Star Odyssey

Chapter 803: Captain Of The Fifth Squadron

Qiong Shanhai’s expression turned grim. Fortunately, the Neohuman Alliance had been defeated, so Millions City was still under the Qiong family’s control.

“Your Highness, do you remember what happened?” Yan Yan asked. He had been seriously injured during the battle with Sall Phoenix.

Lu Yin shook his head. “I don’t remember. It seems like someone’s removed our memories. What about you? Did you find anything strange above ground?”

Yan Yan shook his head. “Hoffman was killed by the corpse king, but nothing important happened aside from that.”

Everyone was talking to each other to verify their recent memories, but it seemed that, without exception, nobody remembered what had happened in the last ten minutes.

Qiong Xi’er was extremely pale, as she had lost a lot of blood.

Zhu San and Zhu Jie sadly checked Zhu Tiezhu’s body.

Lu Yin glanced over at Zhu San. Lu Yin knew that this youth wasn’t actually from the Zhu family and that their entire clan belonged to the Ce family. They had stayed in Millions City for so long because they had the same desire as the Neohuman Alliance: they wanted to take over the mobile fortress. However, now that Zhu Tiezhu had died while the Outerverse was still cut off from the Innerverse, the Ce family wouldn’t be able to assist them, and they were no longer capable of fighting for control of Millions City. They might even be wiped out by Qiong Shanhai.

Sall Phoenix was also searching for Taylor Phoenix, but he wasn’t able to find any sign of the youth since he had been vaporized by the cannon.

The same thing had happened to Mr. Jun as well.

Cai Jianqiang had been seriously injured, and he was looking for a place to recuperate at this time.

Saul had also retreated somewhere else to rest.

Everyone simply wanted to recover from their injuries, and they had all forgotten about True Insight.

Qiong Shanhai arranged accomodations for everyone, and he also gave all of them some star essence out of gratitude for their help.

As soon as the City Master mentioned star essence, everyone felt a strange sense of deja vu, as if something similar had happened before.

Lu Yin started to get worried. He could only hope that nobody would recall anything!

Yuehua Mavis and the others scanned through their cosmic rings and realized that all of their star essence were missing. Where had it all gone?

“Where’s my cosmic ring?” Sall Phoenix asked.

Qiong Shanhai immediately sent some people into the underground regions to search for Sall Phoenix’s ring, but they would never be able to find it. After all, the man’s ring was still in Lu Yin’s possession.

Through this ordeal, Lu Yin had managed to complete his third cycle as well as obtain more than a million star essence. He had also upgraded his universal armor to its maximum potential and learned a bit about the Ce Secret Art. Although he wasn’t sure whether or not he had properly understood the Ce Secret Art, he had still experienced it once, which was definitely beneficial for him.

Aside from all of these tangible benefits, another important detail was Millions City.

Lu Yin possessed the blood of someone from the Qiong family, and he was wondering if he could control this mobile fortress by using the blood that he had obtained.

This battle had been started by the Neohuman Alliance. Just the presence of a Grey Eyed corpse king and a powerhouse from the Specter Clan had plunged the various Enlighters who had been present into a desperate struggle. This encounter had forced Lu Yin to reevaluate his opinion of the Neohuman Alliance, as the power of the organization clearly far exceeded his expectations.

Although Qiong Shanhai had prepared accommodations for everyone, most of the people didn’t stay in Millions City for long.

Saul was the first one to leave, and although Cai Jianqiang wanted to pursue the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society’s Vice President, Lu Yin held him back. “There’s no point in you chasing after him. You won’t be able to stop him on your own.”

Cai Jianqiang was reluctant to let Saul get away, but he still listened to Lu Yin’s advice. He wasn’t sure why, but he had a feeling that he should be thankful to Lu Yin, and he felt indescribably grateful towards Lu Yin. “Are you ok?”

Lu Yin smiled. “I’m fine. I got lucky, though maybe the Neohuman Alliance just didn’t think that I was worth targeting.”

Cai Jianqiang laughed. “You’re comparable to any one of us when you use your various external items.”

Lu Yin smiled but remained quiet. When he looked over, he noticed that Starfox was staring at him with a curious gaze. However, Starfox looked away as soon as Lu Yin glanced over.

During his conversation with Cai Jianqiang, Lu Yin quickly realized that he had forgotten about something. Regardless of whether it was Yuehua Mavis or Villa Mistress Lian, everyone in this place was looking very disheveled, as they had all been subjected to the shockwaves of the cannon. However, Lu Yin looked perfectly fine, and since Cai Jianqiang and Starfox had noticed this detail, the others must have as well.

Lu Yin frowned, as he had completely forgotten about this. Most of the people around him must have already noticed that he looked different from everyone else who had been underground.

Lu Yin immediately bid Qiong Shanhai farewell and prepared to return to the Great Yu Empire.

Qiong Shanhai didn’t ask the youth to stay. Instead, he simply gave him 50,000 star essence as an apology, which Lu Yin naturally accepted with delight.

If not for Millions City’s barrier, none of the cultivators would have been forced to stay in Millions City and fight against the Neohuman Alliance. The reason why nobody had attacked Qiong Shanhai over this was simply because the enemy that they had faced was the Neohuman Alliance, which was considered the greatest enemy of the universe. Thus, nobody could blame Millions City for taking such actions. However, if the enemy hadn’t been the Neohuman Alliance, Qiong Shanhai would have been killed for trying to force these powerhouses to battle against the city’s enemy.

No matter how apologetic Qiong Shanhai behaved, everyone still held a grudge against him.

Qiong Shanhai understood this, and so he was polite in sending Lu Yin off.

Everyone also understood that the Neohuman Alliance had stolen True Insight in order to lure them away from Millions City.

Since True Insight had been stolen by the Neohuman Alliance, nobody believed that they would be able to retrieve it.

A mere two elites from the Neohuman Alliance had been enough to defeat an entire group of Enlighters and powerhouses, and none of them wanted to go against the Neohuman Alliance again.

“City Master Qiong, you should consider how you’re going to deal with Shamrock Enterprises,” Lu Yin suggested to Qiong Shanhai before he left with Yan Yan, Cai Jianqiang, and Cool Sis.

He had given Cool Sis a ride to this place, and so, he had naturally asked her to continue traveling with him when he left.

Cool Sis had helped Lu Yin by holding back both Taylor Phoenix and Moore during the chaotic battle, which made Lu Yin very grateful to her.

Qiong Shanhai smiled bitterly, as it wasn’t just Shamrock Enterprises that he had to deal with. He had to address the families of everyone who had died during the battle, which also included the Dark Phoenix clan and the Zhu family.

As soon as he remembered the Zhu family, Qiong Shanhai’s face turned grim. How much did that family know about the mobile fortress that was Millions City’s true form?

Wei Rong left along with Starfox and Angie, though Qiong Shanhai didn’t pay much attention to them. They had barely participated in the battle, and they had even encouraged people to destroy the barrier surrounding the city.

Wei Rong knew that his group hadn’t done much, which was why he chose to leave secretly.

Although Millions City looked desolate after the battle since the entire city had been destroyed, what had the city truly lost? The Qiong family was disgustingly wealthy, and everyone who lived in Millions City was wealthy to some degree, so it wouldn’t be hard for them to rebuild the city. The more important thing was that everyone had realized that the true power of Millions City, the mobile fortress, still hadn’t been fully utilized.

Only people like Lu Yin, who had seen the energy blast inside the cannon barrel, had an idea how powerful this mobile fortress was. Additionally, that cannon might not even be the most powerful aspect of Millions City.

Lu Yin stared back at Millions City with a fervent gaze. He was determined to eventually take control of this mobile fortress.

“Thanks for your help,” Lu Yin mentioned as he passed Cool Sis a glass of fruit juice.

Cool Sis accepted the refreshment. “It actually didn’t mean anything since they wouldn’t have been able to do anything to you.”

Lu Yin smiled. “It was still a nice gesture, and I’m truly grateful. So what are you planning to do now?”

Cool Sis calmly looked at the sky; her plans? She wasn’t too sure. She had only been temporarily cultivating in the icy carriage, and there was no reason for her to return to Ironblood Weave since the battle had ended. She wasn’t sure where she should go at this moment.

“Have you ever thought of going to the Great Yu Empire?’ Lu Yin asked.

Cool Sis looked at him. “Is there any reason for me to go there?”

Lu Yin paused. “You can watch as I increase the gap between me and the rest of you.”

Cool Sis arched her brow as she glanced at Lu Yin. “Your words are really obnoxious.”

Lu Yin laughed. “But they’re the truth. Or would you rather randomly meet me in space one day only to find out that you can’t even gauge my strength? Wouldn’t that leave you disappointed?”

Cool Sis rarely smiled, but she was smiling at this moment. “Maybe. I have never seen anyone invite a guest like this. You use rather unique methods.”

“What if I said that I’m not inviting you as a guest? Since you have nothing to do right now, then why don’t you change your cultivation method for a time and join the real world?” Lu Yin suggested.

Most cultivators, especially those who didn't have to worry about resources, spent their entire lives cultivating, and they would never do anything aside from training and fighting. To Lu Yin, cultivators like that would invariably lose to independent cultivators if the two sides were in similar positions. Independent cultivators would use any method available to them when fighting as long as it increased their odds of survival.

However, independent cultivators tended to lack resources, battle technique, power vessels, and basically everything, which was why they were generally weaker. But despite their deficiencies, it didn’t mean that all independent cultivators were weak.

Lu Yin had achieved his current status by slowly climbing his way up. He had earned his own money and fought for his own power. He had obtained everything by himself, and to him, this was how cultivation was intended to be.

For the cultivators from influential backgrounds, the separation of the Innerverse and Outerverse was their first introduction to the real world, and it was a new situation where they had to support themselves entirely.

Cool Sis was confused. “What are you planning to do?”

Lu Yin seriously answered, “As the Royal Regent of the Great Yu Empire, I am formally inviting you to become the captain of the Great Yu Empire’s Fifth Squadron.”

Cool Sis smirked. “If I were willing, then even the Daynight clan would give me a great amount of power as well as a high status. Why would I go to your Great Yu Empire?’

“Because we can make our way up from the bottom.”

“I don’t need that.”

“Don’t you even want to try? Anyways, you have nothing else to do right now,” Lu Yin said. action

Cool Sis looked at her fruit juice and swirled it around her glass. Her expression was complicated.

“You’re right, I have nothing to do.” She nodded after thinking for a moment. “Alright, I’ll treat it as training. However, I want to make it clear that I will have absolute freedom and that I can leave whenever I want. Do you agree to this?”

They clinked their glasses, and Lu Yin smiled at her. “Welcome.”

Cool Sis smiled, as she truly wanted to see how this person would widen the gap between them. It had only been seven years, but he had already reached his current level in this short timespan. His talent for cultivation was truly extraordinary. She would treat him as her goal during this period when the Outerverse and Innerverse were separated. Even if he wanted to widen the gap between the two of them, she would still be able to influence that situation. Thus, they would just have to see who would end up winning.

The spacecraft rocketed towards the eastern region of the Outerverse, and Lu Yin was enviously looking at a picture on his gadget. It was a picture of a spacecraft that looked absolutely amazing. Although it was very small, its price tag was unbelievable. The most important thing was that nobody could buy it, as this was the Eonlight-grade Aurora spacecraft from Aurora Enterprises, which was one grade higher than the Blackhole grade and two grades higher than the Radiant grade. The speed of this vehicle was a thousand times faster than a normal spacecraft’s and a hundred times faster than Lu Yin’s Radiant-grade Aurora. If he had been on such a spacecraft, he would have already arrived in the Great Yu Empire by now.

This exact spacecraft had overtaken them just moments ago, and the only passenger on it had been Blaze Engineer.

No man could resist the lure of a high-quality spacecraft, and Lu Yin had immediately contacted Aurora Enterprises to purchase one of these vessels. However, his request had been rejected forthright as the company had stopped selling both Eonlight and Blackhole grade vessels after the Outerverse’s isolation.

He would have to upgrade his spacecraft himself if he wanted a faster one.