A Frey altar.

This is a pit large enough to accommodate a warship.

Inside the pit, there happened to be a battleship.

Around the pit were several water pipes.

"Is everything ready?" A Frey man with markings all over his body looked at the altar before him.

"My lord, everything is ready."

"Activate the altar."

"yes!"

"Open the floodgates!"

At a command, water began to flow from several pipes.

However, what came out of those pipes was not water, but blood!

Blood flowed out, and the stench of blood instantly filled the entire space.

The released blood flowed down from the warship, gradually filling the entire crater space.

Several tens of minutes later.

The warship was covered in blood, as if it had been reborn from the ashes.

soon.

The entire warship was submerged in a pool of blood.

A whole pool of blood—if word got out, it would absolutely shock everyone on this planet.

This is why the Frey civilization has kept this plan a secret.

This pool of blood was accumulated by the blood of at least one million people.

If the rest of the planet found out, it would surely cause a mutiny.

Fortunately, most of these more than one million people were prisoners of war and criminals who had been imprisoned on the unified planet, as well as some other criminals.

The Frey man, dressed in a black robe, took off his robe and stepped into the pool of blood.

However, his body did not fall into the blood pool, but instead stood on top of it.

He walked step by step toward the warship in the middle of the blood pool.

When he stood atop the warship, he prostrated himself before it.

Then cracks appeared on the Frey man's body, from which blue blood seeped out.

The blue blood merged into the blood pool and began to surround the entire warship.

Finally, the Frey man vanished completely.

The blood in the blood pool began to swirl and condense inside the warship.

The blood in the pool gradually dried up.

What followed was a completely renovated crimson warship.

"Is it finished?" the Freys outside the altar exclaimed excitedly.

"It's not over yet."

Whether it's complete or not depends on whether it can truly integrate into one. The older Frey man said solemnly.

At that very moment.

A figure appeared behind the Frey.

"How is the situation?"

"Master, what brings you here?"

Upon seeing the Lord of Frey appear, all the Frey people knelt down to welcome him.

"This is the first step we Freys have taken for the future of Frey civilization, how could I not come!"

"Tell me, what's the situation now?" Lord Frey looked at the blood-red warship before him.

"We're 90% done; now it's just a matter of the final touches," the subordinate said.

“Then I will wait here.” Lord Frey gazed at everything before him.

This is actually a form of blood sacrifice used by the Frey civilization.

The Frey people possess a unique physical constitution that allows them to merge with inanimate objects.

This time, the 10,000 people brought by Lord Frey for the Trial of the Gods were all of the purest bloodline.

The purpose is to sacrifice the starships when necessary.

The so-called Blood Sacrifice Starship is a technology of the Frey civilization.

It was used during the early years of the Frey civilization's rise.

First, build a warship that closely resembles the original in appearance, then bathe it in a pool of blood to nourish it with fresh blood.

Ultimately, by using the bloodline of a pure Frey as a guide, the soul of Frey was infused into the warship, thus transforming it into a starship.

These types of starships are generally classified as biological starships, somewhat similar to insectoid starships.

However, the cost is extremely high.

The larger the warship, the more blood it requires.

Just to build the T1 starship, each blood pool requires the blood of at least a million people.

To build an even larger T2 starship would require the blood of hundreds of millions of people.

Such cruel methods are something even Lord Frey himself would not want to use unless absolutely necessary.

Another important reason is that a pure-blooded Frey tribesman needs to be sacrificed.

However, this approach is not guaranteed to succeed.

In the past, the success rate has only been around 30%.

At this time, the subordinates next to him also reported on the situation of the other blood pools and whether they were successful.

Soon, the crimson interstellar battleship slowly rose into the air, signifying its success.

"Report.

This blood sacrifice.

Of the one hundred blood pools, only thirty-five were successful.

This included one T1 carrier starship and two T1 interstellar warships. The subordinate reported to Lord Frey.

Thirty-five starships, huh?

So be it.

Although there are only thirty-five ships.

But for now, that's enough.

Immediately arrange for these thirty-five starships to form a fleet, and after a brief training, launch an expedition!

"We must wipe out the civilization on that planet as quickly as possible!" Lord Frey commanded.

"yes!"

On this planet, thirty-five blood-red starships flew into the sky, a sight that stunned many.

But no one knows that these 35 starships were built at the cost of hundreds of millions of lives.

"Owner.

If the opposing trial civilization has a backup plan.

Our fleet gained no advantage; in fact, we were defeated.

"What should we do?" a cautious subordinate asked.

Lord Frey thought for a moment and said, "What you said is not without reason."

Then we need to make several preparations.

If all goes well, we will destroy the starport of that trial civilization, completely dismantle their interstellar technology, and trap them on the ground, waiting for us to clean them up.

That would naturally be the best-case scenario.

Secondly, if both sides have their own victories and defeats, neither side can defeat the other, and at the same time, the other side cannot pose a threat to us.

Then we will rapidly develop interstellar civilization, establish starports and shipyards, and build more interstellar warships.

The method of building starships through blood sacrifice is, after all, not the true path.

However, we should also have a backup plan.

Local authorities have strengthened their laws, and anyone found guilty is detained.

Regardless of the cause of death, all blood is donated in accordance with regulations, and the public is told that blood donation is for the benefit of all people.

In reality, they were accumulating this blood.

Continue to build altars in various places, stockpile blood, and prepare one or two of our people.

If needed.

"Sacrifice blood at the altar, rebuild the starship!"

"yes!"

After relaying these orders, Lord Frey raised his head and looked up at the sky, which was the direction of that planet and the direction that the thirty-five starships were heading.

If he could, he really didn't want to go down the path of sacrificing starships.

Over the past few years, efforts have been made to unify this planet.

Of the ten thousand people he brought, more than a thousand have already perished.

After unification, he regarded every surviving member of the tribe as a treasure.

This time, another hundred people died.

It was still under his orders.

If this situation were to occur again, with only a few thousand people and a low success rate for blood sacrifice, how many more times could they possibly use it?

Moreover, the fewer people there are, the slower the future development of civilization will inevitably be affected.

Therefore, in any case, it would be best to destroy the other side's civilization in one fell swoop.

This is why he decisively chose to sacrifice these thirty-five starships!

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Longyan Space Telescope

Artificial intelligence captured images of those thirty-five black dots remotely.

This image was immediately transmitted to Dragon Palace Starport.

Report!

The first image detected by the Longyan Space Telescope.

"Thirty-five tiny black dots suddenly appeared on the planet opposite our star, and they are heading this way!" The subordinate hurriedly reported this news to Zhao Chen.

"Can we confirm that it is an enemy starship?" Zhao Chen asked immediately.

"The images are currently being scanned and analyzed."

"But it's almost certain, it's a starship!" the subordinate said.

"Summon Chu Xuan!" Zhao Chen ordered.

Several hours later.

Marshal Chu Xuan appeared at Dragon Palace Starport, standing in front of Zhao Chen in military uniform.

"His Majesty!"

"You know everything, right?"

"Understood. The trial civilization on the other side has sent thirty-five starships that are heading this way!" Marshal Chu Xuan said.

Zhao Chen said, "I'll tell you another piece of breaking news."

Based on our estimates.

The opposing fleet likely consists of Tier 1 interstellar warships. At the speed of ships of that class, they could reach the vicinity of our Dragon Star within fifteen days!

"The fifteenth." Marshal Chu Xuan frowned slightly.

"right.

We must do it within fifteen days.

Chu Xuan, I have a question for you.

"Do we have enough troops now to repel this enemy offensive?" Zhao Chen asked seriously.

Marshal Chu Xuan raised her hand and opened a holographic screen.

"Currently, our Dragon Kingdom has ten warships directly under its command."

The Dragon Star Alliance fleet consists of five warships.

A total of fifteen ships!

Fifteen ships against thirty-five, even though we were far outnumbered in terms of the number of warships.

Although our JF-17 series interstellar warships have always been of higher quality.

However, we currently do not know what kind of civilization or starship they are, or what their combat capabilities are.

So it's still uncertain whether we can achieve the same one-for-several trade as before.

We can't gamble on things like this on the battlefield!

Therefore, we need to employ several methods.

Marshal Chu Xuan held up two fingers: "If we are weak, then it will be like when we invaded the Zerg before."

Prioritize defense!

This will increase our chances of winning.

If our strength surpasses that of the trial civilization, then we can naturally confront them head-on.

Zhao Chen understood: "You're planning to launch a probing attack first, to test the strength of those thirty-five starships."

"right!

I plan to personally lead fifteen starships to attack those thirty-five starships.

If it's possible to fight, then fight.

"We cannot fight. After probing the enemy, I will withdraw my fleet!" Marshal Chu Xuan said.

Zhao Chen thought for a moment, then looked at his secretary Barbara beside him: "Barbara."

How many starships are we currently building?

Secretary Barbara stepped forward and reported, "We are currently building a total of thirty starships."

Ten of them are auxiliary interstellar warships.

The remaining twenty starships are combat starships.

Of these twenty starships, five can be completed within a month.

The rest will take at least three months.

"Five more ships a month?" Zhao Chen thought for a moment, then looked at Chu Xuan: "To increase our chances of winning."

Could we postpone this for another month?

Five more starships are better than none.

Marshal Chu Xuan thought for a while, then said, "Delaying it for a month is possible."

I'll find a way to do it!

"Um.

Your own safety must be the top priority.

This can be considered our JF-17's first interstellar war in this Trial of the Gods.

Even if you can't win, don't suffer too much loss.

"As long as we can protect our hometown, there's still a chance!" Zhao Chen said with a serious expression.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" Marshal Chu Xuan said.

Chu Xuan took her leave and began to prepare the army for war.

Meanwhile, Zhao Chen wasn't idle either.

He began to formulate the next production and construction plan.

The reason they are being so cautious right now is simply because their military strength is too weak.

With a sufficiently strong military, these concerns will naturally disappear.

"The most urgent task is to build the T2 interstellar industrial ship, as well as an interstellar factory capable of mass-producing starships!" Zhao Chen said solemnly.

"Barbara, how's the construction progress of our T2 Iron Hammer-class heavy interplanetary industrial ship?"

Secretary Barbara stepped forward and reported, "Our Dragon Palace Starport shipyard is working overtime to build the T2 Iron Hammer-class heavy interstellar industrial ship."

It is estimated that the first T2 Iron Hammer-class heavy interplanetary industrial ship will take another two months to arrive.

Wait until two months later.

We can use this T2 Iron Hammer-class heavy interstellar industrial ship to build an interstellar industrial base, and with a large number of production lines, increase our production capacity!

"Production capacity also needs to be increased."

Resource demand will also increase at that time.

If this civilization hadn't suddenly appeared, we'd probably be planning to mine on other planets by now.

But how can I allow others to sleep peacefully beside my bed?

Until this thorn is removed, our Xiaolong civilization will never have peace!

Barbara, continue to closely monitor this civilization, if you can capture images of those starships.

We need to find out what kind of civilization it is and what kind of technological path it has developed.

Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle!

"clear!"

A war is about to break out in space, and the smell of gunpowder has already begun to spread.

The thirty-five T1 Freven Starships approached while conducting sea trials and training.

The fifteen JF-17 Thunder warships here have also begun combat training and are formulating relevant combat plans.

This news was known only to the Kingdom of Xiaolong and the ten upper houses of the Dragon Star Alliance.

Among the people of other countries within Dragon Star, life remains harmonious and joyful, and they still hold beautiful dreams for the future.

Looking at those incredible technological creations, I believe that life is about to get better very quickly.

Little did they know, above them...

Those interstellar warships are about to head to distant battlefields.

To wage a war that will determine their future fate.

Zhao Chen ordered a news blackout regarding this interstellar war.

Because this war is no longer something that can be changed by the people on the ground.

Instead of creating chaos for them, it's better to let them live their lives peacefully and maintain order.

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