After chasing for a while, the star map showed that the troops of the Arcane Church had finally left the alert range. They entered stealth mode and split up. Tarrokov had lost his real-time location. Because of their previous conversation, he invited Han Xiao to head to the main ship and use the virtual technology to locate the enemy's ship.
The Legion Commander's vehicle was connected to the main ship of the pursuing troops. Han Xiao led everyone into the corridor of the main ship and headed to the command room on the bridge. Hella and the others followed closely behind and surrounded Han Xiao.
Along the way, the dynasty's officers all stopped and bowed to Han Xiao with respect. Han Xiao's contribution in this battle had earned the respect of most of the participants. Their lives were even saved by Black Star to a certain extent. These dynasty's soldiers also had a certain degree of gratitude towards Han Xiao.
Han Xiao smiled and turned around to see Hella frowning. He looked down and saw that Hella's neck was wrapped with a medical bandage that extended down along her collarbone. He couldn't see clearly inside, so he couldn't help but ask with concern,
"How are your injuries?"
Hella shook her head. "It's just a small injury. I'll recover after some time. You don't have to worry."
After the battle ended, she didn't let Aurora waste her life force to heal them. She was going to recover on her own.
"Does it still hurt?"
"… A little. The painkillers aren't working." Hella frowned. Although she was strong-willed, she wouldn't force herself over such a small matter after being together for so long.
"Then congratulations on being alive." Han Xiao laughed.
The group quickly arrived at the command room. Tarrokov had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Han Xiao, he immediately walked up and brought him to the star map. He pointed at a direction and said, "This is the last location of the Arcane Church.
"This is the last location of the Arcane Church's fleet. We've lost their real-time location. Black Star, we're counting on you."
Han Xiao nodded and closed his eyes, entering the quantum network.
In his vision that was as dark as the universe, the light of quantum network nodes lit up one after another. Some were far, some were near, and some were even denser than the stars in the universe. Countless streams of information were instantly transmitted between the nodes. A phantom torrent of information crashed toward him head-on, whizzing past Han Xiao's body without feeling anything.
The star map unfolded in front of his eyes in the form of a quantum network layer. His line of sight could be zoomed in and out, jumping from one quantum node to another. In front of him, distance seemed to have become meaningless. [Virtual Creator] had brought about a qualitative leap in his virtual technology. It had been enhanced in all aspects, and its range was extremely terrifying.
"My quantum network vision is more detailed than before. Hmm … This feels a little like an out-of-body experience?"
Han Xiao sensed it carefully for a while before he got down to business. He plucked a string in the quantum network that looked like a spider web and carefully identified the echoes of the nodes of the quantum network. Very soon, he sensed a weak connection from the infiltration program that he left in the fleet of the Arcane Church.
His brain quickly processed the information he had received. Han Xiao opened his eyes and snapped his fingers.
Pa!
Over a hundred red dots suddenly lit up on the star map in front of everyone. They were the fleets of the Arcane Church that had split up and escaped.
The positions of all the fleets were marked out. In front of him, there was nowhere to hide!
Tarrokov was overjoyed. "Good job!"
"Hehe, I only did some small work." Han Xiao exited the quantum network and chuckled.
If it was before he learned [Virtual Creator], the infiltration program that he left behind would most likely be discovered and wiped out by the artificial intelligence of the Arcane Church fleet.
However, now that he had learned the Ultimate Knowledge of Virtual Technology and received a huge boost, the infiltration program that he left behind could enter and exit the artificial intelligence of the Arcane Church fleet without being discovered. This was the original intention of Han Xiao learning [Virtual Creator].
Tarrokov stroked his chin and pondered.
"The position has been recovered. All of the enemy's actions are under our surveillance, so we don't have to worry about them going missing. Hmm, since they chose to split up, they should have abandoned a portion of the fleet. In this case, these abandoned pieces are most likely carrying false positions of the secret stargates. They want to use this to confuse us. The true position of the secret stargates should only be known by those Beyond Grade As and the fleet that the commander is in. Black Star, can you lock onto the position of the enemy commander and the Beyond Grade As? I suspect that they might not be on the flagship."
"I can, but this means that the infiltration program will need to infiltrate the surveillance cameras and database of the enemy fleet. The risk of being exposed will increase, and we might be wiped out. Are you sure you want to take this risk?"
Han Xiao crossed his arms. The defense mechanism of a Universal Civilization naturally had some tricks up its sleeve.
After thinking about it, Tarrokov shook his head and said, "Then let's maintain the current situation. As long as we have the position, we can try to wipe out the entire Arcane Church fleet. Give us some intelligence from EsGod first."
Han Xiao nodded and did not say anything else. His consciousness sank into his Mech Legion, and the mechanical army he sent out was about to come into contact with EsGod's doppelganger.
…
On the other side, a small fleet brought the empty spaceship that EsGod's doppelganger was in to the rendezvous point. After waiting in space for a period of time, streams of hyperdrive light appeared from the darkness far away and stopped in front of them, revealing the true appearance of the Black Star Corps battleship.
The two teams came into contact and reported their identities. Then, the Black Star Corps battleship docked with the empty spaceship.
A group of dynasty soldiers stationed in the empty spaceship to monitor EsGod's doppelganger waited at the entrance of the spaceship to receive the emissary sent by the Beyond Grade A Supers. Everyone had a relieved expression on their faces.
They were just a group of ordinary soldiers monitoring EsGod's doppelganger. Even if EsGod's doppelganger did not resist, the psychological pressure they felt was immense. It was as though they had overestimated themselves and were accompanying a ferocious beast. The nervousness of being killed at any moment made their nerves tense. Now, their helper had finally arrived.
Chi!
The cabin door slid open, and Psionic Prime, who was more than four meters tall, walked in first. He held a scepter-like Psionic Prime Spear and seemed to be wearing a feather robe. Behind him was a group of mechanical lives and a large number of mechanical soldiers.
Psionic Prime looked down at the dynasty soldiers below him and slowly spoke.
"I'm Psionic Prime, the First Apostle under Black Star Lord. I'm here to hand over the mission. We'll watch over EsGod's doppelganger from now on."
"I'll leave it to you." The group of dynasty soldiers heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly handed over the mission before leaving the empty spaceship.
Psionic Prime led his troops all the way to the cabin of the empty spaceship, where EsGod's doppelganger was.
Behind him, Silver Flash looked at Psionic Prime, whose appearance had changed drastically, and said angrily, "The Lord favors Psionic Prime too much. Why did he become the first Apostle Weapon?"
"Stop complaining. Psionic Prime is the Lord's first child. It's natural for him to be born, "a strengthened Oathkeeper named 'Gold Sovereign' said. He was also one of the earliest batch of mechanical lives to be converted, so he had a cold personality.
In front of the two of them was a streamlined beast-type mechanical soldier called 'Mad Sky Hunter'. He turned his huge mechanical beast head around and looked at the two of them before slowly saying, "The Lord has his own considerations. What we need to do is to offer our absolute loyalty. Since the Lord only gave Psionic Prime this power now, there should be a limit to the qualifications of Apostle Weapons … Maybe only a small portion of us can become Apostle Weapons."
Psionic Prime listened to the discussion behind him silently and did not say anything. He quickly brought everyone to the cabin.
As the energy core of this empty spaceship had been removed, its energy was extremely low. In the dim light, EsGod's doppelganger leaned on the sofa and faced Psionic Prime's mechanical army.
"Black Star, you're here," EsGod's doppelganger said with a smile.
"I'm Psionic Prime. The Lord doesn't want to see you for the time being. Just pass me the message."
EsGod's doppelganger sized Psionic Prime up and sat up straight.
"Apostle Weapon? I remember that Black Star didn't have such an ability when we fought previously. It seems like he gained quite a lot in this battle … Alright, I'm not interested in talking to you. Call Black Star out. "
Psionic Prime leaned on his spear and turned a deaf ear. Clearly, he did not plan to do so.
Seeing this, EsGod's doppelganger suddenly raised his arm. The arm formed by black fog extended like rubber, and his fist shot out like a cannonball. The speed of his fist could not even be seen!
Dang!
The fist that contained the strength Esper Ability smashed onto Psionic Prime's spear, creating a shockwave that reverberated in the narrow space!
Psionic Prime did not say anything. Energy surged into Psionic Prime's spear, and the spear instantly unfolded.
He swung the spear vertically, and a beam of light formed by psionic energy shot out.
Swoosh!
EsGod's doppelganger's speed was shocking, and he dodged the attack. The sofa he was sitting on was cut in half, and the beam of light entered the cabin wall. The next moment, the entire empty spaceship was cut in half.
The mechanical army in the spaceship and EsGod's doppelganger landed in space and faced each other. The dynasty spaceships beside them hurriedly aimed their cannons at EsGod's doppelganger and prepared for battle.
Psionic Prime was at the front, and a beam of Mechanical Force came from the void and landed on his body. Instantly, his entire body was covered in lightning, and it was extremely dazzling. The other mechanical army did not receive any Mechanical Force buffs and retreated under Psionic Prime's signal.
When EsGod's doppelganger saw this Mechanical Force, he knew that Han Xiao was paying attention to him. The scene before him allowed him to understand Han Xiao's plan, and he sneered in his heart.
Is he purposely letting the Apostle Weapons fight with me and using me as a test target?
"Humph, since you allowed me to evolve, I'll play with your Apostle Weapons."
The next moment, EsGod's doppelganger moved and shot toward Psionic Prime like a cannonball. He extended his arm again and launched a series of attacks toward Psionic Prime, leaving behind a series of afterimages.
This doppelganger did not have any powerful Esper Abilities, only physical strengthening, body modification, shock contact, and so on. However, under the buff of his Grade, this EsGod doppelganger also had the strength of a Beyond Grade A and could easily crush a Calamity Grade.
Psionic Prime waved his spear and fought with EsGod. His mechanical body clashed with EsGod time and time again, and large amounts of psionic energy shards splashed out.
In a head-on clash, Psionic Prime and EsGod's doppelganger were evenly matched and did not fall into a disadvantage!
Psionic Prime's spear condensed dark blue energy and continuously shot out psionic energy beams. EsGod was like a piece of plasticine, constantly changing his body shape to dodge all kinds of attacks. EsGod's attacks were also dodged by Psionic Prime in the same way, turning into many agile hovering guards. They could only combine their body parts to attack and were extremely difficult to hit.
Both sides were evenly matched, and the mechanical lives that were forced to watch from the side were shocked.
Originally, they were only slightly higher level cannon fodder in front of a Beyond Grade A, but now, Psionic Prime had the strength to fight against a Beyond Grade A Super.
"Is this the power of an Apostle Weapon?"
Many mechanical lives, including Silver Flash, became even more excited about the identity of an Apostle Weapon.
Both sides clashed again, and a large amount of light shards exploded. Psionic Prime and EsGod's doppelganger retreated at the same time.
This time, the Mechanical Force on Psionic Prime's body disappeared, which meant that the spar had ended.
Seeing this, EsGod's doppelganger did not attack anymore. He was there to discuss matters.
Everyone returned to another Black Star Corps spaceship and came to the cabin. As soon as EsGod's doppelganger sat down, Han Xiao's remote projection appeared and sat opposite him, staring at him coldly.
Seeing this, EsGod's doppelganger smiled.
"Black Star, it's all thanks to you this time. I've finally evolved."
Han Xiao crossed his arms and snorted. "You came to see me just to say this?"
"Of course not."
EsGod's doppelganger waved his hands. He was in a good mood and chuckled.
"I want to ask you, you've already obtained the wormhole data, right? What's the result of your research?"
This fellow did purposely reveal the abnormality of the data and used my connections to help him research it … Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.
EsGod thought that he was the only one who knew about the existence of the World Tree Civilization and had a sense of superiority.
Until now, EsGod still thought that Han Xiao only researched the wormhole data out of caution and did not know that Han Xiao also knew about the existence of the World Tree Civilization.
Han Xiao naturally would not shatter EsGod's fantasy. Only by hiding this information could EsGod lower his guard.
"Long story short, this is the positioning information sent by the dynasty." Han Xiao told Philip to show him part of the information and slowly said, "If you can really help the dynasty intercept the Arcane Church, the dynasty might reconsider how to deal with you."
EsGod's doppelganger did not comment and continued to browse through the information.
Seeing this, Han Xiao's eyes sparkled. "However, I still don't understand why you suddenly want to work with the dynasty. Angering the Arcane Church is not a good thing for you."
"You don't have to worry about that." EsGod's doppelganger did not even raise his head.
Han Xiao stroked his chin and pondered.
He had a feeling that this was not EsGod's original intention and that he had been bewitched by someone else.
Although EsGod's actions could be considered to be pleasing the dynasty, Han Xiao felt that this was more like an opportunity to purposely increase the losses of the Arcane Church, targeting Sagman and the other Beyond Grade As to weaken the high-level combatants of the Arcane Church.
"If we succeed, who will benefit the most? The Red Empire? The Radiant Federation? Or … those Supercluster Civilizations? "
Han Xiao pondered.
…
After the Arcane Church split up and fled, Rogue, Sagman, and the others changed their spaceships, abandoned the main ship, and pretended to be an ordinary team, fleeing toward the true location of the secret stargate.
Rogue thought that this method of splitting up could confuse the empire's pursuing troops, but what happened next made him pale with fright.
Some of the teams that were fleeing in other directions were attacked, and the attackers were not only the dynasty's fleet but also the Fallen Ark!
"Is EsGod crazy? Why did he attack us! "
Rogue was shocked and furious. His face was pale, and he panted heavily as he stared at the star map with bloodshot eyes. Teams were wiped out one after another.
"EsGod probably turned around and reached an agreement with the Red Empire. This guy … he's determined to use us to restrain the dynasty!"
Sagman was also furious. It was one thing for EsGod to betray them, but now, he was even playing the blame game. Although he did not have high hopes for EsGod's moral integrity, he was still infuriated by EsGod's actions.
Psyker stared at the star map and suddenly said, "The situation is a little strange. They were able to accurately attack our squads. Is it because those squads were unlucky enough to run into the empire's blockade, or does the empire still know our whereabouts?"
As soon as this was said, everyone's expression changed.
"Black Star is a Virtual Mechanic. He might have done something."
Sisko clenched his teeth.
What kind of Mechanic is he? Mercer rubbed his fists and thought stubbornly.
Hearing this, Rogue hurriedly ordered the fleet's artificial intelligence to be activated. However, they did not detect Han Xiao's infiltration program, so they could not clear it.
"We actually can't find Black Star's infiltration program …" Sagman's head hurt. He was very knowledgeable, and a Virtual Mechanic who could easily bypass the firewall of a Universal Civilization was not easy to deal with.
Although they were not sure if Han Xiao had done something, they decided to prepare for the worst because of Han Xiao's performance this time.
Rogue clenched his teeth.
"Right now, the Empire's encirclement has yet to take shape. This is our only chance to escape … Spread the word. Everyone, split into a million teams from the hundreds. Also, cut off the quantum network connection of half of the teams!"
He wanted to use more teams to confuse the dynasty before the encirclement was formed. Splitting into a million teams meant that each team would only have a few spaceships, which meant that they had given up on the ability to resist. As long as they encountered the dynasty's fleet, they would have no chance of escaping.
Cutting off the quantum network connection of half of the teams meant that these teams would become isolated troops with no one to command them. They would all become deaf and mute, unable to communicate with the other teams. They could only follow the instructions of the star map and escape. The only advantage of this was that they would be able to get rid of any possible location after cutting off the quantum network. Rogue was prepared to cut off the quantum network for his own troops, which meant that he had given up on command and handed over the command to his adjutant.
Because of Han Xiao's methods, Rogue made such a decision to abandon almost everyone in exchange for a chance of survival for himself and the five Beyond Grade As.
Ninjia stared at him coldly and said, "Your Excellency Commander, if you do this, you will be court-martialed when you return."
"Hehehe …" Rogue laughed bitterly. "If I fail this battle, what future will I have when I return?"
"If not for Black Star turning the situation around, how could I have failed?"
"Do I hate you? Of course I do! "
"But … you're still the high-level combatants of the Arcane Church."
"The Arcane Church doesn't care about these millions of battleships and soldiers. We can build more battleships and gather more ordinary soldiers at any time, but you're different. Beyond Grade As are existences that can't be replicated. Plus, you have the Universal Treasure, the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter …"
"My primary mission is to escort you high level combatants out of here. Your safety is a higher priority than any of us!"
"When we were in the Military Officer Academy, our mentors told us that we shouldn't be officers if we weren't ruthless. Getting the best of both worlds is a beautiful and greedy fantasy. Most of the time, the situation doesn't allow us to be willful, and we will often have to make choices. In order to complete the tactical mission, everything that is relatively unimportant can be abandoned …"
"I've already thought it through! Who cares about the court-martialed? I only have one mission now, and that is to preserve the strength of the Arcane Church! "
After saying so much in one breath, Luo Ge opened his bloodshot eyes wide and gasped for breath.
Sagman and the others narrowed their eyes.
As Beyond Grade As, they would not be easily moved by the words of others. In fact, with their experience, Rogue's thoughts could not escape their eyes.
The five of them looked at each other before turning to look at Rogue.
Sagman said calmly, "Alright.
We'll do as you say then. "
…
Shattered Star Ring, Blue Star, Floating Dragon Island.
Compared to a few months ago, Floating Dragon now had many more facilities. Countless spaceships came and went, and it seemed very prosperous.
Because they had officially established their base, Floating Dragon no longer allowed galactic pirates and scavengers to stay on the island. All the gray organizations on the island were chased away. Of course, there were also some who did not dare approach the stronghold of the Black Star Corps and took the initiative to escape.
Now, the organizations that had entered Floating Dragon were all legitimate financial groups. Under the influence of Floating Dragon, Blue Star also received the favor of many financial groups and welcomed new development opportunities.
In the palace of Floating Dragon Island, Ames sat on the throne. Her fair legs stretched out from under her high-cut black dress, crossing each other to form a beautiful curve, looking very enchanting and seductive.
Ames supported her chin with her right hand and looked down at the representatives of the financial groups who had come to meet her. Her expression was calm, and she looked indifferent, but in fact … she was indeed in a daze.
Aiya, these miscellaneous matters will be taken care of by Jenny in the end anyway. She could not be bothered.
Ames's thoughts had long drifted to other places as she muttered to herself, "That's right.
I wonder how Hella and Aurora are doing. Tsk, Black Star is so annoying. He took my two students away for so long and did not send back any news at all …
Beep beep!
At this time, the communicator floating by the side suddenly rang. Ames raised her finger and grabbed the communicator. Looking at it, she was a little surprised.
"Austin? Didn't this guy go to the secondary dimensions to look for materials? "
Curious, Ames picked up the call, and Austin's figure appeared on the screen.
"Why are you looking for me?"
Austin smiled and said, "Ames, I have a piece of information here that might be useful to you."
Ames raised her brows and said, "Interesting. When did you become an information dealer? Isn't that Black Star 'hobby?"
Austin did not mind. With a meaningful smile, he told Ames everything that had happened on Planet Lighthouse.
At the start, Ames was still listening lazily, but as Austin narrated, she gradually sat up straight and became expressionless. An unstable force field floated around her, bringing a huge pressure. The financial group representatives below felt a chill in their hearts and did not know what to do.
"… That's the situation."
Austin ended the narration and added, "Seeing that you're Black Star 'ally, I specially informed you. As I expected, you didn't know anything. Black Star hid this from you. Hehe, it seems like he doesn't want you to get involved in this storm."
"Don't be long-winded. I know what you mean. Humph … Anyway, thanks. I do need this information."
Ames hung up and closed her eyes, seemingly deep in thought.
Aesop also heard this information and shook his head. "The prophecy came true. Luckily, I reminded Black Star, or else he might not have been able to escape this time. Black Star hid this from you probably because he doesn't want you to get involved in the storm of a Universal Civilization. However, Austin deliberately told you this because he wants to muddy the waters. Heh, he's indeed a little kid who wants to see the world burn. "
Hearing this, Ames opened her eyes and said coldly, "I'm his ally, not his subordinate. What right does he have to tell me whether I get involved or not?"
Aesop helplessly shook his head and said, "I knew it."
"Then, what do you want to do?"
"Help me contact the Red Empire's Special Envoy, Zoel. The Red Empire will very likely mobilize troops in the Shattered Star Ring and attack the Arcane Church's garrison and stargate station here …"
As she spoke, Ames stood up, and her black dress fluttered.
"Black Star, Sisko, Heber, and Austin, the four of them are all in the Flickering World …
"Therefore … I'm the only Beyond Grade A in the Shattered Star Ring!
"I'll go wherever I want to go!"
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