Chapter 1815: The Ten Executors
In the days that followed, Jiangnan and Wang Gang simply soaked themselves in the training room, refusing to come out!
There wasn't a single idle moment. Jiangnan even used wormholes to handle his bathroom breaks!
They trained like madmen!
What was sleep? It simply didn't exist!
Even Qian Benying was motivated by their enthusiasm and joined the training!
Mm～She could now crawl within a thirty-thousand-fold gravity field!
The only times Jiangnan stopped was when he encountered dimensional creatures, going out to restock!
Every time he came back, he carried a large handful of dimensional pearls. He kept the best ones for himself and tossed the rest to Qian Benying.
In the blink of an eye, Qian Benying had sold herself for over ten years of labor.
The journey through the dimensional gap was undeniably boring. Jiangnan, completely immersed in training, simply forgot about the passage of time!
...
But the outside world was incredibly lively!
With the Chinese forces, Zhong Yingxue and the others, piloting Xing Cheng and coordinating with the Sentinel Mechanical Legion, began sweeping and cleansing the cities along the ancient Great Wall!
They spent every day in battle, busy as could be. Meanwhile, the Pioneer Academy trainees deployed to the forces began to shine brilliantly in battle after battle!
The handover of the new and old generations proceeded silently!
After several days of fighting, they had captured over five cities and began constructing urban fortresses!
The massive amount of spirit pearls obtained, aside from daily expenses and reserves, were mostly sent to the Western Frontier, frantically piling resources onto the Heavenly Cong Azure Vine!
Once the national machine started operating, it was undoubtedly terrifying. Under the continuous supply of spirit pearls!
The Heavenly Cong Azure Vine's rank had already reached the Dao Heaven Ten Stars ceiling and was accumulating power, aiming to impact the Star Breaker rank!
The Lunar Joint Base, Begonia, Abyss had all been put into production, continuously supplying materials and weapons to the battlefields of various nations!
Various Transcendents were also jointly encircling and suppressing the peak beast groups within China, trying to assemble a set of spirit techniques for Xiao Jiuwo!
If any were suitable, they would absorb them as well, after all, Mi Ye, Xiao Chuihuo, and Bai Kou still lacked Transcendent techniques!
Wu Liang and Xiong Er had both reached Star Glory, with one skill slot remaining!
Although Lan Xing was in ruins after the global spirit calamity,
It was still tenaciously radiating vitality!
...
At the same time, within the Beacon Star Palace, Karl closed his eyes, the glazed horn on his head flickering with light, clearly making a horn communication!
After a moment, a smirk curled at the corner of his mouth.
(๑¯ิٹ¯ิ) "Igor, go prepare the plan. I'll go pick up the Ten Executors. They've arrived!"
When Rhine and Igor heard this, their eyes lit up. Finally, they were here?
Igor stood up: "Then I'll go contact the pawns and finalize the plan."
Kupo didn't speak but simply followed behind Igor, clearly wanting to go with him.
Igor frowned: (✡･᷅～･᷄) "There's no need for you to come with me this time. Go with Rhine and Gabriel. You have other tasks."
After giving the order, he vanished.
Kupo shrugged: (•́ω•̀٥) "I thought I'd get an easy job, but it looks like there's no hope. I'm just born to toil～"
In his mind: Damn! He's hiding it pretty well. A pawn with single-line contact?
Helpless, Kupo could only follow Rhine and Gabriel.
Meanwhile, Karl dragged Li Mingshan along and turned back to instruct Xiangzhi: "Stay here and watch the house."
"Inform me immediately if anything happens."
Xiangzhi: (ಠ╭╮ಠ) "Yes! Lord Karl～"
...
At the foot of Olympus Mons on Mars, Karl appeared abruptly, dragging Li Mingshan with him.
In the rust-colored world, a sky-filling sandstorm raged!
A star gate three hundred meters in diameter stood at the mountain's base!
This star gate was brought by Igor from the Han Mountain Spirit Ruins!
He had once used it to pull a Star-Devouring Giant Worm's egg and a Pupil Clan member over to the Moon...
To prevent humans from getting their hands on it, this star gate had long been placed on Mars by Igor!
Karl took out a crystal conch and used it as a key to activate the star gate!
A vortex emerged from the star gate, connecting to a star domain of unknown distance!
As the vortex rippled, a man wearing Source Starlight Armor walked out of the star gate's vortex!
He was also a member of the upper Bose race, with extremely dense Bose particles, appearing semi-opaque!
A Executioner's Blade hung at his waist, and his icy silk hair was casually tied in a high ponytail at the back of his head!
He had starry brows and sword-like eyes, handsome features, and an exceptionally sharp aura!
On the dual horns of his forehead were imprinted the numbers "00"!
This Bose was exactly the leader of the Ten Executors, Zack, codename Executioner!
Behind him, one Bose body after another stepped out, each with numbers printed on their dual horns, ranging from 01 to 10!
The Ten Executors weren't a single person but a team of 11!
They were the executioners of the Holy Star organization, the blade of slaughter, pure killers. The character "决" also meant "judgment"!
Every single Ten Executor was no weaker than Rhine, male and female, with terrifying auras!
And it wasn't just the Ten Executors who came; there were also many single-horned lower Bose race members!
They were exiles who didn't exist within the Bose race, and they had all come along this time.
Li Mingshan watched the vast crowd of Bose bodies coming through the star gate, his pupils violently constricting!
Humanity... was finished...
Someone from the Ten Executors immediately spoke:
(￢益￢✡) "Tsk～Is this a barren wasteland? Is Lan Xing like this?"
(-ι_-✡) "Hmph～We went to all this trouble to die in the Extreme Dark Star Dome, and we end up in this godforsaken place?"
Karl rolled his eyes:
(꒪ัд꒪ั✡) "This is Mars. Lan Xing is right next door～"
Then he turned his gaze to Zack and grinned: "You're here? Then this..."
Before he could finish, Zack's gaze turned icy. He strode forward, raised his hand, and slapped Karl hard across the face!
ᥬ(ꐦ･᷅益･᷄)۶Σ(#)꒪ͦ3꒪ͦ) Pfft～
With a "Pap," Karl's head was snapped to the side, jelly splattering from his face!
This slap stunned everyone. What was going on?
Karl was furious. He had come all this way only to be slapped?
"Zack! You're courting death!"
As he spoke, his Executioner's Sword unsheathed at lightning speed, slashing explosively at Zack!
At the same time, he unfolded his Absolute Zero domain. The originally sandy Mars world was instantly covered in frost!
But Zack squinted his eyes, raised his hand, and held up his Executioner's Blade. The blade was drawn three inches from its sheath, blocking at extreme speed!
"Clang!"
With an explosive sound, a fierce wind howled. The foot of Olympus Mons was shattered by this single sword strike, but Zack didn't budge an inch!
His face darkened: "I'm afraid it's you who's courting death! This slap was delivered on behalf of the Star Lord!"
"You, the honored Star God, how could you make such a low-level mistake and stumble on Lan Xing?"
"What's the deal with that beacon signal you sent back? Do you think Lan Xing is like other civilizations, free to develop as you please?"
"You should be grateful that you're still needed here. Otherwise, if you went back to face the Star Lord, it wouldn't be just a slap!"
Karl was stunned, his body chilled:
=͟͟͞͞(꒪口꒪‧̣̥̇) "S-sent back? The Holy Star's violation of the Ten Thousand Races Accord has been exposed?"
"Then..."
Zack said angrily:
ᥬ(ꐦ︶益︶) "The Silicon clan found out, but they haven't made it public yet. They're using this to threaten the Sacred Law Council, trying to negotiate terms!"
"You know the scale of the Silicon clan nowadays. Their technology has permeated every corner of the starry sky, and their power is growing!"
"They've even mastered some star routes, already faintly threatening the Bose race's position as starry sky overlords!"
"Now with this incident, our Holy Star is indefensible to begin with!"
Karl's scalp went numb: "How did it get out? How was it handled?"
Zack snorted coldly: "What else could be done? The Holy Star was held accountable by the Sacred Law Council, harried and overwhelmed. Even the Star Lord was scolded!"
"Our higher-ups are barely holding up under the pressure. All we can do now is play dirty, deny everything, and say their terminal database malfunctioned!"
"If they can't produce solid evidence, they can't hold the Sacred Law Council accountable. Anyway, things are very deadlocked!"
"The Silicon clan isn't stupid. They'll definitely cling to this issue, and the conflict is getting more intense. Do you know how much damage this single beacon signal of yours has caused the organization?"
Karl looked disgusted:
(ꐦ°᷄益°᷅) "Damn it! Jiangnan! It's all Jiangnan! This bastard ruined everything!"
"~%?…;#*'☆!"
Zack: ???
"What the hell are you babbling about?"
Karl waved his hand dismissively:
(︶～︶✡)۶ "This is cultural essence. You wouldn't understand! Damn it, we've really stepped in it!"
"These damn machine bastards, exploiting every loophole, are they? What now? What does the Star Lord say?"
Zack sighed: "What else can we do? For now, the Sacred Law Council has blocked the Silicon clan's star routes leading here, stalling as much as possible!"
"We're preventing them from getting further evidence to solidify their case against us, but it won't hold for long. The Silicon clan will definitely find ways to dig deeper!"
"The organization's situation is extremely difficult now. We need to hurry up and finish with Lan Xing, develop it into a Star Ruin, make it a done deal. Once the dust settles, even if they have solid evidence, what can they do?"
"Complete the mission cleanly, and there's still room for maneuver. What about the Creation Beast? You got it, right?"
Karl's face darkened: (̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄ "Got it, my ass! If I had it, why would I be asking you for that thing?"
"Igor misled me with false reports! There are four Transcendent-level humans here, and they all have domains! They can even fuse! It's ridiculous!"
Zack's eyes widened: ∑(°口°✡)᭄ "Four? Domains? Do you think domains grow on trees? How could humans... Tsk, they really are freaks!"
Karl said impatiently: "Enough of that! Did you bring the things or not?"
Zack then pulled out several diamond-shaped crystals from his chest, filled with ten-colored light!
Karl was about to take them, but Zack dodged: "These are borrowed from other Spirit Medium Lords. They need to be returned, not freely used!"
Karl glared: "Do I need you to tell me? Once we recover the Creation Beast here, won't we have as many as we want?"
He snatched the diamond-shaped crystals and turned his gaze to Li Mingshan!
A smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "Something for you to use. It's here..."
Li Mingshan: !!!