“So many people!”
“So many spaceships.”
Luo Feng and the others marveled at the scene before them. It was a hall with a diameter exceeding thirty thousand kilometers, an immense space large enough to accommodate the gathering of billions of cosmic warriors!
“There must be millions here.”
“Yeah, definitely millions.”
“There are already thousands of spaceships queuing ahead of us.”
One by one, spaceships landed and parked in order within the hall. Some of these cosmic vessels were over a kilometer in diameter, while others were merely a hundred meters across, varying in the number of warriors they carried. Some ships housed millions of cosmic warriors, while others carried only a few powerful individuals.
“Don’t just stand there. Get on the ship,” Commander Taiwo barked, swiftly pulling from his personal world ring a saucer-shaped spaceship roughly a hundred meters in diameter, which materialized out of thin air within the hall.
“Yes, sir.”
“Let’s go.”
Taiwo led the way, swiftly boarding the ship through the hatch, followed by his nine Domain-level war generals—’Kuangwu’ (Crazed Dance), ‘Shenling’ (Spirit), ‘Duyao’ (Poison), ‘Yanshi’ (Rock), ‘Fengzi’ (Madman), and others—each climbing aboard rapidly.
“The hull is made of E9-grade alloy,” Luo Feng noted as he boarded, scanning the ship’s surface and spotting the fundamental, basic law inscriptions. “It’s actually the most basic and common law inscription? Taiwo is an immortal god, and one who has survived for a long time in the battlefield beyond the domain. He should be able to afford a better ship.”
Luo Feng dismissed the thought and quickly boarded.
Whoosh—the hatch closed!
A dense sea of spaceships filled the assembly hall, then slowly began moving forward, entering the passage one by one.
…
As Luo Feng and his group entered the ship, Taiwo at the front barked, “Go to the lounge!”
“Not the control room?” Luo Feng asked with a smile.
“It’s all automated. From the lounge, we can still issue commands to the AI,” Kuangwu chuckled beside him. A handsome young man with purple hair and a pleasant demeanor, Kuangwu was the closest to Luo Feng within the Domain-level squad. Another reason for their closeness was that both were psychokineticists and bore a striking resemblance to each other. Among the human race, there were many different species with all sorts of strange appearances, so those with similar looks naturally felt more at ease with each other.
Soon,
They arrived at the lounge—a room roughly twenty meters in diameter and ten meters high, providing a spacious four hundred square meters for the ten Domain-level warriors to sit comfortably.
“Arriving at our safe little nest always feels so comforting,” Duyao leapt onto a sofa, rolling around on it.
“Safe little nest?” Xinbing Yanshi glanced around, slightly puzzled. “The material of these walls seems…”
“F9-grade metal, Tungsten Flame Mother Stone,” Luo Feng whispered under his breath.
“F9-grade metal?” Yanshi looked at Luo Feng in astonishment.
“Correct,” replied Shenling, her ever-warm smile glowing beneath the radiant white battle armor. “The lounge is the most secure area aboard the entire vessel. While the main hull is forged from E9-grade alloy—virtually defenseless against the horrific assaults of extraterrestrial foes on the battlefield—our captain mandated this chamber to be entirely crafted from Tungstenflame Motherstone. This,” she gestured around, “is our little sanctuary, granting us precious moments to respond should peril arise.”
[Note: I’ve taken creative liberties to enhance the fantasy atmosphere:
1. “Tungstenflame Motherstone” was chosen to conjure visions of arcane metallurgy.
2. “Safe little nest” transformed into “sanctuary” for gravitas, with “precious moments” emphasizing tactical advantage.
3. Added “gestured around” to imply Shenling’s charismatic delivery.
The translation preserves all technical details while elevating the prose to match high-fantasy worldbuilding.]
Luo Feng nodded.
Clever indeed—unable to afford an F-grade spaceship, he simply reinforced one chamber with F-grade metal.
“A single lounge, I can afford. But the entire spaceship? That’s beyond me,” Commander Taiwo chuckled, then issued an order: “Activate 100% external view simulation.”
Beep!
Though Luo Feng was sitting on the sofa, his eyes no longer saw the sofa or the floor. Instead, he saw the vast hall and the endless line of spaceships queuing up. As time passed, the ships rapidly flew into the passage, and soon, their own ship also entered.
Flying straight along the passage for about hundreds of thousands of kilometers, the ship then turned, following a curved channel. All the cosmic vessels followed this same curved path.
In just a short while!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Doors along the hundreds-of-thousands-of-kilometers-long straight passage began slamming shut, locking tightly.
At the same time!
The outermost passage gates of the massive barracks base began opening. Though there were tens of thousands of channels, only a few hundred were activated.
“Activate energy shields.”
“Depart.”
Commander Taiwo gave the order.
The cosmic ship Luo Feng and the others were aboard instantly shot out from one of the channels of the massive barracks base.
Whoosh!
The moment they emerged from the base into the void, all ten members of the Domain-level squad instinctively turned to look back at the massive barracks base. Even the seasoned veterans, who had gone on countless missions, couldn’t help but glance back. Even Luo Feng, with his vast experience, felt the same awe—because it was simply magnificent!
“This is the barracks base,” Luo Feng murmured in awe, clearly seeing the enormous base floating in the void through the external simulation.
Judging by Luo Feng’s estimation, the entire barracks base was at least millions of kilometers in diameter!
It was a war base larger than the sun!
Moreover, the entire surface of this colossal war base was completely enveloped in a colorful energy shield. This shield, spanning millions of kilometers, was simply immense. How awe-inspiring would it be to view the sun up close? Even more so to witness this monstrous war base in all its terrifying glory.
“Colorful energy shield,” “mysterious and powerful solidified law inscriptions,” “mechanical gun ports hundreds of kilometers in diameter,” “a dense network of channel points,” “countless energy nodes.”
This was a perfect embodiment of war machinery elevated to the level of art!
“Absolutely magnificent,” Taiwo exclaimed.
“Just look at those gun ports. Most cosmic ships use energy beams. But this divine base still uses those seemingly outdated massive cannons. Though they appear primitive, when they truly unleash their power… it’s a sight that makes your heart tremble. One shot, and an entire stretch of stars vanishes into oblivion,” Shenling’s eyes gleamed with a touch of fanaticism.
Xinbing Yanshi was completely stunned.
Even Luo Feng, with his vast experience, was deeply awestruck.
“What kind of divine base is this?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask.
“AAA-grade Divine Base,” Duyao murmured, eyes dreamy. “The battlefield beyond the domain is a war between entire races. There are only a hundred such barracks bases in the entire Seventh Battlefield. These are the strongholds of humanity’s war efforts, naturally the highest-grade divine bases. Even a Cosmic Emperor, a being of such might, would be unable to destroy an AAA-grade Divine Base.”
Luo Feng nodded slightly.
He had read about some terrifying weapons of the Machine Race. Some superweapons were incredibly expensive. Even ‘Star Fortresses’ were prohibitively costly, and those were only fortresses. The ‘Divine Bases’ were the pinnacle of superweapons, each one unimaginably expensive!
Among Divine Bases, the AAA-grade Divine Base was the highest specification known.
At least, the highest known! Perhaps in the Machine Race’s homeland, there were even more terrifying ones…
…
The barracks base was the safest place. Each war barracks base, as an AAA-grade Divine Base, could instantly reduce the surrounding vast expanse of stars to nothingness, even if attacked by countless billions of warriors.
“The barracks base is the harbor for cosmic warriors,” Duyao lay on the sofa, holding a bottle of wine. “Within the barracks base, you’re completely safe—you don’t need to worry or fear. But once you leave the barracks base… it’s a perilous world. After all, this cosmic secret realm spans hundreds of thousands of light-years. The entire vast star region is a battlefield.”
Luo Feng, however, kept gazing outside into the void.
Looking out,
With his vision, Luo Feng could clearly see the outside scenery even though the spaceship was traveling at sub-light speed. He could easily dodge obstacles while flying near light speed. Thus, he could clearly see the shattered insect race corpses, broken ship wreckage, and fragments of human bodies floating in the void. Some were even torn through by passing ships!
“Those wrecks and corpses… they must be worth something, right?” Xinbing Yanshi frowned.
“No one’s a fool,” came a deep voice from the throat of ‘Chui’ (Hammer), a Domain-level warrior of the Yanboluo race. “The spaceship’s detection signal has already scanned everything. The wrecks and corpses floating in space are all worthless. If they were valuable, they would have already been looted. If they haven’t been taken… then they might be traps. Xinbing Yanshi, haven’t you noticed… our spaceship isn’t flying in a straight line, but deliberately avoiding land fragments and large ship wreckage?”
Luo Feng’s eyes lit up as he listened. Indeed, that was the case.
“Because those places might be hiding alien enemies. Understand this—throughout this entire star region, except for the barracks base, every other place is a battlefield,” Hammer said gravely. “Don’t think we veterans are relaxed—we are all ready for battle at any moment.”
“Alright, don’t scare the new recruit.”
Commander Taiwo chuckled. “Our destination this time is a place about 80,000 light-years from Camp Base 026. It’s a fiercely contested area where many powerful warriors clash. Our elite Domain-level squad operates like a sharp knife. Soon, we’ll reach a clear zone with no debris or wreckage, where we can accelerate freely for cosmic travel. Once we enter the dark universe, we’ll be safe and can rest properly. We’ll have three days of rest during the journey through the dark universe. Upon arrival at our destination, it’ll be time for bloody combat.”
Luo Feng nodded.
Unlike normal cosmic space, the cosmic secret realm was filled with cosmic dust and debris, so a large area had to be deliberately cleared of all obstacles to allow for acceleration into cosmic travel.
In the Seventh Battlefield Star Region, there were billions upon billions of such cosmic travel points.
Boom!
Crash!
The spaceship carefully avoided dangerous zones and soon reached the cleared area. Yet even in this short distance… Luo Feng witnessed several powerful energy blasts and explosive shockwaves. The other Domain-level war generals were all tense, knowing full well that combat could erupt at any moment.
“Once we enter the dark universe, you can relax.”
“10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1, initiate travel!”
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