Chapter 474 Clearing the Scene

At this moment, the captains, seeing the swarming Apocalypse Divine Kingdom mecha formations, cried out in panic over the communication channel.

“Quick, retreat!”

The already flustered soldiers became even more terrified, desperately fleeing backward.

The entire scene was a complete rout.

Rhine looked at this scene and asked in astonishment, “Boss, why does it feel wrong? Is this a strategic retreat? It feels more like a collapse.”

“Alas~”

Su Ming looked at the scene and also felt a bit regretful. He didn’t know what to say, so he could only sigh helplessly.

He recalled how, when they had previously attacked the Dark Star Empire’s defenses and the Heavenly Base Heart, and were chased while retreating after completing the mission, it hadn’t felt this exaggerated.

Fortunately, at this moment, the Rainy City’s fleet poured out a frantic barrage of firepower at all costs, covering the retreating mecha formations.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sky-filled barrage fell into the pursuing mecha units of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom, and countless fireworks lit up.

But even so, many retreating mecha units were still destroyed.

Time passed second by second.

Soon, all Federal forces had retreated to the vicinity of Sea God Fortress. At this point, Alicia’s stern voice echoed through the communication channel.

“Everyone listen, the central area forces immediately spread out to both sides!”

Su Ming and the others were startled when they heard this order, feeling a bit confused.

However, the Rainy City’s forces immediately carried out the order. The central area forces spread out to both sides, revealing a large empty expanse of starry sky.

At this moment, everyone’s scanning devices popped up with green dots.

Two Level 5 Battleships and a swarm of mechas escorted a colossal mechanical device into the field. It was three hundred kilometers long, rectangular in shape, and had flames spewing from its tail.

Morigko piloted the V Generation Mecha, Ice Demon, standing atop it.

Su Ming and the others showed surprised expressions when they saw the weapon entering the field; they had never seen a weapon with such a peculiar shape.

At this moment, the Rainy City’s officers shouted with joy.

“Look, it’s Master Morigko!”

“He’s leading the team to support us!”

After seeing the Ice Demon Mecha, the morale of the Rainy City forces, which had been at an all-time low, instantly rebounded.

Morigko could be said to be one of the spiritual pillars of Rainy City, possessing extremely high prestige.

At this time, the war correspondents, seeing the sudden turn of events, also discussed in great surprise.

“What kind of weapon is this?”

“I don’t know, I’ve never seen it.”

“Quick, photograph it!”

Numerous war correspondents photographed the colossal weapon entering the field.

In the Thunder Pole’s central control room.

Jon reported to Irelia in surprise, “Commander Irelia, Master Morigko has escorted an unknown weapon into the field.”

“I know.”

Irelia looked at the weapon, her expression slightly moved, and replied.

At this moment, the three-hundred-kilometer-long colossal weapon shut down its tail propulsion device, and then Morigko piloted the Ice Demon Mecha to fly upwards.

The entire colossal weapon lit up with white lines, and its head began to split open, extending backward like a blooming flower bud, slowly revealing sparkling crystal plates.

When the entire weapon was fully deployed, it instantly transformed into a crystal flower with a diameter of over five hundred kilometers, with a two-hundred-kilometer-long metal cone spike extending from its center.

In the Sea God Fortress’s central control room.

On the virtual operation screen, an old man with white hair, wearing a white research suit, and a serious expression, reported to Alicia.

“The Pure World Flower has fully deployed!”

“Circuit self-check normal!”

“Group 1 energy preheating complete!”

“Group 2 energy preheating complete!”

Old Woman Bi Han and the others watched with excited expressions.

In the Heavenly God Fortress’s central control room.

A Ta Xi reported to Edrig in fear, “Master Edrig, Rainy City has deployed an unknown weapon, and it looks terrifying!”

“Quick, notify the troops to retreat!”

Edrig gave the order with great unease.

Although he didn’t know what kind of monstrous weapon this was, just from its appearance, he could sense how terrifying it was.

“Yes!”

A Ta Xi quickly responded.

In the starry sky.

Upon receiving the order, the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom’s forces turned and fled in a panic!

The Heavenly God Fortress and numerous warships retreated backward.

“Quick, retreat!”

Panicked voices continuously echoed through the public communication channel.

In the Sea God Fortress’s central control room.

Old Woman Bi Han reported to Alicia, “Master Alicia, the enemy is retreating.”

“Now they want to run? Too late!”

Alicia said coldly.

At this moment, Dr. Amon Gate respectfully reported, “Master Alicia, the 12 sets of Star Core Hearts are preheated, and Pure World Light is ready!”

“Very good, destroy them!”

Alicia slammed her hand on the armrest, stood up, and gave the order with a fierce expression.

“Yes!”

Dr. Amon Gate responded in a deep voice.

Instantly, all the crystal plates of the Pure World Flower lit up, emitting beams of light. These beams were continuously refracted within the crystal plates, finally converging into the central multifaceted mirror.

Sizzle!

The white metal cone spike extending from the central area flickered with terrifying energy fluctuations, instantly erupting into brilliant light.

In the Heavenly God Fortress’s central control.

Red warning boxes popped up one after another.

“Warning: Super high energy fluctuations detected!”

“Warning: Heavenly God Fortress locked on!”

The Operator reported in panic, “Master Edrig, we’ve been locked on!”

Edrig looked at this scene and roared in shock and anger, “Immediately evade!”

“Yes!”

The Operator responded in fear.

Sizzle!

Instantly, a white pillar of light, like a world-ending beam, shot out, directly striking the Heavenly God Fortress.

At the same time, the entire light pillar continuously spread out circles of light waves along its path!

Everything in its path, whether meteorites, mechas, or warships, was completely annihilated.

They didn’t even have a chance to scream or feel pain, departing peacefully.

Boom!

Finally, the white light pillar hit the Heavenly God Fortress’s energy shield.

The entire shield shattered with a roar, and the light pillar ultimately struck the Heavenly God Fortress itself.

However, because the Heavenly God Fortress activated its emergency gravity device and began a downward evasion, the light pillar only hit the upper half of the fortress.

A massive explosion instantly swept through, and the entire upper half of the fortress was annihilated and engulfed.

After the Pure World Flower’s attack ended, nearly half of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom’s forces were annihilated. Only Deshir’s forces on the right wing, who had not pursued and were far from the attack range, remained unaffected.

Rhine and the others, witnessing this scene, were completely stunned. With just one strike, nearly half of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom’s forces were annihilated.

Su Ming also gasped, the power of this weapon was truly astonishing.

At this moment, the fleets of the three major Neutral Countries of Tidal Star Sea had just arrived, witnessing a historic moment firsthand, and were all too stunned to speak.

In the Heavenly God Fortress’s central control room.

The violent vibrations and impacts knocked all the Operators helter-skelter.

Edrig also fell from his command chair, landing face-first on the ground.

Black warning boxes popped up on the operation screen.

“Warning: Heavenly God Fortress’s main power damaged, power lost!”

“Warning: Heavenly God Fortress’s backup power activated!”

“Warning: Heavenly God Fortress internal depressurization!”

“Master Edrig, are you alright?”

A Ta Xi rushed over to help up the disheveled Edrig, asking in fear.

“Quick, go, the fortress is about to collapse!”

Edrig ignored his injuries from the fall and shouted urgently.

A Ta Xi quickly led Edrig towards the elevator platform.

In the Star Destroyer · Pray Light’s central control room.

The Operator reported in extreme panic, “Master Ji Er Di Te, our forces have been heavily damaged, and the Heavenly God Fortress is finished!”

“Retreat!”

Archbishop Ji Er Di Te looked at the heavily damaged forces and gave the order with gritted teeth.

As the order was given, the surviving Apocalypse Divine Kingdom forces turned and fled in extreme panic for their lives.

At this moment, Morigko, piloting the V Generation Mecha, Ice Demon, led a swarm of mechas in a charge, shouting through the communication channel, “Everyone listen, the time for revenge has come, kill!”

“Kill!”

In an instant, all the Rainy City forces roared with excitement.

They manipulated their mechas to charge towards the fleeing Apocalypse Divine Kingdom forces, beginning to mercilessly beat them down.

In the Star Destroyer · Pray Light’s central control.

The Operator reported in fear, “Master Deshir, we have lost! The Federation’s forces are coming over.”

“Immediately notify all personnel to evacuate, and cut off all communications!”

Deshir immediately gave the order to retreat. It was fortunate that he hadn’t gone forward to pursue, otherwise he would have been crippled if not dead.

However, besides retreating, Deshir also had a backup plan. Now his forces were the most complete, and he didn’t want to stay behind to cover the rear.

“Ah? Yes!”

The Operator was stunned for a moment upon hearing Archbishop Deshir’s words, but then quickly reacted and immediately carried out the order.

Soon after, the heavily damaged Apocalypse Divine Kingdom forces fled the battlefield, and the war was completely over.

The entire starry sky was filled with wreckage.

In the Sea God Fortress’s central control room.

Old Woman Bi Han and the others, with emotional expressions, reported to Alicia.

“Master Alicia, we won!”

Alicia looked at the tragic battlefield, her face showing a very complex expression. They had indeed won, but the cost was also extremely heavy.

She took a deep breath, calmed her turbulent heart, and said in a deep voice, “Connect everyone!”

“Yes!”

Old Woman Bi Han immediately carried out the operation.

Soon all communications were connected, and Alicia said excitedly, “Everyone, I am City Lord Alicia. I officially announce our victory here. Thank you all for your brave fighting. History will remember this moment!”

“We won!”

“We finally won!”

“Long live City Lord Alicia!”

In an instant, everyone erupted, cheering with immense excitement.

Alicia listened to the cheers of the crowd and took a deep breath.

“I now announce that everyone will proceed with rescue and collection of spoils!”

“Yes!”

Everyone responded excitedly.

Rhine also said to Su Ming with great excitement, “Boss, did you hear? We won!”

However, there was no response in the communication channel.

“Boss, why aren’t you speaking?”

“Boss, say something, don’t joke with me!”

Rhine shouted, a bit panicked.

After a long while, there was still no response.

“Boss, hold on! Medic! Medic!”

Rhine immediately realized something was wrong and quickly flew towards the Thunder Pole with Su Ming.

….. — In Hagavitt Royal City, Interstellar Airport.

At the boarding gate, countless citizens gathered, holding their tickets and angrily protesting.

“Why aren’t you letting us board!”

“Sorry, sirs and madams! The Interstellar Airport is already under control, and no spacecraft can depart now!”

The ground crew tried their best to persuade them.

“Protest! Let us go!”

Countless citizens were furious to the extreme.

Just as the situation was about to spiral out of control, soldiers rushed over one by one.

The numerous citizens were startled, thinking they were about to be violently suppressed, but the leading captain shouted to the crowd, “Everyone quiet down, Rainy City won, the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom was defeated!”

As soon as these words came out, the previously very noisy scene immediately quieted down, and everyone had expressions of disbelief.

“You’re not lying to us, are you?”

A bald middle-aged man hesitated and asked.

“Why would I lie to you? You can check online, the battle report has already been sent back!”

The leading captain assured them solemnly.

“No way, Rainy City won? Then why are we running away!”

“Exactly!”

The citizens on site said with joy.

The chaotic situation completely ended.

….. — In Sea God City, Central Hospital.

Su Ming slowly opened his eyes; the dazzling bright light made it difficult for him to keep them open.

However, his eyes quickly adjusted, and the white ceiling came into view.

At this moment, joyful voices rang out.

“Boss, you’re awake.”

Su Ming turned his head and saw Borden, Rhine, and others guarding the bedside.

Just as he was about to get up, he felt pain all over his body and couldn’t help but gasp.

“Hiss!”

“Master Su Ming, please don’t move around!”

Borden quickly reminded him.

“What happened to me?”

Only then did Su Ming notice that his entire body was bandaged.

“You suffered a strong impact. Now you not only have a concussion, but several bones are also fractured.”

Borden explained to Su Ming.

“Is it that exaggerated?”

Su Ming replied with a somewhat strange expression.

“When you were fighting, your body secreted a large amount of adrenaline, blocking the pain, so you didn’t feel it. It’s also fortunate that your mecha performed well, you were wearing combat armor, and you had injected the IV Type Genetic Drug, making your body far surpass ordinary people, otherwise you definitely wouldn’t have survived.”

Borden wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and said.

“It’s true, Boss, when we opened the cockpit, you were bleeding all over.”

Rhine and the others said with lingering fear.

“Alright, how long have I been unconscious, and where is this?”

Su Ming replied with a wry smile.

“Boss, you were unconscious for three days. Your injuries were very severe, so you were transferred to the Sea God City Central Hospital, which has better medical equipment.”

“Oh, how’s the situation now?”

“The situation is very good now. We achieved victory, and the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom has already retreated. However, the casualties this time were very heavy; many people died. The memorial service was just held yesterday.”

Rhine said with a heavy heart.

“I understand.”

Su Ming sighed and replied.

At this moment, the door to the ward was pushed open, and Elu entered with a thermos and Irelia.

Irelia, seeing that Su Ming was awake, asked with concern, “You’re awake, are you feeling better?”

“Much better, Senior.”

Su Ming replied with a smile.

“Boss, I brought some nutritious porridge. Let me feed you a little, you haven’t eaten for days.”

Elu said to Su Ming.

“Okay.”

Su Ming also felt quite hungry.

Elu opened the thermos while saying to Rhine and the others, “Rhine, you guys go get something to eat too. Irelia and I will watch him here.”

“Alright, Boss, then we’ll be going first.”

Rhine and the others said to Su Ming.

“Go ahead.”

Su Ming replied simply.

Rhine and the others walked out the door.

Elu walked to the edge of the bed and carefully reached out to help Su Ming’s upper body up, letting him lean against the headboard.

When Elu had finished, just as she was about to feed Su Ming the nutritious porridge.

The ward door suddenly opened, and Rhine’s head poked in. He called out to Elu with a chuckle, “Elu, come here for a moment.”

“What do you want? Can’t you see I’m busy here?”

Elu looked at Rhine with a puzzled expression.

“Come here for a moment, I have something important to tell you.”

Rhine said to Elu with a smile.

Elu had no choice but to put down the nourishing porridge and asked Irelia Senior next to her.

“Irelia Senior, would you mind helping to feed Su Ming?”

“Alright!”

Irelia replied indifferently.

Hearing this, Su Ming’s eyelids twitched, and he turned to glare at Rhine. What was this guy doing?

Rhine, seeing Su Ming look at him, returned a ‘you’re welcome’ look.

Su Ming was instantly speechless, feeling a bit amused and helpless.

Soon, Elu and Rhine left the ward, leaving only Su Ming and Irelia in the room.

Irelia sat on the edge of the bed, scooped a spoonful of steaming nourishing porridge, and gently blew on it.

Su Ming looked at this scene and said somewhat awkwardly.

“Irelia Senior, isn’t this too much trouble for you? Why don’t we wait for Elu to come back?”

“No need. If you feel bad about it, just repay me when you have the chance in the future.”

A faint smile appeared on Irelia’s cold face as she gently fed the nourishing porridge to Su Ming.

Su Ming ate with an embarrassed expression.

Just then, the ward door was pushed open again, and a cheerful voice rang out.

“Su Ming, we’re here to see you!”

Su Ming turned his head and saw Feilong and Jon walking in, carrying a bag of oranges.

Feilong and Jon were instantly petrified when they saw the scene before them, their minds buzzing.

Thump!

The bag of oranges in Jon’s hand fell to the ground, and oranges rolled everywhere.

“Old Fei, Jon, you guys are here.”

Su Ming greeted them awkwardly.

“Yes, you’re eating. In that case, we won’t disturb you for now. You should rest well.”

Feilong and Jon quickly squatted down, picked up the scattered oranges in a few swift movements, put them into the bag, casually placed the oranges aside, and then hastily retreated.

Su Ming forced a smile and said to Irelia.

“Old Fei and Jon are just too polite. They came to visit and even brought fruit.”

“Do you want to eat? Should I peel one for you?”

Irelia looked at Su Ming with interest.

“No need, drinking porridge is good enough.”

Su Ming quickly shook his head and replied.

“Okay.”

Irelia patiently fed him porridge.

A long time later, Su Ming finished the porridge and lay on the hospital bed.

Irelia sat beside him, quietly looking at Su Ming.

“Uh, Senior.”

Su Ming said somewhat uneasily.

“What’s wrong?”

“My body feels a bit uncomfortable from lying down for so long. Can you push me out for some fresh air?”

“Is your body okay?”

“No problem. Actually, compared to the biological machine contamination, this injury is nothing.”

“Alright!”

Irelia walked to the corner of the ward and pushed a wheelchair over.

She carefully helped Su Ming up, assisted him into the wheelchair, and then pushed him out of the ward.

Tidal Star Sea · Aumya Empire (Neutral Countries) Main Star.

Apocalypse Divine Kingdom Strategic Command Headquarters Conference Room.

A wooden oval conference table was located in the center of the conference room.

Edrig sat in the main seat, his face bruised.

Archbishop Deshir, Archbishop Ji Er Di Te, Archbishop McKenwa, General Long Mellite, Sorenk, Lily, Byrut, and others sat in the other positions.

The entire conference room was very quiet, everyone’s expressions were grim, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

The Tidal Star Sea campaign ended in a crushing defeat; they not only lost nearly half of their troops, but their elites suffered extremely heavy casualties. After all, the soldiers who charged at the front were often the most courageous.

“We are all responsible for this defeat. I will personally ask God Emperor Fanluo for forgiveness.”

Edrig suppressed the anger in his heart and said to everyone.

Although they lost to the Rainy City’s special weapon this time, it didn’t mean they had no chance of winning.

They could have quickly defeated the Rainy City’s forces and won the central battlefield.

But now they were crippled, becoming the laughingstock of the entire world.

Archbishop McKenwa and the others remained silent. There was no point in saying anything at this stage, but fortunately, this defeat was not attributed to any single individual.

“Lord Edrig, there’s nothing to say about the defeat; no one expected Rainy City to use such a powerful weapon. However, Su Ming’s matter cannot be simply dismissed.”

At this moment, Byrut stepped forward and said gloomily.

He was not only angry that Lily didn’t kill Su Ming, but also because Lily’s attitude towards Su Ming was very special, which made him extremely jealous.

Edrig heard Byrut’s words, turned his head, and coldly questioned Lily.

“Lily, you clearly had a chance to kill Su Ming, why didn’t you act?”

“That’s because it wouldn’t have been a fair victory. Mr. Su Ming and I were in a knightly duel, and Byrut interfered with a sneak attack, ruining our duel. I would not lay a hand on Mr. Su Ming!”

Lily replied coldly.

“Lily, this is a battlefield where only victory and defeat matter, not a dueling arena! Do you know that Su Ming killed two of our Saint Eleanor Knights and ruined so many of our plans?”

Edrig angrily reprimanded.

“Lord Edrig, the Holy Scripture contains regulations regarding knightly duels. I believe you should be clearer about them than I am. I followed the regulations of the Holy Scripture, is there a problem?”

Lily replied without reservation.

She didn’t think she had done anything wrong.

“You!”

Edrig stood up from his chair, enraged by Lily’s words.

“Lord Edrig, please calm down. The Saint Eleanor Knights indeed have their own precepts, which clearly define the disciplines they must uphold, and one of them is about chivalry.”

Archbishop Deshir quickly stepped forward to explain for Lily.

“Rules are dead, people are alive. Can’t she even distinguish that? If Byrut hadn’t interfered with a sneak attack at that time, she might have died by Su Ming’s hand.”

Edrig said coldly.

“If I lost the duel, I would die willingly. Of course, if I won, I would kill him without you even needing to say it!”

Lily replied with a very strong attitude.

Everyone fell silent upon hearing Lily’s words.

The Saint Eleanor Knights of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom were indeed bound by various precepts. But in recent years, who still adhered to those ancient precepts?

After hearing Lily’s words, Edrig’s blood pressure also surged, but he still suppressed the anger in his heart and said.

“Someone, take Lily away and keep her under strict guard! I will report to God Emperor Fanluo and then decide on the punishment!”

“Lord Edrig, is it necessary to alarm God Emperor Fanluo about this?”

Deshir said with a slight change in expression.

“No more talk, take her away!”

Edrig waved his hand.

Two officers immediately stepped forward and respectfully said to Lily.

“Lady Lily, please come with us.”

Lily immediately got up and followed them out.

“Alright, today’s meeting ends here.”

Edrig said coldly.

Archbishop Deshir and the others, hearing Edrig’s words, silently got up and left.

Soon, only Edrig and A Ta Xi remained in the conference room.

A Ta Xi respectfully asked.

“Lord Edrig, Lily’s actions are clearly going against you. Why didn’t you directly convict her?”

“It’s not that easy. Not to mention her family behind her, just with Archbishop Deshir watching, we can’t just do anything to her. Besides, our troops are crippled now, only Deshir’s troops are intact, so we can’t fall out with him at this time.”

Edrig said coldly.

“Then how will you explain this defeat to God Emperor Fanluo?”

A Ta Xi asked worriedly.

“You don’t need to worry about that, I have my own way to explain. You may leave for now!”

Edrig said to A Ta Xi.

“Yes!”

A Ta Xi then respectfully withdrew.

Edrig sat alone in the conference room, pondering for a long time, then raised his hand and waved.

A virtual operation interface appeared.

Edrig tapped a few times, activating the long-distance communication device, and sent a communication request to God Emperor Fanluo.

Time passed bit by bit.

Ten minutes later, the communication was successfully established, and the majestic holographic image of God Emperor Fanluo appeared.

Edrig greeted him respectfully.

“God Emperor Fanluo.”

“Edrig.”

Van Lo looked at Edrig and spoke coldly.

“God Emperor, I am very sorry. We were defeated, lost to Rainy City, and suffered extremely heavy losses. Arrebi was killed in action.”

Edrig reported in a low voice.

God Emperor Fanluo’s face turned ashen upon hearing Edrig’s words, and he spoke with a sinister tone.

“Edrig, I sent you to the Tidal Star Sea to personally supervise the battle, and you bring me back such bad news?”

“God Emperor, the main reason for this defeat was that Rainy City used an incredibly powerful secret weapon, catching us off guard.”

“Do you think explanations are useful? This trip to the Tidal Star Sea, you accomplished nothing and lost troops!”

“God Emperor, please calm your anger. Actually, this trip to the Tidal Star Sea was not without any gains. I received a very important piece of news that I was about to report to you.”

Edrig said respectfully.

“Edrig, do you think your news can offset the matter of the defeat?”

God Emperor Fanluo stared at Edrig with an unsettling gaze.

“God Emperor, I believe you will be very pleased after hearing this news.”

Edrig replied with great confidence.

God Emperor Fanluo, seeing Edrig’s confidence, sneered and said.

“Good, tell me.”

“God Emperor, I have reliable information that Council Speaker Long Xian is very likely dead, and even if he isn’t, his situation is very bad.”

Edrig reported the intelligence revealed by Kloss to God Emperor Fanluo.

God Emperor Fanluo’s expression suddenly changed upon hearing Edrig’s words, and he stared intently at Edrig, asking.

“Impossible, absolutely impossible!”

“God Emperor, don’t you think the Federation has been acting strangely and mysteriously lately?”

“Did he give up? Is this news reliable?”

“Absolutely reliable, this news came from within the Federation.”

Edrig assured Van Lo, and at the same time, transmitted the video of his conversation with Kloss.

After watching the video and combining it with the intelligence he had received, Van Lo was instantly overjoyed and laughed.

“Haha! Excellent, Dragon String that old geezer is still so pedantic. Edrig, you’ve done very well. I will not hold this defeat against you.”

“Thank you, God Emperor Fanluo, but now that we are defeated, what should we do next?”

“You don’t need to do anything. You just need to defend well in the Tidal Star Sea, and I will make the rest of the arrangements!”

“Yes, also, God Emperor, I have one more thing to report.”

“Speak!”

“In this Tidal Star Sea war, Byrut desperately wounded Su Ming. But at the critical moment, Lily actually ignored orders and let Su Ming go. God Emperor, how should Lily be dealt with? Should she be convicted?”

Edrig respectfully inquired.

Van Lo’s eyes flashed with a hint of anger after hearing Edrig’s words, but it quickly returned to normal, and then he spoke.

“No need!”

“God Emperor, just let her go like that?”

“We cannot touch her now. Archbishop Deshir and those old conservative factions are still around. I will deal with her after I dismantle them.”

“Understood.”

“Just place her under house arrest and control her.”

“Yes!”

Edrig replied respectfully.

— —

Sea God Fortress · Central Hospital.

Irelia pushed Su Ming, walking down the long corridor.

On one side of the corridor, there were rows of hospital beds, and injured soldiers lay on them, groaning in pain.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant and blood.

Many doctors and nurses were busy treating the wounded.

Su Ming looked at the scene before him, his expression slightly somber.

Irelia pushed Su Ming forward, and they soon arrived at the Central Hospital’s observation platform.

Gusts of breeze blew past.

Su Ming looked towards the hillside on his right, and rows of upright cross gravestones came into view, with bouquets of flowers placed in front of them.

The entire Sea God Fortress Central Hospital and the cemetery were adjacent to each other, both located to the lower left of Sea God Castle, on relatively high ground.

Su Ming looked at the cemetery for a long time, then turned his head to look at the bustling city in the distance, a single line separating what felt like two different worlds.

Su Ming was deeply moved for a moment. Once upon a time, his ideal was grand unification, to build a dream world of permanent peace.

“What are you thinking about?”

Irelia looked at the lost-in-thought Su Ming and asked.

“I was thinking, wouldn’t it be better if humanity was unified?”

Su Ming replied with some emotion.

“Impossible. Since ancient times, wherever there are people, there are disputes, only what they dispute over differs.”

“I stand corrected.”

“There’s nothing that can be done about it. After all, sometimes only truth can make a judgment, and of course, the outcome doesn’t matter whether it’s right or wrong.”

Irelia said indifferently.

“As expected of Senior, well said.”

Su Ming praised Irelia.

Irelia glanced at Su Ming and asked with a smile.

“Junior Su Ming, can I ask you something?”

“Of course, no problem.”

“Why do you know the spear techniques of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom’s Saint Eleanor Knights, and why are you so skilled?”

“Uh, Senior, please don’t misunderstand, I’m not some JD.”

Su Ming’s expression stiffened, and he quickly explained.

“Why are you so nervous? I never suspected you were JD.”

Irelia replied with growing interest.

“I’m not nervous, I just didn’t want you to misunderstand, right? Actually, that spear technique is self-taught. You know I have pretty good talent.”

Su Ming explained awkwardly.

“Pretty good talent? Do you think the Saint Eleanor Knights and Grand Elders of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom would want to bang their heads against a block of tofu and die if they heard your words?”

Irelia asked with a smile.