Chapter 220

"Exile Land……"

This unfamiliar term caused quite a stir at the Guangtan Alliance high-level meeting.

Li Feifei played the weak, intermittent distress signal she had deciphered; the background was noisy energy interference and explosion sounds, and a voice filled with terror and despair cried out in an ancient language:

"……coordinates……K-7 star region……'Exile Land' seal……broken……they have come out……requesting support……repeat……'Exile Land'……"

The signal cut off abruptly, as if forcibly severed by some power.

"K-7 star region? Exile Land?" Tongxu Clan Chief scratched his dense beard, looking bewildered: "What the heck is this place? Sounds even worse than ours."

Queen Aister furrowed her brows slightly: "This language structure is extremely ancient, even older than the oldest records of my people. 'Exile Land'…… seems to have been mentioned in some vague legend; it is said to be a prison used in the primordial era to confine certain indescribable horrors."

Li Qingxuan's heart stirred, he looked at Li Feifei: "Can you roughly locate the signal's source?"

Li Feifei operated the console, calling up a crude star map—this was pieced together from star map fragments provided by the Shadow Hall and the Alliance's own observations.

She pointed to a dark zone far from their star region, marked with large amounts of dangerous energy turbulence and unknown areas.

"The general direction is in this area, but the exact coordinates cannot be precise. The signal crossed an extremely distant distance and complex spatial barriers; being able to receive it is already a miracle." Li Feifei said solemnly: "Moreover, according to analysis of the signal attenuation and energy interference pattern, the place that sent the distress signal…… might already……"

She didn't finish her sentence, but the meaning was clear: that so-called "Exile Land" had likely fallen.

The conference room fell into silence.

A disaster occurring in an unknown region of a distant star sector sounds as if it has nothing to do with them.

They themselves face the impending doom of the "Eye of Reckoning" descending in three years; where would they find the energy to meddle in others' affairs?

However, Li Qingxuan stared at that dark zone in the star region, his brows tightly knit.

He thought of the Shadow Hall, of the overthrown "Old Master", of the False Emperor. "Exile Land"…… prison for terrifying beings…… seal broken……

A terrifying conjecture formed in his mind.

"Contact Mo Ying immediately!" Li Qingxuan said in a deep voice: "I need to know whether this 'Exile Land' is related to the False Emperor, or to the era of the Old Master!"

Li Feifei immediately tried to contact the Shadow Hall through the reserved encrypted channel.

This time, the response came slower than ever before, and the thought fragments sent by Mo Ying were filled with unprecedented shock…… and a hint of fear?

"……You…… actually also received the distress signal from 'Exile Land'?!"

"……That…… was the Old Lord's era…… final prison for imprisoning 'Void Spawn' and 'Fallen Ancient God'……"

"……False Emperor…… He's gone mad! He actually wants to release those things…… to cleanse all resisting worlds?!"

"……The seal is broken…… even if only partially…… the consequences are unimaginable…… those things…… devour worlds……"

Mo Ying's information confirmed Li Qingxuan's worst conjecture!

This "Exile Land" is actually the prison where the Old Lord era confined the most terrifying beings!

And the False Emperor, in order to eradicate the resistance forces, actually spared no effort to open this Pandora's box, releasing monsters that even He might not be able to fully control!

"Devouring worlds……" Queen Aister's face turned pale; she could not imagine how terrifying such beings were.

Tongxu Clan Chief also sucked in a breath of cold air: "Damn it! That False Emperor is a complete lunatic!"

"We must do something!" Huang Rong clenched her fists, eyes flashing with determination.

If those "Void Spawn" and "Fallen Ancient God" were released, the entire universe would likely plunge into catastrophe, and their world would have no chance of survival!

"What can we do?" Li Feifei said with a wry smile: "Leaving aside that we don't even know the exact coordinates of 'Exile Land', even if we did, with our current strength, crossing such a distant star sector to render aid would be like using an egg to strike a stone. Moreover, we only have three years to prepare for the 'Eye of Reckoning'."

Reality is extremely cruel.

They can barely protect themselves; how could they go rescue a distant and possibly already fallen prison world?

Li Qingxuan remained silent, his fingers unconsciously tapping the tabletop.

His inner self was undergoing a fierce struggle.

Reason told him that Li Feifei was right—holding fast to their homeland, concentrating all strength to face the crisis three years hence, was the only wise choice.

But a certain intuition, or rather the subconscious feeling brought by the "Dominant Seed" within him, made him feel that this "Exile Land" incident was absolutely not unrelated to him.

If the False Emperor truly succeeded in releasing those monsters and used them to cleanse the resistance forces, then even if the Guangtan Alliance managed to withstand the 'Eye of Reckoning', they would eventually have to face those even more terrifying entities.

Moreover, the monsters imprisoned by the Old Lord era…… might there be usable power among them? Or might that place hide the key to opposing the False Emperor?

The risk is enormous, but any potential opportunity is equally tempting.

After a long while, he slowly raised his head, his gaze sweeping over each core member present, his voice low and firm: "We may not be able to directly rescue 'Exile Land', but we cannot remain completely ignorant of it."

"Feifei, concentrate all observational and communication resources, continuously monitor that star region, attempting to capture any information that might leak out, even if it's just energy fluctuations. At the same time, through all channels, including the Shadow Hall, gather as much information as possible about 'Exile Land', 'Void Spawn', and 'Fallen Ancient God'! We need to know exactly what our enemy is, and what the False Emperor's next moves might be."

"Moreover," he paused, a flash of sharp light in his eyes, "inform the Shadow Hall that I wish to hold a deeper discussion. Concerning 'Exile Land', concerning the False Emperor's plans, concerning…… whether we might possibly, before the 'Eye of Reckoning' descends, strike first!"

Li Qingxuan's decision meant that the Guangtan Alliance would no longer passively wait, but would proactively intervene in this massive storm sweeping across the entire Star Sea.

Although the road ahead is even more perilous, perhaps this is also the sole way to seek survival in desperation.

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