241: Chapter 241 Fishing System 3.0

"Boom!"

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The small fishing boat streaked past at the third cosmic velocity, one hundred li diagonally above the Starship. In just a second, it had surged past, reaching the airspace one hundred and twenty li away from the Starship. However, the moment it swept past, all ten Horse Terracotta Warriors spat out beams of high-energy particles, and the Fusion Pill within Jiang Chen's body triggered thunder from afar. A monstrous bolt of lightning struck the light swords surrounding the Starship.

Sizzle!

The high-energy particle beams, which had been cutting through everything like a knife through butter, turned into a puff of white smoke the instant they encountered the light swords.

As for the blue lightning bolt, it blasted a huge hole when it struck the light swords, causing tens of thousands of them to instantly dissipate, exploding like fireworks.

But quickly!

Those light swords split again, filling in the hole.

"Such strong recovery capabilities?"

Jiang Chen was surprised.

He had planned to punch a hole through the light sword defense system and fly straight in.

He hadn't expected this light sword defense system to be able to split rapidly and patch the gap.

Swish, swish, swish!

Jiang Chen failed to break the light sword defense with one strike, and the Starship quickly retreated, putting distance between them, while simultaneously firing ten thousand particle cannons in unison.

Since the distance between the two sides was only a little over one hundred li, almost every ion cannon shot was measured in seconds.

Jiang Chen dodged rapidly, relying on his superb piloting skills to rotate three hundred and sixty degrees in the void, performing a Thomas flair.

Dozens of seconds later, the Starship had widened the gap again, with the distance between the two sides exceeding five hundred li.

They even activated their stealth material.

Yes.

On their warship, there was also yin-yang material, which could activate stealth mode at any time.

Their light swords also changed color, no longer emitting light, but they continued to swirl and rotate within a radius of one hundred li.

[Report, Commander. The light swords are no longer emitting light. The Starship has entered stealth mode!]

A staff officer reported loudly to Mai Guyao.

A minute ago, they had been rushed by the small fishing boat, which was an absolute humiliation.

Now that they had widened the distance, they had not only retracted the light sword's glow but also activated stealth mode.

For a moment, the Starship's trail vanished in the void.

Only the ion beams occasionally firing from the dark void reminded Jiang Chen that they were shooting cold arrows from the shadows.

"Hmm? Stealth mode?"

Jiang Chen dodged the ion beams firing from the dark void from time to time while looking for an opportunity to approach the Starship again.

The previous sudden approach was purely because the Starship had been careless, thinking it could destroy his small fishing boat with the ten thousand ion beams fired in unison.

Now that they had reacted.

They had not only activated the powerful light sword defense system, but even increased their speed to the second cosmic velocity, and finally activated the stealth material.

For a moment.

Jiang Chen was in the open.

While the Starship was in the shadows.

The small fishing boat fell into a very passive situation.

And this scene, just a few seconds later, was also captured by the Starship.

Tens of seconds ago, Jiang Chen had rushed out from the torrent of ion beams and swept over the upper left of the Starship in the blink of an eye; this was absolutely shocking and incredible.

An interstellar warship, rushed by a small fishing boat to within one hundred li?

What did this mean?

It was equivalent to a level fifteen, fully equipped Hua Mulan being rushed by a seemingly level one Luban who spat on her and stuck out a pinky finger.

This was absolutely the ultimate humiliation!

Before everyone could even rejoice, the Starship activated the light sword defense system, isolating the small fishing boat outside a range of one hundred li.

The thunder Jiang Chen triggered later, because the light was too weak, was not clearly seen by the distant Starship, which only saw the light swords around the Starship suddenly lose their color and then vanish into the void.

But the small fishing boat was still there, continuously dealing with the ion beams from the void.

"Not good, the Starship has widened the distance and activated stealth mode!"

On the Starship, Xia Zhongxun glanced at the virtual imaging, his eyes solemn. Although the virtual imaging had captured the scene very quickly, the battle between the small fishing boat and the Starship changed in an instant; in just a few seconds, the two sides had exchanged several moves within an airspace of several hundred kilometers.

But at this moment, Xia Zhongxun suddenly discovered that the Starship had vanished; electromagnetic waves could no longer capture its trail.

The light swords had also entered a colorless state, no longer emitting visible light.

But the ion beams firing from the darkness from time to time told everyone that the Starship had not fled, but had entered true interstellar warfare mode.

In this mode, the Starship could remotely pummel the small fishing boat. Conversely, the small fishing boat could not get close, and thus could not utilize its agility and Jiang Chen's own strength.

"This Mai Guyao is still cunning; in one move, he has cast aside the small fishing boat's agility and Jiang Chen's advantage as a Level 3 Lifeform."

Xue Yao also immediately saw Mai Guyao's intention from this ever-changing chess match, as well as the problem Jiang Chen was facing.

Jiang Chen risked approaching the Starship simply to use the energy he could resonate with lightning to destroy the Starship's defense system.

Plus, the small fishing boat was agile and versatile, having reached the third cosmic velocity, which was much faster than the Starship.

But the Starship was not stupid either; after being rushed for one second, it quickly retreated, widening the distance.

It even retracted the light sword glow and entered stealth mode.

"This is impossible to fight, and impossible to run……"

Tie Zhu also initiated an intelligent analysis of the situation. The Starship was moving constantly, and Jiang Chen could not find the Starship's position, so he naturally could not get close. And if the small fishing boat wanted to run, ion beams were being fired the entire time.

If this continued, one careless mistake, and if the small fishing boat were hit by the ion beams, Jiang Chen would be in danger.

"Previously, the Starship was careless and was rushed by the small fishing boat."

"Now that the Starship has reacted, Jiang Chen is being kited."

Zhao Yinhu at the Lunar Base also saw the dilemma Jiang Chen was in.

He frowned, and for a moment, could not think of how Jiang Chen could escape.

The ion beams on the Starship could fire for at least a week; could Jiang Chen dodge for a week without being hit?

Once hit, the strength of a Level 3 Lifeform would definitely drop to the peak of a Level 2 Lifeform.

At that time, Mai Guyao, who was also at the peak of a Level 2 Lifeform, might not necessarily be a match for Jiang Chen.

"Lord Dragon Emblem, should we save him or not?"

A group of Dragon Emblem elders, seeing this scene, could not help but ask.

In less than a minute of engagement, the situation had stagnated, with Jiang Chen in the disadvantageous position of being kited.

Interstellar warships were still not to be underestimated; they were not that easy to deal with easily.

Even if Jiang Chen was currently a Level 3 Lifeform, it was impossible for him to be instantly in front of his opponent.

"I have already dispatched the Moon Rabbit Starship and the Starship, which can be considered fulfilling the obligations of Earth……"

"As for the Starship, let them continue waiting above the Lunar Base."

"If Jiang Chen suddenly performs a miracle and takes down the Starship, let the Starship hurry over to help."

"If Jiang Chen is hit…… then have the Starship activate its defense system, in case the Starship goes crazy and activates the Planet-Killer Cannon."

Zhao Yinhu said thoughtfully.

As the Dragon Emblem of the Lunar Base, he had to prevent both Jiang Chen from winning and the Organization from winning.

On Zhou Daituan's side.

As the Starship vanished from view, only the small fishing boat remained, transforming into a faint black dot, flickering back and forth in the ion torrent.

It was like a small fish, struggling to maneuver and dodge in this interstellar torrent.

One did not know at which second he would fall.

"……"

Zhou Daituan dared not speak anymore.

He only stared nervously at the scene in space where the small fishing boat was passively fighting for survival.

For a moment.

Whether it was the Starship, the Lunar Base, or Earth, all were plunged into immense tension.

Only at the Mars Base, many people, after seeing the Starship kite the small fishing boat from a distance, immediately erupted into intense cheers.

"This is the consequence of offending Martians!"

"Mars is awesome!"

"Mars supremacy!"

"Let the Earthlings see the power of our Mars!"

"To actually dare to dream of taking back our Mars, they simply don't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth!"

"What kind of bullshit Level 3 Lifeform, under the suppression of our Starship, it's simply a piece of trash."

"Wait until we take this guy down! We must teach Earth a lesson and make them recognize their status."

"Exactly, what kind of Mother Earth, you don't even have value anymore, and you're still called Mother Earth?"

"We on Mars are the future of humanity!"

The Mars Base was filled with cheers.

Even!

Some people had already started celebrating Mars's victory.

In the ion torrent.

Because the Starship had activated stealth mode, Jiang Chen could not see the Starship's position, nor could he discern where the opponent was roughly located.

Even though ion beams were firing continuously from the dark void, Jiang Chen still could not judge.

Because these ion beams could distort and turn.

And in the void, there were three dimensions, countless directions, and the distance was as long as several hundred li.

For a moment, Jiang Chen's naked eye, conscious particles, and electromagnetic positioning system all failed.

"I was careless! Before setting off, I should have coated the entire small fishing boat with stealth material."

Jiang Chen also had not expected that such a large interstellar warship would be coated with stealth material all over.

While he himself was still a shape of aerial mosaic.

Naturally, his position would be captured.

Just as Jiang Chen was struggling to dodge the ion beams while searching for the Starship's approximate location, a strange yet familiar voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

[Fishing System 3.0, upgrading.]

[Progress, 5%……]

[Optimization 1 after this upgrade: the only non-fog zone is Earth; the fog zone is all space in the universe except Earth.]

[Optimization 2 after this upgrade: the fished-up black technology is no longer limited to within Level 5 civilizations, but expanded to all civilizations, as long as the host can encounter them.]

[Optimization 3 after this upgrade: daily check-in can obtain the location of a piece of black technology in the fog zone.]

[Optimization 4 after this upgrade: the fishing net itself is black technology from a God-level civilization, academic name Binding Immortal Net; please use it often.]

The voice that suddenly rang out in his mind made Jiang Chen pause in surprise.

It had been over fifty years since the last system prompt.

He didn't expect it to prompt again now.

[Progress 100%!]

[Update complete. This is the system's final update; it will no longer upgrade in the future. Wishing the host a pleasant interstellar journey and to lead humanity to ascend to a God-level civilization soon.]

As the system voice faded.

Jiang Chen saw a holographic virtual map of the universe unfolding.

In this map, as far as the eye could see, it was all fog zone.

Oh, no, there was still one non-fog zone, it was just a bit small; in the whole map, it needed to be magnified one hundred million times to see the little dot in the middle called Earth……

"Wait, isn't Earth a non-fog zone? Why is the location of the Dragon Kingdom still displaying as a fog zone?"

Jiang Chen clicked on Earth with his mind, originally thinking that the entire planet was a non-fog zone!

The result showed that most parts of Earth were non-fog zones, but the land of the Dragon Kingdom was still a fog zone.

For a moment.

Jiang Chen couldn't figure it out, so he turned his gaze to the last optimization.

Jiang Chen had long known that the fishing net itself was extraordinary.

He just didn't know that this thing was actually black technology from a God-level civilization.

"Binding Immortal Net?"

"This name sounds very powerful."

"I wonder if it can bind me, a dignified Level 3 Lifeform?"

Jiang Chen thought about it and stretched his foot into the fishing net.

The result was a system prompt: [Neither black technology nor an immortal that can be bound has been detected.]

"……"

Jiang Chen pulled his foot back and then clicked check-in.

[Check-in successful, obtained a piece of black technology in the fog zone: the Starship, which contains magnetic field-driven jump technology and light sword forging technology left behind by the Level 3 civilization Ascension Star; do you wish to fish it?]

With the system's prompt, Jiang Chen finally saw the Starship's position.

This sneaky guy was currently behind a giant rock six hundred and fifty li away.

It was hiding there, continuously firing ion beams at Jiang Chen.

The speed was not fast, only the first cosmic velocity.

"Go, Binding Immortal Net!"

Jiang Chen picked up the fishing net, braced against the ion beams, and threw it with all his might.

The fishing net expanded rapidly, like a net covering the sky, enveloping toward the direction where the Starship was hiding.

Swish, swish, swish!

The ion beams could not destroy the structure of the fishing net.

Instead, a large number of ion beams were intercepted by the fishing net.

The small fishing boat finally did not need to survive in the cracks.

"With thunder, illuminate the dark curtain!"

Jiang Chen triggered thunder from afar, instantly illuminating the Starship hiding behind the rock.

Its massive body, hidden in the dark void, was lit up!

"This kid is about to reach his limit."

Inside the Starship, Mai Guyao watched the small fishing boat struggling in the ion torrent and couldn't help but smile.

He loved this kind of kiting an opponent, where the other party was furious but could do nothing to him.

However.

Just as he relaxed, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down on top of the Starship, illuminating the entire warship.

Mai Guyao was shocked; was his position exposed?

Impossible!

How could the Starship, coated with so much yin-yang material, still be discovered?

[Accelerate to the second cosmic velocity! Leave this airspace!]

Mai Guyao had just issued the order.

Suddenly.

The light swords surrounding the warship emitted intense sizzling sounds, and were being annihilated one by one.

And the Starship's speed was slow to increase to the second cosmic velocity, as if it were being blocked by something.

"What is going on?"

Mai Guyao asked loudly.

Soon, a staff officer, sweating profusely, pointed to an airspace and said: "Commander, it's bad, our light swords, I don't know what they hit, but eighty percent of the light swords are currently damaged!"

"The light swords cannot replenish energy in time, and the entire defense system has been compressed to a radius of fifty li!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

Boom.

Something, he didn't know what, landed on the Starship's main body.

At the same time.

The Starship's own system finally issued an alarm.

[Light sword defense system collapsed, energy no longer replenishing!]

As the Starship was covered by the fishing net, the light sword defense system was completely extinguished, and the warship also lost power, being imprisoned in this airspace.

"It's a net, Commander, we are covered by a net!"

Soon.

A subordinate hurried over and stated the source of the malfunction.

"A net? What kind of net?"

"It looks like a fishing net."

"A fishing net? Are you crazy? We are a five-hundred-thousand-ton, over-one-thousand-meter-long interstellar warship, not a fish. How could we be held by a fishing net?"

"This, this, this subordinate does not know……"

Many personnel on the warship ran back and forth, trying every possible method to tear open this fishing net.

However.

The fishing net did not move at all.

Its knots looked thin and long, but were indestructible.

Even if Mai Guyao wanted to tear it apart with his bare hands, he could not do so.

"What the hell is this thing!"

Mai Guyao frowned; how could they run into something like this in space?

Just then.

Someone suddenly shouted excitedly: "The warship is moving, the warship is moving!"

Mai Guyao looked up at the speed display; the warship was indeed moving, and it was advancing at the third cosmic velocity.

"The problem is, where did our Starship get this speed?"

Mai Guyao was completely dumbfounded.

Because he discovered that the Starship wasn't moving on its own.

It seemed that something was pulling this fishing net, so much so that their Starship looked like it was moving.

"This is the real big catch!"

Looking at the Starship that was bound and being pulled over, Jiang Chen smiled.

A five-hundred-thousand-ton interstellar warship.

The biggest of big catches.