I chose the safe house, and the Human Alliance regretted it.

On the Eternal Night, the ruler of the First Empire looked somber.

The defeat of the seventeen-nation coalition.

Tens of thousands of Emperor-level Star Beasts crushed the original imperial will like building blocks.

The notion that the fate of an empire cannot be tied to one person is no longer important at this moment.

He understood better than anyone the consequences of asking Wang Wei for help—from now on, there would be an uncontrollable mountain above the imperial power.

But faced with the Emperor-level Star Beasts crushing everything under the starry sky, the inevitable defeat of the Empire no longer mattered.

Only if the empire survives can it be qualified to discuss the fate of the nation and its will.

If the empire is gone, then all will is just a blank sheet of paper.

The warships of the seventeen-empire coalition were in complete chaos.

If it were just three thousand Emperor-level Star Beasts and a low-level beast tide, they would still have the courage to fight.

With twenty million warships and hundreds of billions of soldiers, the human alliance has a chance to fight a war together.

But right now, they are all Emperor-level beings, with bodies tens of thousands of meters tall pressing down from every direction. Their giant claws fall like mountains collapsing, and their beams sweep across like the end of the world.

This is not war, it is pure crushing.

The warships of the seventeen nations have begun to change course, and some formations have even begun to retreat without waiting for orders from the flagship.

In the fleet's main control room, the voice of the First Empire's ruler rang out on the communications channel.

However, Zi Chen revealed a bitter expression: "It's too late."

Countless Emperor-level Star Beasts rushed into the fleet.

Those steel creations weighing millions of tons are like paper toys in front of Emperor-level star beasts.

A tail blade of an Emperor-level Star Beast swept across, breaking a warship in half. The two halves crashed into the adjacent fleet, triggering a chain reaction of collisions.

Another Emperor-class Star Beast swept over a turning formation, and seventeen warships simultaneously melted, exploded, and vaporized in the beam of light.

Directly in front of the command ship in the control room, an Emperor-class Star Beast charged forward, enduring the concentrated fire of the surrounding escort ships.

The energy beam struck its carapace, leaving only shallow scorch marks; it didn't even slow down.

The giant claws rose, casting a mountain-like shadow over the entire command ship, and energy fields converged at the claw tips into dazzling golden light.

"Click—"

The command ship's energy shield shattered instantly like a bubble, and the upper armor plates of the ship collapsed, wrinkled, and cracked the moment the giant claws made contact.

Zi Chen stood in the command room, watching the dark golden "wall" outside the porthole pressing down on him, and he subconsciously closed his eyes.

"boom--"

The giant claw crushed through the command ship.

The ship exploded in the middle, spraying alloy fragments and energy liquid contaminants in all directions.

A cluster of incandescent light, now cooling, appeared beneath the starry sky.

The light dissipated.

Zi Chen's eyes widened as he realized he was standing alone in the void.

He glanced down at himself; his military uniform was spotless, without a single wrinkle.

He looked up and glanced around. The wreckage of the warship was drifting away into the distance, and the giant claw had retracted, as if nothing had happened.

"I..." His lips moved slightly, "I'm not dead?"

Before he could react, a mocking voice came from beside him, carrying an air of nonchalant composure: "How could our VIP customer die?"

Zi Chen turned his neck inch by inch.

He saw Wang Wei.

Wang Wei was standing half a step away from him.

"Shop...Shop owner!" Zi Chen's pupils suddenly dilated, and the light in his eyes was frighteningly bright.

Wang Wei glanced at him, a faint smile playing on his lips: "Zi Jin has registered you as a VIP customer of this store."

He paused for a moment, then said, "You've given birth to a daughter with good taste."

Zi Chen was stunned.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but Wang Wei had already turned his gaze away, looking at the Emperor-level Star Beasts that were approaching in front of him.

His voice rang out casually:

"We can't let these ingredients ruin our reputation."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward.

The moment he took that step, an invisible domain erupted from the center of Wang Wei's body, instantly enveloping the entire battlefield.

The space spanning billions of kilometers was enveloped by an invisible domain, encompassing all Emperor-level Star Beasts, all low-level beast tides, and all warships still fleeing or charging.

The field of safe houses is now open for discussion.

Since Wang Wei swept away all the remains of the star beasts on the battlefield in one go last time, his safe house has undergone another qualitative change.

Safe House (Growth Type)

Rating: Supreme

Combat Power: +∞

Function: Activates the innate ability to create an absolute safe zone within a star-level system. Within the safe zone, the host is in an absolutely invincible state.

Special Ability: Insight - Allows the user to perceive the personal information of all targets within the safe house's perimeter.

Reflection – Allows for real-time observation of the scene within a certain range outside a safe building.

Shape shifting – the ability to change the shape of a safe house.

Energy Transfer – Removes the abilities of targets within the safe house's area and can transfer them to other targets.

Backtracking – Allows backtracking of any target within the safe house to a specified point in time.

Limitations: Safe houses cannot be moved in real time. Lifespan: 129600 years. Ability usage interval: 1 day.

The scope of coverage has been upgraded from planetary level to constant level.

Under Wang Wei's perception, the boundary of the domain expanded from hundreds of billions of kilometers to trillions of kilometers, enough to encompass the orbits of a star and dozens of planets around it.

The entire battlefield was exceptionally clear to him, entirely reflected in his mind.

The originally fierce battle suddenly turned bizarre.

Tens of thousands of Emperor-level Star Beasts seemed to be paused, their raised giant claws frozen in mid-air, their open mouths frozen in place, like a frozen holographic painting.

The low-level beast tide behind them also stopped in place, maintaining their charging posture, but no longer advancing even half a step.

"This is……"

"What happened?!"

Am I seeing things?!

Countless imperial soldiers stared wide-eyed at the scene before them, a sight that could only be described as a miracle.

All the star beasts are like a giant scroll that has been struck by acupuncture points, spread out on the background of the entire starry sky.

Above some soldiers, the claws of Emperor-level Star Beasts hovered several kilometers away, their energy fields still faintly glowing, but they did not fall.

Some people saw warships exploding beneath their feet, but the flames of the explosions stopped halfway, freezing into a still ball of fire.

"It's the shop owner!"

It's unclear who shouted it first; the voice was hoarse, but it pierced through the communication channel:

"It's the shop owner! The shop owner is here!"

"The shop owner stepped in!"

"The shop owner is invincible!"

"I knew it! I knew he would come!"

Shouts and laughter mingled together on the communication channel.

Those who were closing their eyes and waiting to die just a second ago are now being pulled out of the water like drowning people by a hand.

"Hahaha—I'm a VIP customer who doesn't rip off poor people!" A middle-aged man slapped his thigh on the bridge of his family's ship. "I bought the highest VIP package! The highest VIP package! That money was well spent!"

"Exactly! What are we worried about? The shop owner will handle it, nothing will happen!"

Members of some prominent families in the twelve main cities of the First Empire breathed a sigh of relief. Their pale faces regained their rosy hue at a visible speed, and they chatted and laughed.

"The shop owner is awesome!"

"The shop owner is invincible!"

The members of these large families shouted in unison from inside each ship.

On the bridge of the Eternal Night, the ruler of the First Empire stood by the porthole, looking at the frozen image of all the star beasts on the battlefield, his expression desolate.

He saw the soldiers shouting "The shopkeeper is invincible!"

I saw those scions of wealthy families celebrating their status as "VIP clients."

The commanders of the seventeen-nation fleet all looked in the same direction—the direction where Wang Wei was, not the direction of the emperor.

His worst fears have come true.

This shop owner, who refused to cheat the poor, became a god in the First Empire and even in the entire human race.

From this day forward, the imperial power of the empire has fallen from its pedestal.

No one looked up at the crown anymore; they looked up at a single savior!

Just then, Wang Wei's voice rang out under the starry sky, not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly:

"Gentlemen, we need to discuss the fees."