Bright Sword Parallel World.
Xie Zong looked at the dim stone wall above him, his expression growing increasingly tense.
"It's been half a year. I wonder how Duke Fang and the others are doing over there."
"How much longer?"
"Reporting to Director, we'll reach the agreed time in thirty minutes," a Tianhuo Army soldier behind him replied, checking his phone.
When Fang Er had left with Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, he had given an order to prevent the Luomo tribe from infiltrating through the passage.
After they passed through, the passage had to be closed immediately.
It would be reopened half a year later.
Furthermore, once the passage was open, it had to be closed within thirty seconds, regardless of whether they had returned or not.
"Thirty minutes… I just don't know if Madam and the others can hold on!"
Wang Xuance had already sent people to inform them about the extraterrestrial civilization invasion, so that they could understand the situation immediately when Fang Er returned.
Xie Zong had never felt so tormented. Every so often, he would take out his phone to check the time.
A moment felt like an eternity.
Three minutes before the agreed time, he suddenly ordered, "Everyone, stay alert! Level one combat readiness!"
"Prepare to open the passage."
"Yes!"
The two thousand Tianhuo Army soldiers in the underground world were instantly mobilized.
Cannons, missiles, machine guns, and other weapons were all aimed at the sky above the altar.
"3, 2, 1!"
"Time's up!"
"Release!"
Following Xie Zong's order, a Tianhuo Army soldier placed the purple stone into the groove at the top of the altar.
"Whoosh..."
A black light shot out from the top of the altar. The ball of light slowly enlarged, growing until it formed a portal ten meters in diameter.
The passage was open!
The next second, three gold mining ships rushed out of the passage.
"Duke!"
"It's Duke!"
"Quick, close the passage!"
Xie Zong was excited, and the Tianhuo Army soldiers behind him cheered loudly.
Their hearts had been hanging in suspense since Fang Er's departure.
The three disembarked from the gold mining ships, and Xue Rengui laughed smugly.
"Hahahaha, we're finally..."
"Duke, something's happened!"
His words were cut off by Xie Zong, and Xue Rengui's smile froze on his face.
Fang Er was also very happy to return to his homeland, but upon hearing this, he immediately became nervous. "What's happened?"
"Reporting to Duke, the main world you mentioned has been invaded by another planet. Madam is leading people to resist them there."
"You..."
Fang Er waved his hand, signaling him not to say any more. It was undoubtedly Xi Tong who could lead troops to resist an extraterrestrial civilization.
No wonder the spore-class spacecraft in the warehouse had mysteriously decreased in number before; there had been a war at home.
He immediately ordered, "Xue Rengui, return to Planet Atari and call for reinforcements!"
"Tell Jones to send five hundred people. Remember, I want skilled individuals who can pilot spacecraft! Just people!"
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui did not dare to delay and immediately piloted a gold mining ship back through the passage to Planet Atari.
Leaving Xie Zong to continue guarding the altar, Fang Er, with Su Dingyan, detoured to the Great Tang. In just half an hour, they appeared above Antarctica in the main world.
"You watch here. Once Xue Rengui brings the people back, immediately take the ships over to provide support!"
After a hasty instruction to Su Dingfang, Fang Er released spacecraft one after another.
These were the spacecraft he had bought earlier at the Falling Star Canopy. He had stored them all in the warehouse upon his return.
He had originally intended to show them off to Li Shimin, but he hadn't expected them to be useful so soon.
After completing these tasks, he piloted a spore-class spacecraft and ascended into space.
...
At this moment, between Earth and the Moon, Xi Tong, clad in thirty-meter-tall armor, was locked in combat with the alien mechs.
Chains crackling with electricity flew out from the mechs.
"Kill!"
Xi Tong wielded her dual sabers. The weapons from the Ten Thousand Rivers Realm appeared exceptionally effective in the void.
After dodging the chains, she swung a saber backward, sending a mech that had closed in flying away.
The force of the impact pushed her back hundreds of meters.
Before she could stabilize herself, a large net fell from above, ensnaring her.
"You want to capture me? Dream on!"
Her dual sabers were restricted, so she casually threw them aside. She brought her armored hands together in front of her chest and grabbed the net, tearing it apart with a mighty pull.
"Snap..."
The net, made of some unknown material, was instantly ripped apart by her.
Then, using the strands of the net to pull forcefully, the mech that had released the giant net hadn't even reacted before she had yanked it towards her.
"Bang!"
With a combined effort of her fists, the mech was caught between them and crushed into a pancake on the spot...
She kicked the pancake away and picked up her dual sabers to continue fighting.
But at this moment, the Invincible-class warship had quietly approached the battlefield.
A swarm of dense, fly-like insects flew out from the warship. They dispersed and passed through the mechs, heading straight for Xi Tong.
The surfaces of these small insects seemed to absorb light, allowing them to blend into the dim void.
Xi Tong, who was locked in combat with the mechs, had no awareness of these insects.
She cleaved the mech in front of her with a powerful saber strike and was about to turn to attack something behind her when she suddenly felt a slight delay in her armor's response.
She didn't pay it much mind, simply thinking the armor's transmission system had gotten stuck.
But soon, this feeling of delay became more pronounced.
Xi Tong's expression tensed. Was there a problem with the armor?
"Swish!"
At that moment, a chain crackling with electricity flew straight towards her. She wanted to dodge, but her armor simply wouldn't obey.
Then, three more chains landed on her body.
The chains were specially made. Upon hitting their target, spikes instantly shot out from their tips, latching firmly into the armor's gaps, making it impossible for her to break free.
Her armor was out of control, but trapped within it, she couldn't even recall it to her storage.
Casually seeing a small black insect land on her armor and quickly burrow into the gaps, she finally understood.
The transmission system within the armor must have been sabotaged by these small insects!
"Despicable!"
Inside the armor, her delicate face was filled with anger, but after the anger came unease.
This armor had become her prison!
Seeing that her armor had been successfully controlled, the alien soldiers, working together, dragged her towards the Emperor-class mothership.