149: Chapter 149 The team is in danger! Return immediately!

"Not bad, the people of the universe really are living bodhisattvas."

Lin Yuan looked at the "spoils of war" filling the sky, a smile curling on his lips that would make any capitalist weep:

"Our arsenal hasn't had time to build frigates yet; although these pieces of junk have slightly inferior firepower, they'll barely suffice as escort fleets for my flagship in the future."

He even saved on the money and materials for shipbuilding, simply taking over everything with his army!

This wave of reverse "alms-begging" was incredibly lucrative!

Half a day later, deep underground on Black Iron Star.

This place had been transformed into a super-massive interstellar shipyard capable of housing a city.

Lin Yuan returned in triumph, bringing back those three priceless star-class star cores.

The moment the thousands of mechanical engineers saw the star cores, they were so excited they almost knelt down on the spot to kiss Lin Yuan's boots.

"Captain! Everything is ready!"

"Begin." Lin Yuan stood on the highest observation deck and issued the order.

Under the precise operation of tens of thousands of heavy mechanical arms, the first dazzling star-class artificial star core was slowly pushed into the heart section, which was 100,000 meters long and forged entirely from top-tier Star Meteor God Iron.

The moment the star core was embedded into the slot.

Boom!!!!!

The entire core of Black Iron Star seemed to tremble violently in response!

A roar of engines erupted from deep underground!

As the dome's deck slowly opened to both sides, amidst the deafening battle cries of tens of thousands of Asura Army soldiers, and under the gazes of extreme awe from the captains of the seven hundred-plus commandeered warships.

An invincible giant warship, 100,000 meters long, resembling a moving steel continent—the Nebula-class Star Destroyer, Kunlun!

Officially ignited!

It trailed a blue exhaust plume tens of thousands of meters long, slowly rising into the sky, its massive shadow directly obscuring half the firmament of Black Iron Star!

A historic moment was born!

The first interstellar flagship belonging to the Earth bloodline was finally completed!

Lin Yuan stood on the bridge of Kunlun, his hands pressed onto the command console.

Beneath his feet were the tens of thousands of ancient Asura Army soldiers with boiling battle intent; behind him were the seven hundred-plus fully-manned escort fleets that had just been reorganized.

Lin Yuan's gaze pierced through the endless galaxy, directly locking onto the star field coordinates deep in the universe.

His voice, broadcast via the Star Destroyer's full-frequency band, spread throughout the entire fleet:

"The tribute from the Black Market Alliance is just a negligible amount of interest."

"Order the entire army to rest in place for three days! Fill the warships with top-tier Source Stones!"

"Three days later... Target, the Cult of the Machine God's Sirius sector branch stronghold! Drive over there for me and uproot it!!!"

Earth's East Sea defense line.

The coastline that once surged with waves was now completely soaked with acrid smoke and dark red beast blood.

In the sky, several shocking cracks slowly squirmed, occasionally dropping burning alien wreckage.

"Boom!" A deep-sea royal beast over a hundred meters long had its head severed by a single blade strike, its blood gushing out like a waterfall.

"Hoo... hoo..." Xiang Lie gasped for air, his entire body looking as if he had been fished out of blood.

He casually plunged his notched battle blade into the corpse beside his feet, wiped the blood from his face, and looked up at the gray sky.

"The probing attacks from these alien scumbags are becoming more and more frequent."

Xiang Lie gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with an inescapable worry, "That Ninth-Rank old loach in the deep sea is also stirring; it wants to coordinate with those guys in the sky to surround and annihilate us."

Beside him stood a middle-aged man wearing a tattered military coat. It was none other than Lin Yuan's former mentor, Wang Ye.

Wang Ye instinctively looked at his right arm—in the most recent high-intensity battle, the meridians in his right arm had been severely damaged, showing signs of collapse.

"What are you panicking about?"

"The main alien expeditionary fleet is limited by wormholes; it will take at least a few more months to fully descend upon the solar system."

He raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the atmosphere to see the boundless deep space.

"Lin Yuan is currently on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, facing enemies that are absolutely a hundred times more terrifying than ours. He must be doing everything in his power to find a way to break the deadlock."

Wang Ye's eyes suddenly turned resolute, "Pass the order down: on my side, activate the third defense plan!"

"The East Sea defense line is the final gateway of our Huaxia. Today, even if all us old bones die out and are all filled into the sea, we must remain nailed here to buy time for Lin Yuan!"

In the deep rear of the defense line, inside a base hidden deep underground.

Su Xiaoxiao, sporting two heavy dark circles under her eyes, was typing frantically on a light screen, her fingers flying.

In front of her was a super-large planetary defense matrix that was slowly taking shape.

"Faster... faster!" Su Xiaoxiao bit her pale lips, "Brother Lin Yuan, Xiaoxiao will definitely be able to guard our home well, you must return safely..."

Meanwhile, on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, in the Chaotic Star Sea, on Black Iron Star.

"Hum—!" A roar shattered tens of thousands of meteorites outside Black Iron Star.

The 100,000-meter-long Kunlun, like a giant beast that had just awakened, dragged a deep blue exhaust plume and slowly rose into the vacuum.

Lin Yuan stood on the bridge, feeling the surging power transmitted from the three star-class artificial star cores beneath his feet.

However, before everyone had time to get familiar with the heaven-defying performance of this super warship—

"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!" [Warning! Large-scale space jump fluctuations detected!] [Warning! High-dimensional gravitational field is locking onto this ship!] [Warning! Number of hostile targets: Extremely dangerous!]

"What's going on?!" Ancient Sword Soul pressed his hand against the long sword at his waist, his eyes sharp as knives.

The radar hologram on the main screen instantly turned blood red.

In the deep space surrounding Black Iron Star, space was forcibly torn apart like a rag by a terrifying force.

Immediately after, one huge hyperspace wormhole after another lit up densely. One ship, ten ships, fifty ships, over a hundred ships!

An entire fully-manned interstellar joint fleet forcibly squeezed out of the wormholes, completely surrounding the entire Black Iron Star, blocking it airtight!

On the bow of every ship was branded a mechanical gear totem—representing one of the absolute hegemonies of the universe.

The punitive army of the Cult of the Machine God, Tianming Star Branch, had arrived at the city gates!

The main screen flickered, forcibly cutting into the enemy's holographic communication signal.

A hundred-meter-tall projection, half-mechanical and half-flesh, was cast in front of Kunlun.

The Mechanical Bishop, clad in a silver robe, had red light flashing in his prosthetic eye.

"Despicable Earth native, you killed our Cult's Arch-Bishop and seized the Star Market Alliance tribute. Your crimes have angered the great Mechanical God!"

"Now, shut down the warship shields and hand over the three star-class star cores! Then, commit suicide to atone for your sins!"

"Otherwise, I will immediately issue an 'Extermination Order'! Not only this mining star, but also your home planet Earth will be turned into cosmic dust under the artillery fire of my Cult!"