70: Did you know your house is haunted?! [Bonus chapter for positive reviews]
This process was incredibly dangerous.
It was like dancing on a tightrope spanning a ten-thousand-foot cliff; one slight misstep, and it would mean total ruin.
His body flickered wildly between "solid" and "illusory."
At times it was flesh and blood, at others it dissolved into a mass of garbled code.
Intense pain crashed against his Divine Soul like a tidal wave.
But he gritted his teeth, guarding the last sliver of clarity in his mind.
He recalled the scene back in the Time Garden, being washed away by the turbulent flow of time.
The more he resisted, the more painful it became.
True control was not suppression, but... compliance!
"I am Data!"
"Data is me!"
Su Jue let out a roar in his heart.
The next second, he completely abandoned control over his body, letting that Datafied power consume him entirely!
"Hum——!!!"
Inside the cockpit, Su Jue's figure completely disappeared after a violent flash of blue light.
In its place was a mass of blue Data floating in mid-air, composed of countless "0"s and "1"s, constantly shifting in form.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have comprehended the 'Data Law' advanced ability: Data Leap!】
【Data Leap (Elementary): Allows you to briefly transform yourself into a pure Data form and perform short-range faster-than-light movement through network media.】
【Ding! 'Data Law' affinity +5%!】
【'Elementary Datafied Dragon Body'... is leaping towards 'Intermediate Datafied Dragon Body'! Current progress: 1%! ...】
The System's notification sounds rang out in succession.
That mass of blue Data leaped happily in the air twice, and then, a childlike, electric, static-filled voice rang out:
"xiao pu, are you ready?"
"Energy channel constructed, my King."
prometheus's voice came through.
"I can open the 'Star Gate' for you at any time."
"Very good."
"Target: Enemy flagship, 'Thor'!"
"Open the door for me!"
"Understood!"
The next second, a nearly invisible laser shot out from the center of human emperor no. 1's brow, precisely striking an unremarkable space meteorite tens of thousands of kilometers away.
That meteorite was a "springboard" that prometheus had set up long ago.
Hidden inside it was a miniature spatial beacon.
"Zzzzt——"
A stream of Data that only prometheus could see instantly transmitted to the meteorite along that laser.
Immediately after, the signal transmitter on the meteorite sent a detection signal disguised as cosmic background radiation toward that massive fleet in the distance.
This signal was like an invisible thread, one end connected to the meteorite, and the other end precisely "hooked" onto the external communication antenna of the "Thor" cruiser.
"Channel connected!"
"My King, I wish you a happy hunt."
"Set off!"
The mass of Data that Su Jue had transformed into let out a cheer, then "whooshed" into a Data interface in front of human emperor no. 1.
The next second, he followed that invisible thread, charging at faster-than-light speed toward the massive ship in the distance!
...
Lanxia Universe Federation, Seventh Fleet, flagship "Thor".
Inside the bridge.
The fleet commander, Zhao Wuji, was sitting on his commander's throne with an impatient look on his face.
He looked to be about thirty years old, with a handsome face, but there was an air of arrogance between his brows, looking quite stuck-up.
He came from a top-tier Federation Family, the "Zhao Family," which was on par with Families like the Wang, Li, and Chen, and he held considerable power in the military.
At a young age, he was already a powerhouse at the First Layer of Supernatural Power Realm and had attained the position of fleet commander; it could be said that his future was limitless.
"A bunch of trash!"
Zhao Wuji looked at the battle damage report regarding K-7 Planet on the screen and couldn't help but curse.
"Some terrorist who popped out of nowhere, driving a piece of junk mech, wiped out a mining planet that the Wang Family had been operating for over a hundred years?"
"And two Elders of the King Realm, one dead and one kneeling?"
"It's simply an utter disgrace to our Federation!"
An adjutant behind him hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Commander, the Wang Family is, after all, just a commercial Family. Their private army's combat capability cannot be compared with our regular army."
"Hmph, that doesn't change the fact that they are trash."
Zhao Wuji snorted coldly, picked up the red wine handed to him by the maid beside him, and took a light sip.
"Marshal Lei too, to actually send our Seventh Fleet to deal with the petty business of such a trash planet; it's simply a waste of talent."
"Pass on my order!"
Zhao Wuji put down his wine glass heavily.
"After arriving at the designated orbit, immediately conduct indiscriminate blanket bombing on the target area!"
"I don't care what kind of monster or demon that so-called Su Family remnant is; I want to see that area completely wiped off the planet within ten minutes!"
"I don't have time to play hide-and-seek with these bumpkins!"
"Yes! Commander!"
The adjutant immediately acknowledged the order.
However, none of them noticed.
Just as Zhao Wuji was issuing the order.
Inside a circuit of the bridge's main control computer, a tiny string of blue Data composed of "0"s and "1"s flashed by.
A "ghost" had already boarded this ship.
And, this "ghost" was now very hungry.
He was looking for... the "kitchen" of this ship.
...
"Thor", Zone B-7, Energy Supply Center.
This was the heart of the entire warship, heavily guarded, with posts every three steps and sentries every five.
In the corridor, two soldiers wearing standard Black Armor Army power armor were leaning against the wall, chatting in boredom.
"Sigh, what kind of bad luck did we have to be sent to this godforsaken place to clean up after that bunch of trash from the Wang Family."
One soldier complained.
"Who's to say it isn't? I heard that the spoils of this mission were all taken by the commander and those big shots above, and by the time it reaches us, we can't even get a sip of soup." The other soldier echoed.
"Alright, say less. If the officers hear you, you'll be in for it."
"What are you afraid of? Not even a fly can fly into this godforsaken place. Besides, the commander is currently losing his temper on the bridge; he doesn't have time to deal with us small fries."
The two were chatting enthusiastically.
Suddenly.
"Hum..."
The three-meter-thick alloy door behind them, made of super-aggregated Kejin, emitted a slight vibration.
On the door, the green indicator light representing the stable operation of the energy core flickered without warning.
"Hmm? What's going on?"
The chatting soldiers immediately became alert and stood up straight.
"I don't know, maybe it's an energy fluctuation; it's a normal phenomenon." The other soldier said nonchalantly.
"You go check the logs."
"Fine, fine, what a hassle."
The soldier reluctantly walked to the console nearby and pulled up the operation logs of the energy center.
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