Chapter 1604: Chapter 1604
Every day from now on, countless planets will face destruction. After all, the Blood-colored Empire is here mainly for revenge. Their goal isn’t occupation; at its core, their purpose is sheer sabotage.
When they encounter bustling planets, they plunder whatever they can. If they can’t, destruction follows.
Even if they manage to occupy a planet temporarily, it’s always exploitative development—they’re never planning to leave anything behind. Consequently, the losses for the Star Ring Alliance are immense. Particularly in the outer territories, the devastation is far beyond simply losing one’s home and family.
Planet after planet is systematically destroyed, creating mounting internal pressure within the Alliance.
Protests erupt across numerous regions. The reason is simple: the Star Ring Alliance continues to display catastrophic mismanagement.
Many people understand the underlying cause: if analyzed segment by segment rather than as a whole, every single decision-maker prioritizes their own interests first and foremost with every single choice.
These power-hungry figures have become so accustomed to this constant power struggle that they’ve nearly forgotten how to enact sensible governance. Each decision instinctively revolves around their personal and factional gains.
This has led to the Star Ring Alliance, despite its overwhelming strength compared to the Blood-colored Empire, encountering continual setbacks. On the battlefield, this manifests as repeated retreat or excessive delays, only exacerbating the Alliance’s losses. To the masses, this appears as sheer incompetence, making internal conflicts ever more intense.
The closer one is to the front lines, the more dire the situation becomes.
Those with abilities have already begun fleeing their homelands, retreating deeper inside the Star Ring Alliance. Those without abilities lack even the strength to struggle, for in the Star Era, warfare revolves around weapons and advanced technology.
Against attacks that can destroy entire planets from across the starry sky, what can they possibly use to resist—sticks?
Some don’t even have a deity to pray to, as most people in the Star Ring Alliance lack faith.
This hopeless existence, bereft of spiritual solace, has driven many to the brink of madness. Consequently, numerous evil organizations and cult organizations have sprung up, showcasing humanity’s twisted nature in every corner.
Under such circumstances, as time continued to pass, Du You’s forces steadily grew stronger day by day.
One day, the construction of three interstellar fortresses was completed in succession. These were directly built from blueprints, ensuring rapid assembly. Du You paused his personal advancement and brought along the two sisters to inspect them in person.
"How interesting—they’ve even trained the operators for us? Hmm, one interstellar fortress alone requires a million personnel just for operations. Anything less simply won’t suffice. To achieve full functionality, the population will need to keep expanding. This thing is indeed quite different from a warship. Warships only require five hundred people, at most."
"Hehe, how could a warship compare to an interstellar fortress? Interstellar fortresses are far larger. Still, the level of technology in this world isn’t advanced enough—if only a few people could operate one, it’d be much better."
"That would make things simpler, but it could also lead to issues. However, speaking of issues, these larger structures indeed come with far bigger challenges."
Du You frowned as he spoke, but there was no alternative; the blueprints were all designed based on this world’s technological capabilities. Improving them further was essentially impossible.
"Alright, let’s check the quality of these completed interstellar fortresses. Hmm, unexpectedly good!"
Du You was surprised—though he hadn’t acquired the top-tier Starry Sky Transformed Beasts yet, he now had the top-tier interstellar fortresses. Just these three fortresses alone could potentially make the Star Ring Alliance hesitant to act against him. The most update n0vels are published on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝘯𝘦𝘵
Unintentionally, he had reached a level where he could begin carving out his own territory. For now, however, it was best to remain hidden.
After all, these fortresses were directly manufactured from blueprints and tied to specific planetary Laws, making them fundamentally resistant to conventional logic.
Du You observed that these interstellar fortresses were equipped with seven different weapons rated at the seventh tier—from the Planet Compression Cannon and Spatial Compression Cannon to the Black Hole Generator. There were weapons of all levels, ranging from weak to strong, including even the Alliance’s most guarded secrets.
If the Alliance were to discover this, who knows how they’d feel.
The weapons even included a Wormhole Generator, a unique device not designed for combat but for transportation.
At its smallest scale, it could transport warships. At its largest scale, it could relocate the entire interstellar fortress. This mobility was unparalleled—moving through the starry sky with no trace left behind, posing an incredible threat.
Even the Star Ring Alliance could barely defend against interstellar fortresses of such high infiltration capability.
This was why Du You claimed that just three interstellar fortresses would make the Alliance cautious and hesitant. In terms of individual power, these fortresses were on par with the strongest top-tier Starry Sky Transformed Beasts.
In direct combat, Du You suspected even he might be no match for them.
After all, these fortresses were capable of confronting peak seventh-tier powerhouses head-on. Du You, if forced into direct combat with a peak seventh-tier foe, might put up a fight but would likely lose.
Moreover, these fortresses consisted entirely of metal planets, granting them two layers of defense. One layer was standard external energy shielding. Another layer incorporated specialized reinforcements tied to the planet’s core defense mechanisms.
For ordinary planets, such reinforcements would be nearly useless and unable to withstand a seventh-tier attack; a single strike would obliterate them.
But for planets made of metal, it was entirely different. After reinforcement, Du You calculated that if he unleashed his full power, it would take at least five hits to break through the outer metallic shell. Combined with the energy shielding, this was truly terrifying. Even ordinary interstellar fortresses would require twenty to thirty units to rival just one of these.
"This is our very own interstellar fortress," Du You’s eyes gleamed with excitement.
"Indeed! Plus, with the three newly created Guardians and three regular interstellar fortresses, we have preliminarily established a certain level of strength. Compared to other organizations, we aren’t lagging behind."
The specifics weren’t clear, but they could still gather some intelligence—especially from Capital University. Capital University’s current development couldn’t compare to their own, though by how much was uncertain.
Over the following days, Du You was so exhilarated that he postponed his personal advancement, staying at the site to meticulously study the interstellar fortresses. By the end of a few days, Du You and the two sisters had become thoroughly familiar with them, even learning how to operate them themselves.
If they weren’t short on personnel, just handing them one interstellar fortress would allow them to pilot it freely.