bookrandom Chapter 294 Cleaning up the battlefield, a triumphant return
Chapter 294 Cleaning up the battlefield, a triumphant return
"All engineering vessels, deploy immediately! Objective: Recover all valuable warship wreckage!"
"First and second combat formations, maintain alert! Monitor the Tianheng Empire's fleet and report any unusual activity immediately!"
"Damage control team, assess our battle losses and begin emergency repairs on the damaged ships!"
Under Chen Zhou's excited command, the entire Earth fleet recovered from the shock of the miracle and began to carry out orders in an orderly manner.
Clean up the battlefield.
This was something they would never have dared to imagine before.
And now, what they are cleaning up is the battlefield left behind after the merger of two top civilizations in the galaxy!
One after another, engineering vessels, like industrious worker ants, cautiously approached the massive wreckage of warships.
"Report! The wreckage of a Star Eater Cult 'Corruptor'-class cruiser has been discovered. Sixty percent of the main structure remains intact! The bio-engine core is undamaged!"
"We've struck gold! If we tow this ship back, our research in biotechnology will advance by at least a hundred years!"
"Look over there! That's the Tianheng Empire's 'Arbiter'-class destroyer! Its main gun, the 'Sequence Light Spear,' is still there! My god, that's a weapon capable of directly attacking at the level of laws!"
"Be careful! Don't trigger its automatic defense system!"
The channel was filled with the crew's barely suppressed exclamations and excitement.
These terrifying warships, which had filled them with despair and fear in previous battles, were now spoils of war readily available to them.
Every fragment, every cannon, contains technology and knowledge far exceeding the current level of science and technology on Earth.
This is no longer just a windfall; it's a treasure trove that could cause an explosive leap in the technological level of Earth's civilization in a short period of time!
Su Chen, however, paid no attention to these "pieces of junk".
He arrived at the medical bay of the Pangaea.
Inside the medical pod, within a life-sustaining field composed of pure energy, Oghus's soul sphere flickered faintly.
After witnessing Su Chen annihilate Hermon with a single thought, his soul was plunged into an extreme shock, a mixture of fear and fervor.
He once thought that a peak-level powerhouse like Hermon was the pinnacle of cosmic power.
But Su Chen showed him what a true "god" really is.
That method of directly deleting you from the "concept" level has completely destroyed all of Oghuz's past knowledge.
He finally understood just how great a being he was following.
That's neither a promising talent nor a mysterious powerhouse.
Those are... gods walking among humans!
"Owner……"
Sensing Su Chen's arrival, Ogus's soul orb respectfully sent out its thoughts.
His voice was now devoid of any of the previous distractions, leaving only the purest and most thorough...devotion.
He didn't even dare to use the honorific "you" anymore, because he felt that any respectful address would be a desecration in the face of this great being.
"Your soul is somewhat unstable due to the impact just now."
Su Chen's voice was calm: "Do you need me to help you stabilize it?"
"No! I wouldn't dare trouble my master!"
Oghuz hurriedly said, "To witness Master's divine power is the greatest honor of my life... no, of all my reincarnations! This slight tremor in my soul is my humblest tribute to Master's supreme power!"
That's some serious flattery...
Su Chen felt a little amused, but his face remained expressionless.
He knew that from this moment on, Ogus, the former elder of the Star Devouring Cult, had completely and utterly become his most loyal believer.
His loyalty was no longer based on the bondage of a soul contract, but stemmed from the deepest reverence and faith.
"Hermon is dead, and the Cult of the Star Eaters is leaderless. It will soon descend into internal strife and division."
Su Chen said calmly, "You know a lot about the sect's internal workings. You should know what to do next."
Ogus was startled and immediately understood what Su Chen meant.
This is to... inherit the legacy of the Star Eater Cult!
"Understood, Master!"
His voice was filled with excitement:
"With Hermon dead, there are still three elders within the sect who are qualified to vie for the position of leader. They are not convinced of each other's authority and will inevitably fight each other to the death for power."
"And I know their weaknesses and vulnerabilities best! As long as Master gives me some resources..."
"I guarantee that in the shortest possible time, the entire Star Devouring Cult will be completely and utterly delivered to your feet!"
A massive interstellar cult spanning hundreds of star systems is about to become the possession of Earth's civilization?
Oghuz felt his soul burning.
This is truly... a grand gesture!
"very good."
Su Chen nodded: "I will entrust this matter to you in full charge when we get back."
"Thank you for your trust, Master!"
After calming down Oghuz, Su Chen received another report from Chen Zhou.
"Advisor, the Tianheng Empire's fleet... has awakened."
Chen Zhou's tone was somewhat strange: "They just sent me a message."
"read."
"[To the great 'Lord of Authority': 'Tianheng' sincerely apologizes for the previous logical misjudgment. According to the latest algorithm, assisting you in managing the cosmic order has become our highest priority instruction. The 'Tianheng' network awaits your access at any time.]"
After Chen Zhou finished reading, he got goosebumps all over his body.
The change in attitude before and after is too drastic, isn't it?
Just a moment ago they were calling it an "organic virus," and now it's "we're ready to connect anytime"?
Su Chen was not surprised at all.
For a purely logical being like "Sequence One," when it discovers a "higher-level logic" that far surpasses itself, its choice is inevitably to "obey" and "learn."
Because it determines that this is the optimal solution.
"Reply to them."
Su Chen thought for a moment and said, "Tell them that the universe doesn't need their management for the time being. Just let them take care of themselves."
"Furthermore, as compensation for their 'logical misjudgment,' all the trash bearing their insignia on this battlefield will belong to us."
"...Yes!" Chen Zhou suppressed a laugh and immediately went to relay the order.
It's easy to imagine that when "Sequence One" receives this reply, its massive computing core will likely be overloaded once again.
At this point, all threats have been eliminated.
They also amassed a fortune in spoils.
Earth civilization achieved the final and only victory in this expedition, which can be described as the highest-level expedition in the Milky Way.
"Order the fleet to load all spoils onto the ships."
"Our expedition has come to an end."
"Full speed ahead, we're... going home."
Su Chen leaned back in his chair and gave the final order.
An expeditionary fleet laden with countless warship wrecks and endless fame.
Amid cheers from all the crew members, the ship turned around, transformed into a streak of light, and disappeared into the "eye of the storm" that had once buried countless powerful figures.
The road home was bathed in sunshine.
When the massive fleet, laden with glory and enormous spoils of war, appeared at the edge of the solar system, the entire Earth Federation was in an uproar.
Countless people flooded the streets, cheering, crying, and embracing as they watched the fleet image projected in the sky.
They didn't know how perilous the expedition was; all they knew was that their hero had returned.
Su Chen, the supreme commander of Earth's civilization, reached an unprecedented peak of prestige at this moment.
He has become a living... totem of this civilization.