here’s the promised holidays chapters!!!
This is the most mysterious and dangerous thing about the Church; they always seem possess some terrifying technology unknown to the public. For example, they use unidentified parasites to read intense brainwaves at a specific moment and transform them into rough images.
When Ye Shu suddenly heard that the other party took away his most important thing, he naturally immediately thought of the hiding place of the Forbidden Abyss and Yulia also read the images in his mind in that very moment.
However, the reason the Church did not use such methods before is quite complex. Three hundred years ago, the Church also suffered heavy losses from the Zergs. The Empire that replaced the Alliance was completely out of their control and undue the constraints of powerful checks and balances, they couldn’t catch Ye Shu at all. In addition, Ye Shu was very vigilant, and under normal circumstances, they couldn’t find a suitable way to have only the image of the location of the Forbidden Abyss in his brain.
But this time is different. Zhou Jiuya is the person Ye Shu cares about the most after Huo Chao. Once he knows that Zhou Jiuya is cooperating with the Church he detests and even successfully took the core of the Forbidden Abyss, this moment would be the best opportunity!!!
“So it turns out to be there!”
Although the images transcribed by the Holy Stigmata are not clear, it is enough for Yulia to judge the general outline. Her voice trembled with terrifying excitement.
Everything happened too suddenly and unexpectedly.
“AHHHHH—!!!”
Amidst Ye Shu’s intense scream, Zhou Jiuya was furious and he moved like lightning, raising his sword and cutting down.
In the splattering blood and the shining cold light, the woman’s arm was thrown high in the air.
The golden patterns on it quickly dimmed at a visible speed, drying up like withered vines.
But strangely, Yulia did not show any signs of pain. Her pupils even showed intense excitement and joy.
“So… it’s in this place!”
Creating an artificial sun for illumination is a common practice on many planets, especially in dark underground cities. No one would care about a common tool used for lighting and decoration.
Of course, no one would have expected that Ye Shu would place the core of the Forbidden Abyss in such a conspicuous place. After all, considering Ye Shu’s reverence for Huo Chao’s remains, he should have hidden it in the most secretive, safest, and impregnable place.
Who could have thought that he would boldly place the core of the Forbidden Abyss in such an obvious place! And anyone could see it by just looking up.
No wonder…
No wonder they inserted countless spies on the Winter Day Planet, and in the past hundred years, they almost searched all possible secret bases on the planet and still found nothing.
—This move is really clever!
Yulia sighed in her heart and quickly retreated.
“Ah…”
Ye Shu suddenly knelt down, his face covered in blood. He bit his teeth tightly, blood vessels covering his eyes, and his entire brain seemed to be about to explode, as if an electromagnetic bomb was bursting inside, making it almost impossible for him to think.
“Yulia—!!!”
Zhou Jiuya, in a fit of rage, immediately aimed his gun at the woman and fired three shots.
Bang, bang, bang!
Just as the energy bullets were about to hit, a golden beam suddenly shot down from the carrier, enveloping Yulia.
The three energy bullets were blocked by the barrier formed by the golden light, but their positions corresponded precisely to the woman’s forehead, throat, and heart—three fatal points. If the barrier had been delayed by just a second, Yulia would probably have been killed on the spot with three holes in her body.
But timing and luck were unfortunate like that. Whenever it came to a crucial moment, Zhou Jiuya always seemed to be a step too late.
“Hahaha… Legion Commander, you have a great marksmanship!”
Yulia, without any post-survival palpitations or joy, instead responded with loud praise. Her white robe fluttered wildly as she rapidly ascended under the influence of the anti-gravity magnetic field.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
In this second, the giant white aircraft carrier unfolded a dense array of barrels in the air, and the muzzles lit up simultaneously, tearing the entire night sky apart with dazzling brilliance.
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They collided with the energy barrier that rose in an instant, forming a magnetic storm tsunami that swept everything away!
In this moment, Zhou Jiuya’s first reaction was not to give the order to prepare for battle, but without thinking, he immediately turned and rushed towards Ye Shu.
Amidst the earth-shattering roar, his eyes were bloodshot, and he roared a shout that even he couldn’t hear himself due to the surrounding noise.
“Wan Jiang—!!!”
If time could be infinitely slowed down, then the scene at this moment would be spectacular beyond imagination.
The frenzied magnetic storm wave directly broke through the atmosphere, roaring like a prehistoric behemoth towards the surface of the planet.
At the same time, the black gun in Zhou Jiuya’s hand suddenly swelled in the dazzling snow light, quickly decomposing and transforming into countless large pieces of metal.
The azure cockpit immediately opened, covering the two people on the ground in an instant.
In the next second, the massive black metal giant thunderously took shape, andwithout even giving time for the neural chain connection, Zhou Jiuya directly pressed the manual command.
The Double S Mecha “Wan Jiang” raised its giant sword horizontally, ramping up its energy output to the maximum, and, a second before the magnetic storm tsunami arrived, opened a giant defensive shield!
Boom—!!!
The frenzied magnetic storm wave swept over the surface of the Winter Day Planet for miles around it. It ruthlessly shredded everything in its path, even vaporizing the thick garbage mountains covering the surface of Winter Day Planet almost instantly due to the high temperatures!
Simultaneously, the startling vibrations reached the underground in just a few seconds.
Huo Xianfeng suddenly looked up,
“This fluctuation…”
Jiang Ci’s expression also became serious,
“It feels like a severe magnetic storm.”
This wasn’t the usual attack method of the First Legion. Moreover, this level of conflict was no longer a battle between mechas; it likely indicated a large-scale war breaking out outside.
But who struck first? And why?
Could it be that Zhou Jiuya wanted to forcibly take the core of the Forbidden Abyss through war?
This speculation was instantly denied in Jiang Ci’s mind.
No, no, no. If that man intended to do so, he wouldn’t have initially stationed the First Legion only on the periphery of Winter Day Planet. He would have meticulously planned all the battle strategies, launched a surprise attack, and taken control of the initiative in the war as quickly as possible.
But what if it was Winter Day Planet that initiated the attack?
“It’s the Church.”
Huo Xianfeng suddenly spoke, surprising Jiang Ci, whose eyes widened.
“How do you know?”
[It sounds so annoying…]
[This sound is so unpleasant…]
[King, there are many people outside wearing white clothes.]
[It came from them, so annoying…]
[…]
The pitiful and painful cries of the larvae echoed in his mind and Huo Xianfeng looked up at the sky,
“Ye Shu won’t initiate a war because once the war starts, the underground city will inevitably be involved, revealing the location of the Forbidden Abyss’ core.”
This wasn’t a very direct and clear explanation, but Jiang Ci still understood his meaning in that instant because on this planet, there were three factions currently vying for the core of the Forbidden Abyss: the neutral forces on Winter Day Planet, the Imperial Military, and the Church. Excluding the first two, the answer naturally pointed to the last one.
Huo Xianfeng glanced at the hovering silver bracelet in the sky. Sensing Alpha’s thoughtful and scorching gaze, the silver bracelet swiftly dodged to behind Jiang Ci.
The silver-haired Major General was puzzled,
“What’s wrong?”
The youth pointed to the Xiao X peeking out from Jiang Ci’s shoulder and asked,
“Can I borrow your mecha?”
“…”
Initially created as a parenting system by Jiang Ci’s father, Xiao X accompanied him until he turned thirteen years old. Later, Jiang Ci modified it into a mecha core, becoming an A-level combat mecha that accompanied him through military school. In the intense selection battle among over a hundred thousand people, it helped Jiang Ci secure the right to drive Bai Ze.
Generally speaking, the relationship between a mecha and its pilot was very intimate, and mechas were never lent to others. Additionally, the neural chain inside the mech would only adapt to its owner. Even if it were lent, it would be challenging for a stranger to control…
…Unless both parties had an intimate relationship and an exceptionally high level of mental compatibility.
As for the mecha that Huo Xianfeng snatched earlier from that new recruit, it was purely because of his powerful mental strength. He completely ignored the threshold of mentally adapting to control the mecha, directly overpowering all control rights.
Jiang Ci remained silent for a moment but eventually, he swallowed his words of refusal. Even though he had known Huo Xianfeng for a very short time, and everything about him was uncertain, there was something special about the young man.
A special power that makes people want to instinctively trust him.
He had never seen this trait in anyone else, not even in the supremely authoritative Emperor.
“…If your mental strength can achieve a seventy percent adaptation with the mecha, I’ll lend it to you.”
Jiang Ci pursed his lips,
“But Huo Xianfeng, you have to tell me what you want to do.”
The young alpha casually knocked on the chest cavity of the Forbidden Abyss wreckage and didn’t directly answer his question. Instead, he threw out another one,
“What do you think… If those people see this big guy return to the battlefield,”
He squinted and smiled at Jiang Ci,
“—Will they be scared to death?”
Jiang Ci: “…”
This guy always liked to leave half of what he said to be guessed. Probably anyone whose mind worked a bit slower wouldn’t be able to keep up with his train of thought.
But Jiang Ci had unconsciously gotten used to it. In fact, the moment the young man’s words fell, he almost immediately guessed what Huo Xianfeng wanted to do.
“You want to temporarily replace the original core of the Forbidden Abyss with Xiao X and awaken the wreckage?”
Upon hearing this seemingly crazy plan, the eyes of the silver-haired Major General involuntarily widened. Even if he had a significant bias against this alpha, at this moment, he had to admit that the man’s tactics and intelligence were terrifying to an almost supernatural level.
At most, Jiang Ci had thought that his best choice right now was to find a way to quickly infiltrate from underground into the Sunrise District, then preemptively obtain the Forbidden Abyss core while the three factions were still fighting on the surface.
However, speaking was simple, but doing it carried significant risks.
Not to mention whether he can arrive on time. Even if he can, is Ye Shu really so careless as to place the Forbidden Abyss core there for others to easily take away? As the Lord who built the underground city from the ground up, even if he played a tricky game in the dark, Jiang Ci believed that the other party wouldn’t completely lack any extra tricks.
Moreover, that was the Sunrise District, the innermost location of the underground city, guarded by the most trusted subordinates of the City Lord. So, even if Jiang Ci arrived, he might not only fail to get the Forbidden Abyss’ core but also be caught off guard by Ye Shu’s unknown defense measures and the people stationed there. After all, Jiang Ci currently lacked Bai Ze; he only had an A-level mecha.
But if they followed Huo Xianfeng’s plan, the situation would be completely different.
Once the Forbidden Abyss appeared, the impact it’d cause would be almost unprecedent. It might even achieve the effect of intimidating everyone without firing a single shot. Even in the power struggle among the three factions with powerful military forces, they would have an irreplaceable absolute advantage.
Even if others managed to snatch the core first, once the Forbidden Abyss wreckage was activated, it would exert a strong attraction to the core. If this plan could succeed, their probability of grabbing the Forbidden Abyss’ core could be above sixty percent.
Huo Xianfeng enjoyed talking to smart people. Seeing that Jiang Ci immediately understood what he wanted to do, his mood improved considerably,
“Uh, although theoretically, the core of an A-level mecha can’t power up a SSS-class mecha, now that the exterior of the Forbidden Abyss is just a wreckage, coupled with the energy reactor below as a power supplement, it should be enough to awaken this wreckage and reach the Sunrise District where the Forbidden Abyss’ core is located.”
He winked at Jiang Ci,
“Who knows, we might even be able to scare the Church people away with a few shots.”
Jiang Ci: “…”
However, he still carefully pondered the specific feasibility of this plan,
“No, my mental strength threshold is at most suitable for a SS-class mecha. The Forbidden Abyss already belongs to the SSS class. Using the core of an A-class mecha as a temporary substitute is already quite challenging. Only a mental strength with a higher threshold can compensate for the shortcomings of the substitute core…”
“It’s possible to be even more impossible than what we guessed. To complete this crazy plan, one must achieve… no, even surpass the mental strength threshold of Marshal Huo Chao back in those days.”
Otherwise, even if they awakened the Forbidden Abyss with the energy reactor and the temporary substitute core, they might not be able to control this huge alloy giant for simple actions, let alone more intense combat.
At this point, Jiang Ci had already given up on this plan in his mind.
“But no one can surpass him.”
Growing up with Zhou Jiuya, a fanatical fan of Marshal Huo Chao, that great marshal had almost reached a mythical and perfect form in Jiang Ci’s heart.
Upon hearing this, Huo Xianfeng raised his eyebrows, then suddenly took large strides toward him,
“Who said…”
He came to Jiang Ci, crossing the certain safest social distance and finished his sentence:
“…I plan to have you drive the Forbidden Abyss?”
“You…?!”
Jiang Ci slightly widened his eyes, an unbelievable answer popping into his mind. But before he could confirm it, he was forced into a corner by the other party.
Huo Xianfeng lowered his head, and at this distance and angle, he could clearly see the omega’s beautiful eyelashes like a cluster of flowers.
“Jiang Ci, how about we make another bet?”
The tall alpha figure leaned over, and the silver-haired omega almost stiffened all over in an instant. But with his back against the cold metal wall, he had almost no retreat. He could only slightly turn his face away,
“Bet… on what?”
Huo Xianfeng lowered his head, almost sticking to the omega’s side profile. His hand wrapped around Jiang Ci’s waist, fingertips passing through the silky cool silver hair, then followed the omega’s slender spine upwards,
“Just bet…”
The young man grabbed the silver bracelet that was hidden behind its owner’s back, pressing it against Jiang Ci’s ear, and let out a light laugh,
“—that I can surpass him.”
It’s 1 hour before I leave for my flight sorry for any raws that may be in the following chapters bcs I didn’t have time to delete them. I couldn’t finish tling ch 36/37 but as soon as I arrive home from my vacation I’ll do it xhsjhdkdjd
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