Chapter 394: Marcus
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“What caused Rael to die was a certain prohibition within his body.”
“Perhaps even Rael himself was unaware of the existence of this prohibition. Otherwise, our conversation shouldn’t have been like that…”
In the Boshi Tower, Lu Ming spoke to Jiu Han and the Desolate Demon Lord.
After thinking for a moment, he added, “The function of that prohibition is not just to silence people, but also to prevent the spread of information. It’s precisely because of the existence of the prohibition that the crucial intelligence Rael mentioned couldn’t be captured or understood.”
“That’s not important. In fact, the existence of prohibitions was expected…” Jiu Han tapped his fingers on the stone table and continued, “In Rael’s words, although the crucial things were blocked, he still revealed a meaningful message.”
“That king… is he referring to the king of the Stellar Tribe?”
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, “Yes.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the few people present fell silent.
It was not until Jiu Han said again, “Therefore, this Stellar Tribe has its own social system.”
That was most likely the case.
From the two types of biological weapons, Harvesters and Hunters, it could be seen that the Stellar Tribe was not weak in terms of technological advancement at least.
This also meant that they had a clear social structure and system.
It also implied that Galuo and Rael, who had been defeated by Bai Zhe and Lu Ming, might only be in the middle or lower levels of the Stellar Tribe society.
“For now, let’s not dwell on these matters.”
Lu Ming interrupted the others from digressing further and smiled, saying, “Let’s hide first and stall for time. When we’re done with our preparations, there will naturally be opportunities to deal with them.”
Lu Ming’s so-called completion of preparations naturally meant waiting for Jiu Han’s old divinity to collapse.
This way, the Spiritualized Blood Patterns that had detached from the old divinity could guide everyone in the right direction.
Whether this direction was correct or not was temporarily unimown, but this approach was definitely not problematic.
Before that, the task at hand was how to hold out long enough in this Source Essence Layer that was filled with enemies.
Lu Ming had a solution to this.
“It’s just like when I was in Xuanshui City in the area covered by black mist.”
At that time, Lu Ming was also alone with the Boshi Tower.
Moreover, the surroundings were filled with anomalies and danger.
However, with the use of the array formations, Lu Ming was able to create a safe zone for himself. If not for the Mother Tree coming to find him, the deceptive formation array created by Lu Ming would have been difficult for the anomalies to detect.
Although the current enemies he was facing at this moment were not the mindless creatures like anomalies, the principles were similar.
“In short, leave this matter to me.”
Source Essence Layer, Stellar Tribe Occupied Area, Base 3.
From the numbering of Base 3, it could be seen that this base held a significant position within the Stellar Tribe.
The reality was indeed like this.
Base 1 and 2 had long moved to the True Core Layer, becoming the main city and frontline combat base of the Stellar Tribe in the True Core Layer. Under such circumstances, Base 3, which had a long history, became the political, economic, and military core of the Stellar Tribe in the Source Essence Layer.
The main body of Base 3 was underground.
Different from the normal impression of base structures, the main structure of Stellar Tribe Base 3 was only a few thousand cubic meters in size – roughly equivalent to a spacious rural villa.
It was entirely pure, as if crafted from a single piece of crystal. Looking inside through the exterior, only the flowing energy patterns inside could be seen, without more specific structural details.
All of this was related to the life form of the Stellar Tribe.
The Stellar Tribe had no physical form, and naturally, there was no concept of volume or size.
They could be large or small, and their bases and main cities did not need to consider volume. Only a crystal the size of a fingernail, called the Crystal of the Stellar, was enough to accommodate hundreds or thousands of Stellar Tribe individuals – in a sense, they had similarities to digital life.
Of course, to complement the natural abilities of the Stellar Tribe – Soul Possession – outside the main body of Base 3, there were also supporting biological factories and various entertainment facilities.
Radiating from Base 3 as the core hub, a large number of transparent crystal pipelines extended in all directions. Along the way, various exquisite buildings were constructed into different nodes, and all these nodes collectively formed the broad sense of Base 3.
The Stellar Tribe preferred to call it Star Luo City.
Inside Star Luo City, in the strategic command headquarters.
The Stellar Tribe members in various skins were moving to and fro, completely different from their usual leisurely demeanor.
An angry voice faintly sounded from the general’s office, making one shiver.
“You can’t find them? What do you mean you can’t find them? How can a few living beings disappear for no reason?”
“Rael, this trash, with the Sacred Mark imprinted, can still be killed by someone! What’s the use of him?!”
“What about Eternity? Did that guy Eternity give any explanation?”
“What? Can’t reach him? He took the initiative to cut off contact with the base?”
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“Heh, things have really turned upside down…”
Marcus narrowed his eyes and spat out these words, causing the deputies to fall silent and not dare to say a word.
Marcus, the Chief Commander of the Stellar Tribe’s External Strategic Command, had a violent temper but was extremely powerful. He was decisive and handled many troublesome matters cleanly and efficiently.
He had been the Chief Commander of the External Strategic Command for dozens of eras. Even the other giant of the External Strategic Command, Eternity, who was in charge of all matters in the surface area, was nominally under Marcus. This showed Marcus’ high status and authority.
However, it was unknown if it was due to old age leading to a decline in ability or if the world was undergoing some inexplicable changes.
Marcus had recently felt that things were becoming strange in this epoch.
He could not pinpoint exactly what had become strange… but the most tangible things he could perceive were two points.
Firstly, news about the king became scarcer and scarcer.
How long had it been since the last time the king sent back an oral order? 8.8 million years? Or 9.2 million years?
He could not remember clearly…
In any case, it had been too long, so long that the new generation of the Stellar Tribe could only admire the greatness of the king from history books and glimpse the majesty of the king from stories.
Secondly, his most relied-upon subordinate, Eternity, had encountered problems.
Since the beginning of this epoch, Eternity had reduced contact with the base. Even when they occasionally contacted him, Eternity only provided simple routine reports, never delving into the details of the surface situation. He just stated that everything was under control.
At first, Marcus did not take it seriously, but as hundreds of years passed without any messages from Eternity, Marcus realized that Eternity might have some different thoughts.
Although he did not know what was on Eternity’s mind, combined with all these factors, Marcus always had a feeling that “things were getting out of hand.”
After a long time, Marcus took a deep breath, and his gaze became as deep as an abyss.
“I don’t care what methods you use, contact Eternity and have him return immediately to report.”
“I’ll only give him one month. After one month, I’ll enforce Protocol 13 on him.”
Protocol 13 was a specific protocol of the Stellar Tribe designed to punish internal traitors.
Hearing Marcus’s decision, the others in the office agreed in unison. It was not until a long time later that Marcus spoke again.
“As for those insects that have broken into the Source Essence Layer…”
“Find them if you can, but it doesn’t matter if you can’t.”
“They’re not important.”
Compared to Eternity, Lu Ming and the others were indeed not that important.
After all, they were just a group of surface natives.. Even if they were allowed to behave atrociously in the Source Essence Layer, how much damage could they cause?