They all wondered if they had misheard. They exchanged confused glances.

He just agreed like that? Without even thinking about it?

“Su Mo, are you sure?”

Lin Hai and the others asked in disbelief.

Su Mo nodded slightly, indicating it wasn't a problem.

Lin Yaotian glanced at the Blue Whale, then turned to Su Mo and asked calmly, "Are both this Blue Whale and that Level 5 battleship yours?"

As soon as he said that, Lin Hai and the others were even more astonished, staring at Su Mo in horror.

So far, they had never heard of any private individual or corporation in the Federation owning a Level 5 warship, let alone two.

“Uh, I guess they are.”

Su Mo thought to himself, shouldn't things robbed from the Empire military count as his?

The scene fell silent, everyone speechless, unsure of what to say.

They finally understood why Su Mo had been so confident about owing them 1 billion credits worth of supplies. His wealth was simply beyond comprehension.

“Since these ships are yours, then going to the front line isn’t a problem, right?”

Although Lin Yaotian had already guessed that these ships belonged to Su Mo, he couldn't help but be slightly moved when he heard Su Mo admit it. He suppressed his surging emotions and spoke.

“No problem. I was originally planning to send Qian Chengxue to the front line anyway, and take care of some business along the way.”

Su Mo said with a grin. It was too troublesome to bring all the supplies he looted from the Empire military back and process them, and he might even have to pay high taxes. It would be much better to take them all to the front line and sell them directly to the stationed troops there. They would definitely sell like hotcakes.

Lin Yaotian hesitated for a moment, then continued, "There is one more thing I need your help with."

“What is it? Please, just let me know.”

Su Mo replied with some curiosity.

He knew very well that Lin Yaotian rarely asked others for help, let alone making requests one after another.

“Go pick up the other escaping ships of the Five Dragon Heads families.”

Lin Yaotian said frankly. Although there was constant competition and infighting within the Five Dragon Heads,

Wang Ce was right about one thing: their five families were a united entity. Centuries of intermarriage had made their relationship unbreakable, and they advanced and retreated together.

“No problem. I’ll give the order right away, but I think I’ll need you to come to the control room with me, Uncle, to dispel their concerns.”

Su Mo grinned as he spoke.

“No problem.”

Lin Yaotian nodded calmly.

....

In the starry sky, Wang Ce sat on the command chair in a disheveled state aboard a Level 3 frigate.

Standing before him were core members of the Wang family, each afraid to even breathe loudly, except for Li Ze, who stood there with composure.

“Have the statistics been compiled?”

Wang Ce asked with a somber expression.

“Yes. We lost one Level 4 battleship, the Kolong, seven Level 3 frigates, one Level 4 transport ship, and five Level 3 transport ships... The number of deaths and missing personnel has reached 14,532.”

Wang Kui reported through gritted teeth.

Hearing this report, Wang Ce couldn't help but clutch his heart.

“Grandfather, are you alright?”

Wang Qing and the others hurried forward, asking anxiously.

Wang Ce raised his hand to signal that he was fine, and said in a low voice, "What is the total loss in terms of supplies?"

“We lost about seventy percent of our supplies.”

Wang Kui also reported reluctantly.

After hearing this, Wang Ce leaned back in his chair and sighed. “Forget it. Now that it’s happened, don’t dwell on it. It’s good that people escaped.”

“Yes, Father. Luckily, Li Ze covered our retreat, and we left relatively quickly. Otherwise, the casualties would have been even more severe. As we were leaving, I saw the Lin family’s fleet deeply mired. I’m afraid their situation is not good.”

Wang Kui said to Wang Ce with some relief.

Wang Ce turned to Li Ze and said with deep emotion, "This time, we owe you a great debt. You did very well. Qing'er didn't misjudge you. You knew to come back and take care of your own family at a critical moment."

“Grandfather Wang, this is what I should do. The Wang family has been so good to me. Even if I were to be ground to dust, it would not be enough to repay you.”

Li Ze looked completely willing.

“Good, good. Just hearing you say that is enough. These losses are nothing. Our Wang family still has a solid foundation.”

A rare smile appeared on Wang Ce's face.

Just then, the alarm suddenly sounded.

“Warning, Level 5 battleship Shadow detected!”

“Warning, Level 5 warship Blue Whale detected!”

....

“What’s going on? Which country is it?”

Wang Ce suddenly stood up. Level 5 fleet detected at this time? If they were enemies, they were done for.

“Unknown. The other side has no identification markings and is rapidly approaching us.”

The operator said in panic.

Just then, a prompt popped up.

“Prompt: Communication request received from the Blue Whale. Accept?”

Everyone looked at Wang Ce uneasily, waiting for him to make a decision. Accept the communication or not?

“Accept!”

Wang Ce’s old face changed several times, but he finally gave the order. Mainly because he had no choice. The other side had a Level 5 battleship, and their garbage ships simply couldn’t run away.

As for resisting and fighting, forget about it. Although they had pseudo-V generation mechas, with such high-level warships, could they not have pseudo-V generation mechas?

Moreover, Li Ze had just gone through a high-intensity battle, and his body would not be able to pilot the pseudo-V generation biological mecha again in the short term.

Soon, the virtual communication connected.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yaotian's virtual image appeared before Wang Ce.

“Lin Yaotian, how could it be you?”

Wang Ce's head buzzed, and he asked in confusion. He had thought of all sorts of possibilities, but he never imagined that he would see Lin Yaotian after the communication connected.

“It’s me. Are you guys alright?”

Lin Yaotian asked in a deep voice.

“We’re fine. We’re temporarily out of danger.”

“That’s good. Everyone, come aboard the Blue Whale. Come here to rest and recuperate, and we'll send you to the front line.”

Lin Yaotian said simply and directly to Wang Ce.

Wang Ce suppressed the shock in his heart and asked, "Lin Yaotian, can I ask, who do the Blue Whale and Shadow belong to? I haven't heard of your Lin family having such high-level warships?"

Lin Yaotian hesitated for a few seconds, then said coldly, "They belong to Lin Xue's fiancé."

At these words, Su Mo, who was standing aside, immediately beamed with joy, almost bursting with happiness.

Qian Chengxue's expression was somewhat dazed, and when she reacted, her cheeks were also a little flushed.

Hearing this, Wang Ce immediately understood, and he said with a wry smile, "So it's Su Mo's. It seems that he has become even more outstanding in the few years we haven't seen him."

Hearing this, Li Ze, who was standing to the side with his hands behind his back, couldn't help but clench his fists.

His face twitched slightly, feeling a burning sensation.

Li Ze had originally thought that even if he wasn't more outstanding than Su Mo, he was at least on par. At best, everyone was piloting pseudo-V generation mechas.

But he didn't expect that the other party was doing so well, with two Level 5 warships! Even the world's richest man was probably only so-so.

“It’s nothing. Hurry up and get on board. We still have to pick up other people.”

Lin Yaotian replied calmly.