However, the effect wasn't particularly ideal, as the soldiers responsible for the cleanup were occasionally becoming corrupted.

This caused unease within the troops themselves, and they looked at their teammates with anxiety and vigilance.

After all, no one knew when the companion beside them would suddenly go mad.

This feeling of unease and fear constantly lingered in their hearts, like a haze that wouldn't dissipate.

Inside the Xingyin Space Station's command center.

An old man in a dark blue military uniform walked in with a group of subordinates.

"What's the situation now?"

"Commander Martinwa, the situation isn't optimistic. The riots are still ongoing. Because we can't figure out who the corrupted individuals are, we're very passive. Very often, we've just calmed down an area and rescued the passengers there, only for new corrupted individuals to emerge from among the rescued passengers the next second. Also, we're having problems within our own guard."

"Damn it!"

Martinwa cursed through clenched teeth.

Just then, an operator shouted in horror, as if seeing a monster.

"God, heavens!"

"What's wrong?"

Martinwa turned to look at the operator.

The operator tremblingly raised his hand and pointed to the distant starry sky.

Everyone followed his gaze, their faces showing extreme fear.

In the distant starry sky outside the Xingyin Space Station, a twisted cavity had opened up at some point, and countless black, viscous, octopus-like tentacles were emerging from within.

Each tentacle was hundreds of kilometers long.

It was as if some great horror was about to emerge.

Seeing this scene, Martinwa shivered. What kind of monster was that?

Just then, the system scanning device issued a piercing alarm.

"Warning, a large number of unstable space wormholes have been detected."

"Warning, a Type III negative energy corrupted species, Feiyuan Beast, has been detected."

"Warning, a Type IV negative energy corrupted Zerg, Blacktooth Flying Insect, has been detected."

...

Martinwa walked straight to the observation deck next to him, raised his hand, and called up the optical telescope, gazing at the distant starry sky. He saw the starry sky blooming like a flower, with irregular cracks appearing one after another.

A large number of monsters corrupted by negative energy crawled out of the cracks, swarming in all directions, rushing towards the national planets surrounding the Ring City.

Naturally, a large number of monsters also attacked the Federal Earth.

Martinwa's heart contracted violently, and he turned his head and roared.

"Activate the space station's defensive weapons! Notify the Federal Space Defense Force."

...

Gomotos Empire, City of Tedra.

Emperor Mokajiafa stood on the Judgment Tower, symbolizing the highest power.

He looked out at the rioting City of Tedra. The entire, incredibly prosperous city was ablaze with raging flames and violent explosions.

Behind Mokajiafa, officials and generals were kneeling.

Cold sweat constantly seeped from their foreheads.

The City of Tedra hadn't experienced such a large-scale riot in countless years, and they couldn't imagine how angry Emperor Mokajiafa would be.

It wasn't that they were unwilling to suppress it immediately, but the number of rioters far exceeded their imagination.

If the number of negative energy corruption outbreaks in the Allied nations was about one in a thousand, then the proportion of problems in the Gomotos Empire reached an astonishing one percent.

One could imagine how many unfairly treated soldiers and civilians had been corrupted.

But this was also normal, after all, living under the imperial system meant encountering more injustice.

Too much despair and hatred accumulated in the hearts of too many people, thus being ignited one by one.

Mokajiafa twisted his neck at this moment, slowly turning his body. The terrifying aura emanating from him made the officials and generals present very uneasy and fearful. He said violently, "I'll give you one month. Either twist off the heads of those who are out of control, or I'll twist off your heads."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

...

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In the central area of Freedom City, inside Shelter R-12.

Su Mo was sitting in a chair, watching the latest news footage.

A calm, middle-aged male news anchor was broadcasting the latest news.

"In order to cope with the sudden turmoil, the new Speaker Alles has decided to sign a special order, ending the transition period of the Federal Government ahead of schedule. The Federal Government is officially operating in all aspects. At the same time, Speaker Alles signed a total of one hundred and eighty-three administrative control orders, rescue orders, and suppression support orders yesterday..."

"Currently, there are still 721 cities on Earth in a state of turmoil, of which 21 cities are in critical condition. The Federal Government has directly dispatched troops to suppress them."

"Speaker Alles officially announced yesterday that the Federation has entered a state of first-level combat readiness, and various regions are under control."

"Breaking news, the Federation's largest Xingyin Space Station has been attacked by monsters, and a large number of wandering cosmic creatures have appeared on the periphery of Earth."

"The Federal Interstellar Aeronautics Administration has issued a first-level danger warning, and the safety assessment level of all sea lanes has been lowered."

...

Su Mo watched the news being broadcast, and rubbed his head, feeling a little headache. He had been squatting in this base for seven days.

It seemed that the riots weren't over yet.

Thinking of this, Su Mo picked up his phone again and dialed Qian Chengxue's number.

"I'm sorry, due to special reasons, the current communication signal is interrupted, please wait patiently..."

Su Mo was also helpless. Communication problems had occurred in various areas, and they hadn't been fixed yet. There was no reply to his message on the Star Ring Forum either.

"Su Mo, what's wrong?"

Lin Zinuo walked over and asked with concern.

"I'm a little worried about the company. I wanted to call and ask, but I can't get through."

Su Mo said helplessly. He was too embarrassed to directly say that he was worried about Qian Chengxue.

"Don't worry, Xue-jie (older sister) is there, she'll definitely be fine."

Lin Zinuo said with a smile.

"Yeah, how's your aunt's injury recovering?"

Su Mo asked with concern.

"It's recovering well. She'll be fine in a while."

"That's good. Aren't you busy? Aren't you helping your father?"

"I'm just taking advantage of the free time while they're discussing things to come over and see you, so you don't say I'm not being hospitable, haha!"

Lin Zinuo joked with Su Mo.

"Haha, then I thank you."

Su Mo joked with Lin Zinuo a few times, and his mood improved a lot.

"We're in this kind of relationship, no need to thank me. How's your body? Are you okay?"

Lin Zinuo looked at Su Mo with some concern.

"What could be wrong? I'm fine."

"Bullshit, my father told me, that's serious negative energy corruption, and it's irreversible, basically incurable. I can't believe you're still smiling."

When Lin Zinuo said this, the smile on her face faded, replaced by deep worry.

"Haha, incurable is incurable. But as long as it's suppressed, it's fine. Look, I'm fine now, no different from a normal person."

Su Mo deliberately put on an extremely relaxed appearance.

Lin Zinuo pulled over a chair and sat in front of Su Mo, staring at Su Mo, and suddenly sighed.

"You must have suffered a lot these years."