Lift Off, Attack Alpha Centauri B

“Gold again! A ten-percent chance is still way too high!”

The “AOE” trait was obviously extremely useful.

For example, before this, Light-Speed Fist could only fire a beam of light in a single direction. With this trait, it might no longer be a beam, but a halo! A ring of light! A radiance!

Moreover, “AOE” could spread out a trait’s offensive capabilities.

Did traits actually have offensive capabilities?

Some did.

Take the classic trait “Trait Slingshot,” for example.

Previously, every trait launched could only affect one person unless the trait itself was capable of affecting a large area.

Now, even a single-target effect could be applied across an entire area.

“Invincible again.”

【You chose yes.】

【You replaced “Play Weak to Defeat the Strong” with “AOE.”】

【As the war progressed, you made higher demands of Granny Duobao, who was in charge of weapons and equipment.】

【“What? You want cannons?”】

【“Yes. The immortal-cultivation version.”】

【“What use is something so clumsy? Aren’t crossbows much more efficient at killing people?”】

【“They are efficient at killing people, but not at attacking and capturing cities. When we need to besiege a city or provide covering fire, cannons are still the better weapon, aren’t they?”】

【Granny Duobao hesitated.】

【She actually wanted to say: If there’s really a city you can’t take, aren’t you more useful than any cannon?】

【But after thinking it over, she decided not to say it and instead buried herself in drawing up blueprints.】

【That was indeed how you had fought on Fubao Star.】

【Whenever you encountered a difficult city, one Light-Speed Fist was enough to punch through any wall.】

【But later, you would have to attack Lingwei Star.】

【Lingwei Star was larger than Fubao Star, and the situation there was more complicated.】

【You might not be able to personally oversee every siege, so it was better to give the troops the ability to take cities on their own.】

【Siege cannons were only one part of the siege equipment.】

【From the fifth simulation of the Dragonfolk assault on the Human Realm, you had absorbed a great deal of inspiration. You handed it all over to Granny Duobao, leaving her to finalize the designs and production.】

【As time passed,】

【the Winged God Cult on Fubao Star was completely eradicated.】

【Every city and region was now under the control of the various rebel kings of the Revolutionary Army.】

【Only the nonhuman races who had joined the Winged Army survived. All the rest were convicted—some died on the battlefield, while others died on the execution grounds.】

【Slavery was abolished, and schools and martial academies sprang up across the land.】

【Everything on Fubao Star was developing in a positive direction, though the process remained full of twists and turns.】

【For example, the economic systems in various regions were somewhat chaotic. Some people used gold and silver as currency, some used paper money, and some even used source stones.】

【But these were not problems you needed to worry about. Society would resolve its own internal problems.】

【Now, you had gathered a great army at the starport and were about to set out for a second-tier star—the Winged God Cult’s main headquarters, Lingwei Star!】

【Fubao Star, Starport.】

【The banners of the Eighteen Heavenly Kings and Sixty-Four Earthly Kings fluttered in the wind. They came in every color, and the designs on them were equally varied.】

【At the very center stood the largest banner of all. It had a red background and black lettering, with a huge character “Yi” written upon it.】

【At present, regardless of which rebel king’s forces they belonged to, all the Revolutionary Army troops on the scene were under the command of the Yi Army.】

【The Yi Army’s one hundred thousand direct troops were the absolute elite, fully equipped with Revolutionary Army gear. Their average cultivation had already reached the late Houtian Martial Artist stage.】

【In addition, there was an elite force of one million carefully selected from the armies of the various rebel kings. Some were equipped with Revolutionary Army gear, while the rest had ordinary equipment. Their average cultivation was essentially no different from that of ordinary mortals.】

【There were also three million regular Revolutionary Army soldiers taking part in the campaign.】

【This was not the full strength of the Revolutionary Army. Some troops had been left behind to garrison the territories, while others were responsible for governing the various regions.】

【“Ten years after launching our uprising, we have reclaimed our homeland!】

【“Is the war over? The war has only just begun!】

【“The Winged God Cult on Fubao Star was merely one part of the greater Winged God Cult. Our enemies are still watching us like hungry wolves. At any moment, they may return and seize everything our comrades bought with their lives!】

【“Soldiers, are you willing to board the starships with me, enter the starry skies, and wage war across the sea of stars?”】

【At this moment, you were not carrying “Chinese Succubus,” but the Revolutionary Army of Fubao Star had no need for that trait.】

【To the Revolutionary Army across the world, the Red-Haired Grand Marshal was a living legend.】

【In just ten short years, the Red-Haired Grand Marshal had completely reversed the Human Race’s situation, casting off every mountain weighing upon them. Even many nonhuman races worshiped this red-haired marshal and were willing to serve under him, to say nothing of the humans themselves.】

【“We are willing!!!”】

【You pulled the Yi Army’s great banner from the ground and raised it above your head.】

【“The entire army, advance! Our target is Lingwei Star!”】

【More than a thousand starships were already fully prepared inside the starport.】

【Some were used to transport soldiers, some weapons, and some supplies. They were divided into different categories and began ascending one after another.】

【The Revolutionary Army formed neat, orderly lines as they boarded the starships in rapid succession.】

【The metallic clatter of armor was the only sound above the starships.】

【Although the ordinary soldiers did not possess defensive equipment at the level of high-grade magical artifacts, they at least had a suit of light armor each.】

【“First Route Army, all personnel in position! Starship launch!”】

【“Second Route Army, all personnel in position! Starship launch!”】

【“Second Route…”】

【One starship after another powered up. Bathed in pillars of seven-colored light, they rose vertically into the sky and headed toward the routes through outer space.】

【Outside the starport, the people of Fubao Star’s Human Race stood in layer upon layer of crowds.】

【On this day of the expedition, the soldiers’ families had all come to see them off.】

【Even if no one in their household belonged to the Revolutionary Army, every human who could make the journey was willing to come and witness this magnificent sight.】

【“Unbelievable. This is truly the strength of our Human Race!”】

【“If someone had told me ten years ago that we would have several million soldiers, more than a thousand starships, and countless weapons and suits of armor, I would have said they were dreaming!”】

【“Our Human Race has finally risen!”】

【“And it doesn’t end there. The Red-Haired Marshal is going to lead us across the sea of stars and reclaim even more of our homeland!”】

【The starport’s pillars of light were obscured by the starships one after another, casting enormous shadows that swept across the faces of the surrounding crowds.】

【The people looked up at the starships, and at the warriors within them who would wage war across the sea of stars.】

【Inside the starport, Granny Duobao floated beside you.】

【“Are you really planning to conquer Lingwei Star?”】

【“Watch your wording. Our Revolutionary Army doesn’t say ‘conquer.’ We are reclaiming the homeland that already belongs to us and rescuing our persecuted compatriots.”】

【“Fine. It certainly looks like you really intend to go to war with the Winged God Cult. I mean their main headquarters.”】

【“Isn’t that obvious enough?”】

【“You’re facing a stellar-level power that occupies an entire second-tier star. A lot of people will die, and I don’t think you’ll win.”】

【“There will be sacrifices, but not too many. Because I’ll arrive before the Revolutionary Army.”】

【As you spoke, you took out Granny Duobao’s former favorite possession: the five-pointed-star-shaped Voyager Starship.】

[The Treasure-Gathering Granny rolled her eyes and turned away, out of sight and out of mind.]