Chapter 238: Losing the Bet

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"ICE released, access unlocked, authorization confirmed, privileges transferred, UI upload complete. Welcome aboard..."

Bang, bang, bang, the clamps securing the battleship released, blue strip lights illuminated within the vessel, and after a slight vibration, the maglev engines engaged.

Li Pan disconnected the link cable between the tablet terminal and the ship's control console, checking the status of the processes that Eighteen had just updated in real-time on the tablet.

This time, the fleet sold by Cool Baboon included the main battleships and about three hundred and fifty other functional ships. Due to the interruption in the transmission of access codes, marked in blue and yellow by Eighteen, they could seize control of no more than one hundred and eighty vessels. Because they also arrived late, delaying action by over four hours, by the time they reached the military port, Terra had completed some of the ships' maintenance and reauthorization.