Suddenly, a loud sound came from the gate of the safehouse.
Boom!
With a flash of psionic energy, the safehouse that could stop missiles now had a hole in it. Han Xiao walked right in. Through the hole, the people inside the room saw countless soldiers behind Han Xiao who were lying on the ground, whining in agony.
Han Xiao really did not want to start a slaughter, so he controlled his strength as much as he could and was barely able to injure them without killing them.
“We meet again.” Han Xiao looked at the Stardragon leader.
“Ho-How are you able to come in?” The Stardragon leader was horrified.
“Hmm?” Han Xiao frowned and noticed the strangeness.
The leaders of the Six Nations should know very clearly how strong he was. It was impossible for them to doubt that he would not be able to even break into this fragile safehouse. However, the shocked expression on the Stardragon leader’s face did not seem like an act.
Han Xiao squinted before punching the safehouse wall beside him.
Boom!
The entire safehouse shook. Everyone else could not maintain balance anymore and fell onto the ground, taking slight damage.
The interface immediately received a lot of combat information. Han Xiao instantly opened and read through it.
The level of everyone there was significantly lower than his, so their attributes were all crystal clear.
Including the Stardragon leader, the status bar of everyone in the room had a special status on it.
[Memory Modification): The memories of this person are modified.
Remaining time: 2 days 13 hours.
“No wonder…”
All his doubts were cleared—this was the reason that the Six Nations had turned on him.
This was undoubtedly an act of those hunters. He did not know what kind of memories the enemies had given the Six Nations’ leaders, but they seemed to have forgotten how strong he was. No wonder they were resisting so meaninglessly, even dreaming of taking back power from his hands and overthrowing Bennett’s forces.
A person’s personality was decided by their experiences. Once their memories changed, their personality would shift, too. Some Psychics who knew special techniques or Espers with those kinds of abilities were able to do things like this, so there was definitely someone like that among the enemies.
Such things were useless to stronger people. Stronger Supers had higher mental resistance. However, Planet Aquamarine only had a few decades’ history of Supers. The strongest among them was just Grade C. In front of a Calamity Grade, they were still weaklings that could be toyed with as they liked.
Changing one’s memory was a rather subtle and hidden measure, other than Supers with psychic abilities, the other class Supers would not be able to discover what happened to these people instantly.
But Han Xiao was an exception.
The enemies most likely think I won’t be able to discover what they did because I’m a Mechanic.
Han Xiao sneered in his mind.
Since the enemies could modify memories, it was meaningless for him to do anything to these government officials as the enemies would be able to modify those people’s memories again.
Suddenly, Han Xiao had an idea.
This kind of ability has to be cast at a close range. The status duration on these people is only two and a half days. By then, the hidden enemy will definitely secretly appear and modify their memories again… Hehe, I will then be able to discover their location.
Han Xiao planted an Observer’s Mark on the Stardragon leader before pretending he knew nothing about the memory modification and acting like he should have acted-threatening the Stardragon leader to stop the declaration of war.
The government officials present had forgotten about Han Xiao’s strength, so they were now terrified and gave in under Han Xiao’s threats. They gave orders on the spot and released the captured officials at the same time.
Han Xiao saw his old friend Gu Hui, but he only glanced at him and did not intend to say hello. Since the enemies were still hidden, it was not the time.
After witnessing the Stardragon leader complete his orders, Han Xiao turned around and immediately left the Stardragon capital.
The Stardragon leader and the other officials could not believe it. Was that all? They had thought that they were going to die for sure.
The captured officials, including Gu Hui, were all very glad that Han Xiao did not kill those people. Such gentle measures clearly meant that he was giving them a chance.
Due to this mistake, Gu Hui and many officials decided that they had to impeach the current leader. They could not let this maniac continue leading the nation.
Afterward, Han Xiao visited the remaining five nations and convinced every one of them.
He could only plant five Observer’s Marks, the mark he had planted on Lagi had already been wiped away by Austin after completing its job.
As Promotion was around the corner, Han Xiao swapped out all the Observer’s Mark targets and gave them to five national leaders. He then returned to Black Star City and waited for the Observer’s Marks to provide useful information. This was like fishing -it required patience.
To his surprise, the hidden enemies did not attack him during this time. What could they be waiting for? Were they observing him?
Knowing what had happened to Albert, the enemies seemed to be very cautious and were confirming if he had really fallen for the trap.
A few hours later, the Six Nations withdrew the war declarations at the same time. Countless people were cheering and overjoyed.
However, before they could even enjoy the contentment, just one day after, everyone was dumbfounded by the Six Nations’ actions.
Having just withdrawn the war declaration, the Six Nations launched missiles at Black Star City the following day!
As if their compromise one day ago was just to earn the time to prepare.
Most missiles were intercepted midair, and the galactic level protective shield of Black Star City stopped the rest of the missiles. There were no casualties. However, everyone in Black Star City was furious at the completely perfidious Six Nations.
Even the people of the Six Nations could not believe
it.
Has our government really gone insane?
Are they asking to be killed? Will they only stop when Black Star kills all of them?
Han Xiao, however, was not angry at all. It was clear that this had happened because the enemies had modified the Six Nations’ leaders’ memories again. The political conflicts of a surface civilization were no different from children playing house to Calamity Grades.
The good news was, he did not have to wait two days to obtain useful information.
Through the Observer’s Marks, an enemy finally appeared.
“These people finally showed themselves.”
Han Xiao squinted his eyes.
Just one day later, Gu Hui was imprisoned once again before he could execute his plan.
Being imprisoned the second time, he was not even angry anymore.
What is this?
Does the leader think that matters of national importance are just like children playing house, doing whatever they want?
Of course, Gu Hui did not know that the memories of all those officials had been modified. He was completely speechless toward those people who had once been his colleagues.
Chapter 671 - I Recognize You!
Chapter 671 I Recognize You!
In Raylen’s capital, Zeglin walked slowly in the government building. Everyone he passed-be it government officials, secretaries, or guardsignored him as if he did not exist. However, if someone was about to bump into him, that person would subconsciously dodge aside.
Arriving at the door of the leader’s office, Zeglin did not stop. He pushed the door open and walked in. The guard beside the door did not react at all.
In the room, the Raylen leader was in a call with the mili
tary, who also ignored Zeglin. Zeglin tapped his own forehead with his finger, and invisible psychic energy expanded and turned into more than ten tentacles, which then penetrated into the Raylen leader’s brain, modifying his memories.
The Raylen leader’s words suddenly paused. Confusion flashed on his face for a second before his expression returned to normal, and he continued speaking on the call. In this short pause, his memories had been modified.
Expressionless, Zeglin nodded and left the way he had entered. While walking, he used the psychic mark in his brain and communicated with Stephanie and the others across thousands of miles.
“I checked their memories. Black Star’s attitude toward them is very normal. He threatened them and does not know that the memories of these national leaders have been modified. It’s basically confirmed that he did not notice anything. We should act soon. He’s not alert now, but he might be if we delay this for too long.” Stephanie’s chuckling sounded in his mind. “Don’t forget what happened to Albert. Black Star is even more cautious than Antarrians. Letting our guard down against him would be foolish. However, you’re right-delaying isn’t a good idea. The next time he leaves Black Star City, we will set up an ambush over there. In his own territory, he would be more hesitant to attack.”
“When I’m done with my job, I will rendezvous with you guys.”
Zeglin nodded and then levitated with his psychic energy, flying toward Theseus, which was also on the Northern Continent. This was his next target.
He was a member of Stephanie’s team, a Grade A Psychic master who could modify memories. He deviated from the others and acted alone, giving fake memories to the Six Nations’ leaders and twisting their knowledge toward Black Star, making them think that they were fighters resisting a dictator.
The political conflicts of a planet surface civilization were just tricks between weaklings, meaningless and childish. He could toy with those people any way he wanted to. If not for the sake of setting up a trap for Black Star, he would not even have been willing to waste his energy on using such delicate memory modifying methods on a group of surface civilization natives.
It was winter on the mountainous Northern Continent.
Zeglin quickly left Raylen’s border, flying over the icy landscape.
When flying over a mountain, Zeglin’s heart suddenly skipped a beat as if it was grabbed by a hand. A sense of danger appeared, and he looked up at the sky.
A mysterious blue light was burning in the sky.
“Wha-“
In the blink of an eye, many blue light beams fell from the sky!
Boom!
The ground cracked open!
The area of hundreds of miles was all within the attack range. Apart from the bright blue light, no other colors could be seen. Half of the mountain was flattening in an instant. Terrifying craters appeared on the planet’s surface, like a dozen meteors hitting the planet at the same time!
At the edge of the explosion radius, Zeglin barely kept himself floating. He was covered in burn marks and was horrified. He had never expected to be attacked so suddenly by such a strong attack.
Unable to hold back, blood spilled out of Zeglin’s mouth. He felt as if his organs were going to shatter. As he backed away, he looked around anxiously, wanting to find the enemy.
“Who is it? Come out!”
Just as he said that, a blue meteor flew toward him from the edge of the sky rapidly, leaving a long trail, and stopped not far away.
“Black Star!”
Zeglin’s eyes opened wide with shock.
He did not expect Black Star to suddenly find him.
Han Xiao opened his helmet, stared at Zeglin, and snorted.
“There’s indeed someone controlling the Six Nations, or they wouldn’t have acted so strangely. Speak, why did you target Planet Aquamarine?”
Since he was already putting on an act, he might as well do the whole show. Han Xiao acted as if he did not know that he was the target of Stephanie and the others, and he acted as if he was certain that Zeglin was the last mastermind behind all this.
Since there were definitely more enemies other than Zeglin, him striking suddenly would mess up with their plan and get him the high ground. Without the Observer’s Mark, he would only be able to wait for the enemies to attack him. It would be too passive that way, and there would very likely be unrelated casualties.
Now, however, he could choose the battlefield and attack the enemies first.
After confirming Zeglin’s appearance, Han Xiao had locked onto Zeglin’s rough coordinates with the spaceship radar before using more than ten Psionic Sky Cannons to bombard the area. There was no need to be careful when fighting in this desolate region.
The power of one Psionic Sky Cannon was higher than an Eye of God.
He did not know that Stephanie and the gang’s choice of the battlefield was Black Star City. The Observer’s Mark had helped Black Star City escape its fate of being destroyed, not turning it into the battlefield of more than a dozen Calamity Grades.
Psychics were even more vulnerable than Mechanics, and seeing that Zeglin was heavily injured, Han Xiao knew that his attack was very effective.
Zeglin hastily turned his mind into a server through the psychic mark in his brain and shared his vision with Stephanie and the rest.
“Sh*t, I’ve been discovered. Quick, come save me!”
Stephanie was surprised. “Black Star is indeed as cautious as I thought. He’s very observant too… However, he’s only discovered you.”
Black Star had discovered Zeglin and attacked him directly. This had messed up Stephanie’s plan, but she felt reassured upon seeing Han Xiao’s attitude.
She connected Han Xiao’s actions and realized that Black Star definitely did something to the Six Nations that led him to discover Zeglin, thinking that he was the last and only enemy. However, Black Star did not know Zeglin’s motive and did not know that there were still nine more people waiting to ambush him. He only thought that his enemy’s target was Planet Aquamarine. In this case, the situation was still in her control-Black Star did not discover that this was a trap for him.
“We only have one choice now. Change the plan and attack Black Star straight away. He has not discovered us yet. Zeglin, do your best to stall him. We’re heading over now.”
Having made the decision, Stephanie felt confident.
Black Star thought that Zeglin was the only enemy, so when the nine of them all appeared, Black Star would definitely be surprised!
Stephanie and the rest were rather far from Zeglin. It would take some time for them to arrive even with Calamity Grade speeds.
Half of Zeglin’s heart froze.
He was heavily injured, and the opponent was a Mechanic that could use psionic energy, who also happened to have the Indestructible Body title. He knew clearly that he was no match for Han Xiao. Without saying a word, Zeglin turned around and started escaping
“Want to escape? Do you think that’s possible?”
Han Xiao clapped his hands. The Army Boxes arrived instantly and turned into an enormous mechanical army that shrouded Zeglin in an instant.
The Psychic class countered the Mechanic, but the Mechanic class also countered the Psychic class. After all, psychic attacks were useless against machines-only telekinesis would have an effect.
Boom!
The long-range units and the artillery units shot psionic beams one after another, penetrating Zeglin’s Psychic barrier again and again. Mechanical soldiers waved their multifunctional weapons with electromagnetic, shock, high temperature, laser, and other attacks, slashing through Zeglin time and time again, leaving him with scars of all sorts.
Zeglin ran with all his might, but he was surrounded. The new generation mechanical army enhanced by the Truth Mechanic bonuses was many levels stronger than before.
Without needing Han Xiao to do anything, Zeglin was already in a dire situation. His health was steadily reducing.
Han Xiao was givi
ng his machines Mechanical Force bonuses at the side while paying attention to the surroundings at all times. He attacked to lure the enemies out, but he still did not know how many hunters there were. Thus, he kept his guard up.
After fighting for a while, Zeglin was covered in wounds and blood.
“Argh!” Zeglin roared with rage. His psychic energy turned into an enormous spiral drill, covering him as he tried to escape the encirclement of the mechanical army.
He was at his limit, and this was his last attack-he was betting his life on escaping.
The psychic drill penetrated one layer of encirclement after another, almost penetrating the army.
However, at this moment, the shield team suddenly gathered before Zeglin. They activated their Psionic Shields at the same time, which then fused with each other and turned into colossal Psionic Barrier.
The invisible psionic drill and the thick Psionic Barrier clashed!
Energy debris shot out from the location of the impact, like the sparks from cutting through metal.
The drill’s impact lasted quite a while before weakening. Zeglin’s eyes opened wide with regrethe could not penetrate this Psionic Barrier.
Out of exhaustion, he felt sleepy. This was the side effect of overusing psychic energy. Usually, he would be able to recover after a short while, but he was now under siege!
The moment that Zeglin’s body stiffened, countless psionic beams landed on him.
Boom!
Blue explosions appeared continuously!
Blood and flash separated, incinerated the moment they left his body.
Mechanical soldiers slashed Zeglin’s body with high temperature weapons, making him spin around in midair.
Slash!
An arm flew out.
Slash!
A leg this time!
Boom!
The next second, the dozens of mechanical soldiers attacked together. Zeglin was sliced into minced meat in an instant. His body exploded like a firework. Blood fell like rain.
Dead on the spot!
The mechanical armies all stopped moving. A cold wind blew past, bringing the only sound to the dead silent battlefield.
Han Xiao was stunned. The battle had ended quicker than he expected. If he remembered correctly, this was the first Calamity Grade to have been killed by his mechanical army.
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