Chapter 495: Birth of a New Mech
Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
After switching off the Skylink, Wang Zheng was still stunned for some time. It had only been a short time since he had decided to achieve something on Tita Star. Yet, he had been summoned back?
Frankly speaking, Wang Zheng did not wish to leave. He had always wanted to complete what he had started. Moreover, with his relationship with the Lan Family and the people of Tita, this wasn't something that definitely couldn't be resolved.
If the new mech was developed, with the commercial value of this model of mecha, it would be enough as the capital for the initial development of Tita Star. There would be no need to engage in destructive excavation.
What was more important was that this would be different from the Commerce organisation where they stocked up while waiting for the price to increase. What Wang Zheng wanted to do was merely a very ordinary form of research and development.
There were enough benefits. Moreover, with the guarantee of such a mech, Tita Star would also possess their own military strength for protection when they entered the Milky Way Alliance officially. The reason why the Lan Family had been weak internally was also because of their lack of battle force.
When he knew of these news, Wang Zheng still told it to Zisu and the rest. The rest felt regret over it but also felt happy for Wang Zheng. After all, Wang Zheng was going to obtain a better opportunity and shouldn't be stopped. However, the administrative procedures weren't easy too. After some delays, Wang Zheng felt that he should be able to see the prototype mech before he left.
The initial form of the mech of the combination use of G material and the Super Gravity Energy Mineral was ready.
In the aspect of production of mecha, humans were already very familiar with it. The difficulty lay with making technological breakthroughs. All they could do now it to wait for the mech to take shape so as to see if what could work in theory would also be able to work as well in the reality.
The Super Gravity sliding rail once activated could instantly provide a sliding track for the mech. If it was used by a "Wind" attribute Ability user, the whole process could be quickened. However, in the defensive aspect, there weren't any better thoughts at the current moment. The simplest way of thinking would be to add an additional shield. However, a shield would be too big and definitely wouldn't work. If it was to slow the mech down, the mech would be pointless. However, if there wasn't a shield, there wouldn't be any defensive capabilities and this mech would seem to be too fragile.
As they were immersed within the research, they didn't realised a storm was brewing outside.
After half a month, the first "Wind" attribute battle mech was completed. Ye Zisu and the rest were all working overtime. Lan Ling and the rest were also staying the research lab. Rara Durai and the rest were also helping during the times when they weren't training. With the strengths of the giants, it was much more convenient and easier to equip and dismantle equipment.
The first "Wind" attribute battle mech hadn't been named. The first priority for everyone was to see if this mech would be effective.
The order for the deployment of Wang Zheng had been communicated. However, there was no rush as they weren't any clear instructions that he had to leave immediately. All that was said was that it would be fine as long as he leave within a month. This allowed Wang Zheng to feel relaxed and relieved. There was at least some more time to make the new mech more perfect.
As the first person to experience the first mech, Kong Zhan operated the mech by walking around the training ground. Ye Zisu and the rest were looking at the data nervously.
The truth was that the only innovation in this mech was the Super Gravity Sliding Rail. Would the mech be able to possess unparalleled power?
Kong Zhan spent over 10 minutes to get used to the mech. As the captain of the Silver Snake Republic, he would have the experience in using various advanced mech. "Performance is great and this mech would likely be competitive."
This was a conservative evaluation as this alone would not be barely enough.
The key was the Super Gravity Sliding Rail.
Kong Zhan took a deep breath and made preparations for the mech to make a sudden lunging movement. At the same time, he activated the Super Gravity Sliding Rail and invoked his Ability X.
In an instant, the mech scurried forward violently for over 10 metres. Without losing any momentum, it rushed forward. Kong Zhan almost failed to control it.
Everyone had their eyes opened wide open and was staring at the data on the screen. Instantly, everyone let out a thunderous cheer.
They had really succeeded!
Lan Ling felt that it was a little impossible. The Lan Family had not been able to create an effective prototype after researching for so long. However, with Ye Zisu, a unique idea was surprisingly successful!
"Kong Zhan, please try it again without using your Ability X." said Ye Zisu with keen sparkling eyes. The truth was that she had this thought since a long time ago. It was just that her initial intention was to make use of magnetic force. She hadn't expected the Super Gravity Energy Mineral to have increased the design effects in an instant.
Kong Zhan operated the mech and performed ordinary movements and displacements multiple times. They were a clear difference. Moving with "Wind" attribute Ability X, the Super Gravity Energy Mineral had a special reaction effect with the mech. The speed and control over the mech had increased several times. However, the ordinary movement and displacement would also sweep and dominated over any mecha on the market. This had allowed the pros to have more room for operating. In other words, Ye Zisu's design was successful.
Everyone was cheering but Ye Zisu still seemed a little calm. This was because it still wouldn't be enough. Her design for this mech wasn't that simple. However, Kong Zhan's ability in operating it was not able to fully maximise the capabilities of the mech.
"Zisu, what was the matter? Are there any other problems?" Wang Zheng asked. His interests had already been aroused by what he saw. However, he wasn't a "Wind" attribute Ability user. If only if he was, he would definitely enjoyed it himself to the fullest.
The difference was great. He could feel that the effects of his "Ice" and "Fire" ability were extremely weak in this place.
"Did you remember the temporary energy shield of the Wind God?"
Wang Zheng nodded. He obviously remembered. He had executed it subconsciously previously. It was the through the usage of expanding energy. However, it was only temporary.
"It was the effect of Energy Siphoning. The truth was that this effect could be controlled. Although the difficulty was extremely high, a pro could obtain control over it after training. The defence of this mech isn't enough. Due to the situation in this place, I had also added the siphoning design into this mech. Including the titanium blade, I have added the Super Gravity Energy Mineral in hope that through the friction during attacks and making use of the Super Gravity Sliding Rail, the dispersed "Wind" attribute energy would form a temporary Wind Shield."
Ye Zisu said. The technicians around were dumbfounded and were engaged in discussions. There was no wonder now that Ye Zisu was being so demanding during the designing phase such as making it absolutely a must to ensure some unnecessary angles were also followed. No one had expected it to be because of this.
This was too difficult for everyone!
Kong Zhan also heard it. He shook his head while forcing a smile. "This type of movements could probably be done only by Wang Zheng."
Wang Zheng's Hercules, Wind God, Gold Wheel and Phantom King were considered to be the 4 unbreakable mecha in IG. It was entirely because the pilot was different. One could only imagine the number of Academies that were doing research on these 4 models of mecha. Rumours had it that Manalasuo had re-started the Golden Wheel plan and wanted to nurture a batch of super warriors specialising in operating the Golden Wheel.
The strength of humans lay within their terrifying ability to learn. Before Wang Zheng had demonstrated it, there might not be anyone who could have thought of it. However, when Wang Zheng had become the sample, there would definitely be people who could replicate it.
"Wang Zheng, give it a try too! Even if you do not had a "Wind" attribute Ability, you can also test the limits of the mech." said Ate.
Wang Zheng nodded his head. He had seen the production of this model of mech. It was using over-the-top methods. After all, it was a prototype and would definitely be made to test the extreme limits. If it was to be mass-produced, it would definitely not adopt such advanced manufacturing techniques.
Wang Zheng entered the mech and felt the combination with the G Material. Using the Wind God as the base, it was indeed an huge improvement. It was also more comfortable. He started the mech.
In the arena, the mech moved around slowly. After which, it started to accelerate and run.
Following which, Wang Zheng made all kinds of weird movement. Stretching, lunging forward and even surprising high leg whips and spinning attacks that had no blind spot. A normal mech wouldn't be able to withstand such torture. The mech seemed to be a piece of cloth that was worn on the body of the pilot.
Chapter 496: Flames of War Ignite
Translator:Abyssruler
Editor:Lucas
After this set of moves, the employees of the Lan family were dumbfounded. They had always heard that Wang Zheng was someone who liked to act cool and didn't know clearly what level he was at. They had only heard that he was powerful but only seen him pointing his fingers around the whole day. So he was so fierce and ruthless.
Wang Zheng was able to get familiarized with various mecha very quickly. Moreover, this model of mecha was in fact a larger Wind God. It was more stable and had transformed from a scout-type to a warrior type.
The focus was on the use of the Super Gravity Sliding Rail.
Weng...
The mech slid out aggressively. At the same time, the titanium blade was lashed out... Weng!.
It was rather fluid.
Wang Zheng felt very comfortable. If the Super Gravity Energy Mineral had the same performance on other stars, this would definitely be an explosive invention. At the same time... the Titatitan Star would become an even more sensitive place.
However, this was something that Wang Zheng and even the Lan family couldn't control.
One couldn't really know if the birth of this mech would be something good or bad.
*Weng Weng Weng...*
A fluent and rapid sliding slash was completed in a single move. Surprisingly, due to this sudden momentum, they was a mysterious strength behind the slash of the titanium blade.
Wang Zheng could feel it soon. During the instance of the rapid slash, the titanium blade seemed to have extended.
This was because the titanium blade had the Super Gravity Energy Mineral added to it too. Obviously, one had to maintain the weapon's durability. The proportion had to be controlled so as to not go against the initial intention.
However, this alone in the overall coordination of the mech had a seemingly mysteriously continuous effect.
Weng Weng Weng…..
The mech was making consecutive movements within the training ground. The speed was indeed not as fast as when Kong Zhan used his Ability X. However, it was more fluid. The mech and titanium blade seemed to have become one and was unbreakable. Moreover, it seemed that it could be seen with the naked eyes that the surface of the titanium blade had its own aura to it.
Wang Zheng operated the mech and rushed at high speed towards the target. At the instant of a sliding movement, the titanium blade was swung out suddenly.
Kill!
Weng... The target was split apart in an instant. However... the titanium blade had not even touched the target.
Wind Slash!
Those who were spectating were surprised and stunned. How….. could this be possible!
Kong Zhang's jaw had also dropped. He exchanged glances with Ate and both of them didn't know what to say. It wasn't that he wasn't putting in much effort in experiencing the mech previously. Moreover, he was even an Ability X user. The destructive powers of the same mech had changed drastically in Wang Zheng's hands.
It was too magical.
"Could this be the continuous effect of the Super Gravity Energy Mineral?" Lan Ling was also rather surprised.
Ye Zisu completed recording the data and smiled. "This is due mainly to the special environment of the Titatitan Star. The ions that were accumulated during rapid movements and slashes are reflected by the Super Gravity Mineral after they reach a certain level."
This was truly a magical Star. It gave Ye Zisu too many inspirations. Without such a place, no one would have come out with such creativity.
Without a doubt, this would be another breakthrough since the Wind God!
Lan Ling was exhilarated. Once the Lan family had a mecha army like this, they wouldn't have to pay attention to the Commerce Organization.
"Sister Zisu, I will return to Lan Kao City to discuss with Grandpa a deeper collaboration between us," Lan Ling said excitedly.
Ye Zisu was also very happy. "Let us create a miracle!"
There were two important aspects to this mech. One of them was design and the other would be materials. Without the Super Gravity Energy Mineral, one would not be able to build anything.
Sun Xin, who was at the side, wanted to say something but kept quiet. Lan Ling had headed outside excitedly. However, she was stopped by the guards suddenly.
From the start of the project, the Lan family had not only brought along a lot of technicians and workers. They had also brought alone many guards. Moreover, they were rather unfamiliar with Lan Ling. They weren't Metheus and his group. It was just that Lan Ling didn't mind.
"I'm sorry, Miss. The Chief has orders that you can't leave the base."
Lan Ling was stunned. She took a look at Sun Xin. Sun Xin lowered her head. "What is actually happening?!"
The nervous atmosphere around this place had only started two days ago. Initially, she had thought that it was to protect the research lab. However, it would seem to be because of another entirely different matter.
"Miss."
"Forget it. I will ask Grandpa directly!" Lan Ling opened her Skylink. Lan Jiang, who was on the opposite end, accepted the call without much delay.
"Uncle Grandpa, what is happening?" Lan Ling had returned to her calm and composed self when the Skylink call was connected.
"Ling, there were some things that I had tried my best in. I can only wait for the results now," Lan Jiang said. She couldn't see many expressions.
Lan Ling was stunned for a moment but recovered shortly. "The Commerce Organization is going to take action?"
Lan Jiang did not reply. Clearly, he acquiesced.
"Uncle Grandpa, why didn't you stop them? How could the Commerce Organization withstand the alliance between us and the people of Tita? Moreover, there is also the Milky Way Alliance's Special Action Team. How could they be so daring?"
Lan Ling said worriedly. When she was with the tribes of Tita, she truly felt the passion of these people. They were willing to befriend the humans. It was just that they were wary of the desires of humans. The wise ones were very sensitive.
"Uncle Grandpa, our new mech research has been successful. We will have enough capital for initial construction. We will not even need to collaborate with the Commerce Organization!"
"Ling, some things aren't as simple as you think. You should not care about such matters anymore. For this period of time, you should just stay within the research lab. It will be very safe in there."
Finishing, Lan Jiang hung up his Skylink. When Lan Ling tried to call again, she was no longer able to reach him.
After hearing Lan Ling's answer, everyone was stunned. The Blue Star Commerce Organization was going to make their move?
After some consideration, Ye Zisu knew that it wouldn't turn out well. "If the people of the Commerce Organization obtain control on the mineral reserves, our design will be in vain!"
This was something that Ye Zisu knew clearly.
However, Wang Zheng and the rest were thinking about another matter. The Commerce Organization was declaring war on the people of Tita?
"There is a large number of Tita people. Where did the Commerce Organization find such a large military force?" Wang Zheng asked.
"The Commerce Alliance is a massive organisation. Money makes the world go round. The Blue Star Commerce Organisation is one of the main members. They have been locking down information while making preparations. I'm afraid they have already completed the first step. The usual practice of the Commerce Organization would be to use the mercenaries and robot teams, bribing any opposing powers, and creating public discussion," Lan Ling replied. She was starting to feel worried for the people of Tita.
The empire that was most fond of exporting military goods was Arbiter. They had created huge amounts of such robotic troops and supplied them to the Commerce Organization. At the same time, they received a huge amount of capital from the Commerce Organisation, and this had allowed them to grow even stronger.
With the current military strength of Arbiter, everyone would merely close one eye. Moreover, every single strong empire made military sales.
At this moment, numerous transport ships appeared at the suburbs of the five main cities. The transport ships started to descend. Batch after batch of combat robots walked out and headed towards the wilderness.
They were executing a kill and exterminate mission. At the same time, they were imposing martial law in various major human cities.
Humans would be better off with the people of Tita eliminated.
What was crucial was that before others knew about what had happened, the war would already be over. As for the public comments and discussion, it would be left to the professionals to come out with a story.
"Mr. Consul, what is happening? How could the Commerce Organization be going against the Constitution by deploying combat robots to attack a peaceful star? I request to report to the Milky Way Alliance immediately and adopt emergency procedures at the same time!"
The Red Fox said angrily. However, Ison was very much at ease. When the Red Fox had finished venting her frustration, Ison said gently, "I have reported this matter upwards. However, there was a problem with the signal. The technicians are trying to tackle the key problems. As the squadron leader, I request that you ensure the safety of humans living in the cities.
"Consul, this is clearly an invasion..."
"Squadron Leader, please mind your position and execute the orders. As for other matters, you won't have to worry over them!"
Ison said seriously.
The Red Fox and several people within the section had truly treated this star as their home. They truly hoped to be able to make this beautiful star even better, and humans and the people of Tita could coexist peacefully and prosperously like many other multi-ethnic stars.
However, it was clear that not everyone was thinking the same way.
Ison must have been bribed. He did not have to do anything. He would just have to delay the whole matter to till everything was over and everything had been settled.
A transmission lockdown... The Commerce Organization had started to make its move a while ago. They had not intended to engage in negotiation or collaborations from the very start. On the other hand, they were making preparations. Once they had enough military strength...
When the order was disrupted, who would still be talking about the wonderful times?
When she left the office of the Consul, the Red Fox knew that she couldn't just continue waiting. She had to do something!
The battle had started from the exteriors of the five major human cities. Huge amounts of robot forces started pouring in. The reorganization teams were still making preparations to descend. The costs were very high, but the profits were even higher.
The Blue Star Commerce Organization was not only in legal business, but also in slavery. On stars where slavery was retained, goods like the giants would definitely be a popular labor force of guards.
Obviously, they had to announce to the people of Tita what was conquering using military force.
The battle had started without any warning. The people of Tita who were living near the exterior of the cities were eliminated before being able to react.
The robot forces were equipped with genocidal weapons. They were only two types of equipped weapons, and they were armor-piercing rounds and flamethrowers.
It would be more convenient to rebuild after burning everything to the ground. At the same time, they could also avoid any disease that the corpses might bring. It was truly a move with multiple benefits.
Zarberg and Moore had already raised their wine cups. The outcome of the war was not a problem. The only problem was how to start the war.
Once everything had been arranged, what was left was only celebration. It was definitely something that the Commerce Alliance was familiar with. One could only blame the the Titatitan Star for not entering the Milky Way Alliance, causing them to not have a seat or even a speaking right.
"Congratulations, Representative. When this business is completed, you will definitely earn the praises of the board."
"Uncle Moore, I still have to depend on you for devising strategies. Your nephew has learned a lot from you."
"What are you saying? I was just your assistant." Moore laughed. He clearly knew his position.
"I did not expect the Lan family to betray the people of Tita. I even thought that they would be resolute. A hundred years of friendship could be destroyed with just the flick of a finger."
Zarberg was feeling a little regretful. This was because his hobby was to write poems. The Titatitan Star was truly pretty beautiful. The girls might not be as wild and fashionable, but they had the purity that couldn't be found elsewhere.
"Old Man Lan refused to give in initially. However, we knew about his bottom line. All along, the Lan family was just putting on a brave front and couldn't deploy the giants of Tita. This could be seen during the banquet. Moreover, after witnessing our strong military forces, he would naturally make the choice between being eliminated together with the people of Tita or becoming a lackey of ours." Moore smiled gently. The truth was just like the backbone of someone and make one choose to make the correct decision.
Chapter 497: Getting out of the city
Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
"I want that brat Lan Ling. After I have played with her, I will leave this place." Zarberg finished the red wine in his hand. He enjoyed this type of life.
Moore nodded his head and said, "It would be better to nurture a new power instead of using the Lan family. They would be more obedient. However, before everything ends, we have to continue with our acts secretly."
In the research lab, Wang Zheng had received the news from the Red Fox. The Blue Star Commerce Organization had really made their move. Currently, there were over 10 Panama-grade cargo ships that were transporting large amounts of combat robots and mercenaries into this place. At the same time, there were bombardment ships which used physical explosions in place. From their equipment, it was clear that the Commerce Organization had started their preparations a long time ago. They had not intended for negotiations from the very start.
"How could they be so rampant? Isn't there anyone who was in charge? Is the Milky Way Alliance dead?" Kong Zhan said angrily as he could not hold back anymore.
"The Titatitan Star has not entered the Milky Way Alliance. Although the Milky Way Alliance has a constitution, with no one taking the initiative, who would have done so in such a situation? Even if human rights activists were to protest, it would be after the whole incident has ended. They would then naturally provide a series of reasons," Ye Zisu said calmly with a sense of helplessness. She looked at Lan Ling as the Lan family had a greater say in it.
At this time, Wang Zheng's Skylink rang again. An image was transmitted over. It was sent from the base where the Red Fox was at.
The girls who were present immediately turned around. Everything was burnt to ashes and the burnt corpses of the people of Tita were everywhere. They might not even know what had happened.
Lan Ling bit her lip. Since the humans had migrated to this place, the people of Tita had not objected to it but only chose to maintain a distance from them. Tribes like the Pool Tribe even provided aid to the early immigrants for them to build their homes till the discovery of the Super Gravity Energy Mineral.
"Captain, the existence of the Milky Way Alliance's Special Action Team was to prevent such matters from happening, why aren't we taking action yet?" Ate said.
The Red Fox was trying to hide her anger. She had fallen for it. The whole incident might be something that the Consul had arranged and she had become the scapegoat. This incident that happened would be the direct responsibility of the squadron leader. The Golden Fox and Silver Fox being so calm and cooperative was entirely a show.
Although the Consul would bear some punishment, what he would gain from it would far exceed the minor punishment he would have to bear.
The Red Fox had finally understood! She was no match for them in scheming. The key was that other than her own section, she couldn't mobilize anyone else. As a soldier, there were things she adhered to. However… with the current situation, she had no rights to send her section mates to death.
"Lan Ling, what is the Lan family's stance on this matter?" asked Wang Zheng.
"Grandpa…" Lan Ling gritted her teeth. She knew how much the people of Tita had helped the Lan family. Including her ancestors, what the Lan family had now was because of the people of Tita. They were smart and passionate. Their only request in the development plan was to not have their home destroyed. They did not even make much requests in the benefits of the mining of the ore.
"What about you?" asked Wang Zheng.
Lan Ling was taken aback. "I'm on the side of the people of Tita!"
Suddenly, everyone realized the atmosphere around Wang Zheng had changed drastically. In his eyes, one could clearly see killing intent. "These are only the vanguard teams of the Commerce Organization. We have to inform the people of Tita as soon as possible. Zisu, please try your best to come up with a way to let the news out. What we have to do is to defend and hold our ground till we have a response from the Milky Way Alliance!"
As long as the news spread, the Milky Way Alliance would not allow such a matter that infringed upon the constitution to continue. That would only cause the collapse of the rule of the Milky Way Alliance. We shouldn't forget about the Atlanteans, Mayans, Ghanaians, and many others. There were many other strong races within the Milky Way Alliance.
Ye Zisu nodded her head decisively.
"Let's split up. Lan Ling and I will go to the Pool Tribe. The people of Tita mustn't have realized the seriousness of this matter yet."
"Martial law has already been imposed outside…"
"If that's the case, we just have to kill our way out. Kong Zhan and Ate, I will leave the safety of the people here to the two of you," said Wang Zheng.
"Rest assured!"
Rara Durai and the other giants still didn't know what had happened. When they heard the situation from Wang Zheng, all of them let out an angry growl.
"Rara, you guys will follow me and charge out. Remember, don't desire for a battle. What is more important now is to inform Elder Mu Sen. The situation is very grave."
Wang Zheng said with a serious tone. His voice wasn't loud but was like a low pitch cannon and caused the roof to tremble. This was able to calm the anger amongst the giants slightly.
Wang Zheng entered the new mech and left a giant behind to follow him. Luckily, there was giant battle armor in this place. If not, they might not even have had the opportunity to make it out.
Wang Zheng had originally wanted to bring only Rara Durai and Shan Meng along and leave the other four giants behind. However, they were unwilling to stay behind, no matter what he said. They would rather die on the battlefield when they knew that their own kind was suffering.
Death and war was glory to a Tita warrior.
The humans within the cities weren't clear of the situation outside. However, they still knew that war had begun.
A majority of the humans were against it. The immigrants of the Titatitan Star had been living here for a long time and enjoyed the peaceful environment around them. The key was that this was a war started by the Commerce Organization due to benefits. The ones who would enjoy the benefits would definitely not be them, and they would lose their homes once again.
However, the police was already out in full force. The whole city was under martial law. Combat robots were deployed in the main street. Anyone who was causing disruptions to the order would be arrested. Obviously, it would be in the name of safety.
Ison had always made sure that he had considered everything. He would not have done it if he had not made full preparations for it. If he was successful this time, not only he would be able to receive a large sum of remuneration, he would also receive 1% of the profits from the Super Gravity Energy Mineral.
It would be enough for his lifetime. He had no intentions to spend his entire life working as a consul on a barbaric star.
Everything was under control. These barbarians could only surrender under the artillery fire.
The small scale war had started. Without any exception, the tribes of the people of Tita were all buried in the sea of flames.
The combat robots only cared about slaughtering, while some of the mercenaries were fond of torturing before killing. Mercenaries who were willing to take on such jobs were no different from pirates.
Wang Zheng was piloting the new mech and took the lead in rushing out. There wasn't anyone who could stop him in Lan Kao City. When dealing with his own people, he would not kill them. All he did was break the combat capabilities of the opponents' mecha. The other party was only executing orders given to them.
Occasionally, these damn orders were truly troublesome. This could be seen from his encounters. If one met a leader like Meng Ao, he would likely plead for leniency on his behalf. If it was others, they would have sacrificed Wang Zheng to appease the anger of Aslan or for benefits.
These emotions did not disappear but were hidden deep in his heart. If it wasn't because of Wang Zheng and the others that gave him a reason to, Wang Zheng had felt that he would likely not be able to control these emotions.
However, the damn Commerce Organization had nothing to do with him!
The new mech model was leading the way. Although it might not look great, its effectiveness was great.
The six giants followed behind him closely. The group had rushed towards the exit of the city and had not met much resistance. It was probably because not many people had the time to react to it. The order that the police force received was most likely to only maintain order.
After all, the conflict over the mineral reserves had been around for a long time. Everyone would have guessed that the Commerce Organization had made its move. They wouldn't have thought that the giants were attacking the city, because if the giants wanted to attack the city, they would have done so over the last hundred years and there wouldn't be a today.
When Wang Zheng brought Rara Durai across the streets, there were even cheers for them.
Rara Durai and the other giants' expressions relaxed a little. They knew that it was the humans that wanted the mineral that had started the war.
However, only the Pool Tribe had made much contact with humans and therefore were likely to understand. The other people of Tita might not be thinking the same way.
Chapter 498: The Princess' tough front
Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
Wang Zheng piloted the mech and was leading the way as they rushed out of Lan Kao City. The 6 giants together with Lan Ling were following behind closely. After exiting the city, everyone could see the soaring black smoke amidst a sea of red.
Rara Durai and the rest clenched their fists tightly. However, Wang Zheng knew that this wasn't the time for them to charge in. What year did they live in now? How could these people be so undaunted and reckless? It seemed that this world still belonged to those with power and money. It had reached the stage where it seemed they were free to do as they wished.
"Wang Zheng, what should we do now?" Lan Ling was a little flustered.
"Let's returned to the Pool Tribe first. The assault by the combat robots shouldn't have reached the Pool Tribe so quickly. We would need to come up with a countermeasure." Wang Zheng said.
The reason why he had to bring Lan Ling along was because he did not want the people of Tita to lose complete confidence in humans. The Lan Family had some responsibilities in it. However, it was the decision by Lan Jiang. When people got older, they became more timid. One could only say that he had underestimated the strength of the people of Tita.
No one knew this better than Wang Zheng. The number of people of Tita hidden within the vast and dense forests was immense. There were close to 100 thousands giants if one only considered the few large tribes in the surrounding area. They weren't made of paper.
Moreover, Rara Durai had said that there were many giants living in caves on Tita Star. They weren't alone. It was just that they were mountaineer giants. There was not much communication within the different races. This was mainly because of the difficulty in locating them. However, under the leadership of the Elders, there would be some contact once every few years. This was also the point of the existence of the Wise ones.
If there was a full blown war, the final result would be the destruction of the people of Tita. The Commerce Organisation would make use of the power from the Milky Way Alliance to dodge all fallout. Tita Star would eventually be destroyed in the end. If one was to think further, if the Milky Way Alliance's Constitution was to lose its effect, how would the external races like Atlantis and Mayans think?
The current peaceful system of the Milky Way Alliance could collapse. What the Commerce Organisation claimed to be a blitzkrieg would only be a dream if they could hold out!
The group took a shortcut and headed towards the Pool Tribe quickly. At the same time, the people of Tita had started to make their response.However, the faraway skies were full of transport ships and bombers. Wang Zheng had also taken glances from the side of his eyes. Since the war had started, he could clearly feel that the surrounding Yuan Qi was disappearing at a rapid pace.
Rara Durai and the rest had been controlling their emotions because of Wang Zheng's existence. One could tell that they had considered Wang Zheng as a reliable person.
The destructive attacks by the humans had caused strong reactions within the people of Tita. At the same time, they were also in awe of the terrifying strength of the humans. They weren't afraid of dying. Dying in battle was a form of glory. However, what kind of war was this? It was completely destructive. Their home had been destroyed completely. This was something that the people of Tita, who believed in the god of nature, couldn't tolerate at all.
The people of Tita from various places had started to retaliate. They had rushed into the crowd of combat robots.
"Look at these dumb giants. Charging in? It's too fun!"
"Trying to block bullets with their bare body? Did they think that their bodies were immune to knives and bullets?"
Every combat robot group came with a small section of Mercenary Corps. The combat robots were bought to be disposed of. Even if they exchanged one combat robot for the life of one giant, they would have made a gain. The people of Tita were using primitive weapons to battle with machines made of steel. They weren't of the same grade.
The Tita giants were truly fierce and brave. The valiant giants might be able to destroy a combat robot with a swing of their weapon. However, they wouldn't be able to escape death. However, the transport ships in the skies were still arriving constantly.
The Commerce Organisation was known to be meticulous when handling matters. They had mustered efforts to eliminate the people of Tita in one fell swoop.
The first wave of air bombardment was targeting the surroundings of the cities. The second wave was executed towards the 4 living areas where the people of Tita had congregated. If it wasn��t because of the tall forest, the people of Tita would have died even more quickly. These giants could only mourn in the sea of flames.
The mercenary corps was drinking as they piloted their mecha. The revolving guns felt more visceral and exciting compared to lasers. This was a massacre.
On the other hand, Wang Zheng received another piece of surprising news on the road. The so-called armour that the Lan Family had provided was only merely a hundred pieces. What could this do?
Looking at Lan Ling, Wang Zheng could only sigh. In fact, he could understand. The people of Tita and humans were two different races after all. Although Wang Zheng was just a small soldier, from his perspective, the best choice for Tita Star was to enter the Milky Way Alliance and obtain a seat in the Milky Way Alliance.
Wang Zheng's two pronged approach would include him finding a way to convince the people of Tita to delay the Commerce Organisation team. On the other hand, he hoped to contact the Milky Way Alliance through the Earth. The key was to disseminate the news and it would be disseminated further by other relevant organisations. He did not believe that the Commerce Organisation could single-handedly hide the truth from the public. The reasoning that he could come out with would probably have proponents within the Milky Way Alliance. There was also another more ruthless move. That would be for Wang Zheng to contact Huiyin through Zisu. As for what Huiyin would do, it would be hard to determine. The princess' sense of justice had always been overflowing. However, the Royal Family of Aslan would likely not agree to it easily.
Doing all he could and wishing for the best. This was Wang Zheng.
No matter what, the first thing would be to contact Elder Mu Sen.
In the faraway Atlantis, everything seemed so serene. They hadn't been a war in this place for a very long period of time. During the aggressive period of expansion by the Milky Way Alliance, the Milky Way Alliance had chosen to adopt a more peaceful method after facing the Atlantis.
The Sacred Temple, Hall of Light.
The endless light was just like the ocean and had dyed the entire hall. The light was just like water and was turning and moving slowly. In the middle of all the light, there was a fair-skin girl. She was lowering her head and bathing in the light. Her flawless crystal-liked skin seemed to be becoming one with the light.
Dang!
The sound of the bell had propagated from outside. Within the pleasant noise, the endless light seemed to had received a shock and receded rapidly. In the open hall, only the young girl was left behind and there weren't any other things.
The young girl raised her head. Her gaze was clear and had a faint expression. It was Aina.
The door creaked and the main doors of the Sacred Temple were opened from the outside.
An ancient Atlantis language was sang in a soft voice and reverberated within the hall endlessly.
"The ceremony has ended."
The queen of Atlantis entered with a set of splendid attire. On her face, she revealed a faint admiration smile. "Congratulations. Even for the people of Atlantis, this was a noble achievement that would be engraved in one's soul and will never be erased. It was also enough to please the gods. You are also the first human to complete this magnificent feat."
Aina got up and saluted. After hearing what the Queen had said, she saluted again. "It was my greatest honour to be able to receive the recognition of Your Highness."
The charisma and radiance of the Queen was something that even Aina was envious of. "Cleanse thoroughly and awaken. After going through the baptism by light, you can start learning our mental engraving."
"Your Highness, I can't understand. Why would you do this?" Aina asked calmly. Although the relationship between Aslan and Atlantis was great, it shouldn't be at this level. Moreover, she was supposed to be grounded and punished.
The Queen of Atlantis was taken aback. Looking into Aina's eyes, the eyes were sagacious. The Queen smiled faintly and said," We were brought together by fate."
Aina was stunned. This was a reason that she couldn't refute. Fate?
The Queen smiled gently. "Rest is equally important. Through the light baptism, your mental strength would have gone through sublimation. What you would need most now would be to consolidate your experiences. This kid, Hao Lin, was fond of humans. I could sense that he wanted to become a real human. I sincerely hope that you can help him."Aina nodded her head slightly with respect and left the main hall. When she came to the outside, a tall Aslan female officer walked towards her.
"Your Highness, Aina, congratulations for undergoing the light baptism and achieved sublimation of your mental strength. Your Highness and the Prime Minster would definitely…
"Nelly."
"Yes." The female officer immediately stood upright. Her upright posture was perfect as for a female officer. She was resolute. On her beautiful face, she had an unwavering gaze. The tightly close lips were sign of her determination and pride and were extremely attractive.
"Bring me to Prince Hao Lin."
"Yes."
The female officer turned around with her upright posture and was leading the way. She respected the princess. However, her mission was truly about supervising the princess until the princess could recognise her "mistake".
After passing through the solemn ancient hall, it was a garden. In this place, one wouldn't be able to see anything related to technology. No matter if it belonged to the humans or Atlantis, ancient and natural would be the only unique characteristics in this place.
Hao Lin was right here… playing baseball. The humans' game would be the best way to understand the human culture. He loved to experience every human activity.
"Sister Aina, congratulation."
When Hao Lin saw Aina, he threw the baseball bat in his hands aside and was revealing a joyous face.
Such baptism was completed only by a few people of Atlantis. Moreover, not everyone would have such an opportunity. In fact, he was curious why Her Highness would grant Aina this opportunity. However, he was sincerely happy. To share and and seek truth together was the true way to happiness.
"I would need to thank you for it. If you hadn't fought for me, I wouldn't have had such an opportunity.
There were controversies at that time. However, Hao Lin had voted yes resolutely.
Time had passed very quickly.
The evening sun was hanging in the horizon. The setting sun shone on the garden and everything was in a magical golden yellow.
Hao Lin raised his head and took a look at the leaves that had turned golden red. "The so-called spiritual engraving is done like this. However, to truly master it would be troublesome. Furthermore, I feel that humans should find their own path."
Aina smiled faintly and replied, "One must be able to draw inferences."
Hao Lin smiled and looked at Aina. "I have a question. The truth was that I had always wanted to ask you."
"Oh, please say whats on your mind."
Aina knew that Hao Lin was just like a curious baby."Have you ever regreted your love?"
Looking at the prince with the small stature, Aina laughed instead. Her smile triumphed over everything and it meant more than the answer.
Hao Lin couldn't understand. The relationship of humans was truly complicated. If it was him, he would definitely not be able to bear such separation. This was equivalent to forcefully transforming the two of them into two intersecting lines, never to meet again after that one encounter. One could expect that the distance between them would increase more and more because of this. The things that had happened in the past would become just an intersection point in their memories.
"It seemed that there were still a lot for me to learn with regard to humans."
Hao Lin could only sigh. The emotions of the people of Atlantis and the humans were very similar. However, it seemed that there was something within them that had disappeared permanently.
"Your Highness, it is time for your dinner."
Nelly had disrupted the casual conversation between the two of them. She took a glance at Hao Lin. The name "Wang Zheng" had solemnly become a restricted phrase in the Royal Family of Aslan.
Aina smiled and was getting ready to leave after standing up. Prince Hao Lin also sent her off using the formalities of humans.
It was a beautiful night and Aina had been leading a fulfilling life. Learning, preparing for lessons, revision. She was doing what a princess of Aslan should have done and was doing it in the best way. It was only till the designated bed time and with Nelly's reminder that she went for a bath. After which, she tucked her body into the soft mattress and closed her eyes gently.
The night of Atlantis was extremely quiet…
The fatigue that had accumulated during the day had all rushed out in this instance.
Why didn't she ask about the situation with Wang Zheng?
It was because she was afraid!
She had never worried about herself. However, what about Wang Zheng?
No news might be the best news for her.
Chapter 499: Titan!
Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
With Rara Durai leading the way, the group finally arrived at the Pool Tribe. The Pool Tribe had not been attacked yet. However, it was clear that there was anger and panic building up within the entire tribe.
Not only was Mu Sen around, Elder Guang Yao and the Chiefs of the surrounding tribes were also present. However, when the crowd saw Wang Zheng and Lan Ling, they immediately became agitated.
"Shameless humans! How dare you show your face here!"
"Kill them!"
Instantly, the feelings of the crowd ran high. Some of them even started throwing stuff at Wang Zheng and Lan Ling. Wang Zheng and Lan Ling had expected this situation. If it was them, they might have committed even worse actions.
Rara Durai stood in front of Wang Zheng and allowed everything to hit him. On their way here, they had witnessed the miserable situation of the destroyed villages. Disregarding Rara Durai, the anger in Wang Zheng had accumulated to a tipping point.
"Elder Mu Sen and fellow countrymen, Ada and Miss Lan Ling were here to help us. They are not the same as those people.
Rara Durai had really matured a lot to be able to still control his emotions in such a situation.
Mu Sen raised his hand to signal for everyone to remain quiet. Mu Sen looked at Lan Ling and said," Miss Lan Ling, please answer my question."
"Elder Mu Sen, please speak."
"I knew that it was the Blue Star Commerce Organisation that had started this attack. However, why didn't the Lan Family take any action? I remembered that we were allies and had friendly relations for over a hundred years." Mu Sen had went straight to the heart of the matter. Although his expression was composed, his trembling wrinkles made it clear that he was also trying to restrain his anger.
The Wise ones were different from giants. They understood the humans. This was also the reason why they had maintained a lukewarm relationship with them. Unlike them, humans would not keep to their promises.
The people of Tita were not afraid to die in battle. They weren't afraid of death. Even if Tita Star was to be destroyed, it would be alright as long as they had tried their best. However, they were truly enraged by the betrayal of the humans that they had always trusted in.
Quibbling? Covering up?
Lan Ling really did not know what to say. This was because the people of Tita had a natural trust for the Lan Family since she was young. What she had heard was also that the Lan Family had a friendship with the people of Tita that lasted over a hundred year. However, the truth now was telling her that what her grandpa had been saying was not worth anything.
Looking at the trusting gaze of Rara Durai, Lan Ling made her decision.
Lan Ling took a deep bow and replied," Elder Mu Sen, I would want to express my deepest apologies for the Lan Family's cowardice and yielding to the enemy. I know that my words would not be able to salvage anything. What I, Lan Ling, would like to say here today was that I would fight to the last moment with everyone even if I was to die. If you all could trust me, please give me another chance. If you couldn't, I wouldn't complain even if you wanted to kill me."
Lan Ling said resolutely and decisively. An explanation would be the same as covering up. Even if she wanted to cover it up, it was still the truth. She only knew why she was here. This was because she felt that what Lan Jiang had did was wrong.
Disregarding relationship and considering only the truth, allying with the Commerce Organisation was equivalent to asking the tiger for its skin. The roots of the Lan Family were on Tita Star. If they leave this place, they wouldn't be anything. However, the Commerce Organisation would only treat this place as a gold mine and would leave after excavating.
She might be acting immaturely but she had made her own decision to fight together with the people of Tita.
Wang Zheng had remained composed and looked at the reactions of the people of Tita queietly.
Truthfully, what could a few words do?
However, Elder Musen smiled. Although there was some sadness in his smile, he replied," Lan Ling, you are a friend of the people of Tita. The people of Tita would never betray our friends!"
"Elder Mu Sen, the situation is rather pressing. Would you happen to have come up with a countermeasure?" Wang Zheng asked directly.
"The Commerce Organisation had underestimated the people of Tita. We would fight to protect our home even if it meant for us to be fighting till the last of us." Mu Sen said.
"We had already mobilized over 10 thousands warriors. We would let these greedy humans knew about our strength." Shan Yue said.
Wang Zheng frowned. There was only so little warriors. He had originally thought that there would at least be several hundred thousands. It seemed that not every single person of Tita was participating in the battle.
"Chief Shan Yue, what you all are looking at was only the robotic vanguards. Frankly speaking, with the financial strength of the Commerce Organisation, they could send endless supplies of such units. You should try to gather more strength. From what I know, there shouldn't be so few warriors."
Mu Sen forced a smile. Elder Guang Yao who was at a side shook his head and took a look at Lan Ling. "The attack and betrayal by the humans had caused the other tribes to lose their confidence. Moreover, Elder Mu Sen had always been close to the humans. The other tribes had abandoned us. They believe that the Kamla region was the source of the war and wouldn't spread outwards.
Wang Zheng was stunned… Was this self-deceiving or were they too silly and naïve?
They could tell the doubts that Wang Zheng had. "The truth was that the tribes of the people of Tita did not have a universal leader due to the differences in culture and other aspects."
Mu Sen explained… The problems that existed between humans were also present between the people of Tita. One could tell from the endless disputes between the Pool Tribe and Ling Shan Tribe which belonged to the same region.
"Couldn't the Committee of Elders make the decision?"
"The purpose of the 8 great Elders was to strengthen relationships and prevent large scale internal war between the people of Tita. We did not have any right to command each other." Elder Guang Yao explained.
Wang Zheng's heart sank. The situation was direr than he had thought. For the news to spread and everything to proceed would also take some time. However, if the people of Tita were exterminated during this time, nothing would be left.
"Elder Mu Sen, the situation now is critical. The Commerce Organisation was intending to completely convert Tita Star into an uninhabitable mineral Star. The progress to join the Milky Way Alliance was also obstructed by them. I know about the bravery of the Tita warriors. However, you should have seen that these robots are mass produced goods, destroying them wouldn't really mean much." Lan Ling said
This was also what made everyone around worried. They knew the capabilities of the humans. A war that would never end was also something that they couldn't endure.
If there was a choice, no one would hope to be destroyed.
"Miss Lan Ling, did you had a plan?" Mu Sen asked.
"There is only one way currently. That would be to capture the ringleader first in order to capture his followers!" said Lan Ling.
Wang Zheng's eyes lit up. He could roughly understand Lan Ling's way of thinking. This was probably the only way out."
"Go on."
"Wang Zheng had already leaked the news about the Blue Star Commerce Organisation going against the Milky Way Alliance Constitution through other methods. However, it would take time to form a proposal to be submitted to the Milky Way Alliance. The Blue Star Commerce Organisation would not give us this time. Our only way was to gather our elite soldiers and attack the command centre of the Blue Star Commerce Organisation. Once we have occupied that place, we could disrupt the following plans of the Blue Star Commerce Organisation and gained valuable time for us!"
Lan Ling said.
"Moreover, this could help reduce the casualty count to the lowest. The war on the Kamla region was only a tactical exercise. Once they feel that it was doable, the largest scale attack would also commence!" said Wang Zheng.
If the people of Tita could provide the most unyielding counterattack at this moment, the Blue Star Commerce Organisation would start to assess their gains and losses. This was the innate style of a businessman. Therefore, they had to quickly deliver the fatal blow.
Wang Zheng had started to understand the entire matter's connections and the ways the Commerce Organisation did things.
"The warriors of Ling Shan Tribe had made the preparations to fight to our death!" said Shan Yue.
Lan Ling shook her head. "These warriors would not be enough. What I can do now is one of two things. One of them was to find a way to determine the location of the command centre of Blue Star. Such a large robotic army would definitely require a control headquarters. The second thing would be for Elder Mu Sen to send a few thousand warriors to me. I know about where the Lan Family's battle armour warehouse is situated. Although there are only over 10 thousands sets, it would still be a great help!"
Mu Sen's eyes lit up after hearing it. They only had a few hundred battle armour. It would only be enough for a small scale war. If it was a large scale war, it would be completely pointless. However, if they could equip over 10 thousand giants, it would be a different matter.
Clearly, this was Lan Ling's personal decision.
"What do we have to do then?"
"Elder Mu Sen and Elder Guang Yao, the people of Tita have to unite together. We must strike the bullseyes in this attack. If we can't, the outcome would be dire. It wouldn't be enough to depend on our current military strength. We would need the people of Tita to unite together!"
Wang Zheng said. He knew clearly about the battle power of the Tita giants and knew even clearer about the military strength of humans. With their current strength, these people would have been exterminated before they reached the front of the base. Once the main battle force was eliminated, there would really be no hope left for Tita Star.
Mu Sen and Guang Yao looked at each other. Elder Guang Yao paused for a moment and said resolutely and decisively," I would go and convene the meetings of the Elders. No matter what, we have to try our best. Every power counts!"
"In that case, let's split up and do our mission!"
"Without further ado, let us head out immediately." Lan Ling said. "Wang Zheng, can you stay here? It would be more convenient for us to maintain communication."
Wang Zheng nodded. Clearly, the war had started. The ambassadors of various tribes shouldn't be far apart.
The whole Pool Tribe had been mobilized. The batch of equipment was the most pressing matter.
At night, Wang Zheng couldn't sleep. The new mech stood alone. For the first time, Wang Zheng had felt helplessness. In the face of war, the strength of a single person was so minute.
Mu Sen walked over. "Can't fall asleep?"
Wang Zheng nodded his head and said," Elder Mu Sen, how many people do you think we can gather this time?"
Mu Sen shook his head and let out a long sigh. "The thoughts of the people of Tita, especially those from rural tribes, weren't willing to adapt to change to begin with. Coupled with the current incident, it would be hard to tell."
"Isn't there anything that could unite the people of Tita? Weren't there any leaders that appeared in the history of the people of Tita?" Wang Zheng asked subconsciously.
"There was!" Mu Sen gaze turned deep and distant. "Titan!"
This was the belief and an ancient legend of the people of Tita.
"I had heard it from Rara Durai. Could it be that it really existed?"
"Yes, it was real. This was also the origin of our TitaTitan Star. Catastrophe had fallen but the Titan had yet to appear."
"How could we find this Titan?" Wang Zheng asked immediately. He wasn't being superstitious. However, if there was a chance, he would definitely grab it tightly.
"Anyone could be a Titan as long as they could return from the abyss."
"Where is the abyss?" Wang Zheng's eyes lit up. In fact, he had heard from Rara Durai previously. He did not believe about the abyss. However, every primitive tribe would have something that they believe in even if it might be baffling to others. If this could be a reason to unite them, Wang Zheng was willing to give it a try.
"You would want to go?"
"Elder, I'm willing to go with Ada!" said Rara Durai.
Chapter 500: Battle of the Abyss
Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
The abyss was the sacred ground of the people of Tita. At the same time, it was a place of nightmares. Every year, there would be Tita warriors who entered. However, no one was able to return alive. Legends had it that if one could enter the abyss and return alive, the person would become the Titan. Obviously, those who only hung around the entrance wouldn't be able to become the Titan. Hence the area around it was desolate. Clearly, the people of Tita weren't interested in living within these myths.
After travelling day and night for 3 days, Wang Zheng and Rara Durai had arrived at the abyss.
Practically speaking, Wang Zheng believed that there were various miracles within the universe. The reason as to why they were magical was because humans were still unable to explain these miracles with science. Every source of power could be explained. Obviously, those acts of gods that the people of Tita had been passing around might not be miracles in humans' terms. However, these weren't important. What Wang Zheng was trying to achieve was to help Rara Durai become the Titan. This would give a reason to the people of Tita to rally together.
However, when they arrived at the abyss, Wang Zheng truly felt a different sense of danger. He even had goosebumps. As for Rara Durai, he had clearly felt the stress and was in a state of heightened nervousness.
"Relax yourself. If you are using so much energy here, you would be depleted once you enter." laughed Wang Zheng as he tried his best to help Rara Durai relax a little.
"Ada, there are devils in the abyss. Only those that win in battles against the devils could become the Titan." It might be because of Wang Zheng's presence that Rara Durai was slightly able to catch his breath.
Wang Zheng piloted the mech. At the start, he was still worried about the abyss being a swamp or something. If that was the case, there was nothing much he could do. However, it didn't seem to be that case. It was just that the atmosphere was very chilly.
Yuan Qi of the "Wind" attribute was very concentrated here. It was overly concentrated to the point that one could get a headache just by being there. Besides that, there was truly a lingering sense of death. The name "Abyss" wasn't an exaggeration. A normal person would definitely fall ill if he/she stayed in this place for a long time.
With the mech in front of him, although Wang Zheng was talking about being relaxed, his 5 senses were all heightened.
"Would killing the devil make one the Titan? How would the Titan look like?"
"I do not know about the details. The Elders had said that after killing the devil, you could get a weapon left behind by god and it allowed you to gain the ability to control lightning.
When Rara Durai talked about the Titan, the warrior blood within him started to boil and it seemed that he was no longer afraid of any devil.
Wang Zheng frowned. No matter how he saw it, it was clearly a story used to dupe the kids. What were devils? They were probably some monsters. No matter what one would say, the civilisation of the people of Tita would likely be considered to be rather primitive.
Clearly, Rara Durai wasn't aware of the details. He just had to take things as they came. Wang Zheng still had a strong belief in his strength.
At the same time, the dangerous atmosphere had greatly excited the adventurous genes within him. At this moment, he had not noticed his own expression.
As the two of them dove deeper, the pressure they felt became stronger. The lighting became darker and the routes became more uneven. The key was that there were more and more large skeletal remains. Over the past thousands of years, no one knew how many people of Tita had come in here looking for the gifts of god.
Wang Zheng observed these large skeletal remains. Some of them weren't from that long ago. It was clean and definitely wasn't because of decay. This explained that the so-called devil should be some form of wild beast.
Wang Zheng unsheathed his titanium blade and said," Rara, get ready for battle!"
Rara Durai held on to his huge sword tightly. The battle armour on him was able to give him some sense of security. However, he also knew that this battle armour would not be able to defend against the claws of the devils. This was because several warriors who had entered the abyss with the battle armour of the Lan Family had all failed to return.
Time waited for no one. As they moved deeper into the abyss, they had gradually entered a dense forest. Wang Zheng had always felt that they were shrouded in some shadows. It seemed that something was following them.
The Primordial Regression Technique started to circulate and his mental strength became more refined. It started to spread towards the surrounding constantly… there was a shadow moving.
The speed was so fast that it created wind. This wind wasn't natural but was caused by the movement of the beast moving around.
It seemed that it had a large body.
The Tita Star was able to give birth to the giants and naturally there shouldn't be a lack of giant beasts. There were such zoos within Lan Kao City but the strength of these creatures were ordinary. However, those beast in the shadows was clearly different.
Rara Durai's whole body had tensed up. The instincts of the people of Tita had told him that the devil was just in the vicinity.
"Ada, the devil is coming." Rara Durai had stopped moving.
Wang Zheng's mech also stopped in his track. The engine also braked gently. The dangerous atmosphere around him had also started to become heavier. It was as though they were being stared at by numerous pairs of eyes.
Ceng…
A giant shadow leapt out from the dense forest. Rara Durai was too too tense and weren't able to react. However, Wang Zheng had struck as quickly as lightning. A sliding rail was extended immediately and the titanium blade was thrown out instantly.
Wang Zheng had no idea what the thing was but had still chosen to deal a heavy blow.
Ceng…
A horrible shrieked sounded and blood was flying everywhere. A monster with a pair of meaty wings lay down on the floor. This monster was 70-80 metres in length and looked like a giant lion. On his forehead, there were even a green spiral horns. Sharp fangs were protruding out its mouth and its claws were shimmering in a terrifying and cold light.
At this point, the breathing sounds in the dark had become more intense.
Gradually, a low-pitch roar propagated across. It was then where the shadows dispersed and the two were able to look clearly in front of them. Rara Durai was dumbfounded. There were over hundreds and thousands of such beasts! They were densely packed and he didn't know how many more of these beasts were hidden in the darkness.
What kind of Warriors' Trial was this? It was a path to death with no return. If it was a one-on-one, the giants might not be afraid. However, if it was one-on-10 thousand, even if the giant was made of steel, he would had been chewed to death.
Wang Zheng wasn't silly. He saw that Rara Durai wanted to charge forward after recovering from a temporary shock. He immediately shouted," Follow me! Run!"
Oh damn. One would be an idiot to not run in this situation!
Rara Durai was in position after a long day and had thought that he would go on a killing spree beside his Ada. However, he had not expected this move.
Nonetheless, he instinctively followed behind Wang Zheng.
Boom…
Without saying a word, he threw a flashbang that was near the head of the mech out. This thing might not have destructive force but it was still enough to scare the beasts away.
As expected, the explosion sound from the flashbang was still able to suppress these shadow beasts. However, it was only able to do so for a short while. Soon, the beasts growled and leapt out and chased after the two of them.
As Wang Zheng ran, the assault rifles in his hands started going dakkadakka. Such primitive weapons could no longer be found amongst the humans. However, Wang Zheng was feeling like a lonely hero in those old movies. He had not expected that he would experience it himself today.
Rara Durai wasn't having any other thoughts and followed beside Wang Zheng closely. Luckily, it was Rara Durai and not Shan Meng. Shan Meng's movement wasn't as agile as Rara Durai. He had not been slacking off during training during this period of time and was able to cover Wang Zheng to some extent.
However, these shadow beasts had no intention to stop.
Wang Zheng wasn't just trying to flee aimlessly. With the landscape, Rara Durai and him would not be able to escape. They would have died from exhaustion just from running mindlessly.
As he retreated, Wang Zheng's mental strength was trying to determine the movement and numbers of these beasts constantly.
Anyone who have experienced the S-Grade battle with Zerg would no longer feel fear towards monsters. On the other hand, Rara Durai might be feeling shocked or even a little fearful. However, for Wang Zheng, these monsters were only in a different form. During the pursuit, some of these habits of the beast would be revealed.
This was where Wang Zheng was scariest.
"Rara Durai, get ready to battle. Today, we would either die or you will become the Titan!"
"Ada, it would be my honour to be able to die in battle with you!" Rara Durai roared wildly. He had no intention to run anymore. The people of Tita were fond of trying their best and dying in battle.
Wang Zheng almost tripped. This brat really didn't know how to speak. "Your brother is still a virgin, I can't die yet!"
With a sliding step, the two of them had their backs facing each other. The shadow beast had not stopped at all and rushed forward. Instantly, there were over 10 beasts that pounced over.
Wang Zheng had wished that he had the Golden Wheel. However, the landscape here would meant that even if he had the Golden Wheel, he wouldn't be able to maximise its potential. The Golden Wheel mech required a rather flat and open landscape and it wasn't available here.
However, it was more possible with the new mech he currently had. He would had to relied on Zisu's design and hope for that during the process of making the mech, they did not skimp on the materials.
Wang Zheng instantly forcefully controlled his mech to lunge ahead. The titanium blade was moving like a dancing flash of lightning. It seemed to looked more like a trailing shadow.
Without moving back at all, Wang Zheng had piloted his mech forward and went for the kill.
Once in battle, Wang Zheng was no longer an ordinary human. He was… a killing god!
As the amount of blood spurting around him lessened Wang Zheng's knife in fact had started to move quicker and quicker. Only during battle could his innate abilities be stimulated and allowed him to become one with the mech quicker. The mech was family. At this moment, the human and the mech had a spiritual connection. He could keenly feel the changes in the mech.
One could say that G material and Super Gravity Energy Mineral were the soul of the mech. They allowed the mech and pilot to have a channel for communication.
In just a short time, over 10 huge and ferocious monsters had died to Wang Zheng's blade. However, such battles weren't able to scare away the monsters. On the other hand, the smell of blood had further excited them. More shadow beasts leapt out. Their meaty wings were vibrating. Although it didn't allow them to fly at high altitude, they could accelerate in a low altitude and were extremely fierce.
The shadow beasts weren't afraid of death but Wang Zheng was the real messenger of death.
None of the monsters was able to withstand Wang Zheng's one-hit-strikes. The mech didn't make any excess movement. Every form and consecutive attack was right on point.
Rara Durai was already totally in awe.
However, over 10 shadow beasts approached him again at this moment and Rara Durai was eventually able to react to it. If this continued, Ada would die from fatigue. Just when he was about to let out a huge howl to embolden himself, Wang Zheng exploded with a thunderous growl.
When compared with the shadow beasts, Wang Zheng looked more like a primitive beast.
Unknowingly, the heavy "Wind" attribute Yuan Qi had surrounded the titanium blade and the length of the blade had increased several over times.
Ceng…
A lightning-like object was slashed out. The beast shadows that were heading directly towards Wang Zheng stopped instantly.
The next moment, the bodies had split apart.
Wang Zheng was having a good time killing. He rushed ahead directly. The performance of this mech was better than he had imagined. Wang Zheng did not need its advanced weapon system but required a mech's basic endurance and strength to be higher than average. The higher the better! This was something that Ye Zisu had thought about. It was just that she had not thought that this mech model would be used for battle. She had only wanted to build it for Wang Zheng's and therefore had used the highest standards.
Chapter 501: Inheritance of the "Wood"
Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
Rara Durai had also charged in. His strength was rather good too. When facing one-on-one with the shadow beasts, he could finish one in 3-5 moves. As Wang Zheng had stopped most of the monsters, Rara Durai was able to relax from his nervous state gradually. The wild desire for battle within the soul of the Tita giant had also been completely released.
What was most important was that under the lead of Wang Zheng, the battle techniques that he had been working on were able to keep up with Wang Zheng's tempo. There were many things that couldn't be comprehended during normal times. At this moment, surprisingly, he was able to execute these moves naturally.
Rara Durai's battle wasn't a battle of brute strength but the use of footwork to dodge and hitting the places where it mattered. Although these monsters were ferocious, they were full of openings and had similar habits in battle.
The differences between Rara Durai and the other giants were his speed of understanding about the battle and his blind admiration for Wang Zheng.
This was a violent battle. The monsters seemed endless. However, Wang Zheng was like a war machine that didn't know fatigue. From his constant breakthrough of his limits, the endurance of Wang Zheng's stamina and will was beyond imagination and he could be considered the real monster.
These shadow beasts might look terrifying and their individual battle power could still be considered to be not too bad. However, the variations were too little and they were too direct. Top-notch pros like Wang Zheng were least afraid of encountering these type of opponents. Moreover, the landscape around this place was too suitable to maximise the potential of the new mech. Even Rara Durai had learnt to make use of the surrounding objects to split the attacks.
Seconds and minutes had passed. There were more and more corpses of the shadow beasts in the surrounding and the number of monsters had decreased. Unknowingly, both of them realized that the shadow beasts had disappeared and the sky was already birght.
When they noticed this, Rara Durai sat on his but suddenly. The battle armour on him was already torn and tattered. There were injuries all over his bodies from the scratches of the monsters. Some of them were so deep that one could almost see the bone. Rara Durai could almost be considered as an expert warrior himself and unsurprisingly he was feeling numb all over his body.
At this moment, his eyes were fixed on the mech that was still standing. The sun rays had penetrated the dense forest. As the light rays shoned on the mech, Rara Durai's gaze had turned into admiration.
This was his Ada, his god. He believed that Ada was definitely a messenger of the god and was sent to him to rescue the people of Tita. It was a pity that the other people of Tita weren't willing to believe Ada.
Wang Zheng also felt a little strange. Based on normal circumstances, he would likely be paralyzed after such a battle. However, he was fine instead. The surrounding Yuan Qi was entering his body constantly and the circulation of the Primordial Regression Technique was fine without any obstruction.
Unknowingly, he felt that he could almost capture the essence of the wind.
"Can you still walk?"
"I can!" Rara Durai tried his best to stand up. As a warrior of Tita, he couldn't not have the strength to even stand up.
However, just when he stood up, his legs went soft and almost fell down if not for Wang Zheng pulling him up. "Let me bring you along. We have to hurry."
"Ada, I'm sorry. I'm too useless." Rara Durai was feeling very ashamed that he was a burden.
Wang Zheng smiled. "I have a mech. You were really great to be able to fight with your own body. I had the feeling that you would become the Titan and become the leader of the entire TitaTitan Star!"
Wang Zheng supported Rara Durai and took huge steps forward. The disappearance of these monsters could be because of the sunlight. They had to look for the so-called Land of miracles as soon as possible. Wang Zheng's direction was simple and that was to head toward the place with the highest concentration of Yuan Qi.
All along, Wang Zheng had thought that the Titan was just a totemic belief of the people of Tita or perhaps just a legend. It had changed since he saw what was in front of him.
The road in the abyss was not easy to traverse and one couldn't determine the direction at all. Wang Zheng was relying entirely on differentiating the concentration of Yuan Qi to look for it. In fact, he was taking a gamble.
Luckily, he had always been rather lucky.
What appeared in front of Wang Zheng and Rara Duai was a large dark golden temple. The key thing was the entire temple was… built using the Super Gravity Energy Mineral.
This wasn't a simple construction. When the two of them approached the temple, the doors of the temple opened automatically. The internal of the large temple was empty. There was only a large altar-liked thing and the surrounding was empty. On the walls, there were strange carvings but were different from a typical primitive totem. Wang Zheng couldn't tell what exactly the carvings were. When the 2 of them entered, the carvings started to lit up. Both of them… started to levitate.
This…
The altar was giving out a faint glow. It seemed that something was about to be activated.
Wang Zheng's jaws had dropped. This level of technology couldn't have been created by the people of Tita.
Every Star that supported lives would have more than one culture. There was also the possibility that it had birthed a highly advanced civilisation before or could be highly advanced in a certain aspect.
At this moment, Rara Durai seemed to have been affected by some form of a summon and floated towards the altar-like thing.
Wang Zheng had wanted to stop it but did not feel any sense of danger. Based on the legend of the people of Tita, there were people who had left this the abyss before. It must have something to do with the things in front of them.
When Rara Durai approached the altar, he was sucked into it. Instantly, the strange carvings around the altar started to glow brightly and started to expand till it completely engulfed Rara Durai.
Rara Durai seemed to have lost his consciousness and allowed rays of light to enter his body. At the same time, the colour of his body was changing and streaks of golden drawings appeared on his body.
It was similar to the runic carving technique of Atlantis. However, it didn't seem similar too. Wang Zheng could only say that there were many strange things in this vast world. He was surprised to be able to witness such a strange lost civilisation when he came to Tita Star.
This was something that was left behind by the ancestors of the people of Tita and the people of Tita had always yearned for it. There shouldn't be much of a problem with it. Wang Zheng took the opportunity to relax. With such a shield, even if the shadow beasts returned, they wouldn't be afraid of them. With the mech, the world would be his!
He would also need to recover some stamina. He could come in here but he still had to make his way out.
However, when the Primordial Regression Technique started to circulate, Wang Zheng could feel a magical thing happening. He had forgotten that the Yuan Qi in this place was the most abundant. Not only that it was highly concentrated, it was in the most pure form of the "Wood" attribute Yuan Qi of the 5 Cycles.
Instantly, Wang Zheng could feel a surge of power rushing into him. Surprisingly he had forged a mental connection with Rara Durai. At this moment, Rara Durai's body was being re-engineered by this elemental power.
The whole process was like the creator creating new objects. Wang Zheng was an observer and was like someone standing in the house watching the process. If this was how the previous civilisation of the people of Tita created warriors, this was simply too amazing.
However, Wang Zheng realised soon that the whole process had expended huge amount of energy of the altar. Based on the current situation, it would be great if it could complete just 1 modification.
Without a doubt, if Rara Durai could successfully complete it, it would definitely be a huge leap forward in terms of his strength.
The key thing was that the matter with the people of Tita could be settled.
Wang Zheng also did not want to waste such a great opportunity as he tried to exquisitely experience the power of Wood that had come from the natural world.
The mech did not move but a layer of wind appeared on the surface of the mech.
Chapter 502: Trust
Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas
Wang Zheng's plan was pretty good and Ye Zisu was able to leak the news out.
Ye Bingwen had some connections in the political scene now. His daughter had made a request to him urgently. Clearly, it must had been very important. However, the problem was that with his current situation, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to meddle in this matter.
He was in the critical stage of his campaign. If there were any complications from this matter, it might cause him to suffer defeat when victory was within reach. Matters with other Stars were things that weren't easy to meddle with. In addition, it would easily draw attacks from his political enemies. The key thing was that he would offend the Commerce Alliance and this was not a wise decision.
Moreover, even if he had raised the issue, it might not be of any use. This was because they still had to raise it to the Milky Way Alliance.
This was equivalent to betting OMG's future to help a bunch of aliens that he did not know?
Ye Bingwen was caught in a dilemma.
Meng Ao also got to know about the situation on Tita Star. His first reaction was to immediate evacuate Wang Zheng. This type of issues wasn't uncommon in the Milky Way Alliance. Even the chairman of the Milky Way Alliance couldn't care much about such stuff. One couldn't always ask for too much from a person. There was never absolute fairness.
One would require equivalent strength if he hope to meddle in such stuff.
However, the news that had come from Tita was that Wang Zheng had taken action and would want to fight together with the people of Tita.
This had really enraged Meng Ao. It was true that Wang Zheng was an extremely talented warrior. However, how could his EQ be so low to the point that it was outrageous? Even he could not go against the Commerce Alliance. He didn't know if he should classify Wang Zheng as being too naïve or having an overly-abundance sense of justice. Nonetheless, Wang Zheng should have considered his own abilities before making a move.
After Meng Ao finished throwing his tantrum, he realized that his daughter was wearing a faint smile.
"How can you still smile? Wang Zheng is pushing himself onto the road of no return. I really can't understand what these youngsters are thinking nowadays."
Meng Ao was feeling a little exasperated at Wang Zheng's failure to make good of his talents.
"General, werent you young before?!" Meng Tian's smile was filled with pride too.
Meng Ao was stunned for a moment and shook his head. "Only once!"
He also could not just watch Wang Zheng die on Tita Star. Those damn Commerce Organisations were acting too recklessly without regard for anyone. They knew that the Milky Way Alliance Special Action Team had already entered and stationed themselves on Tita Star. Yet, they dared to attack a Star that was going to enter the Milky Way Alliance so flagrantly.
However, he would still need to look for allies on this matter as his chances of winning were too low.
Naturally, Lin Huiyin also received the news. However, her proposal had been rejected. Clearly, this had exceeded Aslan Empire's scope of control. Aslan Empire wasn't the police of the Milky Way Alliance. Unfair things were happening every day. Nonetheless, when the matter had blown up, they would still condemn the actions when it was time to do so.
Lin Huiyin was very unhappy with this response. She was so angry that she started throwing a few items around.
Angela and the other employees allowed the Princess to vent her frustration in any way she wanted. The decision had been made and couldn't be changed.
Wang Zheng… could only hope for the best for himself.
The same report was on the hands of Lear. There weren't many people who could garner Lear's attention. Wang Zheng would definitely be one. Meng Ao had strongly supported Wang Zheng's slot. To Lear, Wang Zheng was like a ghost that inexorably hanged around. He had not expected him to escape the predicament on Tita Star so easily.
However, when he saw this report, Lear couldn't help but feel happy about it.
Luo Fei immediately came over to fawn on Lear. "Boss, what is the thing that made you so happy?"
"Take a look."
Luo Fei took it up and looked at it for some time. "What is Wang Zheng trying to do?"
Lear stood up. "I had really underestimated his ambition. Surprisingly, he was trying to go against the Commerce Alliance. His plan was good but this world was practical."
"Eh, I had still thought that we could go up against Wang Zheng in the Elite Academy." said Luo Fei.
Lear took a glance at the fatty. "It seemed that you have a pretty good impression of him."
Luo Fei immediately shook his head. "This person can make enemies wherever he went. This could make my life a little more interesting."
"The knowledge of this might have stemmed from Ye Bingwen." said Lear.
"Boss, didn't you want to take the opportunity to stifle him?"
Lear smiled faintly," Ye Bingwen must be feeling very conflicted himself. We just had to wait and enjoy the good show."
Even a common peasant was trying to get into the political scene? He should look at his own identity first!
Ye Bingwen, Solon and their team were feeling conflicted. This was because meddling in the matters of Tita Star was unpractical and seemed too far for them. It was also different from their campaign direction. The key thing was that if they could not obtain the support of the people, the efforts in the initial stages would have been in vain.
It was a huge risk.
However, Ye Bingwen and Solon both knew that Wang Zheng desperately needed their support now. For Ye Bingwen, it was more direct. Her daughter was still on Tita Star. Anything could happen on a Star in a war. He had tried to persuade Ye Zisu to return multiple times but Ye Zisu had rejected him.
Solon pondered for a long time." In fact, we could use a different angle to think about it. Perhaps there would be a way out."
"Oh, why did you say so?"
"The truth was that this matter was indeed a difficult situation. For us, it might not be an opportunity. However, what did the citizens of the Solar System missed the most?" asked Solon.
"It was probably the glory days when the Solar System was still the centre of the universe." said Ye Bingwen.
"That's right. The truth was that relatively to others, we had no advantage in terms of internal hidden strength or influence. Perhaps we can reinstill a sense of nostalgia? This might be an opportunity for us!"
Ye Bingwen clapped his hand suddenly. "As one of the 10 permanent member countries in the Milky Way Alliance, the Solar System has not made himself heard since a long time ago!"
"That's right. The Blue Star Commerce Organisation had brazenly violated the Constitution of the Milky Way Alliance. Our appeal might end in the end but this wouldn't be a failure and wouldn't mean that our campaign would fail too!"
Solon said. Both of their eyes had lit up. The other members of the team were also engaged in a discussion. Clearly, they had not thought in this way. It was really like opening a new road for themselves. Every citizen of the Solar System had hopes that the Solar System Federation would be able to achieve more influence in the matters of the Milky Way Alliance. This matter might help to increase their number of supporters!
"It's worth a try!"
"We would need some details about Tita Star. It would best to have pictures or related details."
"This point was much better than those that had been often said and without any new ideas.
"Peace. The Rise of a Star. Constitution!"
Everyone was suddenly attracted by this proposal. A set of stuff followed closely behind.
For the campaigning team, the success or failure of the campaign would have a direct impact on their future. Therefore, they had no choice but to be careful in their work. Using this as a gimmick, they could help the people of Tita while adding points to their campaign. They didn't see any reasons not to do so.
Although this might complicate matters, Ye Bingwen's insistence had a certain effect.
Ye Bingwen sighed. That was all he could do. After all, he was just a small candidate.
Solon and Ye Bingwen exchanged a gaze. The truth was that if it wasn't for Wang Zheng, Solon was also not willing to go through the troublesome process.
The key in politics was to be consistent and stable. However, thinking from another perspective, he wouldn't be here today without Wang Zheng. He hoped that Wang Zheng could help him create another miracle!