-gigantic space station integrating all functions.

Su Lei named it the Spear of Resilience.

Half a year later, when the Sky Ladder and the space station successfully docked, the entire Federation erupted in excitement.

Countless people took to the streets, looking up to clearly see a new artificial star, the size of a grain of rice yet brilliantly shining, added to the firmament.

That was the hope humanity had raised with its own hands, the first anchor point of civilization cast into the star sea.

Human civilization was forcefully pushed into a new interstellar era by Su Lei, with an almost barbaric intensity.

Spear of Resilience Space Station, Bridge.

Outside the panoramic viewport lay the deep Universe and the dazzling blue home world.

Su Lei stood at the highest point of this steel fortress, with Li Xue凝, Lin Qianqian, Oriental Shuo, and twelve Royal Guards standing silently behind him.

“All expedition supplies are ready, and Lightless has completed its final upgrade, ready to depart at any moment.”

Lin Qianqian handed over a virtual data panel.

“Depart.”

Following Su Lei’s command, the space station’s lower dock opened, and a sleek, dark-gold starship slowly emerged.

Its hull was inscribed with complex Law runes, and its engine was a small spacetime jump core.

This was the upgraded wuguang no. 2, a true interstellar expeditionary vessel.

Su Lei led the expedition team aboard.

Amidst countless gazes of reverence and anticipation, wuguang no. 2’s stern ejected a brilliant blue spatial ripple, and the next second, it had vanished from its original position.

The Spear of Resilience Space Station was nearing completion, and the entire Federation was immersed in the euphoria of entering the interstellar era.

However, a communication, like a bucket of ice water, poured over everyone’s heads.

It did not originate from within the Federation, but from the depths of the desolate Universe.

It brazenly broadcasted in clear code, piercing Earth’s ionosphere and precisely intruding into the Spear of Resilience’s main channel.

The space station’s communication center instantly erupted into chaos; faced with this unprecedented alien signal, everyone was seized by immense panic.

And when the communication content was analyzed, the panic transformed into unbelievable shock.

It was not a warning, nor a greeting, but an invitation, elegantly worded yet arrogant to its core.

The content was extremely simple: it invited Governor Su Lei, the supreme Governor of the New Federation, to attend a black market auction hosted by the Interstellar Free Trade Alliance one month later, in the B-798 asteroid belt of the Kuiper Belt.

There was only one main item for auction.

The supreme control key to Purgatory, the interstellar prison that held all the madness of the previous epoch.

At the end of the invitation, the signature sent shivers down the spines of all Federation high-ranking officials.

Star Lord.

Inside the Spear of Resilience’s highest emergency meeting room, the atmosphere was as heavy as lead.

Star Lord’s invitation was projected holographically in the center, every word emanating a bone-chilling coldness.

“Naked provocation!”

A hawkish general slammed the table, rising abruptly: “He is declaring war on the entire Federation!”

“Calm down, General Zhang.”

Dean Li pushed up his glasses, his eyes sharp: “This is probably not just a provocation, but a trap laid out in the open, a death trap specifically targeting Governor Su Lei.”

As his words fell, the entire room became dead silent.

Yes, a trap.

Anyone with a brain could see it.

After the immense humiliation of his Clone being captured and auctioned off, Star Lord, instead of angrily attacking, sent an invitation in this almost playful manner.

His intention was clear: he was telling Su Lei, telling the entire Federation, ‘I know you want Purgatory, the key is right here, if you dare, come and get it.’

That asteroid belt in the Kuiper Belt must have already set up an inescapable net, a Hongmen Banquet prepared for Su Lei.

To go would be to walk into a trap, a near-certain death.

Not to go, and his painstakingly built invincible image would instantly collapse.

How could a guardian who didn’t even dare to accept an invitation from his arch-nemesis gain the trust of the populace? How could he lead humanity against the apocalypse?

This was an overt scheme, a scheme that forced him to jump.

“You cannot go!”

Lin Qianqian was the first to speak, unable to maintain her composure: “This is not the time for heroics!”

“I’m not crazy.”

Su Lei looked up: “I know it’s a trap. But you only see one aspect, not the other.”

“What do you mean?”

Dean Li pressed.

“Star Lord dares to set up this Hongmen Banquet in the open, which means he has absolute confidence in eliminating me there.”

“This confidence also means he will inevitably concentrate most of his active forces in that asteroid belt.”

“You tell me, if I not only go, but also, at the welcoming ceremony he prepared for me, shatter his proud deployment, one by one, like pulling out nails, what a heavy blow that would be to his lofty, god-like demeanor?”

These words struck everyone present like lightning, leaving them in deep shock.

Only then did they realize that Su Lei had never thought about how to attend the banquet, but rather how to turn this Hongmen Banquet into his own hunting ground!

To turn the tables, and hunt a god!

This idea was too crazy, too bold.

But when they saw the infinite confidence contained within Su Lei’s calm eyes, all their worries and fears inexplicably settled down.

“My decision is made.”

Su Lei stood up, ending the debate: “The meeting content is confidential. Externally, announce that I am in seclusion, contemplating. All other plans remain as scheduled.”

One month later, the world watched.

Governor Su Lei, the supreme Governor of the New Federation, through a holographic projection Clone simulated by the crown of wisdom, announced at a high-profile press conference that he accepted Star Lord’s invitation, and three days later, he would travel alone on wuguang no. 2 to the Kuiper Belt.

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