Chapter 460: Horus Notices Something Wrong

And not long before Li Yu's speech left everyone bewildered, in the Return Star Central Star System.

Although more than a month had passed, the aftermath of Rong Yan's provocation towards Majesty Digor still lingered around the Central Star System.

The most direct proof was that the number of Interstellar Travelers coming to the Central Star System for sightseeing had decreased by about a fifth.

This was an astonishing figure, which could basically be converted to mean that about a fifth of the people in the entire Interstellar believed Returning Star was not as good as before.

Although this conversion was somewhat unreasonable, it wasn't far off.

At this moment, a Spaceship approached from afar, slowly nearing the Central Star System. Like the previous one, it did not have an Admission Protocol.

Nor did it connect to the intelligent system according to established procedures to open its ship's log and apply for an Admission Protocol.

Just like Rong Yan, it could only be manually intercepted and reviewed.

"Approaching vessel, stop advancing. Please immediately state your Identity, and open your ship's log."

And in the very next moment, a tyrannical Energy Fluctuation explosively erupted.

All Energy Detection Radars instantly blared, issuing continuous buzzing warnings.

Rumble!

"Alert! Alert! High-energy burst detected, Energy Level exceeds five million!"

Whoosh——

The Defending Forces on the periphery of the entire Central Star System were instantly thrown into a commotion.

The fleet in the Outer Space Layer immediately gathered, their Main Cannons began to charge, locking onto this Spaceship, and instantly entered a combat state.

And in the next moment, an extremely arrogant voice appeared on the broadcast channel:

"Tigor, you destroyed my Homeworld and killed my compatriots. Today I have come to challenge you, do you dare to accept the challenge!"

As he spoke, he fiercely pressed his aura towards the Central Star System. However, compared to the massive Central Star System, it felt somewhat like A mantis trying to stop a chariot.

As for the travelers in the many Spaceships obediently lining up around, they only had one sentence in their hearts——

Damn, there's another show to watch! This trip wasn't a waste of money!

Just then, a subordinate soldier sent an inquiry to his superior.

"Captain, there's another one challenging Majesty Digor. What should we do?"

The Captain's face was filled with anger as he shouted: "What is written in the Combat Plan?"

"How to respond when encountering an enemy, do I still need to teach you this?"

"Is it because it's been too long since an enemy invaded the Central Star System that you guys are at a loss for what to do!?"

The soldier shrank his neck, "Under... understood."

This was mainly caused by the lingering trauma left by Rong Yan's challenge last time.

The Spaceship in the Outer Space Layer was surrounded by the fleet. After that person issued his challenge, he began to constantly spout trash talk on the broadcast channel.

He listed Tigor's three great sins, five major atrocities, and countless brutal actions.

It was exactly the same as Rong Yan's behavior back then.

Just as he was wildly spouting trash talk, a strong light suddenly lit up in his field of vision.

He hurriedly looked up out the porthole, only to see the fleet surrounding him open Fire without even a greeting.

The light from the Energy Cannons filled his vision!

…………

"Finally couldn't hold back..." Vimala looked at the Holographic Screen in front of her.

They didn't have the confidence to deal with Rong Yan without casualties, so could they not have the confidence to deal with an A3-tier lifeform?

Even the explosion's aftermath was firmly controlled within a regional area by the dark matter locks, not spreading and thereby causing greater casualties.

Although they easily eliminated this provoking lifeform, there was no joy on Vimala's face.

This was only the beginning. This would cause the originally somewhat pacified Interstellar Public Opinion to boil again, thereby focusing the gaze of the entire Interstellar community.

If another major upheaval occurred in Returning Star during this period, the impact would be far more profound than imagined.

"The enemy's calculated time isn't too far off. If Tigor doesn't... then the time of death is indeed approaching..."

Many thoughts flashed through Vimala's mind. The current Returning Star was outwardly relaxed but inwardly tense; many unseen forces were surging beneath the surface.

This incident concerned Returning Star's Matter of Survival, and many High Echelons had already launched their plans.

However, Vimala did not quite approve of Tigor's risky plan. A slight lack of Attention would drag the entire Returning Star into the Abyss.

But Tigor insisted on having his own way, and she couldn't stop him. She could only make more preparations based on this.

"Horus is in No Man's Land, but he was heavily injured by the Solar Diadem. His Strength shouldn't have fully recovered yet. Even if he comes back, it won't be of much help."

Vimala's profile reflected a dazzling glow under the sunlight, and deep in her pupils, it seemed like a gem was shining.

"As for Li Yu, he won't be of any help on the frontline battlefield. He will mainly be used for his reputation to quell the subsequent aftermath."

"It's just that, why hasn't the Strength promised by the Dimensional Camp behind him arrived yet..."

Vimala had already asked Horus to inquire, but he got absolutely no useful information from Li Yu.

Although she herself had the contact method of that "God of the Force", there was no need to take the initiative to contact him.

What she needed was equal cooperation. It wasn't about humbly begging; that would be of no value to her and might instead bring hidden dangers.

However, out of cautious consideration, she hadn't included the Strength of that "God of the Force" in her plan to begin with.

Even if the other party didn't show up, it wouldn't cause any interference to the existing plan.

"If they dare to deceive me, they'd better hope Returning Star doesn't survive this Cosmic Calamity..." A cold light flashed in Vimala's eyes.

Although Tigor's plan was extremely risky, it was precisely because the risk was huge that the resulting benefits would also be immense.

If they successfully annihilated all the invading enemies, Returning Star's influence on the Interstellar level would experience a qualitative leap.

It could even be comparable to the Star Glory Empire, which had been quite low-key in recent years.

Although their true combat Strength definitely wouldn't reach that level, many mid-to-lower tier civilizations and ordinary Citizens wouldn't know that.

Just like now. Although Returning Star's comprehensive Strength hadn't been weakened at all.

But just because Rong Yan provoked them once at their doorstep, it led to a decline in Returning Star's overall prestige.

This brought about losses in benefits in various aspects, and this impact was still continuously expanding.

Just as she was pondering, a servant hurriedly came to report that many High Echelons were already prepared and were just waiting for Vimala to open the meeting.

………

And the Black Pupil Fleet, having just exited the Jump State, still felt some lingering fear. A large number of mid-to-lower level soldiers were panting heavily.

Many guys who were usually cautious felt their bodies somewhat limp.

Everything they had just experienced was simply incredibly dreamy to them.

One second they were treated as prey by many factions, and the next second they grandly broke out of the encirclement.

And all of this was attributed to their Commander's "astonishing" speech.

That's right, they couldn't find any other adjectives and could only use the word "astonishing."

"It seems I also need to practice my eloquence." A soldier leaned against the Metal Cabin wall, covered in cold sweat.

"You're not the Commander, practicing that stuff is useless." A soldier nearby shook his head.

Although these mid-to-lower level soldiers found it bizarre, they could only treat this matter as After-dinner talk.

And as capital for bragging to other relatives and friends after returning to Returning Star.

But Horus and Codri wouldn't suppress this confusion in their hearts.

"What exactly is going on? Why did they let us leave? Did the Dimensional Camp intervene?" Codri pressed.

Originating from Salvation Ark, having lived a long time, and having seen enough things, his curiosity wasn't too strong.

But the things he encountered today still refreshed his worldview.

At the time, many of the known factions were "Old Friends" he had dealt with before.

In past confrontations, he never felt those people were this stupid. If they were really this stupid, their Salvation Ark would have been invincible in the Universe long ago.

Li Yu shrugged and said: "You saw what happened at the time. I guided them patiently, reasoned with them, and moved them with emotion."

"And after careful consideration, they thought what I said was very right, so they let us go."

Codri obviously didn't believe it, treating it as Li Yu being unwilling to explain, his eyes flickering.

But Horus's face wasn't looking good. Just now, this extremely unscientific situation gave him an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

How the fuck is this exactly the same as the bizarre situation with me!?

After being inexplicably attacked by some people supposedly filled with a sense of justice, he occasionally had this bizarre feeling too.

He was quite shocked just now and didn't think carefully. Now that he had recovered his senses, he immediately felt something was wrong.

Before, although he also suspected Li Yu, he had no direct evidence and couldn't find a motive, so he eliminated him as a suspect.

But after this incident happened today, Horus was ninety percent sure that the source of his bizarre condition was Li Yu right in front of him!

"Is that situation with me your doing!?" Horus's face was gloomy, staring intently at Li Yu.

Li Yu's heart suddenly jumped. Not good, discovered by this old man.

Clearly, the effect of the [Chaotic Speech] just now made Horus associate it with his own bizarre situation.

"What situation? What did I do?" Li Yu looked blank.

"Stop playing dumb. I know it must be you." Horus was extremely displeased inwardly.

Li Yu's expression changed, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Advisor Horus, although we have a good relationship, you can't just speak nonsense without evidence."

Li Yu made up his mind to deny it to the death. Anyway, without substantive evidence, Horus couldn't do anything to him for the sake of Vimala's plan.

Veins popped on Horus's forehead, and he gritted his teeth saying:

"Although I have no evidence, I have only seen this kind of extremely unreasonable yet still occurring scenario with you."

"Why would those guys supposedly full of a sense of justice attack me for no reason!?"

Watching the show from the side and even feeling somewhat confused, Codri instantly understood what was going on upon hearing Horus's last sentence.

When he first cooperated with Li Yu, he mingled with the lower-level soldiers of the Black Pupil Fleet for a long time.

Although it was hard to get confidential information from them, the "rumors" passed by word of mouth among them still had some value.

Among them was the rumor of the "Justice Detector—Horus."

It was said that Horus had a natural attraction to people with a sense of justice, causing those people to inexplicably want to attack him.

Originally, after filtering by Codri's Think Tank, this rumor was removed from the scope of value.

Because it was simply too nonsensical, and there was no substantive evidence——

Because every soldier in the Black Pupil Fleet said they wanted to attack Horus to prove they had a sense of justice.

But none of Codri's subordinates had such a feeling.

So he thought this was just a false rumor.

But listening to Horus's tone, it seemed it wasn't as he guessed.

This matter was actually true?

This... Codri originally subconsciously wanted to say impossible, but remembering Li Yu's "speech" just now, he suddenly felt that nothing was impossible.

Horus's tone was deep and cold: "I don't care what the reason is, or what method you used, remove that bizarre state from me!"

He had had enough. This wasn't just because of the discussions among the lower-level soldiers.

It genuinely affected his life safety. Being attacked last time was a living example.

Although there weren't many weirdos like the leader of the White Uprising Army in the Universe, it couldn't prevent another one from jumping out at a critical moment.

Horus couldn't handle it either.

"Do you think that the reason you've been inexplicably attacked by people of justice recently is because of me!?" Li Yu looked stunned, as if he had just understood what was going on.

He said earnestly: "Why would I do that to you? There has to be a motive, right?"

"When you brought Princess Rein to save me in the Barot Civilization, I saw you as a divine being."

Horus instantly froze. Looking at Li Yu's clear eyes, he seriously suspected that his secret plot with Vimala to kill Li Yu had been discovered by the other party, which was why this guy set him up.

But this matter couldn't be brought up now. After all, Li Yu was currently in the same camp as Vimala.

This made him feel somewhat depressed. It was as if a ball of Fire was brewing in his heart, yet he had nowhere to vent it.

Looking at Horus's depressed expression, Codri keenly sensed that there must be something going on here.

Li Yu definitely wouldn't plot against Horus for no reason. This might involve their previous grudges and entanglements.

However, it would probably be very difficult for Horus to achieve his goal. Li Yu had clearly decided to deny it to the death.

And Horus definitely wouldn't do anything to Li Yu at this juncture. He could only swallow all his grievances into his stomach.

(End of this chapter)