Li Yao was about to open his mouth, when Luo Qisheng's eyes suddenly turned sharp. He said solemnly, "Forget the fact that you are members of the delegation of Firefly and warriors of Team Red Lotus. It doesn't make sense at all! Almost a hundred of my brothers were killed when I dealt with the zombie-like monsters outside just now! Just the two of you were able to pass through these monsters and swagger into this place?
"Your capability should be far above the level of Yuanying, shouldn't it? Two powerful Nascent Soul cultivators could have easily wiped out all of us. At the very least, they could have slaughtered their way out and left. But you didn't. That's why I'm willing to believe you!
"However, such capability does not seem to match the files of 'Team Red Lotus'. Are you merely hiding your capability, or do you have deeper reasons that you find hard to talk about?"
Li Yao felt that his heart was hot. He was about to reveal his real identity when Long Yangjun floated to his back and pressed his shoulder softly. "It's true that we are not members of the rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic, Firefly, or Team Red Lotus. There are certainly no middle-level or high-level Yuanying experts on Firefly. Otherwise, we would've been set free when we encountered the claw fleet ten years ago. That's what you meant by 'unreasonable', isn't it, Colonel Luo?"
Luo Qisheng sniffed. "Yes. If you still insist that you are from Firefly, I will not believe what you said just now! Ten years ago, when we encountered the claw fleet of the Black Wind Fleet, it was the last moment of life and death for Firefly. If there were truly super experts in the high level or even the peak of the Yuanying Stage, there would've been no reason for Firefly to continue hibernating! "
Li Yao secretly exclaimed in his heart. Although Luo Qisheng was just a common colonel, his mind was extremely sharp. He had thought of such a huge loophole so quickly.
Long Yangjun gritted her teeth and said quickly, "With everything coming to this point, there's no need to hide it anymore. It's true that we are not from the rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic, but we are definitely not spies of the Imperium of True Human Beings, either. We — we are from the Ancient Sages Sector!"
"Ancient …"
Luo Qisheng and the surrounding Union Army were confused. "What's that?"
"It's a long story. I'll try my best to tell you the key points. Although it sounds very twisted, bizarre, and even absurd, I can swear that what I'm about to say is all true!"
"It all started from the battle ten years ago when Firefly encountered the claw fleet of the Imperium and was then crashed into by Ding Ling Dong, the God of War of the Federation. In the battle, the claw fleet of the Imperium was crushed. Most of the soldiers of the Imperium were either killed or captured, but one of the most critical members managed to escape …"
Long Yangjun talked incessantly. She explained how Heiye Lan escaped to the Ancient Sages Sector, the local customs and basic information of the Ancient Sages Sector, and how Heiye Lan intended to recruit the experts of the Ancient Sages Sector, but the experts of the Ancient Sages Sector were unwilling to be cannon fodder and decided to 'wait for the best offer'. In the end, they came to the Federation. She finished the whole story in only several minutes.
In the end, she concluded, "The people of the Ancient Sages Sector have been training in ignorance for years. We fight and compete for resources and territory like animals. We are no different from the ancient Cultivators fifty thousand years ago. To be honest, we came to the Federation only because we wanted to examine your armed forces and national strength and see which one of you was more deserving of our allegiance, the Imperium of True Human Beings or the Imperium of True Human Beings. That's all!
"However, after we came to the Xing Yao Federation, the brand-new training philosophies in this place, the harmonious and complementary relationship between the Cultivators and the ordinary people, the courage to march to the center of the cosmos as the feeble light in a corner of the cosmos … All those factors and the entire system of the modern Cultivation civilization deeply attracted us. We couldn't have admired it more!
"Since ancient times, it was only natural that the underdeveloped civilizations admired the advanced civilizations. It was especially so when we saw the benefits that the Forest Ocean Sector, the Nether World Sector, and the Water Crystal Sector enjoyed after joining the Federation. We were reminded of our homeland, the Ancient Sages Sector. If the Ancient Sages Sector could join such a Federation, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
"We snuck into Firefly by pretending to be Team Red Lotus because we had no choice. After all, we were shouldering the future of the entire Ancient Sages Sector at that time, and we were not familiar with the Federation yet. Naturally, we could not act rashly.
"However, on our way to the Tian Yuan Realm, after examining the affairs of the Union Army, politics, culture, techniques, law, and other fields comprehensively, we reached a consensus that the Federation was our home! If we could meet your highest leader, we would tell him the truth and try to make the Ancient Sages Sector a member of the Federation as soon as possible!
"But as it turned out, we accidentally visited Professor Mo Xuan's' Tinder Plan 'in this place. Perhaps because the brainwaves and mental power of the Ancient Sages Sector were different from those of the Cultivators from the outside world, he saw through our flaws and made up his mind to kill us. By accident, we saw through his great scheme!
"We've lived enough days of intrigue and bloodshed in the Ancient Sages Sector. However powerful the Imperium of True Human Beings is, it is just a strengthened, upgraded version of the Ancient Sages Sector, which is not attractive to us at all. The ideology of the extraterrestrial devils of absolute peace in the virtual world sounds good, but it is full of loopholes if you think about it carefully! The Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector like us would rather die than abandon our fleshly bodies and wander in the world of the Spiritual Nexus as a few unsubstantial souls!
"Therefore, the Xing Yao Federation is our only choice.
"We all know that the newcomers must present a 'proof of their loyalty'. We came to the Federation empty-handed this time, and we did not bring any tributes. Perhaps our contribution this time is the greatest sincerity of the Ancient Sages Sector!"
Luo Qisheng and all the members of the Union Army were dumbfounded by Long Yangjun's words. They were unable to come back to themselves for a long time.
"Well …"
Never in their wildest dreams did they expect such a bizarre thing to happen!
With a bitter smile, Long Yangjun said, "Colonel Luo, brothers of the Union Army, please think about it carefully. If we were really spies of the Imperium who meant to deceive you, we wouldn't have made up such a messy, absurd story, would we? Making up an identity would be more convincing than this kind of story!
"It's a pity that this is the truth, and the truth is often so messy!
"Right. If you still don't believe me …"
Long Yangjun formed a seal with her hands and retrieved tremendous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, pills, daggers, and sabers from the Ancient Sages Sector from her Cosmos Rings, as well as some of her personal belongings, including the seal of the 'Ghost Character'.
"Look carefully. None of these items are in the style of the Xing Yao Federation. Spies of the Imperium of True Human Beings don't need to carry such things with them just to make up a big lie, do they?"
Pondering for a moment, Luo Qisheng summoned a few technical soldiers, military doctors, and refiners to examine the items that Long Yangjun took out. They could not tell anything about them, but they were indeed not the Federation's or the Imperium's style. They could not help but look at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what to say.
Right then, a soft cry echoed from the darkness below them again. "Help me … Help me …"
It was Liu Wenshan, the unfortunate guy who had been sent to this place by his family after he was mentally deranged and turned into a vegetative patient.
Li Yao was overjoyed!
At first, he thought that Liu Wenshan's remaining soul had been wiped out by Lei Yuqin's outburst. After all, the mental attack was so powerful that even he and Long Yangjun, two Yuanying experts, almost failed to resist it.
However, judging from the situation right now, the mental attack was targeted at Li Yao and Long Yangjun. Lei Yuqin had no time to bother with such an insignificant person as Liu Wenshan at all. He was merely hit by the ripples of the storm and survived the disaster. However, his color was even dimmer, and his voice was feeble. He did not reveal himself again until he rested in the darkness for a long time.
Luo Qisheng was greatly surprised. His troop was very well-organized. The medics were responsible for collecting the remaining souls and saving the ghosts in the first place. Immediately, a few medics who were adept at communicating with the ghosts and nurturing the remaining souls rushed down.
The new crystal processor that Liu Wenshan was hiding in was quite mysterious. They were unable to get Liu Wenshan's soul out of it for the time being, but it was possible for them to inject a few streams of gentle spiritual energy into it and help him stabilize his soul.
"Who is this person?"
Luo Qisheng bulged his eyes and asked.
"He is the expert of crystal processors that Professor Mo Xuan, Lei Yuqin, and the rest of them have locked in the Spiriters' Realm in secret!"
Long Yangjun said in a hurry. "His name is Liu Wenshan. He is rather famous in the field of crystal processor automation. He has dealt with the military before, too. I wonder, do any of you know him?"
Before Liu Wenshan passed out, he had been working for the military. It was obviously not the first time that he had cooperated with the military. He had a lot of acquaintances in the military, too.
Although no one in Luo Qisheng's troop knew Liu Wenshan, at the very least, many of them had heard of his name. They also knew that he had been sent to Deep Blue Super Brain Hospital after suffering from overwork and suffering from mental derangement.
A few technical soldiers who were adept at crystal processors came forward and asked him questions. He answered all the questions fluently without the slightest loophole.
It was not until then that Luo Qisheng and the other officers completely believed what Li Yao and Long Yangjun said. Their faces immediately turned awful.
"According to you, the Black Wind Fleet will arrive at a certain strategic location in the Federation at any moment, and everything is under the control of Professor Mo Xuan or the extraterrestrial devils. It is even possible that Professor Mo Xuan has hijacked the entire center of the Spiritual Nexus of Hundred Flowers City and controlled all the information that is transmitted to the outside world, right?"
Sweat the size of beans was popping up on Luo Qisheng's forehead in a hurry.
"Yes. We don't have much time left."
Li Yao said solemnly.
At this moment, there were only two hours to go before the Black Wind Fleet arrived at the orbit of the home planet of the Tian Yuan Realm.
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