Wandering Meteor-Chapter 142: Galactic Defense Line

Pirate Civilization wasn’t foolish; they obviously knew such a trade was not economical.

Even though it seemed like a one-for-four exchange, the value on both sides was fundamentally unequal.

Thus, after deliberation, the high echelon of Pirate Civilization also put forth their new demands.

"We can offer the principles and usage experience of Space Energy Technology as a bargaining chip, but you will need to increase the value of your stake to match."

Pirate Civilization: "Our demands are, the first and second conditions remain unchanged; third, you need to hand over the material or method that can absorb Constant Star Hydrogen; fourth, although we still aren’t clear about your relationship with that Metal Planet, it once destroyed one of our warships causing us heavy losses, you need to hand over that Metal Planet for us to deal with."

It must be said, Pirate Civilization’s demands were quite tricky, evidently with ample negotiating experience.

At present, although they’re still uncertain whether what Lu Chen is using is a Gravity Stone,

they’ve thought that even if it’s not a Gravity Stone, it surely can’t be something simple, therefore they changed the third demand to acquire the material.

The fourth demand, on the other hand, was Pirate Civilization seizing the opportunity to act.

They had no evidence to confirm that the two Metal Balls were the same, but wanted to use this method to probe the Wandering Alliance, while maximizing their gains in this trade.

As for the consequences of revealing Space Energy Technology, Pirate Civilization wasn’t worried at all.

This was because Pirate Civilization had already conducted a "Risk Assessment on the Disclosure of Space Energy Technology."

They assessed that with the technical level of a second-level civilization, even if they came into possession of Space Energy Technology, to extract Space Energy and apply it to their society and weapons to rise to the level of a third-level civilization, would take at least two hundred years.

Just like the equipment for extracting Space Energy, even if there are existing design blueprints, to manufacture them for use and to construct a relatively complete industrial chain, it’s impossible to achieve without a certain period of trial and learning.

If necessary, during this time, they could completely conquer the Wandering Alliance, without any worry.

Upon receiving Pirate Civilization’s terms, Constant Star Lu Chen immediately joined with Earth Civilization and Light Synthesis Civilization to analyze Pirate Civilization’s conditions.

Despite uncovering some schemes, one could not possibly know in great detail as if listening in, yet Lu Chen detected a scent of danger and directly rejected Pirate Civilization’s trade conditions.

After all, whether it’s the Gravity Stone or the Wandering, both are currently non-negotiable items for Lu Chen.

Pirate Civilization wasn’t surprised by Lu Chen’s refusal because there were only two possible outcomes for the trade, both of which they had considered.

Therefore, upon receiving Lu Chen’s refusal, Pirate Civilization put into action the plan they’d already decided upon—if peaceful negotiation failed, then there was only the imposition of force or the initiation of war!

Pirate Civilization’s initial objective was merely the elderly Constant Star, but as contact deepened, they discovered something tremendous, whether it’s the suspected Gravity Stone material or the Metal Ball that once destroyed the Sirius Squad, they wouldn’t let it go.

Immediately, Pirate Civilization reactivated Space Acceleration, advancing towards the Wandering Star System with an aggressive stance.

At the same time, using the Metal Planet as an excuse, they adamantly asserted that the Metal Planet was one of the culprits that destroyed the Sirius Squad, insisting Lu Chen hand it over.

Naturally, Lu Chen could not agree and questioned Pirate Civilization about their evidence, to which Pirate Civilization transmitted an old battle video returned by the Sirius Squad to Earth Civilization.

After watching, Lu Chen and the Wandering were speechless and astonished.

They never expected that the Sirius Squad would actually send the message back.

At this point, making excuses was meaningless, as the Pirate Civilization would find an excuse to wage war regardless. As such, Lu Chen ordered the Wandering, Earth Civilization, and Light Synthesis Civilization to prepare for battle.

Immediately, a fleet of combined battleships from Earth Civilization and Light Synthesis Civilization launched from the space port.

A total of one hundred and thirty Cosmic Battleships majestically took flight to the edge of the Wandering Star System, joining forces with the Wandering to defend the star system’s security perimeter, united against the invasion of the Pirate Civilization.

When the Pirate Civilization’s Planet Flying Device finally made it to 0.5 astronomical units outside the Wandering Star System.

Through their astronomical telescopes, the Pirate Civilization discovered that a star system defensive line had been established in the Wandering Star System ahead of them.

One could see one hundred and thirty Cosmic Battleships arrayed in an arc formation, positioned along the outer orbit of the Metal Planet as interstellar trenches, ready in combat formation.

Examining this combat formation made it evident that the Wandering Alliance had carefully designed and rehearsed their strategy.

Although the Pirate Civilization was a Level Three Civilization, it did not dare to be careless. As the saying goes, ’Even when a lion hunts a rabbit, it must use all its might.’ And they had the lesson of the Sirius Squad’s annihilation as a warning, so the Pirate Civilization immediately ordered full combat readiness. However, they focused the majority of their attention on Lu Chen from Constant Star.

What they truly feared was Lu Chen at the center of the star system, the Constant Star.

They were also well aware of the terrifying nature of a Constant Star Celestial Civilization.

Even though they had previously slain a Constant Star Celestial Civilization, the price they paid was anything but small, and they definitely did not wish to make the same mistake again.

On the other side.

After the Cosmic Battleships from the Wandering, Earth Civilization, and Light Synthesis Civilization had arranged their combat formation.

They saw that the Pirate Civilization, ignoring warnings, charged into the Wandering Star System’s warning zone. Consequently, on Lu Chen’s command, the one hundred and thirty Cosmic Battleships defending the star system’s border activated their weapon systems without any courtesy, and launched the most powerful Light Fusion Cannon attack at the Planet Flying Device 0.5 astronomical units away.

The Light Fusion Cannon is one of the main weapons of the Light Synthesis Civilization.

It falls within the category of Energy Particle Weapons, with the core technology based on the annihilation principle, using photons and anti-photons for annihilation reactions.

Thanks to the more mature Light Fusion Cannon technology of the Light Synthesis Civilization, which carries more significant firepower, the Earth Civilization upgraded all of its Cosmic Battleships’ weapons systems after completing technology exchange. Similarly, the Light Synthesis Civilization integrated Earth Civilization’s strengths, equipping their own Cosmic Battleships with Flow Base Bombs.

It can be said that, at present, both civilizations have the same configuration on their battleships, with a primary focus on Energy Weapons and a secondary focus on solid weaponry.

Because since entering the space era, they’ve been facing very powerful life civilizations or Celestial Civilizations. Moreover, with battle distances in the universe typically very vast, far beyond the range of solid weaponry, with the exception of some immensely powerful solid weapons, the Wandering Alliance now primarily relies on Energy Weapons.

In this sense, since the advent of the space era, solid weaponry is considered a lagging category of weapons.

Just as Cold Weapons gradually phased out after entering the era of firearms, nothing can escape the survival of the fittest.

After all, Energy Weapons have many advantages, such as long range, high speed, and the ability to stack Energy Levels indefinitely, making them more suited for the cosmic environment.

Boom, boom, boom...

At this moment, one hundred and thirty Cosmic Battleships fired the Light Fusion Cannon simultaneously, and one hundred and thirty beams of Light Fusion Cannon light cut through the Dark Universe, marking the beginning of this war!

Each beam of Light Fusion Cannon was about fifty thousand meters thick, as fierce as Cosmic Light Sabers, shooting toward the Pirate Civilization’s Planet Flying Devices with the awe-inspiring momentum of All Swords Return to One!