Sector 1749-C was the border area between the Constellation Corridor and the Bright Silver Arm. The Red Empire and the Arcane Church had a large number of troops stationed here all year round.
With the help of the stargates in the dynasty's headquarters, Han Xiao arrived at this border area in just a few days. This was the location of the deal between the dynasty and Ethereal.
The battleship stopped beside the outpost, and Han Xiao's spaceship received a communication from the outpost commander.
"Your Excellency Black Star, the escort team of the Arcane Church has arrived and is waiting to take over. The official location is a desolate planet deep in the strategic zone between the two sides. His Excellency Milizaus and the outpost will escort you to your destination."
"Milizaus is here too?" Han Xiao raised his brows.
As soon as he said that, Milizaus' voice sounded in the channel.
"I've been here for a long time and have been waiting for you. The dynasty sent me here just to prevent any accidents. Although the chances are very small, we can't rule out the possibility of them snatching the Spacetime Amber."
"Hmm, got it." Han Xiao nodded. "Commander, let's set off now."
Heavy dynasty battleships flew out from the outpost one after another, escorting Han Xiao's fleet. Milizaus' enormous body soared in space and followed beside the main ship that Han Xiao was on. The two of them were about the same size.
The fleet did not use hyperdrive but moved forward in the normal mode. After traveling for a while, a desolate planet appeared in their field of vision and gradually enlarged in everyone's eyes.
The fleets of the Arcane Church and the Red Empire had already arrived on this planet, and the two sides were facing each other outside the atmosphere. At the center of the confrontation, there was an escort team of the Arcane Church. Dylan, who was sealed in the Spacetime Amber, stood on the ground. The shock and anger on his face were still as vivid as ever.
The Beyond Grade A that the dynasty had promised to unseal was Dylan. The weakest Beyond Grade A would often receive preferential treatment from the opponent.
Han Xiao first scanned the situation of this planet and confirmed that there were no traps.
However, he had been caught off guard by the Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Transportation Device during the battle on Planet Lighthouse. Thus, he did not let his guard down.
"We're here, Your Excellency Black Star. Let's go." On the bridge of the main ship, the imperial emissary respectfully invited Han Xiao to set off together.
Han Xiao nodded and followed the Special Envoy to the backup cabin. He walked into a flying vehicle in the atmosphere and piloted the vehicle to leave the main ship and slowly land.
In his line of sight, the red land was getting closer and closer.
Bang! The cuboid vehicle landed on the ground, and the hatch slid open. Han Xiao stepped onto the red sand-like ground.
He walked to the front of the Ethereal escort team and glanced at them. Then, he looked at the amber and met Dylan's eyes.
The imperial envoy stepped forward to negotiate with the Ethereal emissary. After a while, the imperial envoy stepped back and nodded to Han Xiao.
"Your Excellency Black Star, please remove the seal."
Hearing that, Han Xiao walked forward and stood in front of Dylan. He suddenly turned around to look at the Ethereal escort team and saw that everyone was staring at him.
The Great Mechanic Han raised his eyebrows. He stepped lightly on the ground, and lightning flashed.
The next moment, the ground he stepped on turned into a metal nano material. This silver color quickly spread out and covered an area with a diameter of five meters, turning it into a metal surface. Then, a circular metal wall rose from the edge of the area and gathered above his head, covering the entire area and blocking everyone's vision.
Obviously, Black Star did not intend to let others see how he removed the seal. Everyone was a little disappointed and could only wait quietly.
After a full ten minutes, the metal nano barrier folded and returned to Han Xiao's hands. Dylan's seal had disappeared, and he sat on the ground with a face full of shock and fear.
"Your Excellency Dylan, are you okay?" The Ethereal escort team hurriedly went to help him.
"I'm fine."
Dylan quickly came back to his senses. He rejected the help and stood up on his own. He stared at Han Xiao in front of him with anger, hostility, fear, and many other emotions in his eyes. Most importantly, he still had lingering fear.
"How have you been in the past few months?" Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Dylan shivered, and the fear in his eyes grew. He subconsciously took a step back, not daring to get close to Han Xiao.
His body was frozen by the Spacetime Amber, but his mind was still running. He could clearly feel his body, but he could not control it no matter what. This feeling was extremely torturous, like a ghost pressing down on his bed. During the time he was trapped, Dylan felt like every day was a year.
If not for the fact that his mental body was strong and his will strong, he felt that he might have been driven crazy.
Although a few months of imprisonment was not enough to wipe out the consciousness of a Beyond Grade A, he had already sensed that his soul was weakening. If he continued being trapped, his soul might be destroyed in the end!
Dylan could not help but be shocked by this possibility.
Not only could it imprison an individual, but it could also wipe out the consciousness of the prisoner. Even a Beyond Grade A would not be able to resist it. The terror of the Spacetime Amber terrified him, and he did not want to experience it again in his life!
Han Xiao looked around and suddenly said, "The seal has been removed. Where's your ambush? You can come out now. "
He always felt that the Arcane Church would place their troops in the nearby area. Once the transaction was completed, they would send out three hundred executioners.
"We didn't set up an ambush." The Ethereal emissary's mouth twitched.
"Is that so? I thought you would try to deal with me. This time, not only would you be able to snatch the Evolution Cube, but you would also be able to obtain the Spacetime Amber. I didn't expect there to really be no ambush …"
Han Xiao shook his head and chuckled. "Looks like you've really been beaten into submission."
The Ethereal emissary's face froze, and a wave of humiliation and anger surged in his heart.
Black Star had already proven himself with his battle results. For the sake of their sealed allies, the Arcane Church really did not plan to take any more risks. Furthermore, this was the border between the two sides, and the dynasty was vigilant. It was impossible for them to launch a sneak attack.
Of course … at the end of the day, these reasons were actually cowardice.
It was precisely because what he said was not wrong that it hit the Ethereal emissary's sore spot.
The Ethereal emissary could not refute. With a straight face, he clenched his teeth and said, "Since the transaction is completed, we'll be leaving first. Hopefully, there will be similar transactions in the future."
Han Xiao stroked his chin and said, "You're leaving just like that? Dylan, we wouldn't have known each other if we didn't fight. Aren't you going to stay and catch up with me?"
The Ethereal emissary immediately became vigilant. "Your Excellency Black Star, what do you want to do?"
The meeting point was in the middle of the border because both sides had their concerns. The dynasty was afraid that Ethereal would launch another sneak attack, and Ethereal was afraid that the dynasty would go back on their words and capture Dylan again. Therefore, the people of the Arcane Church easily misunderstood Han Xiao's words … although he did it on purpose.
"Why are you so nervous? Are you afraid that we'll snatch him away?" Han Xiao curled his lips.
The Ethereal emissary pursed his lips and did not say anything.
Dylan's face tightened and replied, "If there's a chance in the future, I'll personally visit the Black Star Corps!"
"Then I hope you'll come with good intentions." Han Xiao raised his eyebrows. "Otherwise, what happened in the past few months will happen to you again."
Hearing this, Dylan, who was quite stubborn, remembered the feeling of being sealed. He slightly shrank his body and did not say anything else. Facing Han Xiao, he slowly backed away and put a sufficient distance between them.
Shua! A few tractor beams landed on Dylan and the others, sucking them back into the battleship.
Han Xiao watched as Dylan spiraled into the sky. Then, the Arcane Church fleet in outer space quickly turned around and left the planet.
"The deal is done. Let's go back."
Han Xiao patted the emissary's shoulder, turned around, and walked toward the flying vehicle with a playful look on his face.
The Arcane Church would definitely ask about how he felt when he was sealed, and Dylan would definitely cooperate. Then, the Arcane Church would know that the sealed Beyond Grade As could still think, and if they were sealed for too long, their consciousness might die.
The Arcane Church originally did not know about the possibility of death from the Spacetime Amber, but after receiving Dylan's report, they would definitely be anxious and would have no choice but to break the seals on the others as soon as possible.
This way, they would be even weaker in the negotiations with the Empire. In order to save time, they might have to compromise with even more excessive conditions. Even a mute could not voice his grievances.
One word, miserable.
"Heh, I tricked this bunch of scammers again." Han Xiao laughed in his heart.
A person's happiness was often built on the pain of others. Lu Xun was not lying.
The deal went smoothly, and Han Xiao followed the troops back to the dynasty's border outpost. He then received news from the dynasty's upper echelons that the Arcane Church would send out Beyond Grade As to participate in the operation to annihilate EsGod.
It was confirmed that the few dynasty allies participating in the operation had already left and were heading to the designated assembly point. They would then set off together and set foot in the Primeval Star River.
After resting in the outpost for a while, Milizaus came over.
"Black Star, I'm going to the assembly point directly. Do you have anything else to do?"
"Same here. There's nothing else."
"Alright, let's go together. The injuries from the Ten Thousand Deity Scepter have not completely healed yet. Do you still have that? Give me a few hundred needles."
"Hmm, I do have that recovery medicine, but … you know the equivalent exchange, right?"
"Tell me, how much dragon blood do you want? Do you want mine?"
"Cough cough, we'll talk on the way." Han Xiao's mouth twitched.
As expected, as long as one crossed the bottom line, there would be a second time.
Milizaus originally refused to provide his dragon blood, but seeing that Han Xiao had collected quite a lot, he seemed to have given up. Since he already had it, there was no harm in giving some more.
It also sounded a little strange and exciting …
The two of them did not waste any time at the border and set off together.
The security in the dynasty was good, and other than Milizaus being a little anemic, the two of them did not encounter any other problems. They were the first to arrive at the assembly point and waited for the other allies to arrive.
…
At the same time, in a certain desolate universe belt in the Primeval Star River.
The Fallen Ark fleet was hovering above a Fixed Star, and its energy shield was blocking out the powerful radiation energy.
In the large command room of the main ship, Haakisen stood in front of the porthole and looked at a certain spot on the surface through the zoom function. That was where EsGod had landed. The energy of the Fixed Star formed a huge whirlpool with EsGod at the center.
The accumulated energy of the Fixed Star was too dazzling, and even with the senses of a Calamity Grade, it was difficult to see EsGod's figure clearly. The chaotic flow of particles interfered with the detection radar, and the target area was even covered by EsGod's concealment Esper Ability. No one could see what EsGod was doing on the Fixed Star.
"His Excellency EsGod has already told us to stop here for two days. What is he doing up there?" One of the crew members was impatient.
"I don't know." Haakisen lightly pulled on his tongue. This was a habit he had when he was hesitating.
Two days ago, EsGod had told them to wait in the outer space of this Fixed Star while he landed on the Fixed Star, absorbing energy like a bottomless hole, forming an expanding energy whirlpool on the surface of the Fixed Star.
On the surface of the Fixed Star, EsGod opened his arms, and an endless stream of Fixed Star energy flowed into his body.
He had the Esper Ability to absorb energy from the outside world, and it was called 'Esper Ability — Black Hole'. He had once displayed this ability when fighting Han Xiao.
As the energy flowed in, black mist-like figures separated from EsGod's body and turned into black crystal ball-like objects. They floated around EsGod, and a dark red light shone in the center of the spheres.
These black spheres were all doppelgangers that EsGod had created by absorbing energy crazily.
The stronger a person was, the greater the improvement they would receive when using the Evolution Cube. EsGod's strength had increased tremendously, but he could feel that his body had yet to be completely transformed. A considerable amount of evolution energy was deposited in his cells, like a treasure sealed in a box. The evolution of his life level was the key to opening the box.
EsGod did not have an interface, so he did not know that this was the first time an expert used the Evolution Cube to obtain an additional Race Evolution opportunity.
If he were to complete a new advancement in the future, then he would be completely reborn!
However, the Evolution Cube did not have the ability to level up or advance, so EsGod did not receive such an enhancement.
However, although the Evolution Energy could not allow EsGod to break through, it did release some restrictions on his abilities.
For example … the burden on his genetic chain!
Due to the conflict in his genetic chain, EsGod's main body could not have too many abilities at the same time. His doppelgangers could make up for this, and the Esper Abilities that were given to his doppelgangers could not be used by his main body.
However, there was an obvious flaw in this method. EsGod was not able to create doppelgangers without any burden … because the ability to maintain the existence of his doppelgangers was an Esper Ability that needed to be activated all the time.
If EsGod's main body was a computer, every Esper Ability was a program, and the upper limit of his genetic chain was the memory. Thus, maintaining his doppelgangers meant that the program was always on and occupied his memory.
The stronger the doppelgangers, the more doppelgangers there would be, and the more memory the program would occupy.
Only when the memory was empty could there be space for other Esper Abilities.
Thus, EsGod did not use his doppelgangers in a head-on battle largely because of this. Doppelgangers would weaken his main body's combat ability to a certain extent.
However, the Evolution Cube changed this point and optimized his genetic chain according to his own characteristics.
Simply put, it was to expand his memory and optimize his program!
The upper limit of his genetic chain increased, and the burden on his Esper Abilities decreased, which meant that more Esper Abilities could be used at the same time.
To EsGod, this was a fundamental enhancement!
His doppelganger Esper Ability underwent a transformation because of this. The current upper limit of his genetic chain was enough to support EsGod to create more Beyond Grade A doppelgangers, far exceeding the previous limit. Furthermore, his main body still had plenty of memory.
The quantitative change … had reached a qualitative change!
It could be said that the optimization brought by the Evolution Cube had even changed EsGod's combat style to a certain extent!
EsGod was absorbing the energy of the Fixed Star here to create a large number of doppelgangers in preparation for the revenge of his enemies!
After angering the Arcane Church and the Red Empire, EsGod knew that these two organizations would surround him for the nth time sooner or later. Now that these two organizations were about to make a move, he would not wait for them to come knocking on his door without making any preparations.
EsGod cherished his life because only by living could he fulfill his wish. However, he was not afraid of danger because fighting was the path to becoming stronger. Cherishing his life and being fond of fighting were two characteristics that existed in him at the same time.
The encirclement of Universal Civilizations had always been the best opportunity for him to test his strength. Only by fighting with a Beyond Grade A would he be able to accurately gauge his strength.
This encirclement was also an opportunity in his eyes, and its significance was not ordinary.
This was the first time he was going to fight a Beyond Grade A after his evolution!
EsGod's heart was filled with anticipation.
He would only know how strong the Evolution Cube had made him after he gave it a try.
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