Chapter 15 Seizing Power; Establishing Pasifica Xu Lingzhao established Pasifica…

In the closed, dark room, his pheromones were everywhere. Huo Qi sat down next to Xu Lingzhao with dazed eyes, resting his head on her shoulder without saying a word. He simply picked up a strand of her long golden hair with his fingers and played with it in his hand. After a long while, his clear voice echoed in the room: "Do you hate me?"

"I don't hate you. You saved me, otherwise I would have died in the desert long ago." Xu Lingzhao lowered her head, her eyes never looking at Huo Qi. She was enduring, enduring the influence of Huo Qi's pheromones on her. The swelling sensation from the glands on the back of her neck made her fingers tremble slightly: "Huo Qi, you..."

“Sometimes I really envy Chu Jingze.” He interrupted Xu Lingzhao, who was about to say something: “Can you help me take the inhibitor? It’s on the first shelf of the bedside table.”

Hearing this, Xu Lingzhao was slightly taken aback, but she still got up and brought the inhibitor and the inhibitor patch to help him apply the inhibitor. While applying the inhibitor patch, she heard the person lying on the sofa breathing softly. He was asleep, with tears still hanging in the corners of his eyes.

Xu Lingzhao touched her glands. Thank goodness, it was almost... She glanced at Huo Qi with mixed feelings. She went to the bathroom, scooped up some cold water to wash her face, and when she looked up at the mirror, she realized that the person in the mirror was not herself, but a woman radiating golden light.

In that instant, golden light burst forth, and Xu Lingzhao felt herself enter another space. The scene before her had drastically changed; it was a pure white space. She looked at everything before her in confusion. Here, she seemed to have no worries, only immersed in this world. She softly asked, "Are you... the Queen Bee?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the countless golden-glowing substances before her gradually transformed into a woman. Her long golden hair fell to the ground, her skin was fair, and her features were indistinct. She slowly approached her: "Perhaps you should call me Mother, Basilissa."

“Mother? Basilissa?” Xu Lingzhao’s lips trembled slightly, somewhat incredulous. In her original world, she had no parents and was an orphan. She was adopted and raised by her grandfather. She took a step forward, wanting to ask more, but she didn’t say anything more. Instead, she left with the words, “You have your own mission.”

With a gentle tap of her finger, a golden light entered Xu Lingzhao's brow.

......

When Xu Lingzhao opened her eyes again, she was back in the bathroom. She felt full of power, which told her that it was her own primal power. A warm power flowed through her body. Xu Lingzhao looked at herself in the mirror. The color of her hair had changed, becoming purer, just like that golden substance. Her pupils had also changed from amber to gold.

Her thick, black eyelashes and eyebrows lightened to amber. She looked at the veins on the back of her hand; they had turned from blue to gold. Xu Lingzhao felt an unprecedented power. With a gentle pull of her fingers, she crushed the restraints, regaining her freedom. She took out her personal terminal from her pocket—the one Huo Qi had placed on the bedside table.

She easily left Huo Qi's private villa and, by a deserted road, contacted Lu Qianxue via communication. An hour later, Lu Qianxue disembarked from a small starship, her long black hair billowing in the wind. She looked at the unharmed Xu Lingzhao before her, her lips trembling, unable to speak. She hugged him tightly: "I thought you died on the desert star. When you contacted me, I thought you'd risen from the dead."

Xu Lingzhao chuckled lightly: "I'm perfectly fine, aren't I? How could I die so easily?" The two got into the car, and Xu Lingzhao told Lu Qianxue everything that had happened from the time she received the mission to her arrival on Desert Star: "I'm now certain that Li Fengguang not only wants me dead, but he's also colluding with the rebels."

“There have indeed been some unusual things happening in the West District recently. My father told me that when he disagreed with Li Fengguang, she actually killed his adjutant on the spot. When she announced your death... everyone was shocked. So, what are you going to do now?” Lu Qianxue looked at her.

The moment their eyes met, they seemed to understand each other's thoughts.

"Chu Jingze... wanted to commit suicide after learning of your death." Lu Qianxue carefully began, "But he was discovered in time and is not in mortal danger. He just refuses to eat or drink, and you..."

"I'll go see him after I finish this." Xu Lingzhao took out his pocket watch, looked at the person on it, and quickly closed it.

West District Office.

Xu Lingzhao had been lying in wait here for a long time. Since obtaining the Origin, her strength has increased dramatically. Now she can easily go wherever she wants without being discovered. She hid in the shadows, waiting for Li Fengguang to arrive. After a while, the door opened, and Li Fengguang and Xavier walked into the office one after the other.

Li Fengguang took off his coat and sat down on the sofa, pinching his brow with his fingers, his voice weary: "Have you found Xu Lingzhao's body?"

“The rebels won’t budge.” Xavier nodded and bowed, continuing obsequiously, “However, in that situation they would have been wiped out completely, Commander. You should have done that a long time ago. Xu Lingzhao’s prestige in the military region is almost surpassing yours now.”

“Otherwise, if she were to charge into battle, would you go?” Li Fengguang frowned as he lit a cigar, wisps of smoke rising. “She is very strong and a rare talent, but her mistake is that she has become too powerful and overshadows her superiors.”

Xavier reached out to catch the ash that fell from Li Fengguang's cigar: "Yes, yes, then what do you think of that Ling Qianzhu?"

“Kill him.”

“Alright, I’ll send her to the front lines tomorrow.” Xavier’s eyes were filled with malice.

As Xu Lingzhao listened to all this, her eyes turned cold. She unfolded a golden barrier that enveloped the entire office, like a cage. She slowly walked out of the darkness, her boots making a soft sound as they scraped against the ground.

"Who's there!" Xavier raised his pistol and pointed it in the direction of the voice. Xu Lingzhao's face came into his view. Half of her face was hidden in the darkness and the other half was exposed to the light. Xavier's pupils contracted, and he fired almost at the same time as Li Fengguang.

Xu Lingzhao conjured a golden barrier around her, and bullets fell to the ground with a crisp sound. She approached Xavier step by step, and in his terrified eyes, she used her mind to manipulate him and steal his memories. Then she grabbed his neck and with a slight pull, Xavier fell to the ground like a rag doll, motionless.

She looked down at Li Fengguang, who sat on the sofa with a look of terror in her eyes but trying to appear calm. "Commander Li, you're surprised to see me still alive, aren't you? At first, I didn't want to doubt you." She easily grabbed the woman in front of her by the neck and lifted her up, watching her struggle in pain. "Originally, I didn't want you to die so easily, but I have more important things to do." Xu Lingzhao's eyes gleamed with golden light.

Everything returned to calm. Xu Lingzhao sat in the seat that originally belonged to Li Fengguang and sorted out their crimes. As dawn broke, Xu Lingzhao used Li Fengguang's communication device to summon all officers of the rank of second lieutenant and above in the West District to the conference room.

The large conference room was almost full, and everyone was confused about what was going on. They whispered among themselves, complaining: "Oh dear, why are we being summoned like this? I have an urgent mission to handle."

"Yes, the situation is critical, and we can't afford to delay."

Various discussions arose, with people speculating whether something had happened. After all, they were quite shocked when the news of Xu Lingzhao's death came. If someone as strong as her could be killed by the Zerg... then what about the others...?

Two people finally stepped out from the stage, and the murmurs below immediately ceased. The "dead" Xu Lingzhao appeared before everyone's eyes. She placed Li Fengguang's head and Xavier's head on the stage and gestured for Ling Qianzhu to send the evidence to everyone via communication.

In an instant, everyone's face showed different expressions, each harboring their own secrets. One of Li Fengguang's confidants stood up, pointed at Xu Lingzhao, and cursed, "Xu Lingzhao! You are a traitor! You actually killed Commander Li!"

Xu Lingzhao looked down at him, his fingertips condensing his spiritual power into a physical form. With a slight movement, the spiritual power shot out like a sharp arrow, accurately piercing the man's temple. In a moment, the man collapsed to the ground without making a sound.

Seeing this, Li Fengguang's confidants became even more furious and stood up, shouting, "What do you mean by this? You killed Commander Li, and now you're trying to sow discord among the troops!"

She didn't speak, but instead subtly moved her fingertips, using her physical mental power to kill them all.

Dead silence.

A deathly silence.

The atmosphere inside the meeting room was heavy.

Until a major who had been saved by Xu Lingzhao stood up and said, "I, Bai Feng, am willing to follow Commander Xu without any disloyalty!"

"I, Song Shuci, am willing to follow Commander Xu without any disloyalty!"

"......"

More and more people stood up to pledge their loyalty, until everyone in the meeting room was standing and the voices grew louder and louder. At this moment, Xu Lingzhao seized control of the Western District with her swift and decisive actions. In front of everyone, Xu Lingzhao's firm and powerful voice rang out: "From this moment on, the Western District officially secedes from the Federation and establishes the Republic of Passifica!"

The news quickly spread throughout the Federation, and Xu Lingzhao fired the first shot in the war for power. He also issued a statement vowing to fight the rebels to the death.

The power structure within Pasifica was reorganized, and the Lu family officially moved into Pasifica, standing on the same side as Xu Lingzhao. Xu Lingzhao was already renowned, and countless talents came to join Pasifica because of his reputation.

For the next year, Xu Lingzhao was incredibly busy, but she still made time to lead everyone in Pasifican to hold a funeral for the 299 planetary soldiers who had followed her into the desert. Dressed in a black military uniform, her eyes were firm, and her tone was powerful: "I, Xu Lingzhao, will never allow such a thing to happen again. No soldier should become a victim of power struggles. We fight for peace! We fight for our families! We fight for future stability!"

Xu Lingzhao's reputation soared, and many planetary soldiers who were oppressed by various military regions chose to leave their original military regions and join Pasifika.

She pushed open the door to a conference room, and inside, besides Ling Qianzhu and Lu Qianxue, there were two other familiar figures.

Pei Zhenwei and He Zaining turned to look at her, and the three of them smiled at each other. The Pei and He families had chosen to join Pasifica, and the struggle between the various forces had entered a truly fierce stage. War was imminent.

A note from the author:

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[Rainbow praise][Rainbow praise] Finished writing in three hours, getting faster and faster! [Rainbow praise][Rainbow praise] Should update two chapters today too! [Rainbow praise][Rainbow praise]