Chapter 2101

This is a great purge.

If the first wave of fleeing alliance high‑levels made off with the most crucial system points, then the rebelling forces that struck back conveniently intend to drain them of every last drop of blood.

Lingkong stood atop Qing Kai's head; the rebel Star‑Destroyer tasked with looting the remaining resources coldly looked down on Qing Kai, and the list in his hand conspicuously recorded the names of Lin An and Zhang Tie.

Without giving Qing Kai any chance to deny, the rebel Star‑Destroyer snorted coldly, and the rule power of the three Star‑Destroyers instantly locked onto him.

"Is it Earth?"

"Your troops claim they were ambushed there and driven back by a fourth‑stage fighter."

"Although you altered the records, the lost warships cannot be made up."

"After the incident, you not only personally sent people there once, but also forged the list, sending a batch into the Stellar War battlefield. Hmm, who are these people? Are they the native monkeys of that planet, or the direct line of your lineage?"

"Zhang Tie? Currently ranked eighty‑seven thousand, a fourth‑stage?"

"It doesn't matter; I don't care what tricks you're pulling—you must hand over whatever you've obtained!"

Greed unhidden in his eyes.

Watching the gray‑white rule power sphere condense above his head, Qing Kai's face turned ashen, his fists clenched tight.

Damn it, these rebels also want to flee! But before they run, they intend to take everything from him!

Stuff!? What stuff!?

This bunch of scoundrels took Lin An's group's strength to be some kind of equipment or prop they'd brought in! Although he had suspected that too, he had nothing in his hands!

"Superior Officer, I didn't find anything…!"

"That War Slave named Zhang Tie, he is of the Body System, his performance is so good, I am also quite…!"

"Boom!!"

Without waiting for Qing Kai's stifled protest to begin, in an instant the rule power of three peers of the same rank slammed him into the ground; without daring to mobilize rule defense, this blow actually pierced his chest straight through, and his whole body knelt in the pit.

Ignoring Qing Kai's miserable appearance, the leading rebel Star‑Destroyer directly condensed a bluish‑gray sphere of rule power.

"Cut the nonsense!"

"If you can't produce it, then take your corpse as spoils!"

"We don't care who those people you sent in are or what they found—hand everything over! A prop that can push a fourth‑stage into the top hundred thousand seems related to the old era."

"Besides, you Qing Kai lineage must have accumulated quite a bit of resources over the years, right? To survive is simple—have your kin trade it over; we might even spare your life!"

As they spoke, the leading Star‑Destroyer, impatient, projected the planetary coordinates of Earth and Qing Kai's territory; the threat was self‑evident.

Despairingly raising his head, with his throat pierced by a broken vertebra, Qing Kai felt grief and indignation.

He couldn't fail to understand that these damned bastards wanted him to pay for his life! In the rebels' eyes, he likely still had his own people left on Earth and still held plenty of good stuff.

But… but he really doesn't have any!

The resources his lineage had accumulated he could hand over, but what could he produce to match the rebels' imagined loot!?

(What to do!? How am I supposed to cope!?)

Seeing the rebels grow ever more impatient, not far off many fifth‑stage comrades in the same predicament had already been killed and turned into corpse puppets.

For a moment, Qing Kai could only rack his brains, trying every means to survive.

Soon, almost snatching the last second before the rebels lost patience, Qing Kai, as if having thought of something, shouted with effort:

"I'll hand it over! I'll hand it over!"

"But… uh… Superior Officers! The equipment I found on Earth isn't with me! It was taken in by the War Slaves I sent there!"

"You know it! I was earlier trying to side with Princess Red Kai; I certainly hoped she'd lend more aid!"

"Really! Believe me! Yes, once that princess appears, you might even be able to get more from her!"

To save his life, Qing Kai no longer cared about betraying Red Kai.

Of course, by now he doesn't care about offending that princess either; his only way to survive now is to divert all attention toward Lin An's side.

As his words fell, the leading rebel Star‑Destroyer raised his brows, exchanged glances with a few companions, and then sent a mental request to higher authority.

Soon, after receiving some information, the leading rebel Star‑Destroyer evidently believed it to some extent.

"All taken in?"

"Heh, fine, we'll spare your life for now. But once those people come out, if they don't find what we want, you should know the consequences."

He lifted his gaze to the Stellar War ranking light curtain; the leading rebel Star‑Destroyer no longer paid any heed to Qing Kai.

In their original plan, they had always intended to waylay and kill those who emerged.

No matter how small the reward, even a mosquito is meat.

The alliance's accumulated points over the years have all been taken away; they need a large amount of points to survive the heavenly disaster punishment. Consequently, this final batch of seeds entering the Stellar War will naturally not be let go.

Survivor after the calamity.

Humiliated, he watched the opponent depart, then began scouring other alliance fifth‑stage individuals.

Qing Kai gave a bitter laugh and went limp on the ground.

He didn't want to die; his only hope now was that Lin An would come out alive, preferably bringing extra rewards to satisfy the rebels' appetites.

As for whether Lin An will live or die—what should he do afterward?

Straining to turn his head, Qing Kai's gaze unconsciously fell on the Stellar Gate; he knew that once Lin An's group emerged, over a thousand fifth‑stage warriors and Star‑Shatterers would be greedily waiting.

"Lin An…"

"If blame is due, blame yourself for seeking death!"

"Dreaming of gaining any reward? Even if you emerge as a fifth‑stage, it's still a dead end!"

He clenched his teeth.

Qing Kai recalled the points Lin An had snatched from him, his heart filled with mingled hatred. If he had enough points, he might already have entered the promotion mission and escaped this calamity!

At the very least, he was out on a mission—how could he possibly have been brought back!

"Hum—"

Hum—

At the same time, the Creator Alliance's Star Domain Front.

In the dark, silent depths of space, amidst a corpse belt resembling a blood-colored stellar river, countless mechanical beings, their bodies suffused with a silvery-white luster, suddenly turned their heads.

Their emotionless mechanical eyes stared coldly toward the distant star cluster.