Chapter 767: Blood Demon Mercenary Corps

Inwardly mocking the Star Glory Empire and Li Yu a few times, Stellar Spark remained impassive on the surface and brought his Attention back to Silver Shadow.

"I accept Your Excellency's proposal."

To him, opening up the Barren Universe Zone was nothing worth rejecting.

In this starry expanse, their Survival Space had been compressed to the extreme anyway.

The two reached a preliminary agreement, though there were still some issues left unresolved.

But both wisely refrained from asking further; trust needed to be built step by step.

The two quickly left this place and began to discuss the detailed plan of their cooperation.

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Several days later, on a certain Commercial Planet in the Star Glory Empire, the Third Forerunner, having disguised himself as a first-class Imperial Citizen, held his head high and stepped down from the Spaceship.

However, when passing through the checkpoint, the official responsible for Identity verification looked at the document in his hand with some doubt.

But before he could voice his questions, a hint of blankness flashed through his eyes, and he involuntarily pressed the approval button and returned the document to him.

After safely passing the checkpoint, the Third Forerunner quickly arrived at a commercial apartment. Following the room number in his memory, he unlocked a room.

Stored inside was heavily disguised encrypted Communication Equipment.

He quickly booted up the Communication Equipment. The white noise on the screen gradually disappeared, and the static coming from the audio channel was replaced by an alert inquiry.

"Code?"

""

The Third Forerunner uttered a string of codes. After a moment of silence from the audio channel, a gasp of surprise quickly followed, along with the sound of something smashing onto the floor.

"It's you, Lord Third Forerunner. Are you still safe?" The other party's tone was slightly excited.

But the Third Forerunner was somewhat impatient and said: "Quickly notify the Leader that I have escaped from the prison. Prepare to send people to extract me."

"This..." The communication officer's tone seemed somewhat hesitant.

"Lord Third Forerunner, the Leader ordered us to relay that we are not to initiate any extraction operations for you."

"Why?" The Third Forerunner was somewhat puzzled. He didn't think the organization had abandoned him, but rather that something he didn't know about must have happened.

"The Leader ordered that if you contact us, we are to tell you that Li Yu's Strength can already contend with Super Lifeforms."

"The communication time has exceeded one minute and will soon disconnect. Please take care."

After the beep sounded, a smell resembling burning arose from inside this encrypted Communication Equipment.

Yellow-black liquid flowed from beneath the machine, seemingly the product of melted metal.

At this moment, the Third Forerunner was somewhat stunned.

Enough to contend with Super Lifeforms?

This... how could this be possible!?

Originally, he thought it was already shocking enough that the other party could confront him head-on in such a short period of time.

Yet now his Leader told him that the other party's Strength was even stronger than what he had displayed previously.

Which meant that his escape from the other party's hands was basically just a joke.

It was clear he had been intentionally let out, used as bait for fishing.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt Ice Cold All Over. In the dark, it felt as if someone was staring at him.

He subconsciously clenched his fists, circulating his ability throughout his body, but didn't find any abnormalities, nor were there any signs of being tracked.

His expression was Moody, not knowing what he was thinking about.

More than half a month passed in a flash. On this day, Loyd hurriedly sought him out and told him a piece of news: "The Forerunners have begun to act again."

"Oh?"

Li Yu casually tossed the Card in his hand into his System Space.

【Special Item--Botanical Frenzy: You can control nearby plants for a short duration and imbue them with extraordinary toxicity.】

Another reward that was of no use to his current self.

"Actually, we had discovered this kind of trace a while ago, it's just that we were confirming the news." Loyd continued to add:

"Not long ago, the Black Stone Research Base of the Balotalos Civilization was burglarized, and a large batch of Black Stone Cores was stolen. According to the clues, it should have been done by The Forerunners."

The Black Stone Core was a special material used in high-precision Instruments.

There were many kinds of similar materials, and the Black Stone Core was absolutely among the top tier of them.

"The Balotalos Civilization seems very far from the Star Glory Empire," Li Yu thought for a moment and said.

"That's right..." Loyd nodded: "Even relying on the Stargates of multiple civilizations, it would still take at least more than a month to reach Balotalos."

"We suspect this is their scheme, moving our gaze away from the Third Forerunner, and then they will execute their rescue plan."

Li Yu was Noncommittal. He glanced at the Third Forerunner's location; he had already stayed on that planet for a long time without moving.

Since he had let the Third Forerunner out, he naturally had methods to find the other party.

【Special Item--Tracking Mark: Locks onto the target's position at any time.】

This was a reward Number Three had obtained previously. It only had a simple tracking function, so it wasn't of much use to him.

It came from a certain random event where someone used it to track him, wanting to scout out his origins.

This kind of reward could only play a role at certain specific times, and he still had many such small rewards.

The location of that planet was in the heartland of the Star Glory Empire, not a suitable place for an extraction.

With the Third Forerunner's abilities, without using special methods, such as utilizing the Mirror of Omniscience for tracking.

Normal screening methods would find it almost impossible to uncover him.

If The Forerunners were truly preparing to rescue him, the Third Forerunner shouldn't be staying in this kind of place.

"Your plan has worked. Before, we actually thought we let the Third Forerunner run away for nothing," Loyd lamented.

What the Star Glory Empire feared wasn't The Forerunners' activities, but their inactivity.

Once they entered a state of Lie Dormant, then there would truly be no clues to investigate.

Since they had started moving again now, following the vine to get the melon, there would always be a chance to uncover more information.

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On the other side, the Hyst Star Corridor. This was a civilization cluster composed of over two hundred and thirty-six civilizations.

A fleet was intercepted by a Small fleet bearing the insignia of the Star Glory Empire. After a fierce battle, the entire crew of this fleet was captured.

On the deck of the Main Ship, the charred corpse of the Leader of this fleet lay on the ground.

All the Little Brothers next to him were squatting on the ground holding their heads, covered in bruises and cuts, shivering and not daring to look up. Surrounding them stood a group of soldiers wearing advanced Combat Suits of the Star Glory Empire.

The one leading them was an interstellar human wearing even more advanced Combat Armor. Pinned to his chest was a badge representing the rank of Captain.

Patrol or cruising fleets only conducted inspections within a civilization's borders, similar to the role of police.

But civilizations with a bit more capability would also train teams specifically to operate in the outside world, being of an agent nature yet also public.

The Star Glory Empire Captain paced in front of this fleet, his tone unhurried:

"Three days ago, you departed from the Cansania Civilization, simultaneously carrying a large amount of Source Crystal Ore acquired through illegal means."

Smack.

The Star Glory Empire Captain suddenly stopped in front of a member of this fleet.

Grabbing the black tentacles on his chin, forcing him to look up and meet his sharp gaze, he said in a deep voice: "Can you tell me what relationship you have with The Forerunners?"

"Also, why are you stealing this kind of resource on a large scale?"

"We... we don't know either."

"The captain just told us to transport some things at a certain port."

This member of the fleet stuttered, tears almost falling. He clearly wasn't a member of The Forerunners.

The true members of The Forerunners had already been killed in the battle just now, preferring death over surrender.

They were just a group of unlucky bastards.

"Then where are the things now!?" he barked coldly.

"Yesterday... yesterday it was taken over by a mercenary team and temporarily transferred."

"Transferred? What mercenaries?" he pressed.

"It's the Blood Demon Mercenary Corps!"

The Star Glory Empire Captain's eyes flashed as he called up the information of this Mercenary Corps.

"A Mercenary Corps established for less than a year, primarily undertaking positive business. Two A-Tier Lifeforms, one Troll and one interstellar human..."

He whispered: "Two A-Tier Lifeforms, a bit thorny..."

"Report to the A-Tier Alliance, request assistance from A-Tier Lifeforms near the Hyst Star Corridor. Hmm..." He pondered slightly and added: "They don't need to make a move, just serve as a deterrent."

"Understood..." The subordinate took the order and turned to do his job.

Positive business basically consisted of escorting merchant fleets, small civilizations dealing with Marauder harassment, and similar tasks.

Usually, this kind of Mercenary Corps could be negotiated with, and there shouldn't be any conflict.

Even though the Star Glory Empire looked down on the Starry Sky, in specific operations, it was hard for these small fry like them to raise the big banner.

The Star Glory Empire Captain narrowed his eyes. The general plan had already formed in his mind. He abandoned this fleet, turned and walked away, dropping one sentence.

"Move out, find this group of people!"

"Also, erase the traces here!"

With a big tree to lean on and massive resources at their disposal, finding a Mercenary Legion posed no difficulty at all.

They just needed to directly report the news, and then wait for the upper echelons to provide the coordinates.

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Several days later, in a bizarre Jump Channel, a fleet was sailing.

Keller took strides with her slender long legs, her heels clicking rhythmically against the Metal Corridor.

Her whole appearance looked increasingly bewitching, her red lips bright like Fire.

"Hello, Big Boss!"

The subordinates passing by stiffened their bodies, not squinting sideways, and greeted loudly.

Only after Keller walked far away did they dare to breathe a sigh of relief.

Pushing open the door of the Training Room, sure enough, a burly figure was sweating profusely here.

"Big guy, I knew you were here." Keller raised an eyebrow. With a light leap, she sat on Tu Ying's shoulder, crossing her legs. The tight-fitting combat uniform outlined her graceful curves.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of impacts continuously rang out in front of them. The special training dummy in front of Tu Ying was almost overwhelmed, on the verge of complete collapse.

The amplitude of his movements was huge, but Keller, sitting on his shoulder, showed not the slightest trace of swaying.

"I'm your older brother, not 'big guy'." Tu Ying's voice was as muffled as ever.

"I know, I know..." Keller said absentmindedly: "Our business has been cut down a lot recently. The Hassfu Legion is going to play dirty tricks."

"Our prices are lower than theirs. Having disrupted this market that they've monopolized for almost a millennium, they naturally won't let it go."

Even though Tu Ying was undergoing high-intensity training, his tone of voice didn't waver in the slightest.

"Those damn guys. Don't they know how much wealth they've earned relying on the Hyst Star Corridor? To think they're still not satisfied." Keller gritted her teeth:

"We merely received a commission here by chance, yet they've subjected us to all sorts of suppression."

"Their Strength is formidable, with over ten A-Tier Lifeforms. That they've only subjected us to commercial suppression so far already surprises me," Tu Ying said.

"If they dare make a move on us, then we can only flip the Table." Dangerous colors flickered in Keller's scarlet pupils.

"Mobilizing the Transformation Legion will expose our Identity. Uncle Yu said that once our Identity is exposed, it's time to go back." Tu Ying stopped his movements and said: "Do you want to go back?"

"Although I somewhat miss Mother, I still don't want to go back..." Keller shook her head.

"Then isn't that it. Just wait. I feel like I'm about to break through. Once I become a Tier A2 lifeform, I should be able to arm-wrestle with their Leader."

"Or, directly leave this civilization cluster?"

"No!" Keller decisively shook her head: "The Hassfu Legion illegally trafficks slaves, even Young Children of various races. They deserve to die!"

"I can't forget those children on that Spaceship!" Her expression was full of murderous intent.

They had already been out for over half a year and experienced many things. Keller, in particular, was no longer that girl from the beginning.

Tu Ying was silent for a moment, then said: "Then let's annihilate them."

Just as the two were talking, alarms suddenly rang out from the battleship—

"Warp Interception Device detected, about to be forced out of Jump State. Please prepare for Impact."

Keller and Tu Ying's expressions changed slightly. They exchanged a glance, quickly left the Training Room, and arrived at the Command Center.

The rigorously trained subordinates were carrying out their work methodically.

"Someone is intercepting us. Could it be the Hassfu Legion? They finally can't hold back and are making a move?" Keller frowned slightly.

"Don't know..." Tu Ying's eyes were like an Ancient Well Without Ripples: "Deal With Problems As They Arise!"

"Stop imitating Uncle Yu..." Keller rolled her eyes, causing the aura Tu Ying had painstakingly cultivated to vanish instantly, and he glared at her fiercely.

(End of this chapter)