Chapter 383: The Overlord Is Actually Me?

The majority of his Strength burst came from the abilities bestowed by the System, with extremely little price paid.

And the most important Purple Title—[Lone Wolf], didn't even require any price to be paid, the most heaven-defying of all.

Therefore, the "terrifying price" in Capone's imagination simply didn't exist.

Li Yu had no intention of explaining to these people, his gaze looking towards the Salvation Ark battleship in the distance.

The Giant Mechanical Ring was still in an unfolded state, the mass of Misty Substance in the shape of a brain flickering with faint light.

This was a thing from the Salvation Ark, and it was exactly this plaything that had directly locked onto him.

Li Yu suspected that what had remotely predicted his location previously was probably also this thing, the so-called Overlord!

According to the intelligence Alexei previously provided to Titus, in order to capture Li Yu, they had activated the Overlord.

And the Overlord was the most mysterious thing of the Salvation Ark. No one knew exactly how the Salvation Ark obtained it, only knowing that the Overlord possessed extremely powerful abilities.

Li Yu let his imagination run wild. Dispatching an entire research institute was obviously impossible. The Salvation Ark was incomparably massive with many research projects, and resources were distributed across all aspects.

It was just that, having achieved such an awesome battle record today, not only the Salvation Ark, but the numerous factions he had grievances with, while shocked, would definitely raise his threat level by several tiers.

Thinking of this, he suddenly looked at Capone, who was Overthinking, and an idea welled up in his heart.

He first dispatched several Transformers to go guard the Salvation Ark battleship, and then with a bit of coldness, said to Capone:

"Even if that's the case, you all becoming my prisoners is an indisputable fact."

"As for Donovan..." Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, a bit of fresh blood actually spilling from the corner of his mouth, but it was instantly evaporated by him.

However, it was still noticed by Capone, who had been staring fixedly at him.

"Haha... there really is a problem with your body!" Capone seemed to have verified his conjecture, looking very excited, and added:

"Donovan has already run away, getting angry is useless."

Li Yu's eyes revealed a bit of grimness: "Have you forgotten your Identity?"

Capone restrained his smile, shaking his head: "I know I am your captive now, but my value is extremely high, you won't kill me because of these two sentences."

"Hmph..." Li Yu coldly snorted, Noncommittal, immediately tossing the Cage into the Salvation Ark battleship.

This should lower my threat level quite a bit, he pondered secretly.

Just now was naturally deliberately acting for Capone to see. He would be redeemed sooner or later.

And his performance just now would also be considered by Capone as having the truth pierced, thus becoming angry from embarrassment.

When he returned to the Star Glory Empire, this matter would definitely be spread out.

Everyone would know that he paid an immense price to obtain that kind of combat power, enough to dispel the vigilance of many people.

He let Claptrap take over the Salvation Ark battleship, rapidly reviewing the Database within.

At the same time, the Amethyst Royal Family, with the help of the [Apostle], was advancing with an Unstoppable Force.

Capone had already issued the evacuation order before his defeat, so the Amethyst Royal Family was purely cleaning up the battlefield.

However, such a smooth battle situation made their hearts even more uneasy.

"Why did that [Apostle] disappear?" Someone staring closely at the battlefield discovered that after the [Apostle] escaped into their battleship, it Vanished Completely.

"There's definitely something fishy behind this... just what is going on here!?"

The numerous High Echelons were like Ants on a Hot Griddle, anxious and uneasy.

They defeated the other party to submit to the Star Glory Empire once again, but the current situation exceeded their control.

The [Apostle] inexplicably killed its way out from their camp, and then inexplicably disappeared.

They didn't know exactly what happened in the center of the battlefield.

"Report, intercepted a battleship, discovered the specific battle situation from their communication records!"

Finally news arrived, the crowd Impatient to understand exactly what happened.

However, as a large amount of information data and battle Recordings were played on the Holographic Screen, their faces gradually became pale.

"This... this..." Someone trembled, unable to speak.

"It's Li Yu? That guy again!?"

"Capone captured, a large number of A-Tier Lifeforms captured, tens of thousands of battleships lost, this..."

Everyone sat absentmindedly in their chairs, only one thought in their minds.

The Star Glory Empire will be furious!

This kind of loss was equivalent to a naked slap on the Star Glory Empire's face. If the Empire could tolerate this, it would be extremely outrageous.

And under the Empire's fury, they would similarly be Caught in the Crossfire, all their ideas turning into illusory bubbles.

A deathly silence fell over the Command Center, until a long time later someone spoke: "How about... inviting His Majesty back?"

The crowd slowly returned to their senses and looked at the person who spoke. You are truly a little smarty, you just put His Majesty under house arrest not long ago, and now you want to invite him back?

But after pondering, they had to admit this was a good idea, they needed someone to take the blame.

"Then... invite him back..."

Not long after, the Amethyst Emperor walked into the highest Command Center with a complex look in his eyes, a cold sneer on the corners of his mouth, staring at the seemingly respectful High Echelons in front of him.

"Things got messed up, so you know to bring me out to take the blame? Unfortunately... it's already too late..."

He had already learned the general course of events, not expecting Li Yu to have grown to this stage.

Once upon a time, he could crush Li Yu casually, and even thought of recruiting the other party, no... the so-called recruitment was merely wanting to use the other party.

If there had been a bit more sincerity at that time, perhaps the current situation would be completely different.

Thinking of this, the Amethyst Emperor couldn't help but reveal a bit of self-mockery; there are never any 'ifs'.

Someone shook their head and said: "We don't want you to take the blame, we just want you to sincerely explain to the Empire that today's matter has nothing to do with us."

"We also don't know where the [Apostle] popped out from."

"Hehe..." The Amethyst Emperor indifferently sneered twice: "You seem not to understand what I mean by too late."

"The previous Interstellar Fortress, the current [Apostle], plus Li Yu's sudden disruption, I ask you, who benefits the most?"

"This..." The crowd Looked at Each Other in Dismay, temporarily falling into a cognitive blind spot, unable to answer.

"Idiots!" The Amethyst Emperor cursed: "It's us!"

"Looking solely from the results, we defeated Saster without any effort. If we say Li Yu has no collusion with us, no one will believe it."

The numerous High Echelons only reacted then, a blank look on their faces. They were just thinking about the Star Glory Empire losing face, but didn't expect that now they were the suspects.

But thinking carefully, the facts were indeed so. The previously suddenly appearing Interstellar Fortress directly annihilated Saster's Pathos Fleet.

Giving them the capital to turn things around.

And now it even took down all of the Star Glory Empire's support, delivering victory to their mouths.

The crowd looked at each other, only one meaning in their eyes: did you collude with Li Yu?

"But the truth isn't so, perhaps we can capture Li Yu and explain to the Empire!" Someone came up with a countermeasure.

Up to this very moment, they were still thinking about how to explain, not because they wanted to be Bootlickers.

But because the Amethyst Civilization was simply too close to the Star Glory Empire, possessing no ability to resist whatsoever.

"Capture Li Yu?" The Amethyst Emperor had a faint smile: "Then undo the Gene Inhibitory Agent and let me deal with him."

"This..." Hearing this sentence, the crowd hesitated again.

The Amethyst Emperor was a powerful Third-Stage Evolutionist. It was only because they ambushed him using Gene Inhibitory Agents that they could force his abdication, otherwise the Amethyst Emperor could knead them as he wished.

Then the question arises, if the Amethyst Emperor's Gene inhibition is removed, will he charge at Li Yu first, or will he tear the crowd in front of him to pieces?

The Amethyst Emperor coldly snorted. He knew the kind of people in front of him would definitely not remove his Gene inhibition.

After all, the Star Glory Empire's accountability was still in the future, while his revenge was right before their eyes.

.........

"Ark System... awesome..." Li Yu stared at the small green ship in front of him, according to the records in this battleship's Database.

The reason Morgan didn't die was because of the Ark System, this kind of remote rebirth method.

"The methods of these top-tier research institutes truly cannot be underestimated..." Li Yu was secretly shocked. Through these few clashes, he had a profound understanding.

Although he had the last laugh every time, it was only because his improvement speed was too fast.

The forces dispatched by the Salvation Ark every time far exceeded the Strength he had exposed.

"And that Overlord, that should also be born from a Titan, it wouldn't be a Titan's brain, would it..." Li Yu pondered.

He felt that manifestation was very similar to the thing he obtained from Keek last time.

"No wonder that thing can locate the position of the Heart of the Titan, they are all from the Titan's body."

"Root-Tracing Reaction, interesting... I finally understand, whoever researches Titans deeper is more awesome."

He also learned from the Database that the special reaction produced between the Overlord and the Heart of the Titan last time was called—Root-Tracing Reaction.

The substance born from the Root-Tracing Reaction was extremely close to the physiological flesh and blood of a Titan, called—Source Matter.

Source Matter was an extremely precious material, its specific uses weren't recorded in the Database.

However, Li Yu guessed that the Salvation Ark absolutely didn't know about the situation of "Unity of Soul and Flesh".

Because the hypothesis of Unity of Soul and Flesh came from the Meditation Research Institute, Source Matter came from the Salvation Ark, and the most crucial core Alpha Cell came from the Star Glory Empire.

It was under A Twist of Fate that Li Yu completed "Unity of Soul and Flesh".

"Tsk tsk, the probability of this series of events is lower than buying a lottery ticket." Li Yu criticized inwardly, and then arrived in front of the Giant Mechanical Ring.

What was displayed within was merely the Overlord's remote projection, not the Overlord's main body.

But even if it was a projection, accompanied by Li Yu's approach, it began to emit bizarre fluctuations.

"I seem to, feel something..." Li Yu frowned slightly, reaching his palm towards the brain-shaped substance.

As he came into contact with that mass of Misty Substance, his pupils abruptly shrank, his perspective beginning to stretch infinitely.

The sight before him began to become bizarre and motley, various strange scenes flashed past, and some indistinct sounds began to echo in his ears.

"...Overlord's Mental Fluctuation abnormal, delta peak almost hitting the ceiling..."

"...Inject freezing particles..."

"...Warning, Mental Fluctuation continuously strengthening..."

"...Exactly what happened?"

Li Yu's perspective gradually cleared. This was a vast, large-scale Laboratory, surrounded by various hair-type Instruments, many of which Li Yu didn't recognize.

There were many Researchers coming and going around, only in his eyes they were merely the size of ants.

"Where is this place?"

Such a thought naturally emerged in his mind.

"...Beep beep, Overlord's Mental Fluctuation abnormal..."

"...Fluctuation capturing, comparing..."

"Is this the Salvation Ark?" A second thought arose in his heart. The only place monitoring the Overlord was the Salvation Ark.

"...Fluctuation continuing..."

"Comparison successful, mental ripples suspected to be Self-awareness fluctuations..."

A mechanized voice rang out throughout the entire Laboratory.

There were quite a few Researchers in this Laboratory, all busy with their own tasks, but upon hearing this sentence, all the Researchers stopped their work in unison.

Looking with unbelievable gazes at that large ball of light in the center.

"The Overlord has produced Self-awareness?"

"Continue testing, continue testing for me!"

"..."

One of the older Researchers suddenly pressed against the thick glass cover, his eyes incomparably fanatical.

"Quick, quickly notify the Navigator!"

In the Laboratory, someone pressed the red button, and a blurred figure appeared here.

He emanated an unparalleled Aura, shrouded in a White Long Robe, making people involuntarily feel a sense of reverence.

"What happened?" His voice was deep and serene, gentle but without emotional ripples.

Only the most urgent situations allowed the red button to be pressed.

"The... the Overlord has birthed Self-awareness!" A Researcher hurriedly explained.

"What!" The Navigator abruptly looked towards the large ball of light in the center, his eyes similarly containing fiery heat.

"Finally succeeded!!" His voice contained uncontainable excitement.

"What the hell succeeded?"

Many question marks surfaced in Li Yu's mind. He couldn't quite understand most of these people's conversations, only able to infer their meaning.

The Salvation Ark seems to have mistaken my Mental Fluctuations for the Self-awareness birthed by the Overlord.

And the Self-awareness birthed by the Overlord seems very important to them.

The Navigator took a deep breath, saying in a deep voice: "Activate the Mental Maintenance Device, consolidate the Overlord's Self-awareness."

"The Overlord's Self-awareness is the most crucial key to opening the Titan Sanctuary, there cannot be any mistakes!"

(End of this chapter)