20demayo Chapter 6 Departure!
Chapter 6 Departure!
Lin Qiyue sat quietly to the side, listening intently. He had already learned this information through the virtual universe, and this was merely a confirmation.
He was no stranger to the allied forces on the battlefield. The Flame God Clan themselves were also members of the human race before they separated from the human race, but later...
"The battlefield mortality rate..."
Shi Feng couldn't help but ask again, a hint of worry on his face.
Although he was an elite realm master, this was his first time visiting this legendary meat grinder.
"Very high."
The hoarse sound of the venomous stinger came from the shadows in the corner.
"According to long-term statistics, the survival rate of ordinary soldiers is less than 5%, which means that more than 95% of the realm lords will die here."
Shi Feng gasped.
Captain Zi Mei, holding her wine glass, glanced at him with her purple eyes and said calmly, "Scared? If you were afraid of death, you wouldn't have come here. This extremely high mortality rate is actually a cruel selection process. Countless ordinary realm lords come in, experience life-and-death battles time and time again, and those who survive either become elites or break through to immortality. The outer battlefield is the greatest melting pot for the human race to 'produce' strong individuals."
"A large-scale battle that occurs once every 1000 epochs is a true meat grinder. Even kings and immortals can perish in droves. The mortality rate is... tsk tsk."
Ying shook his head and sighed.
"However, such decisive battles are rare, and the probability of us encountering one is not high. What we are seeing now is a long-term, high-intensity struggle."
Lin Qiyue nodded silently.
Zi Mei is right. The extraterrestrial battlefield may seem cruel and costly, but from the perspective of the race, it is a sacrifice of a large number of ordinary warriors to obtain more elite strongmen and a higher probability of immortality.
This is the foundation and cultivation method of the elite groups.
Shi Feng was somewhat bewildered, blankly digesting this information.
Lin Qiyue, on the other hand, focused more on practical details.
He listened as the veterans recounted common alien tactics used on the battlefield, how to identify various traps, strategies for dealing with different enemies, and how to hide, track, and escape in complex star systems.
These experiences were gained at the cost of countless lives and blood, and were of immense value to him as a new recruit.
He dared not be careless in the slightest.
Despite possessing numerous trump cards and combat power comparable to a king, the battlefield is unpredictable, and many powerful individuals have been defeated by unexpected events.
The rating of a World Lord General is just the beginning here; there are many more truly terrifying enemies.
Unless one reaches the limit of becoming a king or even becomes invincible as a king, one cannot be considered truly safe in the outer battlefield.
I stayed at the military base for about seven days.
On the morning of the eighth day.
The entire Phantom Squad received a notification to assemble.
"Ready to go."
Zi Mei's voice rang out in everyone's armband communicator, calm yet tinged with a hint of murderous intent.
A moment later, the eight members of the Phantom Squad, along with two temporary teammates who had just joined and were hitching a ride to another area to carry out an independent mission, a total of ten people, arrived at an enormous spaceship departure hall inside the base.
This hall, with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers, is magnificent and large enough to accommodate billions of soldiers.
The hall was now bustling with activity, and spaceships of various shapes and sizes were parked in an orderly fashion according to instructions; some were as large as mountains, while others were as delicate as shuttles.
New spaceships continued to be released from the World Ring, and teams of warriors continued to board them. In front of the hall, a dense array of passageway gates were opening one after another.
"There are so many people."
Looking at the scene before him, Shi Feng sighed softly.
"It's like this every time there's a large-scale shipment."
Thousand Faces had already transformed into the image of a rugged man with a full beard, and he chuckled.
"Let's go, get on the boat."
With a wave of her hand, Zi Mei conjured up a dark purple, streamlined spaceship that resembled a giant shuttle, hovering above the hall floor.
The spaceship is about 200 meters long and 50 meters wide, with intricate patterns engraved on its surface, emitting a dark luster.
"The E9-class 'Shadow Shuttle,' our team's vehicle."
Zi Mei gave a brief introduction and was the first to fly into the opened hatch.
The group boarded the ship one by one.
As Lin Qiyue entered the hatch, her gaze swept across the hull, confirming that the main material of the spaceship was E9-grade alloy, but it was clear that the material of some areas inside the space was of a higher grade than that of the external armor.
It seems that Captain Zi Mei has put a lot of thought into the spaceship.
The hatch closed.
The interior of the spacecraft is not luxurious, but the functional areas are clearly defined.
Zi Mei led everyone directly to the security hall located in the core area of the spaceship.
The security room is about thirty meters square. The walls, floor and ceiling are all a deep dark gold color. The texture is neither gold nor stone, giving people an extremely solid feeling.
"This is the safest place on the entire spaceship; the wall material incorporates some F3-grade metal 'Dark Gold'."
Zi Mei explained.
"Even if the main body of the spacecraft is damaged, this place can hold out for a while, giving us time to react."
"A safe haven."
Ying smiled and naturally found a seat.
The others also took their seats.
Shi Feng curiously touched the wall.
"The outdoor scenes are virtual, 100% accurate."
Zi Mei gave the order.
In an instant, the walls and ceiling of the security hall seemed to become transparent, and everyone felt as if they were in a spacious hall, where they could clearly see countless spaceships moving slowly around them, queuing up to enter the passage.
Lin Qiyue also sat on a specially made alloy chair, seemingly relaxed, but in fact highly focused, observing everything around her.
As the procession moved forward, the Shadow Shuttle finally entered a wide passage.
The passage was long, and after flying hundreds of thousands of kilometers, it began to make an arc-shaped turn.
Boom! Boom!
A heavy metallic closing sound came from behind, as the gates leading into the base closed and locked one by one.
Meanwhile, at the front of the spaceship, hundreds of exit gates on the massive base shell covered with a colorful energy shield slowly opened.
"Activate the energy shield."
"Set off."
Zi Mei's voice fell.
The Shadow Shuttle spewed out a ghostly blue flame from its tail, its speed suddenly increasing. It transformed into a purple streak of light, shooting out from one of the passages and instantly leaving the enormous military base, disappearing into the cold, dark, and murderous void outside.
"Whoosh!"
The moment they left the base, everyone in the security hall instinctively turned their heads to look behind them.
Even the veteran players who had seen it many times still showed a look of shock in their eyes.
Lin Qiyue and Shi Feng, the two new recruits, held their breath.
Through the virtual exterior view, you can clearly see the enormous object floating in the void—Barracks Base No. 074!
That was a super war fortress with a diameter estimated to be millions of kilometers!
It is much larger than an ordinary star!
The overall structure is an irregular, grotesque polyhedron, and its surface is completely covered by a layer of dazzling yet incredibly solid colored energy shield.
Beneath the protective shield lay a dense array of extremely complex and solidified laws and patterns, shimmering with a breathtaking light.
A series of enormous cannon muzzles, hundreds of kilometers in diameter and resembling black holes, stood in a solemn array.
Countless passageways, energy nodes, and defensive towers are scattered across it.