Chapter 2764: Large-Scale Disappearances!
The Xueji Clan warriors paid the price of nearly a thousand men before they subdued the enraged Damon!
Even when completely restrained, he refused to behave, still trying to break free. They had to inject enough nerve anesthetic to knock out a hundred giant star beasts before Damon finally passed out!
His body was filled with anesthetic, not a single drop of blood left!
The battle ended quickly, without much effort!
Even the entire ship of slave species became silicon-based spoils of war!
Bo Deng was directly sealed in blood crystal, and he was still cursing!
(ლ)꒪ͦཀ꒪ͦ)"Dammit! Kill me, if you have the guts, kill me! You might be able to conquer my body, but you can never conquer my philtrum!"
"A model soldier never loses; even if dead, my philtrum remains! I won't accept this!"
Xue Ning shot out a blood spear, piercing directly through the blood crystal seal, stabbing a hole in Bo Deng's body!
(￢益￢ꐦ)"Shut up! If you weren't still useful to us, I would have cut you down long ago!"
"Lord Tao, look at this guy called Bo Deng's philtrum—can we give it to our Xueji Clan for research? To transplant it? I kind of fancy it!"
Tao nodded with satisfaction:
[┐￢↼￢┌]"As long as you perform well enough, it's not impossible!"
Bo Deng: Σ(＠ロ＠(ლ)???
What... what the hell is this? They want to chop me off?
Bo Deng, who was fearless of heaven and earth, suddenly had a terrified look in his eyes!
(ლ)༎ຶ口༎ຶ)"No! Don't! You heartless bastards! Without it, what meaning does my life have? How can you be so cruel? I ~%?…;#*’☆!"
"Boss Nan, save me! Boss Yakeli, save me!"
Samo was filled with disgust. Damn it, things had gone seriously wrong!
In the past month or so, although the silicon-based had repeatedly provoked, they hadn't crossed the line, let alone reached the point of capturing people!
It had nothing to do with not returning to the dimensional rift immediately after hijacking the slave species!
If the silicon-based decided to make a move, as long as you were active in the starry sky, they would always find an opportunity to succeed!
The Carbon Alliance was so large; they couldn't all hole up in the dimensional rift to avoid the silicon-based. How could they live like that?
Now that the silicon-based had started capturing people, it was clear they could no longer wait to escalate the conflict and probe further!
If they died, that would be one thing, but being captured was a real problem!
However, Samo had no solution for this!
Xue Ning turned his head:
(ꐦ･ˇ益ˇ･)"These slave species, should we cut them down? Bringing them back isn't worth the trouble, right?"
Tao said expressionlessly:
[┐￢_￢┌]"Cut them down? Take them all back to the Genesis Laboratory. They are excellent experimental subjects. Although the silicon-based have resources, that doesn't mean you can waste them, understand?"
Xue Ning quickly nodded in agreement!
The illusion array disappeared, and the starry sky was as clean as if nothing had happened!
But not long after Tao and the others vanished, the space split open!
Pang Badi and a group from Haitang Mining arrived, but found no trace!
(ꐦ°᷄益°᷅)"The people are gone. It seems we're too late!"
Fortunately, they were a step too late; otherwise, Pang Badi and his group would likely have been captured too!
The moment Ta Luo's team went missing, Ai Jiang immediately contacted the nearest Haitang Mining to check the situation. Upon inspection, it was clear something was wrong!
And it wasn't just here!
Thousand Stars City, Wanxiang Star, Black Street!
Yue Li was smoking incense beads, humming a little tune, and strolling into the bathroom to take a shower before attending a negotiation for a batch of supplies.
↜(⃔っ❛ั̫❛ัC)⃕～Hmm～♬♩♫♪
She entered the bathroom and sat down on her fully intelligent particle-decomposition toilet!
Before she could even exert herself, she vanished in an instant, teleported away by particle transmission!
She let out a short, sharp scream!
A particle-transporting toilet? Seriously?
The guards heard the scream and rushed back to check!
∑(°口°๑)"Lord Yue Li? What's wrong? Did you slip? Stub your toe? Say something? I... I'm coming in now!"
As soon as they opened the bathroom door, they saw no one inside, only a smoking pipe on the floor!
And in the center of the toilet, a brilliant red light was glowing, as if connected to the gates of hell!
Guard: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)???
What kind of shit is this? Something that glows?
"Boom!"
The toilet exploded instantly, unleashing a power comparable to a supernova blast, blowing Yue Li's residence to pieces!
It flattened everything, leaving a giant crater!
The guard, covered in soot, crawled out of the ruins, hair still smoking, face full of confusion!
I almost got blown up by a toilet?
Not good!
(●⁰口⁰●|||)"Oh no! This is bad! Lord Yue Li disappeared while squatting! She vanished through time! Someone, quick!"
The Black Street erupted in chaos!
Not only Yue Li, but also the galaxy-wide idol Zhiyin, during a fan handshake event, was teleported away by a handshake!
Although the frenzied fans beat up the culprit on the spot, no one knew where Zhiyin had been sent!
That culprit was just a hired pawn...
Similar incidents occurred simultaneously among multiple member races of the Carbon Alliance!
Meanwhile, Yang Jian and the others, who were holding a meeting at the Dimensional Star City to discuss countermeasures, naturally received the news. Piles of reports were sent over!
Ai Jiang immediately reported:
꒰ঌ❍໒꒱"Something has happened to the Group Army of the Stars' Troubled Times. The squad of Ta Luo, Damon, Bo Deng, Samo, and Black Steel has collectively gone missing. Boss Pang took people to the location of the disappearance to check, but found nothing!"
"It was the silicon-based who made a move!"
The spokesperson of the Fairy Sound Clan squinted:
(♬¯͒益¯͒♩)"Our Zhiyin has been captured! Tsk, they dare to touch her? Don't they know I'm also her fan? Her new album hasn't been released yet!"
The spokesperson of the Enchanting Clan also panicked: "There was a massive explosion on Black Street, Yue Li is missing! Damn it! Damn it!"
One by one, reports came in, and the atmosphere in the meeting room became tense!
Yang Jian's expression turned completely grim!
"Are the silicon-based so impatient? They dare to blatantly capture people from the Carbon Alliance?"
This was a blatant act of overstepping boundaries, the most direct provocation!
Yakeli suddenly stood up, murderous intent blazing in his eyes: "Brother Jian, do we still have to endure? They're shitting on our heads!"
"My brothers have been captured, their fate unknown. If you say we still have to endure, I won't be able to hold back my blade!"
Yang Jian squinted: "Don't be reckless! Stay calm! Anger is the most useless emotion right now. Don't follow the silicon-based's lead!"
"Since the silicon-based are capturing people, they want to use them as leverage, as a threat! So they probably won't harm their lives. At most, they'll suffer a bit!"
"We must rescue them, but do it safely, without any surprises. Since the silicon-based dared to do this, they must have dug a series of traps, waiting for us to step into them!"
"It's possible that we won't save anyone, and we'll end up throwing away more lives in the process!"
Yakeli's eyes were bloodshot: "Then how do we save them? If something really happens to Ta Luo and Damon, I won't be able to hold back!"
He had no family. The brothers he brought out from the Minghe Death Prison were like family to him.
How could he just watch them get hurt?
Yang Jian took a deep breath: "First, we need to find out where the silicon-based are holding the prisoners!"
Ai Jiang reported: "We've searched all the data on the disappearance incidents that the Carbon Alliance can gather, and we've sent scouts to the scenes to investigate the residual particle transmission fluctuations!"
"According to the triangulation method, the hostages captured by the Carbon Alliance are likely being held in the silicon-based's Genesis Laboratory in the Genesis Star Domain!"
"It's worth noting that the silicon-based have the ability to conceal the residual fluctuations of particle transmission, but they didn't. Obviously, they intentionally let us know the location!"
Yakili ground his teeth: "The Genesis Laboratory? The silicon-based really won't stop. This matter needs a final resolution!"
Yang Jian frowned deeply. Even with his toes, he could tell that the silicon-based must have set up a net that covers the sky and earth there.
Even if they really attacked, with the hostages in their hands, they would be fighting with one hand tied behind their backs!
Just then, Li Si raised his hand:
(ﾟ～ﾟ)ﾂ"Leave the hostage rescue to me!"
"All you need to do is tear through the defenses of the Genesis Laboratory and attract their attention!"
"As long as the hostages aren't dead, if they're in the laboratory, I can bring them out!"
Zhang San was already gearing up:
(งᵒ̌⥎ᵒ̌)ง"Brother Four, hurry up! Let's go! Let's take a stroll through the Genesis Laboratory!"
Yang Jian's eyes narrowed: "Are you reliable?"
Li Si scratched his head. He didn't know how to explain it. Even if he explained, no one would hear him anyway?
Just then, Ai Jiang spoke:
꒰ঌ❍໒꒱"Don't worry, you can trust him. There's no safer method than this."
Although Ai Jiang would overlook Zhang San, she remembered Li Si. When the carbon-based framed the silicon-based during the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, he was a huge help. Without them, the plan wouldn't have succeeded.
Yang Jian nodded: "Then it's up to you. Notify all Carbon Alliance races to activate the highest level alert protocol, be ready for war at all times. Also, prevent the silicon-based from capturing more people!"
"Organize forces to storm the Genesis Laboratory to create an opportunity for the hostage rescue. Don't send cannon fodder; it's useless. Bring the Underworld Legion!"
"Also, for this operation, the highest combat power should be kept below the Star Devourer level. No Star Devourers for now!"
"Once a Star Devourer steps in, the situation will escalate directly, leaving no room for negotiation!"
Yang Jian was still trying to find a way to keep the situation under control.
They were almost at the finish line. Just a little more, and he didn't want to waste all the previous efforts.
But that didn't mean they had to be pushovers. If the silicon-based really went all out or directly used ultimate star weapons, giant god soldiers, Yang Jian wouldn't mind giving them a powerful counterattack.
But they couldn't just give up. They still had to apply pressure.
Whether to go to war or not was not up to the Carbon Alliance!
This round of probing by the silicon-based was so fierce that the Carbon Alliance had no choice but to respond!
But they shouldn't expect to get away with it without paying any price!