Chapter 1 The Sleeping Ones

Centered around the Sleeper Fortress, numerous small, dandelion-shaped fortresses emitting fluorescent light floated in the surrounding starry sky, along with several unique shuttle-shaped ships.

Extending from these fortresses and ships were white, flocculent, nerve-like lines, all connected to the central Sleeper Fortress.

Countless streams of energy flowed back into the Sleeper Fortress, creating a scene like a blue neural network growing out of the sea of stars, incredibly magnificent and awe-inspiring.

Inside the Sleeper Fortress, numerous Helmworge, the Everlasting race, stood respectfully and rigidly in ornate robes, their heads transparent and clear, their bloated and massive bodies, ugly features, and foreheads extremely protruding.

At the very front, Mankati, the great sage of the Helmworge, held an ice-blue mechanical scepter, standing on a raised platform.

Faint neural tendrils extended down from above, connecting to his head.

Mankati waved the mechanical scepter in his hand, constantly chanting something.

Countless points of light floated up around the platform, flashing incessantly, like a vast array of stars.

As Mankati waved the mechanical scepter, more and more points of light floated up.

The Everlasting within the hall became increasingly excited.

Their Everlasting race's pride and joy, the planetary fortress—the Sleeper's ultimate weapon, the dimension-reducing annihilation light—was about to finish charging.

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Star Ring City, on the Star Observation Tower.

Icaroia, the City Lord of Star Ring City, coldly gazed at the distant starry sky.

Footsteps approached, and it was Goli.

Goli respectfully said to Icaroia, "Sister, everything is ready."

"Begin,"

Icaroia responded without a trace of emotion.

"Yes!"

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Immediately afterward, an announcement sounded throughout Star Ring City.

"Temporary announcement: Due to special circumstances encountered by Star Ring City, the city is now entering combat status. All ports will be closed. All streets will enter secondary control status... Please do not panic unnecessarily. Star Ring City will end the unrest in the shortest possible time."

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Hearing the announcement from Star Ring City, the people of various nations on the streets were dumbfounded.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know. Are there monsters attacking again?"

"Probably. But this feels even more serious than the last time the Kiju attacked."

"No way..."

…

In contrast to the panic of the people from various countries, the shop owners seemed very calm. They pulled down their shop doors and hung up signs indicating they were closed.

Just then.

A black stone spire on top of Star Ring City suddenly lit up. Square stones on the tower body protruded one by one, then emitted lightning, which gathered at the top. A brilliant light shot toward the starry sky above.

Immediately afterward, sixteen starstones wrapped in special metal appeared in the starry sky above, emitting brilliant light.

The sixteen starstones wrapped in special metal scattered, forming a remote directional star gate in a sixteen-pointed shape.

In the very center of the star gate, space rippled with white waves.

Then, the entire Star Ring City began to rise rapidly, entering the star gate!

Seeing this spectacular scene, countless people covered their mouths, their faces filled with panic and shock. Opening the star gate meant a remote jump was about to occur.

Micro Light Star Sea.

In the calm starry sky, the space suddenly fluctuated violently. Then the starry sky was forcibly torn open. At first glance, it seemed as if the starry sky had been ripped apart.

Immediately afterward, the terrifying figure of Star Ring City began to emerge.

On the altar of the planetary fortress, the Sleeper.

Mankati immediately noticed the arrival of Star Ring City. His face showed extreme shock, and he immediately relayed the situation to all his people through neural links.

"Enemy invasion! Destroy it immediately!"

The Everlasting executives present were all extremely shocked.

In the starry sky, the dandelion-shaped fortresses near Star Ring City disconnected and unfolded their launch ports, extending dark metal cones, and launching a fierce attack on Star Ring City, which was passing through space!

Beams of light swept out along with specially made spherical objects.

Unfortunately, it was useless. All the attacks landed on the energy barrier of Star Ring City and were blocked. Like raindrops falling on the sea, they could not cause any waves.

Soon, the massive body of Star Ring City completely entered the Micro Light Star Sea.

Countless people inside Star Ring City stared blankly at the dense fortresses in outer space. Had they jumped into a monster nest?

Just then, the seven halos of different sizes surrounding Star Ring City suddenly shone brightly, erupting with dazzling brilliance. Then, they floated to the center and disintegrated. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that they were actually glowing metal blocks, which then combined to form a huge star ring, emitting an even more dazzling light.

"Divine Might!"

At that moment, accompanied by a cold voice.

An unparalleled, enormous halo swept out.

Everything it passed along the way—fortresses, ships, meteorites, and even planets—melted away like ice.

Then, the halo swept toward the planetary fortress, the Sleeper.

Bang!

The jellyfish-shaped Sleeper Fortress manifested a huge energy barrier, but after resisting for a few seconds, the energy barrier shattered.

Then, the subsequent halo struck the Sleeper Fortress.

The entire Sleeper Fortress was instantly severely damaged.

Countless objects on the surface fell off, and the accumulated dimension-reducing strike stopped instantly.

"No!"

Mankati let out an unwilling roar. Victory was right in front of him. How could this be?

"Lord Mankati, let's escape!"

The other Everlasting present all urged him.

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On the Star Observation Tower of Star Ring City, Icaroia gazed at the severely damaged planetary fortress, the Sleeper, in the distance. A trace of sarcasm appeared on her indifferent face. Her lips moved slightly, and she uttered a few words.

"Foolish clowns, destroy it!"

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Lotus Mist City.

Su Mo and his subordinates successfully broke through. Although there were many monsters surrounding the research institute, fortunately, there were no powerful ones.

Therefore, they did not pose a threat to Su Mo and his group.

Soon, Su Mo and the others stopped in a relatively safe area.

Su Mo coughed and said to Oula,

"Lord Oula, we are temporarily safe. Now we just have to wait for our spaceship to be repaired and come over."

"You have a spaceship? What model is it?"

Oula's eyes lit up. She originally thought that Su Mo and his group were going to take them out of Mist Star on mecha. She didn't expect them to have a spaceship.

"Uh, it's a Tier 5 battleship. Is there a problem?"

Su Mo was startled by Oula's reaction.

"That, Lord Su Mo, I have another request."

Oula said quickly.

"What is it?"