A Boxing Champion's metal brain was humming, and he thought for a long time. In the end, he said, "It does make some sense."
"Of course it does."
Li Yao said solemnly, "It's like how you break the glass bottle in my arms a hundred times, but it does not prove that you are stronger than me. It only proves that you have chosen an easier path.
"The real experts have to face the difficulties head-on and walk the most difficult, dangerous, and seemingly impossible path, don't they?"
"Yes," A Boxing Champion said.
"So!"
Li Yao extended his drill-like arm and patted — well, prodded A Boxing Champion's shoulder. "Destroying the world is what the third-rate experts do. Dominating the world is what the second-rate experts do. Protecting the world is what the ultimate experts should play.
"Of course. Even I feel that the ideas of the Cultivators are too difficult to be put into practice. Therefore, it is perfectly normal that you feel that it is a bit silly.
"If your logical thinking circuits, after countless calculations, feel that the path of the Cultivators is impassable, or at least not one that you can walk on, it doesn't matter. I'm just reminding you that there is such a standard to measure 'ultimate strength'."
"In my logical thinking circuits, there is no such thing as' possible 'or' impossible ',' possible 'or' impossible '."
A Boxing Champion said solemnly, "I only want to know what the real 'ultimate strength' is so that I can keep walking on it. Whether or not it is possible is not something that I should consider.
"However, I feel that there is something wrong with your logic. I need to spend some time thinking carefully about whether or not the 'strength' that you define is reasonable."
"Of course!"
Li Yao grinned and rubbed the chainsaw with the drill, raising sparks in the darkness. "Take your time to think about it. I have high hopes for you. One day, you will certainly be the 'strongest'. As for right now, let's find a way to give the 'angels' on the City in the Sky a great surprise before we stab 'Manjusaka' down from the sky!"
…
The City in the Sky, Manjusaka.
The 3D light screens floating around the hall were still broadcasting the fierce battle on the ground, but the banquet was already over. There were only screams and explosions echoing in the empty hall.
The trials of the newcomers would last several days. Naturally, the big shots and experts from everywhere in the Imperium of True Human Beings would not pay attention to their performance all the time.
Under the guise of leading the newcomers of the family to participate in the trial, they would meet the big shots and partners of various parties in person and discuss secrets that must not be known by outsiders. That was the main reason why they had gathered here from all over the sea of stars.
Although the Imperium of True Human Beings boasted a rather advanced four-dimensional communication ability that allowed the big shots and experts from different Sectors dozens of lightyears away to communicate with each other instantly, the Spiritual Nexus could still be monitored and hacked after all.
Nobody could be active on the Spiritual Nexus without leaving any traces.
Nobody could guarantee that the 'somebody' that they saw on the 3D light beams and who should be hundreds of lightyears away was definitely 'somebody'.
Nobody could guarantee that when they were discussing a great business worth hundreds of billions with 'somebody' and that they were going to kill almost twenty Jin Dan, almost thirty generals, and their own father, their conversation would not be overheard by a third party.
Face-To-Face communication was always the safest, most reliable, and most reliable way.
'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' was exactly the high-end club and the secret stronghold of the big shots.
In the past decades, the countless superstorms that affected the military, politics, economy, and other fields of the Imperium of True Human Beings were all because certain butterflies in this place flapped their wings inadvertently.
Compared to 'magical equipment tests', 'trials for the newcomers', and 'livestream games', that was the core value of 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'.
It was exactly because Wuying Lan, the owner of the place, played such a special role as a 'broker' that he was able to cling to the wings of the big shots everywhere and rise unstoppably. Right now, he had become a big shot of a certain area and was qualified to sit on equal footing with the famous Sector Masters, family leaders, generals, and even the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators.
The Battle of Liberty City and the series of subsequent quests constituted the bizarre, soul-stirring 'epic quest'. It was a major operation that Wuying Lan had carefully planned for years after all the trouble. It also attracted the experts of various fields to come and conduct clandestine deals.
Whether or not the deals worked out, those experts had in fact formed a small interest group around Wuying Lan, even though on the surface, the interest group was headed by Li Lingfeng, the future leader of the Li family.
But Wuying Lan had the opportunity to gain the most benefits.
Up to this moment, everything seemed to be going smoothly.
Two big shots of the military were very satisfied with the progress of the magical equipment projects that they had entrusted to Manjusaka. They were also interested in a biochemical weapon that Manjusaka had produced on its own.
A few major sects had reached a series of agreements with Manjusaka, too, which allowed Wuying Lan's tentacles to extend to a broader field beyond the media, entertainment, and gambling industries.
Li Lingfeng, the future 'Kurfürst', was also more and more tightly bound to him in the series of dark projects. Everybody was on the same burning tank. Nobody could get rid of the other easily.
But Wuying Lan's face was still as gloomy as water. His eyes were narrowed, and there was not the slightest delight on his face.
"What do you mean by 'gone'?"
Wuying Lan asked Luo Tiansheng, the manager of the 'Land of Sins', casually. "Not only is A Boxing Champion's core crystal processor gone, but the two elite Exos of the Maniacs Squad are also gone. Their bodies, broken flesh, blood, or scraps of the Crystal Suit are all gone?"
"Yes."
Luo Tiansheng had cooperated with Wuying Lan for a hundred years. He had learned Wuying Lan's brutality when he was still an unattractive, abnormal dwarf. He knew that, although the guy was breathing evenly and expressionlessly, and even his eyelashes were not shivering at all, he couldn't have been more infuriated. He hurried to say, "'Great Iron City' has crashed from the sky. The burning debris has covered more than half of Liberty City. Liberty City is mired in a chaotic battle right now. Therefore, their whereabouts have not been discovered yet.
"But A Boxing Champion's real body has indeed been destroyed. Even if his core crystal processor is still intact, it can't carry out much computational ability and combat ability. There is no way that it can escape from Liberty City. After the fire of war cools down a bit, or after our Heavenly Eye Legion clears the battlefield, we should be able to discover it."
Wuying Lan took a deep, deep breath and said coldly, "That better be the case."
"Please rest assured, my lord. However weird the spiritual puppet is, its most powerful form is nothing more than 'Great Iron City'. What trouble can it raise?"
Luo Tiansheng hurried to change the topic. "Right, my lord, the nightmarish ferocious beasts have been prepared and can be projected to the ground at any moment to completely purge all the sinners in the hundred square kilometers around Liberty City!"
"Alright. Let's wait a little longer until those people have mostly killed each other."
Frowning, Wuying Lan pondered for a moment and tapped on his wrist crystal processor softly.
The 3D light beam in front of them was immediately switched to Liberty City, which was brimming with smoke and flames of war.
A squad of Gray Crystal Suit, with tactical stealth camouflage paint, hid in the broken walls and the furious flames now and then.
Different from the team of bizarre-shaped Exos who looked like giant insects just now, this squad of elite Exos had the air of a well-coordinated, disciplined army. They were all experienced special forces.
On the right shoulder of their Crystal Suit, an emblem of a black sun was painted. At the center of the black sun was a crimson eye.
Wuying Lan asked his wrist crystal processor, "Xiao Tian, have you found Xiahou Wuxin?"
"Not yet," a member of the Gray Exos replied.
"Xiahou Wuxin is not at the rendezvous point that we designated. It seems that he has grown suspicious of us and suspects that we are not sincerely accepting him to join 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' as a member of the Immortal Cultivators."
"Yes. The old dog is very suspicious," Wuying Lan said casually.
"However, the few routes of retreat that he has prepared for himself are all under our control. Find him and kill him. I don't want anything to go wrong in the Battle of Liberty City, which will affect our 'epic quest' of a higher level later."
Luo Tiansheng looked at Wuying Lan and hesitated.
"Copy that."
The Exo named 'Xiao Tian' smiled. "I'll be careful when I kill him. I won't damage his structure. In one hour at most, his body will be packed and sent to Manjusaka for Dr. Luo to study."
"Very good."
Wuying Lan nodded in satisfaction. He looked at the pictures on the light beams again and the data that was flowing like a waterfall.
All the data was normal. Everything was under his control. Even though A Boxing Champion had not been found yet, what trouble could a spiritual puppet that had lost most of its computation ability and combat ability cause?
So, what was there to be worried about?
…
Liberty City was in a complete mess like an erupting volcano.
At first, 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie blew Xiahou Wuxin, the leader of Liberty City, into vomiting blood. There was no telling whether he was dead or alive.
Then, 'A Boxing Champion' attempted to soar into the sky uncannily, only to be blown up by the railguns of the City in the Sky.
Although his death was quite valiant, the bandits and thugs were only shocked by him for more than ten seconds.
As for the tremendous assets that fell from the sky and the warriors who were even weirder, they were not important.
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