Escape from Qiongan Capital

The Beitiao Building is safe and sound.

The Nine Dragons Gathering proceeded as scheduled, and members continued to work. Everyone here has an important task and national mission. From the first day they joined the company, they were instilled with the idea that "You are the future of the country! The light of the nation! You must not fall!"

Even though there was a fierce battle raging outside, the staff of Hojo Conglomerate remained calm. The executives sat together drinking imported coffee from Zhengxu and discussing the future using Red Arrow's technical jargon. Some of them even had beautiful women with Frostplate sitting in their floating vehicles.

They are all Heavenly Ring People, and everyone is equal before the law. However, according to the company, although human rights are inherent and everyone is equal, some people are more equal than them.

"I heard that the Red Arrow People caused a scene at the meeting and even attracted the attention of the military."

Someone saw black smoke rising in the distance and couldn't help but say worriedly, "Is he really just Beta-rank? I heard that two Gamma-rank have died at his hands. We only have four Gamma-rank here, but they're still working. Wouldn't it be better to take refuge?"

"Hey Kato-san, your thinking doesn't align with the company's motto. Working overtime is the fighting spirit we Hojo people should have. Only those good-for-nothing social scum demand to leave on time. We elites, enjoying the benefits and favor of His Majesty the Ring King, naturally have to bear more responsibilities. Besides..."

The boss joked, completely oblivious to his subordinate's growing paler as he looked out the window, and said calmly, "We're in the Beitiao Building, the safest place in the world."

Boom! The crimson Magnum Laser instantly tore through the dome defense system. The instantaneous high-temperature shockwave shattered the floor-to-ceiling windows, followed by the pale, large-scale Mobile Armor crashing into the reinforced concrete walls. Du Zexin casually flicked the Vulcan Cannon on the monitor, scanned the sky for a few seconds, and coldly shouted over the loudspeaker:

"Anyone who doesn't want to die, get off work!"

Although the Hojo Conglomerate has a very high proportion of superhumans, no one dares to confront the Mobile Armor Mobile Armor head-on.

Not to mention that this thing in front of them is at least twice the size of a regular Mobile Armor.

Du Zexin's threat was very effective. Most people fled in panic, clocked out of work, and the crowd was so large that the time clock was overflowing.

Li Aoz slid in and dodged to Du Zexin's feet, experiencing for the first time what it felt like to be a bully using someone else's power.

The Hojo Conglomerate's security was certainly good, but upon seeing such a large mecha, they immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered— the Hojo Family only paid that much; they wouldn't expect them to risk their lives against Mobile Armor.

Along the way, Li Aoz collected quite a few advanced weapons from the Hojo Conglomerate, and couldn't help but admire them. He used gravity to suspend them in the air, preparing to take them back and sell them to the players.

He felt he had really put in his best effort, working diligently in the pig farming business. The players had only been playing for five days, and they were already armed to the point of being able to become street fighters with his benefits. Once they got their hands on this batch of military weapons, the players would probably become the dragons among men.

It felt amazing to have Du Zexin clear the way. Li Aoz had never used such a useful tool... uh, he meant partner. No one blocked their path at all. They went straight through. When they encountered an obstacle, Du Zexin would stomp it flat and hold Li Aoz up in his hands. With them suspended in mid-air by gravity and surrounded by floating guns, any normal person would have their brain shut down at the sight of this magical and sci-fi hybrid scene. They wouldn't even have the energy to resist.

"This is the elevator."

Li Aoz pressed the elevator button and realized that he needed to swipe his ID card to use it. He looked at Du Zexin and said, "Go, Mouldy Crotch, hack its system."

"Hacking takes three minutes, which is too troublesome. I can just use Social Engineering techniques to crack it."

Du Zexin showed no mercy, raising the mecha's fist and slamming the elbow thruster into the elevator car.

Boom! The steel twisted and was instantly flattened. The mech split its two fingers apart, Mars flying, and immediately tore the elevator apart.

Li Aoz asked Du Zexin, "Where did you learn Social Engineering?"

"Seven-Day Intensive Training Course at the Gemini City Martial Arts Education Institute".

"A good school."

Li Aoz sighed and immediately jumped down into the elevator shaft.

After a long fall, gravity brought him to a steady landing on the bottom. He reached out and pulled open the steel door, looked up, and saw whales flying overhead, swimming in the blue Abandoned Mist.

He had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery. The underground area here was vast and needed to be explored quickly. He activated his Pegasus Wings and swiftly swept through the Abandoned Mist. Creatures blocking his way were smashed to pieces. A dolphin was torn in two by his wings, but it only swayed and then reassembled itself. The cut scars rippled rapidly like mosaics before slowly healing, and it continued to swim freely in the seabed simulated by the Abandoned Mist.

Bang bang bang bang!

Li Aoz reached Mach 6, activated the [Eye of Truth] to scan the entire area, and rapidly integrated and calculated a large amount of information from the omnipotent cells throughout his body, analyzing the hidden resources and information in various places.

The Hojo Family has hidden many things here, including inscriptions and records from the Old Era, but Li Aoz already knew about them in his previous life.

For example, the 'Law System' Beccaria is a super artificial intelligence created by humans in the Old Era. It can directly utilize machines buried in the earth's core to provide power support to the judicial authorities throughout the atmosphere, making it easier for them to try and arrest criminals.

People in the Old Era created four similar 'systems':

Legal System – Beccaria

Energy System - Fermi

Knowledge System – Pythagoras Military System – Bonaparte By the standards of modern Azure Planet People, these Old Era systems are almost like gods. They are buried near the Earth's core, following the programs of the Old Era, remotely sensing humanity through radio waves, guiding humanity in the inheritance of civilization, correcting mistakes in time, allocating resources, avoiding natural disasters, and resisting external enemies.

Alexia is the "Punishment Officer" who signed a contract with Beccaria, and is probably the last Punishment Officer, or even the last System Contractor.

Li Aoz knew that the other three systems had already been sacrificed while resisting Entropy.

He meticulously recorded these stone tablets and documents. The Four Nations generally preserved some of this information, but much of the information was actually controlled by the GTB's predecessor, the Cresta organization.

GTB inherited most of the knowledge and technology of the alien civilization, which is why it is qualified to mediate the dispute between the Four Nations that have lost the heritage of the Old Era civilization. However, in order to maintain its status, GTB naturally cannot reveal the secrets of the Old Era. Otherwise, small countries all over the world would be frantically searching for the ruins of Cresta, and who would care about their allocated energy quotas? Yes, once you understand this step, most people can guess what's going on.

"The Garbage Collector was originally founded by descendants of a branch of the Cresta organization."

GTB monopolizes the knowledge transmitted from Cosmic Civilization, and what the junk collectors desire is to preserve and collect this knowledge and the technology of the Old Era, so as to eventually restore the technological glory of civilization.

The Subway Brotherhood operates by taking advantage of the advanced subway system of the Old Era. They appear and disappear without a trace, and they also possess some of the knowledge inherited from the civilization of the Old Era. They hope to restore the tolerant humanistic environment of the Old Era.

The Greening Base is actually a group of environmentalists formed by a group of Old Era "biochemists" who only want to restore the green grass and trees of the Old Era.

From this perspective, the collapse of Cresta gave rise to a greedy power structure like the GTB, and also spawned fanatical humanists like the Garbage Collectors, which is quite ironic.

"But it seems like none of you are on the right track."

Li Aoz's figure came to a swift stop. He slowly landed in front of a cold storage facility, using gravity to tear open the door. A Hydrogen Bomb, no bigger than a small car, lay before him. Apart from some markings in Sky Ring Language, the markings on it clearly bore a slogan written in Amirelian: ' Hydrogen Bomb for Reservoir Development Project'

This is it, Hirozaki Arisa an explosive yield of 140 million tons. If it were detonated here, the area within 700 kilometers would become almost barren.

But as the Amirelian above states, this most terrifying killing weapon in the world is not intended to harm people.

"Strength is not a fault; the correct use of strength is the only truth."

Li Aoz gently stroked the frozen Hydrogen Bomb casing. "People of the Old Era used you to benefit mankind, and I'm almost the same. You're lucky to have met me."

After saying that, he quickly grabbed the nuclear bomb and flew away from the spot.

As Li Aoz rose to the ground, just as he stepped onto the tiles, a mortar shell came hurtling towards him.

Bang! The massive Mobile Armor moved swiftly, raising its hand to shield Li Aoz's head, deflecting the shell with the back of its hand. The Mobile Armor's monitor slowly rose, and a demonic, dangerous light shone from its sixteen green eyes.

"If you're not afraid of dying, then come on then."

Du Zexin pushed the control stick, Mobile Armor's broadcast blared across all the Heavenly Ring People's frequencies. "(He has a nuclear bomb) Let's see who dares to touch him!"

Li Aoz rolled his eyes at Du Zexin: "Be normal, that's too ambiguous."

However, the Heavenly Ring People clearly have a better understanding of Hydrogen Bomb.

"This level of firepower isn't enough to detonate Hydrogen Bomb, blow it up!"

Du Zexin's face darkened. As Frostplate Citizen, he didn't really understand the madness of the Heavenly Ring People. Facing dozens of missiles flying towards him, he pushed the control stick hard. The monitor of the Mobile Armor quickly locked onto all the incoming warheads. He then raised his hands, and the 80mm ' Hellfire ' machine gun on the back of his hands immediately popped out.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang! Not a single Autocannon Bullet was wasted, accurately detonating the missiles. He crossed his arms, like a conductor leading an orchestra, playing a prelude of fireworks and metal fragments in the air.

This scene almost made the opposing frontline commander of the Sky Ring furious:

"Machine guns firing missiles—damn it, this isn't ordinary Mobile Armor anymore, get our bombers on board!"

"But Commander, that's the Hojo Conglomerate's headquarters..."

"Hey—hey, where are the Mobile Armor forces? Get on board now! Go protect our business owners' property!"

While the ground troops were still arguing, Li Aoz and Du Zexin had already circled around through the back door. He jumped onto the hand of the Mobile Armor, was held in Du Zexin's hand, and drove onto the highway, quickly weaving against the flow of traffic.

"Mouldy Crotch, those guys have turned the barrier up too high. If we fly out, we'll be roasted alive."

"Be confident, Li Aoz, we'll turn into toner."

Du Zexin's decision to take the land route was a last resort. His mech was delivered by the Frostplate Military and Law Enforcement Division Three through the Subway Brotherhood. Getting in was easy, but getting out was impossible; he had no choice but to break through the checkpoint.

Li Aoz sat in the palm of the mecha, a cool breeze blowing in his face, making him feel refreshed and relaxed.

"Mouldy Crotch, you were a real man today."

"Wasn't that what I was before?"

"I used to be a man."

"A nonsensical joke."

Li Aoz laughed heartily, ignoring the tanks and Mobile Armor chasing after him. But in front of this large machine, it was no big deal. Du Zexin launched a few drones and easily blew them up.

"Cool, awesome! This Gundam is so cool to fly!" Li Aoz swept away his previous bad luck, raised his eyebrows and stood with one hand on his hip. There were nuclear bombs and civilian cars all around him, and Sky Ring didn't dare to bomb them directly.

"This is Mobile Armor," Du Zexin corrected rigidly. "Would you like to try it out?"

"Thank you, but I didn't go to university and I don't know how to drive."

"I graduated through correspondence courses."

"I've never even taken a correspondence course."

Li Aoz stood up, perched in the palm of the mecha, one hand resting on the mecha's little finger. The wind blew through his hair as he patted his shoulder.

Speaking of university, he thought of two people.

"Although I haven't been to university, in the future, everyone will be able to pursue higher education."

As Li Aoz spoke, he glanced up at the cockpit and asked, "Du Zexin, do you want to go to space?"

"Space," Du Zexin said, bewildered. "I don't know, I've never thought about that."

"To me, it's like home, and I have no reason not to go."

Li Aoz brushed aside his messy hair, and the artificial sunlight shone on his face. To Du Zexin, that beauty seemed even more unreal, like a goldfish that could slip through his fingers if he wasn't careful.

"But you should go and see it," Li Aoz said. "There's nothing wrong with going to space."

Du Zexin's expression was strange. "... Go to your house?"

"Well, you could think of it that way." Li Aoz glanced at the cockpit. He couldn't see Du Zexin's face, but he could roughly guess what the other man's expression was.

"Everyone has to go to space," he said, raising his hand and reaching towards the sky. "You have to go there, you absolutely have to go. Your home planet is wonderful, but the future is even better. It belongs to you, to all people in the universe, to the future of every civilization."

"What is the universe like?" Du Zexin was somewhat intrigued by what he said. He recalled those words that had only appeared in textbooks, "Blue sky, white clouds, ocean, spring, green trees, autumn leaves, stars, moon, sun..."

"Milky Way, galaxy, nebula, star cluster, supernova, black hole..."

Li Aoz continued, his mood was very good. Du Zexin's appearance and his simple emotions made him instantly regain the excitement he felt when he first stepped into "Star Abyss" and ascended into the universe.