384: Chapter 384 Earth's Defense Upgraded, Full Preparation for War

Lu Sheng slept for a full day and night.

In the underground secret chamber of Dengxian Island, when he opened his eyes, the first thought in his mind wasn't about eating, but about that Detection Wave.

Luo Tianfei had made it very clear that the thing wasn't technology from the Scavenger Alliance. Its technical characteristics were completely different and of a much higher dimension.

What did this mean?

It meant that in this Universe, besides the Scavenger Alliance that he had already completely devoured, there were other civilizations watching Earth.

Lu Sheng sat up from the stone bed and meditated cross-legged for a while. The small grey Small World inside his body rotated steadily. The five types of Law powers meshed and operated like gears within it, without wasting a single bit of excess energy.

Early Stage Spirit Saint Realm.

This Realm, when placed in the entire known Universe, was already considered to be at the tip of the pyramid. That Heavenly Saint Ancestor of the Scavenger Alliance was only at the Early Stage Spirit Saint Realm, and he had been eaten alive by Lu Sheng.

But Lu Sheng knew one thing very clearly.

The star-sized remains in the Old God Abyss had a Realm that even the System couldn't evaluate before its death. That meant that above the Spirit Saint Realm, there were still the Spirit Immortal Realm, Spirit Emperor Realm, and even higher levels.

As for how deep the foundations of that unknown civilization that sent the Detection Wave were, he knew nothing.

"I can't be careless."

Lu Sheng rolled out of bed, pushed open the stone door, and walked out.

The lights in the corridor were a bit dim. After walking a few steps, he directly shouted into his communicator: "Luo Tianfei, Dao Yi, assemble in the command room."

Three minutes later.

There were only three people in the command room. Lu Sheng sat in the main seat, Luo Tianfei stood to his left, and Dao Yi stood to his right with a face full of nervousness.

"Let's talk about defense first." Lu Sheng got straight to the point. "What level of attack can Earth's current defenses withstand?"

Blue light flashed in Luo Tianfei's mechanical eyes, and data was projected directly onto the table.

"Currently, Earth's outer defense array has been upgraded using Starry Sky Alloy from the Scavenger Alliance headquarters. On the physical defense level, it can withstand a full-power attack from a Peak Spirit Venerable Realm for more than thirty minutes. On the energy defense level, twelve Anti-Rule Batteries have been installed, which can cause effective damage to Spirit Venerable Realm targets."

"But if facing attackers above the Spirit Saint Realm, the current defense System has serious deficiencies. It is estimated that it can only withstand two full-power strikes from the Early Stage Spirit Saint Realm at most."

Lu Sheng frowned.

Twice?

He could punch through this defense with a single blow himself. If a Spirit Saint Realm opponent came, this defense would be no different from paper.

"Not enough. Far from enough."

Lu Sheng tapped the table. "Dao Yi, how much of those Ancient Warship remains from the outskirts of the Old God Abyss have been brought back?"

Dao Yi hurriedly pulled out a notebook and flipped through it. "Reporting to Lord! After you gave the coordinates last time, I organized three Transport Teams to move them. The warship armor Materials brought back so far are about... um... the total amount is probably less than two percent of that debris field."

"Two percent?" Lu Sheng's eyes widened. "It's been two months and you've only moved two percent?"

Dao Yi almost dropped his notebook and quickly explained: "Lord, please don't be Life Qi! Those broken ships are each larger than the moon. Our transport ships are like ants moving elephants compared to them! Moreover, the Space Law in that place is a complete mess. Warp Engines stall as soon as they get there, so we can only rely on physical power to tow them back bit by bit. Dragging these back over thirty days has already exhausted the Cultivators to death!"

Lu Sheng was silent for a while.

Indeed, he had always flown there himself before and hadn't considered the issue of transportation. The material of those Ancient Warships was even harder than the Scavenger Alliance's Starry Sky Alloy, and even cutting them was difficult, let alone loading them onto ships to bring back.

"Moving them like this is too slow." Lu Sheng thought for a moment. "I'll go pull them myself."

Dao Yi was stunned. "You're going personally?"

"I am now in the Spirit Saint Realm, and I can use Space Law as I please. Directly folding space to transport those remains back will be more efficient than you towing them for a month."

Dao Yi opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only nod.

Comparing efficiency with the Lord was simply looking for trouble.

"But before that." Lu Sheng turned to look at Luo Tianfei, "you analyze the data of that Detection Wave in detail for me first. I want to know what the other party actually is."

Luo Tianfei nodded and projected a set of extremely complex waveform data onto the table.

"This is the raw data of the Detection Wave we intercepted. After repeated comparison and decoding, I discovered three key pieces of information."

"First, the precision of this Detection Wave is extremely high. It can precisely locate the galaxy where Earth is located from a distance of thirty billion light-years. This indicates that the other party possesses at least Spirit Immortal Realm level spatial detection technology."

Lu Sheng's brow furrowed even deeper.

Spirit Immortal Realm level technology? Then the other party's strength and foundation were likely not inferior to the Scavenger Alliance, or even stronger.

"Second, the scanning range of the Detection Wave is extremely broad. It didn't just scan Earth, but also all celestial bodies in the three galaxies surrounding Earth. This was a large-scale patrol-style search, rather than a directional probe specifically targeting Earth."

"In other words, they might not know I'm on Earth yet?" Lu Sheng asked.

"It's currently impossible to be certain. But based on the scanning pattern of the Detection Wave, it's highly likely the other party is conducting a routine sector patrol. They scanned Earth, but they might not have noticed the anomalies on Earth."

Lu Sheng felt slightly more at ease.

If the other party was just on a routine patrol, then there was still time to prepare.

"What about the third piece of information?"

Luo Tianfei's mechanical eyes flashed.

"Third, in the underlying code of the Detection Wave, I found an extremely well-hidden encrypted identifier. After decoding it, I obtained a name."

Luo Tianfei paused for half a second.

"Myriad Manifestations Divine Court."

Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes.

Myriad Manifestations Divine Court?

He had scavenged a large amount of cosmic intelligence from the Heavenly Saint Ancestor's memories. Although the Old Ancestor's withered brain didn't have detailed information about the Old God Abyss, it did mention that outside the sectors controlled by the Scavenger Alliance, there were several super civilizations of the same level or even stronger.

The Myriad Manifestations Divine Court was one of them.

And in the Old Ancestor's memory, the evaluation of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court was only four words—not to be provoked.

"What's the background of these guys?" Lu Sheng asked.

Luo Tianfei pulled up the relevant information extracted from the Old Ancestor's memory.

"The Myriad Manifestations Divine Court is one of the oldest high-dimensional civilizations in the known Universe. The range of the sectors it controls is more than three times that of the Scavenger Alliance. According to the Scavenger Alliance's intelligence records, the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court has at least three powerhouses at or above the Middle Stage Spirit Saint Realm, the strongest of whom is known as the 'Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate,' who is suspected of having touched the threshold of the Spirit Immortal Realm."

Dao Yi, standing nearby, was trembling all over.

Three at the Middle Stage Spirit Saint Realm? And one suspected Spirit Immortal Realm?

This was on a completely different level from those old bones in the Scavenger Alliance!

The strongest Heavenly Saint Ancestor of the Scavenger Alliance was only at the Early Stage Spirit Saint Realm. He had been eaten clean by the Lord.

But the foundation of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court was clearly much deeper.

"Lord..." Dao Yi's voice was trembling. "If these people attack, can we hold out?"

Lu Sheng did not answer Dao Yi's question.

He leaned back in his chair and thought with his eyes closed for a while.

Middle Stage Spirit Saint Realm.

He was currently in the Early Stage Spirit Saint Realm. If he went head-to-head against a Middle Stage Spirit Saint Realm, his chances of winning were uncertain. Not to mention the other party had three of them.

And there was that Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate who was suspected to be in the Spirit Immortal Realm.

What was the concept of the Spirit Immortal Realm? It was an existence where Elemental Laws and one's own Dao charm merged, and both the Physical Body and spirit source transformed into an elemental dao body. Most of the corpses in the ancient battlefields of the Old God Abyss were from the Spirit Immortal Realm.

Lu Sheng had seen the pressure of those corpses. Even after being dead for countless tens of thousands of years, the residual aura could still pressure a Spirit Saint Realm Cultivator into vomiting blood.

"Luo Tianfei."

"Present."

"Two things. First, raise Earth's defense Rank even further. I will personally go to the Old God Abyss to pull Materials tomorrow. The armor of those Ancient Warships is harder than any Starry Sky Alloy; pull it all back and layer it onto Earth's outer shell."

"Second, from now on, all Cultivators worldwide will enter a state of war preparedness. All those at or above the Spirit Emperor Realm must begin learning Law Fusion. For those in the Spirit King Realm, increase their training volume and push their Realms upward. Don't be stingy with the origin crystals that should be distributed; give them all out."

"I want Earth to become an iron hedgehog that even a Spirit Immortal Realm cannot bite through in the shortest possible time."

"Understood." Luo Tianfei turned and left.

Dao Yi stood there, wanting to say something but not daring to.

Lu Sheng glanced at him. "Say what's on your mind."

"Lord, I just wanted to ask one thing." Dao Yi swallowed. "If the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court really attacks, what... what do you plan to do?"

Lu Sheng stood up, walked to the porthole of the command room, and looked at the dark night sky outside.

"What to do?"

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"If they don't come, I'll eventually have to go looking for them after I've finished the stock in the Old God Abyss. If they take the initiative to come, then that's just perfect; it saves me the trip."

"Whether it's the Middle Stage Spirit Saint Realm or the Spirit Immortal Realm, in my eyes, they are all dishes that haven't been served on the table yet."

Lu Sheng turned his head and looked at Dao Yi.

"What you should worry about isn't whether we can win, but whether I'll be too full after eating them."

Dao Yi's mouth twitched, unable to say a word.

Having followed Lu Sheng for so long, he had long since grown accustomed to the Lord's attitude of treating the entire Universe like a buffet restaurant.

But every time he heard it, he still felt a chill down his spine.

Lu Sheng patted Dao Yi's shoulder. "Alright, don't just stand there. Go call Li Xiaoyao over. I have something to tell him."

Dao Yi hurried out.

A few minutes later, Li Xiaoyao dashed into the command room, almost tripping at the door.

"Lord! You were looking for me!"

Lu Sheng looked him up and down.

Before leaving for the Old God Abyss last time, this kid was only in the Early Stage Spirit Emperor Realm. After not seeing him for two months, his aura had stabilized quite a bit; he should be in the Middle Stage Spirit Emperor Realm.

"Not bad, you've made progress." Lu Sheng nodded.

Li Xiaoyao was excited to be praised. "It's all thanks to the origin crystals the Lord bestowed! I practice for twelve hours every day and haven't slacked off for a single day!"

"Don't be so quick to flatter me." Lu Sheng interrupted him. "I have a job for you."

"Please say it! I'll go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"It's not that exaggerated." Lu Sheng took out a fist-sized dark gold metal block from his storage space and threw it to Li Xiaoyao.

The moment Li Xiaoyao caught it, his arms suddenly sank, and he almost failed to hold onto it.

"What is this? It's so heavy!"

"An armor fragment from an Ancient Warship in the Old God Abyss." Lu Sheng said. "Take this to Luo Tianfei and have her analyze the composition and forging method of this metal. Then organize the people in the Blacksmith Camp to try and replicate production using our existing equipment."

Li Xiaoyao's eyes widened. "Replicate? Can this be replicated?"

"We won't know until we try. Even if we can't replicate the original, making a sixty to seventy percent imitation will do. Earth's defensive shell needs a lot of material, and relying solely on moving it from the Old God Abyss is too slow."

"Understood! I'll get right on it!" Li Xiaoyao ran off holding the metal block.

Lu Sheng watched his back and shook his head.

This kid is certainly enthusiastic. It's just that his strength is a bit lacking. The Middle Stage Spirit Emperor Realm is considered a top talent on Earth, but in the Universe, he's not even qualified to carry someone's shoes.

"I have to find a way to pull up these people's strength a bit more."

Lu Sheng muttered to himself as he pulled a Holographic Star Map out of his storage space.

His gaze swept back and forth between the Old God Abyss and the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court a few times, finally stopping on the location of the Old God Abyss.

"Go move the goods first. We'll talk about other things after building up a thicker foundation."

Lu Sheng put away the star map and strode out of the command room.