Chapter 1 The Graveyard

Two days later.

City of Glory · Cemetery

Su Mo, dressed in plain black clothes with a white flower pinned to his chest, stood solemnly at the front of the crowd.

At a glance, at least a hundred thousand people had gathered in the cemetery's memorial plaza.

There was no noisy sound at the scene, only intermittent sobs.

At the front of the memorial platform, Goli, dressed in plain black clothes, looked sad. She placed a bouquet of flowers on it and led everyone in bowing to the portraits and memorial tablets of all the fallen.

In the dark mass of people, everyone bowed their heads.

Goli read the memorial speech in a sad but firm tone: "You are the pride of the City of Glory, the heroes who defend justice. History will remember everything you have done..."

......

Su Mo looked at the scene before him, his heart exceptionally heavy.

A gentle breeze blew by, stirring everyone's hearts.

After a long time, the memorial ceremony ended.

People from all countries present, with heavy hearts, stepped forward to collect the ashes, portraits, or simple memorial tablets.

Regarding the arrangement of the fallen, the City of Glory offered two options: to be buried in the City of Glory's cemetery, or to be taken back to their homeland.

Basically, over ninety percent of the people chose to take them back to their homeland.

At this time, Su Mo walked towards the right side, where he saw Wang Hai and others holding the ashes of Xiulis and other fallen.

He walked up to them and bowed again to the ashes of Xiulis and the others.

"Su Mo..."

Wen Luosi said with red eyes.

"My condolences."

Su Mo replied heavily.

"We will be, Su Mo, we'll send Xiulis and the others back to the ship first. The ship to take them home is already waiting."

Wang Hai choked as he spoke to Su Mo.

"Okay, bon voyage."

Su Mo nodded, then stepped aside and watched Wang Hai and the others leave.

Watching their departing figures, Su Mo also felt a slight sense of emotion.

......

After a long time, Su Mo, with his hands in his pockets, came to Hangar 1 with a somewhat melancholy heart.

He saw Di Luo, Long Ke and several others standing outside the ship from afar, looking at the Immortal Blade.

At this moment, mechanics were packing up their equipment and leaving.

Su Mo walked straight over.

Di Luo and the others noticed Su Mo approaching and greeted him one after another.

"Su Mo, you're here."

"Yes, is the Immortal Blade repaired?"

Su Mo adjusted his mood and spoke in as relaxed a tone as possible.

"The external damaged areas have been repaired, but not completely. They said that the City of Glory doesn't have that many top-tier materials right now, and it'll be necessary to wait for the support troops from the Kidola Planetary Fortress to arrive before repairs can continue, so they've temporarily suspended repairs."

Di Luo explained to Su Mo.

"Understood, let's all get on board."

Su Mo simply waved his hand and led the way towards the boarding entrance.

Long Ke and the others exchanged glances, turning their heads to look at Di Luo with some confusion.

"Get on board."

Di Luo didn't waste any words and directly followed Su Mo.

Before long, they had all arrived in the central control room, and Su Mo went straight to the command chair and sat down.

"Boss, what are you planning to do?"

Long Ke asked with great curiosity.

"Set sail."

Su Mo said something shocking.

"Ah, set sail? Execute a mission?"

A look of great surprise also appeared on Long Ke's face. Is there a mission at this juncture?

"No."

Su Mo said simply.

"No? Boss, the Immortal Blade isn't fully repaired yet. It's very dangerous outside right now, it's not suitable to set sail! And isn't the City of Glory not letting us run around? Where are we going?"

Long Ke was a little confused.

Di Luo also asked Su Mo with some doubt: "Is there something very important?"

"To the black market."

Su Mo said with a smile.

Hearing Su Mo's words, Di Luo and the others froze, unable to speak for a long time.

"What's wrong? Don't want to see your clansmen?"

Su Mo asked jokingly.

For a moment, a hint of joy appeared on Di Luo's cold face, but she still restrained herself and asked, "Is that okay?"

"What's wrong with it? What I say goes. Besides, it'll be a while before the main force arrives at the City of Glory, and the City of Glory's crisis has been resolved. Who would dare come and cause trouble at this time? You don't need to worry about these things. Besides, I've also prepared a gift for you."

As Su Mo spoke, he took out an anonymous bank card and handed it directly to Di Luo.

"This is..."

Di Luo was stunned for a moment, looking at the bank card that Su Mo handed over.

"Take it! This is for you, there are five trillion star coins inside. Use it to provide for the deceased brothers and settle your clansmen."

Su Mo directly stuffed the bank card into Di Luo's hand.

Di Luo held the bank card in her hand, her eyes also slightly moist. This time, she didn't refuse or decline, but showed a grateful smile.

"Okay!"

"Long Ke, what are you waiting for? Aren't you setting off yet!"

"Okay! Setting sail, what are you all standing around for, hurry up and set sail!"

Long Ke reacted at this time and hurriedly went to start the ship with excitement.

.......

Dostan Star Sea · Heiwogeli Black Market.

Messy Alley · Tin House.

Di Laike prepared a few simple dishes, and several older men and old men sat around the table.

"I feel like life is getting harder and harder these days, prices are rising for everything. And the black market is getting more and more chaotic, it's not very peaceful."

A thin old man said with a sigh.

"Grandpa Yuefa, it's okay, I still have some money here. I'll give it to you later, and then you can distribute it to the people below, let's try to get through this."

"How can that be? You've already put in a lot of money. We feel ashamed that we haven't given you any money, cough cough..."

The more Yuefa spoke, the more agitated he became, and he started coughing directly.

"Grandpa Yuefa, don't say that, it's okay."

Di Laike quickly tried to persuade him.

"Lord Di Laike, Yuefa is right. Lord Di Luo told us to take good care of you, but instead, you're taking care of us. We feel extremely ashamed just talking about it."

An uncle with dark skin and a sloppy beard next to him said.

"Uncle Danbu'er, don't say that, we're all family. And just call me by my name in the future, we don't have any lords here."

Di Laike shook his head.

Just then, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside.

Then the half-closed tin door was pushed open, and a thin man rushed in, looking panicked.

"Asa, what are you doing? Why are you in such a panic? Did you cause trouble outside again?"

Danbu'er scolded him unhappily.

"Uncle Danbu'er, don't get angry, talk to Asa nicely."

Di Laike calmly advised.

"No, no, Brother Di Laike, Uncle Danbu'er, something bad happened. The Blood Sharks have captured several hundred of us, Jiale and the others have been beaten to death. They're coming this way, you guys get out of here!"

Asa stammered, speaking anxiously.