Chapter 546: 533 Yuan's Confidence
This was a delusion that people perhaps wouldn't dare imagine even in their wildest dreams over many, many years—a single fighter challenging a fleet and even defeating it. Even a super fighter from a high-level civilization had to adhere to basic laws; its small size could not accommodate a larger power core and engine, could not support a stronger energy shield, and could not power more powerful weapons. So against the warships of mid-level civilizations, the so-called super fighters could only be shot down.
Yet the fighter piloted by Bai Zhongqi truly accomplished the myth of a single fighter crushing an entire fleet!
Upon realizing that no matter what, they could not defeat this terrifying fighter, the Cult fleet wisely chose to retreat. The Cult could not accept such a loss, especially after their Chief Justice, Li Zhi, had died. The fleet belonging to the Tribunal would not follow the commands of a mere Cardinal.
When Yuan received the news that the Judgment Tribunal Fleet was preparing to withdraw from the battlefield, he simply couldn't believe it.
"Li Zhi is dead?" Yuan didn't like Li Zhi, but he was after all his most important aide in this ship-seizing operation; the Cult had stationed people at three sites on the Golden Great Sail Ship, and Li Zhi was there to eliminate the other ship-seizing contenders who followed.
From the intelligence Yuan had acquired, no force could truly shake the Cult's fleet. No other force paid as much attention to this operation as the Cult did, and indeed, the Cult was very strong!
The Golden Great Sail Ship belonged to urban legends in the interstellar world; few had heard of it, and even fewer believed it to be true. Even the Duofen Civilization, which had participated in several ship-seizing operations, did not have high hopes for the operation itself, instead feeling a sense of letting fate run its course.
The mysteries surrounding the Golden Great Sail Ship were too great, and controlling it—no one from ancient times had managed to do that.
Although it was the Cult's first time participating in a ship-seizing, their preparations were the most thorough. Over a hundred years ago, the Cult had found records about the Golden Great Sail Ship in the ruins of a long-extinct Ancient Universe civilization, realizing that the Golden Great Sail Ship belonged to the Elder Race of the Remote Ancient Universe. The level of that Ancient Universe civilization, even now, would be at least a 29th-level high civilization, immensely powerful, yet it left nothing that truly propelled the Cult forward. It merely indicated that the Golden Great Sail Ship was very likely the vessel the Elder Race used to leave the universe and ascend to a higher-dimensional world. Controlling the Golden Great Sail Ship would not only allow one to master traversing parallel universes but also control causality.
As a Star Warrior who learned and practiced star energy, one clearly knew what causality in the universe meant. Star Warriors' star energy could alter fundamental particles, amplify or reduce energy, but it could not achieve certain things at the level of causality. Countless Star Warrior masters had prophesied that if Star Warriors could eventually master causality and combine it with their star energy, they could become the masters of the universe.
Therefore, the Cult's members couldn't help but go crazy for it, even at the risk of committing vast resources.
Of course, if Bai Zhongqi knew about this, he would definitely scoff at the Star Warrior Sect. He himself was from the Elder Race, having even spent some time in the Elder Race's "senior activity room"; he naturally knew that even the Elder Race themselves couldn't master causality, or else they wouldn't be so exhausted following the course woven by causality.
"I won't allow anyone to block my path!" Yuan issued an almost adolescent proclamation. He had immense ambition. Although in the Cult, he was at best a middle-management officer, he had a powerful teacher and wanted to become stronger.
Yuan could never forget the experiences his teacher had eighteen years ago. The Star Alliance, a civilization that had even entered the Galactic High Governance Council's committee, wielded such enticing authority. A single word could decide the life and death of billions and control thousands of planets. How great and powerful that was, whether it was the former Chancellor of the Star Alliance or the current Chancellor, Xiao Yu, who had numerous dealings with the Cult, both were so desirable.
Yuan even learned a phrase from Earth: "A great man should be like this."
"Who are you?" Yuan, from the forward deck of the Golden Great Sail Ship, condescendingly demanded over the communication channel, addressing the fighter pilot who had scattered the Cult's fleet.
Bai Zhongqi smirked. The warship beast of the F type that was just sunk had a translator given by Lan Xue, but this fighter did not have a Jian Tribe language translator installed, so at this moment what Yuan was shouting about, Bai Zhongqi had no idea.
He could only respond in Bupinga language, "The Golden Great Sail Ship, I must obtain it."
Unfortunately, Yuan also didn't understand Bupinga language; he indeed knew Chinese, but Bai Zhongqi didn't think he would use Chinese, because back then, Hun actually couldn't speak Chinese either; Hun's skill was in transcending linguistic consciousness communication.
Naturally, Bai Zhongqi wasn't too keen on revealing his identity, so he wouldn't voluntarily use the official language of the Star Alliance.
The two men, talking past each other, also gave up on their mutual communication. Yuan could feel the power of that fighter, even feeling a bit of pressure emanating from its pilot. However, this pressure was just a bit.
Yuan was not eager to avenge the Judgment Tribunal Fleet. He was very rational and knew what his mission was. Moreover, his current faith ship probably wasn't a match for a fighter that could even sink main battle ships, but if he could control the Golden Great Sail Ship, he wouldn't care about any kind of super fighter anymore.
At that moment, a wormhole appeared again ahead of the Golden Great Sail Ship, and after a brief stop at the second planet, the Golden Great Sail Ship was finally headed to its last stop, the final stop of this universe tour.
"Ha ha, no matter who you are, from which civilization, the next stop is ultimately your final destination," Yuan's eyes held an unconcealed contempt and disdain, even if that pilot belonged to a high civilization, even if he was a Star Warrior like him, he simply didn't rate highly in his eyes.
Yuan had great confidence, stemming from his own abilities, from the Cult. Speaking of seizing the ship itself, it came from the Cult's meticulous arrangements, as well as from his trump card.
He was confident, no matter what kind of enemy, they would be laughable and weak in front of his trump card.
"Humph, with the Golden Great Sail Ship in my hands, along with that thing, the entire Cult will have to look up to me, and maybe I should also try sitting in the position of the Star Alliance Chancellor!"