Blind Spot
Chapter 405 - 371 conditions Three

Chapter 405: 371 conditions Three

Andu, Taiyi Palace.

The Jiu Yi of Yi Country, the military department, and the security directorate form the three major institutions that make up the military foundation of the most powerful empire on the Earth-Moon system.

Above these three institutions lies the domain of the Imperial Family.

The Imperial Family typically resides within the Taiyi Palace, and its total members are not as numerous as many imagine.

The Imperial Family of Yi Country consists of no more than ten people.

In a thousand years, the Imperial Family has not changed since before the founding of the nation.

Today’s Emperor, Zhou Shi, has never been seen by anyone in his true form.

He seems to sit eternally on the imperial throne, clothed in a full set of the massive Golden Dragon Imperial Wing Armor, sitting upright forever.

His three-meter-tall figure, peering through the closed golden ornate helmet, seemed to overlook all beings outside the Taiyi Palace.

The people of the three institutions unanimously revered him as: Emperor Daiyi Ming Ling Zhao Wu Sheng Xin Huangdi.

Taiyi Palace floated above Andu, resembling a huge whale, invisible in its entirety, supported by eight intangible force field pillars that ascended from Andu.

Inside the magnificent golden palace now.

Dozens of bright red mechanical dragons, each a hundred meters long, moved slowly outside the windows like real dragons.

These were Dragon Guardians and part of the highest security system here.

Each Blood Colored Wyrm had large force field protection, with speeds comparable to that of Flying Yi, and the overall strength equivalent to Grade Six warriors.

The key was that they were all made of self-healing metal and, as long as they were within five thousand kilometers around the Taiyi Palace, any injuries they suffered would automatically recover.

The United Front had once erupted on Earth-Moon, and back then, the terror organization of the United Front and foreign forces had reached this place.

Over a hundred years ago, the United Front was completely repelled by the Blood Colored Wyrms here, suffering heavy losses.

Indestructible and immortal, that was the most terrifying aspect of these wyrms.

Inside the Taiyi Palace now, wisps of clouds drifted, making the entire grand palace seem hazy and unclear.

Statues of national heroes from the history of Yi Country stood tall on both sides of the palace.

The ten-meter-tall Golden Statues were like giants or guards, defending this huge Imperial Palace.

Emperor Zhao Wu Sheng Xin Huangdi sat on the throne at this moment, watching the few veteran imperial officials who had just entered the palace below.

"Shadow Eater operation failed... And now a Garden of Fate has emerged?" Zhou Shi sighed with a headache.

"Everything was fine with ’Destiny’ before, how could there be issues so soon?" He couldn’t understand.

"Your Majesty, the problem now is not to investigate why there are issues, but to resolve them as quickly as possible. The nation is in a crisis, and such actions by ’Destiny’ are disregarding the overall situation and destroying internal unity. I humbly request Your Majesty to issue an edict to capture them..."

The several ministers below, all dressed in metal fierce helmets and black cloaks, the one standing at the forefront spoke now.

"How do we capture?" sneered another minister. "With our mouths?"

"If all else fails, why not transform them into another faction?" a calm voice from a minister at the side suggested.

"That could be considered." Zhou Shi thoughtfully said. "What’s the attitude of the Zhao Family?"

"The head of the Black Phoenix Family is extremely furious and has already applied for a Jiu Yi special operation permit," someone answered.

Special operation permits meant that Grade Nine individuals could mobilize Flying Yi and force fields.

"Wanshi Commerce Group is no small player. It would be better to let ’Destiny’ face setback, and at the crucial moment, we step in to ease the situation."

The ministers kept suggesting new ideas.

"That works, then let’s prepare like this for now," said Zhou Shi as he rubbed his temples with a headache.

A Grade Nine action was difficult; Grade Eight was the peak. But with the current situation, the problems of Wanshi Commerce Group, would he, a master of the imperial family, have to step in to help soothe the tensions?

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Wanshi Commerce Group Headquarters, Everworld Building.

This three-hundred-story Chaoyu Skyscraper stood in a district opposite the Martial Arts Sports Ground.

At this moment, around the building, hundreds of Reinforced Humans and Feiyi Masters were densely gathered.

The majority of these Feiyi Masters were High-Level Feiyi Masters, each floating in midair, hovering in expectation with the support of their Flying Yi and personal force fields.

In the core area of all Feiyi Masters, the last Grade Eight individuals of the Zhao Family, Zhao Lingzhi and Zhao Lingguang, were flying.

Both with grim expressions, hid beneath their force fields, watching the rapidly approaching target, ’Destiny’.

"Has the Family Head arrived yet?" Zhao Lingzhi had just flown back at full speed from Fengnan Province and immediately contacted all his Feiyi Master friends.

Being a direct descendant of the Zhao Family, he had made quite a number of Feiyi Master connections.

Even among Grade Eight, there were a few friends.

But when they heard they were to face ’Destiny,’ a group of Grade Eights suddenly became ’unavailable for emergencies’ and then altogether blocked him.

Similarly, though most masters didn’t want to be dragged into Zhao Family’s cart at such a time, there were still those who were not afraid to die, hoping to make key investments by agreeing to come and support.

Thus, some less-informed Feiyi Masters were summoned by the Zhao Family and gathered here.

"Together with my brothers and over a dozen friends nearby and with military missile lock-on..." Zhao Lingzhi spoke in a cold voice, "I refuse to believe that ’Destiny’ can’t be killed, like some mythical creature with a head of copper and arms of iron."

"The military’s missile lock-on is gone, disrupted by the Yan Family and the Li Family’s factions, and since this is the city’s core, it’s been canceled from above," Zhao Lingguang coldly interjected.

Compared to Zhao Lingzhi, he was more rational and understood ’Destiny’s’ combat records even better.

"To be able to kill three high-ranking experts in an extremely short amount of time, not even Yan Zhen could cause much damage to him. ’Destiny’s’ strength is probably much stronger than what we estimated before. So, we must be careful not to underestimate," he warned.

"The missiles are canceled, but what about the death ray cannon fire? The space warships controlled by our Zhao Family should have locked on," Zhao Lingzhi quickly said.

"The death ray is naturally prepared, as well as the fortress orbital cannon, high-particle cutting cannon. If necessary, we can also forcibly launch it once. But we only have one chance. The Imperial Family and other Jiu Yi families won’t allow us to use these space strategic weapons at will," Zhao Lingguang answered gravely.

Grade Nine, indeed, is the apex pillar of Yi Country, but this does not mean Yi Country only has Grade Nine.

The main reason it is a pillar is because the mobility of Feiyi Masters is just too strong, strategic weapons simply cannot stop them.

On the battlefield, they are the ultimate killing machines.

However, compared to Destiny, which does not rely on speed for its victories, cannot dodge most strategic weapons like Feiyi Masters can.

"Just wait and see... Even if the Family Head doesn’t make a move, we can make sure that Destiny... never returns!" Zhao Lingzhi said, suppressing his emotions.

As a top-tier Grade Eight, he had not felt this kind of tension in a long time.

When he killed the Utopia minister before, it was done with a casual stroke, completing the mission effortlessly.

Nothing like the pressing atmosphere of the present.

"Here they come!" Suddenly, the high-altitude sentries gave the alarm.

Everyone tensed up, two great Grade Eights, and over a dozen Grade Sevens and Grade Sixes spread out to the flanks.

Moreover, many more lower-grade Military Level Feiyi Masters were in heavy armored vehicles on the ground, ready for battle.

Not a single Feiyi had a speed less than three times the speed of sound.

This was the critical value concluded after analyzing the various speeds of Li Chengyi.

Anyone slower than this was just coming to die.

For this reason, the Zhao Family had gathered nearly two hundred Feiyi Masters, all directly trained by them, to defend the Wanshi Commerce Group, the Zhao Family’s facade.

At their level, face meant far more than many other things.

Once other powers perceived weakness, the countless enemies they had offended in the past would pounce like hungry wolves, ready to tear apart the great Zhao Family.

Even if Zhao Chengxi of Black Phoenix was strong, Grade Nine still required a large amount of energy and logistical support.

Without Wanshi Commerce Group, it would be a problem whether Zhao Chengxi’s Feiyi and force field systems could be activated at full power.

Wanshi Commerce Group represents the endless resource support of the Zhao Family.

Failure is not an option!

In this era,

resources equate to power.

Outside the massive Everworld Building, five kilometers away,

on the grey and white roadways, numerous security officers, working with automated machinery, were evacuating the crowd.

Stores closed one after another.

The protective force fields of the surrounding buildings were activated.

This time, Li Chengyi gave them enough reaction time, intending to minimize collateral damage and explicitly giving the Zhao Family and other national powers time for deliberation and negotiation.

In the sky, the enormous Milky Way continued to swirl and flow, as countless flying machines quickly moved away.

One after another, floating sentry Xiantais began to construct isolating force fields, preventing the battle below from affecting the operation of Milky Way Harbor.

One by one, silvery flying crafts rose up, peering over to this area from mid-air, clearly attracting many high-level observers.

Atop the Atomic Tower near the Wanshi Tower,

the main branch scions of the Zhao Family had gathered in the floating restaurant here, peering down through the silver semi-transparent crystal windows.

Zhao Xianrou was among them.

Her beautiful eyes fixed on the scene below, the streams of vehicles flowing like colorful tentacles outwards.

All around the evacuation point, a ten-plus kilometer area was cleared out, with all the key buildings covered and large force fields activated.

Dense like swarms of flying ants, military flying machines, Feiyi, and modified floating platforms were spread out all around, all here to witness the fight.

"Destiny... what an arrogant name. To think someone in this world would actually dare to call themselves Destiny, truly ignorant of danger," Zhao Mengshuang, the cousin beside her, said coldly.

"Xiao Rou, I heard you had contact with this Li Chengyi and even once refused his offer to take you as an apprentice?" The cousin’s inquiry instantly made Zhao Xianrou the center of attention among these Zhao Family main branch scions.

Zhao Xianrou, being exceptionally talented, was one of the main lineage’s key figures for cultivation, and were it not for being implicated in the Chaoyu terrorist attack and subsequently undermined by others of the main branch,

she might have even been more favored now.

"Destiny is indeed strong, but that by itself is meaningless," Zhao Xianrou said calmly.

"There have been far too many like him challenging the rise of our Zhao Family over the centuries. Of all those powers, of all those geniuses, how many have lasted till the end?"

"Well said. Xiao Rou, out of all of us main branch members, you have the highest awareness; no wonder the elders like you so much."

Zhao Enshi, who had previously encountered Li Chengyi and was now recovered from his injuries, stepped forward from the back, standing by the window and looking into the distance.

"Brother Enshi," Zhao Xianrou and the group of main branch kin promptly greeted him.

Although Zhao Enshi was of the same generation, he had already entered into the family’s power structure, with authority far beyond their youthful experience.

"Just watch. The core of Mingyuan Group is Destiny Li Chengyi. And this time, by crushing Destiny, we will be crushing Mingyuan! Anyone who dares provoke our Zhao Family will be ground to dust!"

"Actually..." Zhao Xianrou’s eyes followed a spot of golden light growing closer in the distance, with a hint of an indescribable meaning flickering in her pupils.

She had much to say, but at this moment, everyone around had already turned their attention away from her.

Although she was the treasured princess of the Zhao Family’s main lineage, at that moment, everyone’s gaze briefly shifted away, all converging on the approaching figure of Destiny.

Zhao Xianrou suddenly recalled the words Li Chengyi had once said to her.

’In this era, good people are always criticized, misunderstood, and misrepresented. Thus, the more you try to be a good person, the more strength you need.’

’Strength that belongs only to you...’

Zhao Xianrou looked at Li Chengyi from afar and suddenly felt that his calm approach seemed to be proving something to her.

’Prove it to me... that good people... don’t lie...’