Chapter 813
Turmoil
On the day of the meeting, Jiang Shu boarded Su Mingyu's starship and headed towards the so-called Dawn Starfield.
This operation was extremely fast, thanks to Jiang Shu's support behind the scenes.
Even if Su Mingyu's navigation has a problem, Jiang Shu will immediately re-determine the direction based on the coordinates.
After only seven days of sailing, they arrived at the Dawn Starfield.
"This is the place."
Inside the starship's cabin, Su Mingyu pointed to the numerous planets in the distance and spoke.
"Ah."
Jiang Shu nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over them one by one.
He vaguely saw several planets teeming with life, but one of them was filled with an aura of destruction, and black smoke billowed into the sky.
The planet was surrounded by a massive number of mechanical guards and numerous devices that provided close monitoring.
Su Mingyue quickly explained, "Senior, as you know, it's almost impossible for any living being to survive in the places those monsters pass through. We have no choice but to fence off all these places to prevent any monsters from escaping."
"So we had to give up a planet as a price, but fortunately the effect was obvious. We gave up a lot of resources, but locked those monsters in that planet."
"A wise choice."
Jiang Shu nodded slightly in agreement.
If he were to make the decision, the decision he could make would probably be similar to those of these people, since none of them had a Venerable One; they only had a cultivator of the tenth realm of cultural laws.
The starship sailed into the star field and soon entered a starport.
Before taking up her post, Jiang Mingyu had already informed the many beings on that planet about Jiang Shu's existence.
Soon, a large number of powerful individuals surrounded the starport.
Jiang Shu glanced around and found that the number of these powerful individuals was indeed quite good, with one or two even showing signs of breaking through to the Venerable level.
"It must be the result of many years of hard work."
Jiang Shu nodded slightly and followed Su Mingyu away from the starship.
As soon as Jiang Shu appeared in everyone's sight, a figure hurried over and said, "Thank you for coming to our star field to help us. I am naturally very grateful!"
The man was handsome, and his body was filled with wisps of the aura of the laws of creation. He was none other than Yan Kuan, the tenth-level cultivator who had directly confronted and blocked the Black Tide Disaster.
"No need to apologize, I have my own purpose."
Jiang Shu smiled slightly and said directly, "These things are probably related to some fields, which is why I came here."
Yan Kuan, standing before him, was perfectly aware of these words.
Having lived through so many years of war, he understood human nature all too well. Who would easily rise up to save others if there were no benefit to be gained?
"In any case, we are still grateful to our senior for being willing to help."
Yan Kuan laughed heartily.
"Ah."
Jiang Shu nodded slightly and said, "Next, give me a copy of the information on those Extinction Void Puppets. I need to review it and see if there are any problems."
"it is good."
Without the slightest hesitation, the leader Yan Kuan simply gave him a look, and someone immediately handed him a machine.
“We were ready, but we didn’t expect you to be in such a hurry, senior.”
Jiang Shu nodded slightly, casually took the machine, and began to review it.
This device records the circumstances surrounding the first appearance of the Ember Void Puppet, after which these monsters proliferated and began to infect numerous regions, turning bustling cities into deserted areas.
Subsequently, the number of these monsters increased and grew until they began to fill the entire city.
What followed was the complete fall of a city.
Once a city falls, these monsters seem insatiable, swarming out like hunting dogs to other places where people gather.
The monsters then spread wildly, expanded, and increased in number continuously.
Their method of increasing numbers is to kill living beings.
As long as enough living beings are killed, the energy can continuously expand and increase!
Jiang Shu scrutinized the intelligence report, noticing some issues related to certain numbers, but nothing too serious.
The first to block this trend was none other than Yan Kuan, right in front of us.
He used the power of the laws of creation to contain many annihilation phantoms and completely annihilate and purify them.
Moreover, they immediately arranged for the migration of all humans on the planet, and even began to actively exterminate the planet, using various top-secret weapons to kill all living beings, in order to prevent the Ember Void Puppets from killing those living beings to increase their numbers.
Looking at this intelligence, Jiang Shu couldn't help but marvel: "You're ruthless enough. You'd rather kill the enemy yourself than let the number of Ember Void Puppets keep increasing?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Kuan spoke up seriously, "Sometimes we have to make some trade-offs, and for the sake of the public, we have no other choice."
"Oh?"
Jiang Shu glanced at Yan Kuan and casually asked, "If it were your turn to die, what would you do?"
Upon hearing these words, Yan Kuan paused for a moment in surprise, then laughed loudly and said, "If necessary, I will die."
Is that so?
Jiang Shu put down the machine in his hand, narrowed his eyes, stared at Yan Kuan for a moment, and then looked away.
"Ah."
Jiang Shu handed over the machine and said, "That's about it. I've memorized everything. Now it's time to go and investigate the situation there."
"it is good."
Yan Kuan immediately nodded and then said, "However, this will inevitably take some time. After all, every time we open the passage, there will inevitably be Ember Void Puppets trying to break out of the passage, and this..."
"Don't worry about it."
Jiang Shu waved his hand and said, "With me here to guard you, nothing will happen."
"Ok."
Yan Kuan chose to believe the venerable one before him.
In a short while, they arrived outside the heavily shrouded planet.
The entire Earth was covered by a layer of azure light, sealing everything on the planet.
The energy of these rays comes from the stars in this region of stars!
Furthermore, countless devices are installed in space to prevent any monster from escaping.
Jiang Shu and Yan Kuan arrived here. He glanced at the distant Star City and finally said, "Remove the defenses."
"it is good."
Yan Kuan nodded and gave an order. In an instant, a small hole suddenly appeared on the azure light membrane.
At that very moment, as if in an uproar, a plume of black smoke erupted from below and shot straight towards the small hole, as if it were about to pierce through it.
"roll."
Jiang Shu flicked his finger, and a ball of energy radiating a dark aura appeared in his hand.
With a casual toss, the dark energy ball flew out and finally landed in the hole.
The next moment, the black energy ball began to expand wildly, devouring everything around it that it could possibly devour, including the annihilation puppets.
In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand Ember Void Puppets were devoured, their bodies then shredded. While this couldn't kill them completely, it was easy to temporarily trap them here.
Seizing this opportunity, Jiang Shu led Yan Kuan directly into the process below.
In the blink of an eye, the hole that had just been made above healed instantly, as if it had never existed at all.
Jiang Shu's gaze deepened, and he said, "Get ready."
"Yes."
Yan Kuan nodded.
He wasn't brought down by Jiang Shu; rather, he volunteered to follow Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu chose to comply with the other party's request.
Soon, they strode forward and saw the Ember Void Puppet of the Ocean wandering on the land.
The number is well over ten or twenty thousand.
However, after searching the surrounding area, they found very little except for a specific point.
"According to our calculations, destruction may be their food. We have evacuated a large number of living beings and have taken the initiative to issue a magnetic pulse extermination order to this planet, which has almost destroyed more than 99% of the living beings. Since the number of these monsters is decreasing step by step."
Yan Kuan spoke up.
"reduce?"
Jiang Shu frowned. In the faith he had received, there was no mention whatsoever that these monsters would decrease.
"Has something gone wrong? According to my intelligence, these monsters won't decrease in number just because the number of living beings has decreased!"
"This..." Yan Kuan's face showed a hint of helplessness. "This is also our estimate. After all, every time we send people down, it is almost always a matter of life and death, or even a complete annihilation."
"Through various means and Skynet, we've come to the same conclusion: there should only be about 500,000 Ash Extinction Void Puppets on the entire planet, and they are all very weak."
"Oh?"
Jiang Shu frowned, sensing something ominous.
On a whim!
Jiang Shu's premonitions were always very accurate. He never believed in baseless rumors. His brows furrowed slowly as he fell into thought.
"How should we resolve this matter?"
Without a doubt, there are nearly 500,000 Extinction Void Puppets here. If he were to kill them in large numbers, it would probably take him several days to accomplish that.
Just then, Jiang Shu suddenly saw an Ember Annihilation Puppet heading in the opposite direction from the group.
The Ember Void Puppet lay on the ground, as if it were exhausted.
Jiang Shu frowned slightly, lost in thought.
With a swift movement, he grasped the two Ember Annihilation Puppets side-by-side in his palm.
A mere weak Ember Void Puppet could pose no threat to Jiang Shu whatsoever.
He gently held it in his palm, examining and pondering it. He also saw that this monster had a corresponding core point inside its body, but it was undoubtedly far fewer than the core points of the two monsters that were at the mid-stage of the Venerable Realm!
He threw away the monster he had just killed, and then grabbed another one.
He kept carefully examining and pondering it, and soon noticed something was amiss.
He saw more and more Ember Void Puppets leaving the group.
After these Ember Void Puppets left the group, they did not immediately follow. Instead, they seemed to age decades instantly and began trying to bury themselves underground.
Burial place?
Jiang Shu was lost in thought for a moment, his mind filled with countless emotions.
A moment later, he suddenly stretched out a hand and used his strength to throw the grave away.
However, just as they had seen the corpse crawl out, it had now vanished without a trace, leaving only a huge crater.
"This one……"
Yan Kuan's pupils contracted, and he immediately realized that something was wrong, and he was filled with shock.
"Calm down. Calm down..."
Jiang Shu said, "We've just encountered a problem. Let's try to find a solution first; there's no need to be too surprised."
He looked down, but all he could see was an unfathomable depth at the bottom of the tunnel.
Jiang Shu snapped his fingers, and a streak of lightning shot down the tunnel and disappeared in an instant.
Seeing this method, Yan Kuan was curious, but he didn't ask any further questions.
The lightning continued to spread downwards, but Jiang Shu did not receive any warning, and a sense of foreboding appeared on his face.
“If I were to follow my methods, I would have noticed when this lightning struck the bottom, however…”
Jiang Shu suddenly frowned, fell into deep thought, and then said, "Let's go down and take a look."
"Go down and take a look?"
Yan Kuan was speechless at his suggestion and nodded quickly.
"it is good."
Jiang Shu grabbed the other's shoulder, raised his hand and immediately concealed his aura before rushing downwards.
He was incredibly fast; if it weren't for the fact that he was underground and the surrounding tunnels were quite narrow, he could probably reach the end of the tunnel in the blink of an eye.
Even so, that's enough.
Jiang Shu moved incredibly fast, arriving at this point in the blink of an eye, only to find a vast, empty underground cavern.
Just from what he could see, in terms of area, it was roughly the size of dozens of ordinary football fields.
"This……"
Yan Kuan stared in disbelief. Just as he was about to take action, he felt a change beneath his feet and abruptly looked down.
Then he saw a layer of scorched earth suddenly appear beneath the ground, exuding an aura of destruction.
Jiang Shu glanced at him, flicked his finger, and made Yan Kuan float into the air to avoid injury.
They walked on, searching the area, and came across one after another emaciated skeleton.
These skeletons appear to have been transformed from the weaker Ember Void Puppets, and their numbers are extremely large, reaching several thousand or even tens of thousands.
Besides, it was as if all the monsters' power had been forcibly drained, leaving only a little bit of residue.
"hiss!"
Yan Kuan's expression suddenly changed; he vaguely realized something.
Jiang Shu's voice came from the side: "It seems that those monsters have not lost their minds. It is said that there is intelligence among them. When they realized that massing troops could not break through your defense value, they chose to refine the corresponding troops."
Otherwise, Jiang Shu didn't know why so many Extinction Void Puppets had died here.
It couldn't possibly be a case of killing a living person at the point of death.
Jiang Shu stepped into this place, concealing all traces of himself and Yan Kuan to prevent them from being searched by those monsters.
After all, if there were truly hundreds of thousands of them, it would probably take him some effort to deal with them. (End of Chapter)