Xyrin Empire

Chapter 507: Chapter 507 Blue Moon

Yanfeng Qili’s guesses about the nature of the world seemed as naive and laughable to us as the ancient human belief that the sky was round and the Earth flat. Although there were some parts that fitted reality, overall, it was just a crude model. But, I never expected that the Red Moon would actually erupt suddenly, following Yanfeng’s calculations.

There really wasn’t a minute to relax; I had just killed the Roman Spirit Army in the Inner World and then had to play a level-clearing game with Yanfeng Qili’s mini-boss team in the Outer World. After finally meeting the final boss and a dialogue box later, I had to be switched back to the Inner World without any break. Man, could you at least give me a pause to save the game?

But complaints aside, we had to deal with the situation urgently.

I completely sealed Yanfeng’s magic abilities. This guy’s only goal was to discover the truth of the world—a simple treatment rendered him harmless: I had Dingdang pull out her kindergarten drawing book, claiming it was an ancient rune text that recorded the mysteries of the world. Yanfeng actually believed it. I reckon any random picture in those booklets would keep him earnestly studying until death, especially since Tohsaka would be overseeing him later. So that takes care of Yanfeng Qili.

And poor Gunman Cu Chulainn—allow me to use such an insignificant adjective as “unlucky” for this man who’s comparable to Xiang Lin. You couldn’t imagine my confusion when a mosaic-covered object was thrown in front of us by the iron-faced Ge Mu, until Saber explained it beside me, and I finally associated that pile of stuff with Cu Chulainn.

The process was straightforward: a thorough group beating. According to the detailed procedure provided by Saber, Cu Chulainn first became a superhuman for fifteen seconds, causing quite a stir and completely suppressing Saber and others who were at only a fifth of their strength, and then…

Then Rider lost her temper.

It’s unimaginable. Always a quiet gamer and seemingly gentle, Rider actually went berserk. She immediately requested full liberation, and along with Medea and Sasaki, also transformed into their full forms. It never occurred to anyone that each standing before level 5 Cu Chulainn could only manage to say “Damn” before getting plastered with a mosaic.

And now he still has to bow and respectfully call “senior” to the three women and one man who just beat him up—heck, he’s already been turned by Sakura’s tentacles… cough, into a proud new recruit of the Avalon Heroic Spirit Army.

After resolving these last two nuisances, we returned to the Inner World. Tohsaka and Ilya, naturally curious, followed along. Since these two persistent followers could no longer be shaken off, let them follow. Just so long as they don’t ask to join the troops on a lunar mission.

Reynolds and his army had established a temporary outpost at the initial landing site, forming a circular defense with dozens of photon cannon siege guns switched into turret mode. In front of the turrets, a series of bunkers and hastily deployed missile towers were placed at intervals of one hundred meters. These small integrated buildings clearly adopted Protos modular technology. Although it was unknown whether they were directly constructed via super space-time transmission, the fact that they were completed in such a short time after we left indicated that this construction technology was a leap forward.

In the center of this simple yet effective defensive structure stood a hundred-meter-tall Xyrin space sensor, apparently transported in its entirety from Shadow City. The blue glow-emitting crystal-metal hybrid tower had already been disassembled into several independent cylindrical components that were slowly rotating in the air, creating a deep “whoo whoo” sound in the wind, indicating it had already been activated.

As for the massive battlecruiser, the Hibernian, it hovered silently in the air behind the entire defensive circle, like a dark cloud touching the ground or a lurking giant beast. This feat was definitely not something the original power system of the Hibernian could achieve but was due to an anti-gravity engine or something similar from Imperial technology.

Despite no enemies in the Inner World, Reynolds had not relaxed his vigilance in setting up such meticulous fortifications, reflecting the rigorous style he had developed over years of difficult warfare.