The Subject

Xuan Jiao's expression shifted several times before he finally forced down his anger. He raised a hand to his surroundings, gesturing for everyone not to act rashly.

He knew very well that the human before him was absolutely no ordinary intruder. At the very least, before reinforcements arrived, they could not continue to clash head-on.

Since Your Excellency merely wants Source Stones, it is not impossible to negotiate.

Xuan Jiao forced a stiff smile. His tone sounded like a concession, but the third eye on his back quietly lit up.

An encrypted signal was transmitted out through the command center's hidden channel.

Delay the target.

Requesting top-tier reinforcements.

Initiate the Border Annihilation Protocol if necessary.

Ye Chuan looked at him and suddenly smiled. Do you think you are acting quite well?

Xuan Jiao's heart sank, but his face revealed no flaws. What does Your Excellency mean by this?

In the next second, the phantom of a black crown slowly emerged behind Ye Chuan.

Xuan Jiao's body suddenly stiffened. The vigilance and calculation in his three eyes lost their luster almost simultaneously.

He dropped to one knee, his voice mechanical and respectful. Master.

The entire command center instantly fell dead silent.

Those members of the Ten Thousand Races Alliance who had originally wanted to secretly activate their weapons all froze in place, not even daring to breathe too heavily.

Ye Chuan looked down at him. Tell me, what were you planning to do just now?

Xuan Jiao did not hesitate at all. I wanted to delay you and wait for the experts of the Ten Thousand Races Alliance and the border fleet to arrive.

If we could not suppress you, I would initiate the Border Annihilation Protocol to destroy this area along with the command center.

The surrounding Alliance members felt their scalps tingle with fear upon hearing this.

The dignified commander of the Third Border was actually kneeling before the enemy, spilling all of his plans.

Ye Chuan nodded. Quite honest.

Xuan Jiao lowered his head. Thank you for the praise, Master.

The people of the Alliance were dumbfounded. This scene was too bizarre, so bizarre that for a moment they could not even tell who the real monster was.

Ye Chuan continued to ask, Where are the Source Stone veins?

Xuan Jiao lowered his head and answered, providing a lot of information about the Source Stones.

On some planets...

Two are at the border, and one is in the Rift Star Belt controlled by the Gray Snake Tribe.

There is also a vein of the highest purity located underground on the abandoned satellite where the D23 Laboratory is situated.

Ye Chuan's eyebrows twitched slightly. D23 Laboratory?

Xuan Jiao continued, Source Stone mutation experiments are being conducted there. The latest experimental subject has already acquired a special rule ability.

The rule codename is Instant Kill.

As long as its fist hits the target, it can directly destroy the target's life structure.

Hearing this, Ye Chuan finally showed a hint of interest.

Instant Kill?

He thought for a moment and chuckled. Sounds quite scary.

Xuan Jiao remained kneeling on the ground. Director Ash believes that it can become a strategic weapon against the Human Federation.

If you continue to penetrate deep into the heartland of the Ten Thousand Races Alliance, D23-001 will highly likely be deployed into actual combat.

Ye Chuan nodded. Alright.

Xuan Jiao's hollow eyes trembled slightly, as if he had briefly regained a trace of self-awareness.

But before he could speak, Ye Chuan had already raised his hand.

Snap.

With the snap of his fingers, Xuan Jiao's body turned into flying ash from head to toe, leaving only a wisp of a remnant soul caught in Ye Chuan's palm.

The entire hall was terrifyingly quiet.

The members of the Alliance looked at the ashes on the ground, their faces growing uglier by the second.

Xuan Jiao was dead.

Ye Chuan directly refined that remnant soul, devouring all of its memories.

A massive amount of information flooded into Ye Chuan's mind. He closed his eyes to digest it for a moment, then opened them.

So that's how it is.

The memories were a bit messy; this guy actually had a bizarre fetish for grass snakes and loaches.

Forget it, I should read fewer memories in the future.

Right at this moment, the starry sky outside the command center suddenly lit up with a massive expanse of warp light.

Warships of the Ten Thousand Races Alliance charged out from the warp channels one after another, densely covering the entire field of vision.

Sirens blared madly in the hall.

The Seventh Border Fleet has arrived.

Tiger Tribe experts have arrived.

Snake Tribe Abyss Guard has arrived.

Winged Tribe High-Speed Annihilation Fleet has arrived.

Ye Chuan stood in front of the shattered observation window, looking at the tide of steel outside, his expression unchanging.

On the public channel, a deep, furious voice rang out.

Human, release Commander Xuan Jiao immediately, or the Ten Thousand Races Alliance will treat you as a top-tier invader.

Ye Chuan glanced at the ashes on the ground, his tone very calm. I cannot release him.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the channel.

You killed him?

Ye Chuan nodded. Correct.

The main cannons of the fleet outside began to charge. Hundreds of lights lit up simultaneously, as if the entire starry sky had been ignited.

But Ye Chuan merely spoke calmly. I am not here to fight.

I only want the Source Stones.

And the data on cultivation civilizations that you possess.

After these words were spoken, the entire public channel fell quiet for a moment.

It was likely that the Ten Thousand Races Alliance had not expected that someone who had just killed a border commander could so earnestly claim he wasn't there to fight.

The Tiger Tribe expert laughed out of extreme anger. You killed Xuan Jiao, broke into the border command center, and you still dare to say you aren't here to fight?

Ye Chuan thought about it. What else? You sent a succubus to make a move first. The fact that I haven't slaughtered all of you is already very gentle of me.

I've said it, I don't want to fight right now.

Let's just make a trade; I only need the veins.

The Tiger Tribe expert's voice turned completely cold. Arrogant, damn human, I will peel your skin off!

Ye Chuan sighed. Why must there always be someone who complicates simple matters?

He raised his hand, and the World Suppressing Banner slowly unfurled behind him.

Countless divine souls drifted within the banner, letting out low wails.

The faces of those Alliance members instantly turned deathly pale.

They felt as if their souls were being pressed down by a hand; as long as Ye Chuan wished it, they would be dragged into that long banner in the next second.

The Tiger Tribe expert wasted no more words and directly raised his right hand.

The next moment, all the fleet's main cannons fired simultaneously!

Hundreds of energy beams tore through the starry sky, blasting toward the command center.

The remaining Alliance members in the hall looked ashen. They finally understood that Xuan Jiao's Border Annihilation Protocol from earlier was not a mere threat.

The Ten Thousand Races Alliance would truly bomb even its own people.

Ye Chuan merely raised his eyes to take a look. Stop, fly back.

The power of the Spirit Word spread—

Those main cannon beams, capable of shattering planets, all stopped in midair.

Immediately after, the beams were as if gripped by an invisible giant hand, forcefully reversing their direction.

The Tiger Tribe expert's pupils shrank abruptly. Scatter!

But it was already too late.

All the main cannon beams returned along their original paths, instantly blasting into the fleet formation.

Large swaths of warships exploded on the spot, the flames linking together in the starry sky, as if someone had ignited an entire steel galaxy.

Inside the command center, someone's legs gave out, and they knelt directly on the ground.

Monster...

This is not a human at all...

Ye Chuan ignored them, only looking toward the Tiger Tribe expert in the distance.

The Tiger Tribe expert charged out of the explosion, his entire body burning with golden flames, his speed so fast it almost tore space apart.

He threw a punch, a massive tiger phantom emerging behind him.

Ye Chuan simply reached out and pressed down.

The Tiger Tribe expert froze entirely in midair.

The next second, the golden flames surrounding him extinguished, and his body plummeted like a puppet with cut strings.

With a casual grasp, Ye Chuan directly yanked out his soul.

A look of sheer terror lingered on the soul's face, as if he still couldn't comprehend how he had been wiped out even in death.

Ye Chuan briefly sifted through his memories before crushing the soul with a careless squeeze.

"Useless."

"All fleets, pull back! Do not engage him head-on!" shouted the other members of the Myriad Races Alliance.

Just then, the distant space suddenly shuddered violently as a massive warp channel slowly opened.

Immediately after, a twisted, grotesque life force slowly awakened from deep within the portal.

In the next second, a monster covered entirely in black, rock-like muscles stepped out from the depths of the channel.

It had no eyes, only a gaping giant maw that stretched all the way to the back of its ears.

Twelve bone spikes slowly unfurled from its back, each glowing with faint, flowing silver patterns.

All the Myriad Races Alliance fleets retreated simultaneously. "It's a product of the Origin God Project!"

"Origin God!"

Clearly, even their own people felt little sense of security around this monster.

Looking at the beast, Ye Chuan actually chuckled. "Finally, something interesting."

An instant kill?

Was this the monster rumored to be capable of instantly obliterating living creatures?

D23-001 slowly raised its head. Despite lacking eyes, it seemed to lock perfectly onto Ye Chuan.

It stretched its mouth into a grotesque grin.

Then, shattering the void with a single step, it swung its massive right fist and hurled itself right at Ye Chuan!

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