Chapter 320: Golden Wall Bank

However, he certainly wouldn't escort these few people away. The military literacy of this squad was very good.

They possessed very rich combat experience; at the very least, they wouldn't be a burden, and perhaps there was even a possibility they could help out.

Li Yu nodded and said: "Since that's the case, then you guys follow me for now, but the danger of this journey will be extremely high, far exceeding your current mission."

Stanley was somewhat disappointed. This big shot didn't immediately let them become followers; perhaps he still harbored thoughts of testing them.

Based on Stanley's experience, this A-Tier Lifeform was absolutely a big shot, far surpassing those A-Tier Lifeforms he had seen before.

And as for the danger, they had long prepared themselves mentally, because it would also be very difficult for them to leave the Amethyst Civilization relying solely on themselves; it was better to follow Li Yu and take a gamble.

The spaceship entered the Jump State and rapidly departed. And not long after they left, several warships bearing the emblem of the Amethyst Civilization arrived here.

After carefully inspecting the traces of battle here, the leader's expression changed drastically, and then he quickly reported upwards.

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"The Magistrate of the Aimin Star System announced his support for Prince Saster's 'Return Plan'..."

"Half an hour ago, the Aaron Star System suffered a terrorist attack. Its Chief Governor is severely injured and is still undergoing emergency treatment...

"...Not long ago, he severely criticized Prince Saster, believing that the current severe situation in the Amethyst Civilization was entirely due to Prince Saster..."

"........."

During the warp, Li Yu opened the Amethyst Civilization's interstellar network. A massive amount of news regarding attacks flooded the pages, and the death toll became a hot keyword.

Many Amethyst citizens were somewhat confused and puzzled now; why had it suddenly developed into this situation?

It was clearly just an Anti-Discrimination Movement originally, so how did fighting inexplicably break out, and moreover, many marauders were actually running rampant openly in the star sectors.

Yet their 'father' Star Glory Empire didn't utter a single word regarding this.

Li Yu roughly understood the recent public opinion trend of the Amethyst Civilization. Although a storm was brewing secretly, Prince Saster still hadn't stood out to explicitly divide the civilization.

This was not a simple matter; he wanted to take over Amethyst, but he didn't want to take over an Amethyst riddled with holes.

A massive amount of the Amethyst Civilization's interests was being stolen. This was also something he didn't want to see, but there was nothing he could do either.

Casually glancing at the system log, Number Two recently arrived on the Tatooine Planet, but Anakin had already left a step ahead. Instead, it caused him to run into Darth Maul.

This Darth Maul was clearly not Number Two's match, but the large amount of armed forces the opponent brought also left Number Two struggling to cope, and he could only flee temporarily.

The 【Butterfly Effect】 was formidable indeed...

【Acquired special ability—Jedi Knight: They are loyal, powerful, fearless of pain, and use the Force, making them excellent weapons.

You can use the Force to transform targets into Jedi Knights. The specific strength depends on the target's original body.】

An ability to train Jedi Knights... Li Yu's eyes lit up. It sounded pretty good; Jedi Knights should be handy subordinates.

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Through the porthole, a metallic-colored planet gradually approached in the field of vision.

Omnipresent metal replaced nature and occupied the surface.

"Destination detected... arriving shortly..."

This was the main planet of the Tabli Star System. This star system was designated as a special economic zone by the Amethyst Civilization, allowing some grey businesses to rise here.

Consequently, this made Tabli prosperous, and the economic prosperity also attracted many interstellar citizens.

They found opportunities to get rich and opened shops here, operating a series of grey businesses such as slave trading, arms dealing, red-light districts, and life-and-death arena fighting.

Similarly, there were also various commercial organizations operating here, including many large companies like the Star Glory Empire's Opto-Electric Technology... Aerospace Company and so on, all having branches established here.

The Tabli Star System gathered countless travelers. It was extremely prosperous, with an extremely large population, a mix of dragons and snakes.

But Tabli wasn't a lawless ownerless land; it was just a special economic zone. Wanted orders were effective here, and almost no marauders could come to this place to purchase things.

Simultaneously, because of the special nature of the businesses here, the large commercial alliances possessed the right to arm themselves.

Many frigates were deployed in the outer space layer, and the ports were set up outside the planet. No spaceships were allowed to enter the planet's atmosphere.

Furthermore, they jointly deployed a super-large energy shield to envelop Tabli's atmosphere, preventing long-range strikes from destroying the surface.

All visitors had to park their spaceships at the interstellar ports.

If one forced their spaceship into the atmosphere, the frigates would open fire after issuing a warning.

If travelers wanted to head to the surface metropolis for entertainment consumption, they had to take the express channels.

These were Tabli's defense measures, which were extremely strict, and simultaneously made travelers feel safe.

However, recently there were also marauders who didn't give up and wanted to take advantage of the Amethyst Civilization's recent turbulent situation to score a fortune, but ended up being blown up by the frigates.

Getting closer, one could see several steel space stations as massive as mountain ranges suspended in different directions around Tabli.

These were all outer space ports. They were covered with various large defensive turrets, and a large number of escort warships were parked around them.

To enter the main planet, one had to undergo identity verification. Due to the recent situation of the Amethyst Civilization, the current identity verification was even more extremely strict.

In the eyes of the past Li Yu, this might have been troublesome, but for the current him, casually controlling a few people and then changing identities could resolve this issue.

The ports were overcrowded. Various species and creatures formed long queues here, heading towards the surface via the express channels.

Li Yu's group was also obediently queuing up. Stanley had long found a map of the planet, and based on the coordinates provided by Li Yu, drew out an action route.

"...The coordinates you provided should be the Golden Wall Bank. They are a banking organization from the Aura Civilization, providing custodial services, and their guarding is extremely strict..."

Stanley reported through the communication channel:

"According to some recent attack incidents, Tabli's defense forces can arrive at the scene of the incident in approximately three minutes..."

"Spaceship docking is forbidden on the surface. If we don't have a reception, it will be very difficult to retreat unscathed."

The security measures of the Tabli Star System didn't come from the Amethyst Civilization, but from the local Commercial Alliance.

Because they didn't need to pay any taxes to the Amethyst Civilization here, the Amethyst Civilization also didn't undertake any defense measures.

And touching the interests of these commercial alliances was equivalent to digging up their ancestral graves; it would be very troublesome.

Li Yu nodded. Clearly, the Reformers had also thought of this point, which was why they entrusted the Gene Optimization Device here.

The Golden Wall Bank was renowned for its outstanding security as well as privacy protection. The Encryption Key for the custody back then was jointly established by several Reformers.

Cree also only knew a part of it, precisely fearing that someone might be caught.

The few people took the express channel to the surface. The thrilling situation of the Amethyst Civilization recently didn't seem to affect the business here; instead, it got even better.

Perhaps it was because this place was much safer than the other star systems of the Amethyst Civilization.

Just coming out of the express channel, it was simply shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. Only after walking a bit further away did this situation slightly improve.

The people of the Iron Fist Squad rapidly blended into the crowd to avoid being discovered due to over-concentration; only Stanley and Olena followed Li Yu.

The crowd walked absent-mindedly in the direction of the Golden Wall Bank. However, just halfway there, they heard a loud voice echoing above the city.

"Emergency notification. Due to a vicious attack incident, the planet is temporarily locked down; entry is permitted but exit is not. All travelers are requested to prepare for cooperative investigation to avoid accidental injury."

"Emergency notification. Due to a vicious attack incident, the planet is temporarily locked down; entry is permitted but exit is not. All travelers are requested to prepare for cooperative investigation to avoid accidental injury."

The warning sounds continued to ring, making Stanley's expression slightly change. What a coincidence? A vicious attack incident?

The warning was repeated several times, but most of the travelers on the streets didn't have much of a reaction. There were even a few travelers of unknown species, whose entire bodies were smooth and colorful, who ridiculed:

"Don't know where it came from again, a marauder recklessly seeking death. The Tabli Star System is not the other star systems of the Amethyst Civilization."

"Recently these kinds of things have been happening one after another; don't know which large commercial alliance got unlucky again."

"..."

Stanley hurriedly searched for information and discovered that this wasn't a coincidence. Recently, attack incidents frequently occurred, and planetary lockdowns also frequently happened.

"Let's go to the Golden Wall Bank to take a look..." Li Yu didn't mind it and prepared to continue scouting the location.

After a journey of about half an hour, the three approached the street where the Golden Wall Bank was located.

And over here, the escort flying vehicles flying in the sky also increased. Escort teams patrolling could be seen everywhere, stopping travelers on the streets to conduct inspections.

They had also been stopped a few times, but it was all resolved by Li Yu controlling the other party.

Turning a corner, a tragic scene appeared before everyone's eyes.

The architectural characteristics of the Golden Wall Bank possessed the traits of the Aura Civilization very much. Several giant golden metal plates attracted each other through magnetic energy while also counterbalancing each other.

However, now they had all cracked and collapsed, covered in grey-black explosion marks. The Golden Wall Bank had collapsed by more than half, and several nearby shops had also been affected. A large number of injured people were being rescued.

A considerable amount of time had passed since the attack, yet it still hadn't been completely handled now, which was enough to prove the massive scope of the impact.

Numerous escort team members went in and out of the Golden Wall Bank with grave expressions.

"It really is the Golden Wall Bank..." Li Yu muttered. When coming over, through some clues on the road, it could basically be confirmed already.

Originally, he didn't take this attack incident to heart, but now Li Yu also had to think deeply. The 90% probability of attacking the Golden Wall Bank was for the Gene Optimization Device.

There was also a 10% probability that a certain marauder faction had a lucky fluke.

The Reformers... the Amethyst Civilization... or even the Star Glory Empire were all possible.

Because the Golden Wall Bank relied on the Aura Civilization, it was a behemoth within the Aura Civilization.

Their custody agreement explicitly stipulated that they would only hand over the entrusted items to the person who produced the Encryption Key; otherwise, it was impossible for anyone to make them hand over any entrusted items.

They stipulated it this way, and they also practiced it this way. It was precisely because of this that the Golden Wall Bank could gain a foothold in the entire universe.

This also meant that even if the Star Glory Empire knew the Gene Optimization Device was here, they couldn't make the other party hand it over and could only force it through armed means.

Moreover, looking at this attack scene, the Golden Wall Bank should have been thoroughly breached, so the Gene Optimization Device shouldn't be inside anymore either.

Li Yu slightly narrowed his eyes, sharply perceiving a sharp aura within—an A-Tier Lifeform.

Since an A-Tier Lifeform was alarmed, then the strength of the attackers was probably not small either.

He glanced at the two people around him and spoke up: "I need some items left over from the battle."

Hearing this, Stanley's entire body jolted. He had always wanted to perform well in order to become Li Yu's follower, and this was obviously a test.

He and Olena exchanged a glance and gritted their teeth, saying: "I understand."

He shot a few looks towards the crowd, and subsequently a few guys watching the commotion silently disappeared.

Not long after, a small squad wearing escort team uniforms crossed the security perimeter and strutted into the Golden Wall Bank with their heads held high.

"Going in openly like that, Stanley has quite the guts..." Li Yu pointedly said to Olena.

"For this kind of escort team formed by commercial organizations, the factions within are very complex, and they rarely communicate with each other. We have disguised ourselves as escort teams to infiltrate incident locations many times,"

Olena hurriedly explained, deeply afraid that this big shot would misunderstand that Stanley was "kidnapping" him, forcefully making him cover the bottom line for Stanley's actions.

"Although the time is a bit rushed this time, there shouldn't be any problems."

Although she said this out loud, Olena still secretly clenched her fists.

Li Yu nodded, quietly waiting for Stanley's operation. The probability of his success was probably very high.

Because the identities of the attackers this time were uncertain, maybe there were people from other commercial alliances taking action. Right now people's minds were fluctuating, which was exactly the best moment to fish in troubled waters.

Just as Li Yu predicted, after about twenty minutes, Stanley openly walked out again. Olena had just breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she saw someone suddenly chase out from the Golden Wall Bank, which made her heart jump to her throat again.

Fortunately, that person only conversed with Stanley for a moment, and then handed him an item covered with a glass cover, and subsequently walked back inside the Golden Wall Bank.

Stanley left the security perimeter with a calm expression. Before long... a newly disguised Stanley silently arrived beside Li Yu.

"I got it... Lord." Stanley's voice sounded in the communication channel.

(End of this chapter)