Chapter 194 He Deserves To Be Taught A Lesson

After being on guard for a while, the Otherworldly Deities did not reappear.

“Did we force him back?” Bei Oni’s voice sounded in the comms channel, his tone full of doubt, seemingly unable to believe it.

Ames looked at the one-sided battlefield in the distance and shook her head. “Doesn’t he even want his fleet anymore?”

“They’re all a bunch of wanted criminals; not good people.” Han Xiao slowly said, “New criminals are born every second in every corner of the universe, and countless people come to seek his protection. He has an endless supply of manpower. How much would the Otherworldy Deities care about the lives of his subordinates? If he cared, he wouldn’t have used his subordinates as bait.”

Without the Otherworldy Deities, this Fallen Ark fleet scattered and fled, pursued by the Empire troops. The job of chasing them was handed over to the Empire troops. The three did not attack these battleships and flew back to a sub-ship.

The main ship had been blown up by the Otherworldy Deities, and Mu Leliqi had transferred to this sub-ship to command. As soon as the three of them entered the spaceship, they were met by several soldiers who had been waiting beside the cabin door.

“Y-Your Excellencies, the commander requests for the three of you to go to the bridge.” The soldiers were somewhat nervous. All the soldiers on this spaceship had seen the scene of the three of them clashing with the Otherworldly Deities’ main body and deeply understood their might.

“This guy is finally willing to let us go to the command room now?” Han Xiao chuckled, walking ahead, and the soldiers quickly followed to lead the way.

The three of them passed through many passages and entered the bridge command room. Mu Leliqi was currently staring intently at the tactical view, speaking non-stop, and issuing orders one after another, doing his best to expand the results of the battle. Turning his head and seeing Han Xiao and the others walk in, his expression turned solemn, and he hurriedly came to the three of them.

“Your Excellency Black Star, you saved my life; thank you! I was wrong before; I’m very sorry!” Mu Leliqi said with a serious face, giving a deep bow. His attitude was completely different from his previous arrogance; he could not have been more respectful.

Having his life saved by Black Star, even if he was arrogant, he would no longer put on airs with his savior.

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and did not take the opportunity to push forward, saying lightly, “You are the commander; you can be arrogant, you can put on airs, you can have all kinds of problems… but you absolutely cannot abandon your post. The battle hasn’t ended yet, and you abandoned your command duties to come and apologize to us? To put it bluntly, no matter what your attitude is, it won’t change the gap in status between you and us. Do you think we care about your apology?”

The command room fell silent, and the expressions of the surrounding personnel changed as they became silent.

Mu Leliqi’s body trembled. He clearly held a sincere attitude and wanted to apologize, but he did not expect to hear such a direct answer, which was almost a humiliation. He felt wronged and embarrassed, but he forced himself to retreat, not daring to speak anymore, and returned to his post to continue commanding the battle.

Han Xiao was expressionless and turned to leave, and the people in the room dared to breathe deeply.

Seeing this, Bei Oni’s depression was swept away. He followed beside Han Xiao, patted his shoulder, and laughed. “These Empire officers rely on their status and don’t know how to respect the strong; they should be taught a lesson like this.”

Han Xiao glanced at him and shook his head secretly. He was not angry at Mu Leliqi’s attitude. If it was just him alone, he would have laughed it off, but it was not just his matter. Ames was not an ally of the Empire, and she had kindly helped him, yet she was treated like this. He could not pretend that nothing had happened.

Therefore, even if Mu Leliqi took the initiative to offer himself up, he would still slap him away, taking the opportunity to knock this guy down a peg and trample Mu Leliqi’s face and sense of superiority into the dirt. Ames was not an ally of the Empire and had no position to say such things; only he could vent her anger. Even if she did not ask him to, Han Xiao would do it.

Ames looked at Han Xiao with interest. “Yo, this is the first time I’ve seen you flaunt your Super A Grade status. Young man, have you finally become arrogant?”

Han Xiao glanced at her, raising his eyebrows. “Don’t tell me you don’t like it.”

“You’re so smart.” Ames shook her head and smiled, reaching out her slender white fingers and gently pushing Han Xiao’s cheek.

“Speaking is fine, but don’t touch me.” Han Xiao said helplessly, tilting his head and grabbing Ames’ palm, pressing it down.

Casually chatting about the battle just now, the group returned to the room. Han Xiao walked into a room alone, closed the door, and finally had time to catch his breath and think it over.

He felt that this probing had been quite rewarding.

Coming here to participate in the routine cleanup, the goal on the surface was to complete the mission to earn contribution points and to clarify his position to distance himself from the Otherworldly Deities.

The secret goal was to probe the combat power of the Otherworldly Deities’ main body.

Technician Han was very aware of his limits. He had hidden the Evolutionary Cube beforehand because he did not think he was a match for the Otherworldly Deities in his current state, but at least they were both Super A Grades, so he would not be too cowardly. He still had the qualifications to fight the Otherworldly Deities.

Since he was an enemy of the Otherworldly Deities, with helpers around, Han Xiao took the initiative to probe the other party’s strength, personally feeling the gap between his strength and the Otherworldly Deities, so that he would be prepared when they faced each other in the future and would not be caught off guard.

The result of the probing was that the Otherworldly Deities gave him a feeling as unfathomable as the vast ocean. Today, he had only revealed a drop in the ocean, giving him great pressure.

“Level, talents, and Ultimate Knowledge must keep up, and the Mechanical Army must continue to expand.” Han Xiao calculated in his mind.

The legion of a Super A Grade Mechanic could go on expeditions, and in addition to their own abilities, it was also necessary to improve the scale and foundation of the mechanical troops. After obtaining the Ultimate Knowledge and activating [Teacher of the Strong] this time, he would be able to properly train the Mechanical Army and carry forward the style of the Super A Grade Mechanic.

The first goal of personally contacting the Otherworldly Deities was to plant an eye on this guy.

The Otherworldly Deities had many abilities, but he was not a mage after all. Even if there was only a minuscule chance, he still had to try to see if he could succeed. With a mentality of giving it a shot, Han Xiao secretly threw a tracking mark on the Otherworldly Deities during the battle, but the other party was indeed able to discover the tracking mark, and it was slapped away by the other party.

Han Xiao did not regret it much. It was originally a gamble. Success would be a surprise, and he was mentally prepared for failure.

“Ding!”

At this moment, the panel suddenly popped up a notification that the mission had been completed.

Han Xiao’s heart stirred.

“The battle is finally over?”

He opened the panel and looked at the notification:

[【Empire War: Fallen Ark (Repeatable)】 Completed!]

[The goals you completed are: 【Elite Foot Soldier】, 【Powerful General】, 【Scavenger】… 【Face the Otherworldy Deities i】, 【Face the Otherworldy Deities 2】, 【Face the Otherworldy Deities 3】, 【Face the Otherworldy Deities 4】]

[Mission Evaluation: Unbelievable]

[You have received an Unbelievable Grade Evaluation Reward: Extra 9,000,000,000 Experience, Random Reward x2]

“Quite a lot of experience.” Han Xiao was in a good mood. Missions involving Super A Grade figures had extremely generous experience rewards, just like when he dealt with Heber.

This time, the total experience rewarded was close to 30 billion! Even at his level, it was considered a lot. The branches related to the Otherworldy Deities accounted for the largest proportion. His strength made it easy to complete, but it was extremely difficult for the players.

Scanning the settlement notification, Han Xiao’s lips curled up. He had earned a lot this time. The Crimson Dynasty’s contribution points had reached 8000+, enough to exchange for an Ultimate Knowledge.

Han Xiao stored the two random rewards away and looked at the introduction of the Otherworldy Deities Character Summon Card rewarded by 【Face the Otherworldy Deities 4】.

[Character Summon Card - Otherworldy Deities: 【Ability - Supernatural Gene Silence】 - Suppresses the target’s supernatural genes through close contact, preventing them from using their abilities. This only works if the target is a Supernatural, and the probability of success and duration of control depend on the level gap, Energy Grade gap, and Luck Attribute gap between the two characters. If successful, the minimum control time is 0.25 seconds, usage limit 0/2]

“Supernatural Gene Silence?” Han Xiao’s eyes widened as he remembered that this was the ability that the Otherworldy Deities had used on Bei Oni.

The Otherworldly Deities had many abilities, and the Character Summon Card only extracted one of them. It was a pleasant surprise to have drawn this ability, which would be of great help to him. It was not in vain that he had touched Fording before the battle.

Han Xiao pondered. The ability of this Character Summon Card happened to counter the Otherworldy Deities, but the gap between his stats and the Otherworldly Deities was huge, so it was almost impossible for him to successfully suppress the Otherworldy Deities.

Perhaps this Character Summon Card would only be useful against the Otherworldy Deities when he caught up to the Otherworldy Deities’ level in the future.

Han Xiao’s eyes narrowed, and he put the Character Summon Card back, keeping it as a trump card.

“I have distanced myself from the Otherworldy Deities, which can be considered as removing some hidden dangers. The purpose of coming here this time has been achieved… Next, I can exchange for the Ultimate Knowledge, and then I should go and meet up with the main force of the legion and contact the players of the Star Field Corridor.”

Having completed one of the two goals of coming to the Central Galaxy, Han Xiao planned his next itinerary in the Central Galaxy.

“Right, there’s one more thing…”

Han Xiao thought about it. He was somewhat concerned about the wormhole that the Otherworldy Deities had mentioned and wanted to know what the Otherworldy Deities were planning.

“When I return to the Shattered Star Ring, I’ll find some time to visit the civilization where Harrofal is located and see if I can get the data from that wormhole traversal. I have to figure out what the Otherworldy Deities are looking for in that set of data… It’s a pity that the guy was silenced by the Otherworldy Deities’ subordinates.”

Han Xiao’s eyes flickered.

He had a feeling that this matter was not simple and might give him a surprise…

…

In another room, Bei Oni opened the communicator and dialed Klotz’s number.

Soon, the communication connected.

Du.

“Klotz, the battle on my side is over.”

“How’s the situation?” Klotz asked lightly.

“We encountered the Otherworldly Deities’ main body…” Bei Oni described the process.

Klotz frowned, but after listening, his frown relaxed, and he nodded. “In that case, the Otherworldy Deities did contact Black Star, but Black Star didn’t agree. Hmm… we can’t rule out the possibility that they were acting. In short, thank you for your hard work. I will report the situation to His Excellency the Head of State.”

“I don’t think they were acting.” Bei Oni said a word for Han Xiao, saying, “I think Black Star knows that the Empire secretly suspects him. This time, he deliberately made a public statement to reassure the Empire. After all, he’s a newly joined Super A Grade ally, and even if there are suspicions, they won’t be made public. It’s impossible to send someone to interrogate a big shot like him, so he needs to do this.”

Hearing this, Klotz remained noncommittal. He was only responsible for reporting, and the final judgment was Uranrel’s job.

“Right, Black Star also asked me about the Machinery Country.” Bei Oni remembered.

“There’s nothing strange about that.” Klotz shook his head.

After saying a few more words, Bei Oni hung up the communication, exhaling a mouthful of sparks.

He was not only close to the young and middle-aged factions of the military but also a confidant of the Head of State’s faction. This time, accompanying Han Xiao, in addition to the intention of befriending him, he had also secretly received Uranrel’s instructions to keep an eye on Black Star’s actions.

…

In the desolate cosmic belt of the Central Galaxy, another Fallen Ark fleet was hidden far away from the battlefield.

Above the fleet, a spatial vortex-like portal appeared, and the Otherworldly Deities walked out.

The main ship opened the cabin door to welcome the Otherworldly Deities on board.

Returning to the main ship’s hall, the personnel waiting there stood up sparsely, their voices rising and falling.

“Your Excellency Otherworldy Deities!” “Boss!”

The Otherworldy Deities ignored them, came to the throne, flicked his hood, turned around, sat down, scanned the people below, and slowly opened his mouth.

“How’s the research progress on the research team’s side?”

“We’re still matching the coordinate data, and we don’t know how long it will take to accurately locate the position of the data record. That set of data is too strange, and it doesn’t seem to be in the explored universe. Even if we have the data, there’s no matching target on the star map, and the workload is still too vast.”

“I only want the result; determine the position as soon as possible.” The Otherworldly Deities said lightly, turning his head to look at his capable assistant on the side. “Help me contact the Arcane Church.”

“Oh? What do you need them for?”

This person licked his lips, and his purple tongue was like a long whip covered with barbs. A bright red mask was embedded in his face bones, as if it had been branded on with an iron, covering the upper half of his face. He was a bipedal spine animal, not human, about 1.7 meters tall, with a hunched back like a twilight old man. He had thick skin, dark purple in color, rough like sandpaper, with two pairs of forelimbs and a pair of hind limbs. He was skinny, and his limbs were like purple dead wood branches. He was draped in the same trendy beggar hood as the Otherworldly Deities, and his whole person exuded an evil and sinister aura.

Hakison, nicknamed “Purple Nightmare,” was one of the Super A Grade seeds of the Central Galaxy many years ago. He was once a super wanted criminal hunted down by a Universe civilization. Later, he joined the Fallen Ark and had been an important cadre under the Otherworldy Deities for hundreds of years.

“Tell the Arcane Church that they want the legacy of the Evolver civilization; we can give it to them.”

“What’s the condition?” Hakison tilted his head.

“Cooperate to snatch the Evolutionary Cube. Tell them that if they succeed, the Evolutionary Cube will be theirs. I only need to use it a few times and won’t fight them for it,” the Otherworldy Deities slowly said.

Having suffered a loss once, in order to avoid repeating the same mistake, he decided to use Sysko’s ability to sense the Evolutionary Cube. Because he had slaughtered the Star Pupil God Race, Sysko would not cooperate with him, so the Otherworldy Deities planned to negotiate with the Arcane Church in secret. As long as the Arcane Church spoke, they could secretly borrow Sysko’s ability.

The Arcane Church had an unusual enthusiasm for the Evolutionary Cube. Ever since the Otherworldy Deities stole the cube from Sysko, letting others know that he had the information of the Evolver civilization, the Arcane Church had secretly proposed many conditions to him, intending to exchange for the information of the Evolver civilization.

According to the Otherworldly Deities’ speculation, the Arcane Church’s fanatical worship of the Gods was probably an important motive for their pursuit of the Evolutionary Cube, but the specific details were unclear.

Although the Otherworldy Deities knew that he was a public enemy of the three Universal Civilizations, since the two sides had a common goal, involving interests, it was not impossible to cooperate secretly. What’s more, the negotiating object was the mysterious Arcane Church, the member of the three Universal Civilizations whose position was the most difficult to judge. Compared to the Shining Federation and the Crimson Dynasty, the Arcane Church had the slightest killing intent toward him.

“We’re going to make a deal with the Arcane Church? That’s really risky. If they have the chance, they might even eliminate you along with it,” Hakison said with a playful tone.

“Heh.” The Otherworldy Deities smiled lightly, not answering, and slowly said, “Leave the matter to you. I need to sleep for a while.”

Pa!

Hakison flicked his tongue, which made an empty sound in the air like a whip, the same as snapping his fingers, indicating no problem.

The Otherworldy Deities hummed and lowered his head. His hood covered his face, and his face turned back into a vortex-like black mist, entering a state of slumber.

Hakison was not surprised by this. The Otherworldy Deities’ many abilities existed in his body in the form of gene chains, which put a huge burden on his body. Constantly switching various abilities would cause cells to age very quickly. In other words, the Otherworldy Deities’ ability to absorb other people’s abilities was actually exchanging his lifespan for power.

The Otherworldy Deities’ cell activity had entered a period of decline, and his lifespan had reached the elderly stage. However, he had the ability to suppress aging and temporarily restore his youth, which needed to be triggered through sleep. This was why he often slept. Generally speaking, the Otherworldy Deities would take the initiative to sleep after experiencing fierce battles.

“Black Star…”

Hakison raised his tongue. He knew that the Otherworldy Deities had gone to negotiate with Black Star this time, but it was clear that the negotiation had not gone well, and the Otherworldy Deities had returned empty-handed from Black Star. He could not help but be a little surprised.

…

After cleaning up the battlefield, Mu Leliqi’s army returned to the border garrison base, and Han Xiao and his party returned with them.

The entire Empire had millions of border garrison bases, distributed on the vast border, and the highest-ranking officer in charge of a garrison base was a Lieutenant Colonel.

With the battle over, everyone bid farewell to the highest-ranking officer of the base and left.

Han Xiao made an appointment with Bei Oni to meet up again when they had time, then parted ways. Bei Oni left alone, while Han Xiao took Ames and the others on a spaceship to the location where the main force of Black Star Army was going to establish its branch.

Taking a detour, Han Xiao conveniently retrieved the Evolutionary Cube and another mechanical troop. With the things back on his body, he felt much more at ease.

Because the legion’s mobile base had not yet arrived, everyone was not in a hurry, so Han Xiao slowed down the speed of the voyage. Hela and the others had come to the Central Galaxy for the first time, so they stopped and went along the way, occasionally visiting the Crimson Dynasty’s colonies, traveling around with everyone.

Within the Star Field Corridor, with Han Xiao’s status, the group was unimpeded and could use his influence everywhere.

Han Xiao had been paying attention to the Star Field Corridor section of the player forum, paying attention to player feedback. Ever since he revealed more than half a month ago in the Shattered Star Ring that he was going to come to the Star Field Corridor, the players here had been in a state of excitement and anticipation, hoping that the Black Star Army would cross the Star Field and contact them.

The Central Galaxy was convenient for transportation. While Han Xiao was still on the way, the main force of the legion, which had acted separately, finally arrived at its destination, descending among the players.

Han Xiao had not yet arrived in person, but from the Star Field Corridor section of the forum, he deeply felt the huge repercussions brought by the legion’s cross-server presence.

The enthusiasm of the players exploded!

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ps: (This chapter is 5000 words. Every time it’s mating season, I feel that time passes really fast. Floating up and down, it’s a new month again. I’m asking for the monthly tickets from my brothers~)