My Salvation Game Became true?!.
Chapter 312 - 276: Towards the Stars and the Ghastly Realm (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Chapter 312: Chapter 276: Towards the Stars and the Ghastly Realm (Seeking Monthly Votes)

The waiting room, filled with a silvery-white, high-tech ambiance, saw the deputy’s demeanor become somewhat bewildered, his step hasty and urgent. When he pushed the door open, he stumbled in.

This caused the leader to frown.

Especially since there were still guests present.

He pinched his face into a stern expression, "Stay calm! I’ve said before, no matter what accidents happen, you need to remain calm and steady. Only in this state of mind can a person avoid falling into disarray and making rash decisions."

Seeing the deputy take a deep breath and gradually regain composure, the leader continued, "Now, tell me, what’s the situation in Dong Huang?"

"Dong Huang..."

The deputy’s breathing became rapid again, and after a slight delay he managed to speak, "Dong Huang has withstood the super wave, and... and almost without a scratch!"

Crack—

The stirring rod on the coffee cup was crushed to pieces by the leader.

His expression shifted slightly, "Are you sure? Don’t speak carelessly!"

The deputy said earnestly, "I have confirmed the intelligence multiple times, and it’s from several agents, cross-verified, with a reliability of 99.9%!"

He handed over the intelligence report.

It came from multiple sources, not only about the situation on the western front but also including several other major defense lines, all recorded within.

There were even photos. Although they were taken from a distance, the leader recognized at a glance the pits and trenches on the ground, and the dozens of meters long terrifying corpse stretched across the earth.

"That’s the remains of a Calamity Level Mysterious Evil!"

Bang—

The white cup fell and shattered on the ground.

It was the coffee cup in the hands of the Wave Envoy, which he unknowingly let slip. He stared at the report, his gaze blank and unable to hide his shock.

"This is impossible, completely impossible..."

This envoy, how could he lose his composure more than himself?

Even the leader was puzzled.

As the Wave Envoy flipped through the report, he found it hard to look away, and after a long moment said with difficulty, "You don’t understand the terror of a million-level Mysterious Evil wave. Even if you stood still and let them kill you, they couldn’t be exterminated. Even if we could win, it would be impossible to do so unscathed. A tremendous price must have been paid inside."

"Moreover, it was a price paid by some force supporting the Great Oasis of Dong Huang!"

The Wave Envoy furrowed his brows, "Is there just this information, nothing more specific, about how the super wave was eradicated?"

"Just this, after all the time is too tight, but..."

The leader said, "It’s still quite difficult to obtain detailed intelligence, as Dong Huang has already cleaned up the battlefield. Unless we figure out a way to trade for the information directly from Dong Huang."

The Wave Envoy seemed tempted.

So did the leader.

After finishing entertaining the envoy in azure robes, the leader immediately summoned several staff officers to ask for their opinion.

An Awakener staff officer named Burt said, "Leader, from the current situation, the Great Oasis forces collaborating with Dong Huang are likely to be stronger than the Wave City-State, or to put it another way, more willing to invest. Dong Huang now also likely has more intelligence."

"I suggest that we can convene a world conference in the name of the White-headed Eagle Federation, on the topic of ’discussing the future direction of Blue Star.’"

"First, in today’s increasingly severe global disaster, such a conference is necessary; second, it can recoup our White-headed Eagle Federation’s waning global influence; third, we can use the conference as a pretext to pry more specific news from Dong Huang about the wave battle; fourth, it also provides an opportunity to establish cooperative relations with the Great Oasis force that supports Dong Huang, even potentially bringing that mysterious force over to our side."

"We are indeed partners with the Wave City-State now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a second one."

This was a plan to kill four birds with one stone.

The leader agreed.

"Let’s proceed with this plan."

...

...

Shui Ze base city, in the northern part, enveloped in a light mist, looked like Immortal Realm – the training camp area of Fireplace.

Fang You sat in an attic, sipping tea, his eyes continuously focused on the empty tea table in front of him as if browsing through panel information.

Sorting and tallying.

This time the harvest was huge; aside from the massive amount of Destiny Points yet to be drawn, the rest of the material resources naturally could not be left gathering dust in storage—they needed to be swiftly arranged and transformed into more direct value.

"Strange crystals, currently a total of 600k left, but among them, 100k are allocated to Light Red as an emergency reserve, which can’t be used. The remaining 500k..."

"Allocate 250k to the forging department; some of it will be used as reserve energy for the Strange Crystal Gun, and the rest will have Master Wang Chui work double time on producing the second and third Great Strange Crystal Cannons, striving to have them ready for use in the next defense battle."

"Alrighty~!"

Xiao Huan said with a lively voice.

Fang You, without lifting his head, continued to arrange the distribution of massive amounts of strange crystals to various production departments, quickly dwindling down to a few ten thousands to be kept in reserve.

Skill seeds and training cards were quickly listed for exchange, with training cards being appropriately discounted.

Materials and bizarre objects, once converted into potions, weapons, and equipment, were also quickly put up for exchange.

At this time, in the post-battle period, there was a group of hungry Fireplace warriors ready to exchange for various items; the exchange list of Fireplace could not be left empty.

Even with Xiao Huan’s assistance, staring at the flowing data lines in front of him for too long, Instructor Fang’s eyes began to feel a bit tired.

He stood up and stretched.

However, the work was not yet finished, and it was not time to rest.

"How is the preparation at Imperial Capital base city going?"

"The relocation of personnel there is already complete, and currently, they are working on building the protective walls of the base city," Xiao Huan said, tilting her head with wide eyes, "Director Huang from there is also asking us, when do we plan to activate the high tower of Imperial Capital."

Personnel migration and the construction of the Dawn Lighthouse had actually been completed long ago.

But with Shui Ze base city facing the siege of the waves, for various reasons, it was impossible to light the Dawn at Imperial Capital.

We had to wait until the wave was repelled.

Fang You dialed Liu Chang’s communication and hung up after a long wait.

"To be on the safe side, lighting the Dawn of Imperial Capital will have to wait another two or three days, until a new batch of special seeds is cultivated."

Thinking about this, Instructor Fang also felt a headache.

A single siege battle against the waves had consumed a large number of special seeds, but this was necessary. Without those, those few vine wood Great Walls—the other directions also had defensive lines, operated remotely by Liu Ji and the other two, though on a smaller scale—without these, defending the city would have resulted in greater losses.

This was also why the base city had to build defensive walls.

The population base was here, and in the future, the waves would still occur from time to time.

"Now we have plenty of energy for the Strange Crystal Gun, and the warriors can take a rest and recover quickly, but because we are limited by the vine wood Great Walls, lighting the Dawn Base City has to be postponed, and this is only the second one... It’s taking a bit longer than expected."

There’s no remedy for that.

The only good news is that after Liu Chang and the others rest and recover, they will be able to go through the fifth Awakening. Once they become stronger, they can create even more value for the Torch.

He thought.

The door was knocked gently, "knock, knock, knock."

Before long, a beautiful woman in a white shirt entered, "Instructor, Miss Matissa from Sword Flower City has requested an audience with you."

The woman’s name was Jiang Siyun, and her strength wasn’t outstanding within Torch, but her ability to handle tasks was quite good.

She was currently Fang You’s assistant.

Xiao Jun was the virtual secretary, Jiang Siyun was the real-life secretary, but her workload wasn’t heavy, as the vast majority of tasks were taken care of by Xiao Jun.

Xiao Jun: (￣へ￣)~

"Bring her in."

...

Matissa had come to say goodbye.

After being stunned, dazed, and shocked, she began to worry about how to report back. After much thought, she decided to return to Sword Flower City for a while.

To report in person, then to foster cooperation between Oasis and Blue Star.

"I see..."

The Torch’s instructor nodded, "Since you’re going back, you should take some gifts with you. Later, I will ask Xiao Jun to prepare some portable food for you."

"Have you exchanged your points?"

"I’ve already exchanged them, thank you very much for your kindness."

Saying this, Matissa’s face showed a bit of reluctance.

Indeed, Torch’s benefits were too generous, and she couldn’t help but envy Shi Yunxi and the other official members of Torch.

She felt like she was earning more working here than in Sword Flower City.

It’s not an illusion.

Leaving truly was a little hard to bear, but after all, she was a person from Sword Flower City and leaving didn’t mean she wouldn’t come back again. After some hesitation, Matissa made up her mind.

She dared not take too many gifts, for fear... for fear of hesitation, of second thoughts.

Seeing her like this, Fang You had a sudden thought.

"Would you be interested in signing a contract with me and officially joining Torch?"

"Eh?"

"Don’t be hasty in refusing. These past days, I believe you’ve seen for yourself that Torch is a special organization. Apart from our main purpose of fighting disasters and protecting humanity, our other requirements are very flexible."

"You’re from Sword Flower City, but you can also have another identity—as an external Torch warrior, and enjoy benefits from Torch. Similarly, within our organization, there are Awakeners from various countries’ secret departments."

"As for conflicts of interest, don’t worry. We can include all that in the contract."

Fang You took out a ’Class B’ universal contract voucher.

It listed everything very clearly.

The core point was just one: do not harm Torch’s interests and must keep core secrets; at the same time, the contract would not require the signee to do anything against their bottom line.

Apart from fighting the Mysterious Evil, there were no other requirements.

This contract was as flexible as it could get!

It matched what she had seen over these days—freely taking on tasks, wholeheartedly combating Mysterious Evil, saving the world.

"But aren’t you a Blue Star force?"

"Our organization started on Blue Star, but it doesn’t mean that it can only be a Blue Star force.

"The purpose of fighting disasters, of saving the world, that is our mission. However, the disasters are not only on Blue Star. The source of the disasters is that indescribable existence in the deepest part of the Ghastly Realm."

"You want to..."

Matissa covered her mouth, her eyes filled with fear.

The instructor remained calm, with a faint smile, "Someone has to confront disasters. Godslayer might seem out of reach, but if we don’t even dare to think about it, how can miracles happen?"

"Our goal is to reach for the stars and the Ghastly Realm..."

"to light an unquenchable fire."