Chapter 2792: Returning Home…
Although the upheaval ultimately ended with the Silicon-Based forces withdrawing and paying reparations, the aftershocks it caused were not so easily eliminated!
The Angel Race had been annihilated, existing in name only. The Sacred Celestial Kingdom had fallen. Lucifer had gone to seek revenge against humanity, charging towards the Milky Way Star Domain—only to be intercepted halfway!
Chong Feiyu, Youming, and the others had brought their Star Devourers to beat him down viciously, originally intending to push harder and finish him off!
After all, if you don't pull the roots when cutting weeds, they'll grow back when the spring wind blows. The Carbon Alliance didn't want to be constantly on guard against a hysterical Lucifer stabbing them in the back.
But Star Devourers weren't so easy to kill, especially a powerful one like Lucifer. She went missing, simply vanishing right in front of Youming, Chong Feiyu, and the others!
And this wasn't Lucifer's intention. She had already prepared to fight to the death and drag a few others down with her. But some unknown entity had rescued her…
With no one to be found, the matter had to be shelved for the time being!
The Bose Star Domain had been wrecked, the Genesis Star Domain was gone, the Guangke Star Domain had been dismantled into scrap yet again, and the Thermal Nuclear Star Domain had also disappeared…
And this was before a real war had even broken out. If the war truly erupted, who knew what kind of mess things would turn into!
The Carbon Alliance's losses were also significant. Many member clans' home star domains had suffered heavy blows!
However, thanks to the Dimensional Star City, the damage had not been fatal.
Having weathered this storm, they had taught the Silicon-Based a harsh lesson. At least for a considerable period to come, the Silicon-Based wouldn't dare to make any rash moves or stick their hands into the Carbon Alliance's affairs again.
Yang Jian immediately issued orders:
( ͡°↼ ͡°) "Each faction, clean up your respective battlefields, recover as quickly as possible, and compile statistics on the losses from this war!"
"Also, if anyone has any old facilities at home that they don't want, or want to replace with new ones, blow them up too and include them in the war damage statistics. After all, it's a 'lose one, pay three times' deal, and the Silicon-Based are footing the bill. Everyone understands, right?"
At this, the eyes of all the clan leaders lit up!
(๑✧⥎✧) "Understand! How could we not? I'll have my people start dismantling... ah, I mean, cleaning up the battlefield and calculating the war losses right away!"
They were practically itching to blow up their own home star domains and then have the Silicon-Based pay them three times the value in compensation!
Wouldn't that be a direct path to getting rich and achieving moderate prosperity?
Now that they had leverage over the Silicon-Based, with such a golden opportunity right in front of them, it just wasn't in Yang Jian's nature not to fleece them for all they were worth!
As long as the Silicon-Based didn't dare to do anything to the Carbon Alliance for now, they'd squeeze out whatever they could!
Out in the starry sky, it was also taking a long time to calm down!
Jiang Fan's return. Jiang Nan's earth-shattering, terrifying power that crossed the chasm, allowing a Star Breaker to fight a Star Devourer head-on!
The collapse of the Silicon-Based Genesis Laboratory. And that mysterious Star Radiance of unknown origin from the Silicon-Based…
Every single piece of news was explosive, enough for the myriad races of the Starry Sky to digest for a long, long time.
Storm clouds had already gathered over the starry sky; peace was ultimately a luxury!
But anyone with eyes could see that the Carbon Alliance had truly stood up and was a quite promising Star Sea Ark.
More and more races were now trying to join the Carbon Alliance.
Meanwhile, Jiang Nan tore open a spatial rift and stepped right through it!
(๑◔◡◔ิ๑) "I'll take you back to Lan Xing for a look, okay? The development there is incredibly awesome now—definitely beyond your imagination..."
(๑•̌～•̑) "Hmm? Why aren't you coming in?"
Jiang Fan stood before the spatial rift, his expression slightly hesitant!
Just then, Black God's figure suddenly appeared beside Jiang Nan, a teasing expression on his face!
(●ಡ▿ಡ) "Oh my, oh my~ Don't tell me you're scared? Don't worry! I, Black God, have always been hospitable. I wouldn't suddenly get a whim to start collecting figurines or anything~"
With that, he looked up at Jiang Fan.
Jiang Nan's mouth twitched. Black God's attitude towards Jiang Fan was quite intriguing, wasn't it?
There was probably something going on between them that he didn't know about.
He remembered Black God telling him that he had encountered Jiang Fan before. He had wanted to keep Jiang Fan there, but Jiang Fan had managed to escape.
It was after that incident that Black God became interested in humans, secretly collecting their organs, trying to piece one together.
Jiang Fan wiped his nose:
(￢ก￢) "It's not that I'm scared. I don't know what fear is. Besides, this is just a will projection anyway."
"And this body isn't even mine..."
He was still using Atiya's, at that.
With that, he stepped into the dimensional rift!
Seeing this, Black God shrugged: "I told you, I won't do anything to you. Let's let bygones be bygones. You're Jiang Nan's friend, and he's my little brother, so naturally, I won't make things difficult for him..."
"But... you'd better not have any designs on my little brother. Otherwise, I'll show you what fear truly means!"
At this moment, Black God's expression was unusually serious!
Jiang Fan was also a tough nut to crack!
"Your hypothesis is invalid. And I have no such intentions."
"But I am curious... if I did, what could you do about it?"
Black God raised an eyebrow: "Oh? You want to see?"
Within the dimensional rift, a sense of great terror gradually awakened!
The smell of gunpowder was getting thicker and thicker!
Jiang Nan wiped the cold sweat from his brow and coughed lightly twice:
(•́ก•̀٥) "You two are acting exactly like hippos about to fight over a mate right now!"
"And I'm a grown man here... This..."
"Could it be that you two... Eww~"
Jiang Nan blinked and dodged far away, his face full of disgust, his whole body breaking out in goosebumps!
But Black God, for some reason, was reminded of the hug earlier and turned to throw up again!
٩(≥ཀ≤●) "What the heck hippos! Who taught you such a bizarre metaphor?"
"Do you really think you're some hot commodity? Ugh, ptooey!"
Jiang Fan's expression also became unnatural, the corner of his eye twitching:
(≖_≖٥) "Don't misunderstand. I'm not... ugh..."
Jiang Nan had completely ruined the atmosphere. How were they supposed to keep up their confrontation now?
But Black God and Jiang Fan did seem to have some history, didn't they? The words 'don't have any designs on him' were quite telling. Was it related to Jiang Fan's ability?
Jiang Nan grinned wide:
( ͡°̫ ͡°)✧ "Stop standing around here! Hurry up and come back to Lan Xing with me. I guarantee it'll blow your mind!"
"Hasn't it been years since you last came back?"
With that, he grabbed Jiang Fan with one hand and Black God with the other, and ran straight towards Lan Xing!
Jiang Fan kept shaking his head:
੧੧(•́_•̀٥) "I'm not eating, not eating. Don't misunderstand. I really don't..."
Black God: (●థжథ) Pfft~
Jiang Nan: ???
...
Above the Dimensional Star City, in the dimensional rift!
Jiang Nan's eyes were wide as saucers:
∑(ଵ口ଵ๑) "Holy crap! Th-this... Hiss~"
When Jiang Nan had left, there had only been the Lost Kingdom. But now, the Dimensional Star City was fully established!
The core planets of all the Carbon Alliance member clans had been relocated here, centered around the Lost Kingdom, forming the incredibly massive Dimensional Star City!
It was exceptionally prosperous. Truly a case of a thousand peaks vying for glory and a hundred schools of thought contending. The Human Solar System was among them!
This kind of scale and prosperity was something the Thousand Stars City simply couldn't compare with!
After all, every planet here was the cradle of some race's civilization, built with immense effort, you know?
Coming here, Jiang Nan couldn't even tell where the starry sky ended and the dimensional rift began anymore!
Black God wiped his sweaty brow: "Saying you're bringing him here for a tour, and you're the one stunned speechless? Is that embarrassing or what?"
"Isn't this the setup you organized before you left? You don't recognize it now that you're back?"
Jiang Nan: (•́ω•̀٥)
"This... truly is a bit beyond belief."
With that, he turned to Jiang Fan:
( ͡°ꇴ ͡°)✧ "See? This is the setup we've got going now. Pretty decent, huh?"
At this moment, Jiang Nan was like a little kid showing off his achievements to his elders!
Being able to let his predecessor witness this scene with his own eyes, to see this era of peace and grand celebration, could be considered a kind of fulfillment, right?
Jiang Fan was also somewhat surprised: "This is a scene I've never seen before. Not bad, not bad..."
"It's beyond my imagination. What you've done... is truly remarkable."
For the weak human race to step out of the abyss and climb all the way to such heights, establishing such a great foundation, truly could be called a miracle!
Having said that, Jiang Fan's eyes deepened again, and he looked at Jiang Nan with a very meaningful gaze.
Jiang Nan was even more excited!
"Haha, this is just the beginning! Let's go check out Lan Xing. The people back home should know you've returned by now!"
"They're probably all going crazy with excitement!"
With that, he grabbed Jiang Fan and vanished again, heading straight for Lan Xing!
The current Lan Xing had a beautiful environment, towering buildings, abundant spiritual energy, and terminal technology had permeated every aspect of people's daily lives!
People in the past always fantasized about how wonderful the future world would be, how advanced the technology would be!
Jiang Nan could now say with certainty that!
Current Lan Xing was exactly the beautiful future people had once fantasized about!
The Lingxu were under unified management. Everything operated in an orderly fashion under the control of the Stellar Core!
At the Kyoto Commemorative Square, it was already packed with people!
The citizens of Lan Xing had naturally learned from the Star Sea Network that Jiang Fan had returned, and they knew about his proud feat of taking on three major factions—the Angels, Bose, and Silicon-Based—in a row!
They had also witnessed the glorious sight of two Era Lords standing side by side in battle. For the citizens of Lan Xing, this was like a dreamlike scene!
In the square, the figures of Jiang Fan and Jiang Nan suddenly appeared!
The moment the crowd saw the two in the flesh, they became even more excited!
٩(๑•̀ꇴ•́๑)۶ "Ahhh! Nan Shen! Patriarch Jiang Fan! They're characters from our history books! Alive! Right here in front of me! I have to video call my wife so she can see too!"
(*ﾟﾛﾟ) "Is this the Patriarch Jiang Fan who left his mark on the Lunar Monument and left behind the Origin Spark? Truly powerful!"
"Without the Origin Spark, the Blue Moon Era might never have begun. Perhaps humanity wouldn't even have survived the First Spiritual Energy Revival! Patriarch Jiang Fan is the true founder of humanity, and a legend is now appearing right before our eyes!"
"Nan Shen is no slouch either, right? His strength has grown again. A Star Breaker going toe-to-toe with a Star Devourer! That's just too amazing! And he's still as handsome as ever!"
The cheers of the people soared into the sky. Jiang Nan was really startled by the sheer number of people. He hadn't expected it to be so lively!
Jiang Fan stared blankly at the scene before him. Peace, health, prosperity, a song of a grand era!
His eyes swept across the unfamiliar faces, watching the people laugh, cheer, and rejoice!
Then he looked into the distance, at the towering buildings and the modern technological metropolis. His eyes were filled with unfamiliarity!
"...Sorry. I have to go..."
With that, he vanished in a flash. The crowd was stunned. Why did he leave?
Jiang Nan was also taken aback for a moment. Then he scratched his head and laughed:
୧(٥⁼̴ㅂ⁼̴) "He might have been... overwhelmed by everyone's enthusiasm. A bit shy. I'll go find him..."