The man at the head had black hair and wore heavy black armor that exuded a heavy metallic aura. On his back was a giant greatsword several centimeters taller than a person. Every step he took on the steps leading down from the spaceship caused the spaceship to tremble.
His eyes were filled with a chilling intensity, but even more so with the joy of reuniting with an old friend after a long separation.
The woman following behind him was dressed as a mage, floating lightly a few inches off the ground. Her long, snow-white hair cascaded down to her waist, and a pair of cat ears twitched sensitively on her head. She also had noticeable cat whiskers on her face, and a slender staff floated beside her, emanating an invisible pressure of immense magical power.
The next person to emerge was not tall, less than half a meter, but he was riding in a circular flying vehicle without any propulsion equipment. The vehicle simply hovered in the air. The somewhat cramped cockpit could only fit him alone. The cover on the top of the vehicle was open, revealing his small head.
The last person was dressed entirely in black, completely concealing himself, but his tall stature still made him stand out from the crowd.
Having only met them once before, Li Xingkong hadn't paid much attention to them. But after observing them up close, Li Xingkong noticed that they all had traces of energy flow on them.
In other words, this group of adventurers also has a similar training system that allows them to gain power from nothing.
Li Xingkong tried to probe them with his Divine Sense. The energy within their bodies was extremely violent, and their method of using energy was also very direct. After only a slight probe, four white orbs of light appeared directly in front of Li Xingkong.
Compared to ordinary people, they are indeed strong enough. In fact, if the leader of the warriors could skillfully use his energy, destroying a planet would not be difficult.
This made Li Xingkong even more curious. What could possibly be so important that would send such a mercenary team all this way to provide rescue?
After the group disembarked from the spaceship, they went straight to the nobleman who had come to greet them.
Hahaha, Xingci, long time no see!
The leading soldier, beaming with joy, hugged the man tightly.
The aristocratic woman known as Xingci was clearly delighted; the group was likely old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.
" Albert? Good heavens, I almost didn't recognize you after all these years! Where did that handsome young man go? You've become a middle-aged man!"
After Xingci hugged the warrior, she looked him up and down.
"It's been so long. It's been so long since we last met."
Albert laughed. Having lived for so long, it was hard to find the youthful vigor in him anymore. On the contrary, just by standing there, he exuded an aura of composure.
"Hey, what's this? You only welcome him, not us?"
The little guy sitting inside the aircraft shouted, and then the aircraft squeezed forward and circled Xingci a few times.
"I saw you a long time ago, how could I forget? Lady Tataru, you are the head butler of Dawn!"
With just a few words, the little guy, who was about to throw a tantrum, cheered up.
Compared to Tataru's liveliness, the other two were much more composed, simply nodding slightly as a greeting.
"I've asked you to come here because there's an urgent matter that requires your help. I simply can't handle it on my own, so I have no choice but to ask for your assistance."
After a few brief, polite words about the past, a very luxurious hovercar pulled up beside her.
"It's not convenient to talk about this here. Please come with me."
The group's spaceship and equipment were quickly taken away by a specialist, and they all boarded the vehicle and headed towards the city.
Li Xingkong did not immediately follow. Although his Divine Sense could not cover the entire continent, it was still sufficient to keep track of the location of a single vehicle.
Li Xingkong's clone focused a sliver of his Divine Sense on the vehicle's movements, while concentrating most of his attention on the spaceship the mercenary group had arrived on.
Although there were dedicated guards, they were just ordinary people watching over the spaceship. They had no way of detecting Li Xingkong's whereabouts, let alone stopping him.
Li Xingkong to the spaceship only to confirm one thing: whether the purpose of these people's visit was the same as the information that Guapilong had received from the same person.
Such distress signals are usually not sent only once. If their intentions are the same as yours, you can definitely find relevant clues on this spaceship.
His goal was quite clear. After boarding the spaceship and finding the communication pod, he immediately deactivated his tachyon state and reverted to human form. Then, he activated his Divine Sense, causing all the carriers and props in the communication pod to float up. His Divine Sense constructed various adaptive interfaces, receiving all the information from within the entire spaceship.
Sure enough, Li Xingkong found several identical SOS messages in his inbox, the last one being the tattered letter that Guapilong had torn out.
From the spaceship's log, Li Xingkong also learned that this group was called Dawn, a mercenary team that was famous even in the Kingdom of Fixed Light. They had accomplished many great things and could be considered a top-tier mercenary team.
Even behind them, there are two or three civilizations that specifically provide services to this mercenary group.
Their original plans were quite full, with the rescue mission to the Axiom Arc scheduled for a few days later. However, due to Guapilong's accidental mistake of tearing up the last distress letter with the key words missing, they made the wrong judgment.
Without waiting for everyone to be assembled, they only called up a few of the stronger team members and hurriedly flew their spaceship over here.
It's a case of trying too hard and making things worse...
Li Xingkong peeked at the email records between the two parties and got a general idea of what was going on.
The Xingci we just picked up was a member of the Dawn Mercenary Corps before returning to the Axiom Arc. He was considered one of the group's aces, but later, for personal reasons, he chose to return to his hometown.
This call is precisely because of the changes in the Constant Era.
Although the Axiom Arc prohibits any underhanded tactics in academic circles, it still can't stop some people from resorting to underhanded methods in order to advance their galaxy's advancement.
After all, the Constant Era has no positive or negative aspects. Whether it's academic research or scheming, once everyone's scholar level reaches the required level, they will all come to the same Constant Era.