My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 636: Chapter 380: Jiang Cai’Er’s Magnanimity (Part 2)

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In the Earth Core, within the unique Dark Cosmic Space, several Divine King Realm Kings of Exotic Beasts were still fighting.

It was a good thing they were in the Dark Universe. If they were in the real Earth Core World, the combat power of these enormous Divine King Realm beings would have likely shattered the Earth long ago.

Li Xiang had come again to launch a sneak attack, disrupting their battle and buying time.

His strength had greatly increased, and he could now participate in the fight with ease. At the same time, he was also using these Divine King Realm Kings of Exotic Beasts as sparring partners.

BZZZT— Spotting an opportunity, he unleashed a million-ton Star Pill, sending ripples across the Dark Cosmic Space and causing the Chaos Material to churn endlessly.

In the past, whenever he found an opening, he would always hit his mark. Even if he couldn’t injure his target, he could at least knock it off balance.

But this time, he missed.

Something unexpected happened.

It was a trap.

The most powerful of them, the Star Rock Dominating Armor Dragon King, was already prepared. The mountain-like hammer at the tip of its tailbone, its hardest part, swung out and sent Li Xiang’s Star Pill flying with a deafening CRASH.

And at the same time, the other Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts didn’t just watch the show like before. Instead, they joined forces to surround him. It was obvious that before Li Xiang’s arrival, these Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts had reached a tacit agreement: they would first eliminate him, the outsider. As for the fight over the Heart of the Earth, that was an internal matter for the Space Exotic Beasts.

Li Xiang sneered and unleashed his other eight million-ton Star Pills. He surged with immense Spiritual Power and lunged at the Exotic Beasts, looking like he was ready to fight to the death.

He focused his fire on the weakest one, attacking as if he was willing to get injured just to kill this soft target first.

The weakest Divine King Realm Exotic Beast roared repeatedly, unable to stop itself from sending out a Spiritual Fluctuation: ”Are you insane? Why are you only targeting me?”

Li Xiang: ”I’m targeting you because you’re the weakest! I’ll kill you first and worry about the rest later!” As he spoke, his attacks grew even more ferocious.

The weakest Divine King Realm Exotic Beast momentarily lost its nerve. Li Xiang exploited this, breaking through an opening he created. With a flash, he vanished from the battlefield.

After escaping, Li Xiang couldn’t hold it in any longer and spat out three mouthfuls of blood. ’I almost died in there,’ he thought.

He quickly took out a Divine Tier Spiritual Medicine to heal his injuries. However, he didn’t leave. Instead, he lay low more than three thousand kilometers from the battlefield and continued to spy on the fight inside.

Although he occasionally went back to harass them, he no longer dared to venture too deep.

The Exotic Beasts seemed to have reached an agreement. The others guarded against Li Xiang, giving the opportunity to the most powerful among them, the Star Rock Dominating Armor Dragon King. It began the Fusion with the ”Heart of the Earth.”

However, the ”Heart of the Earth” was putting up considerable resistance. Besides, the Refinement of a major planet-class object naturally takes a very long time—decades, or even centuries.

But even if it only completed the first step, ”Resonance,” its strength would increase dramatically. When that happened, Li Xiang would be even less of a match for it.

Li Xiang was anxious. He launched sneak attacks from time to time, but they were all blocked by the other Kings of Exotic Beasts. He could only watch helplessly as the Star Rock Dominating Armor Dragon King pulsed with the power of the ”Heart of the Earth.”

Jiang Cai’Er had come down to check several times, running simulations on the Quantum Computer, but she too could find no good solution. In the face of absolute power, all strategies were useless.

Fortunately, more than four months later, Luo Feifei emerged from her seclusion.

Luo Feifei stood gracefully in the sky above Ceres, her white dress whiter than snow. She sensed every ”rustle of wind and stir of grass” on Ceres. The entire dwarf planet was under her control, and a charming smile graced her lips.

’I finally succeeded. This star Brother Xiang gave me is just wonderful.’ Luo Feifei felt her own power. Right now, she was the ruler of this planet. With just a thought, she could even gather all of Ceres’s atmosphere.

Ceres already had an atmosphere, but it was quite thin. Under the control of her will, this thin atmosphere could be gathered in a specific area, and any toxic gases within it would be automatically expelled.

In the future, if an oxygen factory were built here, it wouldn’t even need a protective shield. The oxygen could automatically gather within the base. She could also strengthen the gravity in one area while making it ”weaker” elsewhere. The miraculous nature of this power violated the known laws of human physics.

Because she was the ”rules” on Ceres.

The black fog that had enveloped Ceres was also pushed two hundred kilometers beyond its high atmosphere. The dwarf planet revealed its original appearance once more.

The Frost Splintering Sky Stab slashed through the air, and a Space Gate opened. The Space-Time Anchor on Luo Feifei’s brow flickered with spiritual light, stabilizing the Space Gate.

’Advancing to the Divine King Realm really makes opening a Space Passage easier.’ Luo Feifei chuckled softly, took a step forward, and returned to Earth.

She first went to City No. 03 to chat with her mother for a while, then went looking for Li Xiang.

But Li Xiang wasn’t there.

Just then, a line of text suddenly appeared on a nearby billboard: ”He’s underground.”

Luo Feifei was startled and looked around. She had already avoided all the cameras and robotic dogs. ’Jiang Cai’Er still found me? This girl is pretty incredible.’

”I mean you no harm. He needs your help.” Another line of text appeared on the billboard.

Luo Feifei’s heart warmed. She gave a slight nod of acknowledgment and headed deep underground.

In City No. 03’s central office, Jiang Cai’Er sighed softly. ’It’s a shame I’m not good at this kind of combat, so I can’t be of much help. The difference in power is just too great.’

’But that doesn’t mean I can’t harass them.’

’This is not the time to be petty about personal grievances. Dealing with the Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts requires everyone to work together.’

Jiang Cai’Er decided to put aside her grievances and gather all the Divine Tier individuals to help Li Xiang fight for control of Earth.

Only by completely dealing with the Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts deep in the Earth Core could Earth truly regain its freedom. When that time came, Li Xiang would become the Master of Earth. She could then launch large-scale construction projects, deploy more Computing Satellites to fill the near-Earth orbit, and even modify the bodies of the Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts, installing ”Mobile Supercomputing Centers” in them. Perhaps in just three to five years, she too could reach the Divine King Realm.

Soon, Yao Yao in Los Santos, Zhao Xueqing in Guanghan City, and Lei Xiaohui in Jade Rabbit City all received a message almost simultaneously: ”Come to City No. 03 at once. We have important matters to discuss.”

Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui naturally set off at once. Yao Yao’s trip was easy; she was already on Earth. She personally flew a new model of a Profound Bird-5 fighter jet and landed at the Sky Mother Port in City No. 03 just a few minutes later.

The off-road vehicles of the past had long been phased out. Now, aerospace fighter jets like this were used for daily transportation. They were both sleek and cool.

Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui, however, traveled together on the Cloud Whale Aerospace Carrier, so their journey would take a bit longer.

The three were as close as sisters, and when they met again, they naturally chattered away happily. But when they arrived at Jiang Cai’Er’s conference room and saw the other four women inside, they were all stunned.

Those four were Erin, Chiba Yuki, Asatsuyu, and Yukigiri.

Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui naturally knew about Li Xiang’s ”other affairs,” they just never spoke of them. They never imagined that Jiang Cai’Er would be so generous—no, so broad-minded—as to call all these women over.

With everyone gathered in the conference room, the three women—Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui—knew this was for a serious discussion of important matters. Otherwise, why would they choose such a place to settle personal grievances?

Erin, Chiba Yuki, Asatsuyu, and Yukigiri also had very complicated expressions. They had always been extremely cautious, living in places with specially arranged, isolated network rooms, yet they were still discovered.

Initially, when they received Jiang Cai’Er’s invitation, they thought it might be a ”Hongmen Banquet” and were quite worried. But Jiang Cai’Er then sent a few more lines of text explaining the purpose of the meeting, dispelling their doubts, so they all rushed over.

They too were deeply impressed by Jiang Cai’Er’s broad-mindedness.

As for Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui, Jiang Cai’Er considered them her own people. She knew they would return at the first opportunity, so she hadn’t offered them an explanation.

”In the future, you can bring the child over. There’s no need to hide. Wenqian has been over there long enough; she wants to come home too,” Jiang Cai’Er said, glancing at Erin.

Erin: ”...Thank you.”

Asatsuyu and Yukigiri blinked. They looked at each other and simultaneously sensed the other’s thought: Could they have children now too?

Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui had the same idea. In terms of age, the three of them were now thirty-six or thirty-seven. For ordinary people, they would be considered of advanced maternal age, but as Divine Tier Extraordinary Beings, that wasn’t a concern.

Before, their relationships hadn’t been brought into the open, and they had always been anxious. But now, maybe it was really possible.

Jiang Cai’Er read their expressions. How could she not know what these women were thinking? She sighed helplessly and said, ”His status is special now. Even if you... have ideas, you can’t make them public. Let’s wait until we’ve resolved this crisis. We can talk about it after we all survive.”