Cutting-edge Technology: I Provide the Brains, the State Provides Everything

265: Eat wherever you go! Turn the enemy’s stars into my energy source!When Lu Chen’s ultimate declaration, full of the aura of ”visiting neighbors” and ”friendly greetings” — ”I’m going to pay our neighbors a visit” — clearly echoed in the main control room of the Kunlun Mountain Underground Base, Ye Qingcang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Earth Federation’s Armed Forces, almost choked on his own saliva.

Visit?

You call arriving with 100,000 galaxy annihilation warships a ”visit”?

And ”neighbors”?

Is that how you treat neighbors? Preparing to take everything they have the moment you meet?

”Ahem... Little Lu...”

Ye Qingcang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and cautiously probed, ”Although the Galaxy Guardians alliance was a bit cowardly before, they are still an old power in the Milky Way Galaxy, managing over a hundred advanced civilizations.”

”Isn’t it a bit... dishonorable for us to just directly attack them?”

”Dishonorable?”

Lu Chen smiled, like a fox spotting a fat sheep.

”Old Ye, did you misunderstand something?”

”When did I say I was going to fight them?”

”Huh?” Ye Qingcang was stunned. ”Then what did you just say—”

”I said, I’m going to ’visit’ them.”

Lu Chen’s face showed an innocent, harmless smile.

”And incidentally, help them solve their problem of ’excess’ energy.”

”After all, as the newly appointed ’Galaxy Overlord,’ it’s my duty to resolve difficulties for my subordinates.”

””

Seeing that familiar, devilish smile on Lu Chen’s face, Ye Qingcang instantly understood.

This kid was about to start his devious and scheming ”trickery” again!

At the same time.

Milky Way Galaxy’s Third Spiral Arm, Andromeda Civilization Homeworld, ”Sanctuary.”

Inside the ”Star Dome Hall,” the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Alliance Speaker Kristo was looking worriedly at the ”ultimatum” sent by the Earth Federation.

It densely listed tens of thousands of rare materials and core technologies; its demands were even more greedy than a Star Devourer!

”This is too much! These Earthlings are simply robbers in civilized clothing!”

Karl, the representative of the Orion Empire, slammed his hand on the table, his anger-raised spikes nearly poking the person next to him.

”It’s bad enough they demand our core technology, but they also want us to pay 30% of our annual financial revenue as ’protection fees’?! How is this any different from outright robbery?!”

”Exactly! We cannot agree!”

”Worst case, we fight them! I refuse to believe that over a hundred advanced civilizations united can’t defeat a parvenu who just left theBeginner Village (novice village)!”

In the Parliament Hall, emotions ran high.

Clearly, the Earthlings’ blatant extortion had touched the last nerve of these established civilizations.

However, just then, a piercing red alarm suddenly blared throughout the entire ”Star Dome Hall”!

[Highest level alert! Detecting super-large scale spatial jump reaction!]

[Bearing: Outer perimeter of the Sanctuary Star System!]

[Quantity: One hundred thousand!]

[Energy level incalculable!]

[Confirmed to be the Earth Fleet!]

Boom!!!

This sentence was like a neutron star, directly smashing into the Parliament Hall!

All the bigwigs who had just been clamoring to ”fight them to the death” instantly went pale and cold all over, like ducks whose necks had been squeezed!

Th-the Earth Fleet?!

How did they get here?!

And a hundred thousand ships?!

Are they really going to butcher the ”Star Dome Hall”?!

”Quick! Quickly activate ’Sanctuary’s’ highest-level defense system!”

Speaker Kristo shrieked, his voice completely distorted.

However, it was already too late.

”Buzz—”

Space rippled slightly. One hundred thousand ”Jiuzhou”-class annihilation warships, black as ink and monstrous as devils, appeared out of thin air above ”Sanctuary” like ghosts!

They ignored the layers of energy shields and the millions of automated defense turrets, simply hovering there silently.

Like a hundred thousand gods looking down on ants!

Immediately after, a calm voice, carrying a hint of laziness, spread across the entire ”Sanctuary” star via wide-area broadcast.

”Good afternoon, esteemed council members.”

”I hear you have some opinions about my ’taxation’ policy?”

It was Lu Chen.

”No, no, no! Absolutely not!”

Kristo was the first to kneel. He frantically kowtowed towards the void, wishing he could smash his crystal head to pieces.

”Respected leader of Earth! It’s all a misunderstanding! We wholeheartedly support your taxation policy!”

”Oh? Is that so?”

Lu Chen’s voice held a hint of amusement, ”But just now, I seemed to hear someone call me a ’robber’ and wanted to ’fight me to the death’?”

”Who?! Who is slandering our loyalty to you?!”

Karl, the representative of the Orion Empire, was scared out of his wits. Without thinking, he directly dragged out the octopus creature next to him and slammed it to the ground with a claw.

”Your Excellency Speaker! It was this fellow! He incited us to resist you! Please investigate!”

””

Watching the dog-eat-dog drama full of ”plastic brotherhood” on the holographic screen, Lu Chen shook his head, his face filled with disappointment.

”Boring.”

”I originally wanted to play ’killing the chicken to warn the monkeys’ with you.”

”But unexpectedly, the chicken lay down on its own first.”

He stretched, then said to heavenly craft beside him:

”heavenly craft, stop wasting words with them.”

”Since we’re here, we can’t go back empty-handed.”

”Activate the ’code name for civilization self-salvation project’ second-generation engineering robots.”

[Yes, Master!]

The next second, under the horrified gaze of all the aliens in the ”Star Dome Hall”.

Hundreds of millions of silver-white nano-robots surged out from the belly of the ”Jiuzhou” fleet like a tide!

They did not attack any military targets but instead flew directly towards—

The star of the Andromeda Galaxy!

”Buzz—buzz—buzz—”

Accompanied by a series of ear-splitting hums, those nano-robots instantly combined into a giant, golden net that covered half of the star!

[”Golden Crow” Divine Array, deployed!]

[Extracting stellar energy...]

[Energy conversion rate: 99.99%!]

[Estimated ten minutes later, this star will enter its decay period!]

”No—!!!”

Seeing this, Kristo let out a heartbreaking scream!

That was the homeworld star that their civilization depended on for survival!

This demon! He actually wanted to drain their sun dry?!

”Don’t be nervous, Mr. Speaker.”

Lu Chen’s voice echoed faintly, with a devilish smile.

”I’m always very ’environmentally friendly’; I don’t like to waste things.”

”Since your sun is so ’warm and hospitable,’ then I won’t be polite.”

”Coincidentally, our Earth’s Dyson Sphere project is still short on fuel.”

”Consider this your pre-paid ’protection fee.’”

”Of course, if you think it’s not enough, I don’t mind unscrewing and taking away all the ’light bulbs’ lit up in the Milky Way Galaxy.”

Lu Chen’s gaze swept across the trembling civilization light points on the star map, a cruel arc playing on the corner of his mouth.

”From now on, wherever my Earth Fleet goes—”

”All stars shall be my fuel!”

”All planets shall be my mining grounds!”

”Eat wherever I go!”

”This is my rule.”

”Now—”

He looked at the completely collapsed crystal person on the screen and asked indifferently:

”Does anyone else have an opinion?”