Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 414 - 55. Escape from Kalanze

Chapter 414: 55. Escape from Kalanze

Liue froze in place as everything around her fell one after another.

"I know you desperately want to eradicate the ’Society’ problem... but it seems that this entity no longer poses a cosmic disaster level threat?"

Li Aozi analyzed as he spoke,

"In the current era, ’Society’ is just one of the larger threats, a narrative-level civilization must guard against the ’Society’ - but more importantly, they must guard against other narrative-level civilizations!"

"You might have extensive knowledge, deeply involved in academic research... but you probably don’t understand politics."

"The existence of ’Society’ to a certain extent has prevented wars between narrative-level civilizations. It is precisely because ’Society’ continuously devours civilizations that narrative-level civilizations always have an outward channel."

"They can operate openly in other civilizations under the banner of ’suppressing Society,’ set up puppet governments with ease, and the local people have to be grateful for it."

Li Aozi noticed the communicator placed beside Liue, which contained her data information; many recent documents were projected from there.

Liue had only this one communicator, and Li Aozi estimated it most likely contained information on genetic decoding too.

Though he couldn’t use Arcane Energy... as an Echoer, he could still normally use the skill "Echo Blade."

"So I ask, is there a possibility... that narrative-level civilizations do not want ’Society’ to be completely obliterated?"

Li Aozi’s tone was gentle but he essentially stated a fact,

"Narrative-level civilizations never intended to completely annihilate Society from the beginning, nor do they want the Commune to obtain Supreme Arcane Energy, removing the current order."

"Though the pathway competition is brutal now, you cannot deny that the current cosmic environment is already very orderly. Whether the feasibility of Supreme Arcane exists or not, the pathway has become the binding pillar for a group of people."

"If you now dismantle the pathway, narrative-level civilizations might collapse instantly - but is it possible that without narrative-level civilizations, everyone who possesses extremely powerful Supreme Arcane would feel entitled to rule the universe?"

"If you and I are equals, both holding immense martial force, would order and rules still exist? Would people really improve? Would there still be principles and agreements?"

"I think most would say, ’To hell with the rules. I am the rule.’"

Li Aozi spread his hands,

"Congratulations on eliminating Society. And you’ve wiped out civilization along with it."

"This is different—"

"Though you may understand technology, you definitely don’t understand Starry Abyss, nor the human relations among these political entities."

"Those trivial things cannot hinder scientific progress; all human relations are outdated culture, and they must be eradicated."

"Is that so? Haha."

Li Aozi laughed,

"Mr. Liue, you are so convinced that science can change everything—so tell me, your ’Calamity God,’ must be very successful then?"

Liue remained silent.

She raised her head, the void flames in her eyes, clasping the communicator in her hand, slowly stepping back two steps,

"You are trying to sway me... who exactly are you?"

"I am no one, just a random Arcane Energy wielder you mysteriously captured and studied."

Li Aozi spoke slowly and firmly,

"But you say the era of gods has fallen... In reality, your era has fallen with it."

[You are engaging in a provocative action, this will conduct a (Strength) check...]

"Shut up!"

Liue growled softly, then murmured nervously,

"You are a spy, you must be a narrative-level civilization’s spy, trying to undermine my determination, to hinder my research... no, you are a Society citizen! Only "Society" would fear the obliteration of itself..."

[Specialty · (Unilateral Action) activated! This check item is changed to—(Charm)]

"I will repeat again."

Li Aozi calmly, slowly, emphasizing his words clearly, said,

"Mr. Liue, the unrealistic dream of the Commune, violating natural laws and political needs, has already ended!"

[Charm check passes!]

Buzz—!

Liue instantly tore through ripples, breaking through the glass cell; Echo Blade immediately penetrated Li Aozi’s chest.

Hiss!

Li Aozi screamed miserably, falling to the ground, blood gushing from his chest, the wound scorched by flames. He struggled, curling up, swaying to and fro, actually inching towards Liue’s feet.

Out of anger—Liue’s communicator fell near him, completely unnoticed by her.

He covertly hid the communicator with his blood-stained sleeve as Liue, looking at the blood on her hands, felt a wave of dizziness.

"...Gag!"

Being a pure scholar, she was only tough with her words; she had never seen blood or fought, and felt a wave of nausea. She slowly stepped back a few steps, opening the glass cell door,

"Wait here! I’ll fetch medical equipment!"

In her panic, she even forgot she had teleportation abilities, rummaging through the room for supplies.

[Oh ho, the fish took the bait.]

This injury was nothing to Li Aozi, who was blessed by this planet, constantly regenerating Health Points, not to mention the virtually invulnerable Implant Gear body.

Though the damage was considerable, almost depleting his Health Points, it wasn’t lethal.

He quickly seized this opportunity, extending the Echo Blade from his wrist, directly stabbing it into the communicator’s input interface.

[Hacking device...]

"Pneumatic syringe, stem cell therapy instrument—damn, where is it? Where is the Light Blade radiation treatment agent?"

She couldn’t possibly find it—Li Aozi had hidden these items when he was taken off the operating table.

As for her guard, the Absolute Blade Lord Zhuo, Li Aozi had already released his Dragon Blood Amber before entering the cell.

Now, it was almost time to activate it.

Whoom————Roar!

Above ground, a twin-wing wyvern with gold-brown luxurious scales soared over the fields, its mighty dragon roar inflating its neck, breathing a torrent of scorching flames towards the ground.

Swoosh!

Zhuo tossed away his hat, sprang into action without a word, soaring into the sky, barehandedly engaging the wyvern.

Yet the Amber Dragon had no intention of entangling, sensing itself targeted by a Zeta Rank powerhouse, immediately turned, maneuvering spirally, diving down, flying scissors across the horizon.

With no flight capability, Zhuo couldn’t let the unknown dragon escape, he reluctantly pursued.

Thus, the greatest obstacle was effortlessly removed.

From start to finish, all was within his calculated control.

[Data stolen: 55-Pandora ’Calamity God Event’ report]

"Zhuo! Help me, I can’t do anything, where did you put the medical supplies? Zhuo?—Damn, why did you go out now!"

[Data stolen: Contact ’Luo Ming’... 30%... 50%...]

Quick! Faster!

Li Aozi wasn’t sure how long this status would last, and could only weakly call,

"Doc-doctor, go call-doctor..."

[Target in a state of panic! Charm check passed!]

[Liue believes your lie.]

"Doctor ... yes, I’ll find a doctor."

Liue muttered, immediately turned, and ran out.

She glanced at Li Aozi, who was entirely collapsed, motionless.

"Hold on a bit!"

Liue shouted, turned, and ran towards the ground.

[Data stolen: Genetic code—120,000 characters]

"Hey, nerd, so easy to deceive!"

Li Aozi chuckled, then stood up straight, openly walked out the door, and retrieved his device.

With Arcane Energy restored, Li Aozi immediately activated Blood of Eternity, fully recovering his status.

The Echo Blade continued to steal information, the data completeness was only 40%, not meeting the minimum standard; Li Aozi decided to flee with the equipment.

He didn’t dare escape to the cosmos—both having Gravity Arcane Energy, Liue had the capability for cosmic and atmospheric combat, likely not slower than him.

Surveying the terrain, Li Aozi directly darted into the forest, skilfully activating space ripples, moving ceaselessly, until he escaped over a hundred kilometers from the farm, his signal emitter finally normal.

"Flana, get down here!"

Without hesitation, Li Aozi called for orbital deployment.

He wasn’t planning to return via the assault pod, but to cover his escape using its recovery function.

With time pressing, he briefly conveyed his plan via communicator—fortunately, Flana, though an airhead, was unexpectedly sharp regarding her task.

"Got it, I’ll cover you."

On orbit, Flana sent the message, immediately donned her helmet and armor, and stepped into the assault pod.

"Mercenary business, emergency deployment!"

Bang!

The robotic arms released the restraints, the assault pod ejecting thrust gases, accelerating its descent from orbit, being actively captured by gravity, like a blazing meteor, cutting through the sky, adjusting its trajectory towards the target location, landing swiftly.

"Correction complete, commencing landing."

Boom————

As the assault pod prepared to land, its bottom rockets ignited, providing counter-thrust for a stable landing amidst swirling dust.

Hiss!

The pod door opened, the valiant Flana holding a Mana Rifle, gracefully stepped out,

"Phew! Feet on the ground, client fir—"

Before finishing her sentence, she looked up to see a robust, elderly figure approaching through the dust.

Plop.

Zhuo tore through the smoke, casually tossing a wyvern the size of a bus to the ground, turning, his dark red eyes falling on Flana.

Gulp...

This...this isn’t right?

Bare-handedly mauling a wyvern...this definitely was Zeta Rank, wasn’t it?

Wasn’t my mission to heroically rescue beauties?

Why am I now challenging an almost god-like Zeta Rank among mercenaries?

Flana nervously grinned,

"Um... Wishing you great health and fortune! Farewell!"

Without a second thought, she decisively leaped back into the assault pod, and with unprecedented speed, activated the return mode. The pod’s rockets ignited, raising a cloud of dust and gas, shooting back into orbit.

Without a word, Zhuo lifted a finger, aiming at the sky, his fingertip locking onto the escape pod’s trajectory, gently slashing.

[Absolute Blade - Judgment]

In the next instant, an invisible force pierced the clouds, blue sky splitting in two, clouds dissipating, remaining mist being engulfed by the immense power, chasing the escape pod.

From afar, it looked as though the sky itself had been cut away.