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Chapter 621: 2010 Credits
Chapter 621: 2010 Credits
Following Prime Minister Cao's suggestion, the Blue Star cultivators were divided into six teams.
The Kunlun Mountains stretch from the northwest to the southeast, with the main peak, Gonggel Peak, located at the far northwest end.
Coincidentally, the four major psychic springs are also situated in the northwest region of the Kunlun Mountains.
Alyssa, Tina, and Morning Star led three teams of sixth-stage cultivators, starting from the northwest and randomly clearing all the springs in that area. (They chose to move randomly to avoid being easily predicted by the Skrulls.)
Su Yu and Senior Yang, on the other hand, flew to the southeast end of the Kunlun Mountains and began sweeping through the smaller springs from southeast to northwest.
Prime Minister Cao, relying on his formidable strength, attacked the large psychic springs while also providing support to the nearby teams of cultivators.
With the combined efforts of the Blue Star cultivators and the assistance of Alyssa, Tina, and Morning Star, the "Kunlun Mountain Clean-Up" operation officially commenced!
In fact, clearing the smaller springs was relatively straightforward.
After the "Gravity Funnel" incident, the Skrulls realized that smaller psychic springs, especially those within the territory of Huaxia, were neither worth defending nor defensible.
Thus, the Skrull Expeditionary Force gradually abandoned these smaller springs.
Initially, the Skrull military deployment at each smaller spring included: one primary and one secondary commander (4th to 5th stage strength), 200 to 1,000 troops, 4 to 16 strategic spaceships, and an unspecified number of psychic transport ships (depending on the spring's size).
However, by now, most of the smaller springs had their primary and secondary commanders, troops, and strategic spaceships withdrawn, leaving only about 50 elderly, sick, or weak individuals to maintain base operations.
If not for the base's robust defense systems, the Blue Star military could have easily overrun these smaller springs.
In reality, if Su Yu had not kept the 200,000 sets of military equipment he stole from Beck Country hidden, the Blue Star United Government might have already planned to attack the smaller springs.
After separating from the main force, Su Yu used the Teleportation Spell to instantly arrive near the smallest spring at the southeast end of the Kunlun Mountains, known as "Kun-102."
Without hesitation, he flew straight toward the center of the spring base.
Currently, the "Kun-102" base had no combat spaceships, only two psychic transport ships parked on the landing pad.
Manina's "Explosive Extraction" plan had not been implemented yet, so there was no significant amount of psychic energy to transport, making the two transport ships sufficient.
Upon detecting Su Yu's arrival, the base immediately sounded a shrill alarm and illuminated with glaring red lights.
There was considerable commotion within the base.
However, a Skrull elder on duty quickly ran out of the command room, knelt before Su Yu in the sky, and shouted, "Respected Blue Star warrior, we surrender!"
Under his direction, the base quickly deactivated all defensive measures.
Su Yu glanced at him dismissively.
He shouted to the entire Skrull base, "Everyone in the base, gather immediately in front of the psychic energy collection plant. Anyone not there within five minutes will die!"
His voice, amplified by magic, quickly covered the entire base.
Soon, all the Skrulls in the base scrambled to the designated location, fearing they would tragically die if they didn't make it in time.
Su Yu paid no attention to the Skrulls on the ground. He divided his attention, keeping one eye on the spatial rift above while speaking into the void:
"Sir Link, now that the Skrulls have surrendered, can you eliminate the spatial rift above?"
After a short while, War Monitor Link did not respond. However, ten seconds later, a pale purple portal appeared not far in front of him. A bright blue energy beam shot out from the portal and struck the spatial rift.
The originally dark and terrifying spatial rift, under the influence of the bright blue energy, began to disappear rapidly, as if erased by a rubber eraser.
Seeing the spatial rift vanish, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more at ease.
But the pale purple portal Link had opened did not disappear immediately.
About twenty seconds later, a brown wooden box flew out of the portal and landed in Su Yu's hands. Only then did the pale purple portal gradually fade away.
Su Yu opened the box to find two plates inside—one made of copper and the other of gold. The copper plate had the number "10" on it, while the gold plate had "2000."
The "10" credits were his reward for securing the small spring, and the "2000" were likely his reward for participating in the capture of the giant spring.
Satisfied, Su Yu nodded and carefully stored the two plates.
Credits from the Saint Silver Secret Court were indeed very useful. For example, a few days ago, he had used 500 credits to get Link to help him with a major favor.
"It looks like I need to speed things up!" Su Yu turned his gaze to the northwest, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Just securing a small spring earns me 10 credits. The more I capture, the more I earn. Free credits are always welcome, aren't they?"
Five minutes later, all the Skrulls in the small base gathered on the empty ground outside the psionic collection plant. They raised their hands in fear, trembling as they looked at Su Yu, as if they were facing the grim reaper who would decide their fate.
None of them dared to bring weapons, and most were empty-handed, afraid that Su Yu might misunderstand.
Using his mental powers, Su Yu scanned the entire surface and underground areas of the base, finding no signs of biological activity or dangerous devices like timed bombs.
Satisfied with the scan, he nodded.
"Icebind!" he cast a large-scale ice spell.
Crack!
A wide ring of ice exploded beneath the Skrulls, spreading from the center to the outer edges. Within two seconds, all the Skrulls were hit, and within a minute, they were frozen into ice statues.
Su Yu's large-scale freezing spell was measured; he did not intend to kill them.
If he truly wanted to kill them, he could have used a fire spell to burn them all after they gathered.
By freezing them, he ensured that the United Government's troops could transport them to special prisons and then thaw them out, turning them into Blue Planet's prisoners.
Prisoners were more useful than dead bodies.
Before the war began, he could use these prisoners to create diplomatic pressure on the Skrulls, forcing them to pay a high price to redeem their captives.
If the Skrulls refused, anti-war organizations like Cindy Dopples would seize the opportunity to stir up anti-war sentiments worldwide, which would be highly detrimental to the overall war effort.
Thus, Su Yu generally chose to capture the Skrulls rather than kill them.
(End of Chapter)
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