Soon.
Seymour returned to report.
"Lord Carlos, Crab sent word. Anubi is dead."
He looked at Carlos before him and said solemnly.
Anubi was actually dead.
It was an unbelievable thing.
Even if Anubi could not defeat Gaia and the others, escaping should have been no problem.
Yet in the end,
they found his corpse.
"Dead?"
The moment Carlos heard Seymour, he abruptly rose from his seat. His scarlet Electronic Eye flickered incessantly.
Anubi was one of his most capable subordinates.
How could he possibly have died?
"Yes, Lord Carlos. This is the situation Crab sent back. His energy orb was taken by someone."
Seymour projected the footage Crab had sent onto his hand.
Seeing the projected footage, Carlos spoke in a grim voice. "Come on. Let's go take a look."
Someone had even taken Anubi's energy orb.
Apart from the Cosmic Star Gods, who else knew the secrets of the Cosmic Star Gods?
"Yes, Lord Carlos."
With that,
Carlos and Seymour leaped down from inside the warship, transforming into two iron spheres. They passed through Mercury's atmosphere and flew toward the coordinates Crab had sent.
When they arrived at the coordinates Crab had sent,
Carlos saw Anubi lying silently in the abyss, a huge hole in his chest. His hands clenched with a series of metallic clicks, his scarlet Electronic Eye flickering nonstop as a dangerous aura spread from him.
"Gaia, Tethys, I will make you wish you were dead."
Anubi had followed him for fourteen billion years and remained absolutely loyal. The moment he discovered the whereabouts of the Star of the Galaxy, he had told Carlos.
Yet now, he had died on this planet.
His energy orb had nearly driven him into a rage.
"Lord Carlos?"
Feeling the violent aura radiating from Carlos, Seymour swallowed nervously and cautiously called out to him.
For now, he had to calm Carlos down first.
"Bring Anubi's body. We're leaving. This time, I will definitely kill Gaia and Tethys and avenge Anubi."
Carlos's voice was filled with gloom and fury.
Killing his subordinate was an unforgivable crime.
"Yes, Lord Carlos."
At this moment,
Seymour did not dare say anything. An enraged Lord Carlos was at his most dangerous.
If he tried to dissuade him,
he might suffer serious injuries even if he did not die.
"Hmph."
Carlos snorted coldly, transformed into an iron sphere, and shot into the sky toward the cosmic warship in outer space.
Gaia, Tethys, are you ready to welcome death?
"Bring Anubi's body. We're leaving."
Seymour glanced at the two Crabs beside him. He likewise transformed into a spherical body resembling a planet, shot rapidly into the sky, and disappeared beyond the heavens.
"Boom."
Seymour landed on the deck of the cosmic warship and came before Carlos. "Lord Carlos, regarding Anubi, I'm sure Lord Salong will have a way to revive him. Perhaps we should—"
He could only comfort Carlos this way, hoping Anubi's death would not make him forget their real objective.
"I know. You don't need to teach me."
Carlos turned toward Seymour unhappily, his scarlet Electronic Eye flickering without pause.
"I wouldn't dare."
Seymour was genuinely startled by Carlos's words.
Teach Lord Carlos what to do?
He must have been tired of living.
"Report. The Black Star God's reinforcements have arrived. Awaiting orders."
Suddenly, a Machine Soldier approached and reported the situation.
"The reinforcements have arrived?"
Hearing this, Carlos looked at the soldier and asked uncertainly.
"Yes, Lord Carlos."
The Machine Soldier nodded in confirmation.
"Has Hidden Wolf sent any news?"
Carlos then asked.
Whether Hidden Wolf had sent word was very important.
"Lord Carlos, Hidden Wolf sent back a report. Judging by the route they took, they should be heading for Venus."
The Machine Soldier gave his analysis and waited for Carlos to make a decision.
"Venus? Fine. Set out for Venus. We must intercept them. This time, I will make Gaia die on Venus."
Carlos spoke through gritted teeth.
The grudge of killing his beloved general could never be reconciled.
"Yes, Lord Carlos."
With that,
the Machine Soldier turned and went to prepare the Interstellar Jump.
"Lord Carlos?"
Seymour looked at him and asked tentatively.
"This is our best chance to kill Gaia and the others. With nearly two thousand soldiers, failing to take them down would be dereliction of duty."
Carlos turned and glanced at him. "Seymour, when the time comes, you will seize the Star of the Galaxy. I will hold them off."
"Yes, Lord Carlos."
"Let's go."
The Lingdong.
Ye Yun sat quietly in the copilot's seat of the Lingdong, his eyes closed as if napping. In truth, his thoughts had already sunk into the Bronze Tower. Looking at the Bronze Portal that had been repaired by two-fifths, he raised the corners of his mouth.
He was not in a hurry to repair the Bronze door. Instead, his gaze fell on Anubi's energy orb.
He reached out and picked up the energy orb. An extremely surging power came from within.
He could clearly sense that Anubi's energy orb was filled with evil power.
But that did not matter. He was not going to absorb it.
He then
placed Anubi's energy orb on the Bronze Portal.
The next moment,
before his very eyes, the light of Anubi's energy orb gradually faded away.
After absorbing Anubi's energy, the Bronze Portal showed no further change. Ye Yun could not help shrugging.
He simply left the Bronze Tower.
In its place, only a pile of powder remained.
"Ye Yun, Ye Yun?"
Lily's voice came from beside him. He turned toward her in confusion. "What is it?"
"If you're tired, go sleep in your room!"
Lily looked at him worriedly.
"No, I'm fine. I just closed my eyes for a moment."
Ye Yun shook his head, stood up, and walked out of the cockpit. "I'm going to wash my face. I've been feeling a little unwell lately."
"Hey, your things."
Lily picked up the photograph from the pilot's seat and handed it to him. "Don't leave things like this lying around, or they can easily get lost."
"Thanks."
He took the photograph Lily handed him and walked out of the cockpit.
"Lily, why do I feel like Big Brother Ye has something on his mind?"
Yaoyao leaned over and looked at Lily.
"Something on his mind? What could he be thinking about?"
Lily looked at her doubtfully. What could he possibly have on his mind?
"He must be missing someone." Yaoyao spoke arrogantly.
"You little brat, what do you know? Go on, go on. Don't meddle in adult matters. Hurry back to your seat."
Lily looked at her helplessly. You were just a child. Don't interfere in adult affairs.
And don't ask about things you should not ask about.
"Fine."
Yaoyao shrugged and returned to her seat.
After Ye Yun left, Dilu stood up from his seat and sat in the copilot's position. "Lily, can we make a deal?"
"What do you want now?"
Lily turned and glanced at Dilu, unsure what this boy was plotting this time.
"Teach me how to pilot the ship."
Dilu grinned cheekily.
He loved flying more than anything. Otherwise, he could never have taken Yaoyao and Xiao An flying through the sky in the 20th Century's single-wing plane.
That was what had triggered the chain of events that followed.
"You're just a little brat. Why aren't you studying instead of flying a plane?"
Lily glanced at the child and shook her head. You were only a middle school student, yet you wanted to fly a spaceship?
Why not study properly? What did you want to do?
"Who says children can't fly planes?"
Dilu snorted at Lily's words, then lowered his brows and pleaded, "Lily, just say yes. If I only watch from beside you, that should be fine, right?"
"Suit yourself. As for whether I'll teach you, that depends on my mood. If I'm in a good mood someday, maybe I will."
Lily waved her hand.
"Are you in a good mood now?"
Dilu seized the opportunity and asked tentatively.
"Get lost!"
Lily shot Dilu a look and let him figure out the rest himself.
"By the way, Yaoyao, why do I smell instant noodles?"
Suddenly,
Lily smelled instant noodles and asked uncertainly.
After all, the Lingdong had air purifiers running every day to keep the air fresh.
It seemed they had not been turned on today.
"Do you? No, right?"
Hearing this,
Lily and Xiao An looked awkward and pretended they knew nothing.
Big Brother Ye had specifically told them not to tell Lily and Dilu.
"No? Zhuoya, what did they eat for lunch today?"
Lily gave the two little ones a deep look. If they would not talk, there was still Zhuoya.
"Yaoyao and Xiao An ate Old Pickled Cabbage and Beef Noodles. The provider was Mr. Ye Yun."
Intelligent Assistant Zhuoya appeared before the Lingdong's space window, looking at Lily, the ship's owner, as she spoke.
"Well, I—"
Yaoyao and Xiao An's faces stiffened at once.
Seeing Lily's amused yet knowing expression, they stammered, "It was, it was Big Brother Ye who told us not to say anything. If we told you, he wouldn't give us instant noodles next time."
"That bastard."
Hearing this, anger appeared in Lily's eyes. He gave these two children instant noodles but would not give her any. He had eaten her food, drunk her drinks, and lived under her roof in the past few days, yet now he even had to secretly hide a cup of noodles.
"Um, I want instant noodles too."
Dilu swallowed and said, "I've only secretly eaten spicy beef noodles once at school. I've never had those old-pickled-whatever beef noodles."
"Are they good?"
Lily looked at the two of them with a dark expression and gritted her teeth. "Instant noodles are bad for your developing bodies. From now on, if he gives you instant noodles, hand them all over to me."
"Lily, instant noodles are bad for your body!"
Yaoyao drew in her neck and said.
"I'm an adult. I'm not afraid. You're all still children, and this will affect your physical development. From now on, hand over all the snacks and other treats Ye Yun gives you. Otherwise, you're not allowed on my spaceship. Mm, it's settled."
Lily rebuked her with righteous indignation.
"You're children, so eating this stuff won't nourish you. I'm different!"
Actually, she couldn't really be blamed.
She had always lived frugally, eating nothing but synthetic food, all so she could repair the Lingdong as soon as possible.
Now that there was free food ready to eat, of course she had to have some.
Bad for the body?
Could synthetic food possibly be good for the body?
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