# Chapter 2997: The Ghost Protecting the Starry Sky!
Jiang Fan's cold gaze fell upon Xiao Chuihuo!
"What? Want to continue? Or still want to take Wanxiang back from me?"
"You can keep trying. I don't mind!"
As Jiang Fan spoke, his gaze remained warily scanning the surroundings!
Xiao Chuihuo squinted: "As you sow, so shall you reap. When a person loses the bottom line that restrains them, they no longer deserve to be called human!"
"You will pay the price for this. Absolutely!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan couldn't help but snort coldly:
"Just different paths. Step out of your own position and look at all this. Right and wrong are really just that kind of thing!"
"In your eyes, everything I've done is wrong. But in my eyes, you are equally wrong—you are the stumbling blocks blocking my path forward!"
"I just want to break free from that lonely cage. And you... you are the overwhelming majority!"
"As you sow, so shall you reap? Even the heavens will collapse under the Final Annihilation Jetstream! Everything that stands in my way, I will erase one by one!"
"Perhaps I will indeed pay the price for this. But the one who makes me pay that price will at least not be you!"
Xiao Chuihuo remained silent. There was no longer any need to say anything more to Jiang Fan!
He was a pure and pristine deity, standing above all positions!
Now, perhaps the only thing he cared about was himself!
Jiang Fan squinted: "Just watch and see. No matter what existence is interfering with me in the shadows—whether it's the will of the starry sky or something else—"
"I will definitely root it out! Definitely!"
Zhang San's gaze was unprecedentedly firm!
"Then try it. Even I have things in my heart that I want to protect!"
This battle ultimately ended like this...
For Jiang Fan, although he had suffered considerable losses this time, he had also obtained Wanxiang, and the Final Annihilation Plan could continue to advance!
Although the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance had not chosen to retreat into the dimensional crack and abandon the starry sky!
Overall, it was still possible to collect the required materials in time before Xun Zu completely broke free from the shackles of Shen Zang!
Jiang Fan was racing against time for two reasons. On one hand, if Xun Zu came out, it would wipe out humanity—a scene he did not want to see!
On the other hand, once Xun Zu became a complete form, it would certainly no longer allow Jiang Fan to release the Final Annihilation Black Hole Jetstream and free his main body!
With Xun Zu blocking things like this, it would be even more impossible for Jiang Fan's main body to get out!
After this incident, the starry sky entered a rare period of calm!
Both the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance, as well as the Final Annihilation Legion, began to recuperate!
Even though Jiang Fan had severed many of the causal threads connecting the Silicon-Based Terminal, he was still its actual controller!
After taking Wanxiang, Jiang Fan began to clean up the mess created by Zhang San!
Not long after the Primordial Machine broke free from control, Jiang Fan found it and re-engraved the Star Mark!
The Silicon Lord had not chosen to take the Primordial Machine into the dimensional crack because he knew that entering would be useless!
The Carbon Alliance had already obtained most of the Silicon Terminal's data and technology!
He had no value in their eyes. The only value he had was the original thermal core in his chest!
Once he entered the dimensional crack, he would most likely be dealt with by the Black God, who would extract the thermal core for Xiao Chuihuo to refine, maximizing its value. He might even fuse it with the Ai Jiang Terminal!
So the Silicon Lord had never believed that his way out lay in the dimensional crack!
During the time he disappeared, no one knew what the Silicon Lord had done or what arrangements he had made!
Because before Jiang Fan found him and regained control of the Primordial Machine, the Silicon Lord had already deleted the data from that period—there was nothing left to investigate!
Even the Silicon Lord himself didn't know what he had done!
Jiang Fan spent a great deal of effort cleaning up the mess before everything returned to normal!
But he still had no effective way to stop the threat from the causal level!
So he transmitted the Full Perception Star to his main body, focusing all his efforts on this star in the hope of a breakthrough!
When it was needed, he could transmit it back out. During this period, Jiang Fan rarely took the initiative to act!
Most of the time, he stayed in the Final Annihilation City!
However, because he had obtained Wanxiang, the Final Annihilation Plan had entered the next stage!
With Jiang Fan's full force driving it, all the stars were consuming their own star power to move closer to the Final Annihilation Black Hole!
Or advancing in the direction he wanted!
This method required consuming a massive amount of star power. Many stars would die in the process—their cores would cool, their interiors solidify, turning them into lifeless dead planets!
The consequences were quite severe. This was also the reason why Wanxiang never excessively drew upon star power!
He loved this starry sky deeply!
But Jiang Fan didn't care. He didn't care whether the stars would die or how intact they were. All he wanted was the matter that made up the stars!
In the end, everything would turn into an accretion disk anyway!
With the support of Wanxiang's Great Star Lord abilities, the efficiency of the Final Annihilation Plan increased significantly!
The efficiency of the various material collection bases improved even faster!
The Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance certainly wouldn't just sit back and watch this happen!
Otherwise, why had they expended so much effort, made so many sacrifices, and held the line in the starry sky without retreating? What would be the point?
The counterattack of the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance had begun!
They had expected their actions to face considerable resistance. Yang Jian had even prepared to use human lives to pile up and disrupt the Final Annihilation Plan's progress!
But that wasn't the case!
Every large-scale operation by the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance seemed blessed by heaven!
It was as if the Final Annihilation Legion couldn't detect the Carbon-Matter Allied Forces at all. Many times, the resistance forces succeeded in destroying material collection bases and achieving gratifying results!
The losses were minimal—sometimes even none at all. The entire operation was like walking through an empty land!
A similar situation occurred on the front lines of the Final Annihilation defense line. Sometimes, attacks that came towards them would automatically miss!
This allowed the resistance forces, who usually found it hard to gain any advantage, to repeatedly achieve victories and boost their morale greatly!
They also discovered with surprise that many important facilities of the Final Annihilation Legion, bases, and large material transfer stations marked during combat meetings would occasionally self-destruct!
They were running perfectly fine, with no one sent to destroy them, yet they would inexplicably destroy themselves!
Some were core facilities that would be extremely difficult to take even with a strong attack—yet they just blew up on their own!
And even in the Final Annihilation City itself, disruptions often occurred!
Even the Final Annihilation Legion themselves couldn't figure it out. There was always a feeling that nothing was going smoothly!
It was as if they were haunted!
But where would ghosts come from? Even if there were ghosts, they would probably be scientifically exorcised by the mechanical legion!
One must believe in science!
However, with all these strange events, believing in science was also useless! The only explanation was hauntings, okay?
In this state, even though the Final Annihilation Plan had entered a new phase, how could it progress quickly?
Jiang Fan was provoked several times!
He couldn't hold back and ran out of Final Annihilation City to launch a strong attack on the home star domains of the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance!
He wanted to dampen their morale!
But Xiao Chuihrop always stepped up to face him. And during the battles, that strangeness would appear again!
When Jiang Fan's sword tried to destroy the home star domains of the various races, it would only strike empty air. Even Xiao Chuihrop, whom he was fighting, would sometimes disappear from sight!
Moreover, whenever he launched a strong attack, trouble would inevitably arise in the rear. Facilities in Final Annihilation City would explode, material collection bases would be damaged, and large areas of Star Mark would collapse!
This made it impossible for Jiang Fan to focus on the fight!
It was as if there was an invisible ghost constantly causing trouble for him. He couldn't see it, couldn't catch it, and couldn't eliminate it!
After several attempts, Jiang Fan was left somewhat helpless!
It seemed that before the Full Perception Star had fully evolved, there was no way to deal with this strangeness!
Even so, the overall progress of the Final Annihilation Plan was still much faster than before!
...
In the combat meeting room of the Dimensional Star City, everyone's faces carried an unshakeable confusion!
Youming swallowed hard:
(￢﹏￢) "You... all felt it, right? That mysterious force, invisibly helping us stop the Final Annihilation Plan!"
"Even Jiang Fan can't do anything about it!"
Yang Jian also rested his chin on his hand:
(͡°ก͡°) "Ever since this mysterious force appeared, the number of casualties among the resistance forces has dropped sharply. Even when Jiang Fan's sword slashes directly at the home star domains, there haven't been incidents of large numbers of innocent civilians dying!"
"In the Final Annihilation Legion, all sorts of things are going wrong—base explosions, facility malfunctions. Final Annihilation City is always in chaos. Sometimes, large areas of Star Mark inexplicably disappear!"
"It is this mysterious force that has given us the capital to remain in the starry sky and fight against the Final Annihilation Legion without fear of Jiang Fan's threats..."
"It has helped us tremendously. Without the protection and assistance of this mysterious force, our current situation would definitely not be so optimistic!"
"We can say that it has single-handedly slowed down the Final Annihilation Plan's progress!"
"Black God! You have broad knowledge and experience. Where does this mysterious force come from..."
Chong Feiyu put her hands on her hips:
(˵¯͒～¯͒˵) "Hey—does it matter where it comes from? It's helping us, isn't that good enough?"
Yang Jian shook his head: "No! If we can figure it out, we should. It is because of the protection of this mysterious force that we can maintain the current situation!"
"If one day this mysterious force disappears... then that could be..."
Yakeli's expression turned serious:
(｡･ˇ_ˇ･｡:) "Could it be that the will of the starry sky is secretly intervening? It doesn't want Jiang Fan to destroy the world either, so it's using its power to help us?"
Black God was also full of confusion at this moment:
(●•̌～•̑) "No! It wouldn't be the will of the starry sky. If it could intervene to this extent, why would it need to ask for help?"
"Give the three-dimensional starry sky's will another twenty billion years, and it still couldn't achieve this level! This mysterious force is more direct, more specific..."
"Where does this force come from? What could it be? Could it be... an existence higher than the will of the starry sky? If so, that's simply beyond my understanding..."
Now everyone was dumbfounded. Even Black God couldn't figure out the source of this mysterious force?
At this moment, Zhang San stood in the meeting room, listening to everyone discuss the mysterious force. He blushed and shyly scratched the back of his head!
୧(｡⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴) "It's... it's not that amazing, okay—how could it be above the will of the starry sky? Not at all! Not at all, oh—"
"Ehehe—ehehehe—can you praise me a bit more? I haven't had enough yet..."
Black God muttered: "Although... I don't know where this mysterious force comes from, it is indeed protecting this starry sky!"
"Unknown to people, unnoticed!"
"A ghost silently guarding the starry sky world?"