"Great Xia's fighter jets?"
The moment she saw those planes, Jinian breathed a sigh of relief, returning all the pixels to their original positions as she called out to the Shang Xie Association members aboard the ship:
"Friendlies! Nobody make any rash moves. Do not deploy the weapons modules."
All the Shang Xie Association members immediately stopped what they were doing and shut down every alarm on the ship, leaving only a massive Pixel Cruise Ship floating upon the sea.
Lin Qiye watched the planes streak across the sky, thoughtfully scanning his surroundings. "They came so quickly? Is this what a fully operational War Pass looks like...?"
"Judging by the geography, those planes should have come from Shanhai Pass." An Qingyu nodded.
"Shanhai Pass? What is that?"
Jinian asked in confusion.
"One of the twelve War Passes Great Xia prepared for a full-scale God War."
Lin Qiye gave a simple explanation, and curiosity appeared in Jinian's eyes. "Great Xia has something like this too? Interesting..."
"Do you need me to hack into their system and identify us?" Jiang Er, floating in midair, spoke softly.
"No... if you do that, they'll mistake us for enemies." An Qingyu shook his head.
"Then what do we do? To them, a Shang Xie Association ship is an entirely unknown entity from the Mist. They won't just let us leave."
"Leave it to me."
Lin Qiye spoke calmly. He pushed the handle of Zhanbai out with his thumb, its blade stained with a trace of night as it slashed toward the sky in an instant.
Crack—!
Zhanbai returned to its sheath.
"What are you doing?" Jinian raised an eyebrow.
Lin Qiye did not answer. But in the next moment, beneath the azure clouds, an enormous black arc appeared. Two crossing slash marks cut through the