Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 858: Chapter 26: Entering the City

”Finally back on this planet again.” 3rd Generation Miller stood on the outskirts of Cloud City, overlooking the red planet from on high.

From the perspective of the Cosmos, this planet was interlaced red and black. The black was naturally the radiation layer, while the red was the reaction generated by Radiation Energy.

”I remember you came here last time,” Patriarch Xie stood beside him and said.

3rd Generation Miller’s eye twitched slightly. In the end he said blandly, ”It was just a Consciousness download, and besides, that can’t really be called a particularly pleasant experience.”

He had not forgotten that important chess piece he left behind on Mechanical Split Star—that ”Brainstorming Girl.” It had taken such effort to test her out, only for a sudden man to crash the board.

”Looks like we share a common enemy.”

Patriarch Xie naturally was not intentionally mocking the other party.

Xie Egui had been killed, three of the Xie Family old zombies had gone missing; tracing it back, all of it was tied to a single man.

And this man was precisely the one who had crushed 3rd Generation Miller back then.

3rd Generation Miller also heard the implication in the other party’s words.

”I heard the Eternal Financial Group also took a big hit—someone played them on the business field, not only did they get nothing, they even lost the slot for the third Candidate for Immortality?”

The Xie Family was closely tied to the Eternal Financial Group and was itself a minor shareholder. As for news about the Eternal Financial Group, Patriarch Xie naturally knew more. Hearing 3rd Generation Miller’s probing, he shook his head and said:

”The Eternal Financial Group has a rule: losses suffered on the business field can only be reclaimed on the business field. The Giant Corporation Civilization is best at playing games on the level of rules. As for breaking rules, even if it’s easy, they won’t do it. For so many Cosmos eras, the Giant Corporation Civilization has used various means to harvest the dividends of cosmic evolution, to the point even those super civilisations are envious. So, not breaking the rules is very important. On this point, you should understand it even better than I do.”

A trace of disappointment flashed in 3rd Generation Miller’s eyes.

”So that means killing him is going to be a bit troublesome?”

”You could say troublesome, or not troublesome. The key is how you operate,” Patriarch Xie said meaningfully. ”As long as he stands firmly on the Mother City’s side, then dealing with him doesn’t really count as troublesome.”

”From what I know, chances are he’s not a die-hard for the Mother City.”

”Then make him a die-hard.”

”That’s a decent idea.”

The two exchanged a smile.

”Looks like our escort has arrived.”

On the outer perimeter of Cloud City, over a dozen Flying Devices flew to the city’s edge, and from them stepped the reception staff of the Fortress Mother City.

”Let’s go.”

The two advanced side by side. On the Flying Device, many from the Cloud Race were already looking toward them with subtly complex gazes.

”By the way,” Patriarch Xie suddenly paused, turned his head, and asked, ”Have the four Space Anchors been opened?”

A Guard of Cloud City was clearly stunned for a moment, then snapped back to himself and hurriedly said:

”They’ve all been opened.”

”Before we return, all Space Anchors are to remain open. No one is allowed to approach, and no one is allowed to operate them!”

”Yes!!”

”Relax, my sister’s watching too,” 3rd Generation Miller said with an elegant smile.

Patriarch Xie nodded, still rigidly proper as he said, ”The Xie Family’s Guards will assist you in the watch.”

...

Not long after the two left, in a palace of the Cloud Nobility, Flasuo was pacing back and forth anxiously, strange symbols constantly emerging on his blue skin—this was the mark of emotional agitation for their bloodline.

”In great affairs one must remain calm. Have you forgotten almost all the Experience you had leading troops?”

One of the twelve Cloud Race main clans, Scott’s avatar, was sitting calmly on the throne, watching the scene before him.

”You should know, at critical junctures, if you don’t take a firm stance and try to play both sides, the end will only be worse,” Flasuo couldn’t help saying, then suddenly froze, staring at the other.

”You’ve already given up?”

”I haven’t given up. I’m just waiting for that one to appear.”

”Then shouldn’t you be cooperating with me to shut down the Space Anchors?”

”I’m afraid not. With something like this, how could Patriarch Miller and Patriarch Xie possibly forget? I’m sure near the Space Anchor mechanisms, there must be layer upon layer of ambushes, just waiting for the traitor to take the bait.”

On the word ”traitor,” Scott gave special emphasis.

Flasuo’s brows furrowed deeply. He hadn’t expected that in such a short time, the main clans had actually managed to acquire Space Anchors—and four of them at that.

One had to know that this kind of thing was a hot commodity even on the Cosmic Black Market.

And what Space Anchors most effectively restrained were Instant Teleportation-type methods.

”Don’t be anxious. If the one you speak of is really as formidable as you say, then mere Space Anchors shouldn’t be able to stop him.”

...

Just as this main clan figure said, from quite a distance away, Gao Gong had already Sensed the fluctuations of the Space Anchors.

This device, originally created to resist space Storms, had another function: in interstellar war, it prevented certain enemy experts from using Instant Teleportation-type methods to appear right in your face.

”Interesting.”

Gao Gong muttered to himself.

However, as Gao Gong at Tier 2 Full Level—especially under the blessing of the Planet Will—he could already employ some bizarre and unfathomable methods.

For example, the Phantom of a planet suddenly appeared in Gao Gong’s palm. The planet slowly rotated, and one could vaguely see a small black dot hovering on its surface.

That was Cloud City.

”Planet Will... In a Star Zone with tens of millions of planets, not even ten are guaranteed to give birth to a Planet Will. Probably no one really understands just how dangerous a ’living’ planet is.”

Gao Gong’s palm flipped, and in the next instant, the entire ”planet” was wrapped under a ”giant hand.”

The planet’s rotation naturally carried an immense spatial magnetic field, and now these spatial magnetic fields were being frantically siphoned and concentrated around the four Space Anchors.

If the function of the Space Anchors was to fix the ever-shifting Space Parameters around them at zero, then what Gao Gong was doing was using wildly fluctuating spatial magnetic fields to fill in that zero. Although this was like filling a bottomless pit, as long as what you poured in had no upper limit, then between zero and infinity, a Space Tunnel could be formed.

Gao Gong’s figure slowly melded into the Void. In front of him, countless mirrors appeared; the mirrors fused with one another, and finally, a Space Tunnel took full shape.

When he emerged again, Gao Gong had arrived on the outer orbital ring of Cloud City.

”I’ve been here before.”

The last time Gao Gong came, it was together with Paradise Bird, hacking into Cloud City’s urban systems and banishing all those twisted nobles.

One could clearly feel that, after being retrieved by some unknown means, this Cloud City’s electronic defense system had become much more formidable.