Violet Kingdom, Star Weapon Delivered to the Door

"That is the sub-space Moss Starport. No need to decelerate, just pass straight through."

Feng Xiao signaled to the two of them. Ahead, a massive pentagonal starport stood in the void, its force field generated by specialized equipment ensuring it remained unaffected by the ubiquitous spatial folding of sub-space.

From time to time, starships could be seen entering the starport for resupply, while even more vessels sailed directly into the various star gates located at the five corners of the starport.

The spatial light curtain rippled slightly, and the high-speed Star Origin plunged headlong into one of the star gates.

The view shifted.

Silver light instantly filled their entire field of vision, and the next moment, when they could see clearly, they had arrived in an extremely prosperous region!

Twelve fully terraformed planets orbited a natural central star, their exteriors crowded with multi-layered functional orbits and transport starports.

A vast number of cosmic cities and outpost structures were scattered between the planets, drifting according to their settings.

Countless traffic beacons linked all the planets and cosmic cities, with even some military outposts integrated into the transport network.

Dense streams of star-trains and interstellar ships moved back and forth, shuttling between the major planets and cosmic cities.

Because this entire star system was encased in a special shield, sound transmission within the system faced no obstacles, and the energy concentration was quite high.

Occasionally, ships draped in advertisements drifted slowly past the peripheral star gates.

Wang Hao and Ilde were filled with wonder.

"So this is the Violet Kingdom. It truly lives up to its reputation as the most powerful nation in the Morton Galaxy. This is just too prosperous—can private vehicles really travel through the starry sky?"

Feng Xiao laughed. "Take a guess at what kind of administrative unit this star system is in the Violet Kingdom."

"Isn't it just a star system?"

Even though the economic value created by this star system was likely higher than that of the entire Blue Crystal Federation.

Hearing Wang Hao's answer, Ilde patted him on the shoulder. "You guessed wrong. This is the Violet Kingdom's direct-administered financial municipality—Red Mountain City."

"A city??"

"You heard that right, it is indeed a city. Aside from the one-third of each planet that must be reserved for the ecological environment according to Alliance Law, the rest is packed with technological building zones."

"In this area alone, the permanent population is around two hundred billion. It is one of the core trade regions of the Violet Kingdom."

Wang Hao: "An economic powerhouse."

The Star Origin followed the intelligent guidance, entering the high-speed lane reserved for starships, and then flew toward a starship docking platform.

"Will you be following me later, or moving about freely?"

Wang Hao chuckled. "Boss, I want to go look around."

"I will follow the Captain."

Ilde expressed that he had no interest in wandering.

Once the starship finished docking, Feng Xiao took Ilde out of the docking platform, and Wang Hao left excitedly with his vacation funds.

"Let's go to the commercial district first and see if there's anything that can help us." Feng Xiao opened the Star Origin's cargo hold and summoned a Fatley floating supercar, quickly departing with Ilde.

As a luxury supercar priced at tens of millions of Alliance Coins—and requiring two thousand Star Points to purchase even on the Star Net—most elite-class starship owners wouldn't necessarily be willing to buy one.

But as an explorer, since he didn't prioritize strength enhancement above all else, he naturally chose to enjoy himself first.

Possessing multiple legendary items meant that even without pursuing raw power, the efficiency of his Star Origin's upgrades wouldn't be inferior to most others.

The Fatley supercar, with its streamlined body and shimmering crystalline silver light, quickly entered the traffic lane and shot forward.

Equipped with its own individual shield and a top speed of Mach 35, the supercar accelerated to Mach 5 in barely two seconds.

With the intelligent collision-avoidance system activated, Feng Xiao drove the supercar around excitedly.

"Whoo-hoo!"

[Please note: The speed limit for floating vehicles in this lane is Mach 20. You are about to exceed the speed limit.]

Feng Xiao hurriedly slowed down; an Alliance driver's license was not easy to obtain. Helplessly, he turned and drove into a short-range star gate with a diameter of five kilometers.

In less than a second, Feng Xiao and Ilde crossed two million kilometers, arriving at their target cosmic city.

"Star gate technology is truly incredible. It doesn't feel like it consumes much energy."

"I heard that the long-distance transport method of powerful nations is teleportation. They use special equipment to spread spatial waves across their entire territory, and you can teleport once by paying a fee."

The two chatted easily, not at all worried that anyone would dare to attack them.

As long as a nation is recognized by the Alliance, armed conflict is strictly prohibited within specific zones. Fighting or engaging in battle requires going into the deep void or designated areas.

As for a total ban, setting aside whether that is realistic, the Alliance Council would never agree to it anyway.

In fact, no one cares if two or more ordinary nations go to war, provided you fight normally and do not slaughter citizens or destroy ecological resources on a large scale.

If you slaughter human citizens or continuously destroy life-bearing planets and resource stars, the Alliance enforcers will simply send you to be reincarnated.

Reasonable armed competition is allowed to stimulate growth, but violating the basic order of humanity is strictly forbidden.

Once a nation is promoted to a "Powerful Nation," war is completely disallowed. You aren't going to the front lines to attack alien civilizations and plunder their resources, so why are you fighting internally here?

If there is a conflict, there is the Alliance Court. If it truly cannot be resolved, you take your representative troops to the Second World or the Star Net to settle it.

There is no conflict that cannot be resolved by profit.

In short, one acts according to their rank.

Regardless, those powerful nations or great powers suffer no consequences even if they lose in border wars; with their territory deep within human space, what is there to fear from an enemy invasion?

The Fatley sailed unimpeded into the space city designated K8, a unique city slowly drifting through the cosmos.

Despite its nature, it boasted a usable area of millions of square kilometers, with countless sci-fi skyscrapers reaching heights of a thousand meters scattered everywhere, and floating islands lush with beautiful vegetation drifting past the city at intervals.

Spiritually-imbued animals and citizens walked throughout the city—anti-gravity technology and basic nano-life-support robotics were fully matured, meaning humans could drift into the vacuum of space and remain perfectly fine.

Oxygen?

Who needs that stuff?

Feng Xiao's Fatley entered the space city, instantly drawing the attention of everyone nearby; even in the Violet Kingdom, such supercars were a rare sight.

[Brother, you're not a local, are you?]

Feng Xiao paused, then looked toward a supercar that had appeared beside him at some point, cruising in tandem. Though not as impressive as his own, it was still far from ordinary.

[I am not.]

[Heh, since you can afford a supercar like that, you must be someone of substance. I have a proposition that I'm sure will interest you.]

Feng Xiao smiled faintly.

[Let's hear it.]

[Recently, the Nova Club here in K8 and clubs from other space cities are holding a supercar race. The first-place prize is a purple-grade main cannon Star Weapon. Interested in giving it a try?]

A purple-grade main cannon?

Good grief, are the second-generation elites of the Violet Kingdom really this formidable?

[A purple-grade Star Weapon? Why not use it yourself?]

[The sponsor is a super second-generation elite. While a purple Star Weapon is a painful loss even for him, his passion for supercar racing is beyond your imagination. I'm only asking you as a last resort; as long as you can make the top ten and save face for K8, you'll be a platinum VIP of the club!]

A smile tugged at the corner of Feng Xiao's mouth, his interest piqued.

[No problem, give me the address and time.]

[Deal, I'm off to recruit more people.]

Glancing at the private messages in the local channel, Feng Xiao shook his head with a chuckle.

What was this?

It was like someone handing him a pillow just as he was getting sleepy. Although the unspoken rules forbade the use of external force, when he used his legendary-grade ability, not even the Violet Kingdom would be able to detect it, let alone them.

Despicable?

This is called capability!

"Let's go, first head to the Li Group specialty store and see if there's anything good."

"Understood, Captain."