In a high-end restaurant on a level 3 pinnacle technological civilization planet. Lin Yang looked satisfied as he tasted the unique delicacies of this planet. After being in space for so long, eating only fast food on the spacecraft, it is an indescribable feeling of satisfaction to eat fresh and delicious food now. However, while he was satisfied, he also missed the delicious food from his hometown on Blue Star even more. "It's a pity that no one shares such delicious food." Lin Yang sighed and poured a glass of special fruit wine. He is eating here alone now. As for Lin Mu, this guy is a mechanical life form and does not need to eat. He himself has no interest in eating, so after entering the planet, he temporarily separated from Lin Yang to replenish energy. Lin Yang didn't force him. After all, even if they came to the restaurant together, Lin Mu wouldn't eat and would just stare at him. On the one hand, this is a bit disappointing, but on the other hand, it may attract the attention of some interested people. Therefore, Lin Yang could only enjoy the wine and delicious food silently.
suddenly-- The sound of conversation came into his ears, and Lin Yang's expression froze. "You've all heard about it, right? A great figure from the fifth-level peak civilization has descended on Yaoxing. There are twelve fleets accompanying him, and each fleet can destroy a fourth-level civilization like Yaoxing hundreds of times!" "I heard that it seemed to have just arrived yesterday. I also heard that the people of Yaoxing were all terrified at the time. At first they thought that a big shot had come to invade them." "Haha, how can they not be shocked? Everyone would be shocked. A fleet can wipe them out. It would be abnormal if they were not shocked." "Yeah, let alone them, the fleet that big shot brought with him can destroy our star region. Everyone would be afraid of this." "Speaking of which, Yaoxing was lucky this time. The arrival of the big shot was not an invasion. This time, their technology will probably be greatly improved. Just looking at the technology of the big shot's fleet can greatly improve them." "Hey, it would be great if we could have a look at it. Maybe our empire's technological level could be upgraded to level four." "Forget about it. We are so close to Yaoxing, and we have secretly observed it before, but we are still stuck at the peak of level three. We can't even understand some of Yaoxing's technologies, let alone more advanced technologies." "That's right. Forget it. Let's not talk about this. The top leaders of the empire will take care of it. We should be careful recently and be ready to escape at any time. We are too close to Yaoxing. For those big shots, this distance is nothing. If a war breaks out, we have to run fast." "Run faster? I think you're overthinking it. If we're really targeted by those big shots, it would be useless for us to run faster!" "That's right, it's better to eat and drink more now." "Aren't you curious about why such a big shot would come to Yaoxing? I haven't heard that Yaoxing has made any special discoveries recently." "Who said I'm not curious, but is curiosity useful? If there really is a secret, how could it be leaked?" "That's right. If a big shot comes for no reason, he will definitely not just pass by. But if we know the specific reason for his coming, I'm afraid we will be silenced even if we know it!" "Let's have a meal and a drink. I think the top brass in the empire must be much more nervous than us right now. We can still sit here and have a meal, but I'm afraid they are not in the mood for that." "..." As the discussions died down, the restaurant soon returned to silence. Lin Yang's face became serious as he listened.
A big shot from the fifth-level civilization descends on Yaoxing? And just yesterday? This is not good news for him. Yaoxing is just an ordinary fourth-level civilization, and he can still fight with the top-tech weapons purchased from the Tianji Federal Empire. But if we encounter a level five peak civilization, there will be no chance of winning at all. "How could people from the fifth-level civilization appear here?" Lin Yang wondered. During this period, he asked Lin Mu to collect various information and has gained a lot of understanding about the technological and civilization forces in this star field. Whether it is Yunlu, Yaoxing, or the previous Black Axe Federation, they are all level four civilizations. There is no level five civilization in such a large star field. Not even the civilization that has just entered level five has it. Now a big man from the peak level five civilization has arrived, which makes Lin Yang inexplicably have a bad premonition in his heart. He immediately lost the mood to eat and contacted Lin Mu directly and asked, "Have you finished replenishing the energy? If you have, let's go." "The supplies are ready, Commander. Have you finished your meal so soon?" Lin Mu asked in surprise. "We'll talk when we meet." Lin Yang put away the food and fruit wine he packed for Cang Miao and left the restaurant. A few minutes later, the two met at the spacecraft parking area, and Lin Yang told Lin Mu the news he had just heard. Lin Mu's eyes flickered a few times, and he said, "Commander, are you worried that they are coming for us?" Lin Yang nodded slightly. "You don't have to worry too much, maybe it's just a coincidence." Lin Mu analyzed: "If we hadn't purchased the star map this time, we don't know how long we would have been lost. How would the people of this level 5 civilization know that we are back?" "You're right, but I just have a bad feeling." Lin Yang sighed. He also felt that it was unlikely that this big shot from the fifth-level peak civilization had come to Yaoxing to target them, because just as Lin Mu said, there was no way to explain how the other party knew they were back, but he just felt uneasy. After a pause, Lin Yang said, "Even if he didn't know we were back, maybe Gao Shui had been searching for us for such a long time without finding us, and he felt that there was no hope of finding us on his own, so he informed this great man from the fifth-level peak civilization that there were people from the Wu Cang tribe nearby." The person who received the bounty previously said that to be a high-level special mercenary in the Space Mercenary Corps, one must either have a good background or personal strength. He didn't notice that Gao Shui had any special personal abilities, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to teleport away so easily last time. So it was very likely that he had a background. It is very likely that Gao Shui, knowing that there was no hope of finding them, simply gave this information to the big shot of the level five peak civilization behind him, thus attracting the other party's arrival. Hearing this, Lin Mu suddenly became serious: "Well, Mr. Commander, we must be extra careful when we approach Yaoxing this time." "We do need to be more careful. Regardless of whether it is aimed at Cang Miao or not, this is not good news." Lin Yang was also very solemn. Even if he was overthinking it and the other party was not coming for Cang Miao, if they wanted to go to Black Mountain, they had to pass through the star field of Yaoxing. The sudden appearance of twelve fleets of level five peak civilizations in Yaoxing was not a good thing for their journey. "How about I re-plan the route? Try to go to Black Mountain from the edge of Yaoxing. Although it requires a longer detour, it will be safer." Lin Mu asked.
"Okay." Lin Yang nodded. After receiving the instructions, Lin Mu immediately pulled up the star map and began to replan the route. The spaceship fell into silence. After returning to the Apocalypse spacecraft, Lin Yang gave Cang Miao the food and fruit wine he had just packed. While Cang Miao was eating and drinking, he also told Cang Miao about the general situation. Cang Miao also immediately became serious and nervous. Lin Yang waved his hand, signaling him to relax, and slowly said: "On the way back, I thought about it. For safety, you and the Apocalypse spacecraft should stay here, or even go a little further away. We must pass through the star field of Yaoxing to go to Black Mountain. If the Apocalypse spacecraft appears in the star field of Yaoxing, it is very likely that the other party will detect it. We can't bring the Apocalypse spacecraft back this time." Although Yaoxing's star field is extremely large, with a fleet of level five peak civilization now present, Lin Yang still wants to be as conservative as possible. "In that case... well, then Mr. Commander, you must be careful too." Cang Miao knew the seriousness of the matter and didn't say much. "Don't worry, their target is you. Before they find you, they won't kill us even if we are caught." Lin Yang smiled and said immediately: "I hope I am overthinking it. Maybe they will leave soon." "Why don't we wait here for a few days to see if the people from the fifth-level peak civilization will leave?" Cang Miao said. "This... is fine, let's wait a few days and see how things go." Lin Yang thought for a moment and decided to wait a few days as Cang Miao suggested. If someone from the fifth-level peak civilization leaves, there will definitely be quite a stir, so you can get the news by waiting here. However, over the past week, the big man from the level 5 peak technological civilization showed no signs of leaving. Lin Yang's heart sank a little, and he decided not to wait any longer: "Lin Mu, let's go. It will take a while to enter Yaoxing's star field from here. Let's wait while we travel. It's a waste of time to just wait here." "Okay, Mr. Commander." Lin Mu immediately started the spaceship and sailed towards the star field of Yaoxing according to the re-planned route. Lin Yang closed his eyes and silently asked the system: "System, the situation is urgent now. Once we enter Yaoxing's star field, can you hack in and get some information? Can I pay you back the national treasure value when I make money later?" "Sorry, host, this system is temporarily unable to provide this service." "Ah, okay." The system's answer made Lin Yang a little disappointed, but to be honest, it was not beyond his expectations. Since all the national treasures were consumed last time, there is no way to invade across the star system except entering the interior of the planet. This was the case when I was in Miling before. But he thought the situation was urgent and couldn't help asking. However, the system did not provide credit service, so he could do nothing. He could only hope that by the time they entered Yaoxing, the guy from the fifth-level civilization would have left. However, hope is beautiful, but reality is often not satisfactory. Lin Yang's expectations did not come true. When they entered the Yaoxing Star Region, the big man from the fifth-level civilization had not left yet. "Mr. Commander, should we continue sailing as planned?" Lin Mu asked. "Never mind, let's go straight to Montenegro." Lin Yang said, suppressing his thoughts. In fact, if that Montenegro Empire is the Montenegro Empire where Soman is located, then Yaoxing, which is adjacent to the Montenegro Empire, also has a great probability of knowing the location of the Milky Way.
However, now that there are people from the fifth-level peak civilization here, Lin Yang decided not to take the risk of entering Yaoxing’s technological planet to search for information. As for the level 3 peak technological civilization where they had stopped for supplies, Lin Mu also looked it up after entering. Unfortunately, he did not find any information about the Milky Way or any useful information about Montenegro. So now, they can only head straight to Montenegro. Fortunately, the journey was smooth! More than three months later, the spacecraft successfully passed through the Yaoxing Star Region and arrived at a technological planet in Montenegro. "How is it? Lin Mu, have you found any relevant information about the Milky Way here, or have you found any information about Soman?" Lin Yang asked almost impatiently. As he asked, Lin Mu turned around and smiled at him: "Mr. Commander, I think we can go home now." Hearing this, Lin Yang was startled at first, then became extremely excited: "Is this Black Mountain the Black Mountain Empire where Soman is?" "Yes, Commander, I found some information about Soman here, including some records of the time when he sent an expeditionary force to the Milky Way to avenge Solo!" Lin Mu grinned. "Great!" Lin Yang was completely relieved and said excitedly again: "Then, go home! Go home first! Come back and deal with Soman!" "Mr. Commander, please be patient. I have also checked some recent situations and found no news reports about any major events in the Milky Way." Lin Mu's eyes flashed as he analyzed some information at a very fast speed. "Commander, Soman knew that Solo died in the Milky Way, and the expeditionary force he sent to seek revenge was intercepted and killed by us. Logically, he should continue to send new expeditionary forces into the Milky Way to check the situation, but the fact is that there seems to be no second action. I think something is wrong." Lin Yang's expression became serious: "What do you mean?" "I'm sorry, Commander. I just felt something was amiss through data analysis. Maybe I'm overthinking it." Lin Mu said slowly. "Since you feel something is unusual, then there must be something wrong. But, I have to go home and check it out no matter what." Lin Yang said in a serious tone. "Mr. Commander, I understand how you feel. So we just need to be cautious. With the armed forces we have now, even if Solo has an ambush, it will not pose a threat to us." Lin Mu said again. "Let's go home!" Lin Yang took a deep breath and gave instructions. It takes about two or three months to get from the Black Mountain Empire to the Milky Way. But without taking into account the energy consumption, two months later, Lin Yang saw the brilliant nebula at the edge of the Milky Way! "We're finally home!" Looking at this familiar nebula, Lin Yang suddenly felt tearful. As long as we pass through this nebula, we will reach the Milky Way! It's home! However, just as the spacecraft was accelerating and preparing to rush into the nebula, something strange happened! A sudden burst of powerful beam energy directly penetrated the spacecraft's level 4 peak defense energy shield and shattered the spacecraft's engine, causing the spacecraft to instantly lose its main power and be forced to hover in place. At the same time, a cold and familiar voice rang out: "Hehe, little thing, I've been waiting for you for so long, and finally, I've waited for you!" (End of this chapter)