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In the dim, sandwiched spaces of the ship tomb, the motorboat shut off its main propulsion and slowly drifted along, relying on the gravitational pull of the wreckage.
Xiao Yu stared at the captured outlaw communications receiver in his hands. The device transmitted the base camp’s growling orders in fits and starts. The Iron Jaw had already learned that multiple patrol squads and all the perimeter outposts had gone missing. It was furious—mobilizing nearly a hundred outlaws and splitting them into more than a dozen teams to carry out a net-wide search throughout the inner layer of the ship tomb.
“They’re looking for us.” Xiao Yu frowned tightly, tuning the receiver’s band. “They think that only a few escaped scavenger outlaws have broken into the ship tomb, and they don’t know our true combat strength yet.”

In the dim ship-graveyard interlayer, the motorboat shut down its main propulsion and drifted slowly, relying on the gravitational pull of the wreckage.
Xiao Yu stared at the captured bandit communications receiver in her hand as the device intermittently crackled with howling commands from the main camp. Iron Jaws had already learned that multiple patrol squads and all the outlying outposts had gone missing, and he flew into a rage. He mobilized nearly a hundred bandits, splitting them into a dozen-odd teams to carry out a net search across the inner layers of the ship graveyard.
“They’re looking for us.” Xiao Yu frowned tightly as she adjusted the receiver’s frequency band. “They think the ones who broke into the ship graveyard are only a few rogue scavengers, and they don’t know our true combat strength yet.”

In the wrecked compartment, flickering light fixtures kept popping with tiny electrical sparks.
Xiao Yu and Xiao Yu retreated side by side by half a step. The blade edge of the high-temperature cutting knife in their hands glowed with searing red light. The four corpses of the bandits on the ground floated lightly; after their essence was taken, their bodies withered and collapsed. That strange devouring power—both brothers saw it with their own eyes.
The mechanical prosthetic on Xiao Yu’s left arm still intermittently sputtered sparks. His escape route had overloaded and forced the system to operate, and it was already on the verge of failure. He quickly scanned his surroundings and rapidly weighed the pros and cons.
The person in front of them is extremely powerful—he can crush and kill four armed bandits with a casual move.

World Financial News Brief｜2026-08-07 18:00–08-08 09:00
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U.S. and European stock markets

The U.S. July nonfarm payroll data came in unexpectedly weak, and U.S. stocks rose across the board during Friday night trading; the S&P 500 hit a new all-time closing high. The Dow gained 0.28% to close at 54,036.93; the Nasdaq surged 1.30% to 26,690.62; and the S&P 500 rose 0.62% to 7,757.64 points. The technology sector led the rally, with Nvidia, Tesla, and SpaceX performing strongly. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed up 0.41% after trading in a range, and Chinese concept stocks were mixed. European equities closed slightly higher, and the energy sector remained resilient due to geopolitical premium.

Inside the abandoned ship tomb, the light is dim to the utmost extreme.
Only some damaged reactors leaked, releasing scattered specks of orange microglow that cast a dim reflection over boundless, warped, rusted steel ruins. Countless wrecks of starships crisscross and stack upon one another, forming a maze of steel that stretches in all directions yet is all too easy to get lost in. Broken metal panels gape upward, pipelines lie exposed everywhere—now and then you can see the frozen corpses of scavengers drifting within the gaps. They are the adventurers who had entered the ship tomb and were never able to leave.
The silver shuttle lowers its power and slowly glides along the outer hull of a colossal, wrecked battleship. To avoid being detected by heat signatures, the engines maintain only the bare minimum output, relying almost entirely on the pull of the wreckage to drift slowly.

World Financial News Briefing | 2026-08-07 09:00-18:00
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Asia-Pacific Stock Markets

During the Asia-Pacific session, markets were broadly mixed and traded in a choppy range. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite Index closed up slightly, with the cyclical and precious metals sectors showing strong performance, while the consumer sector weakened. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index closed up 0.54%, and the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.78%. The pharmaceutical and base metals sectors led the gains, while Southbound capital recorded a modest net outflow. Japan’s Nikkei 225 moved lower in a trading range, closing down 0.55%; the export and technology sectors were under pressure. South Korea’s KOSPI edged down, and the semiconductor sector continued to face selling pressure. The MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan index saw narrow fluctuations, and investors generally remained on standby ahead of the US nonfarm payrolls data later this evening.

The roar of cannon fire reverberated through the metal bulkheads into the passageway, and the entire cargo freighter trembled incessantly.
Lokkan’s face darkened. He hurried toward the command deck, ordering loudly as he ran: “All turret batteries—return fire at full power! Launch decoy missiles and try to break through! Notify everyone to prepare to abandon ship!”
The caravan escort hastily took positions. Cannon fire intertwined and erupted into blinding fireballs in the pitch-black void. But the Fragments Star Caravan was merely a merchant fleet with limited armed forces—clearly outmatched compared to the Iron Fang Raiders’ three modified, armed vessels. In a matter of moments, the side armor of a cargo ship was breached; the compartment caught fire, and the damage kept spreading.

A deep blue hyperspace light membrane folds in layer by layer. The vessel Hongzhou breaks free from the chaotic debris field of the asteroid belt and smoothly exits the hyperspace corridor.
The ship’s external camouflage coating still maintains the appearance of a gray, ruined relic, preventing its true form as an ancient warship from being exposed at once. The main control display streams data at high speed, presenting the surrounding starfield environment in full for everyone to see.
This is the transfer-debris star region marked on the star chart.
Within the range of sight, there is no complete starlight shining—only the faint purple-red glow diffused from distant nebulae. Vast fragments of shattered planets float in the void; broken interstellar ports, the burned-out skeletal frames of transport ships, and the remains of abandoned space stations lie stacked and tangled together. In the interstellar wars of the many races, the human interstellar trade hub of countless millennia ago was completely smashed, turning into a dead, silent graveyard.

World Financial News Briefing｜2026‑08‑06 18:00–08‑07 09:00
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US and European stock markets

Overnight, the three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.85%, ending a five-day winning streak. The S&P 500 dropped 0.18%, and the Nasdaq edged down 0.06%. Sector performance was highly divergent: storage-chip stocks fell sharply. Western Digital plunged 13%, while SanDisk and SK Hynix both weakened in tandem. Microsoft gained against the trend to set a new stage high, and SpaceX shares rose. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index finished up slightly at 0.27%, while U.S.-listed Chinese stocks saw mixed performance.

Global financial news (2026.8.6 09:00–18:00)
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1. Asia-Pacific stock markets

Due to disappointing earnings guidance from overnight storage chip companies, the Asia-Pacific Technology sector saw a clear pullback. The South Korean KOSPI plunged more than 5% intraday, triggering an automatic trading suspension; it closed down 4.59%. SK hynix fell 10.37%, and Samsung Electronics dropped 6.3%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed down 0.93%, and storage-related stocks generally saw steep declines.
Compared with other markets, the A-share trend was relatively independent. The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,900.35 points, up 0.57%; the Shenzhen Component was down 0.24%, and the ChiNext board was down 0.55%. Market sectors diverged: coal and gold nonferrous metals sectors strengthened, while the semiconductor sector came under pressure. Total trading value on both exchanges was 2.54 trillion yuan.

On the main control display, drones tracked the scaled squad in real time. Fifteen scaled warriors spread out, forming pairs, moving back and forth among the rubble as they checked for everything—holding detection instruments in their hands and not missing a single trace of residual energy.
The scaled leader furiously waved his arm, bristling with hard scales; dark green blood still clung to his blade-talons.
“That human-armed ship is surely still hidden in this asteroid field! Keep searching! When reinforcements arrive, tear them apart limb from limb!”
Hongzhou’s vast fingertips swept across the control panel as, in his mind, he worked out two combat plans.

Global Financial Overnight News (2026.8.5 18:00–2026.8.6 09:00)
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I. Stocks in Europe and the US

US stock market closes mixed: the Dow Jones set another all-time high, closing at 54,349.12 points, +0.49%. The S&P 500 closed at 7,723.55 points, -0.17%. The Nasdaq closed at 26,363.44 points, -0.83%. Sectors were severely split: Nvidia surged 3.43%, while AMD fell 7%, Google declined 4.05%, and SpaceX plunged more than 13%, with its market cap shrinking sharply. Storage-chip companies SanDisk and Western Digital released their earnings reports: revenue grew significantly, but their after-hours share prices pulled back. In Europe, the STOXX 600 saw mild fluctuations; the energy sector weakened on falling oil prices, while the defensive consumer sector held up relatively better.

In the cavern, the luminescent veins of ore flickered, casting the shadows of the crowd onto the uneven, jagged rock wall.
Focusing on making money in silence, he held his breath, then lifted his gaze toward the vastness of Hongzhou. He didn’t immediately promise—he instead laid out his conditions clearly and methodically.
“I can take care of the supplies for you, audit the proceeds, and coordinate transactions, but I have three demands. First, my comrades—none of them can be treated as expendable cannon fodder and discarded at will. Second, I need to retain independent verification rights over the supply ledgers; I won’t accept arbitrary deductions without cause. Third, if one day in the future I want to leave the fleet, you must not forcibly hold me back.”

Scattered particle beams cut through the gaps between the asteroids, striking precisely at the rocks behind the scales-borne unit. Bursting fragments of stone splattered outward, hammering hard into the backs of several scales-borne warriors.
The sudden assault threw the scales-borne formation, which was pressing hard, into chaos. On the dark-green scale armor, countless scratches from flying stones marred the surface. Several scales-borne warriors, in pain, roared and turned their heads, their crimson vertical pupils sweeping across the empty void in an attempt to locate the attacker.
“There’s an ambush! Firepower is hidden in the void!” The lead scales-borne minor commander let out a harsh, piercing psychic shriek.
The twelve remaining human survivors were just as stunned. The despairing state of mind that had already pushed them to the brink of hopelessness suddenly gave birth to a faint glimmer of survival. Their guns, already overheated, were almost beyond use; the ship’s energy furnace belched rolling black smoke, and it could not last another three minutes—everyone would die beneath the scales-borne toxin blades.

Global Financial Daytime News Flash (2026.8.5 09:00–18:00)
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I. Asia-Pacific stock markets

Overnight, the U.S. stock market hit a record high, driving a sharp rise in risk appetite in Asia-Pacific. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 3.31%, South Korea’s KOSPI rose 4.42%. Storage-chip and AI semiconductor sectors surged, and overseas funds poured into the technology track.
A-shares rebound with higher volume throughout the day. The Shanghai Composite closed at 3,878.43 points, up 1.47%; the Shenzhen Component rose 1.86%. The STAR Market 50 surged 4.78%. Turnover across both markets totaled 2.68 trillion yuan, with incremental capital flowing in. Semiconductor equipment, computing power, and gold sectors led the gains, while the oil and gas sector fell back under pressure.
Hong Kong stocks: the Hang Seng Index closed at 25,915.82 points, up 0.24%. Hang Seng Tech gained 0.97%. Semiconductors and non-ferrous metals strengthened, while Southbound capital recorded a slight net outflow.

“All ship systems self-check complete. Jump engine charging initiated.”
A cold mechanical prompt sound echoed in the main control compartment. Hongzhou Haohan sat in the captain’s chair, his fingertips resting on the jump-initiation rune.
Deep in his heart, there remained a trace of unease that was hard to detect. This was the first time the Hongzhou-class ship had carried out a complete deep-space jump after countless years of stillness. In theory, all parameters were fully met; but ancient warships had suffered damage for an age, and no one could guarantee that nothing unexpected—space turbulence, engine overload, and the like—would occur during the jump.
If the jump failed, the hull would very likely be torn apart by space rifts.

The landing craft slowly slid upward and away, while Hongzhou浩瀚 stepped back onto the Hongzhou No. warship’s main control deck. Inside, it was quiet—only the low, constant hum of operating equipment—sharply contrasting with the bustling human sights and sounds outside in Star City. In such a vast ancient behemoth, at this moment, there was only him.
Standing before the main control display, he closed his eyes and replayed the entire Battle of Black Rock in his mind. From the initial plan of systematically eliminating the outlying strongholds, to changing strategy and striking directly at the Star City, and then to stirring unrest among the remaining forces within the city after the war—scene after scene replayed in his mind.
He began to reflect on his own flaws. In this battle, his advantage had come from the Hongzhou No.’s onboard firepower. If he hadn’t had the ancient warship as a trump card, relying solely on his body at the early stage of the Star-Tempering Realm, taking Black Rock Star City—so heavily fortified—would have demanded a terrible price. At the same time, he realized that the struggle of hearts within a mortal city was far more complex than simply fighting savage beasts. Force could destroy an enemy’s army, but it was difficult to change the greed, fear, and blind following within human nature.

Above the outer plaza, the smoke of battle had not yet completely dispersed. The Blackstone leader’s body had already been gathered by star energy. Six heavy mechs lay lopsided and sprawled on the ground, their armor riddled with countless fine cracks; some mechs’ power cells were still slowly leaking a faint residual warmth. The surrendered remnants of the Blackstone forces stood along both sides of the plaza. Many still had unwillingness hidden deep in their eyes, and in fear they simply dared not show even a trace.
Hongzhou stood on the elevated platform of the plaza. His star-energy, like an intermittent presence, spread faintly through the air of the venue, suppressing every restless impulse within. In his heart, two thoughts continued to tug against each other. One: directly settle all the Blackstone old guard in full—cut the weeds at the root—so that nothing could ever revive later and turn to bite back against the people of the star city. Two: life in the wasteland was already brutal; some Blackstone members had joined only to survive, and they had not stained their hands with too many blood debts. Killing them all was not the same as avenging the worst offenders; they were not the same as the ones who committed the violence.

Global financial news roundup (2026.8.4 18:00—2026.8.5 09:00)
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1. U.S. and European stock markets (August 4 U.S. market close)

U.S. stocks surged across the board and set new record closing highs. The Dow Jones closed at 54,085.88 points, up 1.71%; the S&P 500 closed at 7,736.52 points, up 1.79%; and the Nasdaq rose to 26,584.99 points, up 2.59%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index jumped 7.02%. Memory, optical communications, and AI chips led the gains, with ARM, Intel, and SK Hynix ADRs rising by more than 8%. Europe’s Stoxx 600 also climbed in tandem. The airline sector strengthened as oil prices fell sharply, while the utilities sector remained steady.

The pale purple glow of the city wall’s barrier shield grows even hotter. The leader of the Blackstone stands on the high platform atop the wall, his gaze cold and venomous. He knows the power of the ancient battleship, but he still hopes to rely on Star City’s layered defensive arrays—to wear down the Hongzhou’s energy on the battlefield, then strike back when the moment comes.
Hongzhou doesn’t wait any longer; it drops the attack command.
Eight streaks of deep-blue particle beam fire slice through the air, smashing hard against the outer protective shield of Star City. The luminous curtain trembles violently; ripples spread outward in waves. Gun turrets atop the city fire in sync, and countless particle rounds pour down like a sudden rainstorm toward the Hongzhou.
The Hongzhou’s outer starnet energy shield holds steady, keeping every attack entirely at bay. After a single barrage, the city-wall shield’s energy loss is clearly noticeable. But while it continues to sustain large-scale defense, the rate of energy consumption far exceeds what the Blackstone side had expected.