CHAPTER 370: CHAPTER 225: BEING A CROUCHING SPARROW FOR ONCE_2

"According to intelligence, multiple ’Wanderer fleets’ emerging from Gus Land have been lurking at the periphery of Gus Land, preying on warships that come to Gus Land," Shen Shi said in the command channel.

Such information is only known by collectors in the second future line.

Even the collectors in the first future line are unaware of it.

As for the so-called pirate fleet, it is essentially a group of wanderers who can no longer survive in Gus Land, making a brief escape after a new round of transitions in Gus Land to earn some money, and if they can make this money before the next transition in Gus Land, they might even have the chance to return to Gus Land for a continued life.

Of course, given Gus Land’s size, it’s impossible for these pillagers to rob all arrivals; they can only rob a small portion.

Neither the collectors of the first future line nor those of the second future line have encountered such pillagers upon reaching Gus Land.

The probability of encountering them is relatively small.

But at this moment, Shen Shi reveals this intelligence not to warn everyone against being pillaged.

Quite the contrary.

He intends to launch a counter-raid!

"According to reliable intelligence, behind these pillagers, there are actually some ’patrons.’ In fact, the existence of pillagers is itself part of unwritten rules, and another unwritten rule is—if someone can survive the pillagers’ attack or even counter-raid, they will gain significant reputation before entering Gus Land, and we need this reputation!"

This explanation enlightened all of the human leaders.

Shen Shi had never disclosed this plan before.

The reason is simple: revealing it earlier would lead to unknown changes in the future, and only at this moment can the outcome be more directly obtained from the future.

Therefore, Shen Shi has already detected the changes in history within the future line at the first opportunity.

As early as realizing that the Primordial Energy World inherited the future line from three thousand years later, Shen Shi made a decision to store some secrets only he knew in an absolutely hidden corner of the Primordial Energy World. When this decision was made, Shen Shi could easily obtain the key information he wanted to know from this corner of the future line world.

So, he plans to be the mantis waiting at the back.

"It was successful indeed." Shen Shi’s lips curled slightly into a smile. "And there’s a pleasant surprise."

After reviewing the future, he didn’t say much else, but directly ordered:

"All troops to Level One alert!"

With the command, all warriors orderly boarded all warships.

It’s worth noting that although those hundred or so B1-level warships and tens of thousands of C-level warships haven’t changed much in technical terms, their appearance has completely transformed.

These warships are not just the coldest-looking ones commonly seen in interstellar space.

Instead, they are imbued with a mystical sense.

The exterior is adorned with vivid rainbow light and numerous intricate symbols, even the flow of energy exudes a menacing aura—all changes naturally to fit the identity background of human civilization at this time.

This is a "Divine Dao" civilization inheriting the B-level immigrant warships.

Majestic, domineering, and bearing the iconic appearance of the Divine Spirit system.

Even the modified bodies of the warriors have been altered to a certain extent, of course, not lacking the dazzling golden light and imposing symbols.

Don’t think such appearances aren’t in line with the norms of Interstellar War. The traits of the Divine Spirit system lie in its supreme dignity, yet if necessary, it can also achieve comprehensive concealment and incorporate various systems—these different cultural traits don’t affect actual combat efficacy.

As for now.

Fully displaying this cool appearance means humans aren’t taking the impending enemy seriously at all; it’s merely a demonstration of "Divine Power."

And at this moment.

The pirate fleet carefully chosen by Shen Shi has not realized the imminent threat.

It’s a fleet demonstrating typical interstellar pirate characteristics.

That includes various dimensions, different types, different levels of warships.

The weakest, is a mere D-level small warship, equipped with the cheapest biological armor, lacking even liquid metal armor, and the weapons attached are pitifully small, with technical levels only slightly better than the first fleet humans had—that was an outdated training warship from the Dongfeng Corps discarded hundreds of years ago on the initial future line!

This makes clear how weak this warship is.

The owner likely owes a huge debt in Gus Land and exhausted everything to get this warship to participate in pillaging. If they fail, Primordial Energy Battery is the only outcome.

But matching the weakest warship is a powerful one that is equally formidable.

It’s a warship in complete silver-white, using an armor far more advanced than the most advanced liquid metal, phase material, with extensive curvatures constantly vibrating at high intensity, forming layers of phase barriers.

This demonstrates mature B-level technology, if categorized, this single technology would at least be B4 level.

Such a spacecraft, even in Gus Land, is considered valuable.

Yet at this moment, it has joined such a pirate fleet to bully some scattered weak newcomers, demonstrably an abnormal manifestation of Gus Land’s rules.

However, this fleet is unaware that while they’re eyeing their prey, they too are being watched.

"They have locked onto their target, which is a fairly large fleet."

At this moment, Shen Shi was on the Grotto Heaven listening to a report from Iwen.

It’s worth mentioning that at this moment, Iwen already possesses the Primordial Energy mastery necessary for a Master of Primordial Energy, and under Shen Shi’s relentless modification over the past hundred years, Iwen is at least regarded as a B5-level small warship.

Note, a complete B5-level.

Even the most powerful ship in the pirate fleet could barely exceed its phase armor.

But Iwen has become an important card of human civilization.

At this moment, Iwen, relying on her powerful detection system, envelops the entire upcoming battlefield.

"That fleet seems to be a C-level peak civilization’s wandering fleet," Shen Shi observed on the star map, "probably defeated in a war among C-level civilizations. No wonder they’ve been targeted."

Shen Shi actually knew more.

Even in Gus Land three thousand years later, this plundering war holds a certain reputation.

The reason is that this extraordinary "prey" itself possesses an impressive "relic."

Yes, this is also one of the reasons for their demise.

In the Mude System, while there are quite a few C-level civilizations, there aren’t many C-level peak civilizations. To receive this rating, they must reach C9 level in at least one technical realm. And upon reaching C9, they’ll receive support from B-level civilizations, making extinction not easy.

Yet this civilization still reached this stage.

The primary reason is their depleted potential and defeat in war, similar to the Daike Civilization in the second future line. Another reason lies in their possession of a "relic."

The cosmos is vast beyond measure, with every possible miracle occurring, not only human civilization has opportunities of extraordinary occurrence.