# Chapter 2563: The Ripples Shaking the Starry Sky
No one knew when the celebration banquet had ended, or how long they had been drinking!
All anyone knew was that when it ended, not a single person was still standing!
No one cleaned up either, because there was nothing to clean up. Forget leftovers—even the tables and chairs were gone, all devoured by Xing Cheng!
As for the several-hectare lake, it had been completely drained, and no one knew exactly who had finished it off!
These past few days had been a rare time of relaxation for everyone who had returned from the Cosmos Grand Hunt. Jiang Nan had fallen into a deep sleep, completely unconscious!
The Dimensional Gap was filled with celebration, while the outside world was in complete chaos!
As soon as the final results of the Cosmos Grand Hunt were announced, it was like dropping a deep-water bomb into a calm lake, setting off towering waves that refused to settle!
The most notable point was humanity's ranking!
From the bottom of the sequence, they had charged all the way to third place—unprecedented! There had never been a greater dark horse in history!
And Jiang Nan wasn't the only one shining!
Odin, Baldr, Martin, Yakeli, Vivian—each one of them could fight, their potential explosive!
It could be said that they had showcased humanity's infinite possibilities to the fullest. No one would look at humans with the gaze reserved for slave races anymore!
Humanity's talent potential was no longer just at the monarch level—it had even reached the overlord level!
Jiang Nan's battle with Innocent had shown all of humanity—nay, the entire starry sky—just how formidable humans could be!
Even the Bose Clan, who had sat firmly on the throne of starry sky overlord for an entire era, saw their favored child of destiny suppressed by Jiang Nan! Defeated head-on!
One could imagine what a huge impact this had on the myriad races of the starry sky!
The authority the Bose Clan had built up over the long term, their deeply rooted invincible image, was being torn apart bit by bit by Jiang Nan!
And the video of that battle had spread widely throughout the starry sky, watched by countless people studying Jiang Nan's combat system!
But the more they studied, the more desperate they became—as if there was simply no way to defeat Jiang Nan!
They couldn't even imagine what existence could possibly dim Jiang Nan's brilliance. Below the Star Devourer level, Jiang Nan had no equal!
And even when facing a Star Devourer level, Jiang Nan could manifest as a starry sky calamity threatening them, not to mention having Black God as his backer!
Clearly, Jiang Nan's rise was unstoppable. He had fully grown into a regional power! There was no possibility of him dying young!
Breaking through to Star Devourer was just a matter of time!
And once he reached Star Devourer, no one knew just how powerful Jiang Nan would become!
But they understood—that would surely be the moment of humanity's rise!
After that battle, humanity ultimately made it into the top ten, and entering the Sacred Law Council's Deliberation Council seemed like a foregone conclusion!
The Bose Clan had not responded directly to this, nor had they expressed any position!
The matter of the Cosmos Seed had stirred up a wave of discussion in the starry sky, but it was quickly suppressed and extinguished by the Bose Clan!
While the starry sky was reeling from the shock of the Cosmos Grand Hunt's final results, it was also actively preparing for the subsequent Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle!
Shipping volume in the starry sky had surged by more than ten times! Major weapons dealers, construction material merchants, and mine owners were raking in profits. Some strategic resource prices had even been driven to astronomical levels!
And at this moment, the advantage of having mines at home became apparent. No matter the era, resources had always been the lifeblood of a race! And if that lifeblood was held in someone else's hands, it was hardly a comfortable situation!
Fortunately, Jiang the Grabber had secured over two hundred rich mining areas for humanity, so resources were not a concern!
Although the specific rules for the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle had not yet been announced, the myriad races of the starry sky were already speculating about how humanity would fight this battle, and what strategies they would employ!
After all, humanity had only stepped into the starry sky for a very short time. Though they had means of livelihood and ways to make a living,
when it came to manpower and accumulated strength, they were severely lacking!
A race's overall combat capability and war-making ability couldn't be built on just a few hundred capable fighters!
The outcome was still unknown!
Among all this, the race most affected by the Cosmos Grand Hunt was the Angel Race. After the first round, they had fallen out of the top ten directly!
This caused many races to simply stop cooperating with the Angel Race, preparing for the worst by choosing sides in advance!
One must understand that any major starry sky race had countless intricate connections with other races in terms of interests!
The Angel Race's prosperity was inseparable from their identity as one of the top ten sequences!
Once they lost that identity, the Angel Race's entire interest chain would be severed!
As the saying goes, when a wall is about to collapse, everyone gives it a push; when a drum is broken, everyone beats it. Once fallen from the sacred altar, what awaited the Angel Race was a bottomless abyss!
Therefore, even if it meant depleting their entire accumulated strength, the Angel Race had to strive upward and protect their position!
If they couldn't move against humanity, they would have to pick on other races!
The Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle—the Angel Race had decided to stake everything on it!
Although the Bose Clan had suppressed the matter of the Cosmos Seed, no small number of races were secretly investigating, including the Silicon-Based!
After the Cosmos Grand Hunt ended, although the Silicon-Based had temporarily secured first place, they did not celebrate!
Instead, they began a meticulous screening of all data synchronized from the temporary war terminal, hoping to find some clue!
After all, they had inexplicably taken the blame and still hadn't figured out what the "Seed Extraction Plan" meant, or what the "Cosmos Seed" was!
All they knew was that the Bose Clan's grand scheme had indeed been disrupted!
If the Cosmos Seed had truly fallen into Silicon-Based hands, it wouldn't have been a loss for them!
But the problem was—the Silicon-Based hadn't gotten anything at all!
Yet, after screening the data, the Silicon-Based still couldn't find anything abnormal. There was only one suspicious point!
That was that the Divine Stealth Legion had lost contact with the Divine Mechanism Battalion for a period of time. By the time contact was reestablished, they had already taken the blame, and then Innocent destroyed them!
But what could be gleaned from that? There was still no way to know who had actually taken the Cosmos Seed!
There were far too many ways to interfere with signal transmission...
In the Guangke Star Domain Silicon-Based Main Hall!
Muke asked: [┐'_'┌] "We still do not know the whereabouts of the Cosmos Seed, nor what entity set up this scheme!"
"The Bose Clan has still not relaxed their surveillance of our race. They most likely still suspect us. Perhaps there will be corresponding actions in the future! Silicon Lord, what should our next course of action be..."
Silicon Lord issued an instruction: "Although the process was tortuous, and the Cosmos Seed did not fall into our hands—costing us one bargaining chip—the goal of disrupting the Bose Clan's plan was achieved!"
"In terms of results, for us, it is still a 1! If we wish to ascend to the throne of starry sky overlord and usher in the Mechanical Era, a collision with the Bose Clan is inevitable!"
"For this, we have already made thorough preparations! Since we cannot rule out the possibility of the Bose Clan breaking the balance and attacking our Silicon-Based civilization!"
"Then we shall always be prepared. Activate the highest level of combat readiness in the Guangke Star Domain! At the same time, make arrangements. The Silicon-Based fear no challenge!"
"Years of preparation, all for this day! This Sequence War is a change unseen in a hundred million years. Perhaps the opportunity lies in this one..."
At this moment, even the mechanical eyes of Muke and the other Class A Will units burned with fervor!
"Understood! Silicon Lord! As for the subsequent Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle..."
Silicon Lord said calmly: "Do I still need to arrange that? Since the day our Silicon-Based race was born, our race's offensive capability has been at the very top of the starry sky!"
"Do not be stingy with resource investment! Resources sitting there are just resources—meaningless! But if utilized to their maximum potential, they can truly realize their value!"
"For small races, war is burning money and consuming resources. But for great races, war can also make money!"
Muke nodded: ∠[┐･ˇ_ˇ･┌] "Yes! I understand!"
Silicon Lord was still pondering the Seed Extraction Plan!
What exactly was the Bose Clan planning? The timeline of their scheme could span tens of billions of years!
Judging by the name, it likely had something to do with the Chuangjie Daxu!
Unfortunately, the Silicon-Based terminal database had very little information about the Chuangjie Daxu. Otherwise, they could roughly calculate the content of the Bose Clan's plan and the function of the Cosmos Seed!
The Silicon-Based had achieved racial unification during the Cosmos War, with the Standard Silicon faction ultimately victorious, developing into the Silicon-Based of today!
Meanwhile, the terminal database of the defeated Wisdom Sect had been lost during the war and had never been found!
This was also a knot in Silicon Lord's heart. For so many years, they had never given up searching for the Wisdom Sect's terminal database, but there was still no clue!
The Silicon-Based had always prepared for the future. As soon as the Cosmos Grand Hunt ended, they began various deployments!
The Bose Clan side was equally restless. After the entire Cosmos Grand Hunt, they had fallen to fourth place!
And they had accomplished nothing—how could they possibly be at ease?
In the Bose Star Domain, the Eternal Star, deep within the ancient hall at the planet's core!
Here lay a pool of Eternal Holy Spring, containing rich life-source-infused Bose particles surging up from beneath the pool. The water was deep blue, steaming with mist!
Beneath the pool's surface, it seemed to connect to the fourth dimension, appearing surreal and bizarre!
And this place was heavily guarded by the Bose Clan!
In the center of the pool, half of Innocent's body was submerged!
His hands, feet, neck, and even his spine were pierced and locked by Cosmos Spirit Source spikes, with the other ends connecting to the void!
At this moment, Innocent looked considerably younger than when he had emerged from the Chuangjie Daxu!
But he was still covered in wrinkles, looking even older than Yu Gen!
In that battle, Innocent had truly given his all without regard for consequences. The side effects of the Instant Body Flash and the Ultra-Bose Critical State were no joke!
The Eternal Holy Spring could only keep Innocent from dying; the life source he had lost could not be recovered!
Innocent genuinely believed he had used his full strength. Even his prime self, encountering Jiang Nan, would have had the same outcome!
That blade was too powerful!
It shattered everything Innocent had taken pride in—his dreams, his dignity!
He had replayed that battle countless times in his mind, and the final result was always that he would be defeated by that blade!
And so, Innocent stared with hollow eyes at his own reflection in the Eternal Holy Spring!
The churning water distorted his reflection, shattered it...
Just like his blade! His dreams! His convictions...