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Chapter 241 Black Bean Sprouts Bring News of the Heart of Fire

"Boss, I had Dongdongqi take stock of the Black Bean Sprouts' fleet status."

"This network space contains eight Black Sprout Fleets: the Venomous Tongue Conspiracy Group, the Sunset Conspiracy Group, the Iron Thorn Conspiracy Group, the Obsidian Rose Conspiracy Group, and the Shattered Magic Rune Conspiracy Group. The number of warships reaches more than 1,200."

"Wait! Something's not right, three more Black Sprout fleets have jumped over here!"

The radar image from the search device flashed with bright light, and countless stars appeared on the holographic image of the star map.

Three Black Sprout Fleets, totaling six hundred warships, joined the battlefield. They were the Poison Tongue Conspiracy Group, the Skinning Skull Conspiracy Group, and the Falling Moon Conspiracy Group.

The matter is not over yet.

The battle intensified, and more and more Black Sprout fleets sprang into action.

The Severers' Conspiracy, the Bloodstained Claws' Conspiracy, the Malicious Gaze's Conspiracy, the Endless Darkness's Conspiracy...

At this point, it's completely pointless to try and identify which conspiracy groups were involved at the scene.

Because these warships simply cannot last long.

Even the most resilient flagship can only withstand a hail of bullets for half an hour at most.

Half an hour later, even the most sturdy warship will be transformed into a giant plasma fireball, adding a brief moment of brilliance to the pitch-black net space.

After nearly two hours of this, the fighting gradually subsided.

Shipwreckage filled the net space, and the few remaining black bean sprouts continued their fierce battle inside the ship's cabin.

Li Nuo pondered for a moment and then gave the order:
"Keep quiet, let's get closer and try to catch a few black bean sprouts to ask about the situation."

"Okay, boss."

The young helmsman pushed the lever, slightly increasing the speed.

Not far ahead, there were two ships broken into several pieces. Inside a relatively intact section of the ship, there were battle signals, and two groups of Black Sprouts from different conspiracy groups were engaged in close combat.

The reconnaissance ship moved silently over and stopped three kilometers from its destination.

With a bang, the spaceship launched, slid away from the reconnaissance ship, and plunged into the cabin of the black bean sprout.

Li Nuo opened the simulation interface, selected the orc boy on the Boom Boom spaceship, and possessed him.

The scene before my eyes changed instantly.

Li Nuo's gaze shifted from the bridge to the interior of the Bang Bang spaceship.

The ship shook violently, and the laser cutter at the bow carved a path through the black bean sprout's ship.

After a shudder, the spaceship successfully crashed into the black bean sprout's ship.

Li Nuo picked up his twin logging gun and led his team out the door, only to be met by two groups of black bean sprouts watching them warily.

"Bang bang bang bang——"

"Da da da da————"

The green-skinned gang of thugs unleashed a barrage of attacks.

Li Nuo used his Brain Stun Technique to freeze the twelve black bean sprouts on the scene, and eleven of them died instantly. Only one person survived under the protection of the Shock Technique.

"Ceasefire."

Li Nuo clenched his fist and raised his hand, making a gesture.

The green-skinned crew behind them received the signal, tied up the only survivor, injected him with anesthesia, and dragged him onto the bang-bang spaceship.

The group returned safely to the reconnaissance ship, and Li Nuo switched his consciousness to Kron.

The boarding party escorted the black bean sprouts onto the bridge.

Li Nuo injected the other party with a drug to awaken its consciousness, ensuring that the black bean sprout could do nothing except speak.

"Damn greenskins, you're courting death!"

"Go to hell! Do you think you have the right to be so arrogant here?" Li Nuo casually slapped him across the face, then pulled out a truth serum and stabbed it into the black bean sprout's neck.

Black bean sprouts are known for their high tolerance to drugs.

One injection of truth serum is not enough; three injections are needed for it to be effective.

Black Bean Sprout's facial expression became blank. He knelt on the ground with his head tilted back, his eyes glazed over.

"Tell me, why did you start fighting?" Li Nuo asked calmly.

“We…we discovered…we unearthed the production line for Fireheart, a legacy from ancient times, and there is only one such production line in Comoros.”

Heart of Fire?
What is this?
Li Nuo looked completely bewildered.

As a Cloud Hammer, his knowledge of Black Sprout was limited to watching a few CG and 3D animations; he had no idea what Heart of Fire was.

Judging from the name, it must be something related to fire.

Flames are plasma.

In other words, the so-called "heart of fire" may be a plasma reactor or a plasma controller.

The ancient production line of the Heart of Fire is so coveted by various conspiracies that it must be one of the pinnacles of ancient Eldar technology.

These treasures are definitely destined for our old green-skinned man!
Li Nuo's eyes flickered slightly, feeling an urge to go to Comoros to find out what was going on.

"Tell me, how many Comorian conspiracies are involved in this war? And how many haven't joined yet?"

“All…all the conspiracies have joined the war…”

Great, great, great! This is definitely good news that will allow someone to reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

"Why did you come here to fight? Why didn't you start the war in the Comoros?"

"Because...because the overlord of the Broken Rune Conspiracy seized the key to the ancient production line. We chased him all the way from Comoros, and only stopped him here."

Li Nuo raised an eyebrow and turned to ask the boy looking for Dongdong:
"Did you spot the Broken Rune Conspiracy's fleet when you scanned the battlefield earlier?"

"Yes, boss. The Broken Rune fleet was badly damaged; their flagship was the first to be destroyed. Look, this is the wreckage of their flagship."

Find Dongdong to bring up the distant image on the star map. The flagship with the broken magic rune pattern is in pieces. When the fragments are pieced together, the emblem of the conspiracy group can be barely seen.

"Replay the battle footage to see if anyone took advantage of the chaos to salvage the flagship with the shattered magic runes."

The holographic screen quickly rewinds to the moment the flagship was destroyed.

In the scene, the flagship of the shattered magic rune explodes, and the plasma halo expands outward like lightning, with a surging shockwave sweeping across an area of ​​more than ten kilometers.

Before the turmoil caused by the explosion had subsided, a large number of salvage ships, fighter jets, and boarding vessels swarmed onto the scene.

A flash appeared at one corner of the plasma halo.

"stop."

The picture freezes.

“Magnify the flash point and list its radar signal separately.”

The pixelated image is magnified more than ten times to depict a rectangular object covered in mosaic.

Its radar reflector is very small, and its volume is predicted to be no more than two cubic meters. It is most likely a metal object with a radiation response.

"Continue playing, but slow down the playback speed."

The battle replay is played at 0.5x speed.

More than a dozen spaceships rushed toward the flashing point, attacking each other as they flew.

The salvage ship bearing the "snake head" pattern was the first to arrive at the flashing point, which then disappeared, and the salvage ship immediately fled. However, not long after, the ship was destroyed, and another group of spaceships surrounded it to seize the flashing point.

Li Nuo pondered for a moment, then handed over the task of watching the video to the boy and continued interrogating Black Bean Sprout.

What's the situation in Comoros right now?

Black Bean Sprout, half-asleep, saliva dripping from the corner of its indigo-purple mouth, mumbled incoherently:

"Comoros... there's a war in Comoros, war everywhere, and everyone's vying for the Heart of Fire production line. Whoever controls that line will become the ruler of Comoros."

"What exactly is the Heart of Fire?" Li Nuo asked curiously.

"It...it's a psionic device that can control the molten core of a planet. It can mobilize the power of the star core to shape the entire planet's terrain, or detonate the star core to completely destroy the planet."

"hiss----"

A collective gasp filled the bridge as the green-skinned soldiers stared wide-eyed, speechless with shock.

"I think black bean sprouts have something special about them."

"How many cool and awesome gadgets does that black bean sprout area still have?"

"I want the Heart of Fire, I want the Heart of Fire, I want the Heart of Fire..."

The Blood Ravens were just making a fuss.

Li Nuo recovered from his initial shock and, unaffected by the boys' high spirits, calmly asked:

Which conspiracy groups might possess well-organized fleets?

The black bean sprout was nearing its limit, about to breathe its last under the influence of a high concentration of truth serum, and spoke weakly and feebly.
"The Dark Endless Conspiracy Group, the Sharp-Blade Lotus Conspiracy Group, and the Black Heart Conspiracy Group."

"How many fleets do you estimate each of these three conspiracy groups has?"

Li Nuo asked again.

Black bean sprouts replied:
"The Dark Endless Conspiracy may have one fleet, the Sharp Lotus has one, and the Blackheart Conspiracy is the most powerful; it should have three more fleets at its disposal."

Could this wicked conspiracy be the same conspiracy that will later rule Comoros?

Their leader should be the future head of Comoros.

It is estimated that it was in this battle to seize the ancient production line that they obtained the key to the gate, which laid the foundation for the future dominance of the Black Heart Conspiracy Group.

Li Nuo, with the perspective of a time traveler, made overall plans and came up with an idea.

He gestured for Blood Raven to finish off Black Bean Sprout, then turned and asked:
"Have you found the location of the flash point?"

"Yes, boss, I'm sure the spotlight was ultimately stolen by a frigate without any paint scheme."

The battle footage freezes, showing the Corsair-class frigate using a towing device to retrieve the flashing point into its cabin, and then, taking advantage of the distraction of all parties, quickly leaving the battlefield via sub-light speed.

Its engine signal disappeared near a network node.

"Let's go see what's going on." Li Nuo pointed to the star map and ordered the ships to head to the spot where the frigate had disappeared.

After a brief sub-light-speed journey, an unfamiliar node gate appeared ahead.

There were obvious signs of battle nearby, with the wreckage of dozens of ships floating in the air, their wounds fresh, indicating that the battle had only just ended.

The reconnaissance ship circled the area but found no debris from the frigate, indicating that it had successfully entered the node gate and had not been shot down.

Li Nuo aimed at the network node and used the identification technique.

[Identification successful.]

[Name: Bridge of Stars - A55-10T59.]

This is a military fortress built by the Ancients. Before entering, please ensure you have the necessary access permissions to avoid being accidentally harmed by the remaining Ancient war machines within.

The ancient sages' military fortress...this is a bit troublesome.

When Li Nuo was exploring the network path, he encountered many military fortress nodes.

The most distinctive feature of such nodes is that they have not been corrupted by chaos.

Many network city nodes have been corrupted by chaos, and single crystal production nodes, technology database nodes, and subspace graveyard nodes are also frequently corrupted by chaos.

The only thing missing was the military fortress node corrupted by chaos.

From the perspective of survivorship bias, it is not difficult to draw the following conclusion:
Any military fortress node that has not been corrupted by Chaos should still contain an ancient war machine capable of resisting demonic invasions, which is why it has not been corrupted by Chaos.

In other words, entering such a node space is extremely dangerous; a slight misstep could result in being killed by the war machines of the ancient saints.

Could we try a different approach?

The pirate-class corvette, carrying the key to the ancient production line, will eventually return to the Comoros.

Find a node between the military fortress node and the Comoros to ambush them; you might be able to stop the frigate.

This is much safer than recklessly entering a military fortress node.

Li Nuo's mind raced, and the ambush plan quickly took shape.

He ordered the reconnaissance ship to return to the battlefield, capture more black bean sprouts, and interrogate them one by one.

More detailed information has surfaced.

First, the military fortress node does indeed contain a large number of operational Ancient artifacts, mainly terrifying gravity weapons and implosion weapons.

Secondly, there is only one safe route between the military fortress node and Comoros.

This route starts from the military fortress node, passes through every corner of the Milky Way in the east, west, north, and south, circles around the center of the Milky Way, and finally returns to Comoros.

The best ambush location is "Star Bridge - T32-02T13", an abandoned network city node with excellent ambush conditions and plenty of cover for the fleet to hide in.

Li Nuo laid out the reconnaissance ship's network star map and found the node without much effort.

He rubbed his hands together excitedly and decisively switched his consciousness to space.

"Beast! Can you hear me?" Li Nuo's consciousness arrived at the outpost and grabbed the noisy box on the table to call out to his underlings.

"Huh? Boss, what's up? I'm cleaning up the junk here at the Internet Graveyard. These guys are like weeds, they keep sprouting up from the ground, no matter how I kill them, I can't get rid of them all. I seriously suspect there's a demon's lair underground."

The beast chattered on and on.

Li Nuo said:
"Stop talking nonsense, quickly gather the expeditionary fleet and come with me. We're going to steal Black Bean Sprout's incredible treasure! Once we get it, we'll tear the Internet Graveyard apart!"

"Alright!" the beast replied excitedly.

Before long, the Palu warlord's Netway Expeditionary Fleet was assembled.

The fleet consists of three battleships, twelve cruisers, and more than thirty frigates, with maximum maneuverability, firepower, defense, and interception capabilities. Even if they were to face the main fleet of the Black Sprouts' conspiracy group head-on, they would not be intimidated.

Li Nuo personally led the team to set sail, and it took them about half an hour to reach the designated ambush location.

This is Star Bridge - T32-02T13, an abandoned Eldar network city.

The city's ruins, like an asteroid belt, spread across the network space, forming concentric rings around the central urban hub, drifting and circling slowly and quietly.

After the Paru fleet jumped to this location, they collectively entered a state of silence, hiding among the city's ruins.

Li Nuo calculated the time; in five minutes, the escort ship carrying the key to the ancient production line would appear on site.

Our group will definitely not miss the opportunity to meet them.

To Li Nuo's surprise, just as the Paru fleet had hidden itself, two Black Sprout fleets teleported over from the Comoros direction.

Their ships were spitting out a uniform pattern: a black heart that had been shot through.

(End of this chapter)