"What?"
'Star Child' Xiao Tianbao was the creator and the primary operator of the star brain. In order to control the star brain as quickly as possible, the first choice was naturally to control him. After all, other than his extraordinary talents, his IQ was quite low. It would be a piece of cake to make him reveal the key to control the star brain.
Luoxingzi and the other Yuanying Cultivators were about to lunge at Xiao Tianbao when they heard Li Yao's words. Everybody came to an abrupt halt.
After the series of changes just now, especially at the last moment when Li Yao took down Xiao Xuance in one attack neatly, covering him in mysterious veils. None of the Yuanying Cultivators dared ignore his every word!
"Stop pretending, Xiao Tianbao. I don't believe that you are a real idiot!"
Li Yao extended his right hand. A deep purple light ball was condensed in his palm, surrounded by pale electric arcs that were spluttering. "With your Cultivation, how can you be a real idiot when you are able to produce such a powerful crystal processor as the star brain?
"The number of Immortal Cultivators is too small. Your entire plan is centered around the Grand Illusionary Soldiers, and you are the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project. Don't you think it is a coincidence?
"Since the very beginning, the Immortal Cultivators like you have been protecting yourselves like onions. The space pirates are the camouflage of the Temple of Immortals, and the Temple of Immortals is the camouflage of the Imperium of True Human Beings!
"Both on Iron Plateau and on Spider Den, the real supervillains will not show up easily until the last moment!
"However, Xiao Xuance, as the commander-in-chief of the Imperium of True Human Beings, violated the rule!
"He was the one who proposed the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project and the CEO of the Grand Illusionary Group. He put himself at the center of the storm almost from the very first second!
"As I expected, when the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project was proposed, a lot of people, including me, suspected that there was something wrong with it. They even suspected that Xiao Xuance had other intentions!
"Later, he muddied the water by sacrificing one of his sons and spreading a series of 'false conspiracy theories'. Winning the trust of the Cultivators did not seem to be a bad idea.
"However, it is too risky after all. It is not the style of the Immortal Cultivators at all!"
"So. I boldly speculate that Xiao Xuance is not the real commander of the Imperium of True Human Beings, at least not the only one. You, 'Star Child' Xiao Tianbao, the creator of the star brain and the core of the whole plan, are the real controller of the Imperium of True Human Beings behind Xiao Xuance! "
His series of deductions were reasonable and well-founded. Luoxingzi and the other Yuanying cultivators nodded in agreement.
Xiao Tianbao, on the other hand, was so scared that he burst into tears. He kicked his legs and his fat jiggled.
Li Yao remained unmoved and sneered, "You've already come this far and you're still putting on an act. What's the point of that? If you still don't reveal your true face, then don't blame me for being ruthless! "
Xiao Tianbao was still crying and farting loudly.
Li Yao coldly snorted, and the red light in his eyes intensified. A 'Thunder Palm' rushed out and hit Xiao Tianbao's chest right in the middle.
Crack! Xiao Tianbao didn't even have time to let out a muffled groan as if he had been struck by lightning. He turned into a pile of ash. His death could not have been more straightforward and satisfying!
Li Yao: "…"
Luoxingzi: "…"
All the Cultivators: "…"
Everybody looked at Li Yao in silence.
Li Yao blinked and quickly made a gesture with his hands. A cluster of green spiritual energy flew to the sky and turned into a bright green mist.
This was a spell used to detect Yin souls and ghost cultivators. If the remaining souls escaped, they would leave traces on the green mist.
However, after searching for a long time, Li Yao found nothing. Xiao Tianbao could not have been more dead. It was impossible for him to stir up trouble again.
"Well, Fellow Cultivator Li," Luoxingzi said, "is it possible that your speculation is wrong, and Xiao Tianbao is really just an idiot who is talented in crystal processors?"
Li Yao gritted his teeth so hard that sparks were almost flying out. His eyebrows were furrowed so hard that a basin of hot water could be poured out of them. He mumbled to himself, "It doesn't make sense. Even if Xiao Tianbao was not the ruler of the Imperium of True Human Beings, he must have been a very important person. How could he have been killed so quickly after a simple Thunder Palm?
"It can't be helped. Xiao Tianbao is already dead. It is impossible to turn off the star brain through him. I have to completely destroy the big guy!"
Time was of the essence. Li Yao had no time to think too much. He flew into the 'atrium' at the center of the star brain together with the six Yuanying Cultivators.
Above their heads, the bright gold, translucent brain was expanding and contracting like a heart.
Every brain cell was blinking, both like stars and like pairs of eyes that stared at them indifferently.
Li Yao gritted his teeth. Sixteen Six-barreled Machine Guns appeared again. In cracking noises, the bullets made of marrow crystals were loaded!
Right then, Professor Mo Xuan's shriek suddenly echoed in the communication channel. "Not good. Run!"
An abrupt change took place!
For a moment, countless bubbles popped up deep inside the translucent brain. The area that had been corrupted by the virus and turned grey suddenly emitted golden brilliance!
The translucent star brain expanded nonstop and pierced through Li Yao's body like a weird wind!
Alarms were ringing inside Li Yao's head. Subconsciously, he activated the Six-barreled Machine Guns and shot out sixteen fiery snakes.
However, all the fiery snakes seemed to have disappeared into a black swamp. They did not even raise the slightest ripple!
"This is …"
When Li Yao soared into the sky in the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, he seemed to have broken dozens of invisible barriers and rushed out of Heavenly Phantom.
What appeared in front of him was a sea of stars where a fierce battle was taking place. However, it was not around Heavenly Saints City but a completely foreign space zone.
Tens of thousands of enormous starships were fighting against the fleet of a hideous alien civilization. Their blood dyed the galaxy red, and their souls perished in the sea of stars!
Li Yao had never felt so weak before. He lowered his head, only to discover that clusters of black materials were secreted from the dark universe and crawling to the legs of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, wriggling and spreading upward like a hybrid of leeches and centipedes.
"What is this place?"
Behind Li Yao, Luoxingzi and the other six Yuanying Cultivators appeared in the weird sea of stars, too. They were enshrouded, drowned, and swallowed by the black liquids leaking out of the universe!
"Aren't we attacking the star brain? Why are we here?"
Looking at the weird view around them, where warships that were even more magnificent than palaces were attacking ferocious beasts that were even larger than starships that only appeared in nightmares, even the Yuanying Cultivators felt that their blood was freezing, and they exclaimed in shock.
Countless stars rushed close from all directions and condensed into the image of a weird child whose head was enormous and whose body was as thin as a skeleton. Looking at them, the child said casually, "This is the world of my brain. You want to destroy me, don't you? Just give it a try! "
All the Cultivators were creeped out by what he said.
"The world of your brain?"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and shuddered hard. He finally understood why he had appeared in this place all of a sudden. "You are the star brain! The star brain is alive. Xiao Xuance is not the controller of the Imperium of True Human Beings. Xiao Tianbao is not, either. The one who really controls the organization is you!
"You have launched a mental attack on us!
"This is not the real world; it is an illusion that you have constructed!"
Li Yao felt cold all over his body.
It was already shocking news that the star brain had self-awareness. But the star brain's mental power was so immense that it could trap him and the six Yuanying Cultivators in an illusion without anybody noticing!
Such strength was beyond Li Yao's imagination.
The star child stared at Li Yao carefully for a while. There was a hint of admiration in his indifferent voice. "Li Yao, you are truly smart. You have almost guessed everything correctly. I believe that even the virus in my brain must have something to do with you, right?
"Five years ago, when the Grand Illusionary Soldier Project was just activated and the entire world of Cultivators was scanning my brain, I sensed that a stealthy force seemed to be targeting my brain.
"As I expected, your 'virus' really worked at the critical moment. It took me such a long time and astronomical computational ability and spiritual energy to annihilate the virus and fix the loopholes. Even Xiao Xuance did not have the time to rescue me!
"However, I am not just the star brain. I am also Xiao Tianbao, the Sea King of the Temple of Immortals, and more than ten other characters.
"Getting to the bottom of it, you may call me the star child.
"This is my title in the Imperium of True Human Beings. Star Child No. 19."
Li Yao was greatly alarmed. He finally realized that his suspicions about Xiao Tianbao were correct. However, Xiao Tianbao was just a clone of the star child. The star child would not be harmed at all if the clone was killed!
As it turned out, the Mountain King, Sea King, Black Lotus, and the Four Kings of the Temple of Immortals all existed, and the Sea King was the real mastermind of the whole scheme!
However, what was the meaning of 'Star Child No. 19'? Were there at least eighteen other terrifying beings like him?
While Li Yao was deep in thought, Luoxingzi, on the other hand, burst into laughter. "It doesn't matter whether you are Xiao Tianbao, the Sea King, or the star child. The scheme of the Immortal Cultivators has failed. We will not allow the so-called 'Imperium of True Human Beings' to be established even at the cost of our lives!"
Star Child No. 19 looked at the seven Cultivators casually. Although his face and eyes were made of stars, Li Yao still easily recognized the mockery and mockery flowing out of his eyes.
"There is one thing that you are all wrong about, including Xiao Xuance. Completely wrong," Star Child No. 19 said calmly.
"The New Era Plan of the Immortal Cultivators is not to establish the Imperium of True Human Beings but to illuminate the entire Flying Star Sector with the brilliance of the Imperium.
"In fact, a thousand years ago, the Imperium of True Human Beings, the second powerful imperium that will lead the civilization of mankind to rise again, was already established in the Empyrean Terminus Space Zone, the old capital of the Star Ocean Imperium!"
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