Chapter 606: Turns and Turns Again

"Your courage is beyond my expectations."

Gutierrez couldn't help but feel a little emotional. If it were him, he would never be so decisive.

Looking at Malcolm's almost distorted expression just now, you can tell how unhappy he is.

However, Gutierrez couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. "Are you doing this just for Li Ming?"

He felt it was not worth it, and Li Ming's future was indeed worthy of attention.

But it is only a theory, because their means of control can control the body and control life and death, but cannot grasp the mind.

Although everyone is quite coveting this little guy, can they really raise him with confidence after getting him?

No one knows how deep his feelings for Qinglong are, and he must go through many tests. If his memory fails the examination, he can only be refrigerated or even sliced, which is tantamount to waste.

"Not only that..." Adam didn't answer the question directly. He said, "Qinglong's plan is obvious. He can't fight against the Spear of Kashmir, so he simply transferred it away."

"With the strength Qinglong has demonstrated before, if there is no counterbalance from the Spear of Kashmir, almost no one among the remaining X-level life forms present would be a match for him."

"But..." He then said, "This number is quite large. It's impossible for him to deal with it easily."

"So, I estimate that we may see the true form of this Lord Qinglong. This will be a rare opportunity."

"Perhaps, this trouble can be solved once and for all."

What Adam said made sense. He saw through Qinglong's plan and quickly countered it.

Malcolm has calmed down now, his face expressionless. What happened has already happened, and there is no point in getting angry.

However, Adam's explanation could not convince him. After all, it was just a guess.

This was Qinglong’s original plan. When he saw that the situation was not going well, wouldn’t he change the plan?

Combined with Adam's previous series of abnormal behaviors, Malcolm was certain that there must be something else going on.

But Gutierrez was in a good mood and even applauded repeatedly, "As expected of the Holy Emperor who has ruled the empire for thousands of years."

There was admiration in his eyes, but he changed his tone and said, "However, although I am very grateful for your selfless sharing of this secret with me, Li Ming's fate should be discussed at the end."

Admiration is admiration, but we cannot give up on our interests.

Malcolm sneered, and Adam's face darkened slightly. He just urged: "Hurry up and order Hermod to withdraw."

Gutierrez nodded and pointed to the last moment on the smart terminal, but then paused and said hesitantly, "This information should be true, right? Are you two colluding to deceive me?"

"Hahaha..." Malcolm laughed out loud, with a hint of sarcasm towards Adam.

Adam's face grew increasingly gloomy. Gutierrez shrugged, "Don't be angry. We've been dealing with each other for so many years. It's okay to be cautious."

He just made a slight test, and judging from their reactions, he could probably tell that they were not faking it.

Moreover, this secret is generally difficult to make up.

………

The retreat of the Covenant fleet caused quite a stir.

Not only the interstellar media that were chasing and filming, but also the commanders of the Empire and the Federation were confused and contacted their superiors to ask what had happened.

In Anduin's palace, everyone looked at each other, still some of them had not reacted.

Sven looked up with a dull expression. Is this just playing house? Can you just leave like that?

"Sir Gaius, why did the Covenant retreat?" The higher-level life forms of the empire asked in a low voice, feeling somewhat uneasy.

They are all smart people, and the only factor that could cause such a change at the moment is Qinglong.

Some people looked at the faces of Anduin and others, trying to confirm their guesses.

However, Anduin and Sheffield were also confused and seemed to have no idea what was going on.

The two of them no longer dared to make any speculations. Sheffield thought about how he had raised his head just now and couldn't help but want to slap himself twice.

"Entering the common jump state." The Federation people whispered.

In the interstellar universe, millions of fleets of the Star Alliance, guided by joint intelligence, simultaneously lit up their blue tail flames.

The glow radiated by each cluster of engines tore silver-white ripples in the vacuum, leaped synchronously, and gradually stretched into thin rays of light.

The flashes connected into one, and the entire fleet looked like a flowing river of metal, magnificent and majestic.

However, due to the large number of them, even if they enter the transition state, it will take some time to leave.

"I really have to leave."

The jump state is not the propulsion state. It can travel a very long distance in one second, and it will not take a moment to turn back.

Gaius's face was tense. He hadn't received any notice from his superiors yet, and was just asked to stabilize the situation on the scene.

A smile finally appeared on Anduin's face. He didn't know what means Qinglong used, but once the Covenant left, the strength of the coalition would be greatly weakened.

It's not just because of those ten X-level life forms, but also because of the Kashmir Spear.

It was really scary to be pointed at by that thing.

The remaining X-level life forms also realized this. Without the Spear of Kashmir, how could they fight against the Azure Dragon?

For a moment, everyone felt a little panicked.

"Please don't do anything sensitive right now, and don't have any other thoughts." Gaius was keenly aware of this and said in a deep voice:

"Once the fighting starts, everyone present will not give you a chance to explain."

"Yes, it's not over yet." The federal representative also stood up to calm people's hearts.

How can people be so restless before the Azure Dragon appears?

With the two of them speaking up, the morale of the people in the Empire and the Federation calmed down a lot. After all, their combined numbers were quite large.

But the expressions of Anduin and others gradually calmed down, since Qinglong had already taken action and moved the Spear of Kashmir away.

Then there must be other actions next.

However, he was also wondering what could make the Star Alliance withdraw its troops even at the cost of offending the Federation and the Empire.

Sheffield was thinking about another thing. Since it was not Qinglong who took action just now, why did he put on such a show and even wanted to kill him? What was his purpose?

And Li Ming... actually tried to stop Hermode at the last moment.

He should know nothing about the outside world.

What just happened was incoherent, but since it involved his life safety, he had to think about it.

Although the people from the Empire and the Federation had stabilized the situation, they did not dare to make any rash moves for a while, and their faces even looked extremely alert.

Some people mobilized their energy to fill every blind spot in the palace, leaving no shadows behind, for fear that the purple hammer would come crashing down from some unknown corner.

It's a real panic.

However, it was only for a moment, and Li Ming's originally calm expression suddenly froze.

"Look!"

The others also noticed what had happened and looked up and shouted.

Anduin also looked over, his heart suddenly tightened, and his face changed drastically. Why... did it stop again?

It was seen that the Star Alliance fleets that had originally entered the jump state suddenly stopped the jump state.

The light threads that had been stretched into a spiral state gradually turned back into a solemn mothership.

Most civilizations do not have this kind of jump-stopping technology, and interrupting the jump is likely to cause great damage.

"Ha..." Someone from the Empire couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. These X-level life forms hadn't experienced such ups and downs in a long time.

"What... is going on?" Barbaro was stunned and couldn't help asking.

No one could respond to him. Sheffield frowned and looked tense.

In Sven's numb pupils, the fire that had just been extinguished seemed to be rekindling.

Whoosh--

The moment the Covenant fleet exited the jump state, a golden light streaked across the sky. It was the Spear of Kashmir.

Everyone raised their heads, and in their eyes, the Spear of Kashmir quickly enlarged, like a spear that twisted the galaxy into a spiral.

Wherever the spear tip passed, the starlight went out in pieces, and the remaining light tail was absorbed by the spear body before it dissipated, turning into blood-red lines wrapped around the metal surface.

The storm it brought tore a wound in the void, and tens of millions of warships around it sounded sharp alarms at the same time.

The surface of the central node, which is comparable to that of a regular planet, suddenly cracked into huge ravines, and the broken boulders were like dust raised by a giant, ground into powder in the storm.

The palace above everyone's heads also turned into dust and scattered. The feeling of oppression surged like a real tide. This attack seemed to kill indiscriminately.

But in the end it just hovered above everyone's head. However, the spear tip reflected in everyone's pupils began to infinitely expand, as if it was going to break through the entire universe and pierce themselves.

The blood-colored lines flowing on the gun suddenly came alive and turned into billions of red snakes swimming out.

This is the Gun of Kashmir!

Cold sweat broke out on everyone's back. When they came to their senses, they found that Hermod had been following the gun, with nine streams of light intertwined and arranged in sequence behind him.

“You didn’t leave…” Li Ming’s face darkened slightly.

He understood that all plans would not go according to his ideas.

However, the whole thing was weird from the beginning, including the previous attempts and Hermod's sudden return.

Could it be that Gutierrez did not, as he expected, use the secrets deep in the Red River Star Stream to fight against the Empire and the Federation?

Is he so selfless?

No, then there was no need for him to let Hermod leave just now. It was a waste of time.

Unless... the Empire and the Federation gave him the price he wanted?

Even he couldn't help but be surprised at this moment.

It took no more than fifteen minutes from leaving Hemod to turning back.

Could it be that in these fifteen minutes, Malcolm and Adam digested the bad news that the coordinates of the Dominant Laboratory had been leaked?

After another struggle of whether to let Gutierrez get something for free, he gave Gutierrez a satisfactory answer and let Hermod come back.

Adam and Malcolm, are they so courageous?

"Has the Azure Dragon not appeared yet?" Hermod looked around, his gaze settling on Li Ming again. "Chairman Gutierrez asked me to tell you that your teacher's methods are extraordinary."

"However, they are not much behind."

What does it mean that the three major civilizations won in a place they couldn’t see?

I don’t know how intense the collision was.

Anduin sighed in his heart, but he also understood that the game with the three major civilizations was no trivial matter, and Qinglong was almost only one step away this time.

Li Ming lowered his head slightly, his pupils gradually focused from trance, consciousness gradually returned, and then he raised his head.

Although this plan did not go as he wished, he was not without a backup plan.

"If Qinglong has run out of options, then those few..." Hermod pointed at them, "please surrender."

Just as he finished speaking, the alarm sounded inside the Alliance fleet that had withdrawn before it even returned to its position.

"A large number of unknown fleets have been detected jumping in..."

"Everywhere, everywhere..."

"A rough estimate is... no less than 10 million..."

Urgent reports rang out in the channel, and senior commanders stared at the screen with sweat on their foreheads.

Interstellar media had already discovered the anomaly and pointed their cameras at the outer boundary, then were so shocked that they were speechless.

The streams of light connected to form a river, and then collapsed into standard warships, stretching endlessly.

The jump trail was woven into a glowing spider web, which seemed to intend to swallow up the coalition fleet of the three major civilizations.

"That is..." Hermod's expression had already changed, and he looked solemnly at the unknown fleet that suddenly jumped over.

Streams of light flew out from it and were arranged in sequence in the starry sky. They were mechanical bodies of various shapes.

"Reynolds, and Mikhail!?" Gaius was shocked and realized the danger of the Azure Dragon. Once Hermod really left.

Reynolds and Mikhail's fleet will surround them.

Azure Dragon actually had a backup plan. Anduin felt overwhelmed. Roughly estimating, the number was not much weaker than the coalition forces of the three major civilizations.

It is estimated that the two great craftsmen have also come out in full force.

However, his eyes swept over the Spear of Kashmir. The problem now was that Hemod did not leave.

The combat power of the top leaders is still not enough.

"These two guys actually got involved." Malcolm said in a deep voice in the virtual conference room, "Aren't you afraid we'll settle the score later?"

"Adam, you're really amazing." Gutierrez couldn't help but admire, "If my people really left, you would be surrounded. Reynolds, Mikhail, and Qinglong, tsk tsk..."

"Fortunately, you are decisive enough."

Adam's brows remained furrowed. "Reynolds is one thing, but Mikhail actually boarded Qinglong's ship."

"You can't speculate based on the current situation." Gutierrez turned wise again. "Qinglong must have consulted with them beforehand, knowing that the corpse incident would be exposed."

"Knowing that Hermod will leave, there's nothing wrong with helping Qinglong. As long as we win this time, the Higher Lifeforms Alliance will most likely side with Qinglong. The situation is set to break."

Gutierrez smiled faintly, "Now that they've been dragged aboard by Azure Dragon, we have no choice but to take action."

Malcolm said in a dull voice, "More and more people are daring to provoke us. After this, we must settle accounts with Reynolds and Mikhail."

Adam remained silent, just staring at the battle in front of him.

(End of this chapter)