# Chapter 2152: Missing a Figurehead
Wenge's expression was also very unpleasant. He poured himself a cup of tea and plopped down onto a stool!
He tossed the folder in his hand in front of Yang Jian!
(ಠĹ̯ಠ˵) "Take a look. I called in a favor with a Gamma clan friend. He has a friend in the Bose clan's First Light, and got these materials from over there!"
(◞‸◟) "Sigh~ Nan Shen has really suffered this time!"
Yang Jian swallowed his saliva and opened the folder. The moment he opened it, his head buzzed!
He couldn't help but slump back onto the stool, his face pale!
Inside the folder were all kinds of photos!
The background of the photos was a battered heavy torture chamber. The walls and floor were covered in bright red blood!
Covered in severe injuries, Jiang Nan lay on the ground like a bloody gourd, vomiting blood, the light seemingly gone from his eyes!
Completely exhausted, without even the strength to stand, his hair had been shorn into a black crew cut!
His face was so caked with blood that his expression was almost indistinguishable!
There were many photos, all of them homework submitted by Jiu Lan over these days!
The injuries in each photo were different, clearly not from a single beating!
There was even a photo of Jiu Lan squatting beside the severely injured Jiang Nan, making a peace sign with her hand behind her back, a victorious smile on her face!
Her fists were still stained with Jiang Nan's blood!
Yang Jian's eyes instantly turned red. His hands trembled as he flipped through the photos!
"Fuck!"
*Boom!* Yang Jian slammed his fist heavily onto the table. The aura of a Transcendent surged forth like a volcano compressed to its limit!
Wenge sighed: "That woman is called Jiu Lan, Deputy Warden of Ming He Death Prison. Below Star-Swallowing level, almost no race has a physical constitution tougher than hers."
"She's probably the one who did this. Nan Shen can't use his abilities inside. When it comes to pure physical constitution, he's getting completely dominated."
"A month and a half. At least Jiang Nan isn't dead yet! My friend said the Bose clan didn't get the information they wanted. Nan Shen's lips are pretty tight."
"He won't be killed anytime soon. The only fear is that the Bose clan's patience will run out... and then..."
Yang Jian clenched his fists tightly. Tears swirled in his bloodshot eyes!
"Little Nan did all this for humanity! To pave the way for humanity, he willingly walked into death prison. From childhood to now, all the way here, when has he ever suffered such grievances? Endured such torment?"
"Humanity owes him too much! I..."
Yang Jian's aura grew even more狂暴. Who could accept seeing photos like this?
How had Jiang Nan managed to get through this month and a half?
Wenge frowned: "Old Yang! You need to stay calm at a time like this. The Dimensional Star Navigation plan is at a critical juncture. Don't lose your head now!"
"The Bose clan and the Silicon-based are just looking for an excuse to mess with humanity. If you act impulsively, that would be disastrous!"
Yang Jian took a deep breath. Didn't he want to lead a jailbreak and rescue Jiang Nan?
But he couldn't do that. Forget whether humanity even had the ability to do it—once they did,
Jiang Nan's suffering would have been in vain!
"Three months! We must complete the full Starry Sky rollout of Dimensional Star Navigation within three months! Put the star paths right in front of all the races! There's still 30% left!"
Yang Jian didn't want Jiang Nan to spend even one more day inside!
Wenge sighed: "Easier said than done. It's not easy. The remaining 30% won't be given up easily by the Bose clan and Silicon-based. They're all strategic locations!"
"They'll definitely stir up trouble. The plan has already slowed down considerably. There are obstacles at every turn!"
Yang Jian's gaze was firm: "Now is not the time to play fair. If they want to play dirty with me, I'll get dirty with them too! When it comes to scheming, humanity doesn't lose to any race!"
"If connections can't be made, use money! If money doesn't work, use knives! Ally and coerce, boycott! Drive the wolf to swallow the tiger, create points of conflict!"
"Within the three-month period, Dimensional Star Navigation must be fully online. Only then will humanity have no worries, and Jiang Nan will have no pressure!"
When the time came, if Jiang Nan still couldn't escape from Ming He Death Prison,
then Yang Jian would go all out, even asking Black God to use the Dimensional War to apply pressure, and fish Jiang Nan out!
If they didn't return Jiang Nan, then fuck your Bo Star Navigation and Silicon Speed Star Navigation too—don't use them anymore!
Wenge swallowed his saliva. Old Yang was really going all out?
"I can't guarantee anything else, but the Tianqi clan will fully cooperate. But don't take this the wrong way..."
"Humanity is facing its most fatal problem right now..."
Yang Jian laughed bitterly: "I know. We're missing a figurehead. Having only Black God isn't enough. His role in the Starry Sky is limited..."
This was the most critical issue!
Black God was indeed invincible, the Lord of the Dimension. But since humanity was operating in the Starry Sky, Black God couldn't serve as their figurehead!
He was restricted to the Dimensional Gap!
This meant humanity couldn't fully let loose in the Starry Sky. Although human experts had now contracted powerful dimensional creatures and could summon them at any time,
it wasn't enough. They weren't strong enough!
What humanity lacked was a Star-Swallowing level powerhouse to hold down the fort in the Starry Sky!
A tall tree catches the wind. Humanity was flourishing, developing rapidly, and accumulating massive wealth through Dimensional Star Navigation!
But without a Star-Swallower in the clan, there was no foundation, no say!
When facing Star-Swallowers of other races, they would always be looked down upon!
Black God was indeed powerful, but he couldn't move in the Starry Sky. His prestige existed, but was limited!
Now, many of humanity's top experts weren't even in their home territory. They had rushed into the Starry Sky to travel, to train among the ten thousand races!
People like Xiao Chuihuo, Odin, Mi Ye, Bai Kou, Koro Nove, Piers, Baldr, Bati, Wu Zang, Lance, Ye Zhenguo, and the others...
Going out to explore was far better for their cultivation speed than staying in the clan!
This was sharpening the sword!
Each of them had contracted dimensional creatures. If they faced a life-or-death crisis, they could just run into the Dimensional Gap. Their lives were guaranteed!
These top human experts were like lions going out to hunt for prey!
When they returned to the nest, they would definitely bring back prey to nurture the cubs in the clan, and their own strength would grow!
Among them, those who had surged the fastest already had the power of a Planet Destroyer level!
Xiao Chuihuo, Odin, Bai Kou, Mi Ye, Baldr—all of them had reached this level!
But this was still far, far too far from the Star-Swallowing level!
The gap between Star-Breaking and Star-Swallowing was unimaginably vast!
The difference between being able to destroy a single planet and being able to destroy an entire galaxy—how much of a gap was that?
Humanity wasn't lacking confidence. They didn't think they couldn't reach Star-Swallowing!
On the contrary, they were extremely confident. Xiao Chuihuo was especially unconvinced. Back then, Odin had snatched the first Transcendent title!
Now, Xiao Chuihuo wanted to snatch back the Star-Swallowing title!
But what they lacked now was time!
If they had to wait for humanity to produce a Star-Swallowing level expert on their own, no one knew how many years it would take!
Now humanity was taking such big strides that Yang Jian felt they might be overstepping!
The top combat power couldn't keep up. They were missing a Star-Swallower to hold down the fort!
The Tianqi clan did have three Star-Swallowers, but they were from another clan after all. Some things couldn't be handled by asking someone else's parents to step in!
The Tianqi clan's Star-Swallowers also couldn't easily interfere, or else the nature of the situation would change!
Yang Jian rubbed his hair in frustration: "We will have Star-Swallowers. In the future, humanity's Star-Swallowers won't be fewer than any other clan. They'll come up in waves!"
"But we don't have one now. We're missing a figurehead. If only humanity had a little more time!"
Wenge smacked his lips as he listened. Are you even human?
Every single Star-Swallower was an immeasurable treasure for a race. How many years would it take to produce even one?
And you're talking about waves? Do you really dare to say that?
But based on Wenge's understanding of humanity and their Monarch-level potential, Yang Jian wasn't exaggerating!
"You don't need many! Just let Jiang Nan successfully reach Star-Swallowing! One of him equals ten! That would be enough for humanity to stand tall in the Starry Sky forest!"
If Jiang Nan became a Star-Swallower...
Wenge shuddered violently. Just thinking about it was terrifying!
Yang Jian rubbed his brow: "Can't count on that kid. His level... tsk tsk tsk~ Jiang Nan's level has always been a matter of fate. He hasn't even broken through to Star-Breaking yet!"
"I'm not hoping for him to become Star-Swallowing. Just getting him to Star-Breaking would already be impressive enough!"
The problem was that Jiang Nan was still suffering in Ming He Death Prison. His level was probably falling behind a lot!
He couldn't cultivate in there. His original level wasn't that high, and now it was even more delayed!
As for Zhong Yingxue and the others, Yang Jian was using humanity's top-tier resources!
Starry Source energy blocks were unlimited. The resources of the entire human race were prioritized to support their cultivation!
Although a few people couldn't use much, Yang Jian would never shortchange them when it came to resources!
Just as he thought of this, a blinding light lit up outside the window!
Looking out the window, the atmospheric clouds of Paradise Planet were dyed crimson red!
Turning the night-time northern hemisphere of Paradise Planet as bright as dusk!
The temperature in the air seemed to rise!
A terrifying spirit cloud vortex had gathered in the sky, continuously tearing through the clouds!
A relieved smile appeared on Yang Jian's face: "The first one to come up is Snowy, isn't it? If Jiang Nan knew, he'd be anxious, wouldn't he?"
Wenge broke out in a cold sweat: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇) "Another one breaking through to Star-Breaking? That's quite a momentum! What's going on with you humans? Lately, you've been having people break through to Star-Breaking every day?"
"Did you all schedule it and line up?"
Yang Jian smiled: "After eating chaff and swallowing vegetables for so many years, now that we've finally changed to fine clothes and good food, we ought to see some results, right?"
"The younger generation is catching up! Starry Source energy blocks are really something good!"
Wenge's eye twitched. It was hard to imagine that before, humans had been absorbing spiritual energy and even the spirit beads of various spirit beasts to cultivate? Some attributes didn't even match!
And they still managed to win the Star Ruins War? How did they train?
Yang Jian's expression turned serious. With a wave of his hand, the folder and photos on the table turned to ash!
"Please keep the information about Jiang Nan's recent situation in Ming He Death Prison confidential, Brother Wenge. Don't let it spread!"
"Otherwise, given how important Jiang Nan is to all of humanity, if people find out he's suffering in there, it could cause trouble and destabilize morale!"
Cold sweat dripped from Wenge's forehead. He suddenly remembered something:
(￢ㅂ￢٥) "Ah-ha~ Ahaha~ Of course! My lips are very tight..."