jdhmnovel Chapter 165 An unexpected gain
Chapter 165 An unexpected gain
Unknown star system
"Buzzing sound!" An anomaly occurred in outer space. A spatial rift shattered instantly, and then a starship emerged from the rift, emitting smoke.
Bridge of the Exploration Cruiser Glory
"Beep beep beep..." The alarm kept ringing, and the operators were checking the ship's hull.
"What are the specifics?" Xing asked after adjusting her hat.
"The ship sustained minor damage, but its shield strength has been reduced by more than 20%!" an operator reported.
"20%? Check what happened," the adjutant said.
"Report! The target star system does not match the star system comparison map of the Imperial reconnaissance fleet!" an operator suddenly reported.
"Inconsistent? We need to deploy unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to find out where our ship is," the adjutant said.
"Report! The spatial rift still exists."
“A spatial rift… Captain!” The adjutant looked at Xing.
“We’re no longer in the universe where the Empire is located, are we?” Xing looked up at the holographic screen.
“I’m afraid what scientists say about the multiverse is true,” the adjutant replied.
"A large number of high-mass objects have been detected! An unknown spacecraft is about to complete its jump!" the communications officer suddenly reported.
"Whoosh—!" A silver-gray, dagger-shaped interstellar warship emerged from warp and appeared in front of the exploration cruiser.
"Whoosh..." One after another, starships of the same type broke free from warp and surrounded the exploration cruiser.
"Unable to jump, the jump channel is blocked!" the communications officer shouted.
"I see~" Xing smiled as he looked at the Imperial-class Star Destroyer fleet that had emerged from hyperspace.
"Captain?" the adjutant asked, looking at Xing.
“Send a plaintext message to surrender,” Xing said with a smile.
"Captain?" The adjutant looked at Xing in shock.
A gunshot rang out, and the adjutant fell to the ground, while Xing held the officer's sidearm.
"Pass the word down: surrender to that fleet," Xing said with a smile.
"Yes, Captain!" The operators and communications officers got to work.
"Hoo~" Xing chuckled, releasing the power in his hand, and then disappeared from his seat.
“Report…wait?” A communications officer was about to say something when he suddenly realized something was wrong, and then he saw his adjutant lying on the ground, shot.
"Rumble~~" The ship's hull vibrated, a vibration captured by the tractor beam...
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Orbit of the third planet in the star system
Galactic Empire Starkiller Planetary Fortress
"Hmm~~!" Xing stretched in the temporary dormitory.
"I never expected that after time-traveling once, I would actually return after time-traveling again," the system said.
"Yes, I really didn't expect that," Xing replied with a smile.
"What are your plans to do about that spaceship?" the system asked.
"It's easy to solve. Detain all the personnel and dump the spaceship at the research institute so those scientists can study it," Xing said with a smile.
"As for that spatial rift, let the engineering team expand it into a world gate," Xing said.
"You plan to conquer that world?" The system raised an eyebrow.
"How did a human civilization that's not even as advanced as the Earth Federation manage to occupy one-tenth of the observable universe? I'm really curious about their technology," Xing said with a smile.
"The technology of that world is more advanced than that of the Earth Federation, but it's insignificant compared to the Human Alliance," the system said.
"Can the Star Destroyer fleet handle this?" Xing asked.
"You don't even look at what kind of Star Destroyers the Council produces. Those are old-generation gadgets that were built with zeros added blindly, and they're Star Destroyers equipped with a wave-like core," the system responded.
"A wave core...can it fire a wave cannon?" Xing asked after thinking for a moment.
"That's for super star destroyers and large dreadnoughts like the Lance-class, Grand-class, and Eclipse-class. Other star destroyers still use ordinary blast beam cannons for attacks; of course, the cannons fire more than just blast energy," the system replied.
"I see, so it can be a miniaturized wave cannon like the one used for naval guns~" Hoshi thought of something and smiled.
"Forget it, I don't want to think about these things anymore. Let those special units handle the problems of that world. Time to go back to the merged world!" Xing smiled, opened the portal, and left.
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Merge the World - Imperial Frontier Base.
"Whoosh!" The portal opened, and Xing walked out.
"Hmm? Why do I feel like the border has changed again?" Xing felt something was off as she looked at the edge of the universe.
"Looks like it's another game universe connection." The system said after taking a look.
“Star~” A girl in a white dress appeared in front of Star through teleportation.
"Frinina? The army, Fucarus! What are you doing here?" Xing looked at the "Justice" star god's clone in front of him with a puzzled expression.
“I’ve been here for several days. I heard you were wondering about the border issue, so I came,” Fucaros replied with a smile.
"To put it simply, a Genshin Impact-derived universe somehow merged with our own universe, but it remains an unknown entity. After investigation, we discovered that the characters similar to us are simply characters from a melodramatic romance novel with a different skin," Fukaros said.
"How did this kind of universe come about?" Xing raised an eyebrow, puzzled.
“During your absence, a being with a severely suppressed soul appeared in this universe. While we were still investigating what had happened, that secondary universe, which is only the size of a star system, crashed into us,” Fukalos said.
"Perhaps there is something different between that universe and this universe, or something like that. This universe seems to be consciously refusing to merge, but that universe is still closely attached to this universe."
"Looks like I'm quite destined for miHoYo's world~ And then? What did they think Ying was this time?" Hoshi asked with a smile.
"It's just the arrogance of the players, thinking they are noble three-dimensional humans, while Ying is just a lowly two-dimensional costume, not qualified to say that she is an independent person—such an incomprehensibly arrogant guy," Fukaros replied.
"Heh~ Just a guy who likes to find a sense of existence in the world of anime." Xing chuckled dismissively.
"According to the investigation, that player from that world still exists, but because of the merging with this universe, he can never go back. And Ying's departure has allowed her to find a new suit to live comfortably," Fukaros said.
"Yes, Lieutenant, notify the fleet to tear that universe apart." Xing called out to a passing officer.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The lieutenant prepared to leave.
"Wait, notify the Grammer's Ironclads to send a few with the fleet to wreak havoc on Teyvat in that world first, and after the Abyss launches a full-scale invasion, notify the fleet to deploy the Wave Cannons directly." Xing called out to the officer and issued new orders.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The officer left.
"Aren't you planning to take in the player characters from that universe?" Fukaros asked.
"No need. It's just a romance novel disguised as Genshin Impact... a world where everyone is pampered? What a ridiculous thing. I'll just tear it to shreds." Looking at the information the system sent to Xing, Xing expressed his confusion and refused to accept it.