Chapter 211: Intrigue and Deception
Yue Yu now faced two choices: the first was to attack with all her might, attempting to destroy the control structure before the lightning struck; the second was to retreat as quickly as possible and pray for good luck, hoping not to be struck by lightning during her escape.
Looking at the opponent's widespread arc net and terrifying immortal body, she abandoned the idea of destruction and decisively chose the latter.
To reduce the chance of being hit by the enemy's controlled lightning, she began to continuously flash away, following an irregular curve.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!" But her luck was indeed poor, or perhaps Sa Qia Si Ji had intentionally attacked after discerning her trajectory. It was only the third bolt of lightning that struck Yue Yu as she fled.
However, a single lightning bolt was not enough to completely incapacitate her. Yue Yu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, still forcing her numb body to continue escaping.
Yun Huan, who was responsible for receiving the scouting team on the periphery, saw that the entire Huaxia Federation team, except for Yue Yu, had returned. Sensing that something was amiss, he disregarded the advice of others and rushed directly towards the battle center, which had become shrouded in dark clouds.
"Can you strike yourself?" Bai Mo's avatar drifted beside Sa Qia Si Ji. Observing the principles, he discovered that the opponent couldn't control the lightning with great precision; it could only perform relatively crude guidance.
"Why?" The avatar asked in Sa Qia Si Ji's direction, "Do you want to let them go, creating a false impression that you're not difficult to defeat?"
Sa Qia Si Ji did not respond, but Bai Mo noticed that while its exterior showed no change, its internal structure was rapidly reassembling. The dark clouds in the sky began to dissipate, clearly indicating that it was preparing to do something else.
"Zzzt..." Guessing the opponent's cunning plan, he dodged a red beam, which was clearly aimed at his original position, by a hair's breadth.
"As expected..."
"Hoo-cha! Hoo-cha! Hoo-cha!" To silence him, after missing with one strike, the thunder in the sky, guided by Sa Qia Si Ji, erupted in a final frenzy, releasing all its energy in an instant. Hundreds of lightning bolts covered the ground where the two were located.
"You!" Bai Mo tried his best to display the unwilling expression of a villain caught by a mutually destructive ultimate move.
Because he had never, from beginning to end, revealed to the opponent the fact that this was merely an avatar. To avoid disrupting Sa Qia Si Ji's plan, he decided to play out the scene to the end, feigning a complete defeat.
Just as both sides engaged in intrigue and deception, Yun Jie, who had rushed into the outskirts of the battlefield, finally met the severely injured Yue Yu. It was fortunate that all the lightning had been guided by Sa Qia Si Ji to their immediate vicinity, preventing Yue Yu from being struck dead by the ensuing bolts.
"The first round is over," Bai Mo said indifferently from the testing ground, watching his avatar destroyed.
Using the retrieved 3D scan results and ability intelligence on the enemy, the upper echelons of various countries organized a large number of personnel for intense analysis, aiming to formulate contingency plans for all situations.
According to current estimates, if a complete corpse of this alien could be obtained for research, Earth's technological level in many fields could accelerate by ten to twenty years, and this did not even account for certain black technologies that could be directly copied and utilized.
This alone was enough to make major nations fight desperately, especially in such an era of transformation. If one country fell behind others by a generation in technology, it would essentially be bidding farewell to the circle of powerful nations forever.
Not to mention, it also contained information regarding stages beyond the Unmelting Realm.
Globally, there were currently about ten thousand people who had entered the Unmelting Realm, with nearly a hundred of them having reached the pinnacle of this stage. Most of them had become high-ranking officials or even leaders of various factions, with only a few being independent or pursuing ascetic cultivation paths.
Whoever could take the next step first concerned the fate of countless people. A great many conspiracies also emerged in this sudden struggle, as not every subordinate wished for their leader to become stronger.
Multiple satellites were tightly fixed on Sa Qia Si Ji's position, tracking his general whereabouts, ensuring he would not leave the monitored area.
After unleashing such a costly strike, he simply sat in place to recover, calmly awaiting the true battle planned to come.
"Something's wrong. I noticed it glanced at the locations of several satellites. It clearly detected the surveillance from above. Under normal circumstances, it shouldn't choose to remain in place, exposing itself within our monitoring range," a data analyst in the monitoring room raised this doubt.
"You're overthinking it, perhaps it just happened to sweep across those areas."
"It shouldn't be me overthinking. According to the information provided by the Huaxia Federation, it has a close relationship with a mysterious race, the Blood Clan. Or, to be precise, these Blood Clan are actually its livestock. It has been on this planet for hundreds of years, so it should be very aware of Earth's technological level and a lot of other related intelligence."
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As time passed, many people seeking opportunities for breakthroughs, or planning to fish in troubled waters, also began to head towards this region.
Some were alone, while others brought fully armed teams, intending to make a fortune.
Sa Qia Si Ji was now like the dragons of Western legends, with countless dragon-slaying heroes advancing towards his treasure mountain.
Facing the surging crowds, Mao'e also temporarily opened its borders, placing no restrictions on those heading to the area.
In their view, that place was a wasteland; it didn't matter even if it was turned upside down. Having such a monster within their borders, however, felt like thorns in their back—the sooner it was removed, the sooner they would have peace.
The technology possessed by the alien alone was not enough to attract so many hyena-like stragglers.
But somehow, massive amounts of information about liquid gold began to be publicly disclosed on various websites, allowing countless people both domestically and abroad to learn about the existence of such a valuable substance.
As a primary material for extremely effective body repair potions, and also a rare spiritual material that could be used to formulate Rejuvenation Potions, information about its existence had always been kept within the inner circle of the Huaxia Federation's upper echelons.
The cruel process by which Sa Qia Si Ji produced liquid gold was also revealed in the data. Sa Qia Si Ji, having consumed an astonishing amount of liquid gold, was then directly publicized as a moving treasure trove, every part of its body capable of being made into higher-level repair or Rejuvenation Potions.
It was precisely this information that caused even more Ability Users to become agitated.
Human status was increasingly tied to the power they possessed. In common terms, the concept of "might makes right" was becoming deeply ingrained. However, how long a world where immortals and mortals were not separated could maintain stability was an unknown question.
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