Return to the Barracks Base

"Yar, Human World Lord, you just wait! I, Moswa, will definitely make you pay for this!" The gray Sky Wolf roared, but he could only depart in frustration.

The reward had been snatched away, and he had even lost an Immortal of the Sky Wolf Race.

As for chasing down that Human World Lord now, don't joke around. Human technology is second only to the Machine Race; since that World Lord could afford to cultivate Star-Eating Grass, his spaceship naturally wouldn't be inferior. Three minutes was enough for the ship to accelerate to its maximum speed and enter the Dark Universe.

Once in the Dark Universe, they would have long since fled far away in that amount of time. More importantly, he didn't even know which direction they had fled in, so how could he pursue them?

For now, he could only return and wait silently for that Human World Lord to appear again, then seize the opportunity to kill him.

"Don't let me catch you, or I will tear you into ten thousand pieces." Moswa left unwillingly. There was no point in staying here any longer; could he really expect that World Lord to return on his own? That was clearly impossible.

Not long after Moswa left, other Demon Race powerhouses arrived via God Kingdom teleportation. There were royal clans and various unknown branch races—it was like a zoo meeting.

Unfortunately, they were all too late. Qin Cang and his group had long since vanished without a trace.

Unlike Moswa's fury, Yar was thrilled to have picked up a reward after reporting the information.

On the spaceship at this moment, Qin Cang, Kailun, Delis, Lan Ying, and the others were all very happy. They felt the relief of surviving a disaster, and even more, the joy of finally being able to return to the Barracks Base to relax after a hundred years of fighting.

"Drink up, drink up! Lie Feng, you've made quite a bit of money over these past hundred years. You can get full from drinking just as well as eating, so don't be stingy." Qin Cang was clinking bottles with Lie Feng, neither willing to yield to the other.

As for Lan Ying and the others, they were cheering them on from the side, none of them worried that danger might suddenly emerge.

After all, they had traveled this route more than once. The spaceship was flying through the Dark Universe at 30 times the speed of light, and it was expected to take only about two days to return to the Barracks Base, where they could finally relax for a while.

Of course, the spaceship was very safe. They had never heard of anyone in the Outer-Region Battlefield targeting ships in the Dark Universe for interception; the cost was too high, the chances were too low, and it was a losing proposition—purely a money-losing business.

Just like that, after two days of flight, the ship finally arrived at the outskirts of a Barracks Base. At this point, the Shadow Sound exited the Dark Universe and flew toward the incoming signals from the base.

This was the second time Qin Cang had observed the Barracks Base up close. The entire base was at least several million kilometers in diameter!

At the same time, the surface of this massive war base was completely enveloped in a colorful energy shield. It was an energy shield covering a war base millions of kilometers in diameter; it was truly immense.

"Colorful energy shield," "mysterious and powerful solidified law secret patterns," "mechanical cannon muzzles hundreds of kilometers in diameter," "densely packed docking channels," "countless energy nodes."

This was a perfect existence that elevated the violent war machine to the stage of "art"!

The first time, his mind had been focused on the battlefield, so he hadn't examined the base in detail. But this time, after looking closely, even Qin Cang was shocked by the Barracks Base.

It could be said that with this base here, there was absolutely no possibility of any successful attack by anyone below the level of a Universe Overlord. Even a Universe Overlord would have to pay a huge price to destroy this base.

And this was only a Human AAA-grade war base, arguably the pinnacle of Human technology, perhaps even without equal. But one had to know that Human technology was not the most advanced in the universe; the Machine Race's technological means were truly unrivaled, so one could only imagine how shocking their own Barracks Bases must be.

Qin Cang estimated that destroying a Human war base required the strength of a Universe Overlord. If one wanted to destroy a Machine Race war base, wouldn't it be impossible even for a Universe Overlord, requiring a Universe Master to take action?

To achieve this through technology alone, the Machine Race's methods were indeed remarkable.

At the same time, he felt even more tempted by the treasure Kailun had mentioned.

Unfortunately, the biggest drawback of these war bases is that they are too large and inconvenient to move, requiring prior setup to form combat power. If only they could be carried around and deployed at any time to form combat power, Qin Cang thought to himself. But it was just a thought; if they could be carried around, the Machine Race would be invincible. They wouldn't even need to comprehend laws; they would just need to keep manufacturing war bases.

As the spaceship entered its designated orbit, everyone's tense nerves finally relaxed completely.

Within the Outer-Region Battlefield, a Barracks Base meant absolute safety. No race dared to attack a Barracks Base belonging to the four pinnacle races. In secret realms or on Primitive Stars, killing powerhouses belonging to the four races was just a case of "when two enemies meet, the brave one wins"—if your skills were inferior, you had nothing to complain about.

But attacking the Barracks Bases of the four races in the Outer-Region Battlefield was purely a death wish. In the Primal Universe, no race or powerhouse dared to challenge the four pinnacle races on such matters.

Even the Prison Race and Crystal Race, who were also pinnacle races, or even the Star Beast Alliance, dared not do such a thing.

Inside the Barracks Base, Qin Cang and his group had arrived at a grand hall. This was a public hall, fully equipped with various entertainment facilities, designed for soldiers returning from the Outer-Region Battlefield to relax.

There was more than one such hall, and each one covered an area with a diameter exceeding one hundred thousand kilometers.

Although the Barracks Base was only a million kilometers in diameter, the interior was far more than that. With the support of space laws, the internal space had been personally opened up and expanded by Human powerhouses, making it much larger than it appeared from the outside.

Otherwise, how many soldiers could a war base of a mere million kilometers in diameter accommodate? Even those King-level powerhouses could have their own independent islands within the base. There were countless King-level powerhouses in the Outer-Region Battlefield; if every one of them were assigned an island, how much space would that require?

"Hahaha, finally back! After fighting outside for a hundred years, I've earned quite a few Hunyuan Units and Military Merit. This time, I'm going to spend big, hahaha..." Lie Feng's hearty laughter echoed. Returning to the Barracks Base always brought joy; no one was an exception.

"Cao Benqi, you've earned so much Military Merit this time, you have to treat us to drinks. I'm waiting!" Lan Ying said with a smile. She was clearly in a good mood, her tone completely different from when they were in the Outer-Region Battlefield.

"Hahaha, easy, easy! Today, it's on me. I'm paying for everything. Everyone eat and drink to your heart's content, there's plenty!" Qin Cang waved his hand and immediately had Pato look up the best places to eat and have fun in the base.

As one of the Human strongholds, the prosperity of the Barracks Base was not much worse than the major planets of those Universe Kingdoms. It had food, wine, and entertainment from all over the universe. The only difference was that the shops here only accepted Hunyuan Units and Military Merit; they didn't recognize the currency of individual Universe Kingdoms, though it could be exchanged on the black market.

As long as you had enough Hunyuan Units and Military Merit, you could live very comfortably throughout the Outer-Region Battlefield. Even if you were only a World Lord, as long as you could pay the price, you could even hire a King-level powerhouse as a bodyguard.

"Everyone, I need to go handle some things, but rest assured. Since I said I would treat you, I, Cao Benqi, will not go back on my word. I've already booked the place and sent the details to your mail. See you in three universe hours." With that, Qin Cang left alone.

Seeing this, the others didn't say much, as they all knew what Qin Cang was going to do.

"Damn, Cao Benqi is so generous. The consumption at this place is ridiculously high; usually, only Immortals or even Marquises go there. I wouldn't have even dared to think about it before." Kuin looked at the location Qin Cang had booked and couldn't help but click his tongue.

"He killed a Sky Wolf all by himself; what's a little spending like this? Relax, you don't have to pay." Lie Feng patted Kuin on the shoulder, seemingly mocking him.

"Uncultured." Gu Shi also glanced over, seemingly in disdain.

"Country bumpkin..."

"I'm telling you guys..."