Chapter 1 Central Goth Star Cluster

After encountering the scout force, the expeditionary force gathered its entire army, adjusted its direction, and jumped toward the Atimo Fleet. At the same time, the Atimo Fleet was also heading toward the direction where the scout force lost contact. Both forces were approaching each other, and the distance between them was constantly shrinking.

After two days of warp jumps, the two forces finally encountered each other in a region of space.

"Finally found the enemy." Among the tens of thousands of ships in the expeditionary force, many players looked at the dense metal warships outside the porthole, their spirits lifted, eager to try their strength and itching for action.

Players formed squads, and the Four Great Chinese Tycoons and first-tier guilds were no exception. The club's team members formed their own teams, while the guild's core members and peripheral members' squads, riding spaceships, protected their own team members. This was not to protect them, but to help their teams snatch the Boss.

[Eliminate the Great Universe Legion] is a series of camp missions with many branch requirements, basically team missions. Among them, the highest-rewarding requirements involved killing enemy combatants, bigwigs, and even leaders, the number of which was limited.

Especially "Emperor" Atimo. There was only one head, not a solo mission, but it only allowed one player squad to share the mission rewards. Each club hoped to help its own team players get the highest rewards.

The players from the four families of Dynasty, Pantheon, Changkong, and Yu Xiang Qie Zi (Fish-fragrant Eggplant) were all in their respective teams. The three pillars of Changkong were discussing tactics.

Ming Yue Chang Zhong (Eternal Bright Moon) stroked his chin, "According to the reward level, the enemy's leader, Atimo, should have an A-level combat power. We can only use numbers to overwhelm him."

Shan Guang Chao Fan (Shining Fried Rice): "In that case, the squad that rushes up to besiege him first is the most dangerous. If we want to grab the kill, we'd better fish on the side while outputting damage and let others draw aggro... Only the squad with the highest output counts as the kill. If we are killed by the Boss, it will take too long to resurrect and run back. We can only do damage if we stay alive."

Hao Tian nodded, "That's right."

On another spaceship, Kuang Dao (Mad Blade) also teamed up with his team members, and also pulled in Feng Yue (Maple Moon). The two had always been on good terms.

Kuang Dao tilted his head and looked at the side porthole. Beside him were rows of legion warships in formation. The guilds were obviously gathered together, which was obviously different from ordinary players. Seeing this, Kuang Dao shook his head helplessly, "So many guilds want to grab the Boss. I think our hope is slim."

Jiang Cheng's vice-captain, Xie Xiao Jian (Evil Little Sword), was in high spirits, "As long as we don't die, our damage output may not be inferior. This kind of unique Boss won't just stand there and let us hit it. Whoever has the highest output is the biggest threat and will be attacked by the Boss first. Maybe we can survive to the end."

Players are experienced. Bosses in the Star Sea are very difficult to deal with, because for normal people, battles change in an instant. It is rare for one person to draw aggro, but whoever has the greatest effect in the battle will be attacked first, eliminating the most troublesome opponents. The combat mode is very realistic.

Therefore, when players fight Bosses, it is easy to have chaotic aggro, requiring improvisation.

Feng Yue smiled silently beside him, looking around at the main force, secretly excited.

It can be said that she created this grand scene herself, driving the plot alone and leading to the camp's crusade mission. Her heart was full of a sense of accomplishment, and she gained double the happiness.

Because she was the initiator of the crusade mission, compared to other players, she had an independent mission. When the Great Universe Legion was eliminated, she could obtain additional rewards that other players did not have—a large amount of experience and exploration points, as well as 300 points of Crimson Empire contribution and 1,000 points of Black Star Army contribution.

It is estimated that this is the reward for handing over the mission item to the country.

This extra reward was extremely generous. Feng Yue calculated that she might become the highest-level player.

In the Old Russia and Old Australia squads, Lie Jiu Fu Te Jia (Strong Liquor Vodka) and Chuan Zhang Lao Heng Li (Captain Old Henry) were both ready to go with their guild members. They also had the idea of ​​snatching the Boss.

Although their club's players did not come with them, if they could prevent the Chinese professional players from snatching the Boss reward, it would be equivalent to indirectly helping their own players. Although Old Russia and Old Australia suffered a bit in Pangulie De (Pangurid) Star, it was their duty and they did not want Chinese professional players to have a field day in front of them.

At the same time, Atimo, who was confronting the expeditionary force, was also observing the Black Star Army's forces.

"The other side only has more than 10,000 warships. We have an absolute numerical advantage..." the adjutant said.

Atimo nodded slowly. He had 100,000 warships, nearly ten times the size of the opponent's force. The gap between the two forces was too large.

However, the Black Star Army actually had 10,000 spaceships, and the absolute number was not low. Atimo was shocked by this. In his impression, each warship consumed a lot of resources and took a long time to manufacture. The strongest race he had ever encountered only had a few hundred warships.

He originally thought that quantum technology was the only advantage of the Black Star Army, but he did not expect the Black Star Army's fleet to be not weak.

"No wonder they blocked the information. They didn't want me to know that they had such a large force, probably wanting to catch me off guard." Atimo's thoughts flashed, and he secretly broke into a cold sweat, feeling fortunate.

In order to gather 10,000 spaceships, the enemy must have come out in full force. Fortunately, he also brought all his troops. If he only sent a small team as usual, he would be in trouble this time.

Sure enough, it was right to personally lead the expedition this time.

Atimo's eyes flashed, and he slowly said: "Send a message to the opposite side. I want to talk to their leader."

In his eyes, this was a battle in which both sides came out in full force. The commander of the Black Star Army had always been mysterious and had never shown himself. Atimo wanted to see what kind of person the leader of the Black Star Army was... He actually had 10,000 warships. He felt that this guy was qualified to talk to him.

After a while, the adjutant said tremblingly: "T-the other party refused to communicate with us. They said... said..."

"Said what?" Atimo squinted.

"They said that you are not qualified to talk to their commander."

Atimo laughed in a hoarse voice, not angry at all. Instead, there was a hint of banter in his laughter.

I'm not qualified? Who is more qualified than me?!

Forget it, they are all dead men anyway, nothing to care about.

Atimo shook his head, lost interest in communicating, waved his hand, and slowly said: "Attack, annihilate them all!"

The order was issued. The next moment, 100,000 spaceships fired at the same time, and countless shells, dragging their tails, shot into the expeditionary force's formation like a storm, causing countless explosions.

Atimo thought he would see the enemy suffer heavy losses, but the next scene made his eyes suddenly freeze.

The fire light dissipated, and not a single one of the expeditionary force's 10,000 warships was destroyed. They dispersed with their shields up. Although the number was small, they wanted to encircle the fleet, which was ten times their own size!

The next moment, 10,000 spaceships accelerated at the same time. Because their speed performance far exceeded that of the Great Universe Legion's spaceships, Atimo's troops had not made much of a reaction when 10,000 spaceships charged into the formation, instantly entering close-quarters boarding combat... This was the players' favorite combat method. They were unwilling to quickly resolve the battle with the spaceship's shipboard annihilation weapons because they would not get experience points.

Players constantly rushed into enemy ships through the assault cabins, unilaterally slaughtering the enemy ship members.

The enemy ships' concentrated fire was difficult to break through the shields of the legion warships. Everyone did not worry about going deep into the enemy alone. All that was left in their minds was an extremely excited thought:

--Eat my Musou frenzy! (Dynasty Warriors-like rampage)!

Most players had never tried such a pleasant monster-grinding experience. With the superiority of the camp's technology, this battle was almost a mowing game.

Ten thousand spaceships charged horizontally and vertically in the Great Universe Legion's bloated fleet, sprinting madly toward Atimo's central area, unstoppable along the way, instantly tearing the enemy's formation to pieces.

Charging is cool for a moment, but charging all the time is always cool!

In the fleet's main ship, Atimo suddenly stood up, tore off his mask, his face changed drastically, and his face was full of disbelief.

Their weapons were useless against the enemy!

One report after another of losses came. In just a short while, nearly 20,000 warships were captured by the enemy, and not a single enemy spaceship was destroyed!

"This, this is impossible... How can there be such a big gap in technology... How can they all be Supers?!"

Atimo no longer had the calm and composedness he had before. He was horrified and suddenly realized that he had run into a brick wall this time. The enemy was a more advanced civilization... a civilization that could completely beat him!

He had been rampant in this universe for too long, and had not encountered an opponent who could pose a threat to him for a long time. He had long forgotten what awe and fear were. Now, the scene after scene of the fleet's rapid defeat awakened the taste of fear in his heart once again. The hands that had killed countless creatures trembled uncontrollably.

He saw the future of his complete annihilation.

Atimo suddenly remembered what happened a long time ago. At that time, the Great Universe Legion was just an ordinary wandering civilization with only a few spaceships. They were still very weak, cautiously exploring the universe, overcoming difficulties one after another, and gradually becoming stronger. But from some point on, he had lost this caution on which he depended for survival.

If he wasn't so reckless and planned well before the war...

If he wasn't so arrogant and carefully sent people to investigate their information...

If he wasn't so irritable, not affected by the Black Star Army's provocation, and didn't personally lead the expedition...

Perhaps the current result would not have been caused...

However, he didn't know that this was just his wishful thinking. In the face of crushing combat power and intelligence advantages, no matter how he exerted his subjective initiative, the objective result would not change in any way.

Now, no matter how much Atimo regretted it, it was useless. The excited players wantonly wielded their desire for slaughter, destroying Atimo's fleet like a dry weed, and the casualties quickly exceeded one-third.

The defeat was like a landslide. Crushing combat power made the remaining enemy ships lose their courage. No one wanted to stay and be slaughtered, so they began to flee. The huge fleet disintegrated and fled in all directions.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Atimo came back to his senses and hurriedly roared to give the order.

Soon, the main ship and the surrounding escort ships turned around and joined the fleeing army.

The Great Universe Legion came aggressively, but fled in panic, and the change took no more than 20 minutes.

The spaceships of the major guilds abandoned the fleeing enemy ships and chased the main ship straight. Everyone wanted to snatch the head of this Boss. As for the enemy ships that fled in other directions, they were intercepted and pursued by many ordinary players who had not completed other branch requirements, and were quickly eaten away.

Philip had already locked the position of each warship through quantum links. Even if the enemy could escape now, players would still chase after them after a while.

When the war started, Philip invaded the main ship's database and copied all the internal information of the Great Universe Legion, including the information of the various planets they had plundered over the years. The information that the empire needed had already been obtained. The rest was the work of eradicating the roots. Philip only provided assistance, and completely handed over the rest to the players.

Soon, the fleeing fleet where Atimo was located was isolated. He only had hundreds of escort ships around him. He was surrounded and intercepted by many players and could only flee in embarrassment.

Philip remotely controlled the spaceships of Atimo and others, forcing them to land on a barren planet. The pursuing players landed one after another, surrounding Atimo.

...

In the center of a newly formed ring-shaped mountain, a mountain-like main ship was stuck upside down in the ground, emitting billowing black smoke. Countless parts were scattered around, as well as the wreckage of other escort ships.

This ship was Atimo's flagship. When Philip forced it to land, he thoughtfully turned off the engine of the enemy ship to save them energy.

Crack, crack, crack...

One figure after another walked out of the wreckage of the warship. The armor on their bodies helped them resist the impact force, and it was almost scrapped at this time. However, the fall from high altitude still killed most of the ordinary members. Only one out of ten people who survived the fall survived.

One wreckage after another was burning with flames, emitting black smoke, and the smell was pungent. Atimo walked out covering his head. Even though he was strong, he was dizzy from the fall just now, and every bone in his body ached. Looking at the tragic scene of deaths and injuries around him, Atimo couldn't help but look around in confusion.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... Just then, a strong wind rose, and one legion warship after another landed along the edge of the ring-shaped mountain, surrounding Atimo and everyone else.

Atimo looked up and saw dense figures appearing on the surrounding towering mountain walls. They were all pursuing players, and countless desire-filled eyes locked on him.

More than 300,000 players in the first batch of pursuers were here, and the players from the major guilds were also among them.

"Can't escape..."

Atimo was an arrogant person. Faced with this situation, a sense of despair surged in his heart.

"Want to kill me? Come on!" The next moment, Atimo suddenly roared, and a dozen or so mechanical tentacles covered in machinery behind him spread out like a peacock, and the tips shot out yellow laser beams, shooting out in all directions at an alarming rate—this was his personal weapon, used to assist in controlling his own superpower.

His superpower was to emit energy lasers through his body. Depending on the area of ​​the emitting part, the attack form would also change. For example, emitting from an area such as the palm would turn into an energy shock wave, while emitting from positions such as fingers, toes, tentacles, and dicks could emit accurate beams.

In close combat, his fists and feet could also carry energy attacks. If the entire body released energy, it would form a shield. This was a practical all-purpose superpower.

Atimo was the strongest person in the Great Universe Legion. The power of a Catastrophe-grade superpower made his lasers far more powerful than ordinary energy weapons. It could be said that he was a super-enhanced humanoid turret.

He was so arrogant because of his confidence in his own strength. Among the natives of the Glittering World, there were very few people who reached the Catastrophe grade. He had never encountered an opponent. He was once able to destroy the species of a planet alone.

Although he was surrounded, Atimo was not completely desperate. He was very confident in his own combat power. Although these enemies were all Supers, it seemed that no one could be his opponent.

If he killed all these pursuers, he might have a chance of survival!

Thinking of this, Atimo cheered up again, his face full of murderous intent, and launched a frantic attack.

Swish, swish, swish...

The lasers attacked, and the players dodged one after another. These lasers hit the ground, blasting out pits dozens of meters in diameter. If a squishy player above level 100 was hit, although he would not be killed in one hit, he would almost be left with only a sliver of health.

As expected of a Catastrophe grade! Many players felt a sense of urgency in their hearts.

This was the first time they had besieged a Catastrophe-grade character without the help of NPCs.

Everyone felt a little unsure. They had also seen many elite Catastrophe grades in the Secret War, and almost all of them could instantly kill them. Everyone did not know if they could use their lives to kill a proper Catastrophe-grade character at their current level.

"The Boss has been opened!"

Without much hesitation, more than 300,000 players jumped down from the mountain walls in all directions and launched a charge.

Whether they could win or not, they would know if they charged.

Anyway, they couldn't die, so they would charge to death!