Chapter 125: Do You Want to Be My Flagship?

The Ominous Sign Ark is not merely a simple stacking of space wrecks.

As Washituoer's "gift" to Abadon, the Ominous Sign Ark can serve as the entire fleet's navigation beacon, guiding all surrounding vessels safely and steadily to their destination, and is almost immune to Subspace turbulence.

Moreover, it also possesses the ability to devour and evolve!

Almost every Ominous Sign Ark can devour nearby wrecks, debris and other warship junk, then through the hull‑wide "metal nerves" fuse those wrecks into itself.

In other words, as time passes and the Ominous Sign Ark experiences more wars, it becomes increasingly powerful.

And as Washituoer's flagship awaiting the construction of Longlin Star, the Endless Aolake Ominous Sign Ark possesses even more unique features than ordinary Ominous Sign Arks.

Besides being a hateful artificial intelligence that can employ massive automation and even smart systems within its hull, Aolake also has ultra‑strong positioning ability and terrifying Leap.

In other words, on the basis of the Ominous Sign Ark's sufficient strength, Endless Aolake can perform close‑range jumps, slamming its massive hull directly onto the enemy's face.

Of course, combined with the Ark's beacon function, Aolake not only jumps onto the enemy's face itself, but can also bring an entire fleet!

That means it has the mass of a super‑heavy battleship while retaining the agility of a shuttlecraft!

In fact, unless absolutely necessary, Washituoer would not relinquish Aolake.

But now, with Dead Spirits on the Orbit becoming aggressively intrusive and the Empire Fleet frantically launching a desperate assault on Aolake, Washituoer, who already possesses Longlin Star, finds dealing with Aolake rather unpalatable.

Finally, seeing Aolake gravely wounded, its value severely diminished, they simply abandoned it and completely relocated the base to Longlin Star.

This was Aolake's original destiny in the prior trajectory.

But one difference from the original trajectory is that Xisi appears here, and Xisi's gaze is fixed on it.

"Swap after swap......"

"It's time I find a flagship for myself!"

Facing Shiwang and the others beside him who kept gesturing for him to board the Yunxuji, Xisi watched Aolake, which was left to die under Dead Spirits' bombardment relying only on its thick blood, and whispered this line.

Then, under the bewildered stare of Shiwang and the others, Xisi, who had recovered Hundredfold and, after a brief moment, refilled his spiritual energy, transformed once more into a Black Thunder Sun!

Afterwards, this Black Thunder Sun shot upward at high speed, heading straight toward Aolake.

Oh, no, it's crashing into it!

Seeing a Dead Spirits attack ship block Xisi's path, Xisi thrust directly through its porthole, then, bearing the Bridge's erupting flames, burst out the other side.

Everyone thought it over and concluded that only "collision" fit the description.

Then, amid the Empire and Dead Spirits' confusion, Xisi actually flew toward Aolake.

This scene even made Dixin, who watched Abadon as the Empire Troops were devoured by Longlin Star, suppress his great joy and also furrow his brows.

Almost instantly realizing Xisi's intention, someone looked uneasily at Washituoer:

"Xisi......"

"You don't intend to capture Aolake, do you?"

Although Abadon's combat power was being held back by Xisi, it has now been further crushed.

But as War General he is not foolish; a single glance made him instantly infer Xisi's purpose.

Moreover, unlike other assembly‑line Ominous Sign Arks, Aolake not only has a name but also self‑awareness; as soon as Aolake nods, the ship truly belongs to Xisi!

Washituoer, eyeing Xisi who flew bodily into space, first couldn't help but mutter silently under his breath, "Where does this kid still have any trace of a mortal," then looked up again with a casual expression:

"Even if Aolake agrees to Xisi, what of it?"

"A wrecked ship, what use could it have?"

Abadon was momentarily stunned by the words; although Washituoer was not only reasonable but also stating an ironclad fact, the fact that Xisi was the one acting made Abadon still hesitate.

Until, in the scene, Xisi pierced the Dead Spirits' blockade and casually flew through a massive breach in Aolake.

The Ominous Sign Ark is massive in size, like an orbital megacity.

But at this moment the megacity is powerless to rotate in the void, its hull riddled with exaggerated breaches, and most of its lights have long fallen into dead silence.

When Xisi flew into the Ark, he was met head‑on by densely floating crew corpses inside the vessel.

Among the sea of corpses were even a few Astat.

The surrounding area had long lost its air; the airtight compartment was tightly sealed by the surviving interior.

Another burst of Gauss ray bombarded the hull from afar.

The battleship shuddered again, and the hull was pushed by the blast, sliding into the cold void.

For some reason, watching the battleship slip into endless darkness, a sorrowful aura emanated from the ubiquitous wounds within.

Knowing that Aolake cannot accept being abandoned, and that this overly emotional hateful AI, Xisi only hopes that in the future he won't have another chatterbox beside him.

Casually opening the sealed airtight door before him, Xisi stepped onto the interior of the Ominous Sign Ark under the horrified stare of the mutated crew inside.

He then scanned the area, seeing not far away a chaotic Astat who, upon seeing Xisi fly in, knelt in disbelief and saluted; Xisi gave a slight signal:

"Take me to the Bridge."

Seeing that the previously desperate, death‑awaiting self not only saw Xisi but also received his order, the chaotic Astat hurriedly stood up, respectfully pointing forward.

Then a wave of spiritual energy enveloped the other, and Xisi, in front of everyone, sped into the huge, deep passage.

Soon, as Xisi raised his hand again and forcibly used spiritual energy to swing open a massive door, the chaotic Astat knelt respectfully on one knee outside, while Xisi entered alone.

Inside the Bridge was darkness; with no external crew shuffling for survival, the Bridge where the immovable Servo Skull of Aolake is located was silent.

Even the PoLi Galaxy's starlight filtering through the massive porthole, now absent of its former clamor, gave the Bridge a hint of tranquility.

Until the crisp sound of metal boots striking the deck rang out, the deathly silence here was abruptly broken.

Without delay, the moment Xisi entered, the previously dark space instantly lit up.

Only that the lights in front struggled to ignite a few times, producing merely a sizzling current and flickering, dim illumination, and finally a Servo Skull at Xisi's feet that couldn't lift off, spitting four sparks, exclaimed in astonishment:

"How did you get here?!"

Aolake was startled, and Xisi, facing the ship's continual tremors, was equally straightforward.

Glancing at the Servo Skull at his feet, Xisi looked up, scanned the area again, and finally gazed at the securely protected server.

"Do you want to be my flagship?"

No reply, only the servo skull beneath his feet sparked and burst.

Afterwards, his eyes flickered, and only after a long while did he hesitate.

"I'm already like this..."

"You still want me?"

Aolake couldn't believe it; Xisi was timing himself, couldn't help taking a deep breath, and had no desire to waste words.

"Follow me, and you'll live."

"Now you just need to answer me—yes or no!"

A moment of silence passed—time in reality was extremely short—but for Aolake, who loathes intelligence, it was enough for him to consider Xisi's offer.

Without further ado, on the mechanical throne of the warship's machine soul, a socket was pushed out by gears.

Outside the porthole, PoLi Galaxy remained; the Undead Fleet rained fire upon Aolake.

The warship spun helplessly, while inside the bridge Xisi plugged the loyalty socket into the rear of his power armor.

The world instantly went dark—a void of data—and a pair of despair-filled eyes, after linking with Xisi, shot wide open like an adrenaline surge.

Meanwhile, the server roared like a helicopter, heating up until the whole bridge glowed red-hot.

Afterward...

Endless Aolake, hundredfold evolution!!!