Chapter 45: Starry Sky Jump, Tearing the Creator Apart by Hand
Lu Jie pushed away the two women in front of him.
"Master?" Annie tilted her head, her face full of confusion.
Maeve hurriedly pulled up the collar of her uniform and retreated to the side, not daring to ask more.
"Put on your clothes." Lu Jie turned and walked toward the floor-to-ceiling window. "An honored guest has arrived."
"An honored guest? Who would dare to provoke you at a time like this?" Maeve asked, puzzled.
"An old friend." Lu Jie looked at the deep night sky. "Or rather, a main course."
He pressed the encrypted communicator on the table.
"Neuman."
"Master, I am here." Neuman answered instantly.
"Monitor the global satellites and aim the cameras at the dark side of the moon." Lu Jie ordered.
"The dark side of the moon? There is nothing there." Neuman hesitated slightly.
"I told you to look, so look. Less nonsense."
"Yes! Retrieving it immediately!" Neuman didn't dare to say another word.
"Master, The Consortium also sent an urgent telegram saying they detected an unidentified extraterrestrial energy source." Neuman added.
"Tell them to shut up. If they talk nonsense again, I'll slaughter them too." Lu Jie's tone was icy.
"Understood. I will cut off their communication immediately."
Lu Jie turned his head to glance at Annie.
"Be a good girl and watch the house. If anyone dares to come and cause trouble, kill them directly."
"I understand. No one will touch your things." Annie nodded vigorously, her eyes turning fierce.
Lu Jie tapped his foot on the ground, and his entire body transformed into a streak of dark golden light, shooting straight into the clouds.
The atmosphere was as good as non-existent before him.
The gale could not hinder his speed in the slightest.
A few minutes later.
The weightless environment of space had no effect on Lu Jie.
He hovered above a crater on the dark side of the moon.
Below, in the center of the massive crater, the cold rock was cracking.
A giant, pitch-black spaceship with a bizarre design broke through the ground.
The surface of the spaceship was covered with dark red patterns identical to those in the Siberia ruins.
The hatch opened slowly.
A humanoid creature over three meters tall walked out.
His entire body was covered in silver-white biological armor.
Six eyes glowed with a dangerous red light.
"The experimental site on Earth has been destroyed?" the humanoid creature spoke.
The voice did not travel through the air but rang directly in Lu Jie's mind.
"Are you that farmer who goes around sowing seeds everywhere?" Lu Jie hovered in mid-air.
He looked down at the alien creature with a face full of mockery.
"I am a Star Spirit. The creator of this planet." The Star Spirit's six eyes stared at Lu Jie simultaneously.
"Earthling, you have stolen the property of the Interstellar Alliance."
"Stolen? I snatched it openly." Lu Jie sneered.
"Creator? Just based on your ugly appearance?"
"The energy within you belongs to me. Hand it over." The Star Spirit raised his hand.
The surrounding cosmic dust instantly gathered into countless sharp ice blades.
"Give it back to me!" The Star Spirit roared.
The ice blades shot toward Lu Jie, covering the sky and earth.
Each one carried the power to tear through space.
Lu Jie didn't even dodge.
The ice blades collided with his body and instantly turned into a pile of ice shards.
They didn't even tear a corner of his black trench coat.
"Is that all you've got? You're quite a pathetic creator." Lu Jie brushed off his shoulder.
The Star Spirit was stunned in place.
"Impossible! You are just a defective product in a petri dish! How could you block a high-dimensional attack!"
"I am your father." Lu Jie's figure flashed, and he appeared directly in front of the Star Spirit.
He punched the Star Spirit's silver-white armor.
Large cracks appeared on the surface of the armor.
The Star Spirit's massive body flew backward, smashing through the side wing of the spaceship.
"What kind of thing are you!" The Star Spirit crawled out of the ruins, his voice filled with terror.
"The one who eats you." Lu Jie raised his right hand.
Gravity Control fully activated.
The entire giant spaceship was grabbed by an invisible hand and forcibly crushed into an iron ball.
The Star Spirit was pressed tightly against the surface of the iron ball, unable to move.
"Let me go! I am an observer for the Interstellar Alliance!" The Star Spirit struggled frantically.
"If you kill me, the Alliance will destroy the entire Earth!"
"Destroy the Earth? Let them come. I'm just worried about not having enough stock." Lu Jie walked up to the Star Spirit.
He drove his fingers directly into the Star Spirit's chest.
"No! You cannot eat me!"
The Star Spirit's shrill scream echoed in the mental channel.
Mind Furnace activated.
Scorching energy surged into Lu Jie's body along his arm.
Interstellar genes even purer than ancient divine blood.
Lu Jie narrowed his eyes in comfort.
"The taste is not bad. Much better than that junk of Edgar's."
The Star Spirit's body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A few minutes later, only a silver-white skin remained.
Lu Jie shook off the residue on his hand.
[Obtained ability mutation: Starry Sky Jump.]
Can ignore distance and travel anywhere in the universe.
Lu Jie clenched his fist.
This delivery came just in time.
He turned his head to look in the direction of Earth.
Neuman's communication request rang frantically in his mind.
"Master! Something has happened!" Neuman's voice was filled with anxiety.
"Speak." Lu Jie's tone was flat.
"Butcher brought people and raided the third basement level of Vought Tower!"
"Where did they get the guts?" Lu Jie frowned.
"They have a new type of weapon in their hands that can completely suppress our superpowers!"
Neuman spoke rapidly, and the background was filled with the sounds of gunfire and explosions.
"What about Maeve and Stormfront?" Lu Jie asked.
"They have been suppressed! Annie is leading people to hold the elevator entrance at all costs!"
At this moment, on the third basement level of Vought Tower.
Butcher was holding a heavy energy gun with a strange design.
The muzzle glowed with a deep blue light.
"The weapon that alien gave is really useful! All these freaks from Vought are going to die today!" Butcherlaughed wildly.
Maeve lay in a pool of blood, a transparent hole blown through her thigh.
"When Master returns, he will peel your skin off!" Maeve cursed through gritted teeth.
"He isn't coming back!" Butcher walked over and stepped on Maeve's wound.
Maeve groaned, covered in sweat from the pain.
Stormfront was pinned to the wall, her limbs broken, blood flowing all over the floor.
Annie hid behind cover, her face deathly pale, clutching a metal plate tightly in her hand.
Hughie hid behind Butcher, his hands shaking as he gripped his gun.
"Billy, what if Lu Jie didn't die?" Hughie's voice trembled.
"Even if he didn't die, I can blast him into slag with one shot!" Butcher aimed his gun at Annie.
"Lu Jie is dead! He was killed by the aliens! All you freaks must die!"
Butcher laughed wildly and pulled the trigger.
The deep blue energy beam shot straight toward Annie's head.
Annie closed her eyes in despair.
Just at this moment.
Space distorted.
A hand appeared out of thin air and directly grabbed the energy beam.
The beam was crushed like a noodle in Lu Jie's hand.
"Who told you I was dead?" Lu Jie shook off the energy residue in his hand.
He turned his head and looked coldly at Butcher.
"A bunch of rats who never learn."
Chapter 46: Interstellar Hunting, The Tyrant's Throne in the Stars
The third basement level fell terrifyingly silent in an instant.
The manic laughter on Butcher's face froze instantly.
He looked at Lu Jie, who was completely unscathed, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
"How... how are you still alive!" Butcher took two steps back.
"What about that alien! He clearly said he could deal with you!"
"He tasted pretty good. I chewed him up and swallowed him." Lu Jie took a step forward.
Hughie hid behind Butcher, his legs trembling uncontrollably, and the gun in his hand dropped to the floor.
"Billy, let's run! He's not even human!" Hughie's voice cracked.
"Run my ass! Hughie! Open fire! Frenchie! Get the explosives!" Butcher roared.
Hughie retreated repeatedly, "I'm done! He's immune to everything!"
"I'm sending him to hell today, if it's the last thing I do!"
Gritting his teeth, Butcher pushed the energy gun to its maximum power.
The barrel emitted an overloaded humming sound.
"Die! You bastard!" Butcher roared.
A deep blue beam, twice as thick as the last one, blasted toward Lu Jie.
This gun was the trump card the aliens had left for Butcher.
It was claimed to be able to decompose the genetic chain of any carbon-based life form.
Lu Jie didn't even raise a hand.
The beam hit his chest, not even scorching his clothes in the slightest.
Unique Divinity grants immunity to all energy attacks.
"Is that it?" Lu Jie patted his chest.
"Is this piece of junk the best you've got?"
Butcher was completely dumbfounded.
He pulled the trigger frantically until the barrel overheated and started smoking.
Lu Jie walked up to Butcher.
He grabbed the barrel of the energy gun.
The barrel, made of a special alloy, turned into iron sludge in his hand.
"You treat this junk the aliens gave you like a treasure." Lu Jie mocked.
He kicked Butcher in the stomach.
Butcher went flying, smashing through two load-bearing columns.
He vomited blood, unable to even crawl up.
Frenchie drew his combat knife and charged forward with a roar.
"Don't go over there and get yourself killed!" Hughie tried to pull him back but failed.
Lu Jie didn't even look at him.
Gravity Control.
Frenchie was slammed onto the ground, a dozen of his bones breaking, and he screamed incessantly.
"Lu Jie! Just kill me! Becca won't let you get away with this!" Butcher howled from the floor.
"Becca? She's sweeping floors in my estate every day now, doing quite well." Lu Jie laughed.
"Bullshit!" Butcher's eyes turned bloodshot.
"Kill you? That's letting you off too easy." Lu Jie walked up to Butcher.
He stepped on his right hand.
The sound of bones cracking was crisp and melodious.
"Ah!" Butcher screamed.
"Don't you like playing the savior? I'll let you watch with your own eyes how this world becomes mine."
Lu Jie bent down, grabbed Butcher's hair, and lifted him up.
"What else did that alien tell you?"
"He... he said the Interstellar Alliance's fleet... is already on its way." Butcher's mouth was full of blood, and he laughed miserably.
"They will burn the Earth into a glass marble! You will die too!"
"A fleet?" Lu Jie laughed.
"Great. I was just worrying about where to get a snack."
Lu Jie tossed Butcher onto the ground.
He turned his head to look at Annie in the corner.
Annie ran over quickly and threw herself into Lu Jie's arms.
"Master! I was so scared just now, I almost thought I'd never see you again." Annie's eyes were red, her voice filled with coquetry.
Lu Jie stroked her hair.
"What are you afraid of? You're mine; even the King of Hell wouldn't dare take you."
He looked at Stormfront and Maeve, who were lying in a pool of blood.
"If you're not dead, get up. Stop playing dead." Lu Jie said coldly.
Maeve gritted her teeth and forced herself to crawl up from the blood.
The transparent hole in her leg was growing new flesh at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Stormfront also broke free from the wall.
Her severed limbs reconnected under the pull of her genetic power.
This was the infinite regeneration ability that came with the genetic rewrite Lu Jie had performed on them earlier.
"Master, it is our incompetence." Maeve lowered her head, her voice trembling.
"Useless indeed. You couldn't even handle a few mortals with toys." Lu Jie snorted coldly.
"Lock these rats in the black prison on the eighteenth basement level."
"Cut a piece of meat off them every day. Don't let them die." Lu Jie pointed at the three of them on the ground.
"Yes!" Stormfront and Maeve immediately moved.
Dragging the three of them out like dead dogs.
"Lu Jie! You'll meet a terrible end! The fleet will tear you into pieces!" Butcher was still cursing wildly.
Lu Jie didn't even spare him a glance.
He put his arm around Annie's waist and walked into the private elevator.
"I'm taking you somewhere nice." Lu Jie pinched Annie's soft flesh.
"Where?" Annie leaned into his arms submissively, her cheeks burning.
"To the sky to see the scenery." Lu Jie pressed the button for the top floor.
The elevator went straight to the top-floor office.
Holding Annie, Lu Jie activated Starry Sky Leap.
The space in front of them distorted.
The two of them instantly appeared in geostationary orbit around Earth.
Annie screamed in terror, clutching Lu Jie's neck tightly.
"Don't be afraid. With me here, you won't die." Lu Jie's voice rang in her mind.
He used his divine power to erect a transparent protective shield around Annie.
Insulating her from the vacuum and extreme cold of space.
Only then did Annie dare to slowly open her eyes.
Beneath her feet was the azure Earth, huge and beautiful.
It was a breathtaking shock.
"So beautiful..." Annie was stunned, forgetting even to breathe.
"Soon, this will become a battlefield." Lu Jie looked into the deep reaches of the universe.
In the starry sky in the distance, a large swarm of dense black dots appeared.
That was the Interstellar Alliance's vanguard fleet.
Hundreds of giant warships were advancing toward Earth at full speed.
"What is that?" Annie pointed at the black dots, her voice trembling.
"My takeout." Lu Jie's lips curled up, his eyes filled with bloodthirsty excitement.
"Haven't you always wanted to see fireworks? I'll set off a big one for you today."
Lu Jie raised his right hand.
Black Karmic Fire danced on his fingertips.
"Wait for me here. Watch closely how I crush these alien bastards."
Lu Jie let go of Annie.
He transformed into a stream of dark golden light, charging toward the massive fleet.
Inside the Interstellar Alliance's flagship.
The commander sat on a large hovering chair, looking at the radar feedback on the big screen.
"Report, Commander, a high-energy lifeform reaction detected ahead." The operator reported loudly.
"What kind of high-energy lifeform could a low-level civilization like Earth possibly have?" The commander sneered disdainfully.
"Just blast him to pieces with the main cannon. Don't waste time."
The giant cannon at the front of the flagship began to charge.
Blinding white light gathered at the muzzle.
An energy beam over a hundred meters in diameter blasted out.
Heading straight for Lu Jie.
Lu Jie hovered in space, watching the incoming energy beam.
"Is this all the firepower you have? It's not even enough to scratch an itch." Lu Jie sneered.
He raised his right hand and spread his fingers.
Unique Divinity activated.
That energy beam, capable of destroying an asteroid,
Stopped dead ten meters away from Lu Jie.
Just like hitting an insurmountable wall of air.
"Activate the antimatter force field! Lock his movements!" The commander roared in the communication channel.
A layer of distorted spatial force field appeared around the warship.
"Antimatter? I can erase even matter itself." Lu Jie flipped his wrist.
The energy beam reflected back along its original path at ten times the speed it came.
Blasting directly onto the flagship's antimatter force field.
The force field didn't even hold for a second before shattering on the spot.
The front half of the flagship was blasted into space junk by its own main cannon.
The command room was in chaos.
"Warning! Force field failure! Hull damage at forty percent!" The alarm sound was piercing.
The commander crawled up from the floor, face full of terror.
"This is impossible! He deflected a planet-killer cannon with his bare hands!"
"All warships! Fire at will! Kill him!" The commander roared frantically.
Hundreds of warships opened fire simultaneously.
Dense energy beams wove into a web of death, completely enveloping Lu Jie.
Lu Jie stood at the center of the light web, without the slightest intention to dodge.
Letting those energies strike him.
The defense of the Immortal Kryptonian combined with the immunity of Unique Divinity.
These attacks couldn't even burn a single hair of his.
"Are you done? My turn." Lu Jie cracked his neck.
He activated Starry Sky Leap.
Appearing directly above a warship.
He stomped down.
The kilometer-long steel warship snapped in half right down the middle.
The light of the explosion bloomed silently in space.
Lu Jie was like an indefatigable killing machine.
Shuttling back and forth through the fleet.
Tearing warships apart with his hands, stomping on frigates with his feet.
He didn't even use any fancy skills.
Relying entirely on the purest physical strength to smash this alien high-tech into scrap metal.
In less than ten minutes.
Of the hundreds of warships, only the broken flagship remained, gasping for breath.
Lu Jie landed outside the window of the flagship's command room.
Looking at the commander trembling inside.
He raised his hand and smashed the special bulletproof glass with one punch.
The vacuum environment instantly sucked the people in the command room out.
Lu Jie grabbed the commander by the throat and pulled him back into the ship.
"Your Interstellar Alliance, is this all the junk you sent to die?" Lu Jie's tone was mocking.
"You... you are... a monster..." The commander's face turned blue from lack of oxygen.
"I like that title." Lu Jie's fingertips pierced the commander's carotid artery.
Mind Furnace activated.
The alien commander's genetic energy was forcibly extracted.
Lu Jie closed his eyes, enjoying the pleasure of his power climbing.
[Ability Mutation Acquired: Mental Control Network.]
Capable of controlling the thoughts of millions of carbon-based life forms simultaneously.
Lu Jie tossed the shriveled corpse aside.
This ability is perfect for managing those disobedient sheep on Earth.
He turned and flew back to the protective shield where Annie was.
Annie looked at the wreckage of the warships filling the sky, her eyes filled with fanatical worship.
"Master... you are too powerful." Annie threw herself into his arms.
"This is just the beginning." Lu Jie put his arm around her waist.
"I have already obtained the coordinates of the Interstellar Alliance."
"Once I'm done cleaning up the trash on Earth, I'll take you to conquer the stars and the sea."
Lu Jie pinched her chin and lowered his head to kiss her.
Filled with absolute possession and conquest.
Annie responded passionately, her hands clutching his neck tightly.
In the face of absolute power, she had long since completely fallen.
The two of them lingered in space.
The background was the burning wreckage of the alien fleet.
On Earth.
Vought Tower.
Neuman looked at the footage transmitted back by the satellite, her legs going weak.
She knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed heavily toward the direction of the sky.
"Long live the new god." Neuman's voice trembled, but it revealed extreme madness.
The old era was completely over.
An era of the interstellar tyrant ruled by Lu Jie had officially arrived.
No one, no civilization, could stop his footsteps.
Because he is the only rule.
Chapter 47: Mental Control Network, Global Brainwashing
Top floor of Vought Tower.
Lu Jie held Annie as he descended from mid-air.
His leather shoes clicked crisply against the marble floor.
The high-altitude wind pressed Annie's silk pajamas against her curves.
Her face was flushed, and she clung tightly to Lu Jie's neck.
"Master, that was so thrilling up in the sky," Annie panted softly.
"There will be even more thrilling things in the future." Lu Jie let go.
Annie obediently stepped aside, smoothing out her disheveled hem.
Maeve hurried over from the corridor.
She had changed into a tighter combat suit that accentuated her figure.
"Master, the wreckage of the alien fleet has all fallen into the Pacific Ocean," Maeve reported with her head bowed.
"Send people to salvage it. Don't let a single piece of scrap metal slip by," Lu Jie said, unbuttoning his trench coat.
"Those are all materials for making new toys."
"The salvage team has already set off. That dog, The Deep, is leading the way underwater," Maeve said, taking his trench coat.
Taking advantage of the movement, she deliberately brushed her chest against the back of Lu Jie's hand.
Lu Jie didn't even glance at her.
Neuman pushed open the office door and walked out.
She was holding a tablet in her hand.
"Master, there are still three underground air defense bases in North America refusing to surrender," Neuman said, handing over the tablet.
"They have the military's nuclear launch codes and are threatening to take us down with them."
Lu Jie didn't take the tablet.
He walked over to the leather sofa and sat down.
"Nuclear weapons? That's all they're fit to play with—firecrackers." Lu Jie sneered.
"Should I send Stormfront to clear them out?" Maeve asked.
"No need. I just got a new toy, and they'll be perfect for testing it out." Lu Jie leaned back against the chair.
He closed his eyes.
The Mental Control Network activated.
Invisible ripples, centered on New York, swept directly across the entire globe.
Lu Jie's consciousness entered the minds of millions of people directly.
He saw those officers hiding in the underground bases, trembling with fear.
"All of you, kneel for me," Lu Jie's voice rang out in their minds.
At a certain underground air defense base in North America.
A general was just about to press the nuclear launch button.
He clutched his head with both hands and screamed.
"Who! Who is speaking in my head!" the general roared.
The surrounding soldiers all knelt on the ground, rolling in agony.
Guns dropped all over the floor.
"Kill everyone around you who doesn't obey," Lu Jiecommanded.
The general's eyes lost their focus.
He pulled out his pistol and fired three shots at his adjutant.
The adjutant died on the spot.
The entire base plunged into a frenzy of mutual slaughter.
In less than three minutes.
There wasn't a single living person left in the three underground bases.
In the top-floor office of Vought Tower.
Lu Jie opened his eyes.
"The three bases have been cleaned out. Send people to collect the bodies." Lu Jie picked up the red wine on the table.
Neuman stared at the vital sign monitoring footage transmitted back by the satellite, dumbfounded.
"You didn't even leave the office..." Neuman's voice trembled.
"Do I really need to do it myself to kill a few rats?" Lu Jietook a sip of red wine.
Maeve walked behind the sofa and started massaging his shoulders.
"Master's methods are becoming increasingly unfathomable," Maeve said, leaning over.
Her cleavage was displayed without reservation before Lu Jie's eyes.
"You want to understand?" Lu Jie reached back and pinched her chin.
"I only want to be your most obedient tool," Maeve said, pressing against him.
"A tool must have the awareness of a tool. Don't be too curious." Lu Jie let her go.
"Let's go. Let's go to the eighteenth underground floor and see those rats." Lu Jie stood up.
"Butcher and the others are still cursing," Maeve said, following behind.
"They won't be able to curse for much longer." Lu Jiewalked toward the private elevator.
Annie hurried to catch up and hooked her arm around Lu Jie's.
The eighteenth underground level, the black prison.
It was dark and damp.
The air was filled with the smell of blood.
Butcher was hung on the wall by special iron chains.
His body was covered in bloody lacerations deep enough to see bone.
Hughie and Frenchie were locked in a dog cage nearby.
Lu Jie walked in.
"Lu Jie! You bastard!" Butcher lifted his head, his mouth full of blood.
"So what if you beat back the alien fleet! They'll come back!"
"No matter how many come, I'll devour them all." Lu Jiewalked up to Butcher.
"You think you've won? You'll always be a monster that can't see the light of day!" Butcher spat out a mouthful of blood.
Lu Jie tilted his head to dodge it.
"Quite the temper. It seems Maeve didn't cut enough meat off you." Lu Jie's tone was flat.
"If you have the guts, kill me!" Butcher roared.
"Kill you? That would be so boring." Lu Jie raised his hand and pressed it against Butcher's forehead.
"Killing the person is nothing; breaking their spirit is the best medicine to crush resistance."
"Let me see what you fear most in that brain of yours."
The Mental Control Network forcibly intruded.
Butcher's pupils dilated instantly.
The scene before his eyes changed completely.
He saw Becca.
Becca was wearing extremely revealing clothes, kneeling at Lu Jie's feet.
"Billy, you're so useless," Becca said with a smile in the illusion.
"No! Becca! Don't go over there!" Butcher roared.
"Lu Jie is the real man. You can't even compare to a single strand of his hair." Becca leaned over and kissed the tip of Lu Jie's shoe.
Butcher struggled wildly, the iron chains rattling.
"I'm going to kill you! Lu Jie! Let her go!"
Standing in reality, Lu Jie watched the crazed Butcher with cold eyes.
"Can't take it already?" Lu Jie withdrew his hand.
The illusion vanished.
Butcher gasped for air, tears mixing with blood dripping down.
"What did you do to me!" Butcher completely broke down.
"I'm just helping you recognize reality." Lu Jie clapped his hands.
Beside him, Hughie was scared and curled up in the corner of the dog cage.
"Please, let me go! I didn't do anything!" Hughie cried out.
Lu Jie walked to the front of the dog cage.
"Annie, come here." Lu Jie called out.
Annie walked out from the shadows.
She was wearing sexy pajamas and sat directly astride Lu Jie's lap.
Seeing Annie like this, Hughie's heart shattered.
"Annie... how did you become like this..." Hughie asked in despair.
"Shut up! Is the Master's name something you can just say?" Annie's eyes were cold.
She kicked the iron cage.
"In my eyes now, there is only the Master. You're not even as good as trash." Annie leaned against Lu Jie's shoulder.
Right in front of Hughie, she took the initiative to kiss Lu Jie.
Hughie covered his face, letting out a painful wail.
Lu Jie held Annie's waist.
"Do you see the gap now?" Lu Jie looked at Hughie.
"You insects who claim to be righteous can't even protect your own women."
Hughie knelt in the cage, not even daring to lift his head.
Frenchie was kowtowing repeatedly beside him.
"Mr. Lu Jie! We are willing to be dogs! Please spare our lives!"
"My dogs have high standards. You aren't worthy." Lu Jiestood up.
He looked down at these three former nuisances from above.
"Keeping your brains is too noisy." A dark golden light flickered in the depths of Lu Jie's eyes.
"Wipe their consciousness. Turn them into cleaners."
He activated the Mental Control Network again.
Three invisible mental blades stabbed directly into their brains.
Butcher's cursing stopped.
Hughie's crying stopped too.
Frenchie's pleas for mercy stuck in his throat.
The eyes of the three men became hollow.
They stood up straight like marionettes.
"Master," the three shouted in unison.
Their voices held no emotion at all.
Just like three cold machines.
"Go salvage the scrap metal in the Pacific Ocean. Don't come back until you've finished," Lu Jie commanded.
"Yes," the three turned and walked toward the elevator with stiff movements.
Maeve watched these three walking corpses.
"This is crueler than killing them," Maeve whispered.
"Cruel? This is their final value." Lu Jie turned and walked out.
Annie hurried to follow, hooking her arm around Lu Jie's.
"Master, let's go back upstairs. It stinks too much here," Annie whined coquettishly.
"Alright. Let's go back and have a meeting." Lu Jie pinched her cheek.
"No matter how vast the sea of stars is, it cannot contain a tyrant's ambition. It's time to prepare for a long journey."
Chapter 48: The Black Prison Trial, Prologue to the Interstellar Expedition
Vought Tower.
Top-floor conference room.
Lu Jie sat in the large main seat.
Neuman, Maeve, and Stormfront stood on either side.
Annie sat obediently on her knees beside Lu Jie's leg, peeling grapes for him.
The large screen displayed a global map.
"The Earth no longer holds any challenges." Lu Jie tapped the mahogany table.
"It's too boring."
"Master, what would you like to do?" Neuman asked respectfully.
"Since the Interstellar Alliance dares to come here to die, their lair must contain many good things." Lu Jie looked at the star map on the screen.
"Can the salvaged alien spaceship wreckage be reverse-engineered for technology?"
"The Consortium's scientists are working at full capacity to decipher it." Neuman reported quickly.
"In one month at most, we can build the first batch of expedition warships."
"One month is too long. I will only give them ten days." Lu Jie's tone was cold.
"If they can't build it, have their entire families go fill the sea."
"Yes! I will notify them to work overtime immediately!" Neuman dared not contradict him in the slightest.
Stormfront leaned forward.
"Master, take me with you on the expedition." Stormfront's eyes were filled with fanaticism.
"My lightning can kill even in space."
She deliberately lowered her body, pressing her ample chest against Lu Jie's arm.
Maeve sneered.
"With that meager amount of electricity, you couldn't even break an alien's shield. Master should take me instead."
"Are you looking for death?" Sparks of electricity appeared at Stormfront's fingertips.
"Shut up, both of you." Lu Jie swept his gaze over them.
The two of them immediately fell silent and obediently retreated to their original positions.
"Who gets to board the ship depends on your performance." Lu Jie leaned back in his chair.
Annie fed the peeled grape into Lu Jie's mouth.
"I'm not going anywhere; I'll just wait for Master in bed." Annie's voice was soft.
Lu Jie smiled.
"You are the most sensible one after all."
He pulled Annie's hand and drew her into his arms.
"However, the scenery of the sea of stars is indeed worth seeing. You will all have a share."
The conference room door was knocked upon.
The Deep walked in, soaked to the bone.
He didn't even dare to raise his head and knelt directly on the floor.
"Master... the wreckage at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has been salvaged." The Deep's voice trembled.
"What about those three scavengers?" Lu Jie asked.
"They... they were scavenging too desperately, and their bodies couldn't withstand the water pressure, so they all shattered." The Deep swallowed hard.
"Shattered is shattered. Waste not, want not." Lu Jie was completely unmoved.
"The Consortium has deciphered the blueprints for the spaceship engine." Neuman looked at her tablet.
"They say that as long as there is enough compound v for fuel, interstellar warping can be achieved."
"compound v?" Lu Jie raised an eyebrow.
"I've already drained the blood pool in that ancient god's tomb in Siberia. Is there any other energy source on Earth?" Lu Jie looked at Neuman.
"The Consortium reports that there are highly concentrated interstellar energy blocks in the Protoss spaceship on the far side of the moon." Neuman replied.
"Go get them. Install them on our new warships." Lu Jieordered.
"Yes." Neuman accepted the order to make arrangements.
Lu Jie stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
He looked down at the city beneath his feet that had submitted to him.
"Ten days from now. We leave Earth." Lu Jie announced.
Maeve and Stormfront exchanged glances, both seeing the excitement in the other's eyes.
Following this tyrant, they would conquer the entire universe.
Just at this moment.
The Unique Divinity within Lu Jie suddenly throbbed violently.
He frowned slightly.
"What is it? Master." Annie noticed his abnormality.
"We have guests knocking at the door." Lu Jie looked at the deep night sky.
Two million light-years away from Earth.
Interstellar Alliance headquarters.
A creature wearing a golden mask sat on a massive floating throne.
"The vanguard fleet was completely wiped out?" The masked creature spoke.
The voice echoed in the vast hall.
"Yes. Supreme Speaker. An incomprehensible carbon-based life form has appeared on Earth." The subordinate knelt on the floor, reporting while trembling all over.
"He tore our star-destroyer apart with his bare hands."
"Interesting. To think such an inferior planet could breed such a monster." The Speaker stood up.
"Activate the star-destroying array. I will go see for myself just how tough this monster is. And while I'm at it, burn that blue water ball into glass."
On Earth.
Top floor of Vought Tower.
Lu Jie's vision pierced through the atmosphere.
He could feel an extremely massive amount of energy rapidly approaching the Milky Way.
It was countless times stronger than that Protoss.
"Just in time. I was worried I didn't have anything good to eat." The corners of Lu Jie's mouth curled upward.
A bloodthirsty fanaticism shone in his eyes.
"Notify everyone. Prepare for battle." Lu Jie turned around.
"There is no need to build the fleet. They have delivered the ships to our doorstep."
Maeve was stunned for a moment.
"Master, how many enemies are there?"
"Unclear. The more, the better." Lu Jie flexed his wrists.
His joints made a crisp cracking sound.
Annie walked over and helped him put on his black tactical trench coat.
"Master, are you going yourself?" Annie's eyes were full of worship.
"Of course. Takeout delivered to the door doesn't taste good if it gets cold." Lu Jie put on his trench coat.
"You guard the home base. Anyone who dares to cause trouble at this time is to be executed without mercy."
"Understood!" The three women replied in unison.
Lu Jie walked to the window.
He tapped his foot on the ground.
His entire body transformed into a stream of dark golden light, shooting straight into the sky.
Starry sky warp activated.
Space distorted.
Lu Jie appeared directly in the orbit of Pluto.
This was the edge of the solar system.
In the pitch-black universe ahead.
Dense swarms of warships were warping in.
The number was over a hundred times that of the vanguard fleet.
They blotted out the sky and the sun.
Even the starlight was blocked.
The Supreme Speaker's flagship was a super fortress comparable to the size of the moon.
The fortress's main cannon had already begun to charge.
The target was pointed directly at Earth.
Lu Jie floated in space.
He stood alone, facing this massive fleet capable of destroying the galaxy.
He raised his right hand.
Black karmic fire danced at his fingertips.
"Welcome to my hunting ground."
Lu Jie's voice, via the Mental Control Network, was transmitted directly into the command room of every enemy ship.
The Supreme Speaker sat on his throne and heard this voice.
"So you are the one who destroyed the vanguard fleet?" The Speaker sneered.
"Fire. Erase him along with the galaxy behind him."
The super fortress's main cannon fired with a roar.
A beam of energy capable of destroying a star shot straight at Lu Jie.
Lu Jie did not dodge.
He spread his arms.
The Mind Furnace operated at full power.
"Come on. Let me see if your genes are enough to fill my stomach."
Chapter 49: Starry Feast, Devouring the Supreme Speaker
At the edge of the solar system.
Tens of thousands of interstellar warships formed a battle array. Their main cannons all lit up with white light simultaneously.
Beams of energy converged into an ocean of light, rushing straight toward Lu Jie.
Lu Jie hovered in space, not even bothering to dodge.
He spread his arms wide, activating the Mind Furnace to its full capacity.
The energy, sufficient to destroy a planet, didn't even leave a mark on him.
It was all absorbed into his body.
Lu Jie sighed comfortably.
"The taste is truly excellent. Much better than those appetizers from just now."
The Supreme Speaker sat on the fortress throne, watching the data on the screen.
"Impossible! He absorbed all the main cannon energy!"
The operator's hands trembled, unable to even type steadily on the keyboard.
"Supreme Speaker! Our energy reserves are dropping! He is draining us dry!"
The Supreme Speaker stood up immediately, his face turning ashen.
"Cut the energy output! Activate the physical annihilation array!"
Tens of thousands of antimatter missiles fired, trailing exhaust flames.
On Earth. The top floor of Vought Tower.
Annie watched the footage transmitted back by the satellite, her palms sweating.
She was wearing thin silk pajamas, shivering from the cold in the air-conditioned room.
"Will Master be alright? There are so many alien ships..." Annie's voice trembled.
Maeve snorted coldly and walked over, holding a glass of red wine.
"Why are you worrying blindly? Master's power has absolutely no limit."
"Those aliens are just here to deliver takeout. You just need to obediently wash up and wait for him to return."
Stormfront leaned against the sofa and licked her lips.
"I really want to go to the scene and see how Master tears them to shreds. That scene must be beautiful."
In space.
Lu Jie looked at the antimatter missiles filling the sky and smiled.
"I've had enough fun. It's time for my main course."
His figure flickered. Starry jump.
The next second, he appeared directly inside the super fortress.
Alarm sounds echoed throughout the entire fortress. Red lights flashed incessantly.
Hundreds of alien guards wearing heavy armor rushed over.
"Intruder! Kill him!" the guard captain roared.
Lu Jie didn't even look at them.
He raised his right hand and clenched his five fingers. Gravity Control.
Hundreds of guards, along with their armor, were instantly crushed into a ball of iron.
Blood dripped down the iron ball, forming a small stream on the floor.
Lu Jie walked toward the command room, stepping over the debris covering the floor.
An alloy door blocked his path. It was over ten meters thick.
Lu Jie punched it.
The door shattered into countless pieces of scrap metal, flying everywhere.
The Supreme Speaker stood before the throne, holding a golden energy scepter in his hand.
"What kind of monster are you!" the Supreme Speakeryelled at Lu Jie.
"I am your terminator." Lu Jie stepped forward.
The Supreme Speaker swung the scepter.
A high-dimensional spatial rift appeared out of thin air, attempting to cut Lu Jie in half.
Lu Jie didn't even stop his stride. Unique Divinity activated.
The spatial rift healed upon touching his body.
"High-dimensional weapon? Just a toy." Lu Jie grabbed the scepter.
With a forceful snap, the golden scepter broke into two pieces.
The Supreme Speaker retreated in terror, falling back onto his throne.
"Don't kill me! I can give you the entire Alliance!"
"Whatever you want, I will give you! I am the Supreme Speaker!"
Lu Jie looked at him with a face full of mockery.
"Everything of yours is already mine. There is no need for you to give it."
Lu Jie reached out, grabbed the Supreme Speaker by the neck, and lifted him up.
"Let me go... please..." the Supreme Speaker struggled desperately.
Lu Jie exerted force with his five fingers, piercing the scales on his neck.
Mind Furnace activated. Scalding genetic energy surged into Lu Jie's body along his arm.
The energy of such a leader of an advanced civilization was immense.
Lu Jie closed his eyes, enjoying the thrill of his power climbing.
A few minutes later, the Supreme Speaker turned into a shriveled corpse.
Lu Jie casually threw him on the ground.
Countless interstellar coordinates and technological knowledge appeared in his mind.
Universal Omniscience. He could now read and analyze information on all known civilizations in the universe.
Lu Jie opened his eyes, his dark golden pupils shining even brighter.
"So the universe is this lively. Now I don't have to worry about not having anything to eat."
He turned and walked out of the command room.
Outside the fortress, tens of thousands of warships were leaderless and preparing to flee.
"Can you run away?" Lu Jie raised his hand.
Mental Control Network at full power output.
Invisible fluctuations instantly covered the entire fleet.
The pilots of all the warships had blank minds.
"Total annihilation. Self-destruct sequence initiated." Lu Jieissued the command.
In space, tens of thousands of warships exploded simultaneously.
The flames illuminated the entire edge of the solar system.
On Earth, billions of people saw this scene through astronomical telescopes.
The night sky was completely lit up.
Neuman watched the data in the office and fell directly to her knees.
"A miracle... this is a true miracle..." she muttered to herself.
Lu Jie stood in the flames, like an invincible demon god.
Survival of the fittest, this is the only truth of the universe.
He turned and looked in the direction of Earth.
It's time to go back and taste dessert.
Starry jump activated again. Lu Jie returned directly to the top floor office of Vought Tower.
Annie saw him appear and lunged at him.
"Master! You finally returned!"
Annie hugged him tightly, tears streaming down.
Her soft body pressed against Lu Jie, displaying her dependence without reservation.
Lu Jie stroked her hair.
"Why are you crying? I said I would return soon."
Maeve walked over with a wine glass and handed it to Lu Jie.
"Congratulations, Master, for cleaning up another batch of trash."
Lu Jie took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
"Go notify The Consortium; there is no need to analyze those crappy blueprints anymore."
Lu Jie threw the wine glass on the table.
"I have already obtained the entire technology library of the Interstellar Alliance."
"Within ten days, I want to see our expeditionary fleet lift off."
Neuman ran in from outside the door, nodding repeatedly.
"Yes! I will arrange it immediately!"
Lu Jie sat down on the sofa.
Annie knelt obediently beside his legs, massaging them.
Maeve walked behind him and massaged his shoulders.
"Master, where are we going for our first stop?" Maeve asked softly.
Lu Jie looked at the night sky outside the window.
"To the capital planet of the Interstellar Alliance. That place is a big granary."
Stormfront walked over, her eyes full of fanaticism.
"Master, I want to lead the charge. I want to zap their planet into charcoal."
"We'll see how you perform." Lu Jie pinched Annie's chin.
"Tonight, whoever performs well will have the qualification to board the ship."
Annie blushed and leaned directly into his arms.
"I listen to Master for everything. Whatever you ask me to do, I will do." Her voice was extremely soft.
Maeve was not to be outdone, and her movements became even more gentle.
The atmosphere in the office instantly became heated.
Power and strength are always the best catalysts.
Lu Jie enjoyed all of this.
He knew that Earth was just a starting point.
The true feast was still in that endless sea of stars.
Just then, Neuman's tablet rang.
She glanced at it, and her expression changed drastically.
"Master! Something happened!" Neuman's voice trembled.
"What is it?" Lu Jie didn't even lift his head.
"The salvage team at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean sent an urgent telegram."
"They found a door at the deepest part of the Mariana Trench."
"A bronze door exactly the same as the one in the Siberiaruins!"
Lu Jie's movements stopped.
He pushed Annie away and stood up.
There was actually a second door on Earth?
"A bit interesting." Lu Jie smiled.
"It seems this crappy water ball hides more secrets than I thought."
He picked up his trench coat and draped it over his shoulders.
"Let's go. Let's go check the seabed."
Annie quickly stood up and grabbed his coat hem.
"Master, take me with you, okay? I don't want to be left here alone."
Lu Jie glanced at her.
"The water pressure at the seabed is too high. If you go, you'll just turn into a meat patty."
"Wait for me obediently at home. I'll bring you new toys when I return."
Lu Jie pulled his hem back.
"Maeve, come with me." Lu Jie ordered.
"Yes! Master!" Maeve was overjoyed and quickly followed.
Stormfront gritted her teeth in anger, but could only endure it.
Lu Jie took Maeve into the private elevator.
The elevator went straight down to the underground garage.
A specially made deep-sea submersible was already prepared.
"Let's go. To the Mariana Trench." Lu Jie sat in the cockpit.
Maeve sat in the co-pilot seat, looking at him with fiery eyes.
"Master, the way you killed enemies in space just now was truly charming."
Lu Jie chuckled.
"When we go to outer space, there will be plenty of time for you to be charmed."
The submersible detached from the building and headed straight for the Pacific Ocean.
The secrets of the deep sea were about to be revealed.
Chapter 50: Return to the Throne, The Horn of Interstellar Expedition
The Mariana Trench.
Eleven thousand meters underwater.
Extreme darkness and terrifying water pressure enveloped everything.
The searchlights of the specialized submersible cut through the seawater, illuminating the seabed plain ahead.
The Deep was wearing a Vought uniform, swimming in the water.
His face was pale, and it was clear that holding up against this kind of water pressure was very difficult for him.
Seeing the submersible approach, The Deep swam over quickly and tapped on the glass.
"Master! It's right ahead!" The Deep's voice came through the communicator into the cabin.
Lu Jie sat in the pilot's seat, looking ahead.
"Lead the way," Lu Jie ordered.
The Deep didn't dare to delay and swam forward with all his might.
The submersible followed behind.
Maeve sat in the co-pilot seat, watching the pitch-black seawater outside.
"Master, this place is so dark that even light can't reach it. Are there really ruins here?"
"Places where light cannot reach are the best for hiding things," Lu Jie said in a flat tone.
Ten minutes later, the water area ahead became wider.
The searchlights shone over, and a huge black pyramid appeared on the seabed.
It was exactly the same as the one in Siberia.
At the base of the pyramid, a huge bronze door was half-open.
The door was covered in eerie patterns.
Lu Jie opened the cabin door and swam out directly.
Unique Divinity activated.
The water pressure of the ten-thousand-meter deep sea was no different from a gentle breeze to him.
Maeve followed behind, relying on her genetically enhanced body to withstand the water pressure.
The Deep swam to the bronze door and pointed at the crack.
"Master, the salvage team discovered it right here. No one dared to go inside."
Lu Jie swam to the door and reached out to touch the patterns on it.
"Interstellar Alliance script, combined with the totems of ancient gods."
Lu Jie smiled.
"It seems these aliens have been to Earth long ago."
He placed both hands on the bronze door and pushed hard.
A heavy grinding sound echoed on the seabed.
The door opened completely.
There was no seawater pouring in behind the door; an invisible energy membrane blocked the flow.
Lu Jie passed through the energy membrane and walked inside.
Maeve quickly followed. The Deep hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to enter.
Behind the door was a huge underground space.
There was no blood pool, nor was there an old man.
In the center of the space, a huge translucent flesh cocoon was suspended.
Inside the flesh cocoon, a curled-up living embryo was wrapped.
The embryo's heartbeat was like a beating drum, shaking the entire space.
"What is this thing?" Maeve covered her ears, her face full of shock.
"A good thing," Lu Jie looked at the flesh cocoon, dark golden light flickering in his eyes.
"This is a backup body left by the Creator. Or rather, the ultimate weapon."
The energy fluctuations emitted by the embryo were even stronger than that Supreme Speaker.
"Master, if this thing wakes up, can Earth withstand it?" Maeve leaned close to Lu Jie.
Her ample chest pressed tightly against Lu Jie's arm, trying to find a sense of security.
"Earth can't withstand it, but I can," Lu Jie pinched her cheek.
"Go wait to the side. Don't get splattered with blood."
Lu Jie walked toward the flesh cocoon.
The moment he approached, the embryo inside the flesh cocoon suddenly opened its eyes.
They were a pair of pure black eyes, with no whites.
A terrifying mental shockwave headed straight for Lu Jie's brain.
"Vile insect! Get out!" The embryo's voice exploded in Lu Jie's mind.
Lu Jie didn't even sway.
"Insect? You haven't even been weaned yet, and you have such a temper."
Lu Jie activated the Mental Control Network.
Two mental forces collided fiercely in mid-air.
The surrounding rocks peeled off in sheets.
Maeve was shaken backward repeatedly, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The embryo let out a shrill scream.
It discovered that its mental power couldn't shake this human in the slightest.
"Who exactly are you! Such an existence cannot possibly exist on Earth!" the embryo shouted in terror.
"I am the one who came to eat you," Lu Jie walked to the front of the flesh cocoon.
He raised his right hand and plunged it directly into the translucent flesh cocoon.
He grabbed the embryo's head.
"No! Let me go! I am the vessel of the gods!" the embryo struggled frantically.
"Gods are nothing more than higher-grade nutrients," Lu Jie sneered.
Mind Furnace operated at full power.
The source energy within the embryo was forcibly extracted and flowed crazily into Lu Jie's body.
This most primitive cosmic energy was extremely pure.
Lu Jie closed his eyes, enjoying the pleasure of cellular reorganization.
The flesh cocoon shriveled rapidly.
The embryo's body turned into a pool of black water and disappeared completely.
[Obtained ability mutation: Cosmic Origin.]
Can manipulate the most fundamental dark matter and dark energy in the universe.
Lu Jie opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"I'm full. This meal was very satisfying."
Just at the moment the embryo completely perished.
A flickering interstellar coordinate was imprinted directly into Lu Jie's mind.
It was the coordinate of the center of the universe.
The Origin Land.
"So the source of everything is there," Lu Jie looked at his palm.
Dark matter danced at his fingertips, obeying his every whim.
Maeve wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and walked over.
"Master, are you alright?" Her eyes were full of awe.
"Better than ever. Better than ever before," Lu Jie put his arm around her waist.
"Let's go. Time to go back."
"This broken water ball has nothing left worth lingering over."
The two returned to the submersible.
The Deep was still waiting outside, shivering from the cold.
"Master, what was inside?" The Deep asked cautiously.
"A dead man," Lu Jie closed the cabin door.
The submersible surfaced rapidly.
Ten days later.
New York, Vought Tower Plaza.
The entire square was cleared.
Hundreds of pitch-black, new-model interstellar warships were suspended in mid-air.
This was the expeditionary fleet built by The Consortium, exhausting global resources and working day and night.
Every warship was equipped with high-dimensional weapons analyzed from the Interstellar Alliance.
Lu Jie wore a black tactical trench coat, standing in the command room of the flagship.
Annie had changed into a black tight-fitting combat suit, standing to his left.
Maeve and Stormfront stood on the right.
Neuman was below, giving the final report.
"Master, global resources have been integrated. The fleet's energy is fully loaded."
"We can depart at any time," Neuman said, keeping her head down.
Lu Jie looked at the star map on the big screen.
"Earth is left to you. Don't let me see a pile of trash when I return," Lu Jie said to Neuman.
"Rest assured, Master. I will definitely guard the estate for you," Neuman knelt on the ground.
Lu Jie turned his head to look at Annie.
"Are you afraid?" He asked.
"As long as I am with Master, I am not afraid of going anywhere," Annie leaned on his shoulder.
Lu Jie smiled.
He walked to the command console and pressed the fleet-wide broadcast button.
"Everyone," Lu Jie's voice spread through every warship.
"Earth's game is over."
"Now, we are going to set the rules for the entire universe."
"Depart. Target, the Origin Land."
Lu Jie gave the order.
The tails of hundreds of warships spewed blue exhaust flames.
The immense thrust made the entire New York tremble.
The fleet slowly ascended, piercing through the clouds, heading straight for the endless sea of stars.
The tyrant's journey had only just begun.
Deep in the universe, those ancient beings who claimed to be gods did not yet know what kind of nightmare they were about to face.
Lu Jie stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Earth become smaller and smaller.
He pinched Annie's chin.
"Let's go. To the lounge. Let me see if you've regressed in these few days."
Annie blushed and nodded obediently.
Maeve and Stormfront exchanged glances and quickly followed.
The sea of stars was destined to submit to his feet.