Chapter 2554: Is There a Chance That We Actually Took It?
|_'┌]: "Don't try to brush this off. The Bose race's blatant violation of the rules must be accounted for in front of all the Starry Sky Races!"
Yu Gen's expression froze, and he said indignantly:
(ꐦ･ˇyiˇ･) "You've only got half a mouth left, and you're still yapping here?"
|_'┌]: "My voice comes from a built-in sound generator. It has nothing to do with my mouth!"
(ꐦ▼min▼) "Then what about your race's Julang City exploding and starships attacking randomly, putting the Starry Sky Races in danger? How do you explain that?"
|_'┌]: "The cause of this incident originates from the Gamma race and has nothing to do with us Silicon-based beings. Benny May, I will send you a specific compensation list later. Please settle the payment promptly!"
Benny May exploded: ٩(ꐦఠдఠ)و "Why the hell should we be blamed? Isn't it because your Silicon-based products are unreliable?"
At this moment, the Star Devourers directly started arguing in the starry sky, spit flying everywhere!
The surviving Sequence support groups from the Starry Sky Races watched with dumbfounded expressions.
Jiangnan, on the other hand, was left aside. Veins bulging on his forehead, he couldn't help but roar:
(ꐦงᵒ̌kouᵒ̌)ง "Enough! Stop arguing!"
The quarreling abruptly ceased, and the eyes of the Star Devourers turned to Jiangnan.
Jiangnan looked serious:
(›ಠ͜ʖಠ‹)✧ "Arguing like this won't kill anyone. If you can fight, don't just talk. Isn't it better to throw down? Go for it! Hahaha—fight to the death!"
Yu Gen glared fiercely at Jiangnan, snorted coldly, flicked his sleeve, and said nothing more.
The atmosphere grew awkward...
Then Zhiyin grabbed a piece of Julang City debris and held it over her head, timidly saying:
୧(☍﹏⁰。)୨ "M-Milords? What about the results of this Cosmos Grand Hunt?"
Since Jiangnan had come out, it meant the Cosmos Grand Hunt was over. Now that Julang City had exploded and the two leaderboards weren't even displaying anymore, no one knew what the outcome was.
Jiangnan nodded repeatedly:
(͡°◠͡°) "Exactly, exactly. The venue is gone, and you're dragging a bunch of us around here to drink the northwest wind or something?"
"Just announce the results quickly, hand me the Star Hunter King title, distribute the rewards, and let's all head home to our own moms. I've been slashing millions of people and I'm exhausted. I still need to go home and get some sleep!"
Everyone looked at Jiangnan with twitching mouths. 'Millions of people slashed'—really?
Was he that confident he was first on the Star Hunter list?
But thinking about Jiangnan's monstrous combat strength—even Innocent was cleaved by him. The last wave of the cake almost all went into the Renqima Legion's stomach. There really wasn't anyone qualified to compete with Jiangnan for first place.
Yu Gen took a deep breath and said loudly:
(︶yi︶〃) "Due to certain force majeure circumstances, the venue collapsed and the Cosmos Grand Hunt viewing area fell into chaos. For this, our Bose race offers our apologies."
"The incident was sudden, and the points tally is already in progress. Please wait here for a moment. Once the points tally is complete, the Sacred Law Council will announce the final results of the Cosmos Grand Hunt and make the tallying process public."
"Ensuring every point is where it should be, upholding the principle of fairness, justice, and transparency..."
Noah curled his lip: (￢₃￢◕) "Oh, oh, oh—now you talk about fairness, justice, and transparency? When you were breaking the rules earlier, you didn't mention that, did you?"
Miu Ke: |～'┌] "The Bose race must pay the price for this!"
Yu Gen's eyes were red with anger. Would you guys ever stop?
(︶yi︶٥) "Regarding this matter, the Sacred Law Council will make a fair judgment. Everyone is invited to supervise. The results will be announced shortly."
Jiangnan sneered: "I hope it will be a satisfying result. Call me when it's announced."
With that, he turned and walked toward the dimensional gap.
But at that moment, Yu Gen's gaze sharpened!
"Wait!"
Jiangnan paused, frowning slightly. Yu Gen, Di Chou, and another Bose race Star Devourer had already formed a vague triangle, surrounding Jiangnan and his group.
There were even hidden spatial fluctuations in the void, clearly indicating that more than the three visible Bose Star Devourers were present.
Jiangnan sneered again: "What now? Got something to say? Spit it out!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and grasped a two-dimensional blade, watching the void warily.
The next moment, the space behind Jiangnan shattered abruptly. Black God stood behind Jiangnan, arms crossed, looking leisurely at the scene.
The atmosphere in the starry sky became suffocating. The Sequence support groups didn't dare speak.
[From Yu Gen: Resentment Value +1007!]
He forcibly suppressed the surging anger in his chest and unconsciously touched his cane-sword.
"That thing... you really didn't take it?"
"If you did take it, hand it over now, and the human race and the Bose race can remain at peace. All old debts can be wiped clean and vanish into smoke."
"Our Bose race can also overlook your actions of slaying so many Bose warriors."
"But if you don't hand it over, things really won't be able to end. You have no idea what that thing means! For that item, our Bose race will do whatever it takes!"
"All your trump cards are meaningless before a determined Bose race! For this item, our race will not stop until we achieve our goal!"
The major Sequences were also confused. What was this thing that made the Bose race so tense?
They had openly turned against the Silicon-based beings and now surrounded Jiangnan.
Jiangnan listened, then sneered:
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅) "I really don't know what the hell that thing is! The Cosmos Seed, right? Innocent kept nagging me about it."
"And now you're pestering me too! I'll tell you again: I don't know! I don't understand! And I haven't taken that damn seed! Hear that clearly?"
"I was fighting the whole time! Didn't you see? Why do you pin every damn thing on me? Do you have shit for brains?"
"I, Jiangnan, always take responsibility for what I do! I dared to shoulder the Thousand Stars and Beimian catastrophes! If I really had taken that damn seed, would I be hiding it?"
Of course, I didn't do it. Hehehe~
Yu Gen frowned deeply. Could it really have nothing to do with Jiangnan? He was indeed fighting the whole time. Even if he used a substitute to put on a show, some signature skills and combat power couldn't be faked, right?
Innocent also said it had nothing to do with Jiangnan...
Yu Gen said, "Whether you took it or not can't be determined just by your word. Please cooperate and let us conduct a body search."
"Open your alternate dimension and the space bags of your dimensional creatures. If the Cosmos Seed is truly not there, your innocence will be proven. Our Bose race will also offer compensation as an apology."
"This is the simplest solution to the matter. You'd better not complicate things."
Jiangnan laughed instead. He immediately opened his own alternate dimension!
٩(๑‾᷄ꇴ‾᷅๑)۶ "A search? A body search? Fine! I'm not stopping you! Come and search me yourself. I'm innocent, so what do I have to fear?"
As he spoke, he spread his arms wide, as if inviting them.
Yu Gen was taken aback. 'Damn, he's this cooperative?'
He thought it would take more effort, but...
Just as Yu Gen stepped forward, Jiangnan grinned fiercely, his eyes full of ruthlessness.
Space began flowing wildly toward him, and the Starry Sky Squinting Eye phantom appeared above his head.
Yu Gen, startled like a cat, instantly performed a dimensional leap and retreated far away.
Jiangnan grinned savagely: (˶‾᷄⁻‾᷅˵) "Come on? Why won't you search? I've opened my alternate dimension for you! The opportunity is right in front of you!"
Yu Gen: !!!
Search my ass! Once near Jiangnan, he would immediately activate Black Hole Devouring Star, wouldn't he?
Once inside the black hole's event horizon range, even a Star Devourer-level big shot wouldn't survive!
Jiangnan was obviously trying to trick them into coming close and then wipe them all out in one wave!
"Jiangnan! Don't complicate things! We just want to search you to confirm that the item isn't on you!"
"Your reaction is so intense. Could it be that you really took it?"
Jiangnan glared: (ꐦcaoyicao) "Bullshit! Search me? Try searching me today! I need to save face!"
"Because of your baseless suspicions, I have to cooperate with a search? Who says that's okay?"
"This is bullying me too much! You said you'd do whatever it takes, right? Come on! Whatever tricks the Bose race has, I'll take them all!"
"Do you just hate that I stole your spotlight in the Grand Hunt and slapped your faces? If you can't stand it, just say so! Don't try to pin a turd on me! If you want to mess with me, at least find a reasonable excuse!"
Everyone watched Jiangnan with their mouths wide open. 'Nan Shen really isn't afraid at all!'
He was going head-to-head!
That squinting eye above his head wasn't a special effect; it was the real Starry Sky Eye—the celestial phenomenon that records major stellar events. It had almost become Jiangnan's personal special effect!
Just standing there made Yu Gen retreat so far and still not dare to come close.
There was a term for that: 'retreat at the sight of them.' That was probably fitting here, right?
Yang Jian said coldly: (๑¯ิ_¯ิ) "The human race has come this far today not by giving in, but by never compromising!"
"If the Bose race wants to pick a fight, the human race will accept! We absolutely will not suffer this grievance!"
At this moment, Yang Jian's heart was filled with righteous indignation.
There was a limit to being unreasonable, wasn't there?
Would they never stop?
Zhang San awkwardly scratched his head in the crowd. 'Brother Jian probably still doesn't know, does he?'
'Is there a chance—maybe they weren't wronging him, and we really did take it?'
Even though Jiangnan knew the truth, he absolutely could not back down at this moment, nor could he cooperate with the Bose race's body search.
The more he cooperated to prove his innocence, the more they would suspect he had something to hide.
And given Jiangnan's personality, cooperating with a search would be the last thing he'd do.
When it was time to be tough, he had to be tough. The human race was at a critical stage of rising.
This matter absolutely could not be taken lying down, because the Cosmos Seed was far too important!