49: Unidentified ships intruded
Instead, it was a vast, pure white spherical space.
The only thing there was an ergonomic seat suspended in the center.
Su Jue climbed onto the seat and sat down.
"Let's begin."
"As you command."
The next second, countless slender neuron probes, like silver hairs, extended from all sides of the seat, gently attaching to the back of Su Jue's neck, his temples, and various joints of his spine.
A cold, numbing sensation spread throughout his body.
[Ding! External Data interface detected...]
[Connecting...]
[Interface Protocol: 'Heart of God' First Sequence.]
[Connection successful!]
[Welcome, Supreme King, welcome back to your throne!]
Boom—!
Su Jue felt his consciousness instantly expand infinitely!
He was no longer that small, fragile Infant.
He was this three-hundred-meter-tall God of War... forged from "God's Alloy"!
He could feel every part, every gear, and every energy circuit of the mecha, as if they were his own arms and legs, controllable at will.
He could even "see" the [Titan Mecha Power Core] placed at the core of the chest, "beating" steadily and powerfully, sending majestic destructive power to every corner of the body.
This feeling... was too powerful!
"Roar—!!!"
Su Jue couldn't help but let out a roar from his soul!
And the "human emperor no. 1," which had been standing quietly on the construction platform, seemed to sense his will and suddenly raised its head!
Its huge electronic eyes, composed of countless compound eye structures, instantly lit up with a brilliant golden light!
An invisible, domineering will, centered on it, swept through the entire underground base!
"Crack! Crack!"
"human emperor no. 1" slowly raised its massive metal arm and clenched its fist.
The huge palm, made of tens of thousands of precision parts, made a metallic grinding sound.
Su Jue could feel that with just a thought, this punch could easily punch through the ceiling of this base!
"King, the body's status is perfect, energy output is stable, neural synchronization rate... 100%!"
prometheus's voice was full of excitement.
"This is a miracle! An unprecedented miracle!"
Su Jue ignored its flattery.
He was familiarizing himself with this new "body."
He tried taking two steps.
"Boom! Boom!"
The entire base trembled violently under his heavy footsteps.
Although the movements were still a bit stiff, he could already move freely.
"Not bad."
Su Jue was very satisfied.
With this guy, he felt his sense of security instantly skyrocket.
Even if a Saint were to appear now, he would dare to go up and trade blows!
Just then.
"Warning! Warning!"
"Unknown flying object detected approaching this planet!"
"Quantity: 1."
"Target identification... identified as... Lanxia Universe Federation standard C-7 Type Resource Transport Ship."
"Threat level: Low."
prometheus's voice suddenly became urgent.
A three-dimensional star map appeared in Su Jue's "vision."
A green light dot was slowly approaching the abandoned planet they were on.
Transport ship?
Su Jue was stunned for a moment.
How could a Federation ship come to such a godforsaken place?
"Report target trajectory."
"Reporting to the King, the ship's trajectory deviates from the main route, suspected to be... conducting illegal waste dumping operations."
prometheus quickly provided an analysis.
Illegal dumping?
Su Jue's eyes lit up.
Isn't this... a delivery right to the door?!
He was just worrying about not having enough energy points!
"xiao pu."
"Present, my King."
"Don't you think it's time to take our 'Punisher' legion out for a walk?"
Su Jue said with ill intent.
prometheus's core instantly understood the King's intention.
"As you command, my King."
"'Vulture' squad is ready."
"Target: Capture, not destroy."
"Yes, King."
"I want them... alive."
...The outer space of planet Gliese 436b was dead silent.
A thousand-meter-long C-7 type transport ship, printed with the emblem of the Lanxia Universe Federation's Department of Commercial Transport and a prominent "Wang" family crest, slowly broke away from the warp lane and entered this airspace shrouded in radioactive dust.
Inside the bridge, the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
A middle-aged man with a beer belly and a greasy face, wearing the attire of a Wang family steward, was impatiently looking at the dim yellow planet outside the porthole.
"Damn it, this ghost place makes me uncomfortable every time I come."
His name was Wang Fu, and he was one of the external affairs stewards of the Wang family responsible for handling "dirty work."
The so-called "dirty work" was to quietly dispose of "trash"—those who had their value squeezed dry in the mines or those who had failed in internal family struggles.
This abandoned planet, codenamed "Steel Graveyard," was one of the best "garbage dumps" they had selected.
"Steward, we have arrived at the predetermined coordinates."
A pilot in a crew uniform reported respectfully.
"Dumping operations can begin."
"Then hurry up!" Wang Fu waved his hand with a look of disgust. "Throw all those useless trash down for me! Then we'll leave this ghost place as fast as possible! I'm still waiting to go back and have a drink!"
"Yes!"
The pilot immediately began operations.
"Hiss—"
The huge cargo bay door on the belly of the transport ship slowly opened.
However, before they could start dumping the "cargo."
"Beep beep beep beep—!!!"
A piercing alarm sounded throughout the bridge without warning!
"Warning! Warning! High-energy reaction detected! Unknown flying objects are approaching at high speed!"
"What?!"
Wang Fu was startled, and the wine glass in his hand almost fell to the floor.
"Where did unknown flying objects come from?! Even star pirates are too lazy to come to this ghost place!"
Everyone looked at the radar screen.
They saw a dozen unknown signal points flashing with crimson light, soaring into the sky from that dim yellow planet at an incredible speed!
Their speed was too fast!
So fast that the transport ship's fire control system didn't even have time to lock on!
"Quick! Activate the energy shield! Prepare to engage!"
Wang Fu roared in panic.
However, it was already too late.
Almost the instant his words fell.
"Vroom—"
Blue electromagnetic pulses, like spider webs, instantly enveloped the entire transport ship!
"Sizzle... sizzle..."
All the lights and screens in the bridge flickered wildly at this moment, and then... "Snap!"
A crisp sound.
The entire bridge fell into a deathly silent darkness.
All energy systems were forcibly cut off in an instant!