The Era of Gods

Chapter 561: Chapter 561 Taking Over the Outpost Base

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No matter what problems you encounter, as long as you work hard, you will find… hard work doesn’t taste as good as free meals.

Delicious!

Lin Xiao had summoned his subordinates and set off aboard the Star Realm Battleship to head for Outpost Base CY-00801 half a month later, eager to receive the legacy left by the Greedy Wolf Combat Team.

Exiting subspace, the Star Realm Battleship directly transported into the Chaotic Void Sea beyond the main world. Looking back, the main world was a massive sphere of light, and beyond it lay the chaotic expanse of the Chaotic Void Sea.

The Chaotic Void Sea was not a complete pitch black as one might imagine; even without a light source, there were many aurora-like energy storms, sometimes stretching across billions of kilometers, sweeping past, giving the region an appearance akin to the deep sea at twilight.

Profound, gloomy, and deep.

Leaving the main world, the enigma emanating from the unknown depths of the distant Chaotic Void Sea seemed a little clearer. Sitting inside the Star Realm Battleship, Lin Xiao could distinctly feel the other’s joy and affinity.

In the past, he would have been uneasy, but he got used to it over time; there was no avoiding it anyway.

As the saying goes, “The ship will straighten itself when it reaches the bridgehead.” So, let’s stick to the plan for now, and deal with the enigma when it arrives. It’s not like one could really keep squatting deep within the main world and never step out.

Xie Yufei did not come with him. She had wanted to, but was later taken back home by Commander Xie, who forbade her from providing any necessary help to him in the coming period.

In the words of Commander Xie, this was a test for him that he had to pass on his own merit.

Lin Xiao strongly agreed with this sentiment. He shared the same view that only by conquering the Exotic Crystal Wall through his own abilities could he shut the mouths of outsiders.

Although he didn’t mind living off a woman, doing so himself was one thing, and he only jests about it inwardly. He truly didn’t wish for this, nor did he want to be looked down upon behind his back every day. Of course, he wanted to use his own skills to marry three… um, super wealthy and beautiful women.

Following the pre-set course, the journey through the Chaotic Void Sea was more than ten times faster than if they had been outside the lane, plus the occasional spatial leaps. What would typically require years of travel took only a matter of months. After passing through a Chaos Storm, they saw a massive sphere of light floating in a hundred-billion-kilometer-wide storm, as well as another small light next to the sphere.

The massive sphere of light was naturally the Crystal Wall Universe CY-00801, while the small light beside it was the Outpost Base.

When the Star Realm Battleship was still a million kilometers away from the Outpost Base, it received a query prompt. Lin Hong replied with the warship’s identification code and soon got permission to approach. At the same time, a thin guiding light stretched over a million kilometers to mark the Star Realm Battleship.

They continued forward along the guiding light and soon entered within ten thousand kilometers of the Outpost Base. It felt like passing through a membrane upon entering this range, the void energy outside the warship was broken down and converted into earth, fire, wind, and water, and all kinds of communication signals commonly used in the main world became available.

A communication signal came through, and Lin Xiao signaled to his subordinates to accept the connection. The bridge’s front screen of the Star Realm Battleship popped open, revealing a middle-aged man with the rank of major general, to whom Lin Xiao immediately gave a military salute:

“Lin Xiao of the Giant God Combat Team, ordered to take over the Outpost Base!”

The middle-aged man, looking around fifty years old with thick eyebrows, a square face, and short, thick hair mixed with gray, had a determined expression with a seriousness about him. He replied in a deep voice:

“Major General Shan Jianfeng of the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team, welcome Lieutenant General Lin Xiao’s arrival. I have received orders from the military region to cooperate with the Giant God Combat Team in taking over Outpost Base CY-00801!”

“Thank you Major General Shan for holding the fort; we’ll still need your help for a while longer!”

Lin Xiao’s attitude was very humble, not only because this big shot had reached level 14 of the God Level with Medium Divine Power, just one step away from Promoting Powerful Divine Power, but also he was in charge of a two-star battle team. Moreover, even after he took over the Outpost Base, the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team would need to remain at the base for a long time.

With the Giant God Combat Team’s current few members, they could not defend the Outpost Base.

Not only did they face hostility from the native deities within this Crystal Wall System, but on the flip side of this world, several bases belonging to different domain civilizations eyed them with covetous intent. The three-star Greedy Wolf Combat Team had been wiped out and disbanded. If the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team did not continue to defend the base, enemies would likely attack as soon as they left.

The Star Realm Battleship slowly approached the Outpost Base, and as Lin Xiao stood on the bridge watching the vast base grow nearer, he ordered the Battleship to circle the entire base.

It was evident that the Greedy Wolf Combat Team had placed great importance on this Crystal Wall System. The Outpost Base appeared to have been upgraded multiple times with several extra-large modules added beyond the original fifty-plus kilometer core, expanding it to over a hundred kilometers in diameter in one go.

However, these additional modules bore the scars of battle, riddled with pits and gaps, the largest of which ripped off a module several kilometers in size, its fragments still floating in the void. These were remnants of a previous battle that had not yet been cleared.

Fortunately, these modules were only temporarily added and could be dismantled and repaired. Once the situation stabilized, these modules could be permanently attached, further enlarging the Outpost Base.

But as the Outpost Base grew, it would require more Super Energy Cores for power, meaning they would need to conquer this world to acquire sufficient benefits to exchange for such top-tier treasures.

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Of course, it would be even better if there’s a Nesser Core.

While both the Nesser Core and the Super Energy Core are types of energy cores with endlessly abundant energy, there is one respect in which the Nesser Core is stronger—the energy output rate.

The energy output rate of a Nesser Core is determined by the capacity of the energy conversion furnace; the larger the furnace, the greater the amount of energy that can be extracted from the Nesser Core. Theoretically, there is no upper limit.

That’s the theory, but in practice, due to technological limits, it’s impossible to extract infinite energy instantaneously, and the specifics are quite complex. Simply put, the maximum energy output rate of a Nesser Core is higher than that of a Super Energy Core.

Therefore, outpost bases that use Nesser Cores as their energy source are generally larger and possess greater combat power most of the time compared to those utilizing Super Energy Cores.

After all, a higher energy output allows for the activation of more combat systems.

This outpost base is now his own, and Lin Xiao is considering whether to replace the energy core with a Nesser Core, since he has three of them on hand.

“Perhaps I’ll wait until the situation stabilizes a bit more before deciding!”

A multitude of Void Battleships is docked around the outpost base, with nine large Void Warships alone, each spanning tens of thousands of meters; two of them belong to him, and the other seven likely belong to the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team.

The handover of the outpost base went extremely smoothly. Every item allocated to the Giant God Combat Team was accounted for, including two large Void Warships, four medium-sized Void Warships, eighteen small Void Warships, over a hundred patrol ships, as well as a myriad of materials and war instruments.

After taking inventory, Lin Xiao met with Major General Single-Sword Peak, the commander of the Split Claw Dragon Battle Team, and several of its senior members for a brief exchange, to complete the handover ceremony and get acquainted with one another.

He then immediately proceeded to meet with the twenty-four surviving True God level full members and a few thousand reservists of the Greedy Wolf Combat Team. They now belonged to the Giant God Combat Team and were effectively his subordinates.

Of the twenty-four original members of the Greedy Wolf Combat Team, only one, a former combat squadron leader with God Level six weak divine power, survived. The other twenty-three, all with God Level ranging from zero to four and possessing weak divine power, were merely projections present here. Their incarnations as gods had been extinguished during the preceding cataclysm, while their true bodies remained in their own Divine Realms, ready to appear at the base for battle if need be.

As for the 3100 reservists, 27 were high-level demigods, 185 were normal demigods, and the rest were divine beings.

Essentially, the stronger demigods perished in battle, leaving primarily divine beings who survived by not being on the front lines.

Perhaps because the previous blow was so severe and the Greedy Wolf Combat Team had been disbanded, the morale of the surviving twenty-four True Gods was extremely low; they appeared listless and despondent. To Lin Xiao, they seemed like a group of slaves who had lost all hope in life.

Despite their status as True Gods, they were no different from ordinary people once struck by such a blow.

They might emerge from the shadow someday, but they could also remain trapped in it for life, forever in despair.

Lin Xiao spared them only a glance and, after a few routine words and announcing some new regulations, he left. For now, he could not count on these gods.

Besides, there was no need to rely on them at this stage. There was no point in hoping for an immediate counterattack; he first needed to take the time to understand the situation here before deciding on the next move.

The outpost base contained comprehensive data left behind by the Greedy Wolf Combat Team, and Lin Xiao spent the following period in the command center hall of the outpost base, poring over this information.

In fact, since the handover, Major General Single-Sword Peak had unhesitatingly vacated the command center, seemingly indifferent to everything within the outpost base.

Lin Xiao was happy to let him go, which spared him the effort of internal power struggles.

After nearly half a month spent in the command center hall, Lin Xiao had gained a basic understanding of the situation in the CY-00801 Crystal Wall Universe.

The situation here was more complicated than he had anticipated.

Furthermore, five Divine Realm civilizations had already discovered this world: Humans, Nightmare, Spirit Realm, Void, and the Insect Race, a Divine Realm civilization previously unknown to Lin Xiao.

Beyond that, there were the Indigenous True Gods of this world. Originally, there were two Indigenous Gods with powerful divine power, and recently a third emerged, leading directly to the downfall of the Greedy Wolf Combat Team.

But this was merely the surface. The Greedy Wolf Combat Team had unearthed even deeper secrets within this world; it turned out to be a subsidiary universe to the Toriel Multiverse, a top-tier Crystal Wall Universe. Deep within the central primary material plane of the CY-00801 Crystal Wall Universe, there were channels leading to the Toriel Multiverse, and not just one.

“This is getting interesting!”

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