292: Chapter 292 Getting Ready to Welcome Guests!

The massive, mountain-like wrecks of alien warships that had been floating in space were now completely decomposed and restructured. Giant steel fortresses, built in the heavy industrial style of Earth, rose from the ground. Their outer walls were not only bristling with dense magical defense cannons but were also spray-painted with eye-catching fluorescent slogans that were both hilarious and absurd:

['Brotherhood Legend Guild' Sirius Branch! Buying all kinds of high-dimensional scrap metal! Fair prices for all!]

['Jiangnan Leather Factory' buying Tier-4 Void Behemoth kidneys at high prices! Can be exchanged for a down payment on a Second Ring ocean-view house!]

[Shocking! Auntie Wang solos a Lv.60 Mecha-Rex with a butcher knife! Come watch the 'Drawing the Sword' manual!]

In the sky, millions of Earth Players were shuttling through space in an extremely fanatical and borderline insane mental state.

Some weren't even wearing spacesuits; instead, they relied on the [Vacuum Life Support Card] left by Chen Xi. They rode in groups of three to five on the backs of forcibly tamed (beaten into submission) alien silicon-based lifeforms, letting out strange 'Awoo' cries as they launched death-defying charges toward the alien remnants at the edge of the star system that hadn't been cleared yet.

"Captain! Look over there!" Ye Fei pointed at a huge plaza not far away, covering her mouth in horror.

In the center of the plaza, hundreds of Earth Players with strange IDs like [Number One God of Cooking] and [Outstanding Graduate of New Oriental Cooking School] were surrounding a "super iron pot" modified from the main engine of a scrapped interstellar battleship. High-dimensional energy crystals burned beneath the pot, and inside, the thick limbs of several [Tier-3 Void Multipedal Insects]—which had been arrogant just moments ago—were bubbling away in a stew.

"Brothers, add more cumin! This alien bug's leg meat looks a bit dry, but it's rich in high-dimensional collagen. One bite gives +5 to all attributes! Old Li just took a bite and broke through from Lv.45 to Lv.46 on the spot!"

"Move aside, move aside! Let me taste the soup first! Damn it, to grab this first kill, I died dozens of times in the Divine Domain. Today, I have to eat back my investment!"

Looking at this group of fellow humans who completely treated an interstellar war as a grand holographic MMO carnival, Chen Xi's mouth twitched several times before he finally couldn't help but clutch his stomach and laugh out loud.

"Hahahaha!!! As expected of the fourth calamity! The cheats I gave them, they've certainly played them to the max!"

Chen Xi's hanging heart finally settled.

Under the insane catalysis of the hundred-fold time flow and the 'no level loss on death, infinite resurrection' mechanism of the [Heaven-Reaching Divine Domain], the innate 'grinder' attribute and 'infrastructure maniac' bloodline of Earthlings had awakened, exploding with a terrifying power that even advanced cosmic civilizations could not comprehend!

The Earth Expeditionary Force at this time was no longer that weak army that could only passively take hits. In the short span of 'one month in reality, ten years in the Divine Domain,' the average level of millions of players had been forcibly pushed to a terrifying Lv.70 or higher through human wave tactics and infinite trial and error!

This was absolutely an army of tigers and wolves enough to make the entire universe tremble!

"Chen Xi! You brat, you're finally back!"

In the distance, Commander-in-Chief Lei Zhentian, Li Zhenhai, Shen Ye, and others approached with glowing faces and high spirits. Especially Lei Zhentian; his originally standard-issue armor was now inlaid with various alien crystal cores emitting high-dimensional auras, making him look like an interstellar thug armed to the teeth.

"Commander-in-Chief, Uncle Li, it seems everyone has gained quite a lot this month," Chen Xi greeted them with a smile.

"More than just 'quite a lot'! These little rascals have gone insane!" Although Li Zhenhai was scolding them, the smile in his eyes couldn't be hidden: "The Divine Domain system you left behind is too broken! This month, these players have literally farmed the interstellar pirates and wandering beasts within a radius of hundreds of thousands of light-years into endangered species! We've not only rebuilt the outpost's defense system but even used that alien tech to upgrade all our magic-guided warships!"

"By the way, Chen Xi, how did your trip to the Myriad Realms Black Market go? Did you get that..." Shen Ye adjusted his eyepatch, a hint of concern flashing in his single eye.

Chen Xi didn't speak. He just smiled and slowly pulled out the [Imperial Treasury Key - god-creating cube Component] which radiated dark-gold mysterious runes.

With the appearance of this cube component, the originally noisy surroundings instantly fell silent. Everyone's gaze was deathly attracted to this divine object containing the supreme wisdom and ascension mysteries of ancient humans.

"Not only did I get the cube, but I also brought back a 'super power bank' for us while I was at it."

Chen Xi flicked his finger, and the Mythic Card sealing the entire Dead White Dwarf and the wealth of the Myriad Realms Black Market, [Myriad Realms Black Market - White Dwarf Energy Hub], emerged.

"Hiss—!!!"

All the high-level officials present collectively sucked in a breath of Absolute Zero cold air. Lei Zhentian's eyes almost popped out: "You... you moved the White Dwarf from the Myriad Realms Black Market... back here?!"

"Just a little local specialty, not worth mentioning."

Chen Xi casually tossed the White Dwarf card to Lei Zhentian: "Commander-in-Chief Lei, integrate this card into our outpost's core formation. With this White Dwarf as an energy heart, our main cannon's power will increase by at least a hundredfold. We'll never have to worry about energy depletion again."

"As for this..."

Chen Xi looked down at the slightly vibrating [god-creating cube] component in his hand, the crimson-gold divine light deep in his eyes swirling wildly again.

The moment he touched this component, the [civilization seed editor] in his mind finally completed the final data comparison.

[Ding! Detected Ancient Human Ascension Empire's highest authority terminal — 'god-creating cube' (Component 1/3)!]

[Authority matching successful! Administrator Chen Xi has obtained viewing qualifications!]

[Unlocking: [Ultimate God-Tier Class Atlas]!]

[Decoding: Imperial Treasury final coordinate route map!]

"Captain Shen, notify the whole army. The victory banquet is canceled."

Chen Xi suddenly gripped the cube component and looked up. On that young face, an extreme coldness and fanaticism appeared, signaling a coming storm of blood in the universe:

"I just received the latest news. The Star God Race's expeditionary fleet has locked onto our coordinates. Their army is on the way."

"Notify all players to update the game version expansion!"

"Event Name: [Twilight of the Gods: Fall of the Astral God Race]!"

"Prepare to receive the guests!!!"

"Beep, beep, beep—!"

"Server-wide Announcement: The new expansion [Twilight of the Gods: Fall of the Astral God Race] has been officially loaded!"

"Event Countdown: 72 hours!"

"Objective: Defend against and annihilate the approaching Star God Race expeditionary army!"