Going to Another Faction

The streets of Apocalypse Star in the early morning were spotlessly clean, with silvery-white hovercars gliding silently on tracks three meters above the ground.

It was indeed quite clean.

It was just that Kalen's arrogant attitude back on Blue Source Star was way too much like an entitled aristocrat.

Lin Xi followed beside Ye Chuan, the terminal in her hand clicking away non-stop as she took photos.

Growing up, this was her first time visiting a planet in the core star zone, and everything here felt incredibly novel to her.

If only this were just a vacation, it would be even better.

Lin Xi felt like she was risking her life.

Ye Chuan walked with his hands in his pockets, seemingly sensing something. He could clearly feel that from the moment they stepped out of the villa, at least seven different gazes had firmly locked onto them.

These people were disguised very well, with no energy fluctuations coming from their bodies, looking exactly like ordinary people.

But the cold aura on them could not be hidden from Ye Chuan's divine sense.

"By the way, Lin Xi," Ye Chuan suddenly spoke up, "have you ever heard of the Pantheon Arena?"

"Pantheon Arena?" Lin Xi paused for a moment, stopped taking photos, and shook her head.

"Never heard of it. Is it a new fighting tournament hosted by the Federation? I only know about the Interstellar Fighting Championship, which is held annually on Apocalypse Star."

"It's not a fighting tournament," Ye Chuan said.

The side quest given by the system wouldn't appear out of thin air. It seemed that this Pantheon Arena was something only entities at a higher level than the Federation would know about.

He asked again, "Then do you know if there are other star zones or factions above the Federation?"

"Above the Federation?" Lin Xi grew even more puzzled. "The Federation rules over three galaxy clusters and hundreds of billions of planets... The rest are either uncivilized primitive cultures or evil outer gods."

"As for anything more powerful... I don't know."

Ye Chuan nodded and did not ask further.

Indeed, people can never imagine things beyond their own cognition.

For an ordinary person from a border planet like Lin Xi, the Federation was the entire world.

But Ke Ning had said that the true higher star zones mastered rules and dimensional technologies, and in their eyes, the Federation was nothing more than children playing house.

It seemed that this universe was much vaster than he had imagined.

Right at this moment, Ye Chuan's footsteps suddenly came to a halt.

He turned his head and looked at a middle-aged man nearby who was pretending to look at a transparent billboard.

The man was wearing a gray suit and holding a cup of energy liquid, dressed entirely like a passerby.

"Come out," Ye Chuan said calmly, reaching his hand out toward the man.

An immense, irresistible suction force instantly surged from Ye Chuan's palm.

The man's expression changed drastically. He tried to run away, only to find that his body was completely out of his control. As if grabbed by an invisible giant hand, he was forcefully sucked right in front of Ye Chuan.

"What... what do you want?" the man tried to feign calmness, but his eyes couldn't help but dart around evasively.

"I don't know you. Why are you grabbing me?"

"You don't know me?" Ye Chuan smiled and let go of his hand.

Just as the man tried to step back, Ye Chuan suddenly raised his foot and kicked him squarely in the stomach.

Bang!!!

The man flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing through the holographic billboard behind him. He then smashed through and collapsed three floating buildings, each thousands of stories high, before landing heavily in the ruins and spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

The surrounding pedestrians let out a chorus of screams and fled in all directions.

Terrified, Lin Xi shrank her neck and hid behind Ye Chuan, whispering:

"Mr. Ye... could there be a mistake? He just looks like an ordinary person..."

"An ordinary person?" Ye Chuan sneered.

In the ruins, the man struggled to get up.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The disguise on his face completely vanished, replaced by deep shock and fear.

He was a top-tier agent of the Federation, skilled in disguise and stealth, and had never been discovered before.

He couldn't figure out how Ye Chuan had spotted him. He had clearly used the highest level of invisibility force fields and biological mimicry technology, simulating even his body temperature and heartbeat to match those of an ordinary person.

"What... exactly are you..." the man asked with a trembling voice.

Ye Chuan didn't answer his question, but simply said calmly:

"Go back and tell Su Rui to stop playing these petty tricks."

"I have no interest in your Federation, but if you send any more of these nobodies to spy on me, next time it won't end with just a kick."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding void.

"And the rest of you, hiding in the spatial folds, get the hell out here too."

With that, Ye Chuan raised his hand and made a light slashing motion at the empty air.

Riiiiip!!!

Space was forcefully torn open like a piece of paper, revealing four men in black hiding behind it.

Their faces were filled with unbelievable terror, as if they could never have imagined that Ye Chuan could directly tear space apart and drag them out of the spatial folds.

The five of them looked at each other, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

They were the strongest surveillance squad the Federation had spent tens of thousands of years cultivating, yet in front of Ye Chuan, they were as good as transparent, holding absolutely no secrets.

"Get lost," Ye Chuan said.

The five men felt as if they had been granted amnesty. They scrambled up from the ruins and ran away without looking back.

They didn't even dare to pick up the weapons and instruments they had dropped on the ground.

It wasn't until they were far away that Ye Chuan withdrew his gaze. As if nothing had happened, he smiled at Lin Xi:

"Alright, it's fine now. Let's continue our stroll."

"Oh... okay," Lin Xi nodded blankly, already used to such sights.

Indeed, she was used to it.

After all, he could tear apart starry sky behemoths with his bare hands. What was this in comparison?

...

Meanwhile, at the Parliament Building on Apocalypse Star.

Su Rui was in her office processing particle documents when the emergency communicator on her desk suddenly started ringing frantically.

She frowned and answered the call.

A deathly pale face immediately appeared on the screen.

"This is bad! We've been exposed!"

"What?" Su Rui was stunned for a moment. "How is that possible? You were using state-of-the-art stealth technology. How could he have discovered you?"

"The moment he stepped out of the villa, he crushed all of our quantum and nano detectors."

"Then, with a single swipe at space, he dragged out the other four who were hiding in the spatial folds! He also said... he said that if we spy on him again, he'll kill us!"

Su Rui's expression instantly turned incredibly grave.

Tearing open spatial folds?

She had always thought she was overestimating Ye Chuan, but now she realized she had still underestimated this man.

"Withdraw all surveillance personnel immediately!" Su Rui ordered sternly.

"Without my orders, no one is allowed to come within a kilometer of Ye Chuan! And no one is allowed to monitor him with any equipment!"

"But what about the Speaker..."

"I'll talk to the Speaker!" Su Rui interrupted him.

"The most important thing right now is not to provoke him any further! If he truly gets angry, none of us will be able to bear the consequences!"

"Understood!"

Hanging up the communication, Su Rui leaned back in her chair wearily.

A deep sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart.

This man was like a star that could explode at any moment, hanging right over the Federation's head.

They had absolutely no idea what he wanted, nor did they know where his limits lay.

"Ye Chuan... just who are you?" Su Rui murmured to herself, a complex look in her eyes.

So, is he really a transmigrator?

If not...

Should she lure him to another galaxy? To another faction's territory?

Su Rui's eyes slowly lit up.