I started by watching videos, and I chose 10,000 combat power.

For the next two days, Earth seemed to be put on pause.

The streets were devoid of the usual hurried footsteps and car horns. The subway entrance's roller shutters were tightly shut, and the green lights on the turnstiles were on, yet no one was passing through.

The bus was parked quietly at the dispatch center. The driver's seat was empty, and a folded handover form was sandwiched between the steering wheel and the instrument panel, with the edges still bearing traces of a signed receipt.

In the waiting hall of the train station, the announcements of the timetable were still playing on a loop. The sound collided with the rows of seats in the empty hall, scattering and becoming distant echoes.

The airport runway was idle, with no planes taking off or landing. The control tower lights were on, but there was no one by the window.

Traffic was sparse on the highway, with only the occasional private car passing by, its taillights casting arcs in the twilight before quickly disappearing behind the bend of the exit ramp.

Inside the port, a massive ship, weighing tens of thousands of tons, rested quietly at its berth, its mooring lines tightly secured by winch fasteners, with faint dark oil stains clinging to the waterline on the side of the hull.

The tide lapped gently between the hull and the dock, making a deep, rhythmic sound.

All departments of the Dragon Kingdom are maintaining a high state of alert.

Police tape was put up at the entrance of the hospital's emergency department, and the standby light on the walkie-talkie in the security guard's duty room was flashing.

The fire station's garage door was open, and the fire trucks were facing outwards, ready to respond at any time. The officers on duty at the police station's dispatch center checked the communication equipment every half hour to ensure that backup power, frequency, and channel were all online.

On the screen of the power grid dispatch center console, the regional load curve and the status of backup power supply are displayed in real time.

Leaders from various countries confirmed the status of emergency supplies reserves and the test results of backup communication solutions through an online meeting.

In the final meeting, Director Qin emphasized: "Everyone to your positions, be prepared for the alien fleet to arrive in the next second."

These past two days, Luo Fei has been triggering the system every morning.

On the first day, he chose a bottle of Foundation Establishment Pills, ten in total, which could increase the probability of a cultivator breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Luo Fei put it into his ring and placed it in a corner.

The second day's choice was urban vertical agriculture complex technology, which includes a complete set of design drawings, construction plans, crop variety selection standards, and production processes.

This technology enables a closed-loop production process within a skyscraper, encompassing hydroponics, aeroponics, artificial lighting, and environmental control, to meet the daily food needs of a medium-sized city.

He put the USB drive containing the data into his ring, intending to hand it over to Director Qin after this matter was resolved.

In the past two days, Luo Fei also studied the language of the Karda civilization with Xiao Wan.

Xiao Wan compressed the entire language system into a single voice package, playing everything from pronunciation rules and grammatical structures to commonly used vocabulary at an extremely fast speed, while simultaneously displaying the corresponding text and example sentences on the screen.

Luo Fei didn't sleep or do anything else; he just sat in the cockpit of the spaceship, listening to the unfamiliar syllables flowing from the speakers.

With his photographic memory, every syllable, every grammatical structure, and every word's usage was organized and archived in his mind.

After the course ended, he spoke a sentence in Karda, his pronunciation accurate and his intonation natural, just like speaking his mother tongue which he had used for many years.

Xiao Wan displayed a green checkmark on the screen: "Captain, you have reached native speaker level."

Luo Fei did not respond, but simply leaned back in his chair.

At midnight on October 3rd, Luo Fei was still awake.

He sat by the window in his room, the curtains were not drawn, and moonlight streamed in from outside.

He activated the system in his mind.

[A divine choice has been triggered today.]

Options appear:

Option A: A ton of Red Bull. A classic energy drink, it's energizing and helps maintain focus for extended periods.

Option B: Dongpeng One Ton. Refreshing taste, provides energy, suitable for working overtime or staying up late.

Looking at the two options, Luo Fei said, "System, are you worried I can't handle the alien fleet, so you're giving me a boost?"

The system ignored Luo Fei; he chose option B.

The ring now contains a bunch of drinks.

He took the palm-sized device out of the ring, placed it in his palm, and examined it for a long time.

Outside the window, the streetlights along the village road were on, their orange glow like a string of beads stretching into the distance before being swallowed by the endless darkness.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Li Xiulan's footsteps came from downstairs, the pot lid made a soft sound as it hit the stove, followed by the sound of water being poured from the kettle into a cup.

She didn't call for anyone; she simply prepared breakfast and served it to the table as usual.

When Luo Fei came downstairs, Li Xiulan was facing away from him, placing the bowl of porridge on the dining table.

Luo Fei sat down at the dining table, picked up his bowl of porridge, took a sip, swallowed it, and said, "Mom, I'm going out to take care of some things after I finish eating."

Li Xiulan sat down opposite him and nodded, saying, "Yes. Don't rush."

After finishing his breakfast, Luo Fei wiped his mouth, got up, and walked through the living room into the yard.

The sun was shining brightly, and he called out "Little White" in his heart.

Xiao Bai's consciousness, still carrying the languidness of early morning, returned: "Hmm?"

Luo Fei instructed, "Take good care of my family."

Xiao Bai replied, "I know. Go in peace."

He looked up and saw a clear blue sky dotted with white clouds. A few sparrows flew over the courtyard wall, landed beside the rose bushes, pecked at the ground, and then flew away.

In space, the Imperial Marshal stood on the bridge of the flagship, with the real-time coordinates of Earth and the fleet formation status displayed on the projection screen in front of him.

The adjutant stood behind him, holding a data panel. The screen displayed the charging progress bars of all the spaceships. The progress bar of the last spaceship had just been filled, jumping from 99% to 100%.

The adjutant reported, "Marshal, all spaceships are fully charged and ready for space jump. The jump coordinates have been set near Earth's orbit, covering the entire near-Earth orbit around Earth."

"Once the jump is complete, the fleet will simultaneously enter the encirclement position from different directions."

The marshal's gaze never left the slowly rotating blue planet on the projection table. His hand rested on the edge of the table, and he calmly gave the command: "Initiate the jump."

All the spaceships initiated the space jump at the same time.

The dark starry sky that had once been occupied by the fleet instantly became empty, as if nothing had ever existed.

Then, they appeared simultaneously in the orbit of Blue Star.

From all directions, from every angle of the blue planet, from near-Earth orbit to far-Earth orbit, from the poles to the equator, it's like a giant net being woven, tightening and becoming denser as it gathers from the edges to the center.

Blue Star is surrounded.

Looking up from the ground, the sky gradually darkened, and those enormous spaceships blocked out the sunlight, casting moving shadows on the surface of the blue planet, like clouds, but thicker and denser than clouds.

Almost every household on Blue Star had their televisions on, and the screens were showing footage transmitted back from the live broadcasts that Luo Fei had released yesterday.

The camera is focused on the blue planet in space, on the formation of spaceships that suddenly appear.

The live broadcast sphere hovers in space, steadily recording the spacecraft's various positions in Earth's orbit.

Everyone on Earth who saw the live stream was plunged into deep despair. The dense array of spaceships in the live stream made them realize what kind of enemy Earth was facing.

Many people are facing the TV or their phones, hands clasped together, before they even have time to pray.

Suddenly, both the phone and the TV screen went black.

It was as if someone had simply unplugged the power cord.

The last frame on the screen is the moment the spacecraft enters orbit.

Those massive ships were slowly approaching Blue Star.

Then, the screen disappeared, and all electrical equipment on Earth stopped operating at the same moment.

The planet Earth fell into an unprecedented silence—all electrical signals, frequencies, and radio waves were cut off.

Silence seeped into every light, every screen, and every unit along the power lines, spreading outward from the high-rises in the city center and eventually covering the entire planet.

Luo Fei hovered above Liuxi Village, tightly gripping the activated device in his hand.

He looked up and saw the spaceship's massive outline clearly reflected in the sunlight, then put the device into his pocket.