Chapter 313: Repercussions

For a vicious incident of this level, the regional Guard Army on the Third Life Planet reacted very quickly.

Only a few minutes later, the Commander-in-Chief of the Guard Army descended, leading a large number of troops to rush to the scene.

At this time, only a pile of ruins remained of the Green Hotel. Countless crowds gathered around, pointing and engaging in spirited discussions. The protective shield formed by the Nano Cores hid everything strictly and securely.

"He actually hasn't left yet!?" Perot instantly raised his vigilance to twelve points. The energy level reaction that had just erupted instantly here had exceeded one hundred thousand Cal.

This made him not dare to act rashly either. He had his subordinates disperse the onlookers while simultaneously setting up energy defense shields.

A larger glowing blue protective shield covered the area to prevent the aftermath of any potential subsequent battle from spreading, while also obscuring the line of sight of the citizens on the perimeter.

"Lord Perot, this protective shield seems to be made of nano-materials. It shouldn't take too long to open," a subordinate reported, simultaneously pushing out several large-scale instruments from a hovering vehicle.

This kind of Sonic Resonance Device was specifically built for nano-materials. It could lower the adhesiveness between nano-materials, thereby reaching the point of making them collapse.

Perot nodded, maintaining twelve points of vigilance, staring fixedly at the protective shield in front of him. However, just as his subordinates were preparing to act...

The silver-white protective shield disappeared, revealing the ruins of the Green Hotel. Its former glory had already been reduced to ashes, completely dissipating in the battle just now.

When the bombardment occurred, Li Yu used his superpower to forcefully knead the energy together, not allowing it to spread.

However, what made Perot's pupils quake wasn't the ruins of the Green Hotel, but a figure standing in the center of the ruins.

The other party's appearance looked very young. Those silver-white nano-streams coiled around him, rapidly condensing into spheres one by one.

Perot didn't need much guesswork; this guy was definitely the attacker.

"Put down your weapons and stop resisting. This is the Rolo—Mukhtar Star System—Third Life Planet Guard Army. You are suspected of a terrorist attack... and are under arrest!"

"Put down your weapons and stop resisting. This is the Rolo—Mukhtar Star System—Third Life Planet Guard Army. You are suspected of a terrorist attack... and are under arrest!"

Repeated warning sounds rang in his ears. Li Yu put away the ring in his hand and looked at the group of people in front of him.

The speed at which the other party rushed over was far faster than he had imagined. But this was the capital star system of the Barot Civilization after all, so a fast efficiency was also very normal.

He didn't have any intention of completely falling out with the Barot Civilization, and didn't want to fight his way out of a siege. Thus, he spread his hands to indicate that he posed no threat.

Perot's Smart Terminal scanned Li Yu's external features and compared them in the database. Before long, a massive amount of data surfaced.

Perot lowered his head to glance at it, and his face instantly froze. This is troublesome...

"You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say will become evidence in court."

Perot's subordinates advanced cautiously carrying electronic shackles and gene inhibitor devices.

Even though Li Yu seemingly offered no resistance, it could also be a trap set by the other party.

"Are you sure you want to arrest me?" Li Yu looked at the weather-beaten middle-aged man in front of him. His expression was solemn; daring to walk up to Li Yu clearly meant he had already made preparations to sacrifice his life.

"You have violated multiple security regulations and are suspected of a malicious attack. You must be arrested!" The other party had already taken out the electronic shackles. Li Yu shrugged and stretched out his hands, being even more cooperative.

This made Old John somewhat confused. He had served in the Guard Army for many years and had seen all kinds of criminals, but it was extremely rare to see someone as cooperative as Li Yu.

Although he didn't know why, he still followed standard procedure, taking out high-grade gene inhibitors and preparing to inject them.

However, right at this moment, Perot suddenly spoke up: "John, stop!"

John's movements instantly paused, and he stepped back a few paces somewhat confusedly.

Only after getting far away from Li Yu did John turn around to look at his boss.

"What's wrong, boss?"

"Suspend the arrest procedure. First investigate exactly what happened," Perot said in a deep voice, looking at the calm-faced Li Yu.

"What!?" Old John was somewhat shocked. Suspend the arrest procedure?

This kind of order would only be issued under circumstances where the suspect was unconfirmed. But it could basically be confirmed that the other party was the attacker, so why suspend the arrest procedure?

"But... boss, he..." Old John still attempted to say something.

However, Perot directly interrupted his words and simultaneously ordered: "Go investigate the identities of the occupants of the Green Hotel!"

John looked up at his boss, then looked at that calm-faced young man, seeming to understand something, and nodded unwillingly.

Li Yu wasn't surprised by this. Just like Donovan said, the Barot Civilization didn't have the qualifications to dictate terms.

Even if it was confirmed he was the attacker, they couldn't directly arrest him. That would be equivalent to provoking Returning Star.

By the same logic, if it was Donovan who initiated an attack on Li Yu, the Barot Civilization would similarly turn a blind eye to it.

Perot had a complex expression, his eyes carrying conflict. Ultimately, he still stepped forward and said, "Commander of the Meteor Fleet, you shouldn't be here."

Clearly, he had already learned Li Yu's identity through the database comparison, which was also the reason he told John to suspend the arrest procedure.

He also knew that the high echelons had held a welcome ceremony for the three commanders of Returning Star, which was why he said Li Yu shouldn't be here.

"I helped you eliminate a few malignant tumors. I saw that this group of people possessed extreme strength yet still hid their identities; they must be plotting some unknown plan," Li Yu made up a random excuse.

Perot could only chuckle at this. Of course he knew the other party definitely wouldn't attack this hotel at random.

He definitely had his own target. As for what the target was, that still needed to be investigated now.

Li Yu also knew the other party didn't believe his words, but he didn't mind. Instead, he pondered the compressed space ring from just now.

That ring wasn't simple. It was forged from special materials and wasn't damaged even in the ultra-high energy level bombardment just now.

At the same time, it was set with an encryption key. If one wanted to force it open, it would cause the compressed space within to collapse, thereby self-destructing.

This kind of compressed space wasn't uncommon. Li Yu also didn't mind. He had a shortcut, which was to use the Titan Colonization Armor to devour it, directly bypassing the encryption key system.

But the interesting part came. Claptrap told him this compressed space ring couldn't be devoured; there were multiple defense systems inside, seemingly making defenses targeted against the Titan Colonization Armor.

This meant that having reached this point, the Titan Colonization Armor was no longer a secret. The Star Glory Empire had even specifically created defenses targeted against the Titan Colonization Armor.

Perhaps he might encounter enemies wearing Titan Colonization Armors as well in the future.

Li Yu pondered secretly. Although he couldn't take it out for the time being, he was holding it in his own hands after all. Sooner or later, there would be a way.

Seeing Li Yu staying silent and not knowing what he was thinking about, Perot also didn't want to speak. The atmosphere was exceptionally dead silent.

The surrounding Guard Army members rummaged through the ruins, attempting to piece together the limited clues. The corpses of the Sleeper's subordinates were moved together by them.

Most were mutilated beyond recognition. Only a small portion had died in the initial bombardment and surprisingly retained complete corpses.

Not long after, Old John hurried over, his face solemn, and couldn't help but glance at Li Yu.

"Boss, something's not right..." he said in a low voice, walking to the side with Perot.

"This group of people only arrived here four days ago, using the identities of the Pupil Eye Race. They booked the entire Green Hotel..." Old John was also a veteran of the Guard Army, with a clean and neat style of doing things:

"However, I investigated the official databases, and they don't have backup identities at all. It can be confirmed that their identities were forged..."

Hearing this, Perot breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the primary targets weren't innocent citizens, then the severity of this matter could be great or small.

As for those dead call girls, he didn't care.

This was the famous red-light district of the Third Life Planet, with mixed dragons and snakes. Those who could mingle here were not good people.

However, he then heard Old John say: "There are a few among them whose facial models can barely be distinguished."

"After our comparison, we discovered they should be one of the groups of people who caused chaos in the Salvitane Star System seven days ago."

"In other words, this group of people weren't any good people either."

Speaking up to here, Old John had a somewhat strange expression. Not long ago, a great battle had broken out in the Salvitane Star System, affecting several life planets, with the death toll reaching hundreds of millions.

However, both fighting parties retreated completely unscathed, possessing powerful strength, and were elusive.

He didn't expect that one of the groups would actually be killed by someone here.

Therefore, Old John guessed: "Could he be the other group of people?"

"No..." Perot shook his head and sighed: "He is the commander of the Meteor Fleet..."

Old John was somewhat confused, and then abruptly widened his eyes, clearly remembering who the other party was.

"It's actually him..."

He understood why his boss had suddenly stopped the arrest procedure. This person... truly couldn't be caught.

"Isn't today the welcome ceremony for the arrival of the Returning Star fleets? Did he come here just to kill these few people?"

"That should be the case..." The heavy rock in Perot's heart could finally be put down. Since there were no innocent citizens, this matter could barely be glossed over.

Perhaps it could even be turned into a merit. After all, one of the culprits of the Salvitane attack incident died right here.

And the uproar that attack caused within the Barot Civilization had still not subsided to this day.

Only, he didn't expect that one of the groups was actually hiding here. Could it be they still wanted to launch an attack on the capital star system?

If that was the case, it seemed Li Yu had helped them in a disguised way?

Perot felt dumbfounded. Could it be he still had to thank Li Yu?

Through the Force, Li Yu could sense the complex emotions in Perot's heart.

And outside the glowing blue protective shield, amidst the crowded throng, Donovan's group of three were gazing at the giant protective shield. Their faces were very unsightly.

Having just arrived at the place where the Sleeper was staying and seeing this scene, they understood in their hearts that an accident must have occurred.

"What's going on? Why is this place sealed off?" A newly arrived passerby asked in confusion.

"You don't know yet..." A passerby who had witnessed it from the start of the attack said in a low voice: "An attack just occurred here, it was too terrifying."

"Yeah, energy cannons bombarding, and golden thunder. It looked extremely terrifying," several races with strange appearances echoed.

"..."

The crowd engaged in a mishmash of discussions, gradually making the faces of Donovan's group of three turn from unsightly to even more unsightly.

These characteristics all made them think of a single person without exception, and that was—Li Yu!

"It's really him?" Gongora was somewhat in disbelief. They coming to find the Sleeper was also a decision just made.

But Li Yu was actually faster than them, and had locked onto the Sleeper's location, his actions fast, accurate, and ruthless.

In reality, they had almost set off simultaneously. However, Donovan's group of three didn't know that Li Yu also knew the Sleeper's location.

Moreover, to avoid being discovered by Returning Star's people, they didn't hurry or dawdle.

While Li Yu hurried along at top speed precisely to arrive before Donovan's group of three did.

"How did he know His Excellency the Sleeper's location?" Jorge subconsciously asked in confusion. Li Yu had only just arrived at the Barot Civilization.

To say that Li Yu had noticed the Sleeper beforehand and started tracking him was fundamentally an impossible thing.

As soon as he finished saying this, the atmosphere between the three of them became subtle. Jorge also realized this belatedly.

If Li Yu wasn't tracking him beforehand, then the possibility of the news leaking was small. Either the problem lay on the Sleeper's side, or there was a traitor among the three of them.

If the problem was on the Sleeper's side, it was still fine, but the Sleeper had absolutely no interactions with Li Yu previously.

No matter how one put it, the possibility of the problem appearing on their side was greater.

"I was just saying that casually..." Jorge hurriedly added.

Donovan frowned tightly. The Sleeper's death was only one of the troubles. The Sleeper was previously executing a mission; it was he who asked the other party to stay.

If they investigated accountability, his responsibility would be the greatest, and moreover, the mission item was lost and obtained by Li Yu.

This series of events involuntarily filled Donovan's eyes with blood streaks. Exactly who leaked the news of the Sleeper!?

He covertly swept a glance over Jorge and Gongora. Both of them were A-Tier Lifeforms, it was almost impossible for them to betray, but nothing was absolute.

Right at this moment, the glowing blue protective shield gradually dissipated. The Guard Army began to withdraw, and approaching the Green Hotel was temporarily prohibited.

At the same time, an inconspicuous figure blended into the Guard Army. The vast majority of people didn't notice, only Donovan's group of three instantly focused on it.

Li Yu could clearly feel several sharp gazes gathering on himself. He followed the gazes and looked over.

He only saw that within the crowd, Donovan's group of three were staring fixedly at him. Li Yu couldn't help but grin, revealing his white teeth, and mouthed a phrase.

Donovan's external armor instantly captured Li Yu's lip movements and analyzed it; it was the interstellar common language.

"You're late..."

Donovan only felt a surge of pent-up anger rush straight to his heart. He wished he could directly rush up and kill Li Yu, but rationality still forced him to calm down.

Making a move now was completely meaningless. Without the Sleeper's help, it would be very difficult for them to capture Li Yu.

(End of this chapter)