Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 793 - 399. Final Battle (1)

Chapter 793: 399. Final Battle (1)

The snowball keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Li Aozi traveled quietly. Whenever the Empire’s legion occupied a city, he would immediately launch a massive invasion and plunder at the local Fermi Research Institute, extracting all sorts of valuable intelligence.

In the process, Li Aozi also rescued some blockaded bodies used as production tools for Alige—actually, aside from some being super antibodies against Void Infection, most were travelers, adventurers, and mercenaries from Starry Abyss.

Feeling the Pathway aura from Li Aozi, many Starry Abyss compatriots couldn’t help but cry.

The research institute’s attitude towards blockaded bodies was to use them to carry the Void Infection, then purify it through the bodies of these Starry Abyss people and extract the refined energy, mixing it with the material stripped away, forming Alige.

Such technology, even in Starry Abyss, was considered inhumane.

Thanks to Li Aozi’s intervention and rescue, these Zeta Rank (6) and Eta (7) Rank Pathway Ascenders to Divinity, who had been imprisoned for an unknown number of years, expressed their gratitude by giving a large sum of money.

Many of them were so filled with hatred towards the Kingdom Parliament and the institute that they gritted their teeth and directly went to the front lines to kill knights.

However, with each research institute falling, Li Aozi received more and more news about Zhi Xiang. The Fermi Research Institute, backed by kingdom knights, had already preliminarily captured Zhi Xiang’s movements.

After attacking a castle, Li Aozi was even more shocked to hear a strange rumor:

A cake-selling lady named Angelia Mired was suddenly taken away by several High Table knights.

Since then, this castle didn’t experience Substance Rain anymore.

In fact, throughout the whole kingdom, no one had witnessed the Substance Rain falling for a whole month.

Without the Substance Rain, the Void began to advance massively, causing the infected to roam uncontrollably, leading to a great number of casualties.

Intuition told Li Aozi that there was a high probability that Zhi Xiang had been captured.

This was not an optimistic piece of news.

Zhi Xiang was clearly not a Primordial Species with terrifying combat power like Lord Entropy, and given its fondness for the Dragon Satellite, it was easy to be moved by kindness or had some soft spot being exploited.

Back in the deserted village in the mountains, Zhi Xiang showed care for children. If the knights were using children as a threat...

[Kidnapping really is a trick that never fails.]

Li Aozi snorted coldly, then immediately increased the frequency, leading the Starry Abyss Pathway Ascenders to Divinity to strike out everywhere, sweeping for clues about the Fermi Research Institute.

However, more evidence suggested that Zhi Xiang was truly captured. After the halt of the Substance Rain, Li Aozi couldn’t take its place, greatly delaying the Empire’s advance in the face of the Void’s incursion.

But fortunately, they truly had a Deity here.

Gio Zieou wasn’t idle either. Though maintaining a mysterious image, whenever a priest called out His name, praying for divine miracles, Gio Zieou would deliver a punch from afar, destroying mountains and rivers.

By May, under the divine display by Li Aozi and his group, the Dragon Guard Empire advanced triumphantly, finally reaching the last province under the kingdom’s direct control.

It’s not The Capital; there was neither a ’King’ nor a parliament, not even the Fermi Research Institute was located there.

The morning ocean fog rose as massive armies transported supplies and equipment to ships at the pier, with lighthouses casting bright beams guiding vessels to safe passage.

"Pearl Island Province."

Li Aozi tore through the mist, stepping calmly onto the sea surface.

"If we pass this checkpoint, it’s the final battle."

"Indeed, it’s hard to believe... even for someone like Leoz, establishing a system superior to the local Empire on this level of a planet in just a few months is somewhat frightening."

Gio Zieou raised a hand, parting the shallow sea, walking up to Li Aozi’s side, sighing:

"All kingdom knights along the way have been fleeing here, and we haven’t encountered a single High Table knight. Besides the Void Fallen Zone, all other areas have fallen under the Empire’s control—clearly, the kingdom’s final decision-makers are gathered here."

"Once Hyland Pearl is broken, the Dragon Satellite will be completely liberated from the regime cooperating with the Void. By then, a counterattack from the Void Overlord will inevitably be initiated."

Li Aozi said flatly:

"Don’t let your guard down. Our target is the ’King.’ Only by negotiating with the ’King’ will we have a chance to completely defeat that Void Overlord, at least Kappa (10) level."

"I certainly won’t forget this point." Gio Zieou nodded.

Li Aozi glanced at Him; today, Gio Zieou was unusually calm and steady.

Although he had previously suspected that Gio Zieou’s apparent guileless honesty was largely an act, seeing it displayed like this was still rather surprising.

Li Aozi raised a Heart Mind, casually asking:

"How is the task Lai Anding entrusted to you?"

"A mess. I was originally searching for the Seed’s whereabouts, but until now, there’s been no progress."

Gio Zieou shook His head:

"Now the Empire already occupies 99% of the territory. If Hyland Pearl falls and I still don’t see it... then I can only take a trip to the Void Fallen Zone."

"The Void Fallen Zone is equivalent to directly entering the 6th Narrative’s home Inherent Time Domain." Li Aozi reminded: "The Void homeland is in the third layer of the Nether Abyss—you’ll endure curses from the Nether Abyss if you enter, making it impossible to return quickly."

"Don’t worry, I still have the Caramel Snail."

Gio Zieou chuckled lightly:

"After all, this body is just a replica. Only the account controlled by the Caramel Snail will sign a pact with Lai Anding."

"This body cannot be resurrected?"

"You could say that; once it’s used, it’s over."

Gio Zieou sighed:

"Once this body is destroyed, I too must return to reality, reactivating the Cognition Filter, with memory estimated to be erased, in order to function as the Caramel Snail. Leoz, after we meet again... who knows when that will be."

"Make the most of your time."

Li Aozi refrained from being sentimental. He bowed his head, stepping into the timeline, and as he departed, Gio Zieou only heard his emotionless remark:

"...There will always be that day."

Li Aozi disappeared from the spot, and Gio Zieou stood with arms crossed, nodding gently.

’There will always be that day...’

He thought:

"Leoz, when you say ’that day,’ do you mean our reunion? Or something more?"

Regardless, things had reached this point, and Gio Zieou had no better choice.

If the task couldn’t be completed, He figured Lai Anding’s chances of awakening His true self next time weren’t high.

Unlike Leoz, who occupied a Starry Abyss body and could control His own consciousness, the thought of the social anxiety-ridden, wasted personality of the Caramel Snail made Him uncomfortable.

"No matter, let’s finish the task at hand first."

Gio Zieou raised His hand, giving it a gentle fan.

Majestic Strength stirred up a great wind, as the emerald waves surged, and numerous ships set sail immediately, riding the swift wind at a speed of 80 knots, carrying the ambitious imperial warriors, swiftly marching towards Hyland Pearl Province.

The last battle for the Dragon Satellite was about to commence.

For Li Aozi, the five-year-long aspiration was about to end, yet the real challenge was only just beginning.