Chapter 1536: Chapter 1533: Mars Rescue! (Part 1)

On this day, Li Chen, as usual, was in secluded cultivation.

The jade stone that had always hung by his side suddenly shattered.

Li Chen opened his eyes abruptly, glanced at the shattered jade, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Not good, something happened outside!"

Before going into seclusion, Li Chen had given Ye Chuxue a piece of sensing jade and solemnly instructed her to crush it immediately if she encountered any emergency.

Sensing jade stones are typically divided into multiple pieces, and if one piece is crushed, the others will immediately respond, shattering as a warning.

Looking at the shattered jade, the first thought that flashed through Li Chen’s mind was: could it be God Monarch Yunlong from the Red Sun Star Domain, or the Dinosaur Army from the Cretaceous Star Domain invading Earth?

But then he thought again, the timing didn’t seem right.

Even if the enemy were a Mahayana Divine Monarch, it would be impossible to cross billions of kilometers in such a short time.

Could it be Long Ao?

He hasn’t left Earth and has come for revenge?

Thinking of this, Li Chen’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.

Long Ao, a master in the Late-stage of Divinity Transformation, is likely unmatched across Jiuzhou, except for Demon Emperor Lietian.

With this in mind, Li Chen felt uneasy and could no longer care about other matters; he immediately got up and headed outside.

As Li Chen stepped out, he saw Ye Chuxue, Moo Hee, and his parents Li Lingyun, Zixuan, as well as his uncle Li Lingtian, all waiting.

Judging by their anxious expressions, they seemed like ants on a hot pan, pacing back and forth.

Seeing that it wasn’t Long Ao attacking the mountain sect, Li Chen’s heart slightly calmed down.

"What’s happening, has something happened?"

Ye Chuxue, Li Lingtian, Moo Hee, and the others, seeing Li Chen arrive, gathered around him as if finding their pillar of support.

Moo Hee, anxious, said, "Li Chen my friend, Moo Xi, Vermilion Bird, and a total of 4,000 people on Eastern and Starship interstellar spacecraft, went to Mars for a mission."

"But just yesterday, the two spacecraft suddenly lost contact with headquarters, and it’s been a full 24 hours; we suspect something happened!"

Hearing Moo Hee’s words, Li Chen’s eyes flickered with worry.

Being out of contact in outer space is a very serious matter.

After calming his mind, he said, "Time is of the essence, I will head to Mars immediately to check it out!"

Li Lingtian chimed in, "Should we send some people to go with you?"

Li Chen shook his head, replying, "No need, I can handle it alone."

"Besides, the situation is still unclear, and outer space is fraught with danger. Having more people would only complicate matters!"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Li Lingtian and the others didn’t persist further.

Relative to Li Chen, their cultivation is too weak. If they were to go along and encountered any unexpected situation, they wouldn’t be able to help Li Chen and might even become a burden.

Without further delay, Li Chen made no further stops and set off that very night, heading straight for Mars.

Meanwhile, on Mars,

The Olympus Volcano and the surrounding tens of thousands of miles were already controlled by the Mayan Star people.

Moo Xi and Vermilion Bird, along with a few others from the spacecraft, were all taken to the interrogation room of the Ancient Maya’s flagship.

In front of them was a plasma LCD screen.

Three heads appeared on it, representing the three major leaders of the Ancient Maya, Taluo, Tuck, and Hei Bulun.

Hei Bulun, seated in the middle, began the interrogation: "The interrogation starts now. Speak. Who are you? Are you from Earth?"

However, everyone remained silent, not answering their questions.

Seeing their refusal to answer, Hei Bulun became furious and shouted, "Do you think I can’t do anything to you?"

Saying this, he turned to Tuck beside him and asked, "Tuck, has the Memory Extraction Machine been serviced?"

Tuck replied, "Yes, it’s been serviced!"

Hei Bulun nodded, saying, "Good, take them all away, and extract their memories!"

Hei Bulun and Tuck’s conversation was displayed on the LCD screen, so Vermilion Bird and Moo Xi could see everything clearly.

One of the commanders, with a fiery temperament, refused to cooperate with the Ancient Maya and was shot through the body by a Mayan soldier using a Plasma Laser Cannon, cast into the vast universe to wander.

Soon, the memory extraction results were presented before Hei Bulun and Tuck.

They meticulously sifted through these memory results to gain a general understanding of Earth.

Earth’s technological level, in their eyes, was laughably weak.

If they hadn’t acquired the astronomical physics technology from their Ancient Maya midway, they probably wouldn’t have been able to create interstellar ships capable of space travel by now.

For this, the Mayan Star people were extremely arrogant, their eyes full of disdain.

Besides, Earth’s cultivators also caught their high attention.

And of most interest to them was a being named Li Chen.

Hei Bulun ordered, "Analyze the destructive power of this Li Chen!"

A few Mayan Star people strategic engineers bowed in response and extracted all the battle footage of Li Chen from Moo Xi and Vermilion Bird’s memories for comparative analysis.

Since the highest-level battle Moo Xi and Vermilion Bird had seen was not long ago, when Li Chen had just returned and dueled with Heavenly Thunder True Monarch.

This provided the most direct reference for the Mayan Star people in their data conversion.

Soon, the results came out.

"Report, Commander, Li Chen’s combat power is approximately equal to 30-50 million tons of nuclear force!"

The Little Boy had a yield of 20,000 tons, meaning roughly equivalent to 1,500-2,500 Little Boys.

For the Mayan Star people, this data was not insignificant and capable of destroying their interstellar warships.

However, they didn’t have much fear regarding this.

After all, their newly developed super Plasma Laser Cannon had a maximum destructive power exceeding 100 million tons, two to three times that of Li Chen’s destructive force.

Thus, eliminating this monstrous Li Chen posed no issue for them.

As Hei Bulun and other commanders were discussing their next strategic move, Li Chen had already quietly entered the outskirts of Mars’ atmosphere.

Quickly, he noticed an interstellar warship orbiting Mars.

This was a Mayan Star people’s patrol vessel!

Realizing this, Li Chen couldn’t help but feel alarmed.

He never expected the Ancient Maya’s interstellar warships to appear near Mars.

Could this be the main fleet of the Ancient Maya?

Thinking of this, a shiver ran through Li Chen’s heart.

It’s known that the Ancient Maya’s main fleet numbers in the millions.

Not to mention occupying Earth, even the entire Solar System would be easily within their grasp.

After some contemplation, Li Chen decided to approach for a closer investigation.

With this in mind, he made no further hesitation and transformed into a streak of light, rapidly approaching.

The Ancient Maya’s interstellar warship was about the size of ten international football fields. Li Chen’s presence was insignificantly small, like dust to them.

Moreover, having deliberately masked his aura, they had no inkling of his presence at all.

Thus, without any difficulty, he entered the blind spot below that interstellar warship, flying parallel at the same speed, silently biding his time to strike...