Former Allies

As he spoke, the young man from another race, accompanied by various intelligent creatures, walked over and bowed to Bai Qiuran.

"Due to limited circumstances, I apologize that I cannot shake your hand, but please let me know my sincere gratitude."

"Let's skip the formalities and get straight to the point."

Bai Qiuran said to him, "You guys want to get your hands on the Machine God, right? Let's make a deal: you give me some information, and I'll help you get it."

The young man from another race was taken aback by Bai Qiuran's straightforwardness. He hadn't expected Bai Qiuran to be so direct, and all the polite words he had prepared were now stuck in his throat.

But after hearing Bai Qiuran's quick wit, the people standing behind the young man from the alien race couldn't stand still. One of them, a strange man who looked like a rat, couldn't help but say, "You're quite the braggart. That Machine God is terrifying. You two think you can take it down? What if you need some classified information, but only two of you join us? Wouldn't we be at a huge loss?"

"You mean we're outnumbered and outmatched?"

Bai Qiuran had no intention of wasting words with him and directly raised her hand, saying, "Alright then, Ruowei, show him what you're made of."

Tang Ruowei glanced at Bai Qiuran and sighed, "Alright."

She raised one hand and softly called out, "Breast Enhancement Bodhisattva."

What kind of tricks are you playing?

The rat-man muttered to himself as he approached, leaning on a wooden stick, but the sight that appeared before him astonished him.

"My mom's up there, what's that?"

Behind Tang Ruowei, in the boundless Void above the Great City, a gigantic hand suddenly appeared. The size of this hand was comparable to that of the Emperor-level Machine Puppet that supported the Great City.

The hand reached out and gently took the Great City where Bai Qiuran and the others were standing from the palm of the Emperor-level Machine Puppet. After a violent tremor, the owner of the giant hand held the Great City in his palm.

Hello.

Tang Ruowei's other thought manipulated the Breast Enhancement Bodhisattva to lower her head. The people standing on the Landing Pad could only see a huge black eye that covered the entire sky, hanging down from the sky and staring intently at them.

"Now, can we talk about terms?"

Bai Qiuran shrugged at the group of dumbfounded guys.

"I think it's okay."

When the young man from another race saw the Breast Enhancement Bodhisattva appear, he was also surprised, but he did not seem as panicked as the others.

After hearing Bai Qiuran's words, he looked behind him, then turned around with an apologetic, bitter smile on his face.

"Please, have mercy and put our City back where it was."

With a tremor, Tang Ruowei manipulated the Breast Enhancement Bodhisattva to place the Great City back into the palm of the Emperor-level Machine Puppet. Then, the young man from the alien race dismissed the others and said to Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei, "Let's talk alone. Please come with me."

Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei followed the young man from another race. Instead of leading them to the center of the Great City City, he led them towards the outskirts of the city.

Along the way, the alien deliberately avoided crowded places, leading the two through many twists and turns until they finally arrived outside the city.

Where exactly do you want to take us?

Tang Ruowei couldn't help but ask.

"Please excuse me, I meant no harm."

The young man from another race turned to Bai Qiuran, Tu Shu, and Tang Ruowei and said, "It's just that our conversation might disturb the Commoners in the Great City, so we have to find another place... We've arrived."

He arrived outside the city first. At this moment, Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei suddenly felt a huge presence approaching from the sky. They looked up and found that it was the Emperor-level Machine Puppet, which stretched out its topmost palm towards them.

With his palm resting on the edge of the Great City, the young man from the alien race stepped forward and gestured for Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei to come in.

"Please."

"I see."

As Bai Qiuran stepped into the palm of the Emperor-level Machine Puppet, he said, "I said you're just a phantom, your Souls is actually inside this Emperor-class Machine Puppet, isn't it... How could the Machine God tolerate you?"

"You actually noticed?"

The young man from another race smiled wryly, "You've surprised me too many times; I don't even know if I should show any more surprise now."

It doesn't matter.

Bai Qiuran replied, "Let's get down to business."

"If it's serious business, then that's a long story."

As the young alien made the Emperor-level Machine Puppet raise its hand, allowing Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei to take in the scenery of this refuge world, he said, "This matter dates back to a very, very long time ago, when the Machine God first appeared. Before the Machine God appeared, there were several worlds in this Void that, through their own development, carved out their own path. My civilization was one of them."

"The rise and arrival of the Machine God is like Heavenly Gods descending to earth for many living beings today, but many, many years ago, when we first encountered the Machine God, it was not as powerful as it is now."

The young man from another race gazed into the distance, as if reminiscing about something.

"When we first saw it, it was just a giant Spaceship controlled by various rudimentary mechanical Puppet. We didn't know what Spaceship it belonged to or where it came from, so we approached the Machine God with awe and utmost caution."

"The contact went smoothly. The mechanical life on this giant Spaceship seemed to have an innate goodwill towards us tangible life forms. Therefore, we united to explore the Void together, and eventually, our civilization and the Machine God merged into one."

"That was the golden age of our race."

The young alien man instructed the Emperor-level Machine Puppet to raise its hand even higher, then said, "The flame of our civilization has swept across the nearby Void with the force of a wildfire, bringing our Glory to countless uncivilized Material World. We, along with the Machine God, have become gods to those races."

"However, this good fortune didn't last long. At some point later, we discovered a barrier erected in the Void by an Ancient Times Super-Civilization. After seeing the barrier, none of us acted rashly. However, the Machine God suddenly became fanatical. It told us that it wanted to go to the other side of the barrier to fulfill the mission left to it by the Creator."

"Our persuasion was completely ineffective. The Machine God stubbornly used its power to drill a Rift in the Consciousness Barrier, but from within it emerged some strange creatures..."

"It feeds on thought, and is immortal, right?"

Bai Qiuran waved his hand and said, "That thing was called Consciousness Demon,' and we've already destroyed it. It won't amount to anything."