Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Xiao Yu had successfully created a social trend among the Dwarf Race in which living aboard the Home starship was considered a source of pride, and he continued to maintain this atmosphere through various methods.

Time flowed on bit by bit. In the blink of an eye, more than 250 years had passed since Xiao Yu arrived in this star system. The Dwarves had already undergone nearly eight generations of renewal: countless Dwarves died, and countless young Dwarves were born. In this process, their genes were gradually transformed and optimized, little by little.

Everything remained under Xiao Yu's control. Although all the older Dwarves had passed away, their veneration of Xiao Yu had been fully inherited by their descendants. Through education, propaganda, and other means, Xiao Yu's status had been elevated to a level that could only be described as terrifying.

A vast number of robots had essentially stripped the Dwarves of their survival skills. They only knew that eating food would fill their bellies and that using Contribution Points, they could obtain food from the shops, but as for how that food came into being, they were utterly clueless.

They were now completely dependent on Xiao Yu.

"At this stage, my plan is already 80% complete," Xiao Yu calculated silently. "In a few more decades, I will be able to take them with me, leave this star system, and begin a new cosmic voyage."

At this moment, over eighty Home-class residential starships had been constructed. As for Nation-Class warships, eleven had been built. Among these eleven, the China was without question the most powerful in performance. Yet outwardly, it appeared the most plain and unremarkable of them all.

For instance, there was the Korea, whose entire structure was shaped into a long cylinder like a stick. There was the India, with three pairs of wings, giving it an overall silhouette resembling the character '三.' There was the Indonesia, completely black from bow to stern, exuding a barren, forbidding aura like some uncivilized wilderness dwelling. And there was the Japan, whose hull shone a brilliant yellow like a star itself, radiating an intense visual heat.

In terms of appearance, all of these ships were far more distinctive than the China. Naturally, Xiao Yu's intention was to ensure that in any future conflicts, the China would not draw too much attention. After all, the China was Xiao Yu's flagship, his true lair.

In this way, Xiao Yu's technological power was steadily transformed into military strength. Compared to the scene when Xiao Yu had first arrived in this star system, battered, with damaged vessels, the difference was like heaven and earth.

Over these two hundred years, there was one thing that had genuinely surprised Xiao Yu, that Level 4 Alien Beast had never come back to trouble him. But Xiao Yu knew it was still lingering at the edge of the star system and had never departed.

The vast network of probes equipped with tachyon technology had confirmed Xiao Yu's suspicion. Over the centuries, Xiao Yu had turned the entire star system into something like an iron fortress. At least one million probes were continuously operating within and around the system.

"Why is that thing still refusing to leave? Now I have eleven Nation-Class warships and around two hundred Province-Class ships. My strength compared to before is as different as the sky from the earth. If it dares to provoke me again, I'd be willing to sacrifice one or two Nation-Class ships to take it down. I don't know what it's plotting by lingering outside the star system all this time. Should I just take the initiative and eliminate it?"

The massive negative matter cannon had long since been built. One shot from it, followed by an encirclement by three to five Nation-Class warships, would be enough to kill it by sheer force. Yet it seemed that creature had come to understand how formidable Xiao Yu had become, and so it kept lurking at the outskirts of the star system, refusing to come any closer.

"Forget it. Building a single Nation-Class warship takes fifty to sixty years. Losing even one is unacceptable to me. For something like that creature, it simply isn't worth it." Xiao Yu thought it over carefully and ultimately abandoned the idea. "Besides, if I attack proactively, I won't be able to coordinate with the large negative matter cannon. Even if I did manage to kill it, my losses would be much greater. It's better to wait until it comes to provoke me again, then I'll eliminate it."

After fully absorbing the Molian Civilization's technology, any further advances had to rely on Xiao Yu and the scientists under his command conducting their own research. In fact, for nearly a century, apart from shipbuilding, all of Xiao Yu's energy had been devoted to studying the miniaturization of the negative matter cannon. But the deeper his research progressed, the more he realized just how vast and profound this field truly was.

Miniaturizing the negative matter cannon was not simply a matter of scaling it down. It involved a multitude of related technologies, such as a deeper understanding of negative matter tachyons, advanced studies in energy science, and the development of more sophisticated materials. As the research continued, Xiao Yu even faintly sensed that with sufficiently in-depth study, tachyons would prove to have countless subtle connections to space itself.

What he'd originally believed to be a straightforward research project had now evolved into a massive undertaking capable of advancing the entire civilization's scientific level. This left Xiao Yu feeling somewhat helpless.

"If I can't miniaturize the negative matter cannon, I'll have no combat capability at faster-than-light speeds. That's a huge limitation. If I encounter a Level 5 Civilization that's even a little more advanced than me, all I can do is take a beating. This problem… really is a headache. But… if I could acquire the Trolor Civilization's relics, that weapon called Fractured Space, this issue would be resolved. The question is… could that be a trap?"

For over two hundred years, that coordinate had remained utterly silent, with none of the follow-up measures Xiao Yu had suspected ever appearing. In such circumstances, his trust in the authenticity of that information was gradually increasing.

"As long as another fifty years pass, and after I voyage ten light-years away there's still no activity there, I'll go and take a look. A Level 6 Civilization's weapon… even if it's surely a cut-down version with much less power, for me it would still be advanced enough."

Xiao Yu calculated silently.

The massive construction tasks continued uninterrupted. Countless obsolete small ships with no recycling value were repurposed as transport vessels, shuttling back and forth among the gas giant, its moons, and the planet's satellite. In space, there was no air, so the thunderous roar of the factories and docks could not be heard, but the endless stream of ships and the blazing lights testified to the place's prosperity.

Gradually, three hundred years had passed since Xiao Yu first arrived in this star system.

All construction tasks were completed on schedule. In total, one hundred and fifty Home starships had been built. Because a series of optimizations had further increased their maximum carrying capacity, these one hundred and fifty Home starships could accommodate over two hundred billion Dwarves. Of course, not all of them would be opened to the Dwarves. In fact, with the Dwarf population currently at forty billion, only forty ships were needed to house them all.

Aside from ten reserved ships, the remaining one hundred Home starships remained unfinished internally, the ecological systems hadn't been built, only the hulls were complete. Xiao Yu did this for the sake of the future, since he couldn't predict what kind of ecological environment the next intelligent species he encountered would require.

A total of fifteen Nation-Class warships had been completed, along with three hundred and fifty Province-Class warships. As for City-Class ships, their numbers had reached the tens of thousands. County-Class ships were no longer even counted as 'large ships.' All the Four-Dimensional shields once installed on the County-Class vessels were removed and re-equipped onto the City-Class and larger true capital ships, with the remainder placed in reserve.

Resource collection was also finished. Using the gas giant as a base, Xiao Yu had gathered every valuable resource in the entire system. For the moment, the one hundred idle Home starships were assigned as bulk transport ships, becoming the logistical rear base of Xiao Yu's entire fleet.

At this point, Xiao Yu's fleet had grown to more than three million ships in total. Its strength was on an entirely different level.

"It's time to leave." Xiao Yu sighed softly, then solemnly issued this announcement to the Dwarves.

"My children, the full-scale relocation you have all long awaited has now begun! Every one of you will receive the right to live aboard a Home starship. You will have your own exclusive robot. In this place as beautiful as paradise, you will find your own living space…"

"Long live! Long live! At last, we can go live on the Home starship!"

"Praise the Great God!"

"Will I have my own exclusive robot too? That's wonderful. I will definitely treat her well. Even if she's a robot, so what?"

Countless cheers filled the entire planet. Forty billion Dwarves all erupted in a chorus of jubilation.

In their own ways, countless Dwarves left their final traces on this life-bearing planet that was about to be abandoned, some carved words on stones, some took photos and videos. After a period of memorial activities, they boarded the small transport ships that had arrived to pick them up, and set off on their journey into space.

"The relocation of forty billion people will take about three months. Yes, three months from now, we depart."