Chapter 287: Chapter 53: Da Gu Fortress! Encirclement! Does Nangong Linglong also wish to be a free bird? (2)

"There can’t possibly be such a fortress."

"Even if there was, it wouldn’t appear in the P-8808 Star Realm."

"Must’ve seen it wrong, that’s definitely a Star System-Level Mutant Beast of an extremely high tier..."

"The other fuzzy shadowy outlines nearby must be its companions or offspring!"

Ootani Shunzai stuck to his judgment.

At the same time.

After consecutive jumps, he discovered——

The Da Gu Fortress had already arrived at the very edge of the Star Realm.

Here, there was a much thicker layer of nebula.

Wasteland OL prompted him that as long as he passed through this nebula, he could leave the P-8808 Star Realm and officially enter the Star System Wasteland.

"We can’t linger here..."

"That Star System Giant Beast might wake up at any moment, we have to leave the Star Realm as fast as possible!"

Ootani Shunzai gritted his teeth and gave the order again.

"Jump!"

"One last time, full power jump!"

"Target——"

"Break through the nebula, leave the Star Realm!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

Wong——!

The Da Gu Fortress was shrouded in silvery light.

Powerful ripples swept through the whole fortress.

And at the same time, an unsteady, dizzying sensation descended, even making the High-tier Evolvers inside struggle to endure.

Bop——!

At a certain moment.

In the hearts of Ootani Shunzai and the tens of millions of fortress subordinates, a crisp breaking sound echoed.

And a cold mechanical notification sounded at the same time——

[You have left the P-8808 Star Realm!]

[Welcome to the Drake-3 Wasteland Star System!]

"We made it!"

The tense string in Ootani Shunzai’s heart finally relaxed at this moment.

But...

Dong——!

Dong dong——!

Before he could even see what the Wasteland Star System looked like,

Beams of energy shot towards them with a shrieking roar.

"Nani?"

Ootani Shunzai’s eyes went wide.

Inside the fortress, tens of millions of subordinates erupted into chaos.

At this moment,

Behind the blazing energy beams, they saw——

Numerous interstellar fortresses, big and small, scattered about!

Each fortress bore a different civilization’s insignia.

And those energy beams, were fired from the fortresses themselves.

The beams’ target: the Da Gu Fortress!

BOOM——!

The Da Gu Fortress was hit by the beams and shook violently.

In just an instant,

The fortress’s Energy Shield shattered with a resounding crack.

"Eh?"

"The energy reserves of this micro fortress are so weak?"

"It almost couldn’t withstand even the first round of attacks?"

In the high-level civilization’s communication channel, astonished voices sounded.

Ootani Shunzai couldn’t hear these voices.

He simply saw——

The Energy Shield of the Da Gu Fortress shattering, himself and tens of millions of subordinates inside the fortress, completely exposed to the starry sky.

And outside the fortress,

Swish——

Swish swish——!

Warships of all sizes swept toward the Da Gu Fortress like locusts.

"What the hell’s going on..."

"Why are there so many interstellar fortresses here!"

Ootani Shunzai couldn’t figure it out, nor did he have the chance to.

In just a few moments,

Hundreds and thousands of warships had the Da Gu Fortress surrounded from all sides.

From the warships, figures clad in battle armor burst forth,

boarding the Da Gu Fortress,

wielding their light sabers,

to hunt down Ootani Shunzai.

...

...

P-8808 Star Realm.

In the endless void that had previously terrified Ootani Shunzai into fleeing in panic—

The Dawn Fortress sat quietly.

All around the fortress, the Star Domain Mother Ship and the Odin Sky Battleship encircled and hovered.

It had been exactly two days since the promotion.

There were still three days to go before the promotion would complete.

This promotion was the result of Yu Jin using a High-dimensional Super Large Fortress Core to directly upgrade the Dawn Fortress from medium-sized to super large.

This kind of upgrade ignored the rules of the Star System Wasteland—no need for Civilization Source Points, no need for planetary occupation progress.

But the promotion itself still took a fair amount of time.

In fact, five days was already a shortened period.

In the Wasteland Star System, it usually took years for a large fortress to upgrade to super large.

Tower of the Sky, at the top of the tower.

Yu Jin lounged lazily on a fifty-meter-long luxury bed.

He’d been back for two days, and Neil Naiya and over a hundred million subordinates all heard of his return the moment the promotion began.

In these two days, Yu Jin had digested other gains from this round of Wasteland OL.

Which included——

Custom Talent*1, Custom Attribute*1, Custom Resource*3.

All three rewards came from Wasteland OL, like a customizable loot box.

After opening, Yu Jin was given several options to choose his desired talent/attribute/resource.

Whoosh——

With a thought, Yu Jin summoned his personal info panel in front of his eyes.

On the "Talent" line, aside from the original "Enhancement", "Fusion (Basic)", and "Compatibility", a new talent appeared: "Co-progression".

[Co-progression——]

[Mutual exchange, joint advancement.]

The description was extremely simple—so simple that at first Yu Jin couldn’t even tell what it meant.

Until...

He asked the system, and the system explained what "exchange" meant here.

Yu Jin was deeply astonished.

He never expected that one day he’d actually encounter an upgraded version of the "Peace" attribute.

Even though it existed as a talent, after considering, Yu Jin still picked it.

For one reason only——

For the overall strength improvement of Dawn Fortress, Yu Jin felt it was a duty he could not shirk.

Besides that.

Yu Jin also picked a new attribute: Black Hole.

This attribute was somewhat similar to Spatial Attribute, but more aggressive and lethal.

In the Vast Star System, the Black Hole Attribute Ability had a broad stage, and Yu Jin couldn’t ignore it.

Aside from these two, there were also three custom resources.

He hadn’t opened the resource loot boxes yet.

[Custom Resource Loot Box——]

[Upon opening, can choose three from multiple random resources!]

[Hint——]

[The resources in the loot box are determined by your current server!]

[Resource value matches server Level!]

[Current highest server for loot box: High-Dimensional Federation]

[Your current server: Star System Wasteland]

Obviously, the High-Dimensional Federation is above Star System Wasteland.

So Yu Jin decided to open them after moving up dimensions, maximizing the loot box value.

"Lord..."

At the edge of the big bed, a timid female voice pulled Yu Jin out of his thoughts.

Yu Jin looked down at the graceful woman kneeling beside the bed.

Nangong Linglong, former City Lord of Linglong City.

Now, just a common subordinate of the Dawn Fortress, subordinate Level III.

"Li—Linglong..."

"Requests to become a free bird..."

Nangong Linglong bit her lip, her pretty face flushed red.

As she finished speaking—

The Tao Naimu Xiang sisters, who were massaging Yu Jin’s shoulders on the bed, struggled to keep straight faces and not burst out laughing.

A "free bird"?

This request was way too...pure and original!

"..."

Yu Jin was also speechless for a while when he heard it.

He knew exactly why Nangong Linglong had come. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

But...

He hadn’t thought her wording could be so refreshingly unique.

"Did Dongfang Li teach you that?"

Yu Jin lay back, asking offhandedly.

"Mm, mm..."

Nangong Linglong answered, soft as a mosquito.

At the same moment,

Seeing Yu Jin lie down, she bit her lip and slowly crawled up from the floor...

A moment later.

On the luxury fifty-meter bed—

Nangong Linglong, as she wished, became a free bird, soaring to the sky.

On the other side,

Outside Yu Jin’s private bedroom,

Naiya listened to the strange noises inside, her little face turning flushed and dark in turns.

Red, from embarrassment.

Black, from gloom.

"Aaaaah!"

"That damn vixen!"

"She beat me to it!"

"Unforgivable, simply unforgivable!"

Naiya clenched her fists, her mind going over and over the things she’d learned from Nasha in the last month.

Soon enough,

This Moore Star loli finally made up her mind.

Bang——!

For the first and only time, she didn’t ask in advance, but pushed the door open directly.

"Ah? Ah, eh?"

The scene in front of her left Naiya frozen on the spot.

"I—It can be done like this?"

Naiya was completely shocked!

All the knowledge Nasha had taught her didn’t cover this sort of thing at all...

"Hmm?"

On the bed, Yu Jin heard the door open and turned to look.

Rushing into his view was Naiya, with twin tails—one red, one blue—in a black maid outfit and white stockings.

"You, you want to join in too..."

Before Yu Jin could say anything,

Nangong Linglong, whose head was still buried in her busy work, suddenly muttered...