Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1277: Grey Area

The wind whistled across the white arch bridge, disrupting Lucy's hair, but not the determination in her eyes.

Franco no longer had a smile on his face. According to his plan, if Lucy refused to accept his proposal, he would use force to have some relations with the stubborn Empress. Admittedly, this was a crazy idea. However, it was precisely because of this madness that no one would have thought that the chances of success would be quite high. If the plan went well, even if Orfasis pursued it later, he would only compromise and marry Lucy to him for the sake of the royal family's dignity.

Their clan could use Lucy's identity to enter the royal court and come into contact with the royal clan. This would bring great benefits and more opportunities to the clan. When Alicia told Franco where Lucy was, he quickly worked out the plan and got his father's support.

However, Franco had counted thousands of times, not counting Lucy's awakening of the second stage of the Golden Rose, and there was a killing machine like the Silver Winged Runner beside her. According to the information he received, Lucy should not have broken through to Level 20. If he knew that Lucy was already strong, Franco would not dare to act rashly. After all, against the second stage Golden Rose and the Silver Winged Runner, it was unknown whether he could defeat Lucy with his strength. Moreover, Golden Rose's Origin Energy had attracted Orfasis's attention. Every second, he would be at a disadvantage.

Suddenly, he knew that he had lost.

"Haha" Franco laughed dryly and shook his head. "Sorry, sorry, I was just joking with His Highness."

"Are you joking?" Lucy still pointed at the man with her golden rose. "Then tell me, Sir Franco, should I believe it?"

"Of course, but this joke of mine is a bit too big. So, Your Highness, see if you will allow me to leave, and I will make up for it later."

Lucy nodded. "Then I'll wait."

Only then did she put down the golden rose. Franco looked at her with hesitation in his eyes. In the end, he gave up on the idea of taking a risk, because in Golden City, if he failed. Not only him, but also his father and the entire family would be implicated. The stakes were too big, and he, who had always been crazy, did not dare to bet so easily. He smiled and bowed, backing away from the white arch bridge. A moment later, she disappeared from Lucy's sight.

Lucy heaved a sigh of relief. She put away the golden rose and concentrated on the palace in the distance.

Today was just the beginning. There would be more troubles like this in the future. Franco was right, she lacked a strong backer in the palace. Now that Orfasis's gaze was on her, even if others had any ideas, they had to carefully consider it. However, once the King of Justice ignored her, she would be left alone in this palace. At that time, people like Franco will only get more and more, and their methods will be dirty.

However, she was no longer the noble daughter of the royal court who only knew how to cause trouble willfully in the past. During her adventures with Allen, she also learned a lot, including patience, limited compromise, and the use of relationships to gain allies.

This is growth.

In the universe, everything is always relative. With a bustling star region, there would be desolate space. The Garter Domain where Adahua Planet was located was no different from bustling, so this space was desolate. Looking around, apart from a few stars, there were no other stars. On these few planets, either no life was born, or they were not suitable for living. The colors of these planets were gray, so even this space seemed deathly lifeless.

However, in this deathly lifeless space, there were occasional flashes of light. It was not a natural sight, but a starship that traveled to and fro between the stars. If you look closely, it's not hard to see that they're all heading for a gray planet. This grey star is not suitable for habitation. It may have had a glorious era. But now, it's dying. The planet's internal energy was almost completely depleted. Without the protection of the atmosphere, the planet's material constantly left its body, turning into dust and scattering into space.

Strangely, even so, there were still starships entering and leaving.

This jade-green starship was one of them. This was a small ship, and it was the smallest one. Normally, this type of starship could only accommodate three to five people, or even fewer. Those who knew how to use such starships were either experts who could dominate one side or lone wayfarers. Their identities were also varied. They might be notorious interstellar pirates or hunters who worked for bounties.

The Jade Star Ship flew towards Gray Star. The stars were constantly expanding on the screen, and a pair of eyes kept the scene in their eyes. The alien was wearing a dark-colored personal battle uniform and a yellow-brown leather armor. There were many pockets in the leather armor. I wonder what he used to carry, but he actually needed so many pockets. He had light green skin covered in dark brown patches, like the skin of a frog on Earth. This humanoid alien had a pair of jade tentacles on each side of his head. The tentacles popped out of his dark yellow hair and trembled gently in the air from time to time.

He looked at the screen in front of the console with rapt attention.

On the screen, Grey Star was constantly expanding in his eyes. Since there was no atmosphere, entering the planet's interior would become an easy task. Very quickly, he saw many complicated ridges on the surface of the planet. Large cracks crisscrossed the surface of the planet like wounds on planets. Grey pillars of dust rose from the wounds. They were debris that had left the planet's body and were rising like tornadoes due to the gravitational force of space. The starships had to be careful to avoid these gray dragons, even if they were insignificant fragments to the planet itself, but to starships, especially such small ships. A piece of debris weighing several tons could cause fatal damage. He steered the starship around a few dust pillars. The joystick suddenly pressed down, and the ship sank into the ground.

The starship directly drilled into a huge, geometrically unknown crack that stretched as far as the eye could see. A row of light pillars lit up at the front of the hull, illuminating the darkness in the crack until there was nowhere to hide. From the screen, one could see that this was a vast and deep space, as if the interior of the planet had already been emptied. This was not the case. It was just that this was a world without light, which was why it was so vast. In fact, a few kilometers into the crack, a complex cave zone would appear. This was simply like a beehive that had been magnified by countless times. The starship drilled into the cave. Under his control, the starship nimbly drilled through these complicated passages inside the planet. A moment later, a bright light appeared in front of the ship!

In the blink of an eye, this jade starship had already flown out of the cave. Below it was the planet's geocentric region, and the environment here was even more complicated. There were smooth cliffs soaring into the sky, countless mountains crisscrossing each other, and occasionally a bottomless stinging fire could be seen. However, in this vast world of the earth's core, there was something that could never appear on such a dying planet.

City!

A city was located deep in the earth's core, and there was a layer of Origin Energy shield enveloping the sky above the city. The gravitational devices in the depths of the city provide gravity for the interior of the city. As for those minarets, they are actually oxygen-producing machines. They provide the entire city with the oxygen on which life depends.

Star ships could be seen occasionally above the city. In stark contrast to Grey's deathly silence, the city was unexpectedly full of vitality.

There are many names for this city.

Ugas Fair, Gray Gate, Lost City, etc. Whichever name it is, it points to the nature of its neutrality. It was one of the few neutral zones in the universe. Whether it was the Orderly Congregation led by Adahua Planet or the chaotic races of the Jordan Domain, none of them could affect the operation of the city. Therefore, this place became a gathering place for pirates, bounty hunters, merchants, slave traders, criminals, and other people of all colors.

This is heaven.

This could be hell.

He took a deep breath and calmly steered the starship closer to the city. After a series of formalities, he was able to enter the city. After parking the starship in a temporary port with hourly bills, he left the starship with a bulging backpack and walked into the city alone.

The city is prosperous and complex. There were no so-called main roads here, only long and complicated streets and alleys. The first time they came to the city, even the best of memories would get lost, because the city itself was a huge maze. Of course, for him now, there was no longer such a problem. He walked into a remote alley with ease and familiarity. There are only a few shops in the alley that are open. They buy things from all over the universe and sell a lot of strange things. Apart from the shops, the most common ones were the malicious aliens squatting in the shadows of the alleys. They stared at each passer-by, weighing the weight of their goal. If they felt that it was easy to handle, then a corpse would appear in a certain corner of the alley in a short period of time.

There was no legal protection here, only strength could protect him, no matter what kind of strength he had.

He didn't care about the gazes that passed through his body and backpack. He believed that his strength had always been like this. In the shadows, an alien with pus all over his body took two steps forward. His gaze landed directly on the green-skinned monster's backpack, and just as he was about to make a move. Someone kicked him, and he fell to the ground. The pus on his body splashed onto the ground, and it actually burned a few wisps of green smoke out of the ground.

He looked angrily at a figure in the darkness, and the other said unhurriedly, "I'm saving you, if you know who he is."

"Who is he?"

"Fate Planter, Lawsen."

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