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Chapter 135 Carol Captures an Interstellar Mothership! New Players Land in the Galactic Wasteland!

Chapter 135 Carol Captures an Interstellar Mothership! New Players Land in the Galactic Wasteland! (13)

Drake-3 Wasteland Galaxy.

Inside the Cersa mothership, codenamed X-187, a piercing alarm was blaring.

Carol strode across the red-glowing bridge, her combat boots tapping rapidly on the special alloy floor.

This mothership has just experienced a one-sided massacre.

"Commander."

A humanoid mech knelt on one knee in front of her, its mechanical eyes gleaming with a ghostly blue light.

"The enemy fleet of 187 people was annihilated. Our losses: 21 mechs."

"The X-187 interstellar mothership is now under complete control..."

Carol nodded her chin, her steps never faltering.

Not long after.

She arrived at the vast cockpit of the interstellar mothership.

The cabin was littered with signs of battle.

Several broken drones lay in the corner, emitting a series of crackling electrical sounds.

Carol glanced at it briefly before looking away.

In any war, there are always sacrifices.

not to mention……

It's still this interstellar war where the small forces triumph over the large, a war that transforms from pursuit to counter-attack.

a few days ago.

To avoid being discovered on the unclaimed planet, Carol deliberately exposed her location, which led to her being hunted down by the Celsa fleet into the depths of space.

In desperate situation.

It was the Lord who saved her once again with his boundless power!

From the initial 'airdrop' of a 'small unmanned interstellar fleet' to the forced teleportation of the two squadrons of soldiers rushing toward the S-680 starship.

Then to...

One wave after another followed, a total of 11 brand-new unmanned interstellar fleets, as well as two gravitational wave relay units!

Each small unmanned interstellar fleet consists of 20 Tier 11 unmanned mechs, plus a small interstellar warship and its accompanying weapon systems.

With Carol's command skills, even with only one mech fleet like this, she has a 30% chance of launching a counterattack against the Celsa interstellar mothership behind her.

But the lord gave her a total of 12 such mech fleets!
That's a total of 240 Tier 11 unmanned combat mechs!
It should be noted that Carol, who was once a commander, was only a 12th-rank individual.

The commander of this interstellar mothership, despite being a higher-level thirteenth-tier evolved being, did not prioritize combat. As a result, he was slowly worn down to death by Carol's dozen or so mechs through self-destruction.

The 187:21 kill ratio is largely due to this.

Otherwise, given Carol's familiarity with the starship beneath her feet, she could have reduced the casualty ratio even further.

some of.

The two gravitational wave relay units sent by the lord also played a crucial role.

Once activated, the gravitational wave relay unit can disrupt the stability of a ship's warp drive, and at maximum power, it can even force a starship to exit warp mode.

In fact.

Shortly after Carol began her counterattack with the unmanned fleet, the commander of the X-187 mothership attempted to warp out...

"My lord—"

"Long live!"

Carol placed one hand on her chest, gazed at the boundless starry sky outside the porthole, and whispered.

In the Celsa civilization, there is no word that better embodies loyalty than 'Long live'.

"Long live!"

Behind Carol.

The 219 Tier 11 drones, in perfect unison, each clutched their chest with one hand and emitted a cold, mechanical, synchronized shout.

Loyalty to Lord Ember is engraved in the first line of their program code.

"Although it's just the smallest interstellar mothership..."

"But it plays a significant role in Lord's future expansion into the star system."

Carol gazed at the starry sky and murmured softly.

She could sense that the lord had not yet arrived.

But this does not diminish her loyalty, her determination to fight for her lord across the stars.

"Recover the S-680 starship!"

"Recover the drone-equipped fleet's small interstellar warships!"

"Shut down coordinate transmitter, clear mothership coordinate data..."

"Activate anti-detection stealth mode..."

"Locking new coordinates..."

"Code name 01 Unclaimed Planet..."

"Prepare for the jump!"

Carol temporarily suppressed her various thoughts and, with the cold and stern demeanor of a commander, began to issue orders.

Not long after.

hum-

buzz-

Extremely strong spatial fluctuations spread outwards from the X-187 starship in all directions.

Whoosh-!
a moment.

The massive, silver-white interstellar mothership vanished.

In the depths of the starry sky, silence returned once more.

Only the scattered, floating fragments of warships, the wreckage of mechs, and the lifeless members of the Celsa fleet remain here forever.

……

A planet without an owner.

Dang Cang——!
Tang Yunxuan buried his head in his work, sweating profusely in the mountain-like crystalline mine.

It's been six days since the closed beta tester was transported to the wasteland galaxy.

That 12th-tier expert never returned after leaving in his spaceship.

Tang Yunxuan even felt that she might never come back.

At this moment, he is mining hard so that he can achieve 'crystallization freedom' as soon as possible.

Over the past six days.

Tang Yunxuan initially just dug up pieces and ate them piece by piece.

But now?
He has already begun to strictly select the crystals.

"Fifth level?"

"The purity is average..."

Tang Yunxuan picked up the crystal he had just dug out, held it in his hand and examined it carefully for a moment, then chose not to eat it and put it aside.

He was now emanating the aura of a fifth-tier evolved being.

Compared to the third rank six days ago, Tang Yunxuan is much stronger.

Not far from Tang Yunxuan.

Two familiar figures were also working hard to mine.

Peng Siyi, a naive young girl, is a fourth-tier evolver with the attribute 'Great Strength'.

Yin Zhenzhong, a middle-aged man, is a fourth-tier evolver with the attribute 'Gold'.

Besides these two, a large number of 'beta testers' have been added in the past six days.

some of.

The six players logged in gradually over the first five days.

The other players appeared a day earlier along with the 'countdown'.

The number of these new players is extremely large, approaching ten thousand!
Coincidentally—

Their starting locations were all not far from Tang Yunxuan and the others, near this crystal mine.

These nearly 10,000 new players, led by veteran players like Tang Yunxuan, have been using second-tier energy crystals to awaken their powers and embark on the path of mining and crystal farming over the past day.

"Hey--"

“If only it could continue like this.”

"Dig some minerals, eat some crystals..."

"Once I get back to Earth, I can deal with the mutated beasts on campus and show off to the younger female and older female students..."

"Unfortunately……"

Tang Yunxuan sighed and looked at the semi-transparent panel in front of him.

The panel is based on the game Wasteland.

When you first log in, there are only three options: [Coordinates], [Restart], and [Exit].

But now?
Tang Yunxuan stared at the two glaring words in the center of the panel: [Transmigration].

Below it, there is a countdown timer.

23: 21: 36: 58
23: 21: 36: 57
……

23 days, 21 hours, and 36 minutes.

A day ago, the "Time Travel" option, a digital countdown, and a large number of new players appeared together. Initially, it only showed one and a half days.

then……

Tang Yunxuan suddenly heard a mechanical notification sound in his mind:

"Level I Civilization Authority Activated!"

"The internal testing period has been extended from 7 days to 30 days!"

After the notification tone, Tang Yunxuan watched helplessly as the countdown timer increased by a full 23 days.

Tang Yunxuan had discussed this matter in detail with the other two.

The conclusion is that -

This is the countdown to the time travel, exactly the same as the helmets that appeared in the first batch on Earth.

It is worth mentioning that.

Although the helmets were put on at different times, the countdown timers on everyone's panels were exactly the same.

this means……

Whether it's Tang Yunxuan, Peng Siyi, and others, or the nearly 10,000 new players who have only logged in for one day, they will all be forcibly transported here precisely 23 days and 21 hours later.

"Hey--"

Tang Yunxuan sighed again.

If he had a choice, he would want to travel to the wasteland where Lao Yu lived.

Instead of this so-called starry wasteland.

This place is too dangerous...

In the wild, there are often mutated beasts of the seventh or eighth rank.

Over the past six days, no matter how careful Tang Yunxuan was, he would still be killed by mutated beasts that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, forcing him to restart the game several times.

"Thinking about it this way, it's not so bad to have a level 12 big shot like before protecting you."

"At least we don't have to worry about being killed by mutated beasts."

"Especially after the closed beta ends and the game officially begins, there will be no chance to revive and start over; you'll only have one life to spare..."

Tang Yunxuan muttered to himself, and for a moment he lost much of his enthusiasm for mining and collecting crystals.

He sat on the ground and looked up at the sky.

Compared to Earth, this planet offers an endless starry sky when you look up.

The endless stars are full of mystery and the unknown, but also harbor countless dangers and crises.

"Senior Tang!"

Shouts came from not far away.

Tang Yunxuan turned his head to look.

"I'd like to ask how to distinguish the grade and purity of crystals..."

The young man's face revealed a smile unique to college students, a smile that was both innocent and foolish.

"Liu Ze..."

Tang Yunxuan muttered to himself.

This is a new player who just received the helmet a day ago and logged into the closed beta.

Coincidentally, he also came from Jiangcheng University, but he was a year below Tang Yuxuan and was only a sophomore.

That's why he was called 'Senior Tang'.

"It's actually not complicated, let me explain..."

"The grade of crystals can be judged from their aura. How exactly do you determine this? I'll find you crystals of different grades so you can feel their presence..."

"..."

Tang Yunxuan patiently explained to his junior.

As the lecture continued, more and more newbies gathered around to learn seriously.

In no time at all.

When Tang Yunxuan looked up again, he found himself completely surrounded by layers upon layers of people...

"cough--"

Anyway, that's all I know.

"I have taught you everything I could."

"I hope you can all achieve crystal freedom soon!"

Tang Yunxuan finished speaking.

slam-la-

A round of applause erupted.

Tang Yunxuan scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

He originally wanted to put on a show of strategic maneuvering in front of his junior classmates...

"Senior Tang."

Liu Ze suddenly spoke up, asking a question that almost all new players were curious about.

"Miss Peng Siyi said that you saw a spaceship when you first landed?"

"The spaceship even landed on this planet, and even..."

"You even saw aliens?"

"A Tier 12 alien?"

"really?"

Can you tell us about it?

Eating melons is human nature.

Even if you travel to an unclaimed planet in a galactic wasteland, this will not change.

Just like now.

The thousands of newbies gathered around Tang Yunxuan all had eyes full of curiosity and exploration.

"Uh……"

Tang Yunxuan was momentarily embarrassed.

What did he say?
He said he was almost scared to death by that level 12 boss?
He claimed that he and Peng Siyi were actually captured and forced into mining slavery.
How embarrassing...

Tang Yunxuan kept his head down, pondering how to 'embellish' the situation.

next second.

boom--

Rumble——!
Suddenly, a series of loud noises came from above everyone's heads.

"Digging!"

The first beta tester to look up screamed.

"Worthy!"

"My darn thing!"

"..."

Tang Yunxuan also raised his head.

"I--"

He couldn't say the rest of his words.