Mission End, Potential Display

The moment it reached level five, relying on the brief surge of energy from the upgrade, the warp state activated almost the instant the enemy's attacks left their muzzle.

In the blink of an eye, Star Origin flashed a million kilometers away, as a massive barrage of powerful beam attacks swept through the space where it had been just a moment before!

The terrifying energy directly engulfed and obliterated several Crescent Warships.

One Alliance starship, despite its frantic evasive maneuvers, saw its shields nearly shattered.

[Shield value decreased: 1.5w]
[Armor value decreased: 1000]
[Hull damage: 17%]

"???"

Feng Xiao stared at the damage report of Star Origin, dumbfounded, beginning to wonder if his shields were fake as a wave of lingering fear washed over him.

If even a grazing blow from those attacks was this terrifying, Star Origin would have been finished if it hadn't dodged in time.

"It seems we need to be careful when encountering such veteran Star-Land Class starships in the future..." Wang Hao and Ilde said, their hearts pounding.

Feng Xiao was unaware that the situation was not that those two Star-Land Class starships were veterans, but rather that they had overdrawn the potential of their main cannons and the entire starship itself.

They had launched an overload strike.

Never mind Star Origin; even those three Star-Land starships would have had their shields and armor completely compromised if faced with such an attack.

For overload attacks, the increase in offensive power is calculated exponentially, with the side effect being a high probability of becoming permanently stuck at the current starship level.

However, because the two traitor starships had focused all their fire on Star Origin, their ability to counterattack dropped significantly for a short time.

They were quickly seized upon by military starships, which broke their shields and began whittling down their hull armor durability.

Star Origin, having returned to the battlefield, had no intention of stealing credit; after all, earning Star Points for ordinary starships was a grueling, bitter grind, unlike his own easy path.

However, once he reached the Star-Land level, he could head to the front lines to participate in combat, where killing hostile civilization forces would also yield Star Points and valuable military merit.

The ordinary Elite level was the most miserable stage.

He used his Star Points to silently accelerate the starship's self-repair speed while calculating his gains.

"Counting the Star Points provided by the enemy ships themselves, the kill reward points, and the guaranteed rewards... then subtracting the percentage of damage caused during the initial focus fire. That's about 1.7 million and eight pieces of Titanium."

Wang Hao continued his report: "Plus the Star Weapons you sold earlier, and the remaining Star Points, Star Origin currently has a total of 2.7 million Star Points and 64 pieces of Titanium."

"That's truly excellent."

Feng Xiao smiled with satisfaction; many veteran Elite-level starships only earned that much in a year.

"The Star Weapon replacements are mostly done, so we will immediately begin a large-scale, comprehensive upgrade. Once we reach the Elite level as quickly as possible, we can go explore restricted-level danger zones."

Feng Xiao laughed heartily; many danger zones had an exploration rate of less than 5%, which was extremely attractive.

As the two starships were completely destroyed, the Alliance side quickly gained the upper hand. Following the destruction of the first few enemy vessels, the remaining ships lost their combat capability one after another.

Half an hour later, the battle was completely over.

Because the Alliance side had been operating with ease, their damaged starships were quickly pulled to the rear for protection, and ships with minor damage were rotated to the front to soak up hits.

Therefore, they suffered no losses.

However, to hold back the large number of crab-type mechs swarming from the enemy ships, many starships saw their reserves of drone mechs and fighters completely wiped out.

That was a loss of at least tens of millions of Alliance Coins.

[Mission complete. Rewards will be issued via Star Net. Prepare for immediate return.]

The moment the words fell, Star Origin was sent back to the different universe.

He didn't have to wait the full five days?

Feng Xiao felt quite disappointed; he had been planning to see if he could use the increased range of the level 5 Storm Piercer's warp ability to earn an extra profit.

[Storm Piercer
Quality: Purple (Cap: lv25)
Level: lv5
Speed: Up to 5x light speed
Warp within 100 light-years (2 light-years/h)
(↑Level 1 +20%)
Purple Augment: Storm Cruise
When traveling at full speed, speed increases by 25% every 4 hours, up to a 100% cap. Effect ends upon stopping.]

Closing the data with satisfaction, Feng Xiao looked around and then set off to continue hunting magical beasts.

Resources for the individual combat system were not common, and he couldn't miss this opportunity. The Alliance's wool was endless—was there anything wrong with shearing a little bit legally?

Absolutely not!

[Captain of the Star Origin is under 25 years of age]

[Your combat record for this hunting mission has been uploaded to the Star Net--]

[Combat Record: Destroyed two alien civilization warships comparable to elite starships during the advanced starship period; performed micro-maneuver dodging against the overload attacks of two traitorous Star-Land Class starships.]

[Potential (Under 25): ★★]

[Note: Potential can be altered by external forces; this only records the potential demonstrated by current combat achievements.]

Feng Xiao was completely bewildered, only understanding what had happened after clicking on the official explanation.

It turned out the authorities were currently compiling the potential of the new generation of captains under 25, and those who met the potential standards could sign up for the upcoming Alliance Youth League.

However, this compilation was not a ranking, but a simple personal profile; clicking into it connected directly to your Second World homepage, where higher potential meant greater exposure and more followers.

Beyond the benefits for new-generation captains, it provided immense satisfaction to one's vanity.

This was intended to boost the enthusiasm of the new generation of captains.

Young people, after all, often value vanity just as much as, if not more than, material benefits.

It was said that for those over 25, if they met the standards, their information profiles could enter the Genius Section, which had an age limit of 25 to 40.

In short, the operation was simply perfect.

It increased the enthusiasm of new-generation captains in every sense.

People only followed you because of your formidable potential and status as a captain; if you didn't work hard to improve and tried to use it for other things, the citizens of the Alliance were not stupid.

You would end up with nothing.

In short, there was no other way but to improve your potential and combat power to maintain your popularity and resources.

By the time you grew to the point where you no longer cared about vanity, you would likely already be powerful.

Although Feng Xiao didn't care about vanity—he could get even higher exposure later by posting videos and photos of dangerous explorations on his Second World homepage—he did care about Star Weapon resources!

If your potential reached a certain level, you would receive support from the Alliance Special Fund.

"The registration requirement is ★... how is that calculated?"

Feng Xiao was curious and clicked on the intelligent query.

[★ is a fifth-rate Alliance genius, and so on; those ranked third-rate or above are eligible for support.]

Feng Xiao looked at his own assessment and immediately felt indifferent.

Even top-tier geniuses were just that; a large number of top-tier geniuses were born in various regions of the Alliance every decade, but those who could grow to above Star Dome Class were likely less than one in ten thousand.

Only talent that actually matures is true talent.

All others are treated as ordinary people.

"I'll sign up first and worry about the rest later; the Alliance's record of combat achievements shouldn't be wrong." Feng Xiao looked helplessly at Wang Hao and the other who had crowded over, laughing.

"Once we reach Star-Land Class, every battle will be recorded; who knows, you might even make it onto the Elite Crew Ranking."

"Hahaha, then we'll take your word for it, Boss."

AI Military Starport.

Three Star Dome Class field-grade captains were gathered together, discussing something.

"How many military starports have been completed so far?"

"Thirty-six. Several military regions on the frontier and the Blood Guard Starport have even sent reinforcements, preparing to retrofit ten Small Battle Stars and Planetary Fortresses to garrison this place."

"Sixty military starports, ten battle stars, plus two or three fortresses... good heavens..."

"How many starships are currently applying to enter the K180 Continent?"

"A lot. We'll arrange for them to enter with the military fleet in a few days to collect resources, but before that, we need to resolve the issue of the indigenous humans..."

"I think Captain Feng seems quite capable; let's send a conventional fleet and have him handle it."

"Agreed."

And so, Feng Xiao, far away in the continent, received a deployment mission with a generous reward...