To keep up appearances-something they had to do, at least when the enemy was strong and they were weak-the Spirit Pagoda's senior officials ultimately chose to wait at the entrance for Mo Yuan.
In the plaza outside the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Qiangu Dongfeng, Leng Yaozhu, Li Mengjie, Xu Shengqun, Damo, Han Tianyi, and the others had already been waiting for nearly twenty minutes.
They had arranged a proper reception for honored guests, laying out a red carpet and stationing an honor guard on either side, but everyone's expression looked strained.
Qiangu Dongfeng kept his eyes lowered, his thoughts unreadable.
Leng Yaozhu's eyes, meanwhile, held anticipation. She was now just one step away from finding her younger sister.
Li Mengjie and her group huddled together, casting glances at Qiangu Dongfeng with complicated expressions.
Just then, a tiny silver-gray dot appeared on the distant horizon. It rapidly grew larger in their field of vision, its outline sharpening from a blur.
Finally, a spacecraft with a long, slender hull descended through the clouds, its silver coating reflecting an even sheen in the sunlight.
The spacecraft descended slowly, but when its nearly two-hundred-meter-long hull hovered above the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, an enormous shadow instantly swallowed the plaza below.
The welcoming crowd looked up in unison and was immediately stunned.
"What is that?"
"A weapon Anti-Entropy developed in secret?"
"A flying ship?"
Qiangu Dongfeng frowned. He had heard that Anti-Entropy possessed a Floating Battleship, but this was his first time seeing it in person.
Still, there was nothing he could do. Since he had chosen peace talks, he could only endure it, even if it meant showing weakness to the enemy.
The Chronos slowly descended. Finally, a pillar of light fell, and two figures emerged from within it.
The one walking in front was naturally