A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 2620: Chapter 1757: Appointment (Had an Interesting Dream Today)

As everyone knows, Duanmu Huai is not adept at shooting.

Or rather, he always feels that instead of spending time raising a gun to shoot, he’d rather charge at the enemy and chop them into minced meat.

Precisely because of this, when Duanmu Huai hears that the Titanium — a dirty, cowardly alien rascal race that only knows how to shoot from behind — dares to appear right under his nose, it is only natural for him to burst into rage.

After all, in the game, Duanmu Huai deeply despises these sneaky bastards. Although some players use Titanium to hone their shooting skills, Duanmu Huai is clearly not one of them. As soon as he hears the name "Titanium," the infuriating scene of being endlessly kited by them during the game’s early exploration process instantly comes to mind.

Compared to these flat-faced, noseless aliens, even the Chaos Legion could be considered more handsome.

Duanmu Huai’s initial thought was to use Neutron Annihilation to utterly wipe out these alien rascals. Generally, the Titanium Clan doesn’t kill humans but instead enslaves and captures them. However, in Duanmu Huai’s view, this is even more revolting than killing them. The Titanium Clan’s inferior ideology of Superior Virtue has already tainted human thoughts, turning them into slaves of the aliens.

And if they don’t, divine punishment from the Tribunal will completely liberate them, escaping a fate of alien brainwashing.

However, Frieren, Lani, and Medea, after conducting research, had to inform Duanmu Huai that overly powerful energy oscillations could result in unimaginable consequences. The impact from Neutron Annihilation might further tear the rift in the Eye of Fear, prompting Duanmu Huai to decisively transform it into a ground war instead.

Brutal, cruel, ruthless, efficient.

"We will kill every alien on this planet!"

When Duanmu Huai stood up aggressively and shouted angrily at everyone, aside from Hei Chuan Chi Yin who was slightly surprised, no one else was taken aback.

Usually, when Duanmu Huai faces aliens, he doesn’t need to suppress his temper.

"Lumiaire, proceed with the report."

"Yes, Great Judge."

Lumiaire nodded, then with a small hand movement, a series of gigantic screens expanded before everyone, displaying the situation on the planet.

"According to the reconnaissance fleet’s report, this planet likely became a colony of the Titanium Clan several years ago and has already started showing results. Currently, around this planet, the Titanium Clan has established a fairly stable defense, though it is unclear whether they use this as a transit station or a frontline base, but to completely annihilate it is no simple task."

Upon saying this, Lumiaire paused.

"Moreover, considering the peculiar nature of this planet, the researchers in the Magic Research Department all deem it unsuitable to use Neutron Annihilation or Extinction order, to avoid further interference and impact on the Subspace fissure."

After listening to Lumiaire’s report, everyone gazed at the screen, murmuring discussions among themselves. Then after a moment, Alicia raised her hand.

"May I ask.........."

"What is it, Miss Alicia?"

"I saw humans on the screen.....at least they appear human? They live together with those aliens........shouldn’t these people be rescued?"

Lumiaire didn’t answer Alicia’s question but turned to look at Duanmu Huai. In response, Duanmu Huai’s answer was......

"Kill them all, leave none. If they live with these profane and filthy aliens, it means their minds have been already corrupted by the harmful beliefs of the aliens, and they can no longer maintain the purity of humanity. Only by completely destroying them can we prevent a repeat disaster."

"Are you talking about Superior Virtue?"

"Yes."

"But I think this idea is great though."

When Lumiaire introduced the Titanium Clan, she also explained their beliefs. In Alicia’s view, it is a wonderful thing when various races unite and strive towards a better direction, isn’t it?

However, for Duanmu Huai......

"But because it is the thought of aliens, it is really bad."

Alicia raised an eyebrow and lowered her hand.

She understood clearly what Duanmu Huai meant.

As for others, they also didn’t find anything particularly good about Superior Virtue, seeing as they had accompanied Duanmu Huai through multiple incidents where humans allied with alien races only to be betrayed eventually.

So most people were indifferent to such ideology.

"Then, should we use poison gas?"

Maria raised her hand to propose a second question. Since they cannot use Colossus Weapons and Extinction order, poison gas bombs can achieve the goal in Maria’s opinion.

"No."

Duanmu Huai shook his head, but this was obviously not out of humanitarian consideration.

"Here is too close to the Subspace fissure, using poison gas could easily attract the attention of an Evil God. Although this is eventually going to happen sooner or later, delaying it as much as possible is still better."

If the Tribunal slaughters aliens, then Duanmu Huai can directly include it in his cadre as the God of Destruction’s divine position. But once poison gas bombs are used, it will inevitably attract the attention of some disgusting giant.

Luckily, Duanmu Huai has slaughtered Titanium until he was sick of it in the game, and there are many solutions for players against the Titanium Clan.

"I’ve already prepared the battle plan."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand.

"Everything about the Titanium Clan is built on their technology: warships, combat suits, various weapons. And what I’m going to do is very simple. I will take Lumiaire and Ogis for a secret infiltration mission. We will sneak into the central command of these noseless alien bastards on this planet, and then Lumiaire will invade their control systems and completely shut down these filthy machines of the aliens. After which, we will send a signal, allowing Aikute to dispatch warships for a thorough cleansing of the planet. Without the assistance of weapons, they are just a group of weak, paltry rascals, and we can easily kill these lowly races who can’t even fight in close quarters and are powerless like chickens." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Speaking of which, Duanmu Huai grinned, revealing a cold smile. This action of his is a replica of a lone wolf player’s operation in the game.

The latter’s occupation is an assassin. Once, he accepted a mission that required players to assassinate a governor in the Titanium Empire’s star territory. It was a team mission, but for assassins who prefer to solo dungeons, it was still manageable, so he took on the mission and infiltrated the Titanium Empire’s star territory.

In Star Ocean Online, there are three occupations that like to solo the most: oil man, Soul Walker, and Assassin’s Court. The former two are essentially one-man armies and don’t need to team up. The stealth of assassins allows them to avoid most battles. Often, while a team is pushing forward desperately in the same dungeon, assassins have already quietly positioned themselves, singing songs and eating hotpot, waiting for the battle to start.

And when this lone wolf player took down that Titan Commander, it triggered a special task that required him to seize a certain Imperial Divine Artifact that had spread from the empire and fallen into the hands of Titan Star people.

The task itself wasn’t difficult; the problem was that when that Commander was killed, an alarm was activated, and the entire base went into lockdown. In such situations, if the entire base is locked down, no matter how good you are at stealth, you’re only met with a dead end.

At the time, the player faced two choices: either pat their butt and run away before the lockdown was complete, taking the basic reward;

Or grit their teeth and take a chance, turning a bicycle into a motorcycle, getting additional bonus rewards.

So the player took a gamble — using the Commander’s authority, they unlocked the control center, and gained access to the Titan people’s combat network, issuing self-destruct and lockout commands in one fell swoop.

The result was that all weapons in the Titanium base were locked, and their combat mechas were destroyed. Without combat suits, the Titan Star people fighting only with their bodies were no match for the fully armed assassin. In the end, that player, as an assassin, directly fought their way out from the main gate, fleeing with the items.

After this, the player posted the video online, titled "See How Weak Titan People Are Without Armor," which garnered quite a reaction.

After all, even the assassin, known as the most fragile among player professions, could unleash Musou in front of Titan people without combat suits, let alone others — that would be a massacre.

So after that, players devised a new strategy against Titan Star people — they would send assassin players to stealthily infiltrate Titan Star’s core defense systems, then disable them. After that, they could freely slaughter and annihilate. Of course, this move required high-level skills from assassins, as Titan Star people are aware of the importance of their central control system.

So attempting to reach and infiltrate the central control system under heavy Titanium Star defense is no easy task.

But with Lumiaire, it’s another story.

"When will we launch the attack?"

"Get ready; I’ll set out in two hours. Ogis and Lumiaire will go with me."

"Fleet allocation over there..."

"You don’t need to act."

Duanmu Huai shook his head.

"Remember, your task is the three planetary fortresses; they must not be lost. When the battle starts, I’ll have the Night Guard’s eighth and ninth fleets join the battlefield."

"Do we need to deploy, sir?"

A girl with red glasses, wearing a tight combat suit, curiously asked.

"No, Gramer Iron Cavalry will remain on standby."

Duanmu Huai shook his head and looked at everyone.

"A series of battles are likely to occur next; I’m not sure if the Chaos within the Eye of Fear will join this feast, but caution is always good. So I plan to first allocate the current tasks — regarding the command of the three planetary fortresses."

Speaking here, Duanmu Huai paused.

"Planetary Fortress 01, Commander Anhe Guleiya."

"Understood, Mr. Knight."

An smiled and waved her hand.

"Planetary Fortress 02, Mary in charge."

"Yes."

Mary took a step forward and bowed her head.

"Planetary Fortress 03......" freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Duanmu Huai paused, looking at Hei Chuan Chi Yin.

"Leave it to Hei Chuan Chi Yin for command."

"???"

It’s undeniable that this order not only surprised Hei Chuan Chi Yin but also shocked everyone else. Although they knew Duanmu Huai brought her back for a certain ability, they did not expect him to immediately entrust her with such an important responsibility!

After all, everyone knows what the three planetary fortresses are for: they are to ensure that the construction of the Ether Synchronous Engines is unimpeded.

So, the task of the three fortresses is very heavy, and Anhe Guleiya and Mary being selected, no one has any objections. After all, they’ve repeatedly acted as agents of Duanmu Huai’s orders before, so people know their capability.

But Hei Chuan Chi Yin?

"Anhe Guleiya and Mary will explain the details to you."

Duanmu Huai extended his hand, signaling Hei Chuan Chi Yin to remain silent.

"I believe you know what to do."

"........."

Feeling everyone’s curious gazes around her, Hei Chuan Chi Yin hesitated and nodded.

"Okay, I understand."