The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 1274 - 435: The Vertical Alliance (6k)_3
The exposed rocks were now covered with metallic-looking structures, from the base to the top, making it hard to see any bare rock.
Add to that the mechas with a Daoist-style paint job darting between the structures, giving off a cyber-Immortal Cultivation Sect vibe.
Of course, that was if one ignored the high-tech heavy cannons set up around the perimeter and at the tops of the sporadic towers between those buildings.
Bai Yi immediately recognized them; even though they had been technically modified, these heavy cannons, made with the technology she provided, still bore traces of her old-fashioned models.
But despite their appearance, it was clear that, compared to when Jun Lin had just advanced to the Seventh Rank, his power this time was beyond comparison.
Conservatively speaking, Jun Lin now could take on five of his former selves single-handedly.
Moreover, it seemed that the moment she appeared, someone on the Floating Island had already noticed her.
The heavy cannons she had just surveyed now all turned their barrels towards her, flickering with dangerous Magic Power Radiance.
Even the mechas, initially hidden between the buildings, converged towards her direction on the island, weapons alert and raised high.
"Not bad, the development pace is decent.
The alertness is also commendable; it only took three seconds from my appearance for a response,
with this power, excluding high-tier Combat Power, it's sufficient to fend off an invasion from Paradise..."
Bai Yi nodded in satisfaction, not out of familiarity, but pleased to have recruited a formidable combat force.
Even though Jun Lin's weapons were firmly locked on her, she wasn't the least bit tense.
She gestured with her hand, and Ju beside her understood her intention. With a flicker of spatial waves, Bai Yi and Ju were inside the Floating Island.
She paid no mind to the surrounding mechas and cultivators who pointed their weapons at her in alarm, saying leisurely:
"Fetch your Lord Jun Lin, and tell him Fan Mao is here."
At that moment, a surprised voice suddenly rang out just outside the cordon. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
"Lord Fan Mao? It's really you!
We didn't expect it to be you! We apologize; these are newly trained troops who don't recognize you yet...
Stand down, cancel the alert, this is not an enemy!"
From the guarded crowd, a cultivator with noticeably more advanced attire leaped into the circle, apologizing to Bai Yi with a cupped fist salute, quickly gesturing at the troops to lower their weapons.
The surrounding defensive troops were newly recruited and did not recognize Bai Yi.
But this cultivator, who had become the captain of the city defense force, had participated in the last battle and naturally recognized the powerful lord who played a key role in the previous war.
Having vaguely speculated from afar, he rushed over to clear up the misunderstanding upon discovering the situation here.
"You're here to see Lord Jun Lin, right? Two of you, quickly inform Lord Jun Lin that Lord Fan Mao is here!
The rest return to your posts immediately.
Lord Fan Mao, this way, please."
After ordering his subordinates, the cultivator turned around hastily, making a respectful gesture.
Although some of the surrounding cultivators and mecha pilots didn't quite understand why their captain showed such deference to an unfamiliar "intruder,"
their training kicked in, and they instinctively followed orders like their more responsive comrades.
Two mechas changed their form, an energy fluctuation similar to that of the bottom of the Floating Island appeared, and the mechas floated in mid-air, flying to the highest point of the Floating Island.
The remaining mechas and cultivators only started whispering among themselves after Bai Yi had walked away with their captain.
"Fan Mao, who is Fan Mao? Why is the captain being so polite to her?"
"Yeah, even though she's a Seventh Rank powerhouse, it's not like we don't have them ourselves.
But the captain being so respectful...?"
"..."
Just as the internal channel of the mechas filled with quiet speculation, a voice from a knowledgeable cultivator chimed in, enlightening the two.
"Are you two dumb? Forgot about the territory history mentioned during training?
Didn't Madam Jun Lin introduce during lessons that before we joined, the lord who helped defeat the enemies in that war was a Lord named Fan Mao?
Even the technology and materials for our mechas were provided by Lord Fan Mao...
Aren't you two supposed to be the top students in our batch of Mecha Masters? Don't you even remember this intel?"
"Oh, it's her!"
The mecha masters in the channel exclaimed in realization, their tones carrying a hint of untouched clarity.
The mecha master who reminded them felt a bit weary; although the course merely grazed over it and no images were provided, he himself didn't recognize her at first either.
But hearing the name quickly brought back the meaning it represented.
Now it seemed he was the only one in their troop who recalled the significance of that name.
Even though his companions all outshone him in talent and Spirit Attribute, in this aspect, they seemed embarrassingly clueless...
Could it be that during their training in the Barracks, they allocated all their skill points to Combat Talent and none to intelligence?
