Chapter 667: The Treacherous Currents Behind the Scenes

Boom!

Dazzling Energy Fluctuation exploded, radiating outward like a brilliant firework.

Two figures shot out from within, extremely fast. Before they could completely stop, they charged up again.

This was a Withered space. There was almost nothing on the ground, only a grey-black Earth that stretched as far as the eye could see, occasionally with a few scattered small hills.

Bang!

One of the figures shot into the surface, instantly blasting a deep crater on the ground. A Ring Mountain piled up around it, and cracks constantly spread.

But in an instant, that figure shot up into the sky again. His right arm bent like drawing a bow, and Energy rippled out like water waves.

Boom!

Li Yu threw a forward rushing straight punch. The fist, wrapped in dazzling Thunder, struck Dark Star's cheek.

Thud!!

A blue Shockwave burst forth, and Dark Star tumbled and shot backward.

Li Yu's movements didn't stop, showering down a barrage of punches. It seemed as if two afterimages were shuttling back and forth in the Void.

Crack!

After being violently beaten for a while, Dark Star hurriedly pulled back and retreated. His entire body ached everywhere, feeling as if he had been ravaged from head to toe dozens of times.

His counterattack was also sharp. Pink and tender tentacles extended from the Void, tightly binding Li Yu's entire body.

His fists were like mechanical hammers, constantly bombarding Li Yu's chest. Dark Star's pupils were filled with bloodshot eyes, his expression fierce.

Neither of them held back at all in their battle. Almost every attack was aimed at beating the other to death.

However, the strangeness lay here. Although the battle looked exceptionally ruthless, as if a slight carelessness would result in heavy injuries or even death.

But the two maintained a bizarre balance, neither able to do anything to the other.

At most, one would gain a slight advantage in a short time, and then the next moment they would be suppressed by the other. This scenario kept repeating, like a Recording replaying.

"Master, the terrain has been shaped almost perfectly, you guys can stop now." Claptrap's voice rang out in the Void.

Hearing this, the two stopped simultaneously in an instant. Li Yu raised an eyebrow slightly: "So fast? I feel like not much time has passed..."

"Master, it has already been three days..." Claptrap responded considerately.

The Aura on Dark Star rapidly plummeted. His originally fierce expression turned into one of Utterly Dejected.

"Alright, a hearty and delightful battle really makes people forget the passage of time." Li Yu couldn't help but sigh.

Hearing this, Dark Star's expression changed for a while, cursing inwardly.

When he interacted with this guy before, why didn't he see that he had the latent personality of a battle maniac?

"Alright, let's change to another cabin then. Shaping the terrain still needs a lot of energy. Our battle happens to be able to do natural shaping." Li Yu said casually.

Dark Star finally couldn't hold it in anymore, Gnashing Her Teeth and saying: "We've already been fighting for almost a month. It's time to rest a bit, right?"

"Are you very tired?" Li Yu asked in confusion. "You shouldn't be. Under that situation, our states are the same. I don't feel tired, so you shouldn't feel it either?"

Dark Star took a deep breath. His body didn't feel tired, but he was Mentally exhausted.

What kind of pervert could fight continuously for a month? Wouldn't it be more comfortable to go browse interstellar gossip news?

"I really can't take it anymore. Let me rest for a few days." Dark Star took a deep breath, even faintly having a bit of pleading.

"Uh..." Li Yu glanced at his Gene Chain Development Progress. The overall progress had reached about 21%.

The progress was very obvious. Previously, fighting with Bolvar and those Old geezer for ten days only increased it by 5%.

Dark Star was indeed a very compatible sparring partner for him. It was like he was fighting another himself, without needing to hold back, exerting his full Strength at all times.

In the entire Universe, he probably couldn't find a second sparring partner as compatible with him as Dark Star. It could be said to be a heaven-chosen sparring partner.

No, that wasn't right either. He chose this too. He didn't expect that an absurd item would ultimately create the current situation.

He could continuously increase his Gene Chain Progress through battle.

For him, battle was not boring, and even very rewarding.

But for Dark Star, this was a dull and extremely uncomfortable torture.

Thinking of this, he pondered for a moment and said: "Then let's rest for a few days. It just so happens that I also have a few things to deal with."

Hearing these words, Dark Star instantly felt like tearing up.

What ambition, what schemes? Right now, he just wanted a wife, kids, and a warm bed.

After these days of battle, seeing Li Yu's face now brought an indescribable pain to him. It was really time for a change of environment.

He left joyfully, going to find his Concubine.

Li Yu was somewhat Speechless. How did Dark Star get tortured like this? His character was almost changing.

Subsequently, a large amount of water began to gush out on the surface of this small space, filling a deep crater smashed out from the battle just now.

Then, a large number of lifeforms were dropped in. Under the adjustment of various environmental devices, this would become a new biochemical Laboratory.

After the end of the last war, Li Yu had the Jade Void Palace begin to systematically manufacture various "cabins" to integrate the production model.

His efforts in a short time could hardly catch up to the deeply rooted Star Glory Empire, but he still had to try his best to catch up.

The cabins of the Dimensional Ship were independent small spaces. They were essentially the remains of Dimensional Worlds.

These "cabins" had specialized "factories". They had never evolved life, so they were suitable for various large-scale projects.

These large "workshops" were filled with massive assembly lines and mechanical structures that worked day and night without stopping.

In the empty space, there were sleepless Transformers and [Dimensional World--Matter--Energy Conversion Generators] everywhere.

And their most important daily production task was to manufacture various large-scale weapons and warships. The blueprints used were basically those of Returning Star's advanced warships or bought from the Black Net.

The experimental "cabins", however, were even more special. They were shaped into suitable sizes according to a unified standard.

Built according to the cosmic environment of the Main Universe, whether it was density or physical parameters, they all remained unchanged.

All material resources were distributed according to the blueprints. Various experiments could be conducted within them, acting as control groups. If they failed, Claptrap could restore them with one click.

If viewed from a macroscopic perspective, these cabins were fixed by gravitational stasis fields, neatly arranged in the corners of the Dimensional Ship like Cargo.

Their size and color were almost identical, as if carved from the same mold.

Before filling them with a water environment and air, and dropping in basic lifeforms, they were just Empty Shell.

And some Technology obtained from the Titan Sanctuary also needed to be digested quickly.

With multiple threads running in parallel, the Energy consumed by the current Jade Void Palace every day was an astronomical figure.

If the Dimension Engine wasn't indeed powerful, its Energy depth immeasurable after swallowing numerous Dimensional Worlds, it really might not be able to hold up.

In fact, it was already somewhat unable to hold up now.

Forcing Li Yu to stop some projects, such as—the technological restoration of the Abyss Institute and other insignificant things.

………

"Yo, how come you have free time today? I just saw Dark Star running off happily to who knows where. I thought I saw the wrong person." Hunter had a strange expression:

"For that kind of expression to appear on his face is too discordant."

He just saw Dark Star appear, so he knew Li Yu should also end the battle, so he came over to report some news.

"It might be because he has been too happy recently, and his personality has changed." Li Yu said.

"Why do I feel like he's been tortured badly?" Hunter stared suspiciously at Li Yu.

"Do you need something?" Li Yu asked back, looking Hunter up and down: "If you don't have anything, spar a few rounds with me?"

"Yes, yes..." Hunter hurriedly waved his hand: "Siegel sent news not long ago. The intelligence line he and Anthony established not long ago was uprooted by the Star Glory Empire."

"Now it's just the two of them left wrapping things up. It's already very difficult to develop outside."

As a legendary Assassin, Siegel was still very skilled in this aspect. Anthony was also Ruthless. The two complemented each other, and the intelligence network developed extremely rapidly.

However, the sudden action of the Star Glory Empire caused their efforts to go down the drain.

But there was no major loss anyway, and Li Yu didn't care.

"Don't let them wrap things up, just have them come back directly. That intelligence network hasn't been established for long anyway, there's nothing worth hiding." Li Yu said directly.

"Hmm..." Hunter nodded, and then hesitated a bit: "Max secretly contacted me before and asked about your situation. I was afraid of leaking news, so I didn't say much to him."

"But listening to him, the Star Glory Empire secretly took action against Returning Star. Many High Echelons were assassinated, and a lot of confidential information was inexplicably lost."

Li Yu frowned. Returning Star was deeply involved with him after all.

Even if a superficial statement was issued, it only made the Star Glory Empire lose a frontal reason. Little actions would definitely continue constantly.

Wanting to use Returning Star as a breakthrough to investigate the Other-Dimensional Camp.

"But the overall loss is still within a controllable range." Hunter added.

In this month, the Star Glory Empire took action in all aspects, searching for clues of the Other-Dimensional Camp through various levels.

And because of this, some Monsters and Demons were drawn out.

But even within the Star Glory Empire's internal Territory, they couldn't possibly know everything clearly.

Just like the Forerunners, as long as they didn't attract the Star Glory Empire's attention, they could hide for a long time. But once exposed, it would be troublesome.

However, to everyone's surprise, the Star Glory Empire seemed to have found nothing in this month.

Of course, if the few Marauder found in the Ancient Starpath were considered Member of the Other-Dimensional Camp, then it wasn't exactly nothing.

But how could the Star Glory Empire possibly use such a disgraceful result to boast?

As a result, it led to this situation of Loud Thunder, Small Raindrops.

Some civilizations and organizations had an inconceivable guess in their hearts: The Star Glory Empire couldn't possibly really have found nothing, right?

Could it be that they really couldn't find anything about such a large organization as the Other-Dimensional Camp?

And the bottom-tier Bystanders, while paying attention to this matter, were also attracted by other things happening In interstellar space.

"The things you asked me to pay attention to have some leads." Hunter opened the Holographic Screen:

"In this month, over one hundred and thirty-two small civilizations were destroyed by unknown forces, over two hundred and seventy A-Tier Lifeforms, and other death tolls are innumerable."

"But this kind of news has been strictly blocked, and not much has circulated. The bottom-tier Interstellar Citizen only know that many roaming lifeforms have caused great destruction, and they are defined as Horror Lifeform."

"Many people have witnessed the figures of Variant Lifeforms such as the Siren, Two-Headed Troll, and Six-Armed Titan."

"Many civilizations, organizations, and factions have already united, hoping that all the large civilizations can shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the peace and stability of the Interstellar."

Li Yu glanced at the specific information. The situation was even more serious than he estimated.

These Variant Lifeforms imprisoned by the Life Titan had absolutely no rules, order, or compassion in their hearts, following primitive wildness.

Because their Strength was too powerful, and every one that could be imprisoned by the Life Titan instead of being directly killed had their own special traits.

Then it was not just harming the bottom-tier Citizens. It could be said that below A-rank, they basically had no ability to protect themselves.

But even A-Tier Lifeforms would find it hard to escape if they encountered them.

Therefore, some advanced interstellar civilizations also took a clear-cut stand together with the bottom-tier Citizens.

"But the figure of the Fallen Titan has disappeared, unable to find any traces at all." Hunter switched a few pages:

"In addition, a voice has appeared On the interstellar stage, believing that if the Civilization Alliance or the Star Glory Empire have no reaction to this, then the A-Tier Lifeforms can form an alliance themselves to Mutual Aid and Assistance for their respective homes and lives."

"If attacked by a Horror Lifeform, nearby members must provide unconditional support."

"Oh?" Li Yu raised his eyebrow slightly. A-Tier Alliance?

Who was pushing this from behind? It appeared at just the right time.

Under normal circumstances, the Major Civilizations couldn't possibly sit back and watch. Such an oversized civilian armed alliance emerging, even if it was loose, was not acceptable.

Who knew what it would develop into in the end. And among the A-Tier Lifeforms, no one would act as this bellwether who could easily be slaughtered by others.

But under the current situation, the most powerful overlord civilization, the Star Glory Empire, was busy searching for the Other-Dimensional Camp and had no time to attend to other things.

And these newly emerged Horror Lifeform not only endangered ordinary Citizens, but more importantly, posed a threat to A-Tier Lifeforms as well.

If it was just the displeasure of the bottom-tier Citizens, at most they would issue a few statements to appease them, then create some large-scale gossip for entertainment, and everyone would forget about this matter.

But at the level of A-Tier Lifeforms, a sense of crisis was generated, and they began to consciously draw closer to each other.

They were not easy to fool. Under this trend, the most perfect timing was born.

(End of Chapter)