Chapter 98: Overview of the Dark Energy Rebellion
Chapter 98: Overview of the Dark Energy Rebellion
Sometimes, peace isn't such a good thing.
The main issue lies with the god-tier and planetary-tier powerhouses.
When it comes to their lifespans—those at the planetary tier and above have nearly endless lives. In the entire history of the Holy Silver Federation, which spans billions of years, there has never been a recorded case of a planetary-tier being dying of natural causes.
God-tier powerhouses have slightly shorter lifespans, but with proper care, they can live for three to four thousand years.
This incredibly long lifespan leads to a severe problem—everyone has lived enough! Life loses all meaning.
According to the Hymn's statistics, god-tier cultivators start to lose concern for their own lives after about a thousand years. After two thousand years, they even consider living a form of torture.
They have no more desires in life. They either seek a quick death or go crazy trying to experience something new.
This situation isn't unique to the Holy Silver Federation. It also exists on Earth.
In ancient times, Earth had a significant number of god-tier powerhouses, with a peak of around fifty to sixty.
However, these god-tier cultivators lived for so long that nothing on Earth could hold their interest anymore.
Add to that the depletion of psychic energy and the lack of resources to fight over, and many of these god-tier beings either chose to destroy themselves or left Earth to explore other planets, hoping to find other civilizations with their abilities.
Only those who came from nobility and royalty stayed on Earth, driven by their attachment to their lineage and descendants.
Now, apart from Chancellor Cao, the only top-tier god-tier beings left are the First Emperor and Senior Yang Jian.
The others have either vanished into the vast universe or chosen to end their own lives.
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Before the Hymn was created, the lifespan of top-tier cultivators wasn't a major issue.
Back then, internal conflicts among cultivators were the norm, and most top-tier cultivators died at the hands of other cultivators.
For example, while god-tier powerhouses could live for three to four thousand years, fewer than one in ten thousand actually died of old age. Most only lived for a few hundred years before being killed by newly ascended god-tier beings.
However, after the Hymn was created, everything changed.
To advance Holy Silver civilization, the Hymn immediately banned conflicts among cultivators. The number of top-tier conflicts plummeted, and so did the death rate, dropping to about one in ten thousand.
With a lower death rate, the average lifespan of top-tier powerhouses significantly increased.
As lifespans extended, more and more of them began to feel that life had become too long and too boring.
Moreover, the Holy Silver Federation is a highly oppressive society, with everyone living under the Hymn's strict control.
These factors combined easily lead to psychological issues, and even mental instability, among top-tier powerhouses.
Many of these mentally unstable powerhouses joined the Dark Energy Rebellion, finding pleasure in destroying lesser civilizations and slaughtering sentient beings.
These mentally unstable powerhouses no longer care about their own lives, let alone the lives of others. Only by destroying lesser civilizations and hearing the agonized cries of the lower intelligent beings can they find some relief from their long-suppressed emotions.
As the "aging" problem in the Holy Silver Federation worsens, the number of these mentally unstable powerhouses increases.
This is why the Dark Energy Rebellion has received a steady influx of "new blood" and has grown into the third-largest rebel organization in the Holy Silver civilization.
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The above is the Hymn's basic introduction to the formation and growth of the Dark Energy Rebellion.
After reading this information, Su Yu and the others looked at each other in surprise.
"Tsk, tsk, I never thought the Holy Silver Federation would have an 'aging' problem," Su Yu marveled.
"Indeed!" Senior Yang Jian sighed. "The longer one lives, the more likely they are to become mentally unstable. This is also evident among Earth's cultivators, and it's a problem that can't be easily solved."
Zhong Feng curiously asked, "Why doesn't the Hymn provide more psychological counseling to these top-tier powerhouses to help them get back on track?"
Before Su Yu and the others could respond, the AI Blue Whale answered, "I found related information, but it wasn't displayed on the projection screen—the Hymn is already providing a lot of psychological counseling to top-tier powerhouses, helping those who have strayed from the path to find direction in life.
However, psychological counseling isn't 100% effective, and it can fail.
Once counseling fails, those mentally unstable powerhouses still join the Dark Energy Rebellion.
Without this psychological counseling, the Dark Energy Rebellion would be at least ten times larger!"
"Ten times? That's quite scary."
Su Yu was taken aback.
"Blue Whale, I have a question," Hu Jing, the chairman, raised his concern. "If the 'Dark Energy Rebels' derive pleasure from destroying weaker civilizations and slaughtering life, shouldn't they be more dangerous than other villainous organizations? Given the extent of their threat, why would the Hymn still allow them to exist instead of completely eradicating them?"
The largest rebel organization in the Saint Silver Civilization was the "Glory Rebels," who, although rebellious, only controlled weaker civilizations, exploiting them like a never-ending resource. Their threat was relatively minor.
The "Fate Defiers" and "Spark Protectors" were even less of a threat, essentially posing no real danger.
However, the Dark Energy Rebels were extremely radical! They frequently sought to obliterate entire civilizations, turning once fertile planets into barren wastelands.
After much consideration, Chairman Hu Jing couldn't think of any reason why such an evil organization shouldn't be eliminated.
"Let me check the records," AI Blue Whale responded.
After a moment of searching, AI Blue Whale explained, "The Hymn's records state the reasons for not eliminating the Dark Energy Rebels.
Firstly, the Hymn believes that those mentally deranged top cultivators need a place to go. It's better to have them contained within the Dark Energy Rebels, where their actions can be more easily monitored, rather than allowing them to wander the universe unchecked.
Secondly, the Dark Energy Rebels are quite cunning. They never target the core planets of the Saint Silver Alliance; they only go after the peripheral, weaker civilizations.
These weaker civilizations often resist the Hymn's jurisdiction, striving to maintain their cultural independence and refusing to adopt the Saint Silver language.
By destroying these smaller civilizations, the Dark Energy Rebels inadvertently help the Hymn's grand strategy of cultural and linguistic unification.
Because of these reasons, the Hymn has not taken action against the Dark Energy Rebels."
"Cultural and linguistic unification..." Su Yu was momentarily lost in thought.
If the Hymn ever wanted to take over Earth, would they command the people to abandon their previous cultures and languages? Would they agree?
But Su Yu quickly shook off his concerns.
Who cares! The primary task for Earth right now is to survive the crisis. Cultural and linguistic issues can only be considered if they survive.
"Blue Whale," Su Yu asked, "let's get to the most important part. What is the scale of the Dark Energy Rebels' forces? How much territory do they control?"
In response to Su Yu's question, AI Blue Whale projected an image on the screen.
The image showed a flat map of the Saint Silver and Milky Way star systems, with some scattered red dots on both.
According to the labels, these red dots marked the Dark Energy Rebels' bases. However, in the vast expanse of the star systems, these dots appeared quite insignificant.
AI Blue Whale explained, "The Dark Energy Rebels are distributed across these regions in the two star systems. They control a total of 5,560 habitable planets.
As for their top-tier forces, they have 10 Stellar-level, 837 Planetary-level, and 106,216 Eighth-Rank Divine-level warriors. Among them, three Planetary-level beings are not far from our Earth."
Seeing these staggering numbers, Su Yu and the others took deep breaths.
Good grief, they have over a hundred thousand Divine-level warriors!
No wonder they are a galaxy-level power; Earth can't even compare to a single hair of theirs!
Seeing this, Zhong Feng couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his brow and laughed bitterly, "Seeing how powerful the Dark Energy Rebels are, I feel less pressure now."
When Su Yu and the others turned their gaze to him, Zhong Feng explained with a sigh, "If the Dark Energy Rebels were on the scale of the Skrulls, our pressure would be much greater because one mistake could mean the end of our civilization.
But the scale of the Dark Energy Rebels..."
He used his magic to highlight the number "837 Planetary-level" on the screen. "Any one of these 837 could destroy our entire civilization, not to mention the over a hundred thousand Divine-level warriors. Our only hope is for the Hymn to send reinforcements."
"Agreed," Su Yu and the others nodded in agreement after a moment's thought.
Given the current situation, no matter how hard they try, it won't make a difference. They can only hope the Hymn sends a reliable ally.
The Dark Energy Rebels won't take a weak civilization like Earth seriously. The only one who might come to attack them is likely the Planetary-level being behind Cecilia.
If the Hymn sends a Planetary-level being, they might be able to weather this catastrophe.
Chairman Hu Jing instructed the others, "However, while we wait for reinforcements, we must continue to improve our own strength as much as possible."
As for whether our Blue Star civilization can survive this catastrophic invasion, it all depends on fate!"
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With that, the core content of the meeting had concluded.
Next, the five highest-ranking officials of Blue Star briefly discussed the next steps.
Naturally, "secrecy" and "continuing to strengthen our forces" were essential. Another crucial topic was about Cecilia.
Cecilia was undoubtedly an accomplice to the Dark Energy Rebels.
Moreover, she had recently orchestrated a sinister plot—luring Xiaotian to discover hidden realms and opening the Terminal Realm three times.
While her motives were unclear, it was clear that her actions needed to be stopped.
Chairman Hu gave the highest directive: "Once this Terminal Realm event is over, we must not allow Xiaotian to open the Terminal Realm again. We cannot fall for Cecilia's tricks.
As for Cecilia herself, it would be best to eliminate her quickly after Su Yu and the Skrull god-level beings have their discussion! Su Yu, the responsibility of negotiating with the Skrulls is all yours!"
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The most important task now was to take the information and find the Skrull god-level beings.
Wasting no time, Su Yu decided to set off immediately!
Leaving the Chairman's office, he asked AI Blue Whale, "Blue Whale, where are Plante and Manina III now? Are they on Skrull or Blue Star?"
AI Blue Whale searched the current data and responded immediately, "Plante is currently stationed at the Alpert Spring on the summit of the Rocky Mountains. Manina III is not on Blue Star; he is likely still on Skrull."
"Plante is... I can find him, but the Rocky Mountains are quite far!"
The distance from the Imperial Capital of Huaxia to the Rocky Mountains was over ten thousand kilometers. Even with a supersonic fighter jet flying at top speed, it would take nearly two hours to arrive.
Su Yu could, of course, use a portal to arrive instantly.
However, considering he would face Plante, the strongest being on Skrull, it was better to travel by supersonic fighter jet.
Otherwise, using the portal would drain a significant portion of his mana, weakening his power and confidence—something he was not willing to risk.
Having made up his mind, Su Yu instructed AI Blue Whale, "Blue Whale, arrange a supersonic fighter jet for me. I'm heading to the Alpert Spring now."
"Understood," AI Blue Whale replied.
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Two hours later, Su Yu's supersonic fighter jet arrived above the Rocky Mountains.
He made no effort to hide his presence, releasing his aura from hundreds of kilometers away, which quickly alerted the Skrull guards at the spring.
When they detected Su Yu's arrival, the guards were taken aback.
They knew that Su Yu's strength had rapidly increased, making him one of the toughest opponents on Blue Star.
However, they were not worried. After all, with Lord Plante stationed at the spring, they had nothing to fear from just one Su Yu.
In the command center of the Alpert Spring, Plante stared at the screen showing Su Yu's approach, puzzled.
Logically, the Blue Star people should know he was stationed here. When he crossed the spatial rift, it caused significant disturbances that their instruments could detect.
If the Blue Star people knew he was here, why would Su Yu come alone?
Could it be that he wasn't here to attack the spring?
Regardless, since Su Yu had come, he deserved proper respect.
"Vengtina," Plante called out to the command center.
"Lord Plante, what do you need?" A high-ranking officer in deep blue expeditionary forces uniform entered the command center and knelt before Plante.
"Put the base on the highest state of alert. All combat units should gather and be ready on standby."
"Understood!"
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After giving his orders, Plante summoned and donned his mech, then flew alone to the sky above the Alpert Spring, facing the direction from which Su Yu was approaching.
His confusion remained—what was Su Yu's purpose in coming here? Surely he wasn't here to make peace with the Skrulls?
From a distance of over thirty kilometers, Su Yu spotted Plante ascending from the spring.
At this distance, the mana cost for teleportation was negligible.
So, Su Yu directly used the Teleportation Spell. In the next second, he arrived above the Alpert Spring, facing Plante.
"Let's make peace!" Su Yu said sincerely in Skrull.
(End of Chapter)
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