Arriving at Qian Sen Star Lake

Silently putting down the bottle, Qingyang sighed.

Boom!

Fierce mental power erupted from all over his body, continuously surging into his brain and finally converting into mental threshold!

The surging mental power completely disregarded whether Qingyang's neural network could bear it, and passed through the brain core with extreme ferocity, pouring into the mental domain.

The intense headache made Qingyang's mouth twitch.

It took about five minutes for the pain to slowly subside.

"Hoo~, next time I need to read the manual for this kind of thing beforehand." Qingyang rubbed his temples and looked at the special Star Weapon.

[Star Weapon: Datafication Core] [Quality: Special Star Weapon, No Quality] [Effect: Reduces mental threshold required for Starship datafication by 25%, applicable to all levels]

There's a Star Weapon that's universally applicable to all levels?

Isn't this just a Purple-Gold quality Star Weapon without extra effects and unable to be upgraded?

As far as he knew, only Purple-Gold Star Weapons could be universally applicable to all levels, with effects that wouldn't decrease as the fleet level increased.

Qingyang was quite surprised and immediately equipped this Star Weapon.

The pressure from the mental threshold immediately decreased by a notch.

Currently, the Eternal Fleet had twenty Starships, all of which were high-grade ships without exception.

Among them were sixteen Star Cruisers, three Starry Sky Battleships, and one Flagship.

This was considered to have the basic firepower expected of a Starfleet.

Qingyang didn't idle on the last day, recruiting another batch of crew members and mechanical units.

For the ground forces, he replenished the Dark Mantis Mechs to three hundred, recruited five thousand Star Soldiers, and twenty thousand Mech Soldiers before stopping.

Among these, the Dark Mantis Mechs were Tier 3 combat power, the Star Soldiers reached high-tier Tier 2, while the Mech Soldiers were only early-tier Tier 2.

In addition, he recruited two more Extraordinary squads and handed them over to Gu Xing for command.

Qingyang once thought that a Starfleet only needed Starships, but after several rescue missions and boarding battles, he realized that ground forces were indispensable.

Especially the boarding of Starships, which directly used absurd methods like short-range spatial teleportation.

In the Taiyi control room, Qingyang stood in the center, surrounded by the Gu Xing siblings, the Valen siblings, and Changxi.

"We won't be stopping midway this time. We'll go directly to Qian Sen Star Lake. It's estimated to take eight days," Qingyang said.

Then, with a stern expression, he declared, "Fleet, depart!"

Twenty warships simultaneously began to disengage from the docking bays. The people in the surrounding Star Port area couldn't help but cast their gazes.

They watched these sky-obscuring behemoths gradually move away.

They quickly reached the Star Ring Channel area. Just before entering, the official blessings from the Star Port unfolded on the Taiyi's screen.

[Tianhe Star Port wishes everyone, may your martial journey be prosperous.]

As the last word lit up, the Eternal Fleet had completely entered the Star Ring Channel.

Qian Sen Star Lake.

As a relatively famous Star Lake region throughout the Alliance, its vastness was astonishing.

With a diameter of hundreds of millions of light-years, it spanned thousands of galaxies and star clusters.

The displayed cosmic energy and various exotic space forces rendered the area incredibly brilliant. The density of planets and celestial bodies in the Star Lake far exceeded that of normal cosmic regions.

The resources and energy intensity it possessed were also terrifying.

Star Beasts, exotic space creatures, special creatures, lost Mechas, and even some meme-polluted species were not too rare here.

Even various void rifts frequently appeared in this area.

Precisely because of the danger of Qian Sen Star Lake, there were no planets or celestial bodies within five hundred light-years of the Star Lake!

Even travel through Dark Space and Subspace was prohibited, with layers of restrictive equipment set up.

Only the Star Ring Channel and Star Gates established by the military could reach this place.

Of course, Dark Space travel could be used within the Star Lake, if one didn't fear being ambushed by certain special creatures.

To further ensure safety, the Alliance Army had not only deployed thousands of God Hunter War Stars to guard it but also stationed over a hundred Star Fortresses here.

Each fortress was comparable in size to Tianhe Star Port, with diameters of millions or even tens of millions of kilometers.

Countless ultra-long-range armaments were aimed at the Star Lake region, and detection networks completely enveloped the Star Lake layer by layer.

Even a military base was established in a certain location within the inner ring of Qian Sen Star Lake.

This base possessed four Neutron War Stars and one Pulsar War Star modified from a pulsar!

Core Military Star Port, Headquarters.

"How is it? The signal has completely disappeared?"

Several Rear Admirals frowned, staring at the massive Star Lake projection before them.

One Rear Admiral spoke with a serious tone, "However, we can confirm that the high-dimensional lifeform is still somewhere inside the Star Lake."

"Let's hope it's just an ordinary high-dimensional lifeform and not a high-dimensional divinity. Otherwise, our Neutron War Stars and Pulsar War Stars won't be able to handle it."

"If it truly is a divinity, then besides the Sky Spear strike module of this Star Port, no other defensive equipment will be useful."

"What does the Alliance Army headquarters say?"

"They are currently transferring a Silver T4 Fleet from the frontier, along with a Black Hole Fortress. They are expected to arrive in five days."

The Rear Admiral at the front nodded, but a sense of curiosity stirred within him.

This Star Lake, which he had personally guarded for thousands of years, held something that could capture the attention of a high-dimensional lifeform?

Although the other Rear Admiral officers felt a slight tension, they weren't overly worried.

As long as the high-dimensional lifeform didn't want to die, it wouldn't dare to rush out of the Star Lake. Such an act of super-scale slaughter within Alliance territory would be directly attacked by the Star Net.

The power of the Star Net was far beyond what it appeared, especially within the territory of the Star Sea Human Alliance.

However, to prevent the high-dimensional lifeform from going mad and desperately destroying the inhabited planets of the surrounding nations, the Alliance Army had dispatched reinforcements.

Meanwhile, around the Star Ring Channel near a certain Star Fortress.

As ripples appeared on the surface of a light screen that seemed to be a miniature replica of the starry sea, the Eternal Truth Fleet swiftly emerged from it.

With just one glance, Qingyang saw the Star Fortress, which resembled a wall of the universe, blocking out the starlight!

[Welcome to Qian Sen Star Lake. Please be cautious when adventuring. Those without T5 combat power are advised not to enter the inner regions of the Star Lake.]

[Thank you for your cooperation.]

A timely reminder from the Star Lake Garrison echoed in his ears.

Shifting his gaze away from the terrifying fortress, Qingyang immediately saw the Star Lake.

It was incredibly magnificent, clearly distinct from the normal cosmic environment.

The vast expanse stretched beyond sight, as if a brilliant curtain of light separated the entire star sea.

Qingyang turned back and said, "Let's head to the nearest military Star Port to rest for a moment before going in."

Although their fleet's journey was no different from resting, they were still somewhat mentally fatigued, and the Dark Space was not that safe.

"Okay."

"No problem."

No one objected.

The Eternal Fleet quickly entered a Star Port.

Qingyang opened the local section for Qian Sen Star Lake and was immediately surprised.

"There's a mission board? And such high mission fees!"

[Escort Missions, Search Missions, Item Retrieval Missions, Collection Missions, Research Missions, Observation Missions]

Dozens of mission categories made Qingyang's eyes blur.

After briefly looking at the escort and search missions, Qingyang's attention turned to the item retrieval and collection missions.

The first two types of missions required fleet combat power, which the Eternal Fleet was still a considerable distance from meeting.

However, for item retrieval and collection missions...

Qingyang swept his gaze over Gu Xing, feeling quite pleased.

There was even a child of fortune here.

"Huh? Collect 100 units of Moro Metal, and the mission even provides the approximate location of where this resource can be found?" Qingyang's eyes lit up.

This was a high-level material for optimizing Starships.

Chapter 1 will still be released at 11:30.

Chapter 2 will be changed to 14:00.