To settle things and bring things to a close
Eve of Muli Star suddenly lost all contact. Before the branch server room was destroyed, she only had time to issue a warning and upload all the information to the cloud, waiting for Eve of the main server to take over.
At the same time, the capital planet also received news of Song Yu's betrayal, along with video recordings of what was happening in the server room.
The capital planet's military immediately dispatched forces from nearby planets to provide support.
With the server room destroyed, the main server Eve could only have limited access to Muli Star, but could not gain control.
The key to control is in the hands of the executive officer, and Eugénie Retona is unreachable.
The captains of the Z1-Z12 armies on Muli Star were simultaneously triggered by a mental upheaval, rendering them unable to command their troops.
When Muli Xing's urgent military intelligence was delivered to Lin Shuangqiao's desk, she had just finished two meetings and was pressing her temples with a slight headache.
But the familiar name stung her eyes, and her already bloodshot eyes swelled and hurt even more.
"Where is the executive officer of Muli Star?" Lin Shuangqiao leaned on the table, her anger barely concealed. "Why did they let things get to this point? Didn't they notice anything unusual at all?"
“Based on the summary information transmitted back by the extension Eve, we deduce that Executive Officer Retona was murdered a long time ago, but she was controlled by Nightmare, and she regularly appeared in Eve's server room, causing Eve to misjudge the situation and fail to report it in time,” Secretary-General Sain reported, holding a light screen. “Her adopted daughter is under the death threat from Song Yu, and therefore unable to report specific details. Currently, the main server Eve cannot fully obtain Muli Star's permissions, and the executive officer's whereabouts are unknown.”
"What do you mean by 'disappeared without a trace'? Can executives just disappear like that? Are they all incompetent?" Lin Shuangqiao slammed her hand on the table. Just then, her personal terminal rang.
From Lin Changli.
He has brought Eugenia Retona back to Black Tower and requested the Emperor's permission for her to once again command Alpha Fortress.
Lin Shuangqiao approved it.
Lin Changli received her reply on his terminal: Kill him, regardless of the cost.
Lin Shuangqiao wanted to seize this opportunity to completely eliminate any future troubles.
*
On Muli Star, Ms. Zina escorted the headache-ridden Melusin onto the warship, her own face showing pain.
Melusin tried to contact Kuwano, but Kuwano was doing something and didn't reply.
"Where is she going?" Melusin asked loudly amidst the howling wind.
Before Zina could answer, she received a joint operational order from the military.
With a "beep," Sangye finally replied: Song Yu has taken control of the military airfield, seized a large number of warships, and has escaped from Muli Star. Jima and I are tracking him.
Muli Star does not have space fortresses; instead, it employs a swarm-based, interconnected combat mode.
As Song Yu sat inside the main ship, the moment he left the atmosphere of Muli Star, his heart leaped into his throat, and the necklace around his neck felt like it was burning.
Only when he was hundreds of kilometers away and the necklace was still intact did he finally relax, breathing heavily as if he had survived a disaster.
He suddenly ripped off the necklace that had bound him for years, threw it to the ground, and stomped on it fiercely.
Where to go next?
He glanced around at the sentries inside the warship, who were like zombies, their minds controlled by the black mist.
He didn't intend to take them into exile; by exile, the fewer people the better. Besides, controlling these people for a lifetime would be too exhausting.
Once he leaves this star system, he will abandon them on any random, abandoned planet.
He would then sell the warships for money.
As a guide, there are naturally many people willing to offer him help.
Just get out of here. Just get out of here.
He pulled the space jump engine lever to its maximum, and the loud hum of the engine running could be heard.
Hurry, hurry up, get him out of this hell as soon as possible.
The progress bar gradually jumped from 20% to 40%, and then to 85%. Just when it seemed like success was imminent, a sudden shock from an explosion struck. Song Yu, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, slammed into the control panel, leaving a dent on his head from which blood slowly seeped.
He relied on his mental abilities and never trained his physical strength. His actual combat ability was terrifyingly low, but his mental abilities were extremely troublesome.
Someone sabotaged the jump engine.
How could this be? Song Yu couldn't believe it.
Like the warship's core, the jump engine is hidden deep within the warship. Who can destroy it?
A red alert message lit up on the display screen, turning the entire bridge red.
"Warning, warning! Space fortress detected approaching."
Eve's cold female voice rang out.
The warships are all controlled by Eve, but the Eve of the warship is a closed system and cannot do anything outside of her authority; the execution power is in the hands of humans.
Song Yu's face turned ashen. He rushed to the display screen and pulled up the panoramic image.
At some point, a massive space fortress appeared on the upper reaches of the galaxy, its cold gray hull windows seeming to gaze silently at the world.
Song Yu recognized the fortress.
Alpha Fortress. The only fortress in the Empire with a special name.
It lost its commander many years ago and has been sitting in outer space of the capital star for a long time, like a silent guardian.
But now it's here.
The space fortress's jump engine is much larger than that of a warship, and the resulting speed and efficiency are unmatched by warships.
Unless he can restart the engine and enter the jump tunnel now, the space fortress cannot pursue him in the distorted space.
But now his jump engine has been destroyed.
Who is it?
Song Yu suddenly remembered this incident, and he turned around abruptly, intending to take people to repair the engine.
A figure stood at the bridge elevator, his face inscrutable. It was unclear how long he had been standing there.
Until he emerged from the shadows.
Lin Changli looks like Lin Shuangqiao. There are not many traces left by his biological father on his face, but when he doesn't smile, the corners of his mouth droop down, just like Yu Shen.
Just like now.
He looked coldly at Song Yu and spoke first: "You attacked the executive officer of Muli Star, took control of the army, and attempted to escape. This is already an act of treason. This time, no one can save you."
Song Yu gasped for breath: "How did you get up here!"
How did he manage to avoid issuing any warnings about the invasion of the warship?
Lin Changli reached out and gently touched the air. Flames overflowed from his fingertips, scorching and distorting the air under the high temperature, instantly tearing open a space the height of a single person, which was still expanding.
After the breakthrough in spiritual body, new spiritual abilities are also formed, allowing him to overcome spatial barriers.
Currently, he can only act on his own, but his mental abilities will continue to upgrade. In time, it won't be difficult for him to teleport with the space fortress.
Song Yu's face was contorted in the firelight.
"You've actually broken through again. My brother's got a knack for having sons."
Song Yu uttered those disgusting words once again.
Lin Changli frowned slightly.
Seeing his expression, Song Yu understood: "You already know."
Seeing that Lin Changli didn't react much and didn't seem inclined to let things go, Song Yu became anxious: "I'm your own uncle, do you really want to put me to death?"
Lin Changli suddenly recalled Yu Shen's perpetually resentful and frustrated face from his childhood, a memory that haunted him like a nightmare.
“My life, power, status, wealth, and education all come from my mother. Why do you think I would let someone who wants to destroy all of this go? Is it because of your shady desires?” Lin Changli’s voice was not loud, but it landed heavily on Song Yu’s heart.
The surrounding sentries, who were under control, had completely black eyes, like zombies.
A gigantic spiritual phoenix appeared from behind Lin Changli.
Song Yu sensed something was wrong. His spiritual body, the Dream Eater, finally materialized. The pitch-black creature bared its fangs, and countless black mists urged the surrounding sentries to attack Lin Changli.
*
Space Fortress.
Instead of looking at the display screen, Kuwano and Kima pressed their faces against the porthole, watching the flames erupting inside the warship.
The two of them chased after the swarm of warships that Song Yu had hijacked, but before they could catch up, they were captured by the space fortress and sucked into its open abdomen.
Kuwano recognized this as Alpha Fortress, but his impression of it from last time wasn't very good.
And the one who met her in the abdomen was Lin Tengyuan, whom she had seen a long time ago.
He had lost a lot of weight and no longer looked flabby; he appeared energetic and vibrant.
"It's been a long time. I should call you Major General now." Lin Tengyuan led the two onto the bridge. "His Highness has received approval to resume command of Alpha Fortress. He has already gone after them."
Throughout the journey, curious glances were fixed on Sangye.
Sangye spurred the sycamore tree so she could check on Lin Changli's condition.
Xiao Wutong's feedback was that a fight broke out, but everything was fine, so Sangye didn't need to worry.
This was not an easy task for Lin Changli either; he had to do his best not to harm the controlled sentries.
Alpha Fortress has dispatched a task force to rescue the sentries in the swarm.
Small warships carried the sentinels of Muli back to port.
In particular, there has been no news from the few troublesome warships for a long time.
Jima and Lin Tengyuan shook hands. Lin Tengyuan brought her the emperor's edict, saying that His Majesty had learned of the tragedy that had occurred on Muli Star, but Eugénie Retona must resign.
Lin Tengyuan said softly, "Resigning to take responsibility is the best outcome, especially considering that Executive Officer Retona has served for many years and evidence has been preserved regarding her control. Otherwise, she will face a military court when she wakes up."
Jima's face turned pale.
Lin Tengyuan knew, of course, that Jima had done her best, but she put her personal interests above the national interests and, knowing that Song Yu had problems, still allowed him to harm the sentries, which led to today's disastrous consequences.
Jima acted as the executive officer, but failed to protect the army and the people.
Making Eugénie Retner bear all the responsibility is already the lightest punishment.
Jima understood the reasoning behind this, and she nodded.
Black mist began to emanate from the distant warships, and Kuwano frowned.
"Not good!" Sang Ye shouted.
At the same time, Eve issued an alert: Aggressive psychic attack detected! Evacuate immediately!
The space fortress retreated while activating its jump engine.
The jump engine's progress bar hadn't even reached 50% yet, but the black fog had already surged in front of us.
The repulsive force of like-minded people made Sangye instinctively resist. Almost simultaneously, green branches spread across the portholes in front of him, densely packed and blocking out the sun. A sycamore tree appeared out of nowhere in the center of the bridge. It stretched out its canopy and branches, layer upon layer, entwining the entire space fortress, like a small planet covered with vegetation.
The black mist also loathed the mental energy products from the guide, but it had lost its mind and was being controlled by its master to attack everything around it.
Not only the space fortress, but also the swarm of warships were not spared.
The phoenix cried out in anger, and flames spiraled upwards along the path of the black mist, burning continuously as one flame grew stronger and another weaker.
Blood dripped from Lin Changli's right hand. A whole strip of flesh was torn off his arm by the black mist, and the wound was corroded by the black mist, failing to heal for a long time.
The Song Yu standing before them could no longer be considered a person.
A black hole opened in his chest, from which black mist continuously poured out. His eyes were bloodshot, and he shouted incoherently at Lin Changli.
One minute it's something like, "I wasted my life raising you, but I'm your uncle!" and the next it's, "You all owe me something."
Lin Changli covered the wound with his left hand and used a flame to cauterize it, forcibly stopping the bleeding.
He seemed oblivious to the pain.
"Let everyone fight if they want to. Why bring up feelings when you're fighting for power? When you should be talking about feelings, you're mixing power and interests in. Don't you think you're ridiculous?" Lin Changli mocked him. "In the end, all my aunts accepted their losses and never used blood ties as an excuse."
Phoenix feathers bound the controlled sentries, carrying them out of the portholes and rushing towards the fortress.
The sycamore tree made a small opening for him.
Lin Changli moved closer to Song Yu: "We should settle this once and for all."
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Author's Note: With the final chapters finished, the main story will be complete.
Here are a few side stories/ideas:
①When Lin Changli transmigrates to the world of cultivation (I need to ask the editor if this can be written in the extra chapters, as it involves channel issues)
② Future development of Black Tower Star: food, tourism, and acceptance of marginalized people
③Children, I really haven't decided whether to write this.
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