Global Era of Star Trekking

Chapter 1705: Chapter 832: Torch Expedition Ceremony

"Superdimensional Mother Ship - [Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong]!"

"The Dragon Spine Song Family has finally arrived!"

"Dragon Spine, Song Chi, I’ve heard he is the one aiming for the Fifth Human Emperor position in our Torch Civilization."

Amidst the noisy discussions from various fleet groups, the massive fleet belonging to the Dragon Spine Song Family began to pour out continuously from the star gate’s light curtain.

"The number exceeds trillions... and it’s not over yet!"

"Seven Star Mark, is that a fleet under the [Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall]?"

"It seems like the Dragon Spine Song Family has allied with the Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall?"

The second round of discussions had not ceased when a new communication suddenly connected to the public channel of the expedition ceremony:

"This is the joint operation group of the Dragon Spine Song Family and the Big Dipper Seven Stars, I am Dragon Spine Song Yiming, our Fifth Expeditionary Fleet Group is currently forming up according to the predetermined plan."

As the voice fell, without caring about the uproar in the public channel, the newly arrived fleet quickly formed a three-dimensional spherical formation centered around the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong.

When the last warship completed its deployment, the originally vacant central area of the Four Great Empires’ fleet was completely filled.

The joint fleet of the Dragon Spine Song Family and the Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall thus inserted itself directly into the array of the Four Great Empires’ fleet with an almost provocative posture.

For a moment, without waiting for the silent Four Great Empires’ Royal Fleet members to speak, the first-tier forces under the Four Great Empires, which have successfully emerged superdimensional captains in the past few thousand years as new immortal giant forces, could not help but proactively send communication requests to the leaders of both the Dragon Spine Song Family and the Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall.

Gazing at the Star Dome Eye star gate where the spatial ripples had not yet subsided, Song Chi stood on the observation platform of the superdimensional mother ship with a cold smile at the corner of his lips, the Heavenly Authority Control Ring gently turning on his finger.

[Attention, seventy-six encrypted communication requests received.]

The voice of the Dome Sky Wisdom Brain sounded, Song Chi glanced casually and quickly found that all these communications came from the internal immortal giant forces of the Four Great Empires.

After a slight nod, he waved his hand and lightly tapped, soon connecting communications from forces including the Immortal Qin Shangdang Shang Family, Chi Yu Yanhuang Consortium, Chunyu Tribe, and the Holy Hall Federation’s Phoenix Family.

For the rest, he had no opportunity at the moment; those admitted first were essentially the ones previously most opposed to his quest for the Fifth Human Emperor, while the rest were quite indifferent.

A three-dimensional projection unfolded in the cabin, with several imposing character projections appearing simultaneously.

Shang Tianque of the Shangdang Shang Family wore Mystic Armor, with arrogance evident between his brows; Shangguan Mingjing of the Yanhuang Consortium wore a suit, his sharp gaze hidden behind gold-rimmed glasses; Chunyu Lie of the Chunyu Tribe donned a fiery red battle robe, surrounded by tangible fire elements...

"Greedy Wolf Hall Master really puts on quite a show."

Shang Tianque spoke first, his voice carrying a biting chill.

"A mere upstart family dares to insert itself into the exclusive area of the Four Great Empires?"

Shangguan Mingjing adjusted his glasses:

"Greedy Wolf Hall Master, although your Dragon Spine Song Family has developed rapidly over the past millennium, thinking to rival the Four Great Empires now seems delusional, or do you truly believe those external rumors that you stand on equal footing with the other four Human Emperors?"

Chunyu Lie was more direct, slapping the projection table:

"Dragon Spine Song Family, do you know how many ancient families in the Torch Civilization have been around for over a hundred thousand years? You think it’s your place to dominate?"

Confronted with the aggressive stance of the three giants, Song Chi calmly raised his left hand.

A holographic star chart unfolded among the four, showing the strategic posture between the human territories and the Corpse Emperor Clan river system communities.

"Please take a look." Song Chi lightly tapped with his finger, and five arrows lit up on the star chart:

"The Four Great Empires each handle one vector of attack, while we, the Dragon Spine Song Family, will independently undertake the Fifth Battlefront."

His voice suddenly turned cold: "In other words, this fifth battlefront has already been tacitly approved by the Four Human Emperors, we are not seeking your approval, but informing you of the facts."

Cold light flared in Shang Tianque’s eyes.

"Arrogant, do you think with just one superdimensional mother ship you can—"

"One?" Song Chi suddenly chuckled, "Who told the Grand Ancestor Shang we only have one superdimensional mother ship?"

Before the words fell, the space outside the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong suddenly distorted.

Under the watchful eyes of countless astonished gazes around the star gate, another slightly smaller but still far beyond most on-site superdimensional mother ships’ starlight mother ship slowly emerged from the void.

Together with the Heavenly Ruins Cang Qiong, the two mother ships lined up side by side, revealing themselves to all the Torch Ship Captains present.

"Even if there are two superdimensional mother ships, so what? Each of the other four advancing fronts is commanded by more than a dozen superdimensional mother ships."

Shangguan Mingjing’s gold-rimmed glasses slid down his nose, his tone no longer as calm as before.

Song Chi ignored his expression change and instead summoned yet another enormous [Truth Mechanical Battle Star], including a Ninth Rank Giant-toothed Star Shark, a Ninth Rank Asura Emperor, and a Ninth Rank Starlight Dragon on the side of the Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall.

The continuous appearance of Ninth Rank combat units left Shangguan Mingjing’s rebuttal increasingly weak as he realized that although the strength shown by the Dragon Spine Song Family and the Big Dipper Seven Stars Hall still lagged behind the other four fronts, it was undeniable that this level of strength indeed qualified them to open a battlefront independently.

Song Chi’s gaze moved to another projection on the communication screen: "The Holy Hall Federation’s Phoenix Family... are you sure you want to suppress my Song Family as well?"

Upon hearing this, the red-haired woman, also a Superdimensional Captain, responded with icy eyes: "Dragon Spine Song Chi, don’t get too complacent; the acquiescence of the four royal families doesn’t mean we will accept it."

"Accept?" Song Chi suddenly put away his smile:

"It seems, everyone, that you have misunderstood something." He snapped his fingers, pointing to the trillion-sized starship group behind him, "We don’t need your acceptance."

Chunyu Lie laughed in extreme anger.

"Fine! Very fine! Then let’s see how long this upstart fleet of yours can last before the Corpse Emperor Clan!"

The communication was brutally cut, but Song Chi’s smile deepened; he turned to Song Yiming:

"Notify all combat groups, proceed with the original plan; be sure to conduct live-fire drills as soon as we arrive in the Corpse Emperor Clan River System Communities via the Quantum Hedge Super-Distance Star Gate. Let these ’ancient families’ see what modern warfare looks like."

With the order issued, both superdimensional mother ships activated simultaneously, and suffocating energy waves swept across the star domain, followed by similar waves emerging from the Four Great Empires’ fleet, a response from the royal families to the Dragon Spine Song Family in this manner.

Though all four families were reluctant to intervene, all-out war against the Corpse Emperor Clan river system communities was paramount, and not a moment could be spared.

Subsequently, an order from the highest command center of the Shenxia Dynasty rang through the public communication channel:

"By the directive of the Four Human Emperors, the Dragon Spine Song Family is officially recognized for the establishment of the Fifth Empire, and the expedition ceremony continues."

This order was like a resounding slap, striking harshly on the faces of those immortal giants.

Song Chi nodded slightly, turned, and walked towards the command platform. Behind him, the two superdimensional mother ships began synchronizing their charge, preparing for the final expedition jump.

"Remember today, gentlemen." Song Chi’s voice was soft, yet it was clearly heard by everyone.

Then, with the hum of spatial distortion, the five expedition fleet groups officially initiated their first jump towards the Corpse Emperor Clan river system communities in succession.

And behind them, the representatives of those immortal giants exchanged glances, seemingly acutely aware of an unbelievable truth—that the power in Dragon Spine Song Chi’s hands might indeed have surpassed their imagination.

However, they had little time for contemplation, as following those five fleet groups, all immortal giant forces’ fleets were also about to reach the Super-Distance Star Gate transmission.