Chapter 24: Eleven Heroes Who Killed the Moon
Elysien Palace.
The huge living area hall was occupied by bright red flesh, calluses, and blood vessels, creating a terrifying hellish scene.
The star power in the air of the entire capital became extremely thin. The war weapons, including the possessed moon messengers in the suburbs, fell into a sickly and exhausted state - Pandora's Box was opened, and it was still greedily absorbing the star power like a black hole with no end. I am afraid that if the star power in the air is drained, it will be the turn of the war weapons and the possessed moon messengers to die in large numbers.
Fortunately, however, the expansion of the flesh stopped at the edge of the hall.
Because there were six huge azure crystals forming the four corners of the hexagon, suspended around the hall, as if emitting some aura that the pieces of meat hated, blocking their expansion - the speed at which Pandora's Box absorbed the star power also slowed down due to their obstruction.
In the hall, in addition to the few people who were originally there, Lingdir, Glenshe, Redis, and King Firello of Sazam also appeared. Beside them, there were also a few strangers who had never been seen before, standing and observing the operation of the crystals from time to time.
Red Moon Knight Yagad.
The new king of Heyang, Redis.
The Queen of the Underworld, Lingdiel.
Firello, King of Sazam.
Glen She, the leader of the Tuling clan.
The fourth weapon is the Tianmen Staff Eugenia.
You Yu was the founding emperor, and the Wuliang Emperor had pity on the country.
Lian Cang’s current contracted weapon, the third weapon, is the Falling Sky Bow Xingge.
The female humanoid possesses the Moon Messenger, Prometheus, and is guided by the deceased Wu Sihuang──Light Fane.
Counting the dead Wright and the missing Xiaxue, it is absolutely impossible for Su Mo, who was beaten up, to appear. The Thirteen Moon Killers now have completely lost the reason and need to conceal their identities, and all of them have surfaced with their true identities.
Because none of them had a small background, even another human-shaped Moon Envoy appeared. In addition to feeling worried, everyone also felt a huge pressure.
However, fortunately, even though Pandora's Box is now fulfilling the mission of the great devil to destroy the world, the brave Wuliang Emperor Na Liancang and his weapon Xing Ge - as well as Tianmen Staff Eugenia, all showed an indifferent attitude of "I'm just here to make a cameo appearance, please ignore me". They threw the huge azure crystals in their respective custody into the hall and then started to mind their own business, chatting or staring blankly.
The female humanoid Moon Envoy just stood quietly in an inconspicuous corner, expressionless, without even moving her tail. She seemed to have no interest in her fellow Atlas - Atlas also seemed to not care about her at all, and was only busy participating in the discussion and thinking about how to save Beichen.
Beichen has been in a state of suspended animation for almost a week.
Due to the lack of star power, the possessed moon messengers were unable to muster the energy to attack the city during the star disaster nights this week. Although the burden on the warriors was greatly reduced and Elysion survived the star disaster night without much loss, the atmosphere in the palace was extremely tense.
The people who rescued Beichen were divided into several groups.
First, the dragon, Ragnarl the Starkiller, set off together with Xiangying, Xifeng, and Yagad to Chita to find a way to figure out part of the cause of the incident. Of course, the most important thing is to find a way to use the terminal program of Pandora's Box in Chita to shut down the Trojan horse that prevents the repair function from returning to normal.
Xiao Ping and Li Ye were busy using high-pressure tactics to suppress rumors such as "The Queen is dead" or "The Queen is spreading disaster" and "The Red Moon Priestess has begun to destroy the world". Lahan, Longyun and Naraka took on the important task of dispatching the Night Cavalry and the Dark Race branch, while Fang Ai took over the internal affairs that Li Ye was originally in charge of.
Black Disaster, Su Jie, Atlas, and Ya Ye chose to stay and guard the hall, and also be wary of what the members of Seat Thirteen might do to the cocoon where Beichen was. More importantly, there was an operation to obtain stem cells from Beichen's body, allowing Atlas to reshape Beichen's heart and transplant it back into her body.
At first, everyone thought this method was not feasible because they could not touch the cocoon at all. But then Gu Yinyue took out a long knife, and as soon as the long knife approached the cocoon, the cocoon automatically gave way as if it had encountered a natural enemy.
──It was a weapon given to him by Reddis to fight against the Red Moon Priestess.
The name of the weapon is unknown, but because it is somewhat similar in shape to Glenshe's Soul-Killing Sword, Gu Yinyue, who is in a mess, named it "Moon-Killing Sword" without thinking.
With this Moon-Killing Blade, along with the disinfection measures and large quantities of recovery spirit crystals left by Yagad, it would be feasible for them to reach the center of the cocoon and obtain Beichen's stem cells. However, the appearance of the Moon-Killing Thirteen made them dare not execute this plan immediately, because no one knew what action they were advocating.
What everyone is discussing now is how to deal with this cocoon problem.
"Help! I'll keep watch for you. Feel free to use any first aid measures you have."
Glen She was the first to speak in a decisive tone, staring at the other members with murderous eyes, as if he was going to fight them directly if they planned to destroy the cocoon.
"I agree with Glen She. Just tell me if you need anything, and I'll ship it over from Heyang."
Redis looked at Jian worriedly from time to time, then met the gaze of Gu Yinyue who was holding the Moon-Slaying Knife. He was silent for a while and nodded firmly to him.
"Of course I have no objection..." Lingdi'er's expression turned a little grim, as if he felt guilty for sending the Possessed Moon Envoy to the scene. "...I have also sent troops to chase after the escaped Possessed Moon Envoy...I'm sorry."
"Yes. For the sake of the alliance between Carina and Elysion, I stand on the side of Her Majesty Ringdimia."
King Sazam also nodded.
"I advocate the destruction of Pandora's Box."
The female humanoid possessed Moon Messenger—Prometheus spoke like this, and at that moment, all the members of the Elysion forces raised their weapons and pointed them at her almost at the same time!
But in the face of such terrifying murderous pressure, she remained calm and continued to speak in a cold manner.
"Even if the host of Pandora's Box recovers, there's no guarantee she can close the box. Destruction is the most reliable way to resolve the crisis."
"Is that so?" Black Fate sneered. "Isn't it because you possessed the Moon Envoy's instinct to kill the witch that's causing you to say that? Weren't you, the Moon Envoy, created and sent to Senagard just to kill her?"
Prometheus frowned and was silent for a few seconds.
"I only carry out the orders of my guide. The mission of the possessed Moon Envoy has nothing to do with me, and I have never paid attention to it."
“…”
...Strange? — Black Disaster tilted his head in confusion.
"I'm a consequentialist. From the perspective of solving the problem once and for all, it seems better to destroy Pandora's Box. But..."
Lian Cang scratched his ears and spoke. He should have been a hundred years old, a dead man, yet he still looked like he was in his twenties—black hair, about 175cm tall, with white eyes. If you call him ordinary, he's actually quite handsome. If you call him handsome, he's not stunning. Just looking at his appearance, you'd never imagine he was the Phantom Emperor who conquered a country in seven days and created the myth of the Seven Days' War.
Therefore, when he introduced his real name as Na Liancang, even the members of Seat Thirteen showed horrified expressions as if to say "Who are you trying to trick?"
Finally, when Xing Ge, the Falling Sky Bow—covered in a cloak and mask, so tightly wrapped that only her figure and voice suggested she was a female warrior—came forward to testify, the crowd reluctantly believed the truth. Xing Ge's fame dimmed under the glow of the Xiaxue, but anyone familiar with Youyu history knew she was the pillar of Na Liancang's power—an extremely proud, aloof, and aloof Star Vein, who had never signed a contract with anyone other than Na Liancang.
"But if we really do that... we won't have any fun."
The Ghost Emperor tilted his head, revealing an annoying smile, and looked at his own weapon beside him.
"While our point of view is correct," Xing Ge said in a voice as sweet as a silver bell, "But, Boss, you should use the excuse of 'We need to look at things from a long-term perspective. The balance of this world may be affected by Pandora's Box, so it's best not to do anything that disrupts it.'"
"Oh, I accidentally told the truth."
"That's why no one will believe you're the Ghost Emperor, Boss. You're already an old man, but you're still so childish at heart. Your admirers will be disillusioned—though that's exactly what I expected."
"Don't say that, my dear. Even though I'm an old man, I'm still as sharp as a knife."
"Yes. If only your upper body was as outstanding as your lower body, I wouldn't have to worry about you causing trouble all the time."
Despite facing a lot of glares from people, the master and the servant still complained to each other with calm expressions and voices - but no matter what, their attitude - should be saying "We are neutral bystanders, please don't bother with us."
"I advocate preserving Pandora's Box."
The blonde, red-eyed super beauty, Eugenia Tianmenzhang, looked at Jian and spoke expressionlessly.
"Pandora's Box is dead, which may affect the opening of the dimensional gate. I will be very troubled if I can't follow the new anime every month."
If Beichen was still awake, he would definitely make a weird expression and yell, "So you're an otaku?!" Unfortunately, this sentence only made the worried people feel relieved.
Except for the human-shaped Moon Envoy who cast a dissenting vote, everyone else was neutral or advocated saving Beichen - nothing could be more fortunate than this. These are such easy-going heroes. The subordinates of the Great Demon King are so grateful that they are about to burn incense.
"Really? Since everyone agrees to protect Pandora's Box, I have no objection."
The humanoid Moon made Prometheus take a few steps back and walked to the window of the hall.
"The 'Star Remains' has been successfully delivered. If the disaster escalates further, I will reappear and enforce my will."
After saying that, without waiting for anyone to try to stop him, he simply unleashed his star power and flew out of the window.
"...Then I'll leave too."
Eugenia took out a beautiful photon wand and drew a circle in the air - then she saw Feinheim appear in the circle - that is, the image of the earth!
It can actually open dimensional gates so easily - it's worthy of being a weapon with the name "Heaven's Gate Staff".
"Today is the premiere of 'A○Da'. I bought the tickets, and it would be a waste if I don't go. Take good care of 'Star Remains'; I'll reclaim them when I'm done. Please protect Pandora's Box. If I can't make it to Feinheim, I'll chop you into evenly spaced 5cm cubes and scatter them in the septic tank. So be it, please do your best."
“…”
Despite the dire situation, the Demon King's subordinates twitched their lips at the hero's slacking off - you didn't join the Moon Slaughter Thirteen just because you wanted to go to Feinheim!
Fierrero rubbed his brows and sighed.
"Then I'll take my leave. 'Star Remains' has indeed been delivered personally... Everyone can testify to this. If it could be moved to a few 'selected' locations, Carina and I would be grateful. Please resolve these issues quickly. Sazam has been in great turmoil lately, and I'm already having a headache. I won't be staying here for long. ...However, if you need material assistance, Sazam does have some spare capacity. If you have any questions, please have the quartermaster mail the list directly to Sazam."
So, King Sazam also crushed the spirit crystal "Return Home" and decisively left.
The only two people left out of the situation were Lian Cang and Xing Ge.
"Boss, are we leaving?"
"Hmm. Looking at everyone's expressions, it seems like they're clearly saying 'Let's go! We need to be busy saving our precious miko'... so let's be sensible—"
Lian Cang once again showed a grin that asked for a beating.
"…You'd better stay."
Glenn She couldn't hold back and threw a punch, but Xing Ge grabbed his wrist and pushed him back a few steps.
"Boss, is it so pleasurable to see someone's face twisted in anger? How about I shoot a few arrows into your stomach and then give you a mirror?"
"It's fun to look at other people's things. 'If you have something that makes you unhappy, tell me and make me happy,' isn't that the cutest human quirk?"
"Really? So you're the only human being in the world, Boss."
"That's enough!" Gu Yinyue interrupted the two men's inappropriate banter with a cold voice, "If you don't intend to oppose us, then please leave like the others."
Xing Ge ignored him - she seemed to be talking only to Lian Cang.
"Boss, we've performed poorly, making us very unpopular right now. Are you sure you don't want to reveal the identities of the founders of the 'Thirteen Moon-Slaying Thrones'?"
"""……What?!"""
At this point, the others were shocked—it turned out that these two guys who seemed the most indifferent were the ones who founded the Thirteen Moon Slaughter Thrones?!
"You founded the Thirteen Moon-Slaying Sects!? Then you must know everything about what happened ten thousand years ago and the details about the witch, right? Tell us everything now!"
Su Jie stepped forward and grabbed Lian Cang's collar, but Xing Ge immediately conjured up a photon longbow, pulled the arrow of light and aimed it at Su Jie's neck - Gu Yinyue frowned and pulled him back.
"We do know."
Lian Cang smiled and shrugged.
"Because we, like the ancestors of Glenshe's Tuling clan, are true Ark people. 'Star Remains'—see, those blue crystals—are what I had the other thirteen members of the Seat 13 go around looking for. Its material is the same as Glenshe's Soul-Killing Blade and the long sword in this brother's hand. ...Well, the material of this 'Silent Night Testament' is the purest and finest, which is why it was hidden in Feinheim."
Gu Yinyue glanced at the Moon-Killing Blade in his hand—so its real name was "Silent Night's Testament"? Such a fancy name, but he'd better call it the Moon-Killing Blade. He looked at the blade, then at the crystals floating at the edge of the hall. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he turned sharply to look at Reddis.
"I remember now!! Your Majesty, Redis, you hired me to go to the Velvis Protoss Mine, and when the mine disaster occurred... the anomaly in the Protoss Mine you asked me to investigate... was this 'star debris'?!"
"Yes. Star Spirit Mine usually produces weapons during Blade Cry Night, right?"
Redis crossed his arms across his chest, his eyes still fixed on the huge cocoon.
"However, in extremely rare cases, the Star Spirit Mine will also produce—well, the human equivalent of a 'stillborn fetus,' that's 'Star Remains.' Although it seems to have no effect, it's the only thing that can suppress the red star spirit power of the Red Moon. When I asked you to go, it was because I saw someone on the headquarters bulletin board at Block Thirteen providing information that 'Star Remains might be produced near Velvis'—"
As he spoke, he glanced at Lian Cang.
"So this is information provided by the founder. ...Hmm."
I see.
Gu Yinyue frowned, feeling that something was vaguely forming in his mind, but he just couldn't make out a clear thread, which made him very angry.
"So," Yaye breathed impatiently, "Thirteen founders, what exactly are you planning?"
"Nothing."
Lian Cang pointed with his thumb at the cocoon behind him.
"While we will never interfere in your war with someone, providing some intelligence is our duty as residents of this world."
"……What's the meaning?"
"Don't just think about saving her body, think about saving her personality too. The most likely location for Pandora's Box is usually a vital part of the human body, right? It wouldn't be somewhere like the stomach, bladder, or little finger, right?"
"Nonsense! What the hell do you want to say?!"
"The heart was blown away, but Pandora's Box is still functioning. So where do you think it should reside on the witch's body to best control it and ensure its own safety?"
"……brain?"
"Bingo! Bonus points! So, you're saying that this thing in her brain, which is currently stuck in a dead loop and has absorbed a huge amount of celestial energy, really won't have any effect on her consciousness?"
"..." Glen She gritted her teeth, "What should I do then?"
"Hmm... you've all seen the strengthening effects of the Red Star's spiritual power, right? She even became a stunning beauty because of it, right? I'm afraid that even though she's in a coma now, all her memories will be enhanced—especially the deep-seated negative memories. If we heal her body and wake her up like this... she might go crazy, right?"
"So what should we do?!"
"Boss, don't keep Romeo in suspense. It would be terrible if Juliet really turned out to be a moron."
"Yes, yes... Why do I have the illusion that the whole world hates me?"
"That's not an illusion."
"I'm angry. I've decided not to tell you about the solution of 'consciousness interference'!"
Black Plague hurried forward:
"Consciousness interference!... You mean...interfering with Beichen's...subconscious while he's in a coma?!"
"Um."
Seeing that everyone's expressions were really serious, Lian Cang curled his lips in boredom.
"Have you ever seen a Soul-Killing Knife stab someone? It can't injure the body, but it can shift and damage the personality. This fellow's knife is the same way. It can connect the consciousness of the wielder and the person stabbed—it and the Soul-Killing Knife are a parent-child weapon. Originally designed to penetrate the Red Moon Priestess's spiritual world and destroy her personality... but now it can also help you isolate the countless times intensified memories in her mind."
"...So one of us has to talk to her subconscious, right? I'll go."
Yaye volunteered and nodded, but Heihuo and Sujie immediately stepped forward:
"We too—!"
"I'm going too." Gu Yinyue gripped the hilt of the knife tightly. "I'm the one holding the knife. Also, since these memories are enhanced by the power of the star spirit, I'm afraid I can't completely block out all the enhanced memories by going alone. Positive memories are easy to deal with, but negative memories will have a huge impact on people."
Lian Cang tilted his head in amusement:
"You're all doing the mind-interference. Who's going to perform the surgery to get her stem cells?"
"I."
Atlas raised his hand, a hint of frustration in his red eyes:
"After I obtain the stem cells, I must return to Duyue and use the equipment to reconstruct Beichen's heart."
"Can you do it alone?"
"I need an assistant."
"Um……"
Lian Cang looked at Atlas with interest for a few seconds and narrowed his eyes.
"Well, since we're all so bored we're practically maggot-infested, we'll just have to ask you to stop for once. The rest of you can safely penetrate her mind—just hold the knife handle and stab it into her."
Gu Yinyue looked at the two founders of the Thirteen Moon-Slaying Sect with some concern.
"Why are you helping us?"
"Why?" Lian Cang looked Gu Yinyue up and down in bewilderment. "As a living being, do you need a reason to work hard for survival?"
“…”
Gou Ming Yin Yue was silent for a few seconds, then the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"I'm so grateful for your kindness. I'll leave it to you."
“You’re welcome!”
Then, Ringdir and Reddis decided to stay on the periphery and use their identities to give Elysion political protection. Glenshe was responsible for guarding the hall. The rest of the people, with the Killing Moon Knife leading the way, moved forward cautiously among the separated pieces of flesh, and finally came to the central space - to Beichen who was floating in the red light.
The disinfected tables and chairs, recovery spirit crystals, and dissection equipment were taken out one by one.
Atlas put on gloves while Beichen was being corroded by the negative poison, and then unbuttoned Beichen's clothes on his lower abdomen.
Gu Yinyue, Shuangzi, and Yaye reached out at the same time, grasped the hilt of the long knife, and then carefully inserted it into Beichen's right chest cavity.
The blade emitted a dazzling white light, and at the same time, the four people's bodies shook violently... and then they maintained the posture of standing around Beichen, motionless.
Ten minutes later, with the help of Lian Cang and Xing Ge, Atlas successfully obtained stem cells from Beichen's uterus, and the incision, which was not very large, quickly healed with the treatment of several large recovery crystals.
Atlas stored the stem cells and carefully placed them in the storage space, then activated the transfer field and returned directly to the Poison Moon. The founders of the Thirteen Moon-Slaying Seats - the two most important heroes, sat leisurely in the space of the meat block created by the Moon-Slaying Sword, chatting about all sorts of things.
The rescue operation of the Red Moon Priestess has officially begun.
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