Why are you leaving get off work so early today?
The wife took the briefcase from her exhausted husband.
The husband loosened his tie. "I don't know what's wrong with the company today."
"Except for a few key departments, everyone else left work early."
His wife handed him a pair of slippers, her eyes full of hope. "Payday is coming soon, right? You've been working overtime for almost a month this month, you should get a good amount."
Upon hearing this, the husband's expression fell. "We just received a notice from finance yesterday that due to financial problems at the company, salaries will be reduced by 20% this month."
The woman paused, then asked, "Wasn't it just lowered last month?"
The husband sighed helplessly.
The woman sobbed softly, "When will this ever end?"
"You're a martial artist, you've shed blood for this city, and they still treat you like this."
The husband gently embraced his wife, offering a bittersweet comfort, "It will be alright, everything will be alright."
At the same time, he silently added in his mind, "Who told me to be a Low-Level Martial Artist who has suffered serious injuries?"
With tears welling in her eyes and breath, she asked, "How are we going to pay for my child's tuition next month?"
The husband was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll think of something."
After his wife went into the kitchen, the husband stood alone at the doorway, lost in thought.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, he took out a vibrating Stars Card from his pocket.
Upon seeing the few lines of small print above, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly put on his coat.
I have something important to do and need to go out. Don't wait up for me for dinner tonight.
The wife peeked out from the kitchen; the doorway was empty.
"Old man, can you watch the shop for me?"
The young man wearing glasses closed his bookstore and handed the keys to the elderly couple who ran the breakfast shop next door.
The old man looked at it strangely.
Their next-door neighbor spends all his time reading; he doesn't even go out to eat.
Where are you going?
The young man answered nonchalantly, "To fight a war."
The old man's eyes widened. "A... a strange beast has arrived?"
The young man smiled and said, "It's not a monster. If I win, the company won't raise your rent anymore."
The old man seemed to understand but not quite. "What if you lose?"
The young man waved his hand. "Someone else will take my place and keep playing."
A garbage truck was parked on the side of the road, driven by an ordinary middle-aged sanitation worker.
The young man opened the car door and jumped in, grinning at the driver, "You old bones, don't get involved."
The driver pointed to the Stars Card on his chest. "I'm one of the first batch, I've finally waited for this day."
The young man looked out the car window at the roadside trees rushing past. "Yes, this day has finally come."
Sea Capital, Pearl City, Shi'an, Cloud City...
The same scene keeps repeating itself.
They are husband, wife, and son.
They are sanitation workers, shop owners, laborers, and beggars.
They are ordinary people, and they are martial artists.
They, too, are Stars.
These inconspicuous, faintly shining stars converged into a dazzling Milky Way at this moment.
They launched a fierce assault on the Energy Gathering Tower in various cities.
Each Energy Gathering Tower is guarded by a Mobile Team.
But when the Galaxy surges forth, even the Mobile Team can only avoid its brunt.
According to the "pulling the wire" method that Qin Ze had previously told Brother Yuanzi in the group to destroy the Energy Gathering Tower, the Energy Gathering Tower were uprooted one by one.
The support network that the company had spent a long time and countless human and financial resources building for the final battle was thus submerged among the Stars.
Upon hearing this news, the middle-aged man at the company headquarters smashed the table in front of him in two with a single blow.
"These peasants, how dare they! How dare they!"
"Those traitorous dogs, have they forgotten who pays their salaries?"
Seeing his furious boss, the assistant didn't dare to even breathe loudly.
The middle-aged man roared, "Send the Mobile Team immediately and kill all those ungrateful bastards!"
The assistant bowed his head and said, "The main force of the Mobile Team is on the battlefield outside the city, and 90% of the Energy Gathering Tower have been destroyed. There's... there's no way to salvage them."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man slumped to the ground, looking at least ten years older in an instant.
Level Nine battlefield.
Looking at the Energy Gathering Tower that had not yet been launched, Elder Liu felt a sense of foreboding.
Qin Ze had the Stars Card in his hand, and he had just received the order to destroy the Energy Gathering Tower.
At this moment, he finally understood the source of Brother Yuanzi's confidence.
The constellation of Stars is vast, spanning various parts of the mainland.
It is almost a natural counter to the Energy Gathering Tower.
The test subject learned through his puppet that the Energy Gathering Tower had been completely destroyed, and his face was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.
Damn it!
After the previous setback, and without the replenishment of the Energy Gathering Tower, the experimental subject was barely maintaining Level Nine.
Like a candle flame in a storm, flickering on and off.
[ On the Slacking on the Sidelines: There are too many of them, we can't hold on much longer.]
Qin Ze glanced out of the corner of his eye at the other side of the Slacking on the Sidelines.
The Hunter and Law Enforcement officers are being forced to retreat continuously by the newly arrived reinforcements from the Mobile Team.
[ Beast Tamer: My men have arrived]
Fog of War loomed behind Qin Ze.
The Heavenly King and his many clones descended under the cover of the Fog of War.
Like a demon in the smoke, it howled and charged towards the rear of the Mobile Team.
"The Final Boss Team!"
"Go for it!"
"Let me be the first to explode!"
"..."
The Slacking on the Sidelines was overjoyed. "If you've got this trick up your sleeve, you should have used it sooner!"
The Dharma King and the Mist Lord, along with their avatars, went to provide support.
Brother Devour and Giant Overlord stayed with Qin Ze.
With the addition of the Circus, the ground battle situation was finally stabilized.
The Hunter could finally catch their breath.
The Giant Overlord, a head shorter than Qin Ze, carried a massive bone club, and the third vertical pupil on his forehead flashed red light continuously.
The Brother Devour is like a thick wall; just standing there gives one a sense of security.
The test subject stared at Brother Devour for Heavenly King and said in a deep voice, "You've taken in a few decent Apostle."
The clones protested on the Local Area Network.
" Apostle? We're his own father!"
Divine Markings flashed in Qin Ze's eyes, and the two dragons once again coalesced on his shoulders.
"Superior!"
As the Circus's number one shield, Brother Devour took the lead in the charge, standing at the very front.
The experimental subject manipulated earth-attribute power to bombard the Brother Devour.
Brother Devour didn't even try to dodge, letting the attacks land on him, even though his body was already riddled with wounds.
"Madman!"
The test subject clenched his teeth.
Even though he had experienced the War of the Gods, he had never seen such a fierce fighting style.
The Giant Overlord followed closely behind, with Brother Devour blocking in front, allowing him to stand in the back and only need to focus on dealing damage.
The large stick in his hand rained down like whack-a-mole.
The test subject dodged the Giant Overlord's club while focusing fire on Brother Devour.
The Brother Devour is incredibly tanky, refusing to budge an inch despite being hit by his Level Nine damage output.
boom--
Suddenly, Brother Devour opened its blood-red maw from its abdomen, returning all the damage it had suffered.
The experimental subject stumbled like a leaf in the wind.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a chill on the back of his neck.
The test subject couldn't help but raise his head, only to see Qin Ze raising the Divine Markings greatsword and fiercely slashing it towards his head.