Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1414 - 1379: Turmoil
The photos and video clips that Yilan sent to Chen Fei depicted a horrifying scene in the Dragon Breeding Garden, where all the buildings had collapsed, and the ground was riddled with intersecting cracks. In the widest places, an entire truck could fall in. During the earthquake, many young dragons and magical beast cubs fell into these trenches and even got injured.
Yilan, who rushed back to the Dragon Breeding Garden, immediately took on the role of the Big Sister and led these minors in rescue efforts, allowing many caretakers to survive.
If even the suburban Dragon Breeding Garden is in such dire condition, the main city area of the Imperial Capital would indeed look like a doomsday scene with the sky falling apart. No wonder the Slan Royal Family, along with a group of dignitaries, urgently activated Chen Fei's pre-set "Stargate" coordinates and fled into the "Boundary Pearl" Life Space for refuge.
"'Rookie', mwah mwah! MUA! Love you yo!"
After ending the call with Yilan, Chen Fei noticed Her Royal Highness the Princess, who hadn't left, looking at him with a peculiar expression.
The young dragon obviously had been led astray, but being kissed by a Metallic Dragon, a mere mortal would hardly survive, probably being left with just a pair of shoes, or perhaps just the ankle.
"Yilan… she just has this personality!"
Chen Fei helplessly gave a bitter smile—what Dragon Knight, love you yo, all those antics were entirely brought about by Yilan herself, embodying the disruptive nature of the Metallic Dragons.
"At least you've managed to deal with the Dragon Clan first."
Princess Lin Ziyu pointed to the sky, where a 20-kilometer diameter "Halo" floated outside the Kamen Line, yet was clearly visible. That was just a projection, the entity remained stationed at the Sagali civilization's star system, monitoring for any fish that slipped through the net.
Chen Fei's control of the Slan Dynasty's Dragon Breeding Garden meant that at least the Metallic Dragon Clan was caught comprehensively, followed by the adult dragons backing other series of young dragons. They are not as indifferent as the Metallic Dragons, and the relatives of the magical beast cubs are the same, so behind a Dragon Breeding Garden represented a large group of Intelligent Species.
Strength determines the right to speak and is also a symbol of status and prestige. By handling the Dragon Race in advance, the migration difficulty of other Wisdom Races is largely solved, making the upcoming work for the Slan Dynasty much easier.
"They delivered themselves to the door."
For the Dragon Clan, especially apart from the juveniles like Yilan, Chen Fei has no fondness at all.
The creation of fake special abilities to trick him and the so-called "Dog System" that occasionally resurrects to issue life-threatening tasks (actually a group of schadenfreude spectator dragons behind it), has nearly formed a deadly feud.
"By the way, these are for you. Once the migration transmission points are confirmed, activate these locators, and I'll arrange for the 'Stargates' to connect. It's best to notify me three days in advance, as I need to position the corresponding 'Stargates' appropriately. If they're all cramped together, it would be unmanageable."
The spatial branding on the back of Chen Fei's hand flickered, and several large boxes appeared beside him. These were "Stargate" locator spares manufactured previously when the fake special ability still existed. They are numerous but disposable, capable of creating millisecond-level temporary miniature "Stargates" for location data acquisition.
Each locator corresponds to a "Stargate." Although the energy consumption during activation is enormous, regarding safety or application quantity, "Stargates" are far more practical than the "Dimensional Gates" that must rely on Longinus positioning.
Having mastered the ancestral planet Antalu of the Sagali civilization, Chen Fei lacks no material to manufacture "Stargates." Let alone a thousand "Stargates," even ten thousand can be made. Although the Sagali scraped every biological resource clean off Antalu, the mineral resources remain an undeveloped virgin land, abundant and untouched.
"Things will be increasingly troublesome for you."
Princess Lin Ziyu immediately stored these miniature "Stargate" locators using her Space Series Alchemy Storage Device and then bid farewell to Chen Fei, heading back toward the "Stargate" she came from.
She still needs to return to Imperial Capital Delan City to assist her brother in stabilizing the situation and bring this good news to the court currently mired in chaos.
Just after Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Slan Dynasty left, the Slan nobles who had fled via the "Stargates" to seek refuge, playing tricks throughout the process, quieted down as if by agreement. They were as honest as could be, as if they were not the arrogant and bastardly individuals who commanded impudently earlier.
These individuals, who could become masters above others, despite showing highly unsavory behavior, are genuinely cunning, with skills like discerning expressions and situational awareness nearly maxed out.
However, Chen Xiao'er chose the right person. Miyoshi Monk, responsible for reception, is no saint. There's no place for virtues like repaying enmity with kindness and magnanimous traditions; he rudely cleaned up all these nobles. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Under the threat of Combat Mechs' railgun combat rifles, the nobles of the Slan Dynasty obediently handed over all their personal belongings, even including jewelry and clothing. They did not even spare bank accounts and passwords, which were changed directly on the spot, ostensibly for supervision. Everyone was made to wear a unified uniform with names, social welfare numbers, and family names, making it seem like a concentration camp. Apart from not suffering physiological abuse, it was quite similar.
If anyone else had handled these matters, it probably wouldn't have been as professional and meticulous as the monk's work.
Though some were uncompliant, what could they do under the Life Tree's suppression of full element energy?
So… they had to bear it!
The news of Cangqiong Star suddenly being in a great crisis has finally spread.
Hoping the court could completely seal off the information was simply impossible.
Anyone carries personal biases. Even if not spoken outwardly, some prominent figures' abnormal actions cannot remain unnoticed by all. Paired with information-savvy individuals vigorously probing and deducing, various rumors pieced together formed conjectures closely approaching the truth. That's how the phrase "There are no walls that block the wind" came to be.
The terrifying rumor of Cangqiong Star being deeply infested by the Sagali civilization spread rapidly in a geometric progression within a short time.
Upon spreading over the network to Blue Star, the Blue Star Sovereignties, who were originally troubled by the Sagali civilization's persistent invasion of abnormal regions, were collectively stunned.
No way!
The Sagali civilization clearly invades me! Me!
The Slan Dynasty, constantly resentful of Cangqiong Star, watched the drama from a distance. Turning, they were about to fall flat; who would believe it, family?
However, with increasingly many messages from Cangqiong Star proving the rumors were far from fiction or April Fool's pranks, several regions of Cangqiong Star have already started descending into chaos. The Slan Dynasty's official stance would not play tricks with the beacon fires on this matter.
Almost simultaneously, the abnormal regions troubling Blue Star civilization gradually "calmed" down, with no more monsters spewing out, the biological combat weapons that had escaped even began killing each other, and even the most threatening Flying Ship Black Vine successfully got controlled.
Blue Star sovereigns' combat units had already managed to invade these four abnormal regions inversely, seemingly everything starting to take a turn for the better.
The rotations of fortunes caught everyone off guard with their speed.
Blue Star sovereignties began sitting back, watching the Slan Dynasty on Cangqiong Star fall into crisis, seldom reaching out with assistance willingly. They offered at most a few oral supports, beneficial but not costly.
Some daring sovereignties even made exorbitant asylum demands to the Slan Dynasty, akin to daylight robbery. Blue Star couldn't house all Wisdom Races from Cangqiong Star, this extortion could be pushed for every penny; it was essentially a one-time deal. Though the manner seemed unseemly, face doesn't fill the stomach in front of colossal interests.
Paid refugees heavily extorted after falling into wells aren't even the most pitiful; the truly unfortunate are the ones who foresaw some omen and emigrated to Cangqiong Star, having paid a huge price to change nationality to the Slan Dynasty, now stuck in a bind, unable to return even with money, deeply loathed by Blue Star sovereigns as "traitors."
