"What?! Elder Darren Jonah of the Oron Empire rescued Mo Tianyun?!?"

"Useless! You can't even get a simple task done, what use are you?"

Deep within the Zerg battlefield, in the void hall at the very center of the massive Zerg hive, a Zerg King lay prostrate, being roared at by the Zerg Emperor with a powerful mental wave.

“Your Majesty… I don’t know either… I didn’t know that Elder Darren Jonah was able to find us so quickly… Otherwise… what about Mo Tianyun…”

The Zerg King was trembling all over, trying his best to persuade the Zerg Emperor to spare him.

"The Oron Empire civilization is currently the weakest of the three major star system civilizations in the vicinity in terms of overall strength. The weakest point of the Oron Empire civilization's defenses is the northern part of the Oron star system. According to our probing over the years, there are only eleven king-level combat powerhouses stationed there, including two mid-level kings and none high-level kings!"

After a moment's thought, the Zerg Emperor transmitted his message via mental waves: "Prepare yourself and join the branch of the Flying Bug Emperor in attacking the northern part of the Oron Empire!"

"Take over the northern part of the Oron Empire, and this King-level Life Crystal will be yours, along with all the mistakes you made this time. If you fail to take it, don't ever come back!"

"I thank Your Majesty for sparing my life! I will surely conquer the northern part of the Oron Star System and come to atone for my sins!"

When the Zerg King saw the King-level Life Crystal, a red light flashed in every eye on its head, filled with deep longing. It then kowtowed repeatedly, expressing its gratitude to the Zerg Emperor for sparing its life.

In the still dark and hazy surroundings, Mo Tianyun seemed to hear two people talking beside him, or rather, arguing, making a very loud noise. He felt that both voices were quite familiar.

Mo Tianyun was still in a daze and did not hear the two's "conversation" clearly.

The conversation between the two was roughly as follows:

"Tavia, how does your academy manage its personnel?! How can someone controlled by the Zerg manage to infiltrate the academy and even become a senior instructor?!"

The first person's voice was filled with rage as he loudly questioned the other person.

"Sigh, the Zerg King's spiritual seed is hidden very deeply, as you know!"

"No matter what, I'm willing to take responsibility for this!"

The second person's voice sounded somewhat self-reproachful, and judging from the throat sound, it resembled that of an old man.

"Take responsibility? If I hadn't been in the academy and arrived in time, my disciple would be dead! Now his martial spirit has withered, and his mental strength is extremely weak. What's the use of all this!"

The first person took a deep breath and said in extreme anger.

"Ah?! His martial spirit has withered away!!!"

"Elder, didn't you already save him? How could this happen?!"

The second person was taken aback when they heard the first person's voice.

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

The first person countered with a question.

"This shouldn't be happening! The examination shows that Mo Tianyun's body is not injured, so why would his martial arts spirit wither? Can't he even withstand this little setback?!"

The second person shook his head in disbelief.

The withering of the martial arts spirit only occurs when a genetically evolved martial artist encounters a major setback, doubts their own martial arts, loses confidence, and gives up hope of advancing in the martial arts.

However, Mo Tianyun was only ambushed by the enemy, and his body was not even injured. Should he lose confidence in his own martial arts just because of this?

Isn't that a bit too fragile?

What he didn't know was that the reason Mo Tianyun's martial arts spirit withered was because he felt deep self-blame and even hatred for himself. He blamed himself for failing to break the enemy's trap and hated himself for not being able to protect his beloved "person" Shen Xiyue!

"Have those Zerg become so rampant now? They actually dare to assassinate our people on the Imperial homeworld!"

"This incident has served as a wake-up call for us. There may still be a large number of spies lurking among us. This time, we must conduct a thorough investigation, a thorough investigation of the entire empire!"

"We must thoroughly search all the empire's remote planets, star sectors, and even star clusters, and eradicate the spatial tunnels secretly established by the Zerg!"

"Otherwise, if war breaks out, the Zerg could appear in every corner of our Oron Empire. That would be terrifying. We must eliminate these hidden dangers!"

The first person thought for a moment and then spoke to the second person.

"Yes, Elder, you're right. I suggest we hold a secret meeting using the interstellar network and notify all high-ranking imperial officials, from Grand Marshals onwards, because this matter concerns the very survival of the empire!"

The second person nodded repeatedly and offered suggestions.

Thus, the Oron Empire was thrown into turmoil, which swept across almost all star sectors of the entire galaxy!

Countless combat mech pilots were interrogated, and countless planets were explored and searched.

"Olon Empire, do you think this will work? What you can think of, we've already thought of!"

In the void palace of the Zerg hive, the Zerg Emperor sat cross-legged on an enormous, crimson throne, mocking the actions of the Oron Empire.

"Tianyun, you're awake!"

Three days after Mo Tianyun was ambushed by the Zerg, he finally woke up.

In fact, he could have woken up long ago, but he kept running away from it, not wanting to face the world after waking up, not wanting to face a world without Shen Xiyue!

In the days before, whenever he woke up, he would find Shen Xiyue sitting by his bedside, smiling sweetly as she stared at him.

Now……

Where is that beautiful face that once lingered and looked so captivating?

Thinking of this, Mo Tianyun felt a pang of sadness and silently shed tears...

"Teacher... I'm sorry to have worried you..."

A moment later, Mo Tianyun got out of bed and spoke to Elder Darren Jonah.

"Tianyun, what exactly happened to get you into this situation?"

Elder Darren Jonah asked.

Mo Tianyun shook his head blankly and didn't say another word. His eyes didn't move either, as if he were a puppet, without any vitality.

But his mind was much richer and more vivid, with images of him and Shen Xiyue from the past swirling and flowing through it.

Lost in his memories, Mo Tianyun refused to come out of them. He remained silent and motionless for many days.

Elder Darren Jonah was deeply concerned about the current state of his third disciple, Mo Tianyun.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!

Elder Darren Jonah had originally regarded Mo Tianyun as his greatest hope for realizing his belief in this life, but with Mo Tianyun's "fall", hope has turned into disappointment.