As one of the most intelligent individuals in this universe, Toad Man's IQ and wisdom are beyond question.

Furthermore, he is a veteran member of the Universe Superheroes League (USL) and a core figure in the Supreme Committee. With the resources at his disposal... as long as Feng Bujue remains in the USL, he will never escape his surveillance.

Of course, Jue-ge is well aware of this.

The reason he went to the extent of activating [Devil's Descent] to maintain his image as a galaxy-level hero in public was because he knew his every move would undoubtedly reach Toad Man.

Even if the latter wasn't conducting real-time surveillance, he'd find a way to obtain video footage or intelligence... opportunities like "temporarily shaking off surveillance" on Slow Star were likely rare.

This is an invisible game between Toad Man and Feng Bujue.

The former will never fully trust the latter, while the latter... insists on climbing to a high position in the USL under such conditions.

...

LinYin Highlands, in the northwestern jungle.

After advancing intermittently for about twenty minutes, Feng Bujue and his team were still some distance from the central area.

Frankly, Jue-ge was genuinely grateful to the "Give Gang" and "Fee Gang" members at this moment. Because these guys were engaging in various entanglements in the woodland, the five heroes' speed was consistently hampered... In the past twenty minutes, they'd run into some kind of conflict every few hundred meters. Even if they ignored those incidents, they still had to be wary of traps and the like.

Therefore, they were forced to stop and go, stop and go, barely keeping Feng Bujue's stamina at a safe level...

"I can already faintly hear music, everyone be careful." After disarming another trap, Flea Man turned back to remind his teammates, his expression very serious (though no one could tell).

"Let me guess..." The next second, Feng Bujue said with deadpan eyes, "The music is being played by the Square Dance People?"

"That's right, treating large speakers as their tribal totem wouldn't be an exaggeration," Green Meteor replied.

"Their purpose in occupying territory is precisely to perform synchronized dances to music with a strong beat," Sera Jon added.

"However..." Banana Slut continued, "The Bratty Kids People and the Beggar People are also races with strong territoriality." He explained, "The Beggar People are easier to deal with... their combat power is the lowest among the three, and they don't necessarily need to occupy open spaces. For the Beggar People... any place can be developed into territory."

"But... the Bratty Kids People also like open spaces; their fighting power is on par with the Square Dance People, and even surpasses them in terms of endurance and explosiveness."

"I just don't understand..." Feng Bujue said, "This planet is big, right? The area we passed through earlier was flat and empty, but why do they have to fight over the area ahead..."

"Poker Man." At this moment, Flea Man interrupted Feng Bujue and said, looking back, "I've noticed... there's a lot of common cosmological knowledge you don't know."

"Yeah," Feng Bujue admitted frankly, "I'm from Earth in a parallel universe, I wouldn't know anyway."

This information wasn't a secret; he'd already revealed it to the members of the Supreme Committee. Besides... this was also a good "excuse." In many things, Feng Bujue could use the excuse of "being a visitor from a parallel universe" to deceive or shirk responsibility.

"What?" After hearing Jue-ge's words, Green Meteor immediately widened his eyes in surprise, "You're actually a hero from a parallel universe?"

"Oh... I see..." Banana Slut stroked his chin and murmured, "I was wondering... why you're a bit strange."

"Alright... there's no helping it then, let me briefly explain it to you." Flea Man was indeed a very "practical" person. He efficiently and quickly accepted this premise and said to Jue-ge, "The Square Dance People and the Bratty Kids People have two common habits. First, they 'recognize their territory.' Their strong territoriality mainly stems from this habit. To put it bluntly... once they've identified a suitable activity area, they won't easily change it."

"Oh." Feng Bujue nodded with half-closed eyes.

He really had nothing to say about this explanation; opening his mouth would likely lead to mockery.

"Second... is 'time limits.'" Flea Man continued, "They only operate during the day and must return to their habitat before sunset."

"Let me ask... where are their habitats?" Feng Bujue asked.

"Heh... that's easy to calculate." Banana Slut interjected with a smile, "Taking the Bratty Kids People as an example... the distance from their habitat to their activity area is approximately equal to their average moving speed multiplied by half the universal week."

"There's even a damn formula for this?" Jue-ge was surprised again.

"Of course," Flea Man replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "The Square Dance People also follow the formula Banana Slut mentioned, it's common knowledge." He paused, "Then... I can now answer your earlier question, why is it that this planet is so big, but they happen to clash here?"

"Because this highland, which is very suitable for their activities, happens to be located between a Square Dance People habitat and a Bratty Kids People habitat, and there's no second similar area in the surrounding area..." Feng Bujue said, following the other's train of thought, "Is that right?"

"You catch on quickly," Flea Man replied, "By the way... there are many colonial habitats belonging to these two races on this planet, and there are also regions with similar situations... but this 'LinYin Highlands' can be considered the most fiercely contested area."

"Mm..." Feng Bujue continued, "So... the conflict here has already caused a lot of casualties?"

He didn't ask "will people die," but directly asked "how many casualties," because Green Meteor had already said at the USL headquarters that "people will die"; also, if no one even died, this [C-Level Crisis] would be a bit too much of an exaggeration.

"Of course, it's huge." Sera Jon, who was usually taciturn, responded with a solemn tone, "If the situation hadn't spiraled out of control, why would we need to be deployed?"

"Sera Jon is right," Flea Man also said, "The people of these two planets are both powerful and very xenophobic races. They are in the same galaxy and both face the problem of overpopulation. In the past hundred years, the two sides have been constantly in conflict over the ownership of colony stars and the issue of territory on common planets; and the governments of both sides, in order to avoid being held accountable under interstellar law, have no intention of actively declaring war... Over time, the situation has become what it is today—'both sides tacitly approve of armed conflicts among civilians.'"

"So, what exactly are we here to do today?" Feng Bujue said again, "Since both sides want to solve the problem with their own fists, is it really necessary for us to mediate this fight?"

"You seem to..." Flea Man's tone changed slightly upon hearing this, "to have misunderstood something."

"Oh?" Jue-ge used an interjection to signal the other to continue.

"We're not here to resolve the conflict between the two races," Flea Man said, "We're here to arrest two 'dangerous individuals.'"

...

At the same moment, in the central area of the highlands.

On the battlefield, the short Bratty Kids People and the relatively taller Square Dance People were engaged in a fierce battle.

The former's advantages were explosiveness, recovery, and agility; while the latter excelled in strength, defense, and health points.

Some might wonder, how are these aliens with interstellar colonization capabilities still fighting with their bare hands? Even Earthlings know to use guns and tanks, right?

The reason is actually very simple...

First of all, according to the definition of interstellar law, if one side uses armaments that reach a certain level in terms of quality and quantity, it will be regarded as an "act of war," and the side that initiates the war will be held responsible, which neither side is willing to do.

Secondly, as mentioned many times in the previous text, the combat power of these two races is really "high." They can defeat many conventional weapons with just their bodies.

Therefore, there is the scene before us...

"Come on, come on... place your bets quickly! There's not much time left, the fight could break out at any moment!"

At this time, on the edge of the intense battlefield, a guy who looked like a scarecrow was standing in front of an electronic blackboard, shouting loudly through a megaphone (the music was too loud here, and the sounds of fighting were deafening, he had to rely on the megaphone to shout).

"Regrettable Boy, one to one point nine! Bucktoothed Aunt, one to one point eight!"

This "scarecrow" was undoubtedly hosting a gambling game, and the two sides he mentioned were the two protagonists of this "C-Level Crisis"...

Regrettable Boy: A Bratty Kids Person, a wanted criminal by the USL; in recent years, he has frequently appeared at the scene of conflicts between the Bratty Kids People and the Square Dance People, killing people like flies, and is known as the "Strongest Bratty Kid"; in addition to appearing in battles with the Square Dance People, he also randomly launches destructive actions against some cities and even planets, and his motive seems to be just for "fun."

Bucktoothed Aunt: A Square Dance Person, a wanted criminal by the USL; she frequently appears at some Square Dance People activity sites. As long as her activities are disturbed, she will go on a killing spree; she has a record of single-handedly eliminating a City Management People squadron, and has also carried out destruction against the aboriginal cities of many planets.

If you were to use the USL's hero ranking to classify these two criminals, they would at least be planet-level.

And today, these two people have both come to Park Star...

The USL's intelligence department analyzed that if these two were to fight, there was a considerable chance that it would cause a devastating blow to Park Star.

Of course... this doesn't mean they have the ability to "explode a star" or anything.

It should be noted here... in a C-level crisis, the definition of "destroying a planet" does not necessarily mean blowing up the entire planet. Situations such as "illegal rule," "complete destruction of the ecosystem," and "elimination of more than 80% of the planet's high-intelligence beings or more than 50% of all life forms" are also within the scope of the crisis.

So, villains like General Quake can also create a C-level crisis...

"I'm betting on Regrettable Boy! Five hundred Lagerhas (a type of currency)!"

"I'm betting on Bucktoothed Aunt! Twenty thousand Machimus (also a type of currency)!"

"I'll bet my hump! On..."

"Get lost, we don't accept items or organs here, go to the nearby Scrap Collectors People to exchange it for money and then come back to place your bets!"

The scene in this "betting area" was also in full swing, with a liveliness that was in no way inferior to that of the battlefield.

Aliens from various planets were vying to place their bets here, waiting to see this battle of the century.

Among the bettors... the most numerous were the Carrion Feeders People. They are a "nomadic people" with a large population but no fixed home planet; these bird-faced guys are known as "battlefield sanitation workers," and basically wherever there are war-like activities, they will be there, and their purpose is self-evident.

However, most planets in the universe welcome them, and the reason... you can imagine for yourselves.

On the other hand, some of the Beggar People also ran over to place bets, but the overall number was not large; most of the Beggar People were more inclined to sit on the ground nearby and ask people from other planets for change.

The Beggar People's need for change is the same as the Carrion Feeders People's need for corpses, no... it should be said even more so, they crave change like they crave breathing. This innate desire weakens with the rise in combat power, the more powerful the Beggar People, the more they can suppress this desire, it is said that Beggar People who evolve to the apex will even distribute change to their kind... unfortunately, no one has heard of such a person in recent decades.

In addition to the above two races, there were dozens of other miscellaneous aliens. There were those who were doing business, those who were watching the show, and those who were just passing by... after all, this is a public planet, anyone can come. Some people... even came for the name, just to see the scene of this battle.

And the person who was running the game here, namely that "scarecrow," was naturally not small either.

He himself is a member of the rare (as rare as the YinHu clan) race in this universe, the SiYing.

The SiYing People are born with a very unique superpower - storage capacity within their bodies.

Doesn't sound very impressive?

Then let me give an example... the amount of things a newborn SiYing person can store in their body is at least as much as can be packed into a capped basketball stadium.

Moreover, the SiYing People's "inner space" can be expanded through cultivation... in theory, if a SiYing person lives long enough and cultivates hard enough, they can even fit a planet into their body...

Today, the SiYing person running the game here is named Wu Xu Ma Luo, and his capacity limit is about 23.7 billion cubic Hul (inner space can be deformed), which is roughly... enough to hold a moon.