Extremely Excited

The colossal silver-white pyramid, 1200 meters tall, suspended deep within the Bermuda Sea, showed no trace of time despite resting there for tens of thousands of years!

"This is... a Mechanical Race spaceship!!!" Pula was extremely excited.

The Mechanical Race! While humanity was hailed as one of the peak races in the vast cosmos, there were still some races that could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them! The Mechanical Race was one such example! To be precise, every member of the Mechanical Race was an 'intelligent lifeform,' and their entire race had developed technology to an unimaginable degree!

Moreover... every member of the Mechanical Race was an unparalleled expert! Unlike humans who needed to cultivate slowly, an intelligent lifeform, as long as it possessed a powerful body capable of full function and its intelligence contained sufficient 'combat techniques,' could instantly become an unparalleled expert! Logically, no matter how strong an intelligent lifeform was, it couldn't achieve immortality! However... the Mechanical Race had broken this curse; their entire species indeed possessed beings comparable to Immortals! Like the one who died on the Yunmo Star ship back then!

"The Mechanical Race, the Mechanical Race with the most advanced technology." Pula's eyes gleamed. "Many technologies throughout our entire cosmic human race were acquired from the Mechanical Race."

"Mechanical Race spaceships are usually at least C-class. I think this one is likely D-class, or even higher." Pula couldn't discern its exact class. Unlike humans, whose understanding and use of metals and alloys were relatively superficial, making it easy to identify materials, the spaceships built by the Mechanical Race were impossible for humans to reverse-engineer. It felt... like a completely new substance. Therefore, a Mechanical Race D-class ship was generally directly classified by humans as 'D9'-class, the best within its tier! A Mechanical Race spaceship was incredibly expensive, far more so than a human-made ship of the same class.

"The entrance, where's the entrance?" Pula exclaimed. "Lord Pula, the entrance is over there! But it's extremely dangerous; any damaged weapons we threw in were instantly shredded into nothingness." "That's good!" Pula, thrilled, immediately darted over.

The pyramid spaceship's entrance was located near its base, a beautiful, seemingly fantastical triangular passage. The outer hatch had already opened, but entry was impossible.

"Test the attack strength." Pula flipped his hand, and a long rapier, a spare weapon he had used in the past, appeared. With a casual toss, the rapier flew into the triangular passage. "Hiss~~" Dreamlike three-colored streams of light extended from the three walls of the triangular passage, instantly sweeping over the rapier. The incredibly sharp and tough rapier barely managed a 'hiss' before turning into countless particles and vanishing completely. "Excellent!" Pula exclaimed in surprise, "It easily destroyed even a C2-hardness weapon!"

What did that mean? It meant that even a normal Universe-level Second-tier warrior couldn't withstand this attack. "The stronger, the better." Pula's eyes gleamed as he threw a second spare weapon, an identical rapier. These spare weapons were worthless... previously, they were Force weapons and Psychic weapons. "Hiss hiss~~" This time, the rapier, affected by the three-colored streams of light, trembled slightly and showed faint signs of cracking, but the destruction speed was very slow. "C5-class is hard to destroy?" Pula nodded slightly, his smile widening. "Very good, excellent."

The strongest attack of a spaceship would never be its passive entrance defense, because such a defense needed to be maintained long-term and occurred within the entrance passage, so it was destined not to be an overwhelmingly powerful attack. For example, the Heilong Mountain X81's entrance attack could only kill ordinary Planet-level Second-tier or Third-tier beings. Yet, its laser cannon was B6-class. "The entrance passage alone has such powerful attacks!" "This spaceship is at least D-class! It could very well be E-class!" Pula's eyes shone.

"If it's D-class, a D-class Mechanical Race spaceship is comparable to a human D9-class spaceship!" Pula was very excited; the leap in power between each class of these ships was astonishing. A hundred-meter diameter ship, like the Heilong spaceship, was C5-class. A cheap C5-class, a hundred meters in diameter, cost several hundred million. But a C9-class, even if made of pure alloy, would cost nearly ten billion Heilong coins! After all, a C9's defense was dozens of times stronger than a C5's.

As for D-class! Universe-level experts and Sector Lords mostly traveled in such spaceships. The first patriarch of the Nuolanshan family, Nuolanshan himself, rode a D5-class spaceship, which cost 20 billion Ganwu coins at the time! A D1-class cost hundreds of billions of Heilong coins. A D9-class, even if made of alloy, was nearly a thousand times more expensive than a D1! It could be said... one would need to sell dozens, even hundreds, of life planets to afford one. So, even for a 'Sector Lord,' they were incredibly expensive. Of course... the prices mentioned here referred to ships with a hundred-meter diameter. For a pyramid like this, standing 1200 meters tall, its class was comparable to D9, and its sheer size meant vastly more materials. The price would be even more outrageous! It could be said... most Sector Lords couldn't afford it!

"A D9-class, 100 meters in diameter, our Nuolanshan family could afford if we went bankrupt. But one that's 1200 meters tall... our entire family's assets combined wouldn't be nearly enough." Pula's eyes gleamed. "If this pyramid is E-class..."

Five minutes later.

In the Virtual Universe, on Black Dragon Mountain Island. In a grand hall, eight direct disciples stood side-by-side. A screen appeared before them, displaying the current patriarch, Yu Ke Nuolanshan.

"Teacher!" Pula, full of vigor and extremely excited, exclaimed, "We've discovered a Mechanical Race spaceship in Earth's waters!" "Mechanical Race?" The patriarch on the screen was also stunned. "Yes, Teacher, and that Mechanical Race spaceship is 1200 meters tall, at least D-class," Pula quickly added. D-class ships were the mounts of most Sector Lord experts! Their exorbitant cost was unimaginable. And it was a Mechanical Race ship, the most popular and expensive among D-class, and 1200 meters tall! "This, this..." Yu Ke Nuolanshan's eyes also lit up.

"Teacher." Another handsome young man spoke loudly, "Not only that, we discovered on Earth... that Earth was recently attacked by a 'Devouring Beast.' This Devouring Beast... was actually the extremely precious and rare Golden Horned Beast, renowned for its tyrannical and bloodthirsty nature, among the Starry Sky Behemoths! Of course, this Golden Horned Beast was only a Star-level First-tier at the time, a juvenile."

"A juvenile Golden Horned Beast?" Yu Ke Nuolanshan was shocked. A juvenile Golden Horned Beast, if alive, would be many times more expensive than a D-class Mechanical Race spaceship! Perhaps only an E-class Mechanical Race spaceship could compare to a juvenile Golden Horned Beast. However... for the Nuolanshan family, both were immense treasures!

"However, the juvenile Golden Horned Beast was reportedly killed, and we are searching for its corpse," the handsome young man said. "Killed?" Yu Ke's eyes widened. He then took a deep breath, realizing his lapse in composure, and stared at Pula. "Pula, how are the data samples?" "I was just about to report, the data samples and everything else are ready," Pula said. "Excellent!" Yu Ke's eyes gleamed. "Immediately dispatch a small spaceship carrying this data, samples, and your interstellar coordinate records. Proceed to Biyan Star and apply to purchase this planet. This planet belongs to our Nuolanshan family! Absolutely, absolutely no one else can take it. Also! Everything concerning Earth must be kept secret, enforced at the highest security level."

"Yes!" the eight direct disciples responded loudly. "There are likely other treasures on Earth. The ones who understand Earth best are its native humans. You must immediately... control Earth's humans using the fastest methods. Employ a gentle strategy," Yu Ke instructed. "Understood." The eight direct disciples replied in unison. "Very good, excellent!" Yu Ke was clearly very excited.

A spaceship that was considered a luxury even for a Sector Lord (and this was assuming it was only D-class), and a juvenile Starry Sky Behemoth that was guaranteed to become a peak Sector Lord upon maturation. For the Nuolanshan family, whose strongest combat power was merely 'Universe-level Ninth-tier,' these two treasures indeed made them dizzy with excitement!

Huaxia Nation, Kyoto Base City, Tianjin City. Although the alien fleet had descended, ordinary life continued as usual. "Greetings, people of Earth!" "We are the Nuolanshan family from the cosmos, and we come with friendship! Do not doubt our power..." Instantly, the same image appeared on televisions, computers, and other devices in every household: a handsome man with pointed ears, like a legendary elf, spoke in a strange language, with automatic translations in Chinese and English displayed alongside.

"Look, this is your Earth's Australian continent." "With just one punch, this mountain range is destroyed." "With just one punch, this island is gone." The screen continuously switched, showcasing the 'performances' of nine Star-level Ninth-tier experts. Witnessing a Star-level Ninth-tier expert smash a mountain with a single punch, and the powerful shockwave affecting hundreds of kilometers, was a terrifying sight. All of humanity on Earth was dumbfounded... This was absolutely more terrifying than the past peak battle—Hong and Lei Shen against the Devouring Beast! A single punch affecting hundreds of kilometers! This was practically a high-yield nuclear bomb!

"Of course," Pula, the handsome, elf-like man, said with a smile to all of humanity on Earth, "we come with goodwill, so we will not attack any cities! Your Earth has five major nations and 23 Base Cities. In one hour, we will drop ten corpses of your Earth's so-called 'King-level monsters' in the streets and plazas of each Base City!"

"If we wished!" "In one hour, Earth would be annihilated." Pula smiled, "However, we come with goodwill, but your Earth's high-ranking officials, your so-called elites, are hiding in those steel fortresses. This displeases us greatly!" "We hope that your Earth's high-ranking officials can engage in friendly contact with our Nuolanshan family and show us, the 'aliens' as you call us, some respect!" "If your Earth's high-ranking officials are stingy with even a little respect! If you reject our goodwill..." "Then, we will not hesitate to conquer you with 'barbaric means'!" Pula smiled, "We give your Earth 12 hours to deliberate. If, after 12 hours, we do not meet your Earth's high-ranking officials and do not receive at least a modicum of respect, we will resort to 'barbaric means,' destroying one of your so-called Base Cities every hour."

Boom! Pula's televised and online address was like a trillion-ton hydrogen bomb detonating on Earth, leaving all of humanity dumbfounded. 12 hours! Earth's humans had only 12 hours to prepare for a meeting, and then, for every hour of delay, a Base City would be destroyed! A single Base City typically housed hundreds of millions of people! Seeing the 'aliens' frequently flying high above, occasionally displaying their immense power, and witnessing the corpses of King-level monsters being tossed like ants onto the streets and plazas of various Base Cities, humanity descended into chaos! The high-ranking officials of Earth, originally in their various survival bases, also began to panic!

"This is betrayal!" "Betrayal of humanity! Over six billion lives, are you just going to watch them perish? Are you abandoning over six billion lives for the sake of so-called elites? Luo Feng? Hong? Lei Shen? Who knows when they'll respond? I object, I object! Aliens aren't necessarily all cruel!"

"Calm down, don't be deceived by the Nuolanshan family's hypocritical facade! It's false, a trick. Once our survival bases are opened, and they barge in, it will be too late for us to regret!"

"They are incredibly powerful! Destroying Earth would be effortless for them!" "Do they need to resort to such hypocritical tactics? What significance do we, Earth's high-ranking elites, hold for them?" "Didn't you see? They said if we don't come out and interact with them, they'll destroy a Base City every hour! Hundreds of millions of humans will die!"

"Please consider carefully. Once over two-thirds of the votes pass, we will proceed." "I urge all attendees to vote cautiously!" "Every single one of your votes will determine the fate of over six billion humans outside! Yes, over six billion!!!"

"Please wait, just wait a little longer! Luo Feng and the other two are on distant planets, striving for us! This survival base was brought by them; please trust them! If we bow down, if we make a mistake, then all of humanity on Earth will plunge into endless darkness."

"I cannot stand by and watch over six billion humans be slaughtered like this, over six billion! That number is crushing me, I'm on the verge of collapse!"

As panic spread within the survival bases, chaos also erupted in the major Base Cities outside. Protests! Demonstrations! Mass sit-ins! Some half-crazed individuals began looting and smashing stores amidst the turmoil... Thousands more knelt, begging Earth's high-ranking officials to save them and negotiate with the aliens. Others shouted that it was an alien ploy! In short, it was utter pandemonium!

"Luo Feng, Luo Feng, please answer the call!" Xu Xin was sending communication requests to Luo Feng. Around her stood Luo Feng's parents and relatives, as well as some high-ranking national officials. Many were waiting... hoping for good news from Luo Feng and the other two in the distant cosmos!

Biyan Star, Imperial Office. "3 hours and 29 minutes, everything is settled, just as Mr. Luo wished." The official rose with a smile, his face still damp with sweat from the previous anxious rush. "Congratulations, Mr. Luo Feng, from now on, you are the Lord of this planet—Earth. Oh, I should address you as 'Lord,' my congratulations, Lord." "Thank you!" Luo Feng said with a smile, but inwardly, he was roaring with excitement. Hong and Lei Shen, standing beside him, also couldn't hide their agitation.