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Chapter 75: Continued Cultivation and the Skrull Conference
Chapter 75: Continued Cultivation and the Skrull Conference
Xiao Tian: "......"
She had just mentioned it offhandedly, never expecting the AI Blue Whale to actually mimic a blue whale's call! The problem was, while the call was amusing, she couldn't understand it at all!
Su Yu was also speechless. He hadn't known the AI Blue Whale had that capability.
"Ahem, Blue Whale, why don't you switch back to your human voice? The last one was good." Xiao Tian said, slightly embarrassed.
"Sure." The AI Blue Whale instantly reverted to the pleasant female voice.
The transition was seamless, with no hint of lag.
"Blue Whale, where were you born?" Xiao Tian was still quite intrigued by the AI, looking at it curiously.
AI Blue Whale replied, "I was born on the St. Silver k6 planet, which is the headquarters of the St. Silver Secret Court."
"Do you know a lot about the St. Silver Federation, then?"
"Sorry... I don't have any data on the St. Silver Federation. After coming to Blue Star, all my data was wiped, leaving only some basic functions."
...
Thus, Xiao Tian and the AI Blue Whale chatted back and forth.
Su Yu stood quietly to the side, smiling as he watched them converse.
Their conversation lasted nearly 10 minutes.
During those 10 minutes, Xiao Tian asked all the questions she could think of.
However, the AI Blue Whale had very little data stored internally, so it couldn't answer many of her questions.
When the time reached 11:40 AM, Xiao Tian glanced down at her wristwatch.
She then turned to Su Yu, "Kesing, it's not early anymore. Let's go eat Yuzhou noodles. After we finish, I need to get back into the game."
"Uh... You still remember that. Alright, let's go."
Su Yu waved his hand, and a silver-white portal appeared in front of them, leading to Yuzhou.
...
We won't go into the details of their meal at Yuzhou. After finishing the noodles and dropping Xiao Tian off at her place, Su Yu opened a portal to his temporary residence at the United Headquarters and logged into the game.
Upon entering the game, Su Yu appeared on the third floor of the Golden Sparrow Flower Palace's Mage Tower.
He sensed that Tina and Elize were not in the palace; they had likely gone out to play again. Only Elize's clone was diligently handling the state affairs.
Tina and Elize had returned from the real world 3 hours earlier than Xiao Tian (in real time), and Su Yu had accompanied them for a while before returning to the game.
Elize had first returned to the palace to check on her clone's progress with the state affairs. When Su Yu logged out earlier, she was still in the palace.
Now, Elize, Tina, and Morning Star had left the palace. The three sisters had likely gone out to play again.
"Alright, I'll just continue my cultivation!"
Su Yu pushed aside all other thoughts, sitting cross-legged beside the mana pool in the Mage Tower, ready to focus on his cultivation.
Most of his time in the game was spent on cultivation.
To reach the peak of the divine level before the great battle began, he had to put in even more effort.
Hum—
The magic array beneath Su Yu burst into a blinding light and began to spin rapidly. The mana pool at the center of the array also emitted a dazzling blue light, hungrily absorbing all the surrounding energy.
Without hesitation, Su Yu used his mental power to pick up the milky-white "bricks" placed beside the mana pool and threw them in one by one.
Hum—
With the energy to refine, the mana pool's light grew increasingly intense. The milky-white "bricks" were refined into pure mana, which gathered around Su Yu and was absorbed by him.
These milky-white "bricks" were actually pure spirit energy.
However, unlike the spirit energy in the game, this energy came from outside the game, from the real world.
In recent months, humans on Blue Star had harvested a vast amount of spirit energy from various spirit energy springs.
Moreover, on Skrull, they had acquired a large number of spirit energy stones and tanks through trade and theft.
This massive amount of spirit energy could not only help ancient cultivators quickly restore their power (in reality, by now, almost all ancient cultivators had fully recovered their strength, though most were still somewhat below their peak due to the ravages of time) but could also be used by top-tier players.
If top-tier players were to absorb and utilize this energy in the real world, the efficiency would be far too low.
Thus, the United Government of Blue Star had unified the transmission of spirit energy into the "Evolution" game. In the game, it could be refined and absorbed using structures like the Mage Tower, making the process much faster.
When the spirit energy entered the game, it condensed into these milky-white "bricks," which players called "Spirit Energy Bricks."
Now, stacks of Spirit Bricks lined the sides of Su Yu's magic pool, nearly filling up the entire third floor of the mage tower.
His spatial ring also contained dozens of tons of Spirit Bricks, several times more than what was stored in the mage tower! Therefore, Su Yu didn't hesitate to burn through the Spirit Bricks, converting their energy into his own power.
...
...
While Su Yu was cultivating, on the planet Skrul, an important high-level video conference was underway.
Five God-level powerhouses and the two leaders of G2, Manina XIII and Kusman, were participating. Manina III, Plante, and Cecilia were absent.
In the video conference room, everyone's expressions were grim.
Manina XIII's face was dark, and the others either had solemn expressions or wore masks of indifference.
The reason for their sour expressions wasn't just because the peak God-level powerhouse Manina III had sustained minor injuries.
While he had been injured, the wounds weren't particularly severe and could be healed in one or two months.
What truly troubled them was the sudden disruption of their surveillance on Earth!
Six hours ago, the humans on Earth had activated 36 Sky Shield Devices, which blocked all signals across the entire atmosphere.
Due to the signal blockade, their tens of thousands of spy satellites instantly became blind, unable to see what was happening on the ground!
This left them very uneasy.
In the past, every move of the Earth humans was under their watch, and the deployment of Earth's military forces was clear at a glance.
But now, they had completely lost all information about the Earth humans!
In the future, if the Earth humans wanted to attack their Spirit Wells, they might only discover it when the humans had already arrived!
This made it impossible for them to prevent sudden attacks from Earth.
Moreover, they had no way of knowing how much the Earth humans' strength would grow over the next two months.
Once the war began, they wouldn't be able to judge the Earth humans' offensive strategies.
This was a significant disadvantage for them!
This was why the top Skrul powerhouses had gathered to discuss a response strategy.
"Kusman, what do you think we should do about this?" Elizabeth asked Kusman.
Originally, it would have been better to ask Manina first, but his expression was particularly grim, so Elizabeth turned to Kusman.
"Lord Elizabeth," Kusman frowned and replied, "I'm truly at a loss for what to do.
Our spy satellites have all been blocked by the Earth humans. The shielding devices they are using are the 'Sky Shield Devices' from the Holy Silver Federation, which we can't break through.
This means we won't be able to use spy satellites to monitor the Earth humans for some time.
As for the other option, sending spies into Earth's human society—according to the war convention, we Skrul can't leave the Spirit Wells, so that's not an option.
In summary, I can't think of a solution."
After saying this, Kusman added, "I think His Majesty Manina also can't think of a solution, otherwise, he wouldn't look so grim."
"That's right, I can't think of a solution either," Manina sighed deeply.
"The only two solutions I can think of are: first, to increase specialized research funding, hoping to break through the 'Sky Shield Devices.' However, the possibility of this is low, and we may not be able to achieve it in just two months;
The second solution is to manufacture a large number of micro-robots, equipping them with cameras to conduct reconnaissance in the human world.
However, this second solution has obvious flaws: the vision range of micro-robots is limited, and even if we manufacture millions of them, their coverage won't match that of spy satellites.
Additionally, the Earth humans have been amassing large armies around the Spirit Wells, making it difficult for our micro-robots to penetrate this barrier and enter the human world.
In summary, I find it very difficult to think of a particularly good solution."
"Reasonable," the other God-level beings nodded silently, their expressions heavy.
The Earth humans had truly made a brilliant move!
Their war pressure was increasing.
...
For a full half-minute, the video conference room was silent.
Each participant was lost in thought, not speaking.
After half a minute, Kusman pondered aloud, "Regarding the two solutions mentioned by His Majesty Manina, the first is probably very difficult, as the technological gap between us and the Holy Silver Federation is terrifying! As for the second solution, I think it's worth trying.
Once everyone's attention was focused on him, Kusman continued:
"I believe that in the recent period, we should consolidate our territory and let go of a few of our giant springs. After all, each of our giant springs is at risk of being attacked. We currently control 14 giant springs. My suggestion is to give up 9 and keep only the final 5, enhancing the comprehensive defenses of these 5 bases. Over the next two months, we should gradually give up 4 more, leaving only the Fuji Mountain spring.
"As for the microbots, we should first mass-produce them in large quantities, say a million units.
"Once we have enough microbots, we can release them all at once, sending them to various parts of the Blue Planet at top speed.
"Due to their sheer numbers, humans won't be able to intercept them in time, allowing us to gather as much intelligence as possible.
"That's all I have to say. What do you all think?"
"Hmm..." Manina seriously considered it and nodded. "I support Kusman's idea."
Manina gave Kusman an approving look.
Kusman, though young, was quite capable!
Unlike Lance, whose thick-headedness could truly be frustrating at times.
Elisa Bai also thought about it seriously before expressing her opinion, "I also support Kusman's idea. What do the rest of you think?"
"I support it," Styme indicated his agreement.
"I agree," Otas added without objection.
"Support."
"Agree."
...
The other God-level beings all expressed their support for Kusman's plan.
After all, they had no other solutions to this predicament.
However...
As the meeting progressed, Manina's expression suddenly shifted from cloudy to sunny.
Not only did it shift, but a smile even appeared at the corners of his mouth!
Kusman, being perceptive, immediately noticed his smile.
Kusman, being a newcomer, knew he had to pay close attention to Manina, the most important participant in the meeting.
After all, everyone else in the meeting was irreplaceable.
The God-level beings, unless they died in battle, would always have the right to participate in these meetings. If Kusman angered Manina, it was possible that he might be replaced as the chair.
Seeing Manina's expression change so dramatically, Kusman quickly asked, "Your Majesty Manina, why are you smiling?"
The other God-level beings also noticed Manina's expression and refocused their attention on him.
Manina smiled slightly and said, "Since we're on this topic, I might as well push my 'Anti-Gravity Crystal Device' again."
His expression gradually became serious, "Ladies and gentlemen, the war situation is becoming increasingly dire. If we don't take extreme measures, our losses in this war will be much greater than expected!
"Since we've already decided to give up 9 giant springs, why not extract all the spiritual energy from these springs so that the Blue Planet humans don't benefit from them?"
"This..."
"Well..."
Upon hearing Manina's words, the five God-level beings and Kusman fell into silence once more.
They all frowned, remaining silent.
Manina's point was actually very valid.
In the past, they didn't want Manina to use the 'Anti-Gravity Crystal Device' mainly because of post-war interest distribution issues.
Using the Anti-Gravity Crystal Device was like a farmer killing a hen that lays eggs year-round.
However, the current situation had changed dramatically compared to before.
The two peak God-level beings of the Blue Planet and the immortal cat Morning Star were putting immense pressure on them!
If they continued to obstruct Manina due to post-war interests and ended up losing the war, what then?
It was like a farmer who would only consider raising a hen to lay eggs if he had enough food. But now, the farmer was almost starving, and he wouldn't think twice about eating the hen.
For this reason, the five God-level beings did not contradict Manina's words and even tacitly agreed.
After a prolonged silence of over two minutes, Elisa Bai said, "This matter is too significant and involves too many factors. How about this: we contact Plante and Manina III and have them join the video conference.
"After we detail the pros and cons to them, we can all vote on whether to use the 'Anti-Gravity Crystal Device.'
"We are nine in total, so the vote will definitely yield a result."
"Agreed, I support it," Manina answered without hesitation.
"I agree."
"Seconded."
(End of Chapter)
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