Years later, when Chairwoman Qi Xilei faced the approaching calamity, she would recall that afternoon on the Sordanlun Great Prairie of the Star Abyss. Her decision to personally eliminate Lioz and Red King would, with her own hands, lead to the situation she now faced.
Yet history would prove one thing time and again: those who toyed with history and tried to nullify it were destined to receive a null future.
Qi Xilei's attack had successfully separated Li Aoz from Lioz. It seemed to have greatly weakened Lioz's divinity and authority, but in truth, Lioz had never fully recovered in the first place. Qi Xilei had merely cut away nothing while making the forces Secret had so carefully planted in the Star Abyss even thinner.
In short: she had cut jack shit.
Treich's Earthling arrogance kept her from noticing one thing she should have reminded Qi Xilei of—Li Aoz and Lioz might have been the same entity, but their personalities and ways of thinking were completely different.
Lioz was ruthless and cared only about efficiency, overlooking potential allies. Li Aoz was not.
After his main account got corpse-camped, Li Aoz immediately conducted a full review. He took stock of his advantageous assets, optimized and adjusted his internal structure, reorganized the industry ecosystem, precisely screened every mission related to the "Star Abyss," and proposed the locomotive effect of a big engine pulling a line of carriages.
In plain terms, he had attained enlightenment.
Li Aoz immediately switched to his alt. Invincible General Zhen gave him a strong sense of security, and he then began contacting all the forces under his command.
By then, the troops he had previously scattered across the land had already established themselves in the Star Abyss.
The most eye-catching among them was naturally the genius architect Barnum.