269 Sets Sail

The White Candle Autonomous State is now a composite civilization, with the official mainstream advocating the path of [Domination] and its supporting industries. The mainstream of the Abyss has always been the path of [Craftsmanship] and [Destruction]. Therefore, Li Aoz has also absorbed a lot of immigrants in this field. However, as for their development of the market and employment... let's wait a hundred or two hundred years.

To restore White Candle Star to its former productivity and status during the era of the academic clique economy, it must either open its doors to foreign capital to seize its current fragile market, or take the initiative to accumulate original resources.

Li Aoz has already spent a lot of money on White Candle Star, and in fact, the revenue from the Spirit Maggot is almost exhausted. He needs to find new sources of income as soon as possible.

As a selfish person, Li Aoz didn't want to share his things with aliens, so he chose the latter.

Three months after the expedition plan was established, the first batch of fleet training was completed. A total of 30,000 combat personnel, 20,000 engineering teams, and 40,000 logistics support personnel from enterprises and workshops were sent to the Amaryllis Fortress to begin working in the space environment.

At this point, Li Aoz also announced the reopening of the long-closed space routes, and the cargo ships that had been accumulating for a long time set sail one after another, carrying the flag of the White Candle Autonomous State and heading to various parts of Star Abyss. Almost 40 percent of them were providing supplies and escorts for the military along the way.

The first Expeditionary Force headed south of Pulsar-127. Li Aoz did not lead the expedition, and the fleet was very simple: 12 old-model armed cargo ships and an old cruiser as the flagship.

Li Aoz did not allow the media to give extensive coverage to the first voyage, because this somewhat shabby fleet had a certain experimental nature, mainly serving as a test—the first fleet was that stone.

The first fleet was so poorly organized that it didn't even have a designation; instead, it was simply called the X Fleet because it was experimental. The officers and soldiers under its command even jokingly referred to themselves as the "White Rat Brigade" or "White Rat Battalion."

Even so, the morale of the officers and soldiers was not low.

Besides the fact that the players themselves are sunny and cheerful boys who enjoy themselves, there is another point: this time their ship has 50 Epsilon-rank (5) Implant Equipment Vanguard from Li Aoz.

These Implant Equipment Vanguard, after years of refinement by Li Aoz, are perfectly capable of being used as war vehicles.

Moreover, unlike Implant Equipment Vanguard, the armored soldiers can perfectly disguise themselves as organic beings when they do not transform, and even metal detectors cannot detect them (after all, their blood vessels are made of high-molecular composite materials).

These Implant Equipment Vanguard, combined with the player's immortality, can put up a fight against Zeta-rank (6) earth gods when they encounter them at crucial moments. If the opponent is not strong enough, they may be able to retreat at their own pace.

If you encounter someone like Crescent Moon, who stands at the pinnacle of Zeta-rank... don't panic.

Because Li Aoz had placed his Biochemical Center there and stored his personal Gene Sequence.

If necessary, Li Aoz can have the Biochemical Center clone a clone. As a [Astral Echoer], he can remotely command the clone's actions using Gravity Wave.

He could even descend into the past—but if the distance is too far, given his strength, it would probably take three to five days.

What if you can't make it in time? No problem, it contains five Sequence Aura. If Li Aoz can't get there in time, the X Fleet can simply and directly activate a virus in an emergency, which will shield the balance system of the implant and cause the internal genes to go berserk.

At that time, the clone will become a pure Zeta-rank (6) destructive beast. After destroying a planet, it will disintegrate and destroy itself, leaving no genetic information.

Apex Martialist?

For non- Interstellar Civilization, the Zeta-rank itself is the best Apex Martialist.

Because of its extreme brutality, this ultimate method was codenamed "God Abomination Switch" within the X Fleet.

In this environment, the X Fleet carried the hopes of the entire White Candle Star, silently exploring the Dark Star Territory that no one had ever reached before.

As time goes by, people seem to gradually forget what happened before and begin to return to a peaceful life.

Li Aoz diligently handling his government affairs. Just as he was pondering minor issues such as what crops to plant in agricultural zones and whether to abolish school district housing, Thomas Edison, the chief engineer of the Expeditionary Center, suddenly sent him a message: "Your His Excellency the President, the X Fleet has encountered some strange things, and you must take a look."

This great engineer was born into refugee immigrant background and was formerly an Epsilon-rank [Mechanic]. He was very grateful and respectful to Li Aoz, and every time they met, he would insist on calling him "Great Benefactor" and then praise and sing Li Aoz's image in three languages for at least 20 seconds.

However, his brief "Your Excellency" immediately made Li Aoz realize how serious the situation was.

"Just tell me the situation."

As soon as Li Aoz finished speaking, the data was transmitted. Li Aoz was reviewing it when Edison summarized the matter in one sentence:

"The anomalies in the data indicate that the X Fleet has discovered the larvae of Void Creature."

"Void Creature, that's normal. That place is prone to harboring filth and evil. Check their development. If they're still in the embryonic stage, send people to land and destroy them at the Earth's core. If they're approaching adulthood, then destroy the entire planet along with them."

Li Aoz n't surprised, after all, in version 4.0, their main enemy was the Void Creature.

In version 4.0, players experienced for the first time the terrifying power emanating from the Lower Star Abyss— [Zhou Yuan].

Narrative No. 6 – "The Void Kingdom"

In a sense, the Void can be considered one of the most terrifying existences in the Star Abyss.

As a narrative-driven civilization, it dominates an entire layer of the Star Abyss. This Narrative-level Civilization is one of the few that has always maintained a hostile attitude towards other Narrative-level.

Zhouyuan is a strange place.

Zhou represents the cycle that begins over and over again, and this ring is actually '0', which can accommodate everything, but also represents nothing.

Zero is everything, and it is also nothingness.

Zhou Yuan's curse is different from Jing Yuan's 'twisting'. His curse is 'drying up', which makes your soul increasingly deny its own existence, while your physical form fades. You may even lose certain mechanisms and concepts due to the influence of the curse.

For example, time, life, death, freedom, nation, self, reproduction...

This unique environment gave birth to a narrative that is completely different from other Narrative-level Civilization —the void.

Void. It is the root of nihilistic thought in all universes and planes.

Their Grand Narrative blueprint is 'nothingness,' hoping to plunge all of the Star Abyss into annihilation and remain in a state of eternal nothingness.

The more ethereal they are, the more intensely they exist, which gives Void Creature an extremely terrifying characteristic—the ability to evolve.

Void Creature can float upwards or dive downwards into the Star Abyss, depending on their environment.

They do not have a unified ideology, but they spontaneously embrace the void.

The most powerful individuals will Star Abyss Faction.

Therefore, you can see Void Creature in any layer of the Star Abyss.

Before Li Aoz transmigrated, there were three versions of him fighting in the Void. He even remembered very clearly that before he transmigrated, he was in the Void's old home—Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan is a very dangerous place, but when it comes to dealing with Void Creature, as long as they are not the top-tier creatures such as the Great Lords, Devouring Gods, or Observers, Li Aoz is not afraid at all.

"Speaking of which, what kind of Void Creature are they?"

Li Aoz asked calmly.

He's been having a lot of luck lately, and as far as he can remember, there aren't any high-level monsters in this place.

It's impossible for a Grand Lord to appear in the Abyss just three months after he sets off, right?

"The computer is verifying, please wait..."

After a few seconds, Edison said in a serious tone:

"The Void Overlord".