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Chapter 114 Joining, The Attack
Chapter 114 Joining, The Attack
At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall became extremely somber, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze.
This is not a psychological effect, but rather the force field of Ames is gathering.
At this critical moment, Han Xiao stepped forward from the crowd, cleared his throat, and said in a deep voice, "Lady Ames, please wait a moment."
"I want to use a piece of intelligence to save our lives, and I believe you will be interested."
Ames raised her finger, stopping the force field surrounding the Xuanji Mercenary Group. She looked at Han Xiao with interest, gesturing for him to speak quickly.
The rest of the Xuanji Mercenary Group also looked at him nervously, hoping that he could save the team's fate from Ames.
Of course, only Li Yuan knew what Han Xiao was going to say next, and he couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
Han Xiao paused for a moment before slowly saying, "I haven't been in the Shattered Star Ring for very long; I usually stay in the Juberly Nexus."
"One day, I met a man on the street. He was a very common alien, and I couldn't tell how old he was. He looked like an ordinary interstellar traveler."
"He was just passing by me, but then he suddenly called out to me from behind."
"After I turned around, he suddenly said something completely unrelated to me."
"At the time, I was completely confused because I didn't know him at all and didn't understand what he meant by what he was saying, but now, I finally understand."
"That person told me that after you see Amos, tell her not to wait anymore, I don't want to see her yet."
boom!
Instantly, a powerful aura erupted from Ames, blasting everyone present away.
She slowly rose from the throne, her expression no longer calm and nonchalant as before, but instead a complex mix of surprise and annoyance.
It seemed like the long-awaited news had finally arrived, but it turned out to be the opposite – bad news.
Everyone present was stunned, unable to understand why this super A-level powerhouse suddenly lost control of his emotions and his power went out of control.
Amos slowly floated down from mid-air, her black hair cascading down to her calves. Her bare feet touched the warm, bone-like ground. She exuded an aura of power as she slowly walked towards Han Xiao and demanded, "What does that person look like?!"
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"Well----"
Han Xiao frowned, as if trying his best to dig out the scene from the depths of his memory: "I don't remember the details very clearly, but he looked quite weathered, with messy hair, and looked no different from an ordinary traveler."
"Oh, I remember now! His most distinctive feature is his eyes! His pupils are bright, like, like—"
He suddenly got stuck again, as if he couldn't describe the feeling in words.
"His eyes look like a pitch-black universe, and his pupils are like a star shining from the depths of the universe, glowing faintly but illuminating the entire universe—is that right?" Amos suddenly couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, yes, yes! That's it!" Han Xiao clapped his hands suddenly, as if he had finally found the sentence to describe that feeling.
Amos ignored him, seemingly lost in her memories, muttering to herself, "Why doesn't she want to see me—doesn't the promise count?"
"Didn't we agree that you'd come find me once I became a famous figure throughout the universe? —"
No one disturbed her. After a long while, she came back to her senses, sat back on the throne, and stared silently at Han Xiao and the others for a long time before slowly saying, "Since he chose you to deliver my message, I will also give you, and all of you, a choice."
"Two paths: either turn to dust, or work for me."
Although Li Yuan and Han Xiao had not communicated beforehand, they both nodded and said, "We are willing to serve."
The members of the three major mercenary groups were taken away by the Dragon Tan Guard.
Li Yuan and his group followed Visander out of the hall and headed to another tall building.
"Don't worry, now that Ames has recruited you, you're all colleagues," Visander said warmly. "I'll take you to see the head housekeeper first; she'll assign you your positions."
Li Yuan nodded with a smile, as did Han Xiao.
Ames's subordinates were mostly ragtag troops, with only three truly important ones:
First, there's the head steward who oversees Longtan's daily affairs; that person is Ames's cousin.
Secondly, he was the logistics manager for maintaining Longtan Floating Island, a highly skilled mechanic.
The last person was the captain of the guard, Visander. Although he looked frail, he was actually a famous interstellar pirate.
These three individuals each had their own responsibilities and were Ames's most capable subordinates, basically handling all aspects of Longtan's affairs.
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The group arrived at a tall building, which was the nominal office center of Longtanfu Island, responsible for handling various daily affairs and business activities.
Upon arriving at a large office on the top floor, one finds a dozen assistants frantically handling various tasks, while the legendary head butler sits calmly behind his desk, reviewing documents.
This is a woman who looks very ordinary. She is Ames's cousin and also the real number two in Longtan.
"Jenny, they're the new recruits. Assign them roles," Visander shouted as soon as he entered the office, completely disregarding the atmosphere.
Without looking up, the head housekeeper Jenny continued reviewing the pile of documents, succinctly stating, "Name, ability."
She spoke extremely fast, as if she didn't want to waste a single second.
After everyone in the Xuanji Mercenary Group reported their names, she immediately made arrangements: "Black Star, go report to the logistics supervisor; they are short of skilled mechanics."
"The rest of you will all be added to the guard. Your information has been entered into the files. Your uniforms and badges will be issued to you in a couple of days."
Han Xiao glanced at Li Yuan, who nodded slightly, indicating that there was no problem.
"Haha, don't worry, I'll let you form your own squad," Visander laughed from the side.
The Xuanji Mercenary Group had now established themselves on Longtan Floating Island.
Han Xiao was assigned to the logistics department by himself, and he was very happy to be surrounded by machinery every day.
Li Yuan, along with the rest of the members, formed a separate squad within the Longtan Guard.
Most of the members of the Longtan Guard were ordinary people. Once they saw that Li Yuan and his group had become "one of their own," they didn't dare to provoke them and kept their distance.
After several missions, Li Yuan and his team adapted to their new roles and became law enforcers protecting Longtan.
After all, for players, having fun every day is all that matters.
For Melos, Hela, and Aurora, having a powerful figure protecting them from above is also quite good.
On this day, an unremarkable spaceship landed at the dock of Longtanfu Island.
The people on the spaceship had barely disembarked when they were spotted by a group of space pirates.
"Ordinary people shouldn't come to places like this. This advice will cost you—" The leader of the thugs, his face contorted with rage, pointed his gun at the forehead of the group's leader.
However, the next second, the pirate leader suddenly "collapsed".
His body turned into countless black powder particles that floated away and dissipated, leaving only his clothes intact, which fell to the ground.
The ferocity on the faces of the surrounding pirates instantly turned into terror, and they turned and fled in panic.
However, before they could run more than a few steps, all the pirates were instantly turned into the same black powder, leaving only clumps of clothes on the ground.
Despite the horrific scene, the passengers who had just disembarked from the spaceship seemed completely unfazed, as if they were used to it.
In reality, they were not ordinary interstellar travelers at all, but a gang of thugs from the Dark Star.
All of this was the power of their team leader, Ash.
Ash can manipulate carbon atoms to a certain extent, making it the nemesis of all carbon-based life forms.
As long as a living organism contains carbon, he can inflict extremely terrifying real damage on it, even severely injuring superhumans who are protected by their own energy.
This is the origin of the code name "Ash". His potential rating for this ability is even as high as A+!
Their purpose in coming to Longtanfu Island was precisely to find those Silver Spirits.
For many years, Dark Star has been secretly cooperating with a research organization in another star system. To maintain secrecy, the other party has "coincidentally" sent different races to the Shattered Star Ring each time to secretly bring over the products that Dark Star bought.
This time, the goods were being transported by the Silver Spirits, but an accident occurred, and the transporters were captured.
Their task force's mission was to retrieve the goods that the Compensation Star Organization had purchased at a high price: a secret bead that could not be opened without a password.
After Ash and his men found a place to stay, they set up anti-detection devices in the room. After his subordinates went out to gather information, they returned to report to their leader: "We found out that the Silver Spirits are being held in the slave market."
Upon hearing this, Ash nodded and slowly said, "This is Dragon Throne's territory after all. Let's not use force for now. I'll go to the slave market to negotiate and buy back the Silver Spirits."
After saying that, he walked straight out of the room.
However, when Ash returned, he changed his mind: "Get ready, we're going to steal people."
He had intended to keep a low profile, but Holland made outrageous demands, asking for prices far exceeding the market rate, showing no sincerity whatsoever.
They, the Dark Stars, are not the kind of people who would obediently accept being taken advantage of; they are a force of evil!
Therefore, Ash decided not to tolerate it any longer and simply grabbed the loot and ran.
Several days later.
Today is the day that Pei Xing has chosen to take action. Ash has devised a plan to infiltrate the slave market and quietly take away those Silver Spirits, striving not to cause any major disturbance.
In order to execute the plan smoothly, the Dark Star members also secretly found several interstellar pirate gangs to draw fire, create chaos, confuse the public, and cover up Dark Star's true intentions.
"Has the power been cut off?" Ash confirmed in the communication.
A confident voice came through the communicator: "Don't worry, I've bypassed the main AI system of Longtan Floating Island and am currently implanting jamming devices. It should be completed in about two minutes."
"At that time, the power supply to the neighborhood where the slave market is located will be cut off, causing a temporary power outage, and surveillance will also be interrupted, turning it into a blind spot."
"Then, Longtan's system will trigger a fault self-check. The virus I implanted can block the system for seventeen minutes without triggering an alarm, which is enough time to take action."
"Very good." Ash nodded and hung up the call.
Two minutes later, the lights in the slave market area flickered twice and then went completely dark.
Ash closed his eyes, entered his supernatural vision, sensed the carbon atoms around him, and the things that had been buried in the slave market a few days earlier. With a flick of his finger, he activated his supernatural ability.
Inside the slave market, the bricks and stones in the corners suddenly cracked, and small metal balls fell out, spewing out potent hypnotic gas that quickly filled the entire building.
Before the staff inside could react, they all collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Under the cover of darkness, Ash led his men into the dungeon, quickly packed the Silver Spirits into boxes, and then hurriedly left.
At the same time, Li Yuan led a large group of players to the slave market.
He had a general idea of what had happened, so he specifically told Hela, Aurora, and Melos to hide and not get involved, since they couldn't withstand Ash's power.
Just then, Han Xiao, who had come to inspect the power outage at the slave market, also arrived.
And so, Ash and his group had just emerged from underground when they ran right into Li Yuan and Han Xiao, who had reunited.
Seeing that someone was blocking the way, Ash made a fierce move, manipulating the carbon atoms in the two people's bodies to decompose them into ashes.
But the next moment, the expression under the ash mask suddenly changed.
He was horrified to discover that he could sense the carbon atoms in Li Yuan and Han Xiao's bodies, but he could not manipulate the carbon elements in their bodies as he did with others!
In his perception, just as he activated his superpower, the molecular structure within the bodies of the two people in front of him suddenly became as solid as a rock, completely unchangeable!
Ash's ability to directly manipulate carbon in the human body is terrifying. For ordinary people, it is an attack that ignores defense and is equivalent to real damage.
The problem is that both Li Yuan and Han Xiao possess the ability to be immune to true damage.
This ability originated from the leader of the fledgling planet Aquamarine, and now it shines brightly in this interstellar universe.
It must be said that Li Yuan and Han Xiao, both former members of the Sprouts, should be very grateful for the leader's selfless dedication.
boom!
Han Xiao sensed that Ash had launched an attack, and immediately fired a scorching beam of light directly at Ash's face.
Then he rushed forward, unfolded his mechanical scythe, and slashed horizontally at Ash.
when!
Sparks flew and metal clanged!
A translucent, crystalline hand suddenly reached out, gripped the sickle, and wrestled with it, producing a teeth-grinding scraping sound.
Han Xiao looked closely and saw that Ash's skin had turned into a diamond-like shape, extremely hard, and the scythe could not cut through it at all.
At the same time, the ground beneath his feet surged, and carbon elements were separated and turned into dust particles, which quickly climbed up his legs like a tornado.