The one-time-use module was an Orange Quality item called "Star Chain."
[Star Chain (Orange): The two targets linked by the chain will share 50 percent of their defensive capabilities and evenly split any damage they take. Range: 1 light-second. Duration: 24 hours. Note: One-time-use module; cannot be upgraded]
When Wang Dong saw the module's exact properties, he felt a stir in his heart.
Because, if used properly, "Star Chain" might well give rise to a new "legend"!
The Black Stone Kingdom had not sat idle in response to the moves made by the surrounding powers.
"The Purple Thorn Kingdom has done its best.
"Some local nobles in the Seaton Duchy have been somewhat halfhearted, but their mobilization rate has still exceeded eighty percent overall, which is quite good.
"But the Faluleong Kingdom and the Civilization Progress Alliance have been rather surprising.
"The Faluleong Kingdom has thrown everything it has into the fight.
"And the Civilization Progress Alliance has even brought out its newly acquired Star Destroyer...
"I can only say, as expected of His Excellency, the Tiger of Black Stone. His influence in this star domain is simply unrivaled!
"Speaking of which, once this war is over, won't we end up with several major provinces—Faluleong, Civilization Progress, Purple Thorn, and Seaton—added to our territory?"
The King chuckled.
All five of his chins were trembling.
Wang Dong found it hard to bear the sight.
His father had once been a handsome middle-aged man, more or less.
But after enjoying a comfortable life for too long, his fondness for good food had been thoroughly indulged, and his weight had kept climbing.
In the interstellar era, obesity had long since ceased to be a disease for people of their class.
Nor did it cause many health problems.
But the difference