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Chapter 389: Chapter 389 Independence Day Chapter 389: Chapter 389 Independence Day The children who were in comas finally woke up, and Kiyama Haruaki was at last freed from the deep nightmare, laying down her greatest burden and gradually regaining her vitality and spirit.

Without the dark circles and paying attention to her appearance again, she also looked like a very beautiful woman!

This was my sigh of admiration after seeing the completely transformed Kiyama Haruaki once again.

“Really,” she said most gratefully, “I truly, truly thank you for your help!”

Although she was clearly older than me, she still bowed to me with considerable respect, offering her thanks very sincerely.

“It was nothing more than the lift of a hand,” I said truthfully, “During this time, you can continue to stay at the research institute–Presumably, you have seen some things here, haven’t you?”

It wasn’t a matter of inadequate secrecy, but rather that we deliberately let her see those things.

Kiyama showed a somewhat unnatural expression, but still nodded.

“Everything will be explained after it’s over.” I said calmly with a smile, and then left the medical area–the children who had just woken up needed to rest.

The rest day was over, and today was the day when most schools in Academy City held classes, so we were quite surprised when Zuotian Tsuruya suddenly rushed over to the research institute.

There was no combat training scheduled for her today–of course, what was publicly claimed was ability development experiments–which meant that without a certificate from our research institute and other procedures, Zuotian Tsuruya should have been attending classes in school honestly, even if her now displayed LEVEL 3 top-tier power was enough to make her an excellent student in the average Zhachuan Middle School, it seemed somewhat inappropriate to skip classes so rashly…

“I came here by skipping class.”

The black-haired girl showed not the slightest bit of embarrassment when saying this, and it was evident she had rushed over in quite a hurry, even sitting in the living room for half the day while still breathlessly catching her breath, not until finishing the glass of water I handed her with gulps did Tsuruya finally catch her breath.

“Tsuruya, what’s the matter?”

Because of her strong personal affinity or put plainly the powerful effect of her Halo Skills, Big Sister and Tsuruya always had a very close relationship. Seeing the other party calm down, she immediately asked with concern.

Tsuruya put down her glass, glanced over at us, the “Other Dimension” bunch, and then asked with a face full of worry, “That… the end of the world… is it true?”

“End of the world?” We looked at each other, then I spoke up, “Didn’t we tell you? We came here to intercept the Star Ring Fragments…”

“Not that, I mean those… about exploding stars, colliding planets, and asteroid clusters… are those true?”

“How did you come to know about these things?”

I asked in surprise, because in order to avoid causing panic, we had always treated the sudden expansion of doomsday scale news as a confidential inner matter. Where did Tsuruya get this information from?

With her hands making random gestures, the girl in front of me said, “Just… I occasionally tried to log into that information link, and I fetched these things from it. They said there was a major error in the original information regarding the collision with the Star Ring Fragment, that a greater scale of danger was about to erupt or something…”

“Uh… oversight on our part.” I slapped my forehead, suddenly realizing.

According to the level of authority, the Storm Commander could also access the non-top secret files of the information network–even a half-trained person like Tsuruya.

“That’s the situation,” I nodded to the girl in front of me, then quickly added some comfort, “Don’t worry, we can handle it. It might be a matter of authority–you can’t see our subsequent arrangements, but in fact, I have everything well planned out.”

“So, what can I do?”

Tsuruya lifted her head, her eyes brimming with eager anticipation–I almost forgot about that trouble-loving nature hidden inside her!

“It seems like there’s not much arranged… Uh, if you’re not afraid that revealing your identity might draw too much attention, you could take on some coordination work for the ground troops, after all, being a student at this school, you know more about the local conditions.”

Such a task was rather ambiguous, yet the girl who was eager to escape a mundane life was already completely satisfied and immediately showed a very happy smile.

I had long suspected that no government of any country would act based on near-superstitious ‘Divine Revelation’ or ‘Foreknowledge’, let alone coordinate the evacuation of nearly tens of millions of people across several countries. The economic losses and potential political turmoil such a massive operation would cause are staggering. Without concrete evidence that a disaster is imminent, it is impossible for them to take such actions based solely on a ‘prediction’.

Now we are no longer in the Middle Ages where religion reigned supreme.

This is the director’s office of the research institute, spacious and bright. I sat back comfortably in the leather chair behind the desk, quietly listening to Lola’s report about the resistance she faced in various European countries–the mood of the highest archbishop in the video seemed quite bad.

I wasn’t surprised at all by the news from Lola: Although the government leaders of European countries showed concern for her warning, in reality, probably less than ten percent were truly considering evacuation.

“I’m very sorry, Lord Angel, I failed to complete my mission.”

Lola, who’d always appeared calm, now also wore an expression of exhaustion and anger. Clearly, the stubborn leaders’ disdainful attitude towards the ‘Heavenly Revelation’ greatly angered this devout girl.

Even with immense influence, politics and religion are still worlds apart.

“There’s no need to blame yourself,” I consoled the highest archbishop on the other end of the video, my lips curling into a smile, “Your task was simply to deliver the warning to them. Since they have chosen to ignore it, I’ll just have to take some more drastic measures–don’t worry, don’t worry, I’m not talking about something like what happened in Pompeii, just an appropriate warning.”

After cutting off communication with Lola, I let Pandora disengage the Sky Stalling Line interference around the research institute. Then I slightly lowered my face and interlaced my fingers as if concocting a scheme, speaking to the air, “Aresta, I know some of your little tricks, you can hear me now, right?”

A few seconds after my words fell, the notebook on the front desk suddenly lit up, and an upside-down figure appeared in front of me.

“Your Excellency’s recent actions are really puzzling,” came the strange, androgynous voice from the laptop’s thin speakers.

“Afraid of straightforward actions because you are used to scheming in the shadows?” I scoffed, then scratched my head and flipped the notebook right side up, fixing it in place with a heavy desk sculpture, “Finally, it’s the right way up–you have no idea how awkward it is for me to see you like this every time.”

Clearly, Aresta on the other side of the screen was taking a deep breath.

“So, what exactly is the purpose of your initiative to contact me this time?” Aresta spoke with that pretentious tone, “If you’ve finally decided to return that girl, I would be very pleased to continue providing protection for Your Excellency’s peace here, including for the other girls, whom Your Excellency seems to care a great deal about…”

I frowned, “Don’t do anything unnecessary.”

“But it seems that Your Excellency was the first to provoke. As the master of this place, it’s necessary for me to turn unstable elements into stable ones, or else… eliminate them.”

“Eliminate…” I suddenly found it quite amusing, “So you’re saying, if we continue like this, you’re planning to attack us?”

“I sincerely regret that things have come to this step, but the recent news from certain channels has made me wary of you. This contact might be the last… Outsider, I’m truly looking forward to the developments that follow…”

I hadn’t expected Aresta to bring up this matter so openly, but it was exactly what I had hoped for. I moved my face closer to the screen, with a calm smile, “Good. In three days, I will be ready for battle. Let’s end these tedious little plots with a head-on confrontation!”

After cutting off communication on one side, I turned my head with a smirk, “Pandora, the United Fleet can set sail now.”

Sandora and Aresta’s irreconcilable stance was something we had guessed from the start; this old fox, accustomed to using any means necessary, had been testing our patience. And I personally found many of his actions quite distasteful. To get him to comply obediently, there was no other way but to suppress him with force.

What I didn’t expect was that Aresta would actually keep his word. He said he would show his hand in three days, and in these days, he didn’t make any sneaky movements like an ambush, which surprised me.

However, I knew he was definitely paying attention to what was happening here–unfortunately, the truly noteworthy things were in the sky.

Three days later, when the first colossal Xyrin Mother Ship slowly entered the scanning range of the space detection equipment of various countries from behind the moon, the world was shocked.

Of course, this shock was only within the governments of different countries; they would never disclose anything to the general public. But they could never have imagined that the appearance of a mysterious alien giant ship was just the beginning.

Enormous super space-time portals began to appear en masse within the area of near space observable by Earthlings. Space battleships with huge volumes and bizarre shapes emerged gradually from the cold expanse of outer space, without any disguise. They blatantly and rapidly surrounded the entire Earth layer by layer. Scientists around the world woke up to find that they could no longer see a single star in their space telescopes. Everywhere they looked were alien giant battleships.

A scene that had only occurred in science fiction disaster films was being simultaneously broadcast in front of all of humanity.

Sandora’s fleet was finally in position.

The gigantic space battleships blocked out the sunlight, and even from the ground, one could vaguely make out those blurred, distorted images. A prolonged dusk descended, and the entire globe lost the bright light of day. A strange orange-red glow filled the sky, the artificial constant star irradiation deployed by the Xyrin battleships to prevent the ecological balance of the world from being disrupted. This energy was more abundant and reasonable than sunlight, but it didn’t look quite as pleasing.

“We don’t know where they come from, what they want. Earth has been surrounded by these huge battleships…”

“All attempts at contact have completely failed, the aliens are refusing to answer any of our questions…”

“The United States is trying to launch detection probes, there are reports that the White House has already started arranging shelters for the President and key government leaders…”

“Numerous small alien warships are gathering over Europe. Some national leaders worry that Europe might be the first target of a surprise attack…”

“…A group of religious individuals is gathering in Europe, claiming they had received a divine revelation from God about the arrival of these ‘Elders’…”

“Alright, alright, Wood, you had said we’re here to save the world,” Lin Xue snapped off the TV with a pop, “but why do I feel like I’m watching ‘Independence Day’? Right now, a hundred percent of the countries around the world are in panic mode. I optimistically estimate that before tomorrow night, people will start looting supermarkets and committing murder. Clearly, their governments have not shared Lola’s previous warnings with their citizens.”

“Nonsense, politicians will never let the common people know the truth, unless the truth is already laid out before them. Our appearance was destined to cause such a situation…”

I was halfway through when Big Sister walked over and placed a document in front of me, “Ah Jun, I’ve drafted the global broadcast announcement. Take a look.”

I took it and flipped through a few pages, “…Big Sister, we’re writing an official document, not a prose poem…”

“Is there news from Lola?”

After having Big Sister reconsider the announcement, I turned to ask Qianqian, who was recently responsible for liaising with the British Puritans and was playing checkers with Visca, “They’re finally easing up, those heads of state who were warned. But it seems they intend to talk to the aliens first–they don’t trust religion.”

“I’ve been prepared for this,” I said, pulling Dingdang out of my pocket, “Little Thing, you’re about to set off, aren’t you?”

Dingdang struck a pose hands on hips, “Dingdang has already started! Ah Jun, you were the one who wouldn’t understand those profound sciences!”

… Until yesterday, the Goddess in last place who was still studying primary school textbooks has no right to speak!

“Report to the Commander, we have a transmission from Aresta. Shall we take it?”

Visca came over from the side and asked with a slight bow.

“Ha, the Old Fox finally couldn’t stand it anymore–bring it through, bring it through!”

Still in that upside-down man’s guise, Aresta appeared on the projector that Visca held in his hands. This time, without my saying, Little Scorpion proactively turned the projector right-side up. Well, that looks more comfortable.

“Aresta, long time no see.”

The man in the image seemed to be pondering something, and it took a long silence before he finally spoke, “Outsiders… I admit I…”

I waved and interrupted him, “As per our agreement, I’ve already dispatched my vanguard troops to the battlefield to meet your challenge. According to the Universal Convention, such disproportionate combat requires us to provide intelligence to our opponent as a show of fairness. So listen well: The first battle zone is at the Mars orbit, with a hundred and twenty-two battleships fully prepped, and two Genocide Special Landing Ships energy-charged. My main forces at Mars orbit await your arrival–oh, I suggest you prepare more Super Space-Time Shuttles, the Imperial Army generally doesn’t doggedly pursue deserters.”

Super Space-Time Shuttles? I’d be surprised if you could fly one out of Moon orbit!

Aresta was silent even longer this time. I knew he had been through a lot, but he had probably never faced humiliation and embarrassment like today.

“Alien, I do not think you need to deploy such a massive army just to deal with a Junior civilization that hasn’t even managed to venture beyond the Solar System. What, exactly, is your purpose? If it’s something I can accept, feel free to speak.”

Aresta asked, seemingly neither humbly nor arrogantly, but such words were indeed a sign of submission. I believed that now, no matter what I proposed, Aresta wouldn’t hesitate–in the face of ultimate power, the Old Fox’s cunning was useless.

“Of course, we’re not here to conquer the Human Race, and if it were just to take you down, each of us here has a 10,000 percent confidence. We’ve come, actually, for love and justice… cough, cough, in short, from now on, you are to obey the commands of the Empire–that is, my commands and those of everyone here. Don’t pull any tricks. We can even monitor every amino acid replication process in your body. So… you understand.”

Aresta was silent for a long while, then finally dropped a line, “Perhaps, I’ve made the most foolish mistake of my life…” before cutting the connection.

“I thought he would resist to the end.”

Disappointed, I turned away to speak to Lin Xue who had come closer.

“Unless he’s a fool–hm, here’s a message from Lola; several world leaders are almost persuaded of the coming disaster and arrival of alien ‘big brothers,’ thanks to her lobbying. They need a formal official meeting, which means, you gotta step up.”

“Alright, alright, I got it. But before I meet with them, we should drum up some public opinion first.”

The Xyrin Hosts had already taken control of the entire information system of the Academy City and, through it, were dominating the networks of all Humanity with their multiple-trillion-operations-per-second brains. I deeply understood that what politicians are best at is manipulating the people; unless they have no choice, they would prefer that the populace always remains far from the truth. To prevent certain irritating folks from demonizing the Aliens, we began to distribute our propaganda materials.

About the impending Doomsday, our purpose of saving Earth, and of course, Pandora’s critically important recruitment advertisement. While declaring our friendly intentions, we also implicitly warned the nations. Although this wouldn’t convince all Humanity, it at least temporarily delayed the chaos that was about to erupt.

Such a potent media coverage somewhat comforted those uneasy civilians, whose panic previously was less about the fear of an alien invasion and more about the terror of the unknown. Now, at least, the unknown had become known.

Inside Academy City, however, the situation was much better. Firstly, due to its strict security system, there was little possibility of an outbreak of unrest. Secondly, eighty percent of the population here were students, the group of people in this world with the most receptive minds–they were already organizing tour groups for the Aliens. If only Liang Gong were here, I’d be able to find the official SOS website in the Academy City Library.

However, Bai Jing Heizi and Chichun Shili had almost turned the research institute upside down these past few days–they were members of the Disciplinary Committee, the busiest bunch lately…

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