Arc 4Earth’s New Defenders
Liu Yun survived his battle with the Golden Horned Beast and returned to Earth, where he prepared humanity for interstellar threats and expanded the Machine Race Base into Dark Star. As Earth grew stronger, the Zerg Queen awakened and began breeding an army in secret.
- Liu Yun lured the Golden Horned Beast into an asteroid-belt trap, sacrificed Excalibur Brave in a massive explosion, and survived by awakening in a clone while the beast was left restrained.
- The rival human factions fought over the undefended Machine Race Base until Babata raised it with the Floating Island System, and Liu Yun later returned to Earth with the Golden Horned Beast.
- Liu Yun reunited with Liu Ling and warned Earth’s leaders that his battle had exposed Earth’s location, then gave them access to the Virtual Universe Network and information about interstellar powers.
- Liu Yun took Glinda to Qiu Long Star, where he destroyed a smugglers’ satellite, rescued her from an auction, and recovered valuable alloys.
- Liu Yun awakened the Machine Race Immortal and settled his debts with Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, Xueni, and Glinda as the women committed themselves to him in different ways.
- Liu Yun expanded the Machine Race Base into Dark Star, captured arriving space adventurers, and learned that Brolin Nolan Shan had already told the Nuo Lan Shan patriarch about Earth.
- A mysterious old man awakened the Zerg Queen in Shennongjia and empowered her to the Immortal stage, while Liu Yun and Purple Copper Immortal searched for her without finding her.
- Liu Ling developed Cell Evolution Fluids that helped Earthlings reach the Planetary Stage, Yang Xiaolong and Ruby became pregnant, and the hidden Zerg Queen bred a new brood as Liu Yun began upgrading Dark Star.