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Chapter 461 - 244 Post-event Review The trio that noticed something was wrong We must protect the Azure Dragon!_2

Chapter 461: Chapter 244 Post-event Review The trio that noticed something was wrong We must protect the Azure Dragon!_2

The three fell into silence again. Find the real mastermind behind the scenes, and then what?

Go find Des and expose the evil nature of Azure Dragon?

Only a fool would do that; they are in cahoots with Azure Dragon.

Confront Azure Dragon? Sandro touched his face, feeling a bit of a sting.

Regardless, they had found a scapegoat, so it no longer mattered.

"This matter is just a catalyst," Theo said solemnly. "We know about these things, but Des doesn’t. Why did he let Brother directly approach Azure Dragon?"

"Azure Dragon’s arrival posed a threat to him; he wanted to use this as a pretext to kill Azure Dragon," Ulrich speculated, "but then, something went wrong."

"And once something happens to Azure Dragon, we would inevitably be..." Ulrich paused, then hesitantly continued: "...exiled..."

Sandro shrank his head. He wasn’t very sensitive to other matters, but he cared a lot when it involved his own wealth and life.

Originally, he believed that having three Level A life forms banding together would allow them to act unchallenged.

However, the emergence of the Purple Giant shattered this illusion.

Ulrich was being indirect; if they did not willingly leave, or if Connet harbored thoughts of silencing them permanently, then with one slap, Sandro believed he could not withstand it.

"Boss, can you withstand the Purple Giant?" Sandro hesitated.

"I can’t kill him; for now, it seems he would also have a hard time killing me," Theo hesitated slightly.

Both their faces still looked dreadful, not being able to kill Theo didn’t mean they couldn’t be killed.

"We’ve only seen the Purple Giant; it does not mean the Torch Organization only has the Purple Giant," Ulrich added.

Sandro’s face paled, and he couldn’t help saying, "Can you not jump to conclusions?"

"We must protect Azure Dragon," Theo suddenly stated.

"Protect Azure Dragon?" Sandro was a bit slow to catch on, "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean?" Ulrich scoffed coldly.

"It means that we cannot afford for anything to happen to Azure Dragon; otherwise, we will inevitably have to face the Torch Organization and several other Mechanics directly."

"If something happens to him, our worst outcome would be exile, all our efforts up to now for nothing."

"Or, death."

"Ah?" The sudden shift in the situation was hard for Sandro to accept. "Our lives are tied to Azure Dragon?"

Ulrich struck again: "More accurately, Azure Dragon takes more initiative because he is valuable, while we three are purely here to share the spoils."

"The only good news is, Azure Dragon probably doesn’t trust the Torch Organization either, and with several other Mechanics around, he still needs our strength to compete with them."

"Azure Dragon has two Combat Mechanics under him stronger than me, and I still have to protect him?" Sandro winced in pain, beginning to regret getting involved in this mess.

Mentioning those two Combat Mechanics, Ulrich took a deep breath, feeling more and more that Azure Dragon was unfathomable.

Sandro hesitated to ask, "If all of us combined, could we defeat the Purple Giant?"

"You expect everyone to work together?" Ulrich scoffed coldly.

Theo’s voice remained calm, "Among us, no one can match the Purple Giant. We’d better pray that day doesn’t come."

...

Meanwhile, aboard Des’s spacecraft, he took a deep breath and slowly rose, "This crystalization isn’t irreversible; with your vitality, it should mostly recover in about ten to fifteen days."

Lying on the hospital bed, Brother, whose body was crystalized, was sweating coldly and his face was the color of iron:

"Damn Sandro, damn Azure Dragon, damn Connet!"

He cursed repeatedly, his anger surging, wishing he could tear these people to shreds.

Des’s face was expressionless as he turned to make something to help Brother recover.

Not until Brother had cursed to his satisfaction did he look at Des’s back and hesitated, "Does Connet have a grievance against you? Why didn’t he speak up for you?"

"If you won’t have a dispute with Azure Dragon afterward, then so be it, but what if you do?"

Des’s movements paused slightly, his voice emotionless: "Don’t worry, I have my own ways."

Brother wanted to ask more, but the pain coming from his body made him grimace uncontrollably.

Li Ming just came out from Jesaya’s spaceship, looking thoughtful as he returned to the spacecraft.

Jesaya’s detection methods were indeed more extensive than his; through indirect questioning, he learned that the purple barrier could suppress the activity of all Elements, block off space, and even detect abnormal Mind Power, truly omnipotent.

"It’s a bit troublesome..."

...

Having settled everything, Connet, with a gloomy expression, headed deeper into the base. The deeper he went, the fewer personnel he encountered.

Especially after passing through several thick doors covered with purple energy membranes consecutively, he could barely see anyone in the spacious corridors.

Connet, who was originally steady and resolute, started wobbling unexpectedly at some point.

Thud!

At one moment, Connet, who transformed into the Purple Giant outside, suppressing many Level A Life Forms without being able to speak, suddenly fell to his knees.

Bean-sized beads of sweat fell from his face onto the metal floor, shattering into eight parts.

No, that wasn’t sweat, it was blood-colored.

Pshhh!

Following that, Connet’s skin suddenly split open with fine cracks, exposing clear flesh and blood, merging into rivulets on the ground.

"Balzak’s power isn’t so easy to borrow," a detached voice suddenly erupted, his bloodshot eyes only catching a shadow.

"That group of people, none of them are simple. If I don’t suppress them, bigger troubles will follow," he struggled to rise from the ground.

The figure standing beside him, dressed and appearing almost identical to him, though seemingly less stable.

Connet took a few steps, then staggered again; the other, somewhat helpless, shook his head, forcibly supported Connet, and brought him to the laboratory at the end of the corridor.

The doors slid open to both sides, deep, noisy sounds hitting him as he entered. This laboratory was even more massive, with experimenters continuously moving around.

What was most eye-catching was the thin, long purple crack at its center, its edges constantly fluctuating, forming sharp ripples.

Connet was taken to the central area, where four large metallic restraining devices were confining grotesque life forms.

One of them, nearly ten meters long, had six curled black tentacles firmly nailed to the restraining device, its densely packed black cracks opening and closing, its serrated teeth chilling to behold.

Without a main body, this was its complete appearance, utterly hideous, the other three also distinctive on their own.

Black liquid continuously extracted from them, then channeled into metal tanks.

The laboratory personnel were unsurprised by their arrival, even taking it as routine.

The one supporting Connet greeted others, placing the heavily cracked Connet into one of the black liquid tanks.

Various devices displayed relevant data, the experimenters worked methodically,

and this incident did not push the atmosphere among the people toward more tension.

In fact, the next day, including Li Ming, the four Mechanical gurus, all jointly entered the Core Laboratory.

Des, who suffered a great loss, acted very calm, as if yesterday’s events never happened.

As for Li Ming, he appeared even more indifferent, even taking the initiative to chat with Des, asking how well he rested yesterday.

Des sighed helplessly, while doing data simulation, he said: "Ah, old problems, nervous breakdown, didn’t rest well, too much noise outside, the spaceship isn’t very soundproof."

"How can that work; you should hurry Connet to switch to a better one," Li Ming was very surprised.

"No matter, just making do for these one or two days," Des smiled bitterly.

Benny watched the two conversing earnestly, speechless.