Chapter 646: The Eve of the Sanctuary's Opening

"Six days... this time is much shorter than I expected..." Li Yu silently estimated. Actually, he had already asked Codri previously.

But Codri also didn't know the specific time because this matter had already been taken over by the Star Glory Empire. Aside from the Lord of the Ark, almost no one could participate.

Therefore, he could only start with Loyd.

Although the remaining time was shorter than he expected, at least there was still time to prepare.

He then smiled and said: "I said you wouldn't regret the idea of cooperating with me."

Loyd also chuckled softly, and then the two discussed some relatively sensitive topics.

Li Yu was inquiring about news of Xia En, while Loyd asked about the Other-Dimensional Camp and the Forerunners being two sides of the same coin.

Both of them were advancing step by step through probing. Discussing such confidential information now was obviously not quite appropriate.

Therefore, neither side obtained any useful information.

Two days later, the Bafarol System——a relatively remote star system in the Star Glory Empire.

On the surface, this place looked completely ordinary, but in reality, it was one of the few places within the Star Glory Empire where large-scale Black Market transactions could be conducted.

Rumor had it that the protector behind it was a certain High Echelon of the Star Glory Empire.

The sun gradually set, and the blood-red sunset glow tinged the horizon, turning the sky into a dazzlingly bright crimson jewel as the sunlight slowly retracted below the horizon.

The veil of night slowly enveloped the firmament, and the brilliant lights in the city lit up one after another.

Starfall City, the largest city in the Bafarol System.

During the day, it was almost silent and deserted here, with barely anyone visible on the streets. But at night, Starfall City woke up, revealing the other side of this interstellar metropolis.

It was like a woman wearing glasses, wrapped up tightly, shedding all her disguises at night to become hot and sexy, presenting an extreme contrast.

At night here, there were Black Market Merchants from various Star Systems, gray Cargo, and desperadoes.

They conducted secret transactions here, only continuing their journeys when dawn arrived.

The crowds on the streets were denser, surging like a tide, and a restless, treacherous atmosphere floated in the air.

Every Black Market Merchant heading here brought tall and burly Bodyguards exuding ferocious auras, looking Predatory and Ferocious.

They kept a certain distance from each other, and no one crossed this safe boundary.

Right at this moment, everyone discovered that the Earth beneath their feet seemed to be vibrating faintly.

Rumble!!

A burst of piercingly strong light came from afar. One by one, dazzling explosive Light Beams rose up, and the firelight illuminated the night sky, drawing immense attention.

Whoosh!

A Shockwave swept over like a toppling mountain and overturning sea, like a hurricane rising from the flat ground.

Even though they were relatively far away, they were still affected, the strong wind blowing their hair wildly.

The firelight ascended into the night sky. The countless Black Market Merchants around looked astonished, stopping their steps and turning their heads to look towards where the explosion occurred.

Someone was actually causing trouble here?

They were all people who had walked through a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, licking blood. Naturally, they wouldn't panic over this bit of explosion, just feeling surprised.

At the location of the explosion--

Bang!

A Mechanical Combat Blade flashed with silver light, cleaving open a Black Market guard wearing black Armor. With a backhand using the back of the blade, he smashed open another guy's skull, spraying blood all over the ground.

This was a group of guys of unknown origin, but their equipment was very excellent. They were exchanging fierce fire with the guards here.

They slaughtered each other, and the surrounding defense Turrets and mechanical vehicles fired madly at this group of people.

Energy Rays bombarded their protective Shields one after another. Intruders were constantly being blasted into annihilation, not even leaving powder behind.

But their leader displayed A-rank combat power, charging left and right, wielding a combat blade to turn things Earth-shattering.

Anything blocking the front was cleaved to pieces by him. And the high-level combat forces stationed here wouldn't stay at the outpost all the time. They hadn't arrived yet, and reinforcements were still on the way.

"Please stop resisting and accept our inspection!" the Black Market guard shouted.

"Scram to the side! We came because of the rules here, but I didn't expect you guards to actually try to double-cross us!"

He rebuked angrily, holding the blade with both hands and suddenly raising it towards the sky.

Eerie black symbols lit up on the combat blade and his body. Then his body rapidly expanded, his Aura also rising rapidly, and violent Energy surged out from his body.

He raised the combat blade and cleaved out balls of black Light Beams, attacking indiscriminately on the battlefield.

When it hit their own people, their bodies would glow black. Not only would their injuries gradually recover, but their combat power would also be significantly strengthened.

But if it hit the enemy, the enemy's skin surface would rot, their blood would flow in reverse, and they would suffer severe trauma.

"Dimensional possession, it really is people from the Abyss Institute. The people the higher-ups are looking for are exactly this group of people!" the on-site small commander shouted sternly.

At the same time, in the night sky, a meteor tore through the veil of night and plunged towards the combat area.

Beams of blazing light cannons suddenly descended from the sky, striking towards this place.

The person holding the combat blade sensed the crisis and hurriedly scattered to dodge.

Rumble!

The light cannons bombarded in front of him. The Earth shattered because of it, and the soil was instantly crystallized by the high temperature.

Accompanied by the bombardment, a figure descended, their entire body exuding tyrannical Energy Fluctuations, blocking this person's path.

"Just surrender without putting up a fight. You are not my opponent." The newcomer crossed their four thick arms, bare-chested, their red skin extremely conspicuous in the night.

"Are you guys... trying to break the rules you set yourselves?" The leader of this squad had a gloomy expression, the black symbols on his skin all writhing.

"No, it's just that someone wants to ask you guys a few questions." The Four-Armed Titan shook his head, "You'd better cooperate, there's no harm in it."

The squad leader looked around. More and more Black Market guards were rushing over here.

Not to mention the others, he couldn't even defeat this Four-Armed Titan right in front of him.

He was originally acting on the Leader's orders to come here and buy some special materials. He didn't expect to be targeted the moment he appeared, and by the guards here at that.

"Why would they suddenly target the Abyss Institute?" he felt anxious and restless inwardly: "And Boss only told me not long ago that he was an outer member of the Abyss Institute. How was it found out so quickly?"

Just as these thoughts surfaced in his mind, he noticed the Four-Armed Titan opposite him slowly approaching him.

He panted heavily. After thinking it over several times, he ultimately still couldn't muster the courage to resist and could only grit his teeth and surrender.

"Arrest them all. They are our esteemed guests," the Four-Armed Titan shouted.

Mechanical shackles were put on, and they were all escorted to the prison. What awaited them afterwards would be severe interrogation and torture.

The news of the Abyss Institute's destruction couldn't remain un-leaked forever.

Li Yu had learned of the so-called Project Fireseed from Loyd.

Large factions or civilizations almost all had this kind of contingency plan.

Even if Li Yu didn't leak the news, as time passed, those "fireseeds" would also leak the news out.

………

"So, you gave the cloak to Li Yu without considering us at all?"

Gosling's head was covered in cold sweat, and standing in front of him was a figure completely enveloped in a White Long Robe.

He didn't dare look up, trembling as he said: "I had no choice either. The Morton Civilization has already declined to this point; we have no room for bargaining."

The Third Forerunner remained silent. Of course he knew this logic; he was just angry that he was a step too late again.

He didn't expect Li Yu to have actually reached an agreement with Gosling long ago and obtained the cloak component.

Then in the previous battle, the so-called losses suffered by the Other-Dimensional Camp, the cost consumed to revive those A-rank lifeforms, and the dead dimensional legions, were completely within an acceptable range.

In the end, the only ones injured were the Forerunners.

"Do you have anything else to say?" the Third Forerunner said indifferently.

Gosling had already sensed the ill intent in the other party's tone and hurriedly said: "We also have a clue about the Helmet. It flowed to The Council and was obtained by the God of Inverse Thunder."

"This news... is still far from enough." The Third Forerunner raised his hand, and a semi-transparent Crystal Ball surfaced in his hand.

Accompanied by a dense Golden Radiance, a star system appeared in the Crystal Ball.

"Parr System..." Gosling exclaimed in shock.

It wasn't over yet. More and more star systems appeared in the Crystal Ball, all of which were star systems of the Morton Civilization.

Although Gosling didn't know exactly what methods the other party possessed, these star systems appearing in the Crystal Ball definitely weren't just for him to look at.

"I... this..." Gosling's throat bobbed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "We have another piece of news!"

"It's about The Council..."

The Third Forerunner's movements paused slightly. The Council was a relatively special System.

Even they couldn't reach their hands into The Council.

To be honest, they didn't have much interest in The Council because the System was special, and biting off more than one could chew wouldn't end well. They couldn't spare more manpower to systematically research the divine spirit System.

And a brief understanding wouldn't be of any help to them.

However, for Gosling to say it at this time, it shouldn't be an insignificant piece of news.

"Tell me about it."

"The twelve God's Thrones, there aren't only twelve, but thirteen," Gosling said. This was also news he had only just learned.

From the "fireseed" organization of the Morton Civilization, they preserved the Morton Civilization's former confidential Database.

"Thirteen?" The Third Forerunner frowned.

"Yes, and the last one is in..." Gosling hesitated for a moment and said: "Returning Star."

"The Council besieging Returning Star a while ago should be for this reason."

"Once the thirteen God's Thrones are gathered, it is said it will cause a qualitative change in The Council."

"How did you learn this news?" The Third Forerunner was somewhat surprised. This information was indeed unheard of.

"When the Morton Civilization hadn't yet declined, because of the Thunder Battle Armor, the Firstborn of Thunder, who was one of the Twelve Main Gods at the time, once visited us."

To increase the credibility of this news, Gosling even pulled up the documentary records from that time.

It wasn't just records internal to the Morton Civilization; it had also caused quite a stir on the Interstellar level at the time.

"He used this news in exchange to borrow the Thunder Battle Armor once."

The Third Forerunner remained silent. According to the trend at the time where The Council had already reconciled with Returning Star, The Council had probably already obtained the so-called thirteenth divine throne.

At the time, they hadn't paid too much attention to this attack. They didn't expect there to be such an inside story hidden.

Gosling was somewhat anxious, saying: "Your Excellency, we pose no threat to you whatsoever. We just want to continue Eking out a miserable existence."

The Third Forerunner also knew the Morton Civilization had no value. The cloak had already been handed over to Li Yu.

Even if he wiped out the Morton Civilization, he wouldn't gain anything. It would just be purely to vent his anger.

The scene in the Crystal Ball slowly dissipated. Gosling let out a long sigh of relief, and the Third Forerunner's voice entered his ears:

"I'll let you off for now, but there might be some operations later that need your cooperation."

Gosling felt bitter inwardly. If possible, he really didn't want to get involved with the other party.

But he could only nod and say: "No problem."

………

"Your people found the fireseed of the Abyss Institute?" Li Yu looked at Loyd in some surprise, "It's only been four days. That's pretty fast action."

"It should be just one of the fireseeds, and a rather stupid one at that. His surface hidden Identity is a Marauder."

"He sent people to the Star Glory Empire to purchase some contraband items. His subordinates didn't know the Abyss Institute had already been wiped out, still thinking they had a big tree to lean on."

Loyd had communicated frequently with Li Yu these past few days, and the two had already exchanged quite a bit of information.

"However, its leader is keeping his mouth shut tight. It will still take some time to get the news that the Abyss Institute has been wiped out from his mouth."

Li Yu looked thoughtful: "News obtained this way can then go through official channels, right."

"That's right, Empty words are no proof; there must be corroborating evidence." Loyd nodded, then added: "Yesterday I already reported the previous battle to the High Echelons, and they are very satisfied with this progress."

"They told me to continue provoking so you guys would continue fighting. However, they are still brooding over you getting the cloak component."

Li Yu chuckled twice and didn't speak.

Loyd added: "The reason I revealed you got the cloak is because the Morton Civilization is calm and peaceful. That president must have used some method to dodge this crisis; his tactics are quite impressive."

"If they aren't wiped out, the empire might learn about the cloak. Hiding this news now might have a huge impact on me in the future."

Li Yu glanced at him, not delving deeply into this issue, just sighing: "The Morton Civilization is one of the founding civilizations of the Civilization Alliance after all; it's not that easy to wipe out."

(End of Chapter)