Sacrificing the lives of hundreds of billions of living beings in exchange for the most loyal and strongest fleet!
Also, considering Wuying Qi's craziness, if the plan in the Empyreal Terminus Sector worked out, it was possible that he would do the same in other space zones!
After purging one world after another, the Imperium would become a second Holy League in the end, one that was larger and had more abundant resources. However, all the puppets of the "larger Holy League" did not worship the Pangu but him alone!
Was Blackstar the Great trying to settle the four families and even the Holy League in such a way?
It was true. If everybody was brainwashed and loyal to their leader fearlessly and fanatically, the Covenant Alliance would've been no match for the Imperium. The space war that had lasted a thousand years would've ended with the Imperium's victory.
However, was such a "victory" really the victory of mankind, or was it the real doom of the noble human beings who boasted free will?
"He has to be stopped!"
Li Yao gnashed his teeth. "How long will it take you to find the core components of the Gold Crystal Pyramid? At least lock onto the direction of the core components so that I can blow it up with the most powerful 'Ultra-Galactic Cannon'!"
"Don't be hasty. Having received all of Professor Mo Xuan's knowledge on the crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus, I certainly deserve my reputation."
The mental devil said confidently, "Even though Wuying Qi has adopted the most advanced super crystal processors in the Imperium and set up 49 layers of defenses to protect his secrets, so what? Give me twenty-four hours, and I'll definitely dig out all his secrets!"
Li Yao bulged his eyes. "Twenty-four hours? Are you kidding me? We don't even have twenty-four minutes!"
"It can't be helped."
The mental devil said helplessly, "The Next Sun Plan has been activated. It's not a big secret in itself, which is why I found it easily. However, the secrets about how to stop the Gold Crystal Pyramid have been locked in the deepest part of the crystal processors with the most advanced encryption measures. Xiaoming, Wenwen, and A Boxing Champion, who are adept at the Spiritual Nexus and the crystal processors, are not around. However optimistic my estimation is, it will take at least several hours!"
Li Yao was sweating in anxiety. He was about to say something, when heavy footsteps echoed behind him.
The sound of the footsteps seemed to have come from far behind him, from the end of the fog. It also seemed to have come from a very close place, from three to five meters behind him. It even seemed to have directly stepped on his heart, almost crushing it with one stomp!
Despite the toughness of Li Yao's soul and body, he could not help but grunt. Blood was surging in his throat, and he was seeing stars. The world around him seemed to be in a trance.
An incomparably strange scene occurred!
Below his feet, on the ground of the enormous palace, black streams were flowing out of the complicated rune ravines from all directions. The thick liquid that made up the streams did not look like water, but more like some sort of living oil or gel.
When all the trenches of runes were filled by the black oil or gel, the runes on the ground turned black.
Hum! Hum! Hum!
A vast and profound sound echoed in the palace, like the moans of the universe, which made one feel the vastness of the universe and the insignificance of human beings. They also vaguely had the thought that human beings, as individuals, were no different from bacteria and that their lives were so insignificant compared to the vastness of the universe and the vicissitudes of time!
Beep … Beep … Beep … Beep …
In the moans of the universe, the prolonged sound of water dripping came over, as if cold water was dripping into Li Yao's brain.
But no water was dripping. Instead, black pearls the size of fingernails were separated from the black, thick liquid and slowly rose to the midair despite the influence of gravity.
Very soon, hundreds of black water droplets were floating around Li Yao in the spacious palace, high and low.
The water droplets were attracted to each other, extending tentacles that looked like spider silk and connecting to each other.
From that perspective, those were not water droplets but the cells and nerves of a certain weird life form. They were growing nerve bundles and condensing into brilliant nerve clusters.
Stunned by the nightmarish scene, Li Yao did not know how he should react for a moment, nor did he dare touch the black water droplets that had grown nerves.
He was trapped by the thousands of black water droplets and their nerves!
"It's not real. It's all an illusion. You've been hit by Wuying Qi's mental attack!"
The mental devil's voice came from the deepest part of Li Yao's brain in utmost anxiety. "He's here. Wuying Qi is here. We don't have twenty-four hours or twenty-four minutes. Blackstar the Great is right behind us!
"However, he didn't launch an attack. Odd. What is he up to? Let me think!
"Listen, we still have a chance. Although Wuying Qi arrived in time, he's still hesitant to attack. First of all, a battle here might destroy all the super crystal processors. Although I estimate that those crystal processors are not the real core, their loss will still cause some interference to Wuying Qi's plan. For example, the activation of the Gold Crystal Pyramid will be delayed, and the best opportunity for the four families' ace fleets to gather will be missed.
"Secondly, after Xiaoming and Wenwen's treatment, we are multiple times stronger than when we fought him last time. The fact that we defeated three experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage, including Yue Wushuang, is proof enough. Also, the remote competition in the Seven Seas Grand Market made Wuying Qi realize our brand-new strength. Even if we are no match for him yet, he will have to pay a terrible price if he wants to kill us in a life-and-death battle!
"Since he has to launch brainwaves crazily in the Next Sun Plan, it will certainly consume tremendous spiritual energy and even soul power. So, he doesn't want to be heavily wounded at this moment unless it is absolutely necessary!
"Do you understand? Right now, we are both afraid of each other and have deep concerns about each other. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, he does not want to destroy us with violence. Instead, he wants to brainwash us with mental attacks so that he can get rid of us as a threat without bloodshed. He can also add a powerful lackey to himself.
"This is an opportunity. It's our only chance to defeat him. We can only take down this thousand-year-old demon like this and this and this. But first of all, you have to buy yourself more time.
"Enough talking. I can sense that his mental power is surging over like a tide. He doesn't know that I'm here yet. I have to cut off the connection with you in case he discovers me. All in all, try to buy yourself more time so that I can crack the central secrets of the Gold Crystal Pyramid!"
Before thousands of black water drops and nerve threads completely surrounded Li Yao, the mental devil's voice came to an abrupt halt.
Li Yao looked around again. The crystal processors, the blood pool, and the broken limbs on the ground had all turned translucent. The black water drops and the nerve threads, on the other hand, were more and more eye-catching and real.
He did not know whether he was in the border between reality and illusion, or he was simply in the domain that Blackstar the Great created with enormous mental power. His soul had even been absorbed into Blackstar the Great's head.
When he looked back, Li Linghai, whose long hair was half black and half white and whose eyes were black and white, was standing in the middle of the mist and staring at him with a mysterious expression.
The nerve threads extended out of the black water drops were all connected to her long hair. No, they were even part of her long hair!
Li Linghai walked to him unhurriedly with her long hair waving like seaweed.
After her every step, the black water drops floating in the air would be stimulated and expand, growing more nerve threads.
Interconnected black cracks appeared on Li Linghai's pale skin, too. Her skin was chapped like a broken vase, with the pieces spluttering everywhere. Enshrouded in black flames, she underwent drastic changes.
After she stepped forward almost thirty meters, the shell of "Li Linghai" was completely broken, revealing the image of a tall, strong, dominating man.
The man whose black hair was dancing crazily and who was controlling all the black water drops around had a deeply hollowed face that looked like a crescent shovel. His entire face seemed to be a bloody mouth that could swallow the entire sea of stars and all the creatures in it.
When an ordinary person stood before him, they would feel that they were standing below a cliff that was tilting toward them and that the cliff could collapse at any moment, smashing them into pieces.
Li Yao had seen the distinctive, soul-stirring face on countless occasions. For example, the colossal statue in the Emperor's Mausoleum in the capital.
It was Blackstar the Great!
It also made Li Yao confirm that he had indeed been under Wuying Qi's mental attack without him knowing it, and he had entered a certain illusionary domain that was under his control.
It was because in reality, Wuying Qi's soul was still caged in Li Linghai's body, and it was impossible for him to reveal his original appearance.
However, for those at Li Yao's level, when their lives were threatened, they would have instinctive reactions from their cells to their soul, which would generate intense stimuli and help them get out of the illusions.
It was one of the reasons why Wuying Qi did not dare to kill him in reality.
As for the other reason, Wuying Qi was very confident about his brainwashing abilities. Now that he had a chance to communicate with Li Yao face to face, he believed that he could certainly transform Li Yao into his subordinate. So, he was unwilling to waste such a "talent" like Li Yao, right?
"Don't come any closer!"
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