Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 415 - 56. The Echoer’s Civil War

Chapter 415: 56. The Echoer’s Civil War

"Damn!"

Flana’s back went cold, drenched in cold sweat.

Through the monitor, she saw the cloud cover over the western hemisphere of Kalanze being carved away by two-thirds.

If she hadn’t reacted in time, fleeing back to the guidance track in the assault pod, she would have surely been dragged back down to the surface.

Falling from an altitude of 300,000 meters and making an intimate contact with the ground would be quite a scene of a bloody spectacle.

"Anyway, the task is complete, right?"

For some reason, she had been calling out to Li Aozi, but there was no response at all.

"How could such an accident happen..."

The assault pod was towed back to the space station, and Flana stepped onto her private ship, hurriedly calling out to Li Aozi through the powerful onboard communicator:

"Mr. Leoz? Mr. Leoz, are you there? I can’t detect your signal..."

But even the ship’s instruments couldn’t get in touch with the employer.

"This is strange... where did he go?"

Flana looked out the window—the shocking atmospheric phenomenon over Kalanze had attracted a lot of attention and still hadn’t dispersed.

She switched to the public channel, gathering information. Before long, she heard the emergency harboring notifications broadcasted:

"Attention all travelers! Attention all travelers! Our space station is suffering from unknown gravity wave interference, and the port and interstellar lanes are temporarily closed. We have detected individuals from an unknown organization fighting in space, in the target area D-A-C (103, 143, 14559)... For your personal safety, please avoid approaching."

Flana blinked:

"Fighting?"

Bang!

Li Aozi tore through the ripples, emerging from the atmosphere as a solitary figure. The gravity barrier in front of him easily distorted spacetime, creating a discontinuous band of time—some were stagnant, some slowed, and some accelerated.

Spacetime abilities belonged to the advanced category in the cosmos, and gravity was the most superior within spacetime abilities. For an Echoer, momentarily distorting spacetime was as instinctual as eating and drinking.

Once the unstable band of time was deployed, it quickly wreaked havoc on the surrounding environment. Some civilian routes were affected by the distortion, leading to immediate malfunction of computer programs, which grounded them in place, drifting silently in space. Panicked voices surged back and forth on the public channel, causing huge panic, and to a certain extent, also cloaked his presence.

But Li Aozi knew that such tricks wouldn’t deceive for long.

Hum————

The next moment, a blue-purple wave rift cut through the layers of the atmosphere, and its violent roar surged through the thin air, unleashing an endless echo.

"You—come back here!"

Liue’s roar was like a storm, echoing between the heaven and earth. As a holder of Arcane Energy of gravity and also an Echoer, standing at a higher level, her momentum was far stronger than Li Aozi’s.

She didn’t choose to jump into space but simply and brutally used gravity as a slingshot to fling herself into the cosmos, tracing a beautiful red line in the heavens—that was the pure heat of friction, creating a thermal barrier.

"Sure enough, she’s still coming after me, and so quickly too," Li Aozi mused and turned around as a series of settlement information swiftly passed before his eyes.

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[Rewards have been settled]

B. "Wings of Freedom"—Liue’s imprisonment couldn’t hold you down; you chose to break free on your own strength.

Even with the harsh and dangerous future that awaits, you still choose to face this brutal fate.

Dominate Everything, become the dictator.

Reward: 5 million Points of Experience.

C. "Serial Pursuit"—Before escaping, you had gathered enough information and even specially alerted Liue’s students, successfully avoiding contact and battle with them.

Mass message sent:

"I know you, your registration is with the Fenesis Federation, you have two children at home, and I’m well aware of your vulnerabilities and workplace. Don’t think I can’t find you. Don’t play smart, hurry up and leave Liue, and stop associating with her. You wouldn’t want someone to take your ID and use it to take out loans, borrow money, and commit crimes, nor would you want to never see your kids again, right?"

Reward:

Having gathered complete information, Liue’s students will not pursue you.

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Finally, it was over.

Although threatening people is both low and despicable, it did have a good effect.

Thanks to the fact that Liue’s students were relatively naive and kind, they never really wanted to be involved in their former mentor’s research. Now, intimidated by Li Aozi, they didn’t hesitate much and all agreed not to come to her aid anymore.

Unexpected, yet reasonable.

Liue was still unaware of the fact that no reinforcements are coming. She solely focused on quickly reaching the near-Earth orbit, coordinating with the upcoming cosmic aid, aiming to capture this runaway fellow, thus missing the prime opportunity.

—She should have thrown Li Aozi to the ground and tied him up with Zhuo.

Li Aozi fought back while effortlessly checking other messages:

[You have completed your first Pathway Occupation task and advanced to the Pathway Occupation "Star Realm Echoer."]

[A new Pathway now lies open before you.]

[Any future Dominator System Occupation you advance to will be a Pathway Occupation.]

[Now, you can choose to move into a new pathway or continue to delve deeper on this path.]

Dominator System Pathway Occupation displays:

A.[Rugged Priest]

Requirement: [Dominator] system

Prerequisite Occupation: [Echoer]/[Missionary] level at 120

Master at least one ’Soul’ oriented Arcane Energy

Worldview: "Subjective Idealism"