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Chapter 209 Otani Fortress! Encirclement and Suppression! Does Nangong Linglong also want to become a free bird?

P-8808 star system, southwest.

Within the dense nebula, a miniature fortress is slowly sailing.

"Hahaha!"

"In just over a month, our Otani City has been upgraded to Otani Fortress!"

"Now, we are about to break out of the star field and embark on the road to conquering the wastelands of the vast star system!"

The miniature fortress is named after the lord, Toshiya Otani.

The number of subjects of Ōtani Fortress is in the tens of millions.

Almost every one of these subjects is an evolved being of at least the fifth rank.

Fortress Lord Toshiya Otani successfully broke through from the ninth rank to the eleventh rank just one month after being promoted to the Star System Wasteland.

In just one month, he broke through two levels.

Such speed is enough to make him stand out from 99% of the other players in the P-8808 star system, which is a beginner's village.

Besides.

Originally a level 9 city, Otani City was successfully upgraded to a miniature interstellar fortress after he conquered his planet.

now.

Standing atop the fortress, Toshiya Otani looked down at the scene below, feeling a surge of pride welling up within him.

"Who else?"

He turned his head and looked at the thick nebula beyond the fortress.

Occasionally, a few dim planets can be seen within the nebula.

Toshiya Otani knew that those planets were the landing sites for other players.

only……

"A bunch of guys who haven't even advanced their fortresses and can only engage in petty squabbles within the planet don't even qualify to be my opponents!"

Toshiya Otani grinned.

Behind him, several high-level evolved beings from the Great Valley Fortress responded with laughter:

"Yoshi yoshi!"

"Just a bunch of garbage!"

"They are not even worth a hair on our Otani Fortress!"

"Our lord is truly farsighted; after the fortress was upgraded, he immediately decided to leave the star field!"

"That's for sure! Beyond the star field lies the truly vast world, the real galactic wasteland!"

"..."

The group discussed the matter casually.

The smile on Toshiya Otani's face grew even wider.

only……

boom--!
Boom——!
Suddenly.

Suddenly, a series of loud noises came from the southeast of the fortress.

Swish-

For an instant.

Toshiya Otani and his close associates, including the tens of millions of subjects inside the fortress, all looked in the direction of the sound.

"That is……"

"what?"

Just a glance.

Everyone was stunned.

As the lord of the fortress and a twelfth-tier evolved being, Toshiya Otani's expression stiffened at this moment.

I saw——

In the southeast, thick layers of nebulae are collapsing at a visible rate.

The deep space of the universe, which was originally shrouded in nebulae, became incredibly empty and desolate.

The loud noise came from that empty void.

That void was clearly empty, yet Toshiya Otani could sense a faint, unsettling aura emanating from it!

"A galaxy-level mutant beast?"

Toshiya Otani's expression changed slightly.

The words fell.

The expressions of the group of high-level evolved beings behind him tightened slightly.

Otani Fortress did not actually occupy the entire planet where they first landed; in fact, it only occupied half of it.

The remaining half of the planet wasn't that Otani Fortress didn't want to occupy it, but rather that a terrifying tentacle-like mutated beast lurked there...

According to Toshiya Otani's perception, even at the twelfth level, he might not be a match for those tentacles.

From that time onward.

The group gained a basic understanding of galaxy-level mutated beasts.

And now?
"What if there is also a galaxy-level mutated beast there..."

"Isn't it even more terrifying and powerful than those tentacles?"

The same thought simultaneously arose in everyone's mind.

next moment.

"Change course!"

"Full power acceleration!"

"No, jump, direct jump!"

Toshiya Otani's voice suddenly became urgent.

boom--

Boom——!
In the far distance, the loud noise and vibrations were even more intense and noticeable.

The Otani Fortress was also enveloped in a special aura for a very short time.

Whoosh-!
Spatial fluctuations spread.

The Great Valley Fortress successfully completed its jump, widening the distance between itself and that void.

but……

Before Toshiya Otani and the others could even breathe a sigh of relief...

boom--!
The nebula they were in was also rapidly collapsing!
"I am Cao!"

"What the hell is that?!"

Otani Toshiya, cursing and swearing, initiated another leap.

Space jumps in fortresses require massive amounts of energy, and energy is all crystallized energy...

Although he discovered a crystal mine with considerable reserves on the planet he landed on and fully exploited it, the energy reserves of the Great Valley Fortress could not support too many consecutive space jumps like this.

Om-!
The Otani Fortress was once again enveloped by spatial fluctuations and quickly disappeared from its original location, reappearing in the more distant starry sky.

"Again?"

As Toshiya Otani stared at the desolate void that was constantly collapsing, seemingly following closely behind him, he felt a chill run down his spine.

"Continue the leap!"

Toshiya Otani had no other choice but to grit his teeth and leap forward again.

whoosh-

Whizzing--!
After nearly ten consecutive jumps.

Only after reaching Otani Fortress did they finally escape that terrifying area.

now.

Toshiya Otani turned around and looked—

The once vast and boundless nebula has completely collapsed and dissipated.

Instead, there was only an endless, desolate void.

The void trembled continuously, emanating deafening roars, as if it were nurturing something utterly terrifying...

In a trance.

Toshiya Otani could vaguely see several extremely large, illusory outlines.

Each of the phantoms was the size of hundreds of Great Valley Fortresses.

Just don't know why.

Toshiya Otani felt that one of the silhouettes looked like an interstellar fortress, only much, much larger than the Otani Fortress.

"No, it's impossible."

As soon as the idea popped into Toshiya Otani's head, he shook his head violently.

"Such a fortress could not possibly exist."

"Even if it exists, it shouldn't be in the P-8808 star system."

"I must have mistaken it; it must be a galaxy-level mutated beast of an extremely high rank..."

"The other silhouettes around it must be its companions or offspring!"

Toshiya Otani remained steadfast in his judgment.

at the same time.

After a series of jumps, he discovered—

The Great Valley Fortress has reached the outermost edge of the star field.

Here, there is an even thicker layer of nebula.

Wasteland Online tells him that once he passes through this nebula, he can leave the P-8808 star system and officially enter the star system wasteland.

"This place is not safe to stay for long..."

"That galactic behemoth may awaken at any moment; we must leave the star system as quickly as possible!"

Toshiya Otani gritted his teeth and issued the order again.

"Jump!"

"One last time, full-power jump!"

"Target--"

"Break out of the nebula, leave the star field!"

The words fell.

Om-!
The Otani Fortress was shrouded in silver light.

A powerful surge swept across the entire fortress.

At the same time, there was also a sense of disorientation that was difficult for even the most advanced evolvers to bear.

Bo——!
at some point.

A crisp cracking sound rang out in the hearts of Toshiya Otani and the millions of subjects within the fortress.

Along with it came the cold, mechanical beeping—

[You have left the P-8808 star system!]

Welcome to the Drake-3 Wasteland System!

"Success!"

The tension that had been building up inside Toshiya Otani finally eased.

but……

Boom-!
dong dong——!
Before he could even see what the wasteland galaxy looked like,

Beams of energy were already hurtling towards them.

"Nani?"

Toshiya Otani's eyes widened. Inside the fortress, millions of his subjects were in complete chaos.

now.

Behind the blazing beam of energy, they saw—

One after another, large and small interstellar fortresses are scattered throughout the landscape!

The fortress is marked with various symbols of different civilizations.

The energy beams were emitted from these fortresses.

The beam of light was aimed at Fort Otani!
boom--!
The Otani Fortress was struck by the beam of light and trembled violently.

It was just a fleeting moment.

The fortress's energy shield shattered instantly.

"what?"

"Is this tiny fortress's energy reserves so weak?"

"They almost couldn't even withstand the first wave of attacks?"

A surprised voice rang out from the communication channel of the advanced civilization.

Toshiya Otani could not hear this sound.

He only saw—

The energy shield of the Great Valley Fortress shattered, exposing himself and his millions of subjects inside the fortress to the starry sky.

But outside the fortress.

whoosh-

Whizzing--!
Large and small warships, like locusts, flew towards the Otani Fortress.

"In the end what happened……"

"Why are there so many interstellar fortresses here!"

Toshiya Otani couldn't understand it, nor did he have the chance to understand it.

It only took a short while.

Hundreds and thousands of warships have completely surrounded the Otani Fortress from all sides.

On the warship, figures clad in armor rushed out.

They ascended the Otani Fortress.

They wielded lightsabers.

They surrounded and attacked Toshiya Otani.

……

……

P-8808 star system.

In the boundless void where Toshiya Otani had previously fled in panic.

Dawn Fortress sits quietly.

The starship mothership and the Odin space battleship circled around the fortress.

Two full days have passed since the promotion.

There are still three days until the promotion is completed.

This upgrade was achieved by Ember using the 'High-Dimensional Super-Large Fortress Core', which directly upgraded Dawn Fortress from 'Medium' to 'Super-Large'.

This kind of advancement ignores the rules of the galactic wasteland, does not require the consumption of civilization source points, and does not require planetary occupation progress as a prerequisite.

However, the promotion itself still takes a considerable amount of time.

In fact, five days is already a shortened result.

In wasteland star systems, the time required for an ordinary large fortress to be upgraded to a super-large fortress is often measured in years.

Sky Tower, top of the tower.

Yu Jin lay lazily on the fifty-meter-long bed.

Two days have passed since his return, and Neilnaia and hundreds of millions of his subjects learned of his return the moment the promotion began.

Over the past two days, Ember has been processing the other gains from Wasteland Online.

These include—

Choose 1 talent, choose 1 attribute, choose 3 resources.

These three rewards come from Wasteland Online, similar to a self-selection blind box.

Once activated, Ember is given several options from which you can choose the talents/attributes/resources you want.

Swah——

With a thought, Yu Jin's personal information panel appeared before his eyes.

In the Talents section, in addition to the original 'Enhancement', 'Fusion (Beginner)', and 'Compatibility', a new talent 'Progress Together' has been added.

【Moving Forward Together——】

Let's exchange ideas and make progress together.

The talent description was very simple, so simple that even Ember didn't understand its meaning at first.

until...

He asked the system, and the system explained to him what 'communication' meant.

Yu Jin was greatly shocked.

He never imagined that one day he would actually encounter an upgraded version of the 'peace' attribute.

Although it exists in the form of a talent, Ember decided to acquire it after careful consideration.

There is no other reason——

Ember has an unshirkable duty to contribute to the overall improvement of Dawn Fortress's strength.

Besides.

Ember also chose a new attribute: Black Hole.

This attribute is somewhat similar to the spatial attribute, but it places more emphasis on killing.

In the vast galaxy, the stage for the 'black hole' attribute ability to be displayed is enormous, and Ember has no reason to ignore it.

In addition to these two, there are three other optional resources.

The resource blind box, Ember, hasn't been opened yet.

【Self-selected resource blind box——】

[Once activated, you can choose three items from a variety of random resources!]

【hint--】

[The resources inside the blind box are affected by the server you are currently on!]

[Resource value is consistent with server level!]

[Current highest server level for blind boxes: High-Dimensional Federation]

[Current Server Level: Galaxy Wasteland]

It is obvious that the high-dimensional federation is greater than the galactic wasteland.

Therefore, Ember decided to wait until after the dimensional ascension before opening the box, to maximize its value.

"Lord Lord..."

At the edge of the large bed, a weak female voice pulled Yu Jin's thoughts back from his memories to reality.

Yu Jin lowered his head and looked at the slender woman kneeling in front of the large bed.

Nangong Linglong, former lord of Linglong City.

Now, he is just an ordinary citizen of Dawn Fortress, citizen level III.

“Ling, Linglong…”

"I beg to be a free bird..."

Nangong Linglong gritted her teeth, her pretty face flushed red.

The words fell.

The Momono sisters, who were massaging Yu Jin's shoulders on the large bed, had tense faces and were trying not to laugh out loud.

A free bird?

This request is far too refined and unconventional!
"..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin was speechless with emotion.

He knew why Nangong Linglong had come.

but……

He hadn't expected Nangong Linglong's words to be so fresh and refined.

"Did Dongfang Li teach you that?"

As Yu Jin lay down, he casually asked a question.

"Uh-huh……"

Nangong Linglong responded, her voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

Simultaneously.

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

After a while.

A luxurious 50-meter-long bed.

Nangong Linglong, as she wished, transformed into a free bird and soared into the sky.

the other side.

Outside the private master bedroom of Ember.

Naya listened to the strange noises inside, her face turning red and then black.

Red, it's a blush of shyness.

Black means darkness.

"Ahhh!"

"That damn vixen!"

"She beat me to it!"

"Unforgivable! Unforgivable!"

Naya clenched her fists, her mind replaying the knowledge she had learned from Natasha over the past month.

Not long after.

This little girl from the planet Moore finally made up her mind.

Bang-!
For the first and only time, she didn't ask beforehand; she simply pushed the door open.

"Ah, huh?"

The scene before him left Naya frozen in place.

"Is...is this even possible?"

Naya was deeply shocked!

Professor Natasha's knowledge didn't mention anything like this...

"Ok?"

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

What came into view was Nyarlathotep, with twin tails, one red and one blue, wearing a black maid outfit and white stockings.

"You, you want to come too..."

Before Yu Jin could speak,

Busy and head bowed, Nangong Linglong suddenly blurted out...

(End of this chapter)