Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 757: Heavenly Thunder Divine Punishment

Under Xiao Yu’s gaze, among the crowd prostrating in worship ahead, the most richly dressed intelligent being began to inch forward on the ground in the most humble posture, trembling as he moved. He did not stop until he was less than three meters away from the Hope spaceship.

This intelligent being did not dare raise his head to look at the Hope spaceship at all. He simply faced the ground and loudly uttered a series of syllables that Xiao Yu could not understand.

Xiao Yu was not a god. Without sufficient reference data, he had no way to parse the meaning of what this intelligent being was saying. So Xiao Yu chose silence and did not respond.

However, the highly sensitive audio collection systems had already been activated. Within a radius of one kilometer, any sound would be captured by Xiao Yu, then filtered through his computational systems. Any irrelevant noises, such as wind, animal roars, rainfall, and all other background sounds would be stripped out, leaving only the sounds used by these intelligent beings for communication.

Once this preprocessing was complete, Xiao Yu began comparing similar sounds, determining their positions within sentences, analyzing the emotions associated with these sounds when spoken, and using a host of parameters to distinguish their meanings.

A massive database was being built, and in just one hour Xiao Yu had completely mastered this civilization’s language. Only then did Xiao Yu fully understand the meaning of the words spoken earlier by the intelligent being closest to him.

“God, you have finally returned to the Kingdom of Oracle. I am your most loyal servant and the ruler entrusted by you to govern the Kingdom of Oracle. I await the descent of your decree.”

This sentence had already been spoken by the emperor more than an hour ago. Because Xiao Yu had spent this hour deciphering the language of this civilization, he had not responded, and so the emperor had remained prostrate on the ground for a full hour, not daring to move.

Xiao Yu thought for a moment, then used his audio systems to simulate the voice that this culture regarded as the most dignified and awe-inspiring, and in this civilization’s language he said, “The demon descended, and I could not bear to see my children slaughtered, so I crossed hundreds of millions of kilometers to come and slay the demon. Now the demon is dead, and you may continue to live in peace.”

He had not expected that once he finished speaking, the emperor would suddenly let out a strange sound. Having already mastered the language, Xiao Yu knew this was crying, and extremely sorrowful, agitated crying at that.

“God, ever since you left the Kingdom of Oracle and took away the star in the heavens, the children of the Kingdom of Oracle have fallen into panic. Many whose faith was weak have even fled to the neighboring nations of savages and turned to the camp of the demon. They have even helped those savage nations attack the Kingdom of Oracle and slaughter many of your children. These past decades, the national strength of the Kingdom of Oracle has withered day by day. Fortunately, we have awaited your descent, my god. Your children will once again firm up their faith, and in the holy war they will wipe out all the savage kingdoms, uphold your divine orthodoxy, and make this world your domain.”

The emperor’s words left Xiao Yu momentarily confused. A moment later, though, he understood and could not help finding it a bit ridiculous.

“So, the so-called Kingdom of Oracle must be this nation. On this planet, this country sees itself as the rightful orthodoxy, believing in the god, which is me. When they speak of me taking away the star in the heavens, they must be referring to the time a thousand years ago when I relocated that star. The disappearance of the star likely caused panic in their civilization, leading some to lose their faith in the god. The recent appearance of the Level 3 Alien Beast only deepened this fear. One thing is a bit strange, though. What did that Level 3 Alien Beast come here for? To devour intelligent beings? But it seemed to have been circling here for quite some time without making a move.”

Xiao Yu thought to himself, “Perhaps it detected traces that these intelligent beings had been modified by a higher civilization, so it was having misgivings, afraid of provoking retaliation and not daring to act. Yet it could not bring itself to leave, so it simply kept circling here. In any case, a giant creature like that appearing frequently in the sky is indeed enough to crush this preliminary civilization’s spirit.”

“Once strange things happen, there will always be people jumping out to swindle others. This is practically a fundamental trait of social intelligent beings. With that Level 3 Alien Beast loitering here, I imagine quite a few people have stepped forth claiming to have received the demon’s legacy, using such talk to mislead the populace and satisfy their own interests. The ‘savage nations’ the emperor mentioned are probably exactly this situation.”

Xiao Yu continued thinking, “It seems that to maintain the legitimacy of myself as the god, I have to take some action.”

Thus, using an even more majestic and awe-inspiring voice, Xiao Yu said, “Emperor, you have done well. During the time of my absence, you upheld the orthodoxy of our Kingdom of Oracle and did not allow it to be destroyed by outsiders. I will grant you fifty additional years of life as your reward. At the same time, I will personally act and unleash divine punishment to annihilate all the savage nations and all those traitors who have abandoned their faith, as well as all heretics who refuse to believe in me.”

As Xiao Yu spoke, a gentle red light shot out and enveloped the emperor prostrated on the ground. Of course, this light did not actually possess the power to extend his life by fifty years; in truth, it was just an ordinary beam of light. But the emperor covered by that light began trembling all over in excitement, and his aura even grew noticeably stronger.

At this moment, he could probably challenge and defeat the fiercest wild beasts on this planet in single combat.

“So this is the power of spirit and faith.” Xiao Yu sighed inwardly. “I will give you an empty promise for now. Once I repair the Hope spaceship, I will use biological science to truly extend your life.”

“May the god be eternal! May the god endure through all ages, undying forever!” The emperor lay prostrate on the ground and shouted this sentence with all his strength. As his cry rang out, everyone present began shouting as well. The sound quickly spread from the palace to the outside. In an instant, the entire imperial capital boiled over, and countless native intelligent beings threw themselves to the ground and shouted loudly.

“May the god be eternal! May the god endure through all ages, undying forever!”

Everyone had seen the miracles Xiao Yu had displayed with their own eyes. Lightning and thunder, violent winds and sudden rain, and the powerful demon that had been shattered to pieces in just a short while under Xiao Yu’s assault. If that was not a true god, then what was it?

Especially after Xiao Yu’s majestic voice proclaimed that he would annihilate all the savage nations, traitors, and heretics, the soaring excitement and fervor reached its peak. Countless people prostrated themselves and worshiped. Those intelligent beings who had been misled by rumors and in secret had come to believe in the demon felt a chill in their hearts, and many were even scared to death on the spot.

Under Xiao Yu’s control, a miniature satellite carrying several low-yield energy bombs rose into the sky. At the moment, this was about the highest level of weaponry Xiao Yu could bring to bear, something as primitive and low grade as an energy bomb.

“I have already carried out divine punishment upon the savage nations. The capitals of eight savage kingdoms have been destroyed by me. My children, launch your holy war. Kill all the evil heretics and traitors.”

Using his vast, resonant voice, Xiao Yu once again issued his decree.

Only a government completely loyal to him and tightly united around him could wield its full strength. Moreover, Xiao Yu needed a few thunderous methods to intimidate this preliminary civilization. Only then could his plans proceed smoothly.

The miniature satellite quickly located the positions of the capitals of the eight savage kingdoms and then dropped the low-yield miniature bombs over them.

Although they were miniature energy bombs, their power was in no way less than that of nuclear weapons from the Earth era, and energy bombs had one major advantage, they did not damage the environment. There was no nuclear radiation or other secondary disasters. This meant that in later stages, the intelligent beings loyal to Xiao Yu could smoothly occupy these places again. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The eight low-yield energy bombs completely annihilated the eight capitals of the Age of Nations.

Of course, due to information delays, news of this had yet to reach here. According to the communication speed of this era, Xiao Yu estimated it would take at least several months for those messages to spread here.

In the meantime, the warriors whose blood had been fired up by Xiao Yu’s incitement, warriors who would not hesitate even if sent to die, had already launched their holy war. The power of spirit was fully displayed in this moment.

Decades of suppression had left this kingdom’s national strength in decline. The soldiers lacked adequate clothing against the cold, lacked food, lacked medicine, yet they endured all of it with unyielding will.

They swept across the surface of this planet like a plague of locusts, wiping out all who refused to worship the god.

The entire civilization had already taken Xiao Yu as its core and closed ranks tightly around him. The emperor, who had received life extension from Xiao Yu, was full of spirit, using swift and decisive methods to reorganize the entire country. All intelligent beings were of one heart, and an air of vigorous vitality swept across the whole nation.

This atmosphere reached its peak several months later, when news arrived from the Expeditionary Army.

“The god has carried out divine punishment with heavenly lightning upon the capitals of the savage nations. Under the thunder from the heavens, the eight capitals were razed to the ground overnight, and the nobles and royal families of the savage nations all perished.”

“The warriors of the Expeditionary Army have already marched into the capitals of the savage nations. The savages are trembling with fear and do not dare resist in the slightest.”

“Have you heard? The corpses of the eight emperors of the savage nations have already been dug up. Before long, they will be transported to our own capital. Our emperor has said that their corpses will be used as sacrificial offerings to hold a ceremony for the god, and at the same time to warn all under heaven that those who dare betray the god, and those who dare refuse to believe in the god, shall meet this very end.”