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Chapter 218 Top 100! Serena Civilization! Reinforcements? A massive reinforcement drive!

"A large-scale fortress fleet is assembling?"

Carol's message made Ember raise an eyebrow.

"How big is it?"

Ember noticed a hint of nervousness in Carol's tone and pressed for an answer.

"More than thirty super-large fortresses!"

"More than a hundred large fortresses!"

"The number of small and medium-sized fortresses is at least ten thousand!"

Carol's response was extremely swift.

Swah——

at the same time.

A semi-transparent light screen also appeared in front of Yu Jin.

On the light screen, there are thousands upon thousands of red dots of varying sizes.

This is the star map view of Carol's scout fleet; each red dot represents an unfamiliar/hostile ship or fortress.

"Tsk——"

"Did they really catch a fish ranked in the top 100?"

Yu Jin murmured to himself as he sat up from the large bed.

Diana and the other two, who were busy with their work, all choked on their food because of Ember's actions.

"cough--"

"Ahem—!"

The three of them covered their mouths, their lips were all a little red and swollen.

"You did a good job."

"I'll give you some rewards after I finish my business."

"in addition……"

“Diana, I have seen your unwavering loyalty to Dawnhold.”

"You and the existing citizens of Moonlight Fortress may join Dawn Fortress, but only if you abide by the fortress rules, otherwise..."

Yu Jin didn't finish his sentence.

But Diana's face was already flushed with joy and excitement.

She nodded vigorously, completely forgetting the discomfort and embarrassment of choking on her throat just now.

"Diana thanks you, Lord!"

The voice just fell.

Before Ember could respond, Natasha, acting as his mentor, solemnly corrected him:

"What lord?"

"Given your current status, you should be calling him 'master'..."

……

……

The boundless starry sky.

Serena Cluster.

Compared to a star field like P-8808, a galaxy cluster is a collection of several or even dozens of star fields.

The Serena Galaxy Cluster was originally named X-xxxx.

But hundreds of years ago, a Class II civilization called 'Serena' completely occupied all the star systems here.

now.

The area that the Dawn Fortress fleet arrived at was precisely the outermost starry sky of the Serena Galaxy Cluster.

only……

Dawn Keep clearly did not have time to play the role of an uninvited guest.

Because in this boundless and vast starry sky, countless fortresses and warships have long been stationed and entrenched.

They are like a large net, lying in wait, quietly waiting for their prey to take the bait.

The same civilization logo—Serena—was also engraved on the hulls of these fortress warships.

In fact.

Over the past two weeks, Dawn Fortress's deliberate exposure of its coordinates and its ostentatious behavior in the galactic wasteland have already attracted the attention of many civilized forces.

but……

When faced with the massive fortress fleet of Dawn Fortress, most civilized forces felt more tension and fear than greed.

Today it is today.

No one knows where this powerful dragon came from, which civilization it belongs to, or why there has never been a whisper of it before.

This also includes the Serena civilization.

In principle.

With just over four months left before the promotion, the Serena civilization, which had already squeezed into the top 100 and had a considerable number of promotion slots, did not want to make any rash moves.

But the problem is...

Based on the previously observed movements of Dawn Fortress, its trajectory suggests that it will soon reach the next, larger galaxy cluster, the Blaze Cluster.

That galaxy cluster was controlled by the Blaze civilization, which had been mortal enemies with the Serena civilization for the past few centuries.

That is now.

Their rankings in the galactic wasteland are also very close.

"If we let this big fish go..."

"They'll just let those Blaze guys get the better deal at the next stop!"

"That situation is absolutely unacceptable!"

Inside the massive fortress at the center, the lord of the Serena civilization, whose aura had reached the nineteenth level, spoke in a deep voice.

He sat on the throne, with a crowd of people standing below him.

Each figure exuded an extremely powerful aura of transcendence.

If the embers were here, they would be spotted at a glance—

Almost everyone present was a level 17 or 18 evolved being.

even……

Besides the lord, there were six other level 19 evolvers!
Nineteenth rank—this is theoretically the highest rank in the Galactic Wasteland server, which is the maximum level!

"To ensure absolute success, we have deployed the First, Second, and Third Army Groups of Serena this time..."

"This encirclement and suppression operation must succeed; failure is not an option!"

"We must not only win and capture the fortress warships, but also minimize our losses in order to prepare for any potential future attacks from the Blaze civilization!"

The leader on the throne spoke each word with resounding conviction.

boom--

Boom——

Not long after.

Fortresses and warships in the starry sky suddenly began to move.

They are entering the corresponding star coordinates according to the pre-arranged encirclement.

To prevent the Dawn Fortress from being escaped via teleportation, the Serena civilization had long ago laid a trap here.

Interestingly.

Dawn Fortress indeed "cooperated" by entering the encirclement.

even……

It is still penetrating deeper and deeper at an extremely rapid pace.

"The foolishness that comes with overconfidence?"

"Or does he really have an incredible trump card?"

Such behavior made even the leader of the Serena civilization think a little more.

Through reports from the scout fleet at the front, he already knew—

Dawn Fortress possesses extremely rare, even unprecedented, special warships and weapons.

Correspondingly—

Given the size of the fortress fleet deployed by the Serena civilization this time, it was absolutely impossible for them to evade detection and perception.

In other words.

Dawn Fortress is...

Go ahead to dangers.

I always felt a little uneasy.

The lord of the Serena civilization, who was originally full of confidence and certain of victory, inexplicably had this intuition.

"perhaps……"

Should we send more troops?

"All doubts stem from insufficient firepower."

Once the thought arose, it spread and grew in his heart like weeds.

Not long after.

Di-

Beep-!
Communication commands were transmitted to various planets within the Serena star cluster.

whoosh-

Whizzing--!
Compared to before, a greater number and larger scale of spaceship fortresses of all sizes rushed out from the planetary star field one after another, roaring towards the encirclement of the boundless starry sky.

……

……

"They've reinforced the troops?"

At Dawn Fortress, Ember listened to Carol's latest report with a surprised expression.

"Yes, my lord!"

"The size of the enemy's fortress warships is increasing at an extremely rapid pace!"

"If this continues..."

"When we reach the center of the encirclement, the number of super-large fortresses the enemy has deployed may be close to fifty!"

The image is projected onto the light screen in mid-air.

Carol's face was tense and her expression was serious.

Despite having been preparing for this battle for the past two weeks, Dawn Fortress has been doing so.

The fortress fleet also made special stops at large stars along the way to recharge the Odin warship and the Disintegration Launcher.

but……

Carol hadn't expected this either.

This battle, if it hadn't come, it wouldn't have happened; but once it did, it was on such an exaggerated scale!

"No confidence?"

Ember noticed Carol's expression.

"No, no!"

Carol shook her head without hesitation.

"Carol's faith in our Lord is stronger than the light of the stars!"

“Carol is just worried…”

"Such a battle would cause Dawn Fortress to suffer unnecessary losses..."

Carol's expression was subtle, but Ember still understood what she meant.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin smiled slightly.

"loss?"

"That's not the case."

"If they can send more troops, why can't we?"

This statement came out.

Carol was stunned.

A look of bewilderment and confusion crossed her face.

Now, as the war commander-in-chief appointed by Ember, she has an absolute grasp of the military strength of Dawn Fortress.

Reinforcements?

Where will the increase come from?

Carol couldn't understand, so she waited quietly for the lord's answer.

Yu Jin remained silent, but a thought flickered in his mind.

Swah——

A semi-transparent panel of the Wasteland game appeared in front of him.

The military strength of Dawn Fortress today, apart from the portion that he airdropped from higher dimensions, consists of the remaining fortress warships, all of which are rewards from the 'Civilization Hunter' achievement.

but……

The rewards don't stop there.

The war in the outer reaches of the P-8808 star system brought the Embers an astronomical number of civilization origins.

Civilization Points are the universal currency of the galactic wasteland servers.

All the warships and fortresses of other major civilizations, or rather, all the civilizations and factions, were purchased from the Wasteland Shop using Source Points.

The reason Ember didn't buy it before was simply because it wasn't necessary—the fortress warships rewarded by the Civilization Hunter achievement hadn't even been fully utilized yet, and the Dawn Fortress was still in the midst of its commander selection and assessment.

And now?
Since Carol has already said that the other side is reinforcing their troops.

The embers now had a reason to 'spend money on shopping sprees'.

"let me see……"

"How should we spend these hundreds of billions of points?"

Yu Jin muttered to himself, looking at the dazzling array of goods on the panel.

Mechs, spaceships, warships, fortresses...

The Galactic Wasteland server has all the resources you could possibly need.

"purchase!"

"Let's start with ten, no, twenty super-large fortresses!"

With a wave of his hand, Yu Jin began to spend lavishly in the Wasteland Shop.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Ember did not immediately accept the newly acquired resources.

Only Carol was granted this access to information by Ember, so that she could make better plans during the final period of the war.

Therefore.

Carol was completely stunned.

"This this……"

A series of crisp, mechanical prompts were ringing in her mind.

[Your civilization has purchased 'Super Large Interstellar Fortress *1'!]

[Your civilization has purchased 'Super Large Interstellar Battleship *1'!]

[Your civilization has purchased 'Unmanned Combat Mech Squadron (Highest Tier) *1'!]

【…】

The notification sounds came one after another.

Once it started playing, it almost never stopped...

……

……

While Ember was busy squandering Source Points, buying warships and fortresses.

Within the 'Griffith-1' system wasteland server, which shares the same status as the Drake-3 system wasteland but is separated by a dimensional chasm.

Athena's high-dimensional fleet has been there for more than three days.

Three days is an extremely short time.

Ordinary civilizations, even the number one ranked civilization, could not possibly traverse the entire wasteland star system within three days.

but……

Athena's fleet succeeded.

This is not only because she and her fleet come from a higher dimension, but also because the 'Griffith-1' server belongs to the Ophelia Federation.

The federation itself has some rule permissions for the server.

Just like now.

Even before the Athena fleet officially arrived, Arthur had already changed some of the rules of the 'Griffith-1' server through a federal plan.

One of them is—

The high-dimensional warship can break through the original server's detection/travel/energy limits.

Therefore.

In just three days, Athena's massive fleet practically turned the 'Griffith-1' server upside down.

Any galaxy cluster, any star field, any planet.

None of them were spared.

but……

The results were not satisfactory.

"he's not here."

Athena gazed at the boundless starry sky before her and murmured softly.

"In that case, then..."

"Next stop."

The dazzling starry sky before her did not stir even the slightest emotion in Athena's heart.

I don’t know when it started.

The only thing that could cause such intense and dramatic fluctuations in my emotions was that man.

"My father instructed me..."

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

"The fact that the parliament was able to give the green light to this trip to the lower dimension was largely due to 'Han Ling'."

"Han Ling, a descendant of the bloodline of gods, is currently on a wasteland server in the Drake-3 star system..."

"Logically, this is also part of my trip."

Athena recalled her father's previous instructions to her.

Compared to the embers, the name Han Ling evoked no feelings in her.

even……

She has no intention of going to the wasteland server in the 'Drake-3' system where the other party is located.

Although she didn't know what kind of authority and ability that descendant of the divine bloodline possessed, no matter how powerful he was, could he possibly be stronger than Ember?
He is an ultimate monster capable of destroying a Class IV starship single-handedly!

"Miss Athena!"

"Federal authority has been obtained!"

"The path to dimensional ascension is about to open!"

"We need to return to the Federation's star system first, and then select other low-dimensional servers to descend upon..."

Behind Athena, a pretty and charming maidservant spoke respectfully.

"Ah."

Athena responded with a faint sound.

Not long after.

hum-

Buzz—!
On the 'Griffith-1' system wasteland server, countless players, especially the top-ranked civilization leaders, looked up to him in awe.

In the void, a dazzling dimensional ascension passage appeared.

At the other end of the passage lies a higher dimension, a higher-dimensional world that countless players, even the number one ranked player, dream of...

whoosh-

Whizzing--!
One by one, warships disappeared into the passageway.

The whole process did not last long.

Not long after.

When the starry sky returned to calm, those who remained were only players from various civilizations, their hearts still pounding with longing for higher dimensions...

They didn't know why this high-dimensional being had come.

They just know.

The world beyond the galaxy must be far more vast and magnificent than the galactic wasteland server...

(End of this chapter)