That voice belonged to Ashley.
This purple crystal was the one Su Yu had used against Lailin before.
After using it once, Su Yu could no longer actively use the crystal to summon Ashley. However, she could still be summoned passively. If Ashley wanted to come to Su Yu's side, she could descend using the crystal as a vessel.
Amid mysterious purple light, Ashley's true form appeared before Jared.
Jared felt as though he had fallen off a cliff.
It's over. Everything is over! Only crushing despair remained in his heart. Looking at Ashley before him, his limbs turned cold.
No, he did not have legs.
Jared's mind had even begun replaying his life in advance, past events flashing before his eyes like slides.
As early as the fall of Sheng Ge, Jared had already entertained thoughts of defecting.
He felt that the Silver Federation was completely hopeless. Rather than struggle on this sinking ship, he might as well join a rebel organization—ideally one belonging to another galactic-level power, such as the Crystal Blue Community.
Over the following month, he secretly contacted rebel organizations.
Through covert channels, he got in touch with the largest rebel organization, the Glory Rebels. He offered Feige Hub's top secrets as a gift to demonstrate his sincerity, hoping to join them.
Naturally, the Glory Rebels would not refuse Jared, a former Planetary-level Tier 5 powerhouse with boundless prospects.
However, they did not have Jared go to them directly. Instead, they had him remain at Feige Hub as an insider.
At last, three years passed. Jared, the insider, was about to reach the pinnacle of his career, and the destruction of AI Blue Whale would be the finest offering he could present to the organization!
And at first, the plan had worked perfectly—Omir had been instantly