Chapter 113: 109, Humans’ Ninth Titled King! (Part 2) (Seeking Subscription and Monthly Tickets)
"This, this is..."
The Star Coordinator Division Director had been a Level 9 Star-core Martial Artist for many years and was widely experienced. Yet, when he saw Zhao Lei’s current state, he couldn’t help but be somewhat astonished.
This scene, this light... it seems so similar to what I remember...
For a moment, the Director didn’t know what to say. He stared at Zhao Lei, who was as dazzling as the sun in the night sky, and remained silent for a long time.
「Green City Governor’s Mansion.」
Bai Jingwei and his party were lodged in the most central part of the mansion. Security here was tight, the surroundings serene and tranquil, rarely disturbed by outsiders.
Late at night, even after Bai Jingwei and his group had fallen asleep, the Detective Department officers on guard duty in the vicinity remained alert, vigilantly protecting the area.
At some point, the Star Core Warriors on duty here suddenly felt the Star Power fluctuations within their bodies intensify.
Just as they were wondering about this change, Bai Jingwei emerged from his room, dressed in casual short sleeves.
"Governor, why are you up? Do you need anything?" a nearby Detective Department officer appeared and asked.
"It’s nothing, I’m just going for a walk," Bai Jingwei’s calm voice replied.
If even ordinary mid and low-level Star Core Warriors had reacted, how could the Governor, renowned as invincible below Level 9, not have sensed it?
Similarly, other high-ranking officials from the Governor’s Mansion, like Cen Xian and Zhuge Li, were also drawn by this unusual Star Power fluctuation and curiously stepped outside to investigate.
"Elder Cen, this feeling today... doesn’t it resemble that time a hundred years ago...?" Zhuge Li approached and asked, his words heavy with implication.
Cen Xian naturally knew what he meant. A hundred years ago, the eighth Titled King of the Human Federation had been born.
Heaven and earth had celebrated.
At that time, Cen Xian was already a Seventh Level Peak Martial Artist and had naturally witnessed such a spectacle.
However, when that individual ascended, the entire Federation knew about it. Media interviews and video recordings allowed countless ordinary citizens to witness the birth of a Titled King, a pillar of humanity, for the first time.
But today, someone in Green City is ascending? Who could it be? Why so abrupt?
"Elder Cen, Academician Zhuge, since everyone is awake, why don’t we go and investigate?" Bai Jingwei walked over with a smile. Cen Xian, Zhuge Li, and the others naturally had no objections.
All of them had reached or even surpassed the Seventh Level. As soon as they agreed, they each soared into the air, flying slowly towards the source of the Star Power fluctuation.
「At this moment, in Green City.」
The Star Power fluctuation was not only detected by powerful masters and warriors; even Star Martial newcomers like Lu Lin’s parents, Wang Juan, and Da Xiang, who had only recently comprehended Star Skills, sensed it.
In Green City’s Second Civilian Hospital, Shao Xiaolong, who had lost his memory and possessed the mentality of a two-to-three-year-old child, suddenly leaped out of bed, crying and shouting to go out and play.
At the Green City International Hotel, the breeders from Maolin Training Base temporarily staying there, along with their Black-Backed Wolfhounds, quickly donned their gear and, with howls, headed towards Lishui Bay.
In the basement of a residential complex, a young man wearing a mask was in the middle of assigning new contact methods and hidden identities to his subordinates when he abruptly stopped speaking and looked towards Lishui Bay.
In the sky, Bai Jingwei and the others flew through the calm night like immortals of old, causing children who witnessed the sight to exclaim, "The immortals are here! The immortals are here!"
The Green City Detective Department was also roused by this sudden Star Power fluctuation and quickly dispatched nearby patrol teams to investigate.
Members of the Secret Star Martial Team, responsible for the safety of the Governor and the others, were also leaping and dashing through the city, following the group’s figures.
At Maolin Training Base, Hu Nan had just lain down but now also walked to his window.
At the Mingze City Guard garrison, Liu Huasheng had just concluded the night drills for his new recruits. He, along with his over 1,800 Star Core Warrior new recruits, suddenly turned to look in the direction of Green City.
This Star Power fluctuation, imperceptible to ordinary people, gradually spread across the entirety of Saturn, attracting the attention of countless Star Core Warriors not just on Beiqiu Continent, but also on East Forest Continent, West Sand Continent, and South Sea Continent.
After enveloping Saturn, the fluctuation relentlessly pushed through the planet’s artificial atmosphere, passed by the orbiting artificial satellites, space observation stations, and the planetary belts within Saturn’s rings containing hundreds of millions of objects, continuing to spread and diffuse into the depths of the universe.
「At the abandoned basketball court behind Lishui Bay in Green City.」
Star Core Warriors exuding powerful auras were the first to arrive. When Bai Jingwei saw Lu Lin sitting cross-legged on the ground, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
For some reason, in Bai Jingwei’s mind, Lu Lin’s capacity for stirring up trouble had reached an unparalleled peak.
Since Lu Lin was here, the identity of the figure in the sky, as radiant as the sun, was obvious.
Star Investigation Office, Zhao Lei.
Within Lu Lin’s Star Power Domain, Zhao Lei beheld the celestial beings, the immortals looking down upon the mortal world from high above the clouds.
At first, he was very respectful. Only these heavenly immortals, he thought, could fight against the terrifying earth and the endless, ferocious Demon Beasts and Exotic Beasts. But they seemed emotionless, just watching, watching. It was the same ten million years ago. It would be the same in ten million years. It was so in the past. It is so now. It will be so in the future. No matter how the heavens and earth changed, the immortals would always remain high above.
The reverence in Zhao Lei’s heart turned to doubt. Immortals were cultivated from humans; they weren’t born as divine spirits. Yet, after achieving immortality, they severed ties with mortals, no longer caring for worldly matters, solely seeking longevity.
But what use was such longevity? No emotions, no compassion, no excitement, no sorrow. Immortals came from humans, yet they were not human.
For a thousand years, generations of Star Core Warriors had sacrificed their lives for the Federation, stabilizing the economy, improving people’s livelihoods, ensuring everyone had clothes to wear, books to read, and freedom from birth. What would those immortals above think if they saw such a prosperous age?
When humans first entered the Exotic Battlefield, they were completely in the unknown, groping in the dark. Casualties were horrific; the missing and disabled were countless. But so what? The immortals wouldn’t lend a hand; they were unwilling to show themselves. The backbone of the Human Race could not be so easily broken or shattered by anyone.
The birth of the first Titled King finally gave humanity a foothold in the Exotic Battlefield. Then the second, the third... One by one, Titled Kings bravely ventured into the Exotic Battlefield, leaving behind stories and deeds that could be called epics.
The Human Federation did not believe in immortals. Those who sacrificed their lives for the Human Race—they were the "immortals" revered by all.
After the Exotic Battlefield appeared, spatial fissures frequently occurred on various planets. Exotic beasts and Alien Races often seized the opportunity to enter humanity’s vast rear, slaughtering wantonly. The men of the Human Race, relying solely on their flesh and blood, unafraid of death, hunted them to extinction. Furthermore, a spatial-type Titled King toiled day and night across the Nine Major Planets; for over thirty years now, no spatial fissures had appeared.
The Human Federation used this period of spatial stability to accelerate its development. In recent years, the number of martial artists experiencing Awakening during the College Entrance Exam Awakening had increased daily.
The Human Federation had no need for immortals. Happiness, safety, peace, the future—all were created by human hands.
Zhao Lei looked at the immortals still gazing down at the human world from the clouds, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"Hahaha!"
"Good!"
"We humans don’t need immortals."
"Today, I, Zhao Lei, will slay immortals and gods to prove my path!"
"In this life."
"Humanity first, humanity foremost!"
"Kill!"
With a loud shout, Zhao Lei instantly withdrew from Lu Lin’s Star Power Domain.
At this moment, the light emanating from him illuminated the entirety of Green City and the surrounding wilderness.
Countless Star Core Warriors on Saturn suddenly saw a towering figure appear before their eyes.
It was Zhao Lei.
A black battle knife abruptly appeared beside Zhao Lei, circling him. Its blade emitted a faint, dusky yellow light.
Some recognized it as the standard-issue long knife Zhao Lei had been using since his university days, hundreds of years ago.
Mountain Breaking.
To think, after several hundred years, this knife is still with him.
Zhao Lei gripped the hilt. His hair and beard billowed as if in a strong wind, and his sleeves danced.
He glanced at Green City, now bathed in the brilliant light he emitted.
His heart swelled with joy.
"A message from the tidal waves at the head of the Qiantang River."
"Only today do I know that I am me!"
"I, Zhao Lei, of the Human Federation."
"Today, I shatter the Level 9 Shackles and enter the Titled Realm! In this life, I vow to dedicate myself to the hundreds of billions of people of the Federation, until my last breath."
"Mountain Breaking!"
"Mountain Slaying!"
"Kill!"
Zhao Lei roared.
The many Star Core Warriors watching from the surroundings felt an immense torrent of Star Power rush towards them, then converge upon Zhao Lei in the sky.
The light radiating from Zhao Lei grew even more dazzling.
Throughout Green City, countless citizens looked up in anticipation, awaiting the birth of the Federation’s Ninth Sealed King.