Qingyang silently set down the bottle and sighed.
Boom!
Violent mental power erupted from all over his body, continuously surging into his brain before ultimately transforming into Mental Threshold!
The surging mental power did not care in the slightest whether Qingyang's neural network could bear it, flooding wildly through his brain core and into his mental domain.
The intense headache made Qingyang's mouth twitch.
It was only after about five minutes that the pain slowly began to fade.
"Whew... Next time, I need to read the instructions before using something like this." Qingyang rubbed his temples and looked at the special Star Weapon.
[Star Weapon: Datafication Bearing Core]
[Quality: Special Star Weapon, no grade]
[Effect: Mental Threshold required for Starry Sky Battleship datafication -25%, applicable to all levels]
There was even a Star Weapon that could be used at all levels?
Wasn't this just a Purple Gold Grade Star Weapon with no additional effects and no ability to rank up?
As far as he knew, only Purple Gold Star Weapons could be used across all levels, their effects not weakening as fleet levels rose.
Qingyang was pleasantly surprised and immediately equipped the Star Weapon.
The pressure on his Mental Threshold immediately dropped considerably.
The Eternal Fleet currently had twenty Starry Sky Battleships, every one of them a high-end vessel.
There were sixteen Star Cruisers, three Starry Sky Battleships, and one flagship.
It could be considered as having initially acquired the firepower a Starfleet ought to possess.
Qingyang did not idle away the final day. He recruited another batch of crew members and Mechanical Units.
As for the Individual Soldier Unit, he replenished the Dark Mantis Mechs to three hundred, recruited five thousand Star Soldiers, and stopped only after recruiting twenty thousand Mech Soldiers.
Among them, the Dark Mantis Mechs possessed third-tier combat power, the Star Soldiers had reached upper second-tier combat power, while the Mech Soldiers only had lower second-tier combat power.
He also recruited another two extraordinary squads and placed them under Guxing's command.
Qingyang had once thought that a Starfleet only needed space battleships. It was only after several rescue missions and boarding battles that he realized individual soldiers were indispensable.
Especially for ship boarding—their use of short-range spatial teleportation was simply absurd.
In the Taiyi control room, Qingyang stood in the center, surrounded by Guxing and his sister, the Valen siblings, and Changxi.
"We won't be making any more stops along the way this time. We'll head straight for Qian Sen Star Lake. It should take eight days," Qingyang said.
Then his expression turned solemn. "Fleet, depart!"
All twenty warships began leaving their docking berths at once, drawing the attention of people throughout the surrounding Starport area.
They watched those colossal behemoths that blotted out the sky and sun gradually drift away.
They quickly reached the Star Ring Channel. Before entering, an official blessing from the Starport appeared on the Taiyi's screen.
[Tianhe Star Port wishes you all great martial fortune]
As the final character lit up, the Eternal Fleet had completely entered the Star Ring Channel.
Qian Sen Star Lake.
As a Star Lake region renowned throughout the entire Alliance, its vastness was staggering.
It spanned hundreds of millions of light-years in diameter, crossing thousands of galaxies and star clusters.
The exposed cosmic energy and all kinds of Exotic Space power painted the place in incomparably brilliant colors. The density of planets and celestial bodies within the Star Lake far exceeded that of ordinary cosmic regions.
Its resources and energy intensity were equally terrifying.
Star beasts, Different Dimension creatures, special lifeforms, lost intelligent machines, and even species afflicted by Meme contamination were not particularly rare here.
Even all sorts of Void Rifts appeared here frequently.
It was precisely because of Qian Sen Star Lake's danger that there were no planets or celestial bodies within five hundred light-years of its perimeter!
Even Dark Space and subspace travel were prohibited, with layer upon layer of restriction devices established.
Only Star Ring Channels and stargates established by the military could reach this place.
Of course, Dark Space travel could be used within the Star Lake—if one was not afraid of being ambushed by certain special lifeforms.
To further ensure safety, the Alliance Army had not only deployed thousands of God Hunter War Stars to stand guard, but also stationed over a hundred Star Fortresses here.
Every fortress was comparable in size to Tianhe Star Port, with diameters ranging from millions to tens of millions of kilometers.
Countless beyond-visual-range weapons were aimed at the Star Lake region, while layers of detection networks completely encircled the Star Lake.
There was even a military base established somewhere within Qian Sen Star Lake's Inner Region.
It contained four Neutron War Stars and one Pulsar War Star converted from a pulsar!
Core Military Starport, Commander-in-Chief Headquarters.
"How is it? Has the signal disappeared completely?"
Several major generals frowned tightly as they stared at the enormous Star Lake projection before them.
One of the major generals spoke solemnly. "But we can confirm that the high-dimensional lifeform is still somewhere inside the Star Lake."
"Let's hope it's only an ordinary high-dimensional lifeform, not a high-dimensional divinity. Otherwise, the Neutron War Stars and Pulsar War Star won't be able to handle it."
"If it truly is a divinity, then aside from this Starport's Sky Spear strike module, every other defensive measure will be useless."
"What did 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 major general at the front nodded, though curiosity filled his heart.
Was there really something in this Star Lake, which he had personally guarded for thousands of years, that could attract the attention of a high-dimensional lifeform?
Though the other major general officers were somewhat nervous, they were not overly worried either.
As long as the high-dimensional lifeform did not wish to die, it would not dare rush out of the Star Lake. Such an excessive slaughter within Alliance Territory would be directly attacked by the Star Network.
The Star Network's power was far more than it appeared to be, especially within the Star Sea Human Alliance's territory.
But to prevent that high-dimensional lifeform from going mad and desperately destroying the inhabited planets of the surrounding nations, the Alliance Army had dispatched reinforcements.
Meanwhile, at the Star Ring Channel outside a certain Star Fortress.
As ripples spread across the light screen whose surface resembled a miniature star sea, the Eternal Truth Fleet swiftly rushed out.
With just one glance, Qingyang saw the Star Fortress, like the Wall of the Universe, blotting out the starlight!
[Welcome to Qian Sen Star Lake. Please pay attention to safety during your adventure. Those without T5 combat power must not enter the Star Lake's central Inner Region.]
[Thank you for your cooperation.]
A prompt from the Star Lake's garrison military district sounded in his ears at just the right moment.
Pulling his gaze away from that terrifying fortress, Qingyang immediately saw the Star Lake.
It was incomparably dazzling, clearly distinct from the normal cosmic environment.
The vast region stretched beyond sight, as though a gorgeous curtain of light separated the entire star sea.
Qingyang turned back and said, "Let's head to the nearest military Starport, rest and resupply for a while, then go in."
Although they had not been much different from resting during fleet travel, they were still mentally exhausted. Dark Space was not all that safe.
"Alright."
"No problem."
No one objected.
The Eternal Fleet swiftly entered a Starport.
Qingyang opened Qian Sen Star Lake's local interface and was immediately surprised.
"There's even a mission section? The rewards are so high!"
[Escort missions, search missions, item-finding missions, collection missions, research missions, observation missions]
The dozens of mission categories left Qingyang a little dazzled.
After roughly looking over the escort and search missions, Qingyang focused on the item-finding and collection missions.
The first two types had fleet combat-power requirements, and the Eternal Fleet was still quite far from meeting them.
But item-finding and collection missions...
Qingyang glanced at Guxing, feeling rather pleased with himself.
There was a child of Fortune right here.
"Huh? Collecting one hundred units of Moro Metal—accepting the mission even provides the approximate area where the resource can be found?" Qingyang's eyes lit up.
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