Chapter 2246: A Beam of Light in the Darkness
Xuan Se roared inwardly, but it's not you who's sacrificing!
Do you know how much psychological damage such an experience will cause to my mind?
How many scantily clad Charm Clan sisters would I need to see to make up for it?
(‧̣̥̇͡°ก͡°) "Cough, cough~ This method is feasible, but the problem is how to bring you all in with me!"
"The Swarm's screening is far from ordinary, let alone going deep into the insect nest to see Chong Bi Shi's true body? Any small oversight could be discovered!"
"Otherwise, how about I just use your body? I'm of the Chaos Clan, I have the Divine Control ability. If I directly use your body, I won't be discovered!"
"It would be even easier to bring you into the nest directly!"
Jiang Nan glared: (งᵒ̌_ᵒ̌)ง "Pfft! You're dreaming! If that happens, wouldn't I become the protagonist myself? What use would I have for you then?"
"I don't have the habit of voluntarily handing over my weakness to others. Don't try to screw me, you bastard!"
How could he possibly hand over his body to Xuan Se for Divine Control? That would be asking for death!
Meanwhile, Bo Deng on the side swallowed his saliva. Um... I think I'm qualified for this job, right?
Sleeping with the Insect Empress?
The thought alone is thrilling!
Jiang Nan grinned: (◕՞ꇴ՞) "You don't need to worry about how to bring us in. I, a swaggering man, have my own clever plan!"
"You just need to go back and contact Chong Bi Shi, set up a time. Notify me before the appointment. I'll properly solve the problem of bringing people along!"
"I also need to make some preparations when I go back. Remember not to pull any tricks. There's no regret medicine in this world for you to take!"
Xuan Se gritted his teeth, his expression fierce: "Fine! It's a deal! After I help you finish this, you must return my split consciousness!"
"Otherwise, I'll go down fighting!"
Jiang Nan didn't speak, only nodded with a smile.
The meeting room fell into a long silence. The two sat in their original positions for a full three minutes!
(͡°⍸͡°)﹏(꒪⍸꒪‧̣̥̇)
Finally, Xuan Se couldn't take it anymore.
He spoke first: (≖益≖‧̣̥̇) "Haven't we already finished talking? Why aren't you leaving yet?"
Jiang Nan pointed at his own nose in surprise:
ᕦ(°口°๑) "Huh? Me leave? Don't you have any insight? How long are you going to stay on my starship?"
"The starship has already changed course and is heading to my poor mining area. Why don't you take your people and get off?"
"If you stay any longer, I'll have to charge you for the ticket!"
Xuan Se's expression froze. His starship indeed! In just this short time, it became yours?
And you look so entitled!
(-益-ꐦ) "Fine, I'll leave! I'm really grateful to you!"
[From Xuan Se: Resentment Value +1009]
[From Xuan Se...]
After speaking, he jumped off the ship angrily with his subordinates, watching helplessly as his own starship sailed away!
In the boundless starry sky, Xuan Se stood there with his entourage...
Xuan Se roared angrily: (ꐦ◣д◢) "What the hell are you looking at? Why don't you send a starship to pick me up?"
...
Having successfully swindled a Ring-Level Starship from Xuan Se, Jiang Nan returned to his poor mining area.
Wu Feng was already waiting there with the 17 groups of auctioned slave races he had brought.
Each slave race numbered over 100,000. Altogether, they added up to nearly three million!
Among them, except for races that could reproduce without mating, there were very few mothers.
Clearly, the Bose Clan's Holy Star sold these slave races with ulterior motives.
As soon as Jiang Nan returned, Wu Feng transferred the Slave Master Seal to Jiang Nan.
The transfer required mutual consent from both sides; otherwise, it couldn't be given or accepted.
The existence of the Slave Master Seal could easily control the life and death of those imprinted with the Slave Seal—just a thought, and no power could resist.
Jiang Nan looked at the Slave Master Seal glimmering with spiritual light in his palm, feeling a mix of emotions.
If he could have obtained this Slave Master Seal from the Bose Clan back then, Uncle Li might not have died.
Everything from the past was still vivid in his mind. Jiang Nan slowly clenched his fist.
Wu Feng smiled: "Everyone, listen up! From this moment on, this Lord Blake is your new master! Understand?"
"Come! All call him master!"
The 17 groups of slave races were all ragged, some even bearing wounds. When they looked at Jiang Nan and the others, their eyes were filled with resentment, fear, and confusion, but mostly the hollow emptiness after losing hope...
Their homes were destroyed, they were in an unknown starry sky, helpless, not knowing what the future held. Their lives were in the hands of a completely stranger.
How could they have a good expression?
Wu Feng glared: "Hey? All have stiff mouths, huh?"
"Lord Blake, don't mind them. They've just been developed as slaves, not much servility yet. It'll come with use. I suggest you kill a few disobedient ones to make an example. That way..."
Jiang Nan glared and kicked Wu Feng on the butt: "You talk too much! Scram! I know how to manage slave races!"
Wu Feng smiled obsequiously, not daring to say anything more. After finishing his work, he left.
Jiang Nan rubbed his nose: (｡･ˇกˇ･｡) "Notify the Bully Gang. Pack up. We're abandoning this poor mining area. Move the entire base to Mining Area 666. Load all these people onto the ship!"
"What we're about to do is dangerous. We can't take them with us."
The newly swindled Ring-Level Starship was huge, more than enough to accommodate these slave races.
After loading, the starship performed a warp jump and headed straight for Mining Area 666.
...
At Mining Area 666, Pang Badi had already taken over the entire mine. He even moved his Haitang Star over and settled there.
He also dismissed all the accompanying Apocalypse Clan bodyguards to ensure only his own people were in the mining area.
Then he waited outside Haitang Star with his subordinates.
Omega and Alpha were still arguing, but they were quite surprised by Pang Badi's actions.
(#ớ～ờ) "Boss? What's going on? Who are we waiting for? So grand? You have to greet them in person?"
Alpha tilted his head: (#•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Are you waiting for that Black Soul Clan to come visit? Isn't he your decoy?"
Even if not, it shouldn't require such a welcome from the boss, right?
Pang Badi grinned, looking mysterious:
(︶.̮︶$) "What do you two know? Just wait! You'll see soon enough!"
Before long, the Ring-Level Starship warped into Mining Area 666 and arrived beside Haitang Star.
Alpha was stunned. Xuan Se's ship?
Jiang Nan laughed heartily as he disembarked: "Boss Pang? Is the mining area clean?"
Pang Badi rolled his eyes: "With me handling things? You can rest assured!"
Jiang Nan smiled and teleported beside Pang Badi, giving him a big bear hug.
Fellow villagers meeting fellow villagers, tears streaming down their faces.
(͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧ "Not bad? Business is going well. You haven't let the people of Lan Xing down!"
But Pang Badi was startled by Jiang Nan's hug.
=͟͟͞͞(꒪﹏꒪‧̣̥̇) "Cough, cough~ Are you sure you didn't leave any marks on me or anything? Are you going to use me as a swap or shield later on?"
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes: (꒪ͦ～꒪ͦ) "Am I that kind of person?"
Pang Badi looked grim: (̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄ "You are..."
Back in the seabed battle, Jiang Nan almost screwed him over with that trick, leaving him with severe psychological trauma.
Omega and Alpha on the side were dumbfounded.
Teleportation? Swap? He he he...
∑(°口°๑) "Nan Shen?"
Their voices went up an octave as they stared at the pitch-black Black Soul Clan in disbelief.
Jiang Nan was speechless: (≖_≖) "Seriously? You just recognized me?"
Omega and Alpha were dumbfounded. Who the hell could recognize that?!
Although that Black Soul Clan was a bit arrogant, there was no way they'd connect it to Jiang Nan!
"Yo... you were locked up in Ming He Death Prison, how did you..."
Omega stammered, still unable to believe it. This guy was a god, damn it!
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes: "I told you I was there for a vacation. Just three months. After I got bored, I naturally left?"
Alpha's lips twitched. Sure enough! Nan Shen is still that swaggering Nan Shen!
So the previous bidding conference was just a play coordinated with Boss Pang?
Pang Badi smiled: "How was it? Enjoy your prison life? And why did you come to the Starry Sky Mine? What's this about a rich mining area you mentioned earlier?"
Jiang Nan grinned: "I'll explain that later. First, let's settle these people."
With that, he pointed at the starship.
Pang Badi's expression stiffened. Holy crap, nearly three million slave races. All brought here?
Xuan Se won the bid, and Nan Shen got them all?
That bidding conference, Nan Shen didn't spend a cent and actually made a profit, damn it!
Jiang Nan clenched his hand hard. The Slave Master Seal in his palm shattered under his will.
At the same time, the Slave Seals on the 17 groups of slave races also dissipated into nothing.
In that moment, all the slave races' eyes were filled with shock and confusion.
What does this mean? After spending so much to buy us, he shattered the Slave Master Seal?
Jiang Nan spoke loudly: "From this moment on! I am no longer your master! And no one will be your master!"
"You... are free!"
All the slave races on the starship were stunned. Some knelt on the ground weeping, some cried tears of joy, hugging each other, speaking languages Jiang Nan couldn't understand.
Jiang Nan took a deep breath: "Right now, I don't have the power to save your races or worlds. I can't change the fact that your races have become slave races!"
"But I can save you! Saving your fellow clansmen from the fire and water is the responsibility you carry, not something I should do!"
"Please see yourselves as the last spark of your race, the only hope. Strive to grow stronger, to develop! Don't let your civilization, your culture be cut off in the starry sky. Give civilization to time!"
"I will provide you with a safe haven in the starry sky—life planets, basic infrastructure! Go pioneer! For the sake of not being weak anymore! For changing the fate of your race! For overthrowing this vast starry sky!"
"You indeed lost! But losing doesn't mean hope is crushed! New hope... I will give it to you!"