Translator: AnubisTL
"The Godslayer Plan?" Chen Mang raised an eyebrow, pondering aloud, "So, the reason the Rugged Civilization has had fewer and fewer Divine Archers over the years, even leaving the Holy Arrow Position vacant, is due to a conspiracy by the Green Mountain Civilization?"
"Logically, that's the conclusion we must draw," Xiao Ai continued. "For the Green Mountain Civilization, this is a favorable outcome. Within the Rugged Civilization, Berserkers represent brute force, while Divine Archers embody wisdom. The universal consensus is that whoever wields the Holy Arrow becomes the leader of the Rugged Civilization."
"As long as the Holy Arrow Position remains vacant, the Green Mountain Civilization remains safe. This also means the Rugged Civilization won't have the resources to deal with the Green Mountain Civilization."
"The logic is sound."
"However, all details of the plan have been completely purged. I only managed to retrieve the plan's name. Moreover, I doubt the Green Mountain Civilization possesses any means to systematically diminish the number of Divine Archers within the Rugged Civilization."
"This sounds like a form of racial annihilation."
"Such methods shouldn't be within the capabilities of a Sixth-Tier Civilization, especially when targeting a Seventh-Tier Civilization."
"Hmm."
Chen Mang nodded, saying nothing more, lost in thought. He planned to visit the Rugged Civilization soon; as a 7th Tier Civilization, it was bound to have abundant resources—best to seize them first.
Plunder our way to the top.
Plunder our way to becoming a God-Tier Civilization.
But before that, the train needed a thorough upgrade!
Near the Niya Star System.
After plundering the entire Green Mountain Civilization, the Stellaris train finally returned to the Niya Star System for repairs. After all, in the vast cosmos, this was the only region that felt like home.
But—
"I don't remember my Niya Star System being this flat."
Chen Mang sighed as he gazed out the locomotive cabin window at the paper-thin Niya Star System. Poor Niya Star System, he thought, reduced to a mere sheet of paper. What had once felt like returning home now felt more like guarding a tomb.
Spacetime Reversion was useless here.
Two-dimensionalized zones lacked temporal properties, making it impossible to revert to their past. Or perhaps, these zones no longer had a past.
He then turned his attention to the train's current resources.
2,872 Foundation units of iron ore!
This was the Stellaris's total resource count after deducting all operational expenses from the recent campaign.
An astronomical figure.
Equivalent to...
28,720 quadrillion units of iron ore. (i.e. 28,720,000 trillion units or 28 quintillion units)
Converting to a different unit reveals the sheer scale of this resource—enough to completely transform the train.
No murphy stones were captured.
The Political Mother Planet, which housed the murphy stones, was flattened into two dimensions along with its entire galaxy by seven Two-Dimensional Foils. After all, it was a Sixth-Tier Civilization, and there might have been unknown hidden defenses. Having secured everything of value, Chen Mang decided to eliminate any potential future complications.
He didn't particularly need the murphy stones anyway, so he cleared the area preemptively to avoid any unforeseen issues.
The first accessory to be upgraded was naturally...
"Armor."
To further enhance its defenses.
When Chen Mang initially upgraded the armor from Tier 1000 to Tier 2000, it cost only 20 quadrillion units of iron ore—equivalent to 2 Foundation units. However, upgrading it to Tier 5000 now required a staggering 200 Foundation units of iron ore.
A hundredfold increase in consumption.
Truly terrifying.
Yet even 200 Foundation units of iron ore seemed almost insignificant compared to his current stockpile of 2,872 Foundation units!
This upgrade granted him a brand-new Overpowered effect!
[Tier 5000 Overpowered Effect for Steel Car Armor: Can withstand all dark matter attacks and absorb them to temporarily increase the Armor Tier.]
Chen Mang narrowed his eyes. He hadn't encountered dark matter attacks yet, but he knew they would be crucial in the future.
The Fifth-Tier Civilization's method halved accessory upgrade costs, but instead of immediate reductions, the saved resources were stored and could be withdrawn at any time. The description specifically excluded defensive components like armor energy shields.
After upgrading the armor, Chen Mang still had 2,672 Foundation units of iron ore.
He was now contemplating a crucial decision:
Should he upgrade the armor to Tier 10,000 in one go—the maximum level?
He checked the requirements: reaching full level would cost 2,500 Foundation units of iron ore.
He had just enough, but it would exhaust all his current gains, trading them for a fully upgraded armor.
He even suspected this might be the first fully upgraded armor in the entire universe!
After a moment's deliberation, Chen Mang gritted his teeth, immediately withdrew 2,500 Foundation units of iron ore, and upgraded the armor from Tier 5,000 to Tier 10,000 in one swift move!
In the next instant—
Several panels instantly popped up on the control panel screen.
[The Stellaris train's green-grade accessory, "Steel Car Armor," has been upgraded to its maximum Tier of 10,000 and cannot be further enhanced.]
It was indeed at its maximum Tier.
He tested it, and even with his Tier 0 Authority, he couldn't upgrade it any further.
The murphy stone cost to upgrade from Tier 5,000 to Tier 10,000 was far greater than he had imagined, requiring a staggering 1,000 Foundation units of murphy stone.
That meant...
10,000,000,000,000,000,000 murphy stones.
Although he hadn't seized any murphy stone from the Green Mountain Civilization, he knew their Political Mother Planet's reserves were roughly 0.03 Foundation units.
1,000 Foundation units...
It would take hundreds of thousands of Green Mountain Civilizations to amass enough murphy stone to upgrade the armor to Tier 10,000.
The higher the Tier, the astronomical the murphy stone cost per upgrade became.
It's worth noting that...
Upgrading the "armor" required more resources than upgrading a "normal Seven-Colored Grade Accessory."
However, upgrading the "armor" required less murphy stone than upgrading a "normal Seven-Colored Grade Accessory."
For a Seven-Colored Grade Accessory, reaching Tier 10,000 would have cost even more murphy stone.
Immediately afterward, other panels on the control panel screen began flashing.
[Human civilization is the first in the entire universe to achieve the maximum Tier for the 'Steel Car Armor' accessory. As a result, the accessory has automatically been upgraded to the 'Holy Temple' grade.]
[Furthermore, the civilization has been granted the Civilization Wonder 'Miracle Descent'.]
[Steel Car Armor Tier 10000 Overpowered Effect]: Can withstand attacks from all dimensions within this universe, with significantly enhanced durability.
Chen Mang gazed at the two panels on the control panel screen.
Just as he had suspected.
Human civilization was indeed the first to max out the Steel Car Armor, automatically upgrading it to the Holy Temple grade.
The armor's grade prefix had now changed to:
[Holy Temple Green Grade].
Holy Temple.
An exceptionally rare grade, even rarer than the gray grade, with possibly only single- or double-digit instances existing in the entire universe.
An accessory only achieves Holy Temple grade upon being maxed out for the first time.
It possesses absolute uniqueness.
Only one individual can obtain it.
Upon reaching Holy Temple grade, all its attributes receive a substantial boost.
For armor, this means enhanced defensive strength and the acquisition of an exclusive [Sanctum Overdrive Effect].
[Steel Car Armor 'Holy Temple' Overpowered Effect]: Absolute Defense.
Two simple words.
Yet they signified that he had embarked on the path to invincibility.
From this day forward!
He would be the one to annihilate other civilizations, not the other way around.
What he needed to reach the end was no longer opportunity, but time.
Given enough time, reaching the end would be as effortless as drinking water. He was now beyond the possibility of premature demise; no one could kill him.
Unless...
Unless he removed the Hell Set and wandered outside the Stellaris train, or perhaps if he took a wife and his enemies kidnapped her, forcing him to remove the Hell Set and leave the train alone for a parley.
Otherwise, he couldn't imagine who could kill him.
This realization served as a reminder.
While the Stellaris train's external defenses were already formidable, bordering on invincibility, it was now crucial to reinforce its internal defenses. Many strongholds crumble from within; he needed to prevent such a scenario at all costs.
After completing these preparations, Chen Mang leaned back in his chair and exhaled softly.
He had only 172 Foundation units of iron ore remaining.
He suddenly felt much poorer.
He was almost at a loss for what to do with it. If he could acquire more iron ore and upgrade all the train's accessories to Tier 10,000, it would be nearly perfect. Once he achieved God-Tier Civilization status, he planned to seize the databases of all other civilizations and let Qi Kexiu slowly develop them.
By replacing all accessories with the most perfect Overpowered effects, he could essentially consider the train fully upgraded.
As for now, he didn't plan to spend any more of his iron ore. The train needed reserves for navigation and combat.
Seven days later, the Stellaris train had been completely repaired.
Inside the train, Xiao Ai's voice echoed:
"Wormhole creation complete. Initiating warp sequence in 10 seconds. 10, 9, 8..."
He had upgraded the Wormhole Opener from Tier 500 to Tier 2000, increasing the maximum wormhole range to 100 million light-years. This allowed him to bypass the Cosmic Void behind the Niya Star System in a single jump. Of course, creating such a massive wormhole would be costly.
Upgrading this accessory to Tier 2000 had consumed a total of 6 quadrillion units of iron ore, equivalent to 0.6 Foundation units.
Not even a full Foundation unit of iron ore was enough.
He had also obtained two Overpowered effects.
[Wormhole Opener Tier 1000 Overpowered Effect: Dramatically reduces the cost of creating wormholes and ensures 100% stability.]
[Wormhole Opener Tier 2000 Overpowered Effect: None.]
The overpowered effect was decent.
He created a wormhole spanning a staggering one hundred million light-years, its destination the heart of the Rugged Civilization, for a mere 1.2 Foundation units of iron ore.
A perfectly acceptable price.
Ten seconds later, the transit was complete.
An unremarkable wormhole materialized in the Rugged Civilization's core zone, and a massive armored train slowly emerged from it. The surrounding area was devoid of landmarks, with planets sparsely scattered.
Even in the core zone, vast stretches of empty space remained.
This particular White Zone was one such neglected region.
Unnoticed by radar and invisible to the naked eye, they infiltrated the civilization with near-perfect stealth.
This was the Rugged Civilization, a civilization of peculiar form.
"Is this the Rugged Civilization?"
Chen Mang sat in the locomotive cabin, gazing at the Doppler Radar map. The radar's detection range now extended to 100 million light-years.
When he was in the Niya Star System, the radar had indicated that this entire territory belonged to the Rugged Civilization. However, he had only been able to see a portion of it at the time. Now, having reached the civilization's core, he still couldn't see its boundaries, suggesting the Rugged Civilization's territory spanned at least 200 to 300 million light-years.
The Tier 2000 radar was proving inadequate.
He needed a Level 5000 radar.
He glanced at his resource balance.
After a moment's deliberation, he spent 100 Foundation units of iron ore to upgrade the Doppler Radar to Level 5000, unlocking the Tier 5000 Overpowered Effect!
[Doppler Radar Tier 5000 Overpowered Effect: Detection range vastly increased, and it can now capture all anomalous activity within its range. Requires the Train Auxiliary AI to possess ultra-high computing power, at least Tier 2000 AI.]
"Hmm."
Chen Mang raised an eyebrow. This Tier 5000 Overpowered Effect seemed rather underwhelming—it only increased the detection range and allowed for the capture of all anomalous behavior within that range.
What exactly constituted "anomalous behavior"?
It sounded...
Wait a minute?
He paused, glancing at the unfamiliar map on the adjacent screen. Why did the Doppler map look so different now?
His detection range had expanded from 100 million light-years to... 1 trillion light-years?
A tenfold increase?
A fucking ten thousandfold increase?
Holy shit.
He suddenly understood what "vastly increased detection range" truly meant!
This was beyond ridiculous!
He now had a complete view of the Rugged Civilization's territory: a circular domain 380 million light-years in diameter, with a depth of 18 million light-years along the x-axis, encompassing 39 galaxies.
It was immeasurably larger than the Sixth-Tier Civilization, the Green Mountain Civilization!
What a colossal civilization.
"Hah..."
Chen Mang exhaled softly, slowly maneuvering the Stellaris train into Pseudo-Fourth-Dimensional Space, preparing to first land on a distant planet within the Rugged Civilization's territory.
It's worth noting that...
When claiming territory, as long as there were no civilizations within the area with a higher Civilization Level than his own, he could claim it freely.
Even if his claimed territory in the Niya Star System overlapped with the Rugged Civilization's territory, it wouldn't matter. He could still claim his portion, provided his territory remained smaller than the Rugged Civilization's.
Claiming territory was easy.
But achieving absolute control and influence over every corner of his domain was no simple task.
Just then—
Xiao Ai's voice suddenly echoed through the train.
"Train Conductor."
"After digesting all the database information from the Green Mountain Civilization and piecing together fragmented data, I've discovered something quite intriguing. The Niya Star System was indeed crucial to the Green Mountain Civilization."
"The Kasha Civilization."
"That long-established Third-Tier Civilization in the Niya Star System, with its exceptionally low birth rate, suffered this fate because the Green Mountain Civilization conducted experiments on them before implementing the Godslayer Plan."
"This experimentation caused the Kasha Civilization's birth rate to plummet."
(End of the Chapter)
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