Ch.262Resource Supply Event is Sweet! (2)

As users had diligently reported, when the wreckage commonly known as the “Ghost Ship” appeared near our sector, I was amazed.

Jessica and I had already seen some images through the gallery, but the other Superhumans and NPCs who were seeing it for the first time couldn’t hide their admiration.

“Hooo…”

“It truly is a massive starship, perhaps planet-sized or even larger?”

“Since arriving through dimensional causality fixation, this is the first ship I’ve seen larger than the Kraken.”

They said it was 30 times bigger than a battleship, and it seemed about 5-6 times larger than our biggest vessel, the Kraken.

It felt strangely surreal.

And as soon as the ship entered my field of vision, an event message immediately appeared, blocking my view.

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<Event>

<Appearance of the Ghost Ship!>

<Details>

<In the distant past, even before the ‘Ancient Empire,’ a stray ship from an interstellar civilization’s outer space exploration fleet has appeared.>

<This fleet consisted of large-scale planet-sized ‘generation ships’ for exploration and immigration.>

<How many ships belonged to this fleet, where they departed from, and what their destination was…>

<Whether they reached their destination or met some other fate… unfortunately, due to insufficient data, nobody knows.>

<But shouldn’t such stories be matters for archaeologists studying civilizations predating the Ancient Empire?>

<Commander, you should investigate this stray “Ghost Ship” and explore the various artifacts and resources sleeping inside!>

<Of course, since nobody knows what’s inside, please proceed with caution!>

<Ghost Ship’s remaining time in sector: 6 days 23 hours 17 minutes 33 seconds>

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“Hmm.”

“Heee… so it’s an intergalactic generation ship?”

Jessica, who was standing beside me, nodded after seeing the event message I had just checked.

“That explains its size. Back then, they couldn’t just slap warp engines on everything and fly at superluminal speeds like we do now!”

“Indeed, civilizations predating the Ancient Empire were truly primitive. Apart from academic research, they have almost no technological value.”

“The Professor is correct.”

Among the Superhumans watching with us, Griyanar and Rain happily chattered away when topics they knew about came up.

Leaving the girls’ talk to continue, I decided that during the week this “Ghost Ship” would remain in our base’s sector, I would quickly investigate and explore it to plunder whatever resources might be sleeping inside.

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However, after sending assault shuttles with 5,000 boarding troops for investigation, just a few hours later…

-“Re-requesting backup! We need backup!”

-“AAAAARGH!”

-“Oh motherfuck”

-“The defense line is collapsing!”

-“All troops retreat! Hurry!”

I confirmed that inside that damned ancient wreckage, somehow surviving like those bald fellows from a certain board game disguised as sci-fi, there were monstrous life forms.

As a result, of the 5,000 assault troops I deployed without much thought, only half survived while the rest were shredded and became one with those creatures.

Moreover, though this was just an event, those crazy space monsters even attempted to hijack some of our assault shuttles to fly toward our base.

“Co-Commander! Those UMAs (Unidentified Mysterious Animals) have hijacked our assault shuttles and are heading this way!”

But no matter what they tried…

“Is that so? Tiamat.”

-“Yes, Commander!”

“Do you see those designated assault shuttles returning to base?”

-“Yes, shall I shoot them all down?”

“Yeah.”

Since we hadn’t lost an entire fleet, the monsters who tried to crash our stolen shuttles into us…

Were all turned to cosmic dust after Tiamat’s carrier aircraft squadrons flew in and gave them a light massage.

Regardless, after the first deployment ended in such a miserable failure, Jessica began reporting to me about the next troops to deploy.

“Commander, since the assault infantry has been defeated, shall we deploy the Chimeras next?”

But to Jessica’s suggestion, I shook my head and pointed to the people who had come to the command room to watch the Ghost Ship while engaging in girls’ talk.

“Is there any need to go through those steps? We might as well deploy all the Superhumans and remaining troops at once.”

“Hmm.”

The reason I initially deployed assault troops was to avoid grinding down the Superhumans while they were busy with daily and weekly quests, and just collect some easy rewards.

If that wasn’t possible, there was no reason to deploy only troops for a long, drawn-out extermination battle.

With my decision made, we deployed all Superhumans except Tiamat and Rain who lacked close combat abilities, followed by assault troops and Chimeras to pick up the scraps of victory…

Exactly 4 hours, 32 minutes, and 18 seconds later.

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<Event>

<Ghost Ship Interior Exploration and Extermination Complete!>

<Details>

<The unidentified monstrous life forms lurking inside the ‘Ghost Ship’ have been mercilessly torn apart and their nests burned down by the Superhumans and troops you deployed.>

<Of course, given their vast numbers, some monsters managed to survive…>

<But the future awaiting these survivors is nothing but fun and pleasant biological experiments led by Griyanar and other mad scientists.>

<Rewards>

<Ghost Ship name changed! (Ghost Ship → Ultra-Ancient Wreckage)>

<Acquired interior map information of the ‘Ultra-Ancient Wreckage,’ mini-map information provided>

<As all monstrous life forms inside the ‘Ultra-Ancient Wreckage’ have been exterminated, no ‘Raid’ events will occur during exploration of various resources and secrets.>

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Seeing the “Extermination Complete” event message appear before my eyes, I thought I could leisurely investigate for the remaining 6 days.

But while thinking this, something unusual caught my attention.

‘Raid event? What was that?’

Wondering what it might be, I tried to check the gallery wiki tab that I often rely on, but…

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<Gallery Wiki Tab ‘Raid Event’ Search Results>

˪<Number of results: 1,561,844>

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‘Damn it.’

Even trying to search with different terms, there were too many results.

With no other choice, I decided to post verification screenshots on the gallery and ask what this was all about.

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Title: What is this?

Author: Icarus

Content: [Image capturing only the “no raid events will occur” part of the event message]

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Comments:

-[This crazy veteran player]

-[After getting screwed over so often, he completely blocks the possibility of getting screwed]

-[How the hell did you do that, you bastard?]

-[Is it possible to wipe everything out like that?]

-˪[Theoretically, if you throw in 5 SSS-rank Superhumans and elite troops much stronger than regular assault infantry?]

-˪[This guy actually put that into practice]

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But after posting my question, instead of the “answers” I wanted, I only got responses mocking me for being a veteran player showing off.

‘Is this why I posted a question? I feel self-loathing and miserable.’

To calm this sadness, I staged a protest by deleting comments and blocking those who crossed the line until proper answers appeared.