"News from the frontlines. Aesop has lost contact. He's suspected to have been captured by Black Star."
As a Modo Civilization upper echelon read out the information, the conference room fell into dead silence.
After a while, a military upper echelon said with a deep voice, "The plan has probably failed. The situation is grim now. What do you all think?"
"I thought the Mecha Empire would definitely be able to complete the mission, but I didn't expect him to be so useless." Someone's eyes flickered as he doubtfully said, "Could he have purposely leaked the information and let Black Star destroy our plan so that he can repair his relationship with Black Star?"
"He wouldn't do that. Don't doubt him." The Modo Three Kings shook their heads. "Sucking up to Black Star isn't his style. The grudge between him and Black Star can't be resolved just like that. The three Universal Civilizations' vigilance against him won't disappear just like that … You guys should think about how to deal with the impact of the plan failing."
Everyone knew that this could not be blamed on the Mecha Empire. Even the Mecha Empire, which they had high hopes for, could not escape, let alone their people.
However, even so, the upper echelons present could not help but feel disappointed in the Mecha Empire.
"Aesop has the soul of a death warrior in his body. Black Star can interrogate us about the plan. We're not afraid of anything else, but we're worried that the information about the Soul Swapper will be leaked," another upper echelon said.
When deciding on the plan, the Modo Civilization had already considered the consequences of failure. They looked mysterious and did not want to be discovered, but this was only necessary to complete the framing. In reality, what Modo was not afraid of was the plan being exposed and Black Star finding out that it was them who did it.
After all, they were enemies. Even without this scheme, the Black Star Corps would not have stopped invading. Since there was no room for negotiation, they were not afraid of offending Black Star.
Even if the three Universal Civilizations knew about this, Modo would not care. They were already fighting with the three Universal Civilizations, so they no longer needed such an excuse to find trouble with them. They were completely in debt.
What the Modo Civilization was really worried about was that after the plan failed, the information about the Soul Swapper would leak out and be known by Black Star.
However, since he had chosen to use the Soul Swapper to carry out the plan, he had no choice but to take such a risk. It was impossible for there to be no risk at all.
Especially now that the Soul Swapper was not in their hands and had been taken away by the Soul Swap Twins, there were many unexpected factors.
"Speaking of which, why haven't the Soulswap Twins contacted us yet? The spiritual trap on them should have been triggered long ago, "someone asked doubtfully.
"Yeah, it's been almost a month. Why hasn't the secondary personality woken up yet?"
"Could it be that something unexpected happened and the Switch Soul Twins suppressed the second personality's awakening? But how is that possible? They're Grade B Supers at most. Is this also the ability of the Soul Swapper? "
"No matter what, we have to prepare for the worst now," the Three Kings of Modo said solemnly.
In everyone's opinion, a mental trap set by a Beyond Grade A Super for a Grade B Super should be foolproof. However, the weirdness of the Soul Swapper was something that even the person in charge of Marwell's plan could not fully understand. Currently, only the Soul Swap Twins knew how to use the Soul Swapper.
"We have to take measures. Why don't we send our Beyond Grade As to the Shattered Star Ring to find them?" someone suggested.
"No, a Beyond Grade A is too eye-catching. If their identity is exposed, they won't be able to return. Black Star doesn't mind having another collection."
Most of the people present did not agree with sending a Beyond Grade A to find the Soul Swapper. Who did not know about the hostile relationship between Black Star and them? If they went, they would probably not be able to return.
Not only would they not be able to find the Soul Swapper, but they would also lose a Beyond Grade A!
The Modo Civilization had a very complicated view of the Soul Swapper. On one hand, they valued its function, but on the other hand, they used it very carefully.
Over the years, they had secretly tested more than a trillion people, and in the end, only the Soul Swap Twins were qualified. Without the two of them, this Space Wonder was useless. Most of the time, it was only used to carry out schemes, such as replacing important people in certain industries with their own people. However, once it was discovered, the soul would be interrogated, and Modo would be implicated. Thus, they did not use the Soul Swapper much and left it in the warehouse to collect dust most of the time.
Therefore, although the upper echelons present really wanted to find the treasure, they were not willing to pay too high a price. They felt that it was not worth it.
Bang!
One of the upper echelons could not help but slam the table, interrupting the discussion. With a furious expression, he clenched his teeth and said, "Damn it, we're in someone else's territory. If we were in our own territory, we wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. We would have played Black Star to death long ago."
Hearing this, everyone frowned. All they had was helplessness.
There was nothing they could do. Black Star had too few weaknesses. He was strong, had many connections, had many subordinates, and had a huge backer behind him. He was so strong in all areas that they felt despair. They really did not have any other moves.
…
Ten days later …
In the office of the main ship of the Black Star Fleet, Han Xiao received the information gathered by Philip and glanced at it.
"Is this all the information?"
"Yes, hum … This is all the information we've collected about the Soul Swapper so far."
Philip said in a childish voice.
In the past ten days, the Black Star Corps started a large-scale investigation based on the clues Han Xiao obtained from Aesop.
First of all, he controlled the tracking team whose souls had been swapped. He obtained some new information and learned about the situation of the transport team.
According to the original plan, these spies would be moved away by the Soul Swapper after completing the mission, making it an accidental death without leaving any clues.
However, the Soul Swap Twins' sudden escape left them trapped in the bodies of the Black Star Corps soldiers. Because they were worried about Black Star's quantum network monitoring, they did not dare contact the Modo people rashly and did not know about the Soul Swap Twins' escape. Many of them even thought that they were going to continue hiding and were caught red-handed.
After obtaining the information from these people, Han Xiao used the power of Destiny's Child and a few European Kings to cooperate with a carpet search and captured a few Modo Civilization battleships that did not manage to escape the Shattered Star Ring in time. He learned about the escape of the Soul Swap Twins from these people.
However, the clues ended there. The Modo people did not know where the Soul Swap Twins went, so they could not provide any information.
Han Xiao looked through the information, shook his head, sighed, and said, "Sigh, the Soul Swap Twins can keep changing their bodies. It won't be easy to find them now."
He was not proficient in the soul field, but he knew an expert — the leader of the Holy Covenant organization, Oathkeeper, the current host of Soul Flame.
This guy might have a way to find the Soul Swap Twins quickly. After all, no matter how they changed their bodies, their souls would not change.
However, when Han Xiao tried to contact Oathkeeper, he was told that Oathkeeper had entered the Sanctum and had not returned yet. He did not know what he was doing inside, so he could not count on him.
"The current search methods are only Virtual Technology, bold explorers, and illusory luck. The efficiency is not high …" Han Xiao rolled his eyes. "The Mecha Empire should be looking for the Soul Swapper too. I can keep an eye on them."
While tracking down the Modo troops, Han Xiao received additional information and learned that the other spaceships of the transport troops had also lost contact.
However, these spaceships did not fall into his hands. After some investigation, he found out that they were related to the Mecha Empire's subsidiary organizations. It was basically confirmed that the Mecha Empire was also looking for the Soul Swapper.
More than half a month ago, the three Universal Civilizations had taken action. A portion of the Mecha Empire's subsidiary organizations that pretended to be legitimate enterprises were ordered to be seized and temporarily banned.
Not only did this cause quite a lot of losses to the Mecha Empire, but more importantly, it froze a large number of the Mecha Empire's subsidiary organizations. The number of people that could be mobilized was reduced by a lot, which indirectly increased the difficulty of the Mecha Empire's search for the Soul Swapper.
However, Han Xiao felt that the Mecha Empire should have known about the Soul Swapper before him. Furthermore, the Mecha Empire's base was in the Primeval Star River, just like Modo, and they might have some unknown information. Keeping a close eye on them might give him some unexpected gains.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Han Xiao said, "Continue to investigate.
"Continue the investigation and report everything to me. Pay special attention to the Mechanic Emperor's affiliated forces. Don't let any of them out of our sight."
…
Half a month later, at the edge of the Shattered Star Ring, Planet Earth Ring.
This was a transportation hub planet, located near the Interstellar Field stargate. It took in a large number of passengers every day, and a large number of long-distance interstellar flights came here to replenish their resources. The planet was managed by a Star Cluster civilization in the Shattered Star Ring, and it was an official public transportation hub.
On the bustling streets, creatures of different races walked shoulder to shoulder. The noisy and crowded atmosphere revealed a sense of prosperity.
Two figures, one female and one male, walked on the streets, observing their surroundings while talking softly. They were the Soul Swap Twins, Jill and Warren.
"Brother, has your second personality done anything in the past few days?"
"I suppressed it three days ago, and it's pretty much exhausted. I'll have to replenish some souls today."
"Same for me. There are many people on this planet, and it's suitable to be a target. This is the last stop before leaving the Shattered Star Ring. We have to absorb a large number of souls and suppress it for a longer period of time," Warren said.
"Don't do anything now. We'll talk about it before we leave." Jill lowered his voice.
Their goal was to leave the Shattered Star Ring. After constantly changing bodies, they finally arrived at the edge of the Shattered Star Ring. They planned to replenish their fuel there before leaving the Shattered Star Ring through the stargate.
In order to suppress the mental trap, the two of them had absorbed a lot of souls on the planets they passed by and kept 'charging' them. Most of the victims were beasts. It was not that the two of them were being kind but that absorbing too many intelligent creatures would easily attract attention, which was not good for hiding.
Now that they had finally arrived at the edge of the Star Field, they would be safe as long as they escaped. Therefore, the two of them planned to do a large number of souls and find a way to completely remove the mental trap.
This way, they would not have to commit crimes in other Star Fields and could hide perfectly.
"We're finally leaving the Shattered Star Ring. We'll be free very soon." Warren's tone was filled with excitement. He looked forward to the bright future.
"This is the first step of our ambition!"
Jill clenched his fists, and his eyes glowed with excitement.
The first step of realizing their ambition was about to be successfully taken. After so many years of imprisonment, they had finally come to an end. As long as they were given time to develop, with their abilities and the Soul Swapper, they would definitely be able to grow into giants in the universe!
Thinking of such a future, Jill was so excited that he almost fainted. Unfortunately, he was currently a female.
However, just as the two of them were looking forward to the future, the city alarm suddenly rang!
Woo!
The ear-piercing alarm spread throughout the city. Countless people looked up in shock, not knowing what was happening.
"What's going on?"
"This is a planetary alarm. Is someone attacking the planet?"
The pedestrians on the street panicked, and the street where the Soul Swap Twins were also in chaos.
"Brother, could they be chasing us?" Warren's heart skipped a beat, and his face was filled with anxiety.
"Don't panic! No one should be able to find us. Furthermore, even if they really wanted to catch us, they wouldn't make such a big commotion. "Jill was shocked.
At this time, someone suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted, "Look, there's a fleet!"
Everyone looked up and saw battleships breaking through the atmosphere and hovering in midair. The black mass of mechanical soldiers covered the sky. There were no organization symbols on them, and no one knew what organization they belonged to.
At this time, the sound of spaceships taking off could be heard. The defense fleet stationed on Planet Earth Ring hurriedly rushed to the scene and shouted in the wide-area communication channel.
"This is the command center of Planet Earth Ring's defense fleet. You've broken through the planet's atmosphere without permission and have violated the port parking law. Please report your identity immediately!"
After waiting for two full seconds, an old voice sounded in the wide-area communication channel.
"I'm Manison from the Mecha Empire. I'm temporarily in charge of this planet."
As soon as the voice sounded, countless pedestrians were shocked to find that their communicators had suddenly disconnected from the network. No messages could be sent out.
There was an uproar. Of course, everyone knew that the Mecha Empire had directly cut off the external communication of Planet Earth Ring and blocked the quantum network of the entire planet!
"The Mecha Empire? What is he doing here? "
Jill's eyes widened, and his face was filled with shock.
The two of them had escaped early and did not know about the subsequent cooperation between Modo and the Mecha Empire. At this time, they still thought that they were just innocent passersby involved in this incident.
They were only one step away from a beautiful future, but they encountered an accident at this time. The two of them could not help but be shocked and angry.
However, they were facing the famous Mecha Empire. No matter how arrogant Jill was, he knew that he could not afford to offend them now. He could only pray in his heart that the Mecha Empire would quickly finish their business and remove the blockade so that they could leave.
…
At the same time …
In the main ship above Planet Earth Ring, Manison's Lord's Avatar was standing in front of the porthole. He looked at the defense fleet outside as if they were facing a great enemy.
He said calmly, "Lock down the entire planet. Do not allow any life form to leave. The target is here. Search through all the life forms on this planet until you find him!"
Outside the window, countless mechanical soldiers landed and controlled the panicked people. Countless screams rushed into the sky and vaguely reached Manison's ears.
He scanned the ground and was very sure that the Soul Swap Twins were on Planet Earth Ring.
His tracking process was quite complicated. Because it was not his territory, he could not make a big fuss like the Black Star Corps. He finally managed to secretly intercept a few transport spaceships, but he learned from the crew that the Soul Swap Twins had already escaped, so his trail was also cut off.
However, Manison obtained additional information from the mole and knew about the mental trap of the Soul Swap Twins. He used the data search to discover that a large number of creatures on a certain planet had lost their souls and became vegetative. Thus, he guessed that this was the work of the Soul Swap Twins.
He searched along the way and discovered more similar incidents. He confirmed the escape route of the Soul Swap Twins and finally locked onto the whereabouts of the Soul Swap Twins today.
Because the subsidiary organizations were being targeted and were being uprooted, Manison was no longer worried about being exposed. He directly made a big move and locked down the entire Planet Earth Ring to search for them.
If not for the fact that most of the subsidiary organizations in the Shattered Star Ring were suddenly frozen by the three Universal Civilizations, which delayed his trail for a few days, he felt that he might have found them long ago.
However, even though he encountered many obstacles, he still succeeded!
"Although the mental trap is not a high-level secret, none of the low-level crew members know about it. Black Star naturally doesn't know about it either, so he can only try his luck. That's why he was so easily lured away by me earlier … Tsk, he's still too inexperienced to fight me."
Manison shook his head.
A few days ago, he had purposely asked one of his subsidiary organizations to lock down the planet in the opposite direction in his name, pretending that he had found traces of the Soul Swapper to attract attention.
This trick had led a large number of Black Star Corps fleets away. The way he saw it, even if Black Star received the news now, it would be impossible for him to arrive on Planet Earth Ring in a short time.
However, to be safe, Manison still locked down the quantum network of Planet Earth Ring and tried to delay the Black Star Corps from receiving the news.
As long as he found the item, he would immediately escape. Even if the advanced civilizations were to blame him, he would not be able to get anything out of him.
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