Alliance of Ten Thousand Races

Su Rui's pupils suddenly dilated. Her once clear eyes instantly became hollow and lifeless, like a puppet stripped of its soul.

She wanted to shut her mouth, to struggle, to scream, but found she couldn't even blink. She could only watch helplessly as her mouth moved out of her control.

No!

Stop talking!

My body!

"Yes, I am very much looking forward to you going to the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races," her voice was dry and completely flat, as if she were reading a script written by someone else.

"The Alliance and the Federation have fought bloody wars for three thousand years. The grudges run deep, and over a trillion people have died on both sides."

"The stronger you are, the greater your destructive power, and the more beneficial it is to the Federation."

"It would be best if you could charge into the Alliance's Sacred Planet, kill their Grand Elder, and destroy their main Source Stone vein. That would severely cripple them, rendering them unable to wage war for another hundred years."

"Even if you are besieged and killed by the rule-level powerhouses of the Alliance, it doesn't matter. The Federation would conveniently rid itself of a major hidden threat."

"You are too terrifying. The Starfall Fleet couldn't even withstand a single move from you. As long as you leave Planet Apocalypse, whether dead or alive, the Federation can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Ye Chuan looked at Su Rui with a smiling face and even clapped his hands.

"Good, very good."

Seeing Ye Chuan like this, Lin Xi, who was standing to the side, swallowed hard and shifted her butt further away.

Mr. Ye wouldn't get mad and kill me too, right?

"Keep going," Ye Chuan smiled.

Su Rui remained expressionless. "I didn't lie to you about the Source Stones. The mineable Source Stone veins are indeed in the hands of the Alliance."

"But I deliberately omitted the fact that the Alliance has a shoot-to-kill policy against humans. Any human who steps into their star domain will be hunted down immediately."

"I see," Ye Chuan snapped his fingers.

The force that had a death grip on Su Rui's soul dissipated instantly.

As if all her strength had been suddenly drained, Su Rui staggered backward two steps.

She fell to her knees, gasping heavily for air, her eyes filled with disbelief!

Was she just mind-controlled?!

Those short few minutes felt longer than a lifetime to her.

She could clearly feel her consciousness being forcibly stripped from her body, turning her into a bystander. She watched helplessly as she spilled all her secrets, without even a shred of room to resist!

The feeling of having her soul casually kneaded by someone else was ten thousand times more painful than simply being killed.

She looked up. Previously, she had thought Ye Chuan was just a powerful meathead, someone not to be trifled with, but easily manipulated with a little scheming.

But now she understood that she was the actual clown. In the face of absolute power, all calculations were nothing but a joke.

"No! Mr. Ye Chuan, listen to me explain!" Su Rui scrambled forward on her hands and knees.

"Listen to me quib... explain, just let me explain first!"

Ye Chuan slowly raised his head, the smile completely vanishing from his face.

The temperature in the living room instantly dropped to the freezing point, and the air seemed to solidify.

Su Rui's voice came to an abrupt halt.

Ye Chuan didn't say anything more. He reached out his hand, and demonic light gathered in his palm.

Let it all light up.

The surrounding light seemed to be drawn into this demonic light. The living room instantly darkened, leaving only the speck of black-gold in Ye Chuan's hand as the sole source of illumination.

"I don't like being played," Ye Chuan said.

Before his voice even faded, the demonic light shot out.

The three-meter-thick star-crystal alloy wall was instantly pierced. Energy shields activated automatically, but before the demonic light, they were like bubbles, shattering upon contact.

The demonic light continued forward, blasting through seventeen ten-thousand-meter-tall mountains behind the villa. Countless buildings vanished, and solid rock was vaporized into boiling magma.

Then it shot up into space. Satellites on the planetary ring were instantly evaporated, leaving a massive, empty void in the sky before the demonic light slowly dissipated into the pitch-black universe.

All that remained was a bottomless black abyss, stretching from the villa's living room all the way to the edge of the horizon, its edges as smooth as a mirror.

The entire Planet Apocalypse trembled slightly. In the distant cities, sirens wailed one after another, and countless hovercars lost control and crashed into each other. The whole planet was plunged into chaos.

Su Rui collapsed on the floor.

That beam of light just now had completely shattered all her pride and wishful thinking.

"I'll give you one hour," Ye Chuan retracted his hand, his tone flat.

"Prepare a warp ship, along with detailed files on all the races in the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races, and universal currency. In one hour, I expect you to set off with me."

He paused, his gaze landing on Su Rui. His eyes were so cold they lacked even a trace of warmth.

"If I don't see you by then, or if you try to pull any tricks, I will destroy Planet Apocalypse first, and then flatten everything in my path."

"I... I understand... I'll go right now... I'll go immediately..." Su Rui scrambled up from the floor. Not even daring to dust herself off, she stumbled out of the villa.

Her legs were as weak as noodles, and she nearly tripped in the hallway several times.

She didn't dare to look back, didn't dare to harbor any other thoughts. Only Ye Chuan's words echoed in her mind.

One hour.

If she couldn't do it, Planet Apocalypse would be gone.

Watching Su Rui's fleeing figure, Lin Xi finally spoke up cautiously:

"Mr. Ye..."

So scary!

It turned out that when Ye Chuan made a move, he was absolutely merciless!

"You seemed really angry just now."

"No, I wasn't really angry." Ye Chuan casually summoned the World-Suppressing Banner, gathered up the souls of the suddenly deceased, and said calmly,

"If I were truly angry, this planet would already be gone."

"I-Is that so?" Lin Xi let out a dry laugh.

Ye Chuan seemed a bit too fierce.

One hour later.

A star shuttle was quietly docked at the exclusive berth, its silver-white hull gleaming with a cold luster in the sunlight.

Su Rui stood at the bottom of the ship's gangway, her face deathly pale and her eyes bloodshot.

In her hands, she tightly gripped a black spatial backpack containing all the files and currency Ye Chuan had demanded.

Seeing Ye Chuan and Lin Xi approaching, she hurriedly went to meet them, her voice trembling slightly from nerves:

"Mr. Ye Chuan, everything is ready. The ship is fully fueled, and the warp coordinates have been set. We can depart at any time."

Ye Chuan glanced at her without a word and took the lead in boarding the ship.

Lin Xi followed behind him.

Su Rui was the last to board, closing the cabin door behind her.

The ship slowly left the berth and accelerated toward space.

Through the porthole, Planet Apocalypse grew smaller and smaller, eventually turning into a tiny blue dot before disappearing from view.

Sitting in the pilot's seat, Su Rui pressed the warp button with trembling hands.

She sneaked a glance at the back seats. Ye Chuan was leaning against the sofa, resting with his eyes closed, while Lin Xi was next to him scrolling through Cosmic Notes.

She let out a long sigh, her eyes filled with despair.

She had originally intended to toss this hot potato to the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races, but ended up dragging herself into the mess as well.

Goodbye, Mom. I'm going on a long voyage tonight.