Class Two Special Matter, Gone Down the Drain

Lin Yi was immediately startled.

Emergency assembly!

According to the Imperial Army's operational regulations, an emergency assembly of the Imperial Army, which is in a state of rest, is only required in the event of two special circumstances.

He had seen those Category II special matters in the Blood Crystal, and any one of them was an extraordinary event.

As for one special type of event, that is a life-or-death crisis requiring the entire city to be mobilized.

Upon seeing the emergency assembly, Lin Yi dared not delay in the slightest.

He quickly focused his mind, first storing his clone into his inner Divine Kingdom, then taking out the Blood Armor Orb. The dark red armor parts automatically attached themselves to his body as if they were alive, locking together section by section from the soles of his feet to the breastplate and then to the shoulder armor, emitting a series of fine and crisp metallic clicking sounds.

He pushed open the door to the quiet room and strode out into the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard gate, Zhaoyue and Frost Rainbow had already come out.

Zhaoyue was fully dressed in her Fierce Blood Battle Armor, her long hair neatly tucked into the inside of her helmet collar. Frost Rainbow remained aloof and cold, her light blue robes now replaced with dark red armor, the visor on her helmet still up, revealing half of her face with its cool, clear lines.

They both apparently received the urgent notification to gather the badges at the same time.

"Did you see it?" Zhaoyue asked.

"I saw it." Lin Yi nodded.

Before the three could say another word, commotion broke out throughout the camp.

One after another, streaks of dark red light rose from the surrounding independent courtyards, streaking through the air towards the training ground.

Those were soldiers living in military camp estates.

The three exchanged a glance.

"Let's go, we don't need to wait for the commuter Flying Shuttle," Lin Yi said.

According to regulations, in the event of an emergency assembly of this level, Imperial Army soldiers can disregard routine air traffic control regulations and fly at combat speed within the city limits.

After all, in situations like this, any routine procedure must give way to timeliness.

Three dark red figures simultaneously rose from the ground, following closely behind the streaks of light, and sped towards the training ground.

Lin Yi glanced down and saw many logistics personnel at the base looking up at the streaks of light constantly passing through the sky.

"What could have happened to warrant an emergency mobilization?" Zhaoyue asked during the flight. "We've only just settled our people in, and now this has happened. As far as I know, the last time Mist Sea City experienced a Class II emergency was tens of thousands of Universal Epoch ago."

"No clue." Frost Rainbow's answer was brief.

"Obviously not good news," Lin Yi said in a muffled voice. "None of the Category II special cases are easy to deal with."

Zhaoyue was silent for a moment, then said, "Well, in short, everyone should be careful."

"You two too," Lin Yi said.

Frost Rainbow did not reply, but her flight speed increased slightly for a moment, which could be considered a silent response.

The training ground is just ahead.

This training ground was completely different from the miniature training ground they usually used.

It is the main training ground of the Seventy-First Garrison Fleet, large enough to accommodate the entire fleet's battle formation at the same time. The training ground is cast from a single piece of specially tempered dark gray alloy, covered with dense energy guiding patterns. Normally these patterns are only faintly visible, but now they are infused with a high concentration of Chaos Power, emitting a deep hum.

When the three landed, there were already quite a few people standing on the training ground.

Long, dark red shadows were cast on the alloy floor.

The first to arrive were soldiers who, like them, lived in the manor inside the military camp. Everyone quickly lined up in silence, and no one made a sound, but the oppressive atmosphere that permeated the drill ground was more heavy on the heart than any noise.

Mantaji has arrived.

He was standing at the front of the group, arms crossed, his mask down, obscuring his expression.

But the chilling aura emanating from him could be felt from a great distance.

More streaks of light continued to fall.

Those were soldiers who had rushed back from outside the military camp, from various parts of the city, and from their leave.

The number of people on the drill ground increased from dozens to hundreds, and from hundreds to thousands.

The murmur of discussion spread softly across the training ground.

"What happened?"

"I don't know, I'm still shopping in the south of the city."

"A Category II special matter... Could it be that there's another problem on the Black Mist Sea side?"

"Wasn't the defense line reinforced just before the last shift?"

"What's the use of reinforcement? The Black Silence Beast won't reason with you."

Lin Yi withdrew his gaze and turned to his side.

Ruida stood not far to his right, his expression equally serious.

The Rui Family was a powerful clan in the Eternal Source Realm, with far wider access to information than ordinary soldiers. Thinking of this, Lin Yi tilted his head slightly and asked via telepathy, "Ruida, is there any news from your family?"

Ruida gave a wry smile and replied, "No. To be honest, Vice Captain, the family's information channels are also doing their best to inquire, but there's been no reply."

He paused, then gestured with his chin towards the streams of light still falling above the training ground. "But look at this spectacle. The Imperial Army is flying right through the air; the whole city knows something big has happened. When I flew over just now, I saw that the energy barriers of several merchant guilds in the southern city were already pre-charging. News travels faster among the people than military orders."

At that moment, Mantaji suddenly turned around and sighed, "Take care of yourselves. In a situation like this, it's uncertain how many will survive."

These words sent a chill down Lin Yi's spine.

Mantaji is not the kind of person who would exaggerate or scare people.

The fact that he said something like "it's uncertain how many of them will come back alive" indicates that his assessment of this emergency mobilization was more severe than he had anticipated.

Before long, streaks of black light silently swept in from the distant horizon.

Unlike other soldiers, they didn't leave a trail of thunderous roars; they were more like pure shadows, quietly traversing the sky and landing silently in front of the training ground.

Li was among them.

He glanced at the training ground, nodded slightly, and then stood silently.

A moment later, a silver streak of light pierced the sky.

When it landed, the ground of the training ground trembled slightly.

The silver-clad warrior slowly took his place on the command platform, Lainiadun's figure solidified in the light.

The drill ground was completely silent.

Lainiadun didn't exchange any pleasantries.

His gaze swept over the nearly ten thousand dark red figures below the stage, and he slowly began to speak.

"We just received a message that the Black Mist Sea surrounding the entire Constant Domain has experienced an extremely rare secondary eruption."

There was no sound on the training ground, but Lin Yi could feel that everyone around him held their breath.

"Black Mist Sea Outbreak" - this term has its own entry in Blood Crystal.

It refers to the sudden expansion of the Black Mist Sea in a very short period of time, the instantaneous doubling of the Black Silence Beast generation rate, and the frequent appearance of higher-ranking Silent Beast species.

The area where they originally Cosmic Clam was destroyed because of the outbreak of the Black Mist Sea.

If Li hadn't brought people back to rescue them, they would all have died in the eruption of the Black Mist Sea.

If an outbreak is a disaster, then a second outbreak is a disaster piled on top of a disaster.

Lainiadun's voice continued.

"The defenses, which were recently redeployed, have already fallen by 30%, and the breaches are widening rapidly. Therefore, the commander has decided to urgently mobilize all garrison fleets around Mist Sea City that are currently resting and regrouping, and send them to provide immediate reinforcements."

"The entire Seventy-First Garrison Fleet, ready to depart immediately."

Then he waved his hand.

The hand clad in silver gauntlets traced a simple arc in the air.

Nearly ten thousand dark red figures on the training ground rose into the air at the same moment. Without waiting for the shuttle, everyone flew directly to the military port in their physical bodies.

The countless dark red streaks of light converged into a mighty torrent, rushing towards the direction where the ships were anchored.

The naval port is completely different from usual.

In the past, the order of the naval port was so strict that it was almost rigid. The movement of every ship had to go through layers of approval and precise scheduling.

But now, all procedures have been skipped.

Above the naval port, the outlines of ships appeared and disappeared amidst the fluctuations of chaotic energy; nearby were the Bloodrage-class Assault Ship, and further away stood the massive Blackrock-class Mothership.

The naval port's operational center has clearly initiated an emergency mobilization process.

As Lin Yi flew through the air, he saw new figures being teleported into the naval port from all directions.

Those are the logistics and reserve personnel who are usually stationed at various locations within the fleet base.

Because these people were weak and slow-flying, and the burden of teleporting them was not high, the Eternal Source Realm experts simply used mass teleportation to directly pull them from their respective posts into the military port. Fluctuations of Chaos Power rose and fell at the entrance of the military port.

Lin Yi followed his team into the designated berth.

Their Bloodrage-class Assault Ship had activated all its energy circuits, and the armor on its hull was emitting a faint glow.

After boarding the ship, Lin Yi noticed a huge shadow slowly approaching outside the porthole.

That's Blackrock-class Mothership.

The Bloodrage-class Assault Ship quickly slid into the ship's dry dock, its metal bulkheads closing in through the portholes, swallowing the entire assault ship into the mothership.

There was more than one ship in the dock.

The Bloodrage-class Assault Ship were lined up neatly like larvae in a honeycomb, with logistics personnel conducting routine inspections on the hulls, and the flashes of various instruments flickering in the dim space.

Lin Yi watched silently for a while, then returned to his own training room. Most of the other blood-armored warriors made the same choice.

Since worrying is useless anyway, we might as well focus on improving our skills.

He had just sat down in the cultivation room when Zero Three's Light Sphere suddenly appeared.

"The fleet is currently synchronizing its voyage information. The fleet will adopt an overload navigation mode and is expected to reach the designated assembly point at the Frontline in approximately ten Epoch."

Zero Three spoke, a virtual light screen appeared out of thin air.

The route is marked by a thick red line, pointing straight towards the Black Mist Sea.

Ten Epoch.

Lin Yi sat down cross-legged, silently feeling the slight vibrations coming from beneath his feet.

That's the Blackrock-class Mothership taking off from its naval berth.

The vibrations gradually subsided and became more stable, then suddenly jolted before returning to calm.

The Blackrock-class Mothership has set sail.

Meanwhile, in Mist Sea City, at the Rui Family.

In the council chamber of the main hall, Ruizhan stared blankly at the streaks of light that kept streaking across the sky outside.

His expression was not good.

"Ruituan." Ruizhan didn't turn around, but simply called out.

Ruituan stood not far behind him, also gazing at the flowing lights outside the window.

Did I really do something wrong?

Ruizhan's voice was calm, but Ruituan could tell it wasn't genuine calm, but rather a suppressed restraint. "We just spent the family's already meager working capital to invest in Lin Yi, and this has happened in the blink of an eye."

As he spoke, he placed his teacup on the windowsill, turned his head, and looked at his younger brother.

"A second outbreak. A second outbreak in the Black Mist Sea... In a battle of this magnitude, let alone those at the early True Source Realm, even those at the early Eternal Source Realm might not survive if they fell in. Given the strength of those lower-ranking Imperial Army soldiers, they could easily perish in such a large-scale battle if they weren't careful."

He chuckled self-deprecatingly, "That Cosmic Clam, plus the Resettlement Area, is worth nearly 20,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystal. It's not a crippling blow to the Rui Family, but it's certainly not a small amount either. Now it seems most likely it's all going down the drain."

Ruituan remained silent for a moment, then slowly walked forward and stood side by side with his elder brother by the window.

Outside the window, the last few streaks of light streaked across the sky, leaving behind several fading dark red afterimages in the upper heavens.

The once bustling streets of Mist Sea City are now much sparsely populated. Many merchant guilds' protective shields are charging up, and pale blue light curtains are rising throughout the city, like sails being folded up before a storm.

"The flowers are already spent," Rui Tuan scoffed. "There's no use thinking about it now."

He turned to look at Ruizhan, "Besides, battles are a disaster for ordinary people, but for the strong, they might be an opportunity. Brother, didn't we encounter the Black Mist Sea eruption when we were escorting goods back then? We survived and broke through to the Eternal Source Realm in one fell swoop, didn't we?"

Ruizhan did not respond.

"That Lin Yi was able to condense the Cosmic Universe Seal in less than an Epoch. With such talent, the probability of him dying on the battlefield might not be as high as you imagine," Ruituan said slowly. "Instead of worrying now, let's wait until he comes back alive and then see if our investment was worthwhile."

Ruizhan remained silent for a long time before finally turning around, picking up the teacup from the windowsill again, and drinking it all in one gulp, as if the warm liquid could suppress the inexplicable heaviness in his chest.

"I hope so," he said.

Bloodrage-class Assault Ship, training room.

Lin Yi closed his eyes and focused his mind, feeling the faint vibrations coming from beneath his feet.

The Blackrock-class Mothership is sailing at full speed in overload mode. At this speed, ordinary void tremors would be directly crushed by the mothership's protective shield. Only when it collides with a high-density chaotic current will the ship experience a barely perceptible tremor.

Ten Epoch...

Lin Yi silently repeated the sentence in his heart.

Within these ten Epoch, he must successfully condense the Time Primal Cosmos Seal.

The second outbreak, the loss of 30% of the defense, and Mantaji's words, "It's uncertain how many will come back alive," still echoed in his mind.

In the face of such a large-scale war, his cultivation at the second level of the True Source Realm is not even a trump card for survival. However, he obviously still needs a considerable amount of time to reach the third level of the True Source Realm. Right now, the best option is to hurry up and complete the condensation of the Time Primal Cosmos Seal.

Each additional Cosmic Universe Seal represents an extra fighting force and a greater chance of surviving and returning alive.

Not to mention the Cosmic Universe Seal of the superior Origin Law.

Spiritual Enlightenment Qi ignited deep within his soul.

Soon, three Epoch passed.

The prototype of the Time Primal Cosmos Seal began to solidify further.

The subtle rhythm of time emanating from him became increasingly clear, and the air in the cultivation room distorted slightly with his breathing, like a heat wave rising from a road in the sweltering heat.

Five Epoch later.

The Time Primal Cosmos Seal within his soul was beginning to take shape.

It floated deep within his soul, and with each rotation, Lin Yi could feel his perception of the flow of time around him becoming more acute.

The flickering frequency of the energy patterns on the wall, the rhythm of the faint airflow seeping in through the crack in the door, and even the extremely brief pauses between my own heartbeat and pulse—everything became clear.

Eight Epoch later.

Lin Yi's soul was suddenly jolted.

The fine time-related patterns on the surface of the Time Primal Cosmos Seal lit up simultaneously, emitting a soft halo.

The halo wasn't dazzling, but rather seemed like a most fundamental understanding that encompassed all things.

Lin Yi slowly opened his eyes.

Within the soul, two Cosmic Universe Seal, one on the left and one on the right, slowly rotated.

He raised his hand, his fingers slightly spread.

With a thought, the Time Primal Cosmos Seal trembled slightly, and a faint power of time surged from his palm, gently enveloping the space in the cultivation room in front of him.

The Chaos Power flowing within the energy patterns on the walls of the chamber, which had been flashing at an extremely fast frequency, now seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand, with each flash drawn out for an incredibly long time.

But his hand continued to move normally.

Lin Yi nodded in satisfaction.

Next, we'll try to create clones with combat capabilities!

He first disbanded the original avatars of his Divine Kingdom within his body, then with a slight thought, three new avatars stepped out from the ripples of spacetime and stood quietly before him.

Then, Lin Yi looked at one of his clones, and the phantom of the Time Primal Cosmos Seal deep within his soul suddenly lit up.

Countless incredibly fine silver-gray runes, like living silver specks of light, emerged from between his brows, converging into a thin stream that swiftly flowed toward the designated clone.

The moment the silver-gray light touched the surface of the clone, it spread as if it were alive.

The clone trembled slightly, and countless silver-gray runes began to appear on its surface.

These runes are not simply attached to the surface, but are like the most intricate energy meridians, deeply imprinted in every strand of the Chaos Rules structure formed by the clone, merging with it as one.

Soon, the silver-gray runes multiplied and became denser, eventually completely enveloping the entire clone.

It's done.

Lin Yi silently sensed it for a moment, then a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

Although maintaining this "Time Seal Clone" requires nearly 30% of his Time Primal Cosmos Seal power, it is undoubtedly well worth it.

This means he has gained a most reliable helper and loyal follower, which will obviously increase his chances of survival in the upcoming battle.

"The Time Primal Cosmos Seal is indeed extraordinary..."

Lin Yi sighed inwardly, then recalled all three clones back into his inner Divine Kingdom.

He himself remained seated cross-legged, intending to use the remaining two Epoch to improve as much as possible.