Chapter 144: Void Warship

Chapter 144: Void Warships

Ultimately, Li Hongshen and the other students signed the relevant Lord contracts and earnestly left behind their final wills, knowing this was far from a joke.

Whether it was the genuinely enormous risks involved or merely the mischievous senior's cynical banter, heading to the front lines meant actually going to the front lines. Even operating under the command of numerous high-tier Lords, it was still the front line.

And once on the front lines, life and death were truly dictated by fate, entirely beyond one's own control.

Yet despite all this, dropping out was simply out of the question for these students. Having finally managed to enter the Central Lord University and discovered that everyone here was exceptionally talented, spoke eloquently, and felt like they were soaring toward greatness from the moment they arrived, how could they possibly drop out so casually?

Besides, what was a little mortal danger? They had already faced it during their Lord Trials.

Even participating in the Endless Wilderness came with a designated mortality quota; if one was unwilling to shoulder even the risk of death, how could they hope to progress along the path of a Lord?

Watching the students eagerly scratching away at their Lord contracts and last wills, Mi Xianyun felt a nostalgic wave recalling his own youth from many years ago.

Although only five years had passed in the prime material world, for him, a thousand years felt as though they had already flown by, leaving him with a sense of inexplicable sentimentality.

When the last student finished writing their will and signed the Lord contract, Mi Xianyun flicked his wrist once more. All the documents and wills flew back into his grasp, and Li Hongshen distinctly sensed a ripple of spatial fluctuations as the batch of paperwork was instantly teleported away.

This demonstrated to Li Hongshen that executing short-range teleportation within the Star City meant this senior was truly formidable.

"Very well, since everyone has finished writing, let us depart. The Void warships are already waiting for us."

With that, he crooked his finger again to lift the group silence spell on the students, then turned and strode out of the classroom first.

Li Hongshen and the rest of the students followed Mi Xianyun all the way to Star City's internal shuttle, which transported them straight to the docking port.

Riding the elevator, Li Hongshen gazed out at the boundless behemoth looming beyond the glass. This was a Void carrier.

The Void carrier before them could be classified within the civilization's records as a supercarrier. As a Void warship, it was still extremely youthful, having been in service for less than a century.

This Void supercarrier was named the *Luofinwu*, christened in memory of a brilliantly accomplished female Lord.

That female Lord's full name was Luofinwu. Roughly five hundred years ago, when she was merely an Extraordinary-tier Lord, she led her subordinates to plug a breach across an entire defensive line during a major crisis at the front, buying precious time for the entire strategic situation.

Following that, as if she had activated cheats, she surpassed the Epic tier within a mere century to become a Legendary-tier Lord. This carrier had been donated by her to her alma mater, and thus it was named after her.

As a side note, the reason Li Hongshen knew so much about this was that Teacher Xia Fenwu from Pengcheng No. 1 High School was a die-hard fan of Luofinwu. From government and school promotional posters down to personal biographies of Luofinwu, Teacher Xia had collected them all.

Naturally, the ultra-wealthy act of directly donating a Void supercarrier—worth an incalculable sum of gold—had been officially recorded and widely circulated, winning immeasurable fame for both Luofinwu and the Central Lord University.

Because of Teacher Xia's fanatical obsession, Li Hongshen was well-acquainted with this Void supercarrier.

The *Luofinwu* spanned over six thousand meters in length, placing it merely among the smallest batch of Void supercarriers within the civilization.

However, its firepower was ferocious. Its ventral section housed direct planet-splitting weaponry, and its main guns could eradicate worlds under specific circumstances.

Beyond that, it possessed formidable defensive capabilities: a Sloth energy shield with a strength rating of six million, capable of defending against all manner of high-energy weaponry, whether psionic-based or technological.

Most extravagantly, its armor was composed of six-meter-thick A+-plus hyper-spiritual alloy, offering high-resistance impact mitigation and magic-dispelling properties. As a Void carrier, it could also draw energy from the void according to established frameworks to repair itself.

Finally, it was equipped with technological anti-matter engines, hyper-speed thrusters, and a jump drive capable of single-handed cross-domain transitions. These components constituted the carrier's entire navigation system, allowing it to freely sail and traverse the Sea of Worlds.

Having witnessed the real thing, Li Hongshen mentally exclaimed in awe at all of the above, feeling a surge of passionate blood rushing from the inside out.

Then, Li Hongshen watched helplessly as Mi Xianyun led them to an adjacent hangar, where they boarded an antiquated vessel several times smaller than the *Luofinwu*.

Moreover, this ship wasn't a Void supercarrier; it wasn't even a carrier at all. Named the *Trident* and in service for over three hundred years, this vintage ship was merely a run-of-the-mill battleship.

This abruptly pulled Li Hongshen down from the clouds straight to the ground, feeling as though his midsummer heart had been plunged into January, chilling him to the bone.

It wasn't that the *Trident* was bad—battleships were the backbone of the civilization's main fleet, so the *Trident* surely couldn't be lacking.

Yet human nature being what it was, most people preferred things grand, and being fickle was second nature, especially since most men were quite single-minded and preferred things young.

Before Li Hongshen could voice his questions in the face of this situation, another student couldn't help himself and blurted out the question first:

"Senior Mi, didn't you say we were deploying two Void carriers this time? Why are we boarding a battleship instead?"

Hearing the students' inquiries from behind, the corners of Mi Xianyun's mouth curled slightly upward. He turned around, tilting his head as he looked at the student,

"First of all, as your senior, I don't mind you calling me Senior Mi. However, I am currently your counselor, so if you could, please address me as Teacher.

Secondly, my dear student, I recall saying that two Void carriers would be dispatched this operation, but I never said we would be riding *on* the Void carriers.

I merely stated that we would board Void warships. What on earth made you think we could effortlessly ride a Void carrier?

Alright, now behave, no more fussing. Come, time to board our ship. We'll be leaving port immediately, and later I'll show you what a Titan-class Void warship looks like!"

Li Hongshen looked at the handsome senior before him, feeling the older man's wicked sense of humor, completely speechless. What kind of person was this, and didn't the school care?

Just watching a batch of weak, innocent, and pitiful freshmen being toyed with by a sadistic senior counselor—was there no justice left? No reason? No laws?

Ultimately, Li Hongshen and his classmates followed Mi Xianyun aboard the vintage ship named the *Trident*, and they did indeed finally get to see the Titan-class carrier.