Chapter 246: [Iron Man's Equipment Upgrade Forging Hammer] and [Kryptonian Template Experience Card]

Li Yu slightly raised an eyebrow. Horus?

Since the Young Lady said so, Li Yu naturally wouldn't insist. He stood at the door, his eyes gradually losing focus.

"...Your Highness, this is the Queen's intention..." Horus still maintained that unhurried Poker Face.

Klein was somewhat irritable and angry: "I finally managed to discover a Talented person, and you just casually throw him out as bait like this?"

"Your Highness... the Vitel attack case needs a result. You cannot be unaware of how much damage two A-Tier Lifeforms wandering within our borders will cause." Horus's expression was indifferent:

"Li Yu is an excellent bait."

Klein naturally understood this problem, but... a trace of anger flashed across her delicate face, and she said with some hesitation: "Why not let Olivia go? Isn't she the target of those two A-Tier Lifeforms?"

Horus was slightly surprised, not expecting Klein to actually say this. He shook his head: "Olivia cannot die within Return Star territory, at least not at present."

"Furthermore..." Horus hesitated: "Your Highness... you are somewhat overly concerned about Li Yu. This is not a Good Thing. He is merely a Pawn; use him... when you want to."

"It's about what you take me for! Li Yu is my person, who allowed you to dispose of him so casually? Where does that put me!?"

Horus was slightly stunned, then said with gratification: "If the Queen saw how you are now, she would be very happy."

Klein dared to vent her anger at him, and at Vimala.

The anger in Klein's heart blazed even stronger, and a hint of killing intent actually surfaced in her eyes: "Horus... don't try to fool me again!"

Hearing this, Horus restrained his expression, and his tone turned ice-cold: "This is the Queen's intention. If Your Highness has any objections, you can raise them with the Queen. I am merely conveying it."

"However, I have a suggestion..." Horus's tone was profound: "Dying as bait might still afford you a grand Funeral, which is always better than rotting and stinking in An Obscure Spot."

Klein's expression changed several times. Horus was blatantly threatening her, yet facing Vimala, her Mother, a sense of powerlessness welled up spontaneously.

She completely lacked any capital to resist.

Horus continued: "What's more, he might not necessarily die. He didn't die last time either."

Klein said somewhat dejectedly: "You should know that must be some special method. How many times do you think he can still use such a powerful method?"

Then, as if remembering something, she hurriedly said: "You can wait until he becomes an A-Tier Lifeform before letting him act as bait."

Horus shook his head: "Too late, we can't wait that long. Return Star's Citizens hope the attackers are brought to justice as soon as possible."

Ignoring Klein, whose face was gradually turning pale, Horus continued: "I will issue the transfer order as soon as possible, please prepare..."

"Oh..." Horus glanced at the Smart Terminal that suddenly lit up, and a grim smile pulled at the corners of his mouth: "Perfect timing, he's here too. Why don't you personally dispatch him, it should make him feel a bit better."

Given the current situation, if Li Yu left the Central Star System, everyone knew he would be in great danger.

Horus believed no one could face it calmly, including Li Yu. Going from hysteria to despairing acceptance should be quite interesting.

"Teacher Horus..." Klein suddenly raised her head, her tone colder than ever before: "So this is your true face? The Black Knight who makes people tremble in fear at the mere mention of your name..."

"You overpraise me... This is your second lesson—relatives and Friends can all be Pawns. It is best that you have no weaknesses."

Horus smiled faintly.

Klein said coldly: "So... was the first lesson on the Black Knight Warship?"

"Since you already know, why ask?"

"Why..." Klein couldn't help but ask. This was a doubt she had harbored for a long time:

"You never interfered in my life before, why suddenly try to change me!?"

Horus's eyes showed a hint of struggle. He shook his head and said: "You will understand in the future."

...

"Lord Horus invites you to go up..." The Young Lady in front of him awakened Li Yu.

"Alright." Li Yu nodded, his expression unchanged, and walked straight in, but he was cursing inwardly.

Old Schemer Horus, sooner or later I'll slice you into a thousand pieces.

The time to Discard After Use came far quicker than Li Yu imagined, but calming down to think, this didn't seem to be the decision of all of Return Star.

General Aisel didn't seem to be fooling him, nor was there a need to. This looked more like Queen Vimala's decision.

Bait. This was indeed a good idea. No wonder the meme video of him backhanding Laser Man went viral on the Return Star network; it turned out it was to draw aggro for him.

Once he left the Central Star System, Laser Man would definitely tail him like a creep, and Return Star could catch him Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel.

The problem was, he would be taking a huge risk. Moreover, through Horus's few words.

Vimala choosing Li Yu seemed to also be because Klein's attitude towards Li Yu—not like treating a Subordinate—made Vimala very unhappy.

It seemed the plan needed to change. Li Yu had an idea in his mind. But Klein's attitude surprised him; this chick seemed to be trying her best to protect him.

Unfortunately, Might Makes Right.

"Lord Horus, long time no see. Have you been eating well lately? No nightmares, I hope." Li Yu walked into the room and greeted Horus with a beaming smile.

At the same time, he secretly crushed the black bat token in his hand—

【Special Item—Batman's Enmity: After locking onto a target, the target will be viewed with hostility by justice-aligned creatures, and they may attack the target at any time.】

After applying the debuff, Li Yu felt much more comfortable, although using it on Horus might not be the best choice.

But he just disliked this Old Schemer, and had for a long time.

Horus was somewhat confused by Li Yu's Baffling enthusiasm. He frowned slightly, his attitude cold, not even responding.

"Teacher Horus should be eating very well lately, and sleeping even better," Klein mocked covertly.

Horus acted as if he didn't hear it and said indifferently: "Your Excellency Baron, Her Highness Klein has something to tell you."

"What a coincidence, I also have something I'd like to apply for," Li Yu said deliberately. Then he said to Klein somewhat jokingly: "Your Highness, the matters we want to discuss wouldn't happen to be the same, would they."

"What do you need to apply for?" Klein didn't speak first, but forced a smile and asked.

In her view, this application was highly likely equivalent to Li Yu's dying wish.

"I want to take advantage of the recent Public Opinion focusing on me to complete a few more association missions..." Li Yu began:

"The previous incident reversed quite a bit of your public reputation. If I put in more effort, maybe we can completely reverse it."

Klein was stunned, her eyes gradually trembling slightly. A sour feeling came from her eyeballs. Looking at Li Yu talking to himself, she had mixed feelings.

"...At least let others know that those people not abiding by the agreement is not your problem, and you can also have Friends who follow the rules..."

After Li Yu finished speaking, he looked at Klein... and was instantly shocked.Damn... are these few sentences that powerful? They made Klein cry?

Since he had to leave the Central Star System anyway, he might as well make it seem like he was leaving of his own accord.

Horus stared at Li Yu, subconsciously feeling something was wrong. He looked at Klein again... and his pupils instantly contracted. He had the urge to swat Li Yu to death right on the spot.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Li Yu asked, feigning confusion.

"Nothing..." Klein suddenly came to her senses, sorted out her emotions, and looked at Horus with an even colder gaze. She then hesitated and said to Li Yu: "If you leave the Central Star System now, it will be very dangerous."

"I know..." Li Yu smiled radiantly: "But it's exactly because of this that I must go out even more. Maybe I can use this to draw out that A-Tier Lifeform I slapped last time. He must bear quite a grudge against me."

"After all, so many Return Star Citizens cannot have died in vain."

Looking at the radiantly smiling Li Yu, Klein was actually slightly dazed for a moment.

Horus had a bad premonition. It was too coincidental, truly too coincidental. Li Yu actually took the initiative to request leaving the Central Star System.

Catching him right at this juncture where he was coercing Klein, resulting in Li Yu directly harvesting a wave of favorability.

But Li Yu couldn't possibly know about his and Vimala's plan, so how could he catch it at such a perfect timing?

Did he truly think this way? This thought surfaced in Horus's mind, but was rejected by him the next moment.

Impossible!

Li Yu was not a simple person. Looking at portions of his file, one could tell there were definitely deeper reasons he didn't know about.

But... looking at the cold-eyed Klein, he already had no way to make her believe Li Yu had ulterior motives.

Li Yu... must die!

For the first time, Horus had this thought. In the past, he was always somewhat hesitant.

But looking at how Klein was now, if it weren't for her special Identity, she might have thrown herself into Li Yu's arms long ago. The lethality of those words just now was indeed very high.

Willing to risk his life to leave the Central Star System for Klein... for the Return Star Citizens. This persona... was simply invincible.

"Since that is the case, then make preparations. The patrol ships will follow covertly to protect your safety." Horus decided to ignore whatever thoughts Li Yu had, his voice very cold: "Have you thought about where you want to go execute the mission?"

"Hmm..." Li Yu feigned deep thought: "If it's too close to the Central Star System, those people highly likely won't appear."

"I found a distress call mission in the association earlier. There is a Marauder attack in the Ordos System. I will just go and help them."

The Ordos System? Even Horus was stunned for a moment, digging out this Star System from the depths of his mind.

It was an extremely remote Star System within Guixing Territory, with an extremely low presence. The Main Planet was only a Class Two Planet, lacking even the value of travel.

The planet's local forces were completely unreliable, and if they wanted to draw out those two A-Tier Lifeforms, Return Star's fleet couldn't be too close.

So it could be said that Li Yu was truly taking an extreme risk with his life.

Horus was somewhat hesitant again. Did he really misjudge Li Yu? Was his moral integrity actually this high?

Impossible!

Horus erased this thought. Li Yu definitely had a deeper purpose, or rather, he believed he wouldn't die.

Could it be the method he used when facing the A-Tier Lifeforms last time?

But the Ordos System wasn't the Vitel Star System, where the fleet could arrive in twenty minutes. The other party could completely take Li Yu away and To torture him slowly.

What exactly did he want to do? Horus was also somewhat confused.

"Ordos is too remote, choose a Star System that's closer," Klein shook her head. The closer it was, the more Vitality Li Yu would have.

"I won't change it..." Li Yu shook his head, having his own insistence: "It's exactly because it's situated in a remote area, so no one is willing to rescue them, that's why I must go even more."

Otherwise... wouldn't the Titan Ruins go to waste?Li Yu added the final sentence internally.

The Ordos System was exactly the Titan Ruins location given by Glazed Star. He originally wanted to go after reaching A-Tier Lifeform.

But since the situation had become like this, going earlier wouldn't hurt.

Those Marauders active in the Ordos System should be the Stellar Brilliance Empire Exploration Team disguised as Marauders.

As for Laser Man and Strength King, it was best they didn't show up...

Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling the surprises brought to him by Clone One and Number Two during the ten days he waited for the Awarding Ceremony.

【Obtained Special Item—Iron Man's Equipment Upgrade Forging Hammer: A Special Item from a person cursed with knowledge. Can upgrade one item originating from the System.】

This was naturally Number Two's contribution. Hydra seemed to have remembered this buried security guard and dispatched him to execute a mission.

However, to avoid the unexpected situation of last time, this time it was a team mission, and he happened to come into contact with Iron Man—Tony Stark.

Worthy of being a guy who could be called the protagonist even in the Marvel World, it was indeed very awesome.

Li Yu didn't think for long about what to use it on. He didn't have many items from the System on him. The one occupying a key position and connecting his own Strength was only the [Cube Power].

【Cube Power】—【Space Gem Power】

【Special Item—Gem Power: After being upgraded, this item faintly possesses its former glory.

Not only can it continuously draw massive Energy from secondary dimensions, but it can also perform short-range spatial teleportation.

Note: Short-range spatial teleportation has a time limit.】

The upgraded [Space Gem Power] didn't disappoint him. It directly allowed the [Titan Colonization Armor] to complete its most critical Metamorphosis, enabling it to use massive Energy to catalyze special materials.

Gaining the qualification to Devour A-Tier Technology equipment. The most intuitive feeling was that the original [Titan Colonization Armor] could only support five Small Electromagnetic Cannons firing simultaneously.

But now... Li Yu secretly tested it, and supporting fifty Electromagnetic Cannon Turrets firing simultaneously was not a problem at all.

As for Clone One, he was rather miserable. He died...

That's right, he was killed. Not killed by Batman, but killed by Superman.

He died just as he was about to kill Batman. He didn't know if Superman was peeping on Batman every moment of the day, or if he just happened to discover Batman's life was in danger at that time.

He descended directly from the sky and killed Clone One, causing the Avatar to enter a lengthy seven-day cooldown period. He didn't know why the cooldown time was so long this time either.

Perhaps because deploying into the DC World was more strenuous.

Although Clone One Died, he didn't fail to live up to expectations and obtained an excellent reward.

【Obtained Special Item—Kryptonian Template Experience Card: When you can experience the power of a Kryptonian, what do you want to do?

Load Kryptonian Template (A-Tier), Duration—one hour.】

This was the source of Li Yu's confidence to dare to leave the Central Star System.

(End of this chapter)