Chapter 2076: One Percent

Whoosh—Bang!!

The sonic boom shattered the air.

Before Gao Tian and the others could subconsciously ask him what to do,

Lin An directly gave the answer with his action.

Only seeing Lin An give a cold chuckle, his speed not dropping but rising, the speed that burst out instantly was like a red light slicing the sky.

At the same time, the old man who thought Lin An would stop was suddenly shocked and couldn't understand what Lin An was trying to do at all.

Especially the opponent's speed, far exceeding his understanding of the Fourth Stage!

Damn it! How could these war slaves not obey orders!?

"Stop..! Quick..!"

"Bang!!"

How fast the speed was; even though Lin An only burst out with the speed of an ordinary war star, for the old man who was only at the Fourth Stage Peak, he simply couldn't react.

Almost no reaction time was given to the contact person; in an instant, only seeing Lin An rush to the old man's face and then mercilessly step down!

Only hearing a boom, even though the old man bore not even one percent of Lin An's force, he was like a meteorite; at the moment of contact his chest caved in and he slammed into the ground at extreme speed!

"Pffft!!!"

Blood spattered, and after literally almost stomping the opponent to death, Lin An then slowly landed, expressionlessly standing on the old man's head looking down at him:

"War Slave?"

"What are you? You dare to command me?"

Lin An completely disregarded how arrogant his action was, simply stepping on the opponent's head and coldly chuckling:

"After saying that, was it Qing Kai who had you welcome me like this, or someone else?"

"What did Qing Kai tell you, and what's after the passage? I'll count to three; if you can't answer, I'll kill you!"

As the words fell, Lin An slightly exerted force with his right foot; the huge power instantly crushed the old man's skull, eliciting a painful wail.

Having never encountered such a thing, the old man in charge of reception thought Lin An was simply crazy! He couldn't fathom how a group of war slaves dared to lay hands on him, and even try to kill him over a disagreement!!

"No..!! No!!"

In pain begging for mercy, realizing Lin An's killing intent was genuine, the old man filled with fear hastily spoke:

"Sir, spare my life!! No one taught me to do this! I am following the orders of Sir Qing Kai's subordinate, the Golden Robe, to come welcome.. welcome you, sir!"

"Qing Kai sir didn't tell me anything at all; it's all me acting on my own..! Not.. me.. I also didn't.."

"After the passage is inspection! Just a normal inspection!"

Wanting to cry but no tears.

As the old man spoke, his heart couldn't help but collapse.

Actually Lin An misunderstood; Qing Kai indeed hadn't ordered him to do anything to Lin An, nor to humiliate him. His identity was that of a lowly figure so low he couldn't even be considered lowly, lacking even the qualification to meet Qing Kai.

He let Lin An and the others land simply because the passage location was sensitive; if they could avoid leaving too many traces, they should.

Besides, he merely had grown accustomed to treating war slaves with this attitude; as an official member of the Creator Alliance, who wouldn't try to curry favor with a war slave like Lin An?

Hearing the old man's explanation, Lin An slightly startled, then thoughtfully looked at the underground teleportation gate.

It seems he indeed overthought it.

Accustomed to these Fifth Stage scheming and probing, he constantly guessed and calculated, and still thought this was Qing Kai's probe.

(Arrogant habit? It seems the war slave's status is very low in the Creator Alliance...)

At the same time, Gao Tian and the others flying from the rear hurriedly landed beside Lin An.

Seeing the old man nearly stepped to death by Lin An, everyone was stunned; especially for Tai Er and Luo En, they were almost frightened stupid.

They had seen the data Lin An provided, and also knew how terrifying the Creator Alliance was.

To beat a dog you must look at its owner; Lin An came up and just stepped to death the other party's person—this is too arrogant.

"Brother Lin.. this.."

With a dry swallow of saliva, even though knowing Lin An's actions were never rash, Gao Tian still couldn't help but worry.

Shouldn't we... be a bit more low-key..

"It's fine."

Lin An turned his head, gave a light chuckle, and simply took the opportunity to teach Gao Tian and them a principle:

"We have a deal with Qing Kai; he's hiding the alliance and forging our identities, so he'll only be more worried than us about our identities being exposed."

"Thus he sent a completely clueless Fourth Stage to receive us—either it's a probe, or cannon fodder."

"Our paper strength is already at a disadvantage, but the more so, the more we must be tough! These Fifth Stages are beings who put interests above all."

"When we are 'weak' facing them, your only chip is daring to fight them to the death, daring to make them suffer losses! Begging, retreating, conceding—these only get you killed faster."

After Lin An finished speaking, he didn't waste more words, directly lifting his foot to let the old man lead the way.

This he had deeply felt in the Star Battlefield: no one pities the weak, binding hands and feet only leads to being bullied worse.

At the same time, outside the passage, Creator Alliance Star Island.

In a silent monitoring room, Qing Kai coldly watched the images transmitted from the front of the passage, watching Lin An and the others prepare to enter the inspection area.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his killing intent, and didn't look any further.

Beside him, a middle-aged man in a golden robe noticed Qing Kai's extremely bad mood and couldn't help but hesitate to speak:

"Sir Qing Kai, are we still following the plan?"

"Lin An's group is about to enter the inspection area; this timing is perfect for checking what exactly he has on him..."

"That brat's strength is off; although far inferior to you, he definitely has a secret on him!"

As they spoke, the golden-robed man's eyes flashed with a hint of greed and hatred.

Although he too counts as someone rescued by Lin An, after a mission he gained nothing, his situation is no better than Qing Kai's. As Qing Kai's confidant, he clearly knows what the adult wants to do.

No need, notify the personnel arranged beforehand, just let this kid pass the inspection normally. If a conflict occurs, suppress it as much as possible.

Ignoring the gold cannon's astonishment, Qing Kai strode out of the monitoring room after speaking, squeezing out a smile on his face as much as possible.

"Sir?! Why?! Then our arrangements...!?"

"No reason!"

Without turning his head, Qing Kai directly locked onto Lin An's entry position after exiting, and shot out the next second.

He couldn't be bothered to explain to the Golden Robe why he was giving up such a good opportunity to search for Lin An.

In fact, Lin An had no doubt wrong; that Fourth Stage individual was his arranged test! He knew the Creator's people looked down on other civilizations, especially someone like Lin An.

He just wanted to see whether, after Lin An entered his territory, he still dared to be as arrogant as before.

If Lin An showed even a bit of weakness or retreated a bit, he had plenty of ways to gradually increase the threat.

But, it was quite obvious.

"What an arrogant kid! I'll see how long you can stay arrogant!"

He only intended to go himself to guide Lin An, but realizing Lin An would not be manipulated by him, Qing Kai at this point even feared Lin An would go berserk and clash with others.

That's right, exposing Lin An's identity would be dangerous, but he isn't any better! Deceiving superiors and inferiors, forging identity, betraying the alliance—each is a capital crime!

Suppressing his anger, shortly after passing through several internal transmissions in succession, Qing Kai instantly spotted Lin An's team exiting the inspection station.

In Qing Kai's view, all he saw was a giant platform floating independently in the starry sky; the people behind Lin An were all stunned, gazing at the distant star islands, utterly like ignorant monkeys.

"Holy shit... Lin Dui..."

"Is this the Creator Alliance?"

"With so many planets crammed together... is that sun in the middle?!"

Hard to describe the vastness before him, Xiong Hanzi gaped with his mouth open, feeling somewhat dizzy as he stared at the endless void beneath his feet.

After they came out, there was an inspection team of over a hundred Fifth Stage individuals; in the distance, boundless fleets of warships encircled and surrounded them, while at the edge of vision lay countless Earth‑sized celestial bodies, more than sixteen in number, orbiting a metallic hemisphere.

The celestial bodies rotated, the sixteen heavenly bodies turning with the precise motion of a divine craftsmanship‑like wheel.

At the center of the sixteen planets stood a star wrapped in an energy‑storage device.

Roughly sensing it, the life force in this area almost filled the entire world; if calculated numerically, it would be no less than trillions!

Countless Fourth Stage and Fifth Stage life‑lights merged into a surging flame, forming a galaxy!

And on the largest one, entirely platinum‑colored and locked in rotation, stands a mechanical temple tens of thousands of kilometers tall, resembling a celestial body, eternally upright; its hidden aura even distorts the light above it.

Such a magnificent scene even made Lin An feel somewhat solemn.

Apparently pleased with the shocked looks of Lin An and company, Qing Kai soon came hurtling through the air at great speed, and, under the salutes of the inspection soldiers, descended leisurely onto Lin An's head.

"Welcome to the Creator Alliance forward outpost."

"Lin An..."

"Your Excellency."

"What you see is only one percent of the Creator Alliance."