Chapter 483: Divine Word Army

“Damn these wretched commoners! Get my mecha over here!”

Anko, the City Lord, lifted his wristband and shouted into the communication channel.

“Yes, it’s here!”

At that moment, a responding voice echoed through the communication channel. Immediately after, a Third Generation Mecha, Light Wing, descended from the sky, landing in front of Vickent and the others, facing Anko, the City Lord.

Vickent and the others were startled to see the Light Wing Mecha land.

“Excellent! No, wait, my mecha? Who exactly are you?!”

Anko suddenly reacted, cursing furiously and stomping his feet.

At this moment, the Light Wing Mecha raised the long spear in its hand, pointing it directly at Anko and saying,

“Your grandpa! Surrender!”

“Brother Su!”

Upon hearing the voice, Vickent and the others instantly erupted with excitement, shouting in pleasant surprise.

“You bastard! How dare you trick me! Kaden, kill them!”

Anko, the City Lord, roared at Kaden.

“Yes!”

Kaden immediately controlled the Third Generation Mecha, Light Wing, charging fiercely towards Su Ming.

A cold glint flashed in Su Ming’s eyes. He pulled the control stick, maximizing power output. The entire Light Wing Mecha, like an awakened beast, surged forward to meet the charge.

“Foolish! How dare you confront me head-on? This time next year will be your death anniversary! Die!”

Kaden, supremely confident, raised the long spear in his hand and thrust it towards Su Ming.

Su Ming maneuvered the Light Wing to the side, precisely dodging the incoming long spear. Immediately after, he thrust his spear forcefully towards Kaden.

Kaden watched the approaching long spear, his body trembling violently, a look of terror on his face. He decisively activated his energy barrier.

Crack!

The long spear struck the energy barrier directly, causing the entire energy barrier to twist violently.

Su Ming controlled the mecha to raise its left hand and slammed his palm heavily onto the butt of the spear.

Crack!

The already precarious energy barrier instantly shattered.

Kaden frantically controlled his mecha to retreat, but his actions were full of glaring flaws.

Su Ming controlled the Light Wing Mecha to charge forward sharply, delivering a venomous snake-like thrust towards Kaden.

Kaden also frantically raised the long spear in his hand to counterattack!

Rip!

The long spear in Su Ming’s hand, like a venomous snake, instantly bypassed the opponent’s long spear and struck directly at the cockpit.

“No!”

Kaden cried out in despair.

Crack!

The metal long spear instantly pierced into the cockpit, and blood splattered against the inner walls.

Anko, the City Lord, saw that Captain Kaden had been killed in just a few moves. His hair stood on end, and he immediately turned to flee.

Seeing this, Su Ming controlled his mecha to snatch the long spear from Kaden’s mecha’s hand and hurled it towards the viewing platform!

Thud!

The entire long spear whistled through the air, piercing the ground directly in front of Anko, the City Lord.

Anko, the City Lord, was instantly scared stiff, collapsing to the ground.

Su Ming controlled the Light Wing Mecha, slowly descending in front of Anko, the City Lord.

“I surrender!”

Anko cried out in terror.

“The City Lord has surrendered! Run!”

Seeing Anko, the City Lord, surrender, the many guard soldiers immediately lost their will to fight and scattered, fleeing in all directions.

Vickent and the others then stormed into the castle with unstoppable momentum.

Several hours later,

The rebel army had completely taken over the castle and the entire Katni Base City. The guard teams that had rushed to support them, upon hearing that Anko, the City Lord, had been captured, all fled without a trace.

Inside the castle hall.

Vickent and the others gathered around Su Ming, speaking with immense excitement.

“Sir, you are truly amazing! We still feel like we’re dreaming.”

“Exactly! We actually won!”

“Calm down.”

Su Ming said with a chuckle.

At this moment, Vickent, looking tense, rushed in and shouted,

“Sir!”

“What’s wrong? Is something the matter?”

Su Ming looked up at Vickent and asked.

“It’s like this: on that day, there wasn’t just one uprising, but many rebel armies rising up together. Some succeeded, some failed. However, the largest Kamote Base City on Kamote Planet has been overthrown.”

Vickent reported to Su Ming.

“That powerful? Which rebel army was it? Do you know them?”

Su Ming was also very surprised to hear Vickent’s words.

He had checked the data; Kamote Base City was the largest base city on this planet, with very strong power.

According to the data, this city had a Four-Generation Mecha stationed there, and he hadn’t expected it to be overthrown.

“It was led by Lord Dikufa. Now they are inviting all rebel leaders to gather at Kamote Base City.”

Vickent said to Su Ming.

Upon hearing this, Su Ming asked thoughtfully,

“Did you receive their support?”

“We received a little. Those few Iron Disciples and weapons of ours were given to us by them, but then we lost contact.”

Vickent explained to Su Ming.

Upon hearing this, Su Ming stroked his chin in thought. It was clear that this Dikufa was definitely different from Vickent and his group; the other party was organized and had a background.

“Sir, what’s wrong?”

Seeing Su Ming remain silent for a long time, Vickent asked.

“Vickent, how much do you know about Dikufa and his group? What do you think of them?”

Su Ming asked seriously.

“I don’t know them very well either, as they only sent people to contact us twice. However, from our conversations, they seem pretty good. Everyone believes in the Divine Lord.”

Vickent scratched his head and explained.

Listening to Vickent’s words, Su Ming’s mouth twitched slightly. He really wanted to tell Vickent that believing in the Divine Lord doesn’t necessarily mean they are good people, but he found it difficult to say directly, so he said,

“Then do you think we should go to the meeting?”

“Although they have shown us some kindness, we only listen to you. If you want to go, we’ll go. If not, we won’t.”

Vickent replied with a very firm stance.

“Alright, then we’ll go to the meeting. However, it’s not convenient for me to appear directly, so Vickent, you will appear as the leader, and I’ll be by your side as an advisor.”

Su Ming said to Vickent.

He didn’t want to miss such a rare opportunity to find a ship.

“Alright.”

Vickent agreed without hesitation, without asking for a reason.

“Hmm, when do they want us to go to the meeting?”

Su Ming asked Vickent.

“As soon as possible.”

Vickent explained to Su Ming.

“Let’s go, we’ll take twenty people to the meeting.”

Su Ming stood up directly and said.

“Alright!”

Vickent immediately responded.

A moment later, Su Ming, Vickent, and the others arrived at the hangar.

“Vickent, you pilot that Third Generation Mecha, Light Wing. I’ll pilot the Light Guard!”

Su Ming instructed Vickent.

“Alright.”

Vickent nodded.

Soon, they boarded their mechas, and one by one, the mechas lit up.

Whoosh!

Su Ming and the others controlled their mechas to exit the hangar, activated their auxiliary thrusters, and flew away at low altitude.

Kamote Base City was not very far from them, only 1300 kilometers.

Su Ming opened the communication channel and instructed Vickent and the others,

“Remember my words: once we reach Kamote Base City, do not get into conflicts with anyone. If there are any problems, act according to my signal.”

“Alright!”

Vickent and the others nodded in agreement.

Several hours later.

A base city, spanning hundreds of square kilometers, with dense metal buildings, black smoke billowing everywhere, and a giant Dorag Sphere covering its exterior, came into view.

“Wow, what a massive Base City!”

“The city we captured can’t even compare to this one!”

Vickent and the others exclaimed in surprise.

“This isn’t an ordinary Base City; look at the right side of the city, there’s even an Interstellar Airport there.”

Su Ming glanced at the Interstellar Airport, where several warships were still parked, including an old Level 4 Battleship.

Vickent and the others looked, even more shocked.

“Sir, how was such a formidable city captured?”

“You’ll find out soon.”

Su Ming replied calmly.

At this moment, a Light Wing Mecha, accompanied by five Light Guards, flew over and blocked Su Ming and their path. Immediately after, a voice sounded over the public communication channel.

“Hello, I am Captain Kiman of the Divine Word Army. You have entered our airspace. Please land at the checkpoint immediately for inspection and identity verification.”

“Alright!”

Vickent replied cooperatively.

Soon, Su Ming and the others piloted their Mecha to land at the checkpoint outside the city, opened their cockpits, and climbed out.

At this moment, a burly man wearing Third Generation Exoskeleton Armor, with dark skin and a rugged appearance, walked over with a group of people.

“Hello, please state your identities and your intentions for being here.”

“Hello, I am Vickent, the leader of the Resistance Army of Katni Base City. We are here by invitation.”

Vickent replied truthfully.

Upon hearing Vickent’s words, Kiman was also stunned for a moment, then whispered to the team members beside him.

“Katni Base City? Did we organize an uprising in that city?”

“I don’t think so?”

“Then, is it on the invitation list?”

“It is on the invitation list, as they are also targets we support, but the support was very minimal. And we didn’t organize their uprising, so how did they win?”

Su Ming’s mouth twitched slightly as he listened to Kiman and the others’ discussion.

At this moment, Celes’s voice rang in Su Ming’s ear.

“This is hilarious. It turns out we’ve been mistaken all this time. All the uprisings were organized by them, which is why they invited the victorious leaders to a meeting. But we won by ourselves.”

After listening to Celes, Su Ming showed a thoughtful expression. The scale of this Resistance Army was not ordinary; they could simultaneously organize uprisings in so many places. This was an attempt to completely overthrow the entire planet. It seemed things were not that simple.

Soon, Captain Kiman finished his whispered discussion, then coughed and asked Vickent.

“Brother, did you overthrow the rule of Katni Base City?”

“That’s right.”

“How did you win?”

“What do you mean ‘how did we win’? We won by ourselves.”

Vickent replied to them.

Captain Kiman was speechless for a moment, but he still spoke.

“Congratulations to you all. Come with us, I will lead you to the meeting hall.”

“Alright.”

Vickent nodded in agreement, then turned and re-entered his Mecha.

Captain Kiman led Su Ming and them towards the entrance of the Dorag Sphere. Soon, they entered the interior of the Base City.

Su Ming glanced at the city streets below. At every intersection in the city, there were Iron Disciple Mecha and armored vehicles guarding.

The streets were filled with patrolling soldiers, and the entire city was under control.

At this moment, Captain Kiman was leading Su Ming and them towards a magnificent and imposing white castle in the center.

The ruling class of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom was different from the Federation; they possessed great autonomy, and each city could be seen as an independent small kingdom. Therefore, they usually built their administrative centers into magnificent castles to display their power.

Thump!

Su Ming and the others, controlling their Mecha, successfully landed in the parking bay.

Click!

Su Ming and the others opened their cockpits and floated down.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a white robe with a kind expression walked up and extended his hand to Vickent.

“Mr. Vickent, we meet again.”

“Mr. Tanle!”

Vickent reached out in surprise and shook his hand.

“After our last parting, I never expected to meet again, and you have already successfully overthrown the tyrannical rule of Katni City and achieved your ideals!”

Tanle said with a chuckle.

“This is all thanks to your support, otherwise, we wouldn’t have succeeded.”

Vickent said politely to Tanle.

Seeing that Vickent still acknowledged the favor of their support, Tanle’s smile grew even brighter, and he then spoke.

“We are all family, don’t say that. Come with me.”

“Alright!”

Vickent led Su Ming and them, following Tanle into the castle.

Soon, they entered the castle’s main hall. The entire hall was in a mess, and in the corners, one could still see bloodstains that hadn’t been cleaned up yet.

Su Ming looked at this scene, growing even more curious.

These people had only just won, why were they so eager to gather Vickent and them?

Soon, Tanle led Su Ming and them to the entrance of a huge conference room. At this moment, the soldiers at the door stretched out their hands to stop them.

Tanle turned his head and said with a smile to Vickent.

“The conference room inside cannot accommodate so many people, only two people can go in. The others can go to the lounge area over there and wait.”

“Alright!”

Vickent nodded in response.

“Then you two go in first, I will go receive the other arriving comrades.”

Tanle said to Vickent.

“Mm.”

Vickent nodded, then led Su Ming and Jeva inside.

The entire conference room had a T-shaped structure, with a podium at the far end. The floor was covered with a red carpet, which, although not of the best material, looked grand.

At this time, the conference room was very lively, with successful resistance leaders and their confidants from various cities gathered.

Vickent looked at this scene, suddenly feeling a bit nervous, unsure what to do for a moment.

Seeing Vickent’s hesitation, Su Ming lowered his voice to remind him.

“Find a middle seat and sit down, socialize normally with the people here, don’t be a loner.”

“Alright.”

Vickent nodded and walked forward.

At this moment, a robust-looking man with a slave brand on his neck and a cheerful personality, seeing Vickent approaching, greeted him warmly.

“Brother! I am Kabaier, the leader of the Resistance Army of the Duoyinlun Base. May I ask your name?”

“Vickent, the leader of the Resistance Army of Katni Base City.”

Vickent replied in a deep voice.

“Oh, so you’re from Katni City. Sit next to me, this seat is empty!”

Kabaier said very warmly.

“Sure.”

Vickent replied readily.

“Brother, was your overthrow smooth? We fought a bloody battle for several days before we won.”

Kabaier chatted with Vickent.

“Cough, cough, we were luckier, we took it in one day.”

Vickent replied somewhat awkwardly.

“Amazing!”

Kabaier gave Vickent a thumbs up.

At this moment, other resistance leaders nearby also came over and started chatting with Vickent and Kabaier.

Su Ming and Jeva sat in the row behind Vickent, listening quietly.

As time passed, more and more people entered the conference room.

Su Ming was also a bit surprised; judging by the number of people attending the meeting, quite a few cities had successfully resisted. It seemed only a minority of cities had failed.

However, even for the cities where the resistance failed, given this momentum, they probably wouldn’t last much longer and would be overthrown sooner or later.

At this moment, the main door of the conference room was pushed open again, and the noisy conference room gradually quieted down.

Su Ming turned his head to look back, only to see a man in a white robe, with a tall stature, a rugged face, deep eyes, calloused hands, and an air of authority in his demeanor, walking in.

“Lord Dikufa!”

Everyone stood up and greeted him respectfully.

Dikufa nodded humbly in response and walked directly onto the podium.

Su Ming looked at Dikufa on the stage, a flicker of an almost imperceptible strange light in his eyes.

Dikufa scanned the people present and spoke in a steady, powerful voice.

“Hello everyone, I am Dikufa! I congratulate you all on successfully overthrowing those parasites and hypocritical believers, and on striving for freedom and fairness. The Divine Lord created the Church back then to promote beautiful qualities such as freedom, peace, justice, and universal love. However, the current Divine Emperor Van Lo has betrayed the teachings, is debauched and immoral, full of evil, and condones his subordinates oppressing the common people. This is simply blaspheming the divine, an unforgivable sin!”

“Unforgivable sin!”

Vickent and the others roared passionately.

“For the suffering people, and to restore the glory of the Divine Lord, we should unite. Are you all willing to follow me!”

Dikufa said to everyone.

“Willing!”

The people present roared in unison.

Su Ming leaned into Vickent’s ear and whispered.

“Willing!”

“Willing!”

Vickent immediately shouted, understanding the hint.

Dikufa saw that no one objected, nodded, and said.

“Very good. Now, I officially introduce myself: I belong to the Divine Word Army, serving as the Seventh Regiment Commander. You are now incorporated into my command! I will begin the reorganization. Atuoga!”

“Here!”

A sturdy middle-aged man in Third Generation Exoskeleton Armor stood up.

“I appoint you as the Second Battalion Commander of the Seventh Regiment of the Divine Word Army!”

“Yes, Sir!”

Atuoga immediately responded.

Fifteen minutes later, Dikufa called out.

“Vickent!”

“Here!”

Vickent immediately stood up.

“I appoint you as the Thirty-second Squad Leader of the Seventh Regiment of the Divine Word Army.”

Dikufa formally appointed him.

“Yes, Sir!”

Vickent nodded in response.

After Dikufa raised his hand, gesturing Vickent to sit down, he said to everyone.

“Alright, the meeting ends here. I have arranged accommodation for everyone. Please feel free to stay here for a few days. In a few days, there will be important announcements. As for your cities, don’t worry, I will send people to deliver supplies to you, and I will clear out the remaining enemy resistance on this planet.”

“That’s great!”

Everyone cheered with joy.

“Meeting adjourned!”

Dikufa then walked off the podium and left directly.

Vickent and the others also stood up and exited. At the conference room entrance stood receptionists, who led everyone to different rooms for rest.

Soon, Su Ming and them settled into a spacious room.

Vickent asked Su Ming with a solemn expression.

“Sir, I feel like something is off.”

“There’s nothing off, you just accidentally got recruited. The uprisings on this planet are organized. This Divine Word Army is probably not simple; a single regiment commander can be responsible for a planet’s resistance. I estimate other regiments won’t be far behind.”

Su Ming said calmly.

“Then what should we do next?”

Vickent asked with some unease.

“It’s fine, we’ll just go along with them and settle down here comfortably. For the next few days, your task is to get familiar with the other captains.”

Su Ming felt things were getting more and more interesting, and the stronger this Divine Word Army was, the more advantageous it would be for him. He could find an opportunity to use them as a springboard to return to the Federation.

“Alright!”

Vickent nodded in response.

Two days later.

Su Ming lay on the bed, browsing through relevant information about the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom on his wristband.

He finally understood what this Divine Word Army was all about.

It turned out this military corps also belonged to the Church. They were just on the wrong side and were removed.

At this moment, Vickent hurriedly pushed open the door and walked in.

“Sir.”

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

Su Ming looked at Vickent questioningly.

“Dikufa wants to take us on a spaceship to a secret place for a meeting.”

Vickent said to Su Ming.

“How many people can we bring?”

“Only two people are allowed.”

“Alright, you bring me and Jeva, and have the rest of the people return to Katni Base City.”

Su Ming nodded and said.

“Okay, then let’s go.”

Vickent said to Su Ming.

“Let’s go!”

Su Ming then got up from the bed.

A moment later, Su Ming and the two others piloted their Mecha towards the Interstellar Airport.

As they approached the Interstellar Airport, they saw numerous Resistance soldiers in exoskeleton armor carrying various supplies and items onto a Level 4 battleship.

“Wow, is that a spaceship? It’s so big!”

Jeva and Vickent exclaimed like country bumpkins entering a city.

“This is a Level 4 battleship. It’s considered relatively small. You’ll see much larger ships and fortresses in the future.”

Su Ming explained to Vickent and Jeva.

“Mm-hmm.”

Vickent and Jeva responded excitedly.

In fact, they still felt like they were dreaming, as if the world had become incredibly unreal.

After all, just a few days ago, they were struggling to survive in the dark, sunless underground city.

Now, they had transformed into captains of the Divine Word Army and were even about to board a ship to leave the planet and journey into the universe.

Soon, Su Ming and the others piloted their mechas into the hangar of the Level 4 battleship, Faith.

Looking across, the spacious hangar was filled with various mechas.

Click!

Su Ming and the two others controlled their mechas to land in the designated bay, then the cockpits opened, and they floated down.

“Wow, what a huge hangar.”

The newly joined captains exclaimed in awe as they looked at the hangar.

In fact, it wasn’t just Vickent and the others who were inexperienced; almost all the newly recruited personnel were similar, all having climbed up from the very bottom.

“Everyone, gather over here!”

Tanle walked over and shouted to everyone.

Su Ming and the others all walked to Tanle’s front.

Tanle then smiled and said,

“Captains, our voyage this time isn’t long, only 7 hours. Therefore, we won’t arrange accommodation. Everyone follow me to the resting lounge, and we’ll wait there.”

“Okay!”

Vickent and the others nodded in response.

“Let’s go!”

Tanle then led the crowd towards the resting lounge.

Along the way, the various captains looked at the facilities inside the spaceship, feeling very curious.

But they were also embarrassed to ask too many questions, as it would make them seem unsophisticated.

Before long, Tanle led everyone to the resting lounge, where rows of chairs were arranged.

“Everyone, please sit and rest here. There’s an observation deck over there where you can see the view outside the spaceship. Once the spaceship takes off and leaves the planet, everyone can see what the universe looks like. From now on, our battlefield will shift from inside the planet to the universe.”

Tanle explained to everyone.

“Fighting in the universe?”

“I wonder what the difference is?”

Everyone began to discuss.

“Don’t worry, the commander will definitely arrange time for you to train. In fact, once you get used to it, you’ll find that the universe is better for combat than the ground.”

Tanle explained to the crowd.

“Mm!”

Everyone nodded in response.

Just then, a sweet broadcast voice sounded.

“Hello everyone, I am Captain Ella. The Faith is about to set sail. There will be some turbulence when passing through the atmosphere, so please be careful.”

At this point, Kabaier and the other captains, seeing that the ship was about to set sail, nearly half of them stood up from their chairs and curiously gathered towards the observation deck.

From this, one could see the difference between new and old.

Vickent and Jeva also looked at Su Ming with anticipation.

Su Ming said with a wry smile,

“If you want to go, just go. You don’t need to look at me.”

“Aren’t you going?”

Jeva asked very curiously.

“No, I’ll sit and rest for a bit.”

Su Ming replied with a smile.

“Okay!”

Vickent and Jeva immediately ran to the observation deck impatiently.

Soon, the ship set sail, continuously climbing in altitude and entering the atmosphere.

“Wow!”

When the spaceship broke through the atmosphere and entered the vast starry sky, exclamations continuously came from the observation deck.

Su Ming looked at the people on the observation deck and couldn’t help but recall his first time participating in a school group practical activity, taking a long voyage on a ship.

At that time, he was not much different from them now.

Just then, the broadcast sounded again.

“Attention everyone, the spaceship is about to initiate superluminal flight. Please ensure your safety.”

Vickent and the others listened to the broadcast, all with bewildered expressions.

At this moment, the Faith activated its superluminal flight device.

The entire ship vibrated violently. Vickent and the others all steadied themselves. Not one of them fell. Perhaps they lacked experience, but as warriors, they were all qualified.

Su Ming slowly closed his eyes to rest.

Just then, Celes’s voice sounded in Su Ming’s ear.

“Su Ming, aren’t you afraid of being sold out?”

“Where could I be sold? Do you think these captains who boarded the ship have anything valuable besides their lives?”

“That seems to be true, but what’s the use of them gathering such a large group of people?”

“Useful. Don’t underestimate them. If we’re talking about knowledge and learning, they’re trash. But if you let them charge into battle on the battlefield, I’m telling you, not one of these people is afraid of death. Don’t underestimate faith.”

Su Ming replied in a low voice.

“Indeed!”

Celes nodded in response.

“Alright, I won’t talk to you anymore. There are too many people here.”

Su Ming said softly.

“Mm!”

Celes also stopped speaking.

Soon after, Vickent and the others, having finished their novelty, walked back and sat down.

Time passed bit by bit.

In a blink of an eye, 7 hours passed, and the broadcast sounded again.

“Everyone, we are about to reach our destination. The spaceship will end superluminal flight in five minutes.”

Upon hearing the broadcast, Su Ming got up and walked towards the observation deck. Vickent and Jeva followed suit.

At this time, several other captains also walked over.

Everyone stood on the observation deck, looking out at the external scenery.

Soon, the Faith emerged from Subspace and appeared in the vast universe.

In this starry region, old ships floated, including battleships and transport ships.

“Wow, so many ships.”

“Where did these ships come from?”

“I don’t know.”

Everyone discussed amongst themselves.

Su Ming looked at this scene, his eyes constantly flickering. If he wasn’t mistaken, the ships were probably carrying successful rebel forces from other planets.

This Divine Word Army certainly had a big plan.

Just then, ripples suddenly appeared in the distant starry sky. A planetary fortress, thousands of kilometers in diameter, entirely covered in thick black armor, shaped like a top, with numerous launch ports and interceptor cannons densely covering its surface, deactivated its camouflage and appeared before everyone’s eyes.

“This…”

“What is that?”

Jeva and the others were all shocked, pointing at the fortress in terror.

Su Ming also showed a very surprised expression. He hadn’t expected that he was actually going to a meeting inside a planetary fortress, which was completely beyond his expectations.

At this moment, Dikufa, accompanied by his trusted subordinates, entered the resting lounge. He said to everyone,

“Everyone, we are about to reach our destination. Let’s go.”

“Yes!”

Vickent and the others walked towards Dikufa.

Dikufa led the crowd towards the exit, and along the way, he instructed everyone,

“Let me briefly explain the situation. Our Divine Word Army is about to cooperate with the Old King Army. We are invited here for a meeting this time. Everyone must be cautious in their words and actions. Do not do anything that would bring shame to our Divine Word Army.”

“Understood, but Commander Dikufa, are we the only ones attending this meeting?”

Atuoga asked curiously.

“Don’t worry, we’re not the only ones coming. Our brothers and sisters from other regiments are also here. And our leader, Lord Emka In, has also come. This time, he will lead us in negotiations with the other party.”

Dikufa replied.

Su Ming’s brow twitched when he heard that name. It seemed familiar, but he couldn’t recall where he had seen it.

Just then, Su Ming’s wristband vibrated.

He looked down and saw that Celes had sent him a message.

“Emka In, the runaway Archbishop of the Apocalypse Divine Kingdom.”

Su Ming’s eyelids twitched slightly when he saw the message content, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it quickly returned to normal.

Before long, Dikufa led Su Ming and the others to the exit.

At this moment, the spaceship also entered the internal dock of the planetary fortress, securely latching into the designated parking bay. Immediately after, a passage extended from the dock wall, connecting to the exit.

Click!

The exit door opened.

Dikufa led Su Ming and the others out, walking forward along the corridor.

Soon, they entered the waiting area.

There, they saw a gathering of unkempt, rustic-looking Resistance fighters dressed in various mismatched clothes.

Dikufa walked forward with a smile, embracing a few comrades and exchanging pleasantries.

At this moment, Su Ming noticed the soldiers standing in the corner of the waiting lounge.

These soldiers wore unified, standardized exoskeleton armor and appeared well-trained, but the disdain in their eyes was evident.

Soon, after Dikufa and the others finished their greetings, they led their team towards the moving platform.

When everyone had boarded the moving platform, Dikufa and the others summoned their operating interfaces and pressed the button for the conference room.

Click!

The moving platform began to move rapidly.

“Wow!”

Vickent and the others let out exclamations of wonder.

Su Ming found everyone’s reactions quite amusing as well.

A moment later, the moving platform arrived at its destination and stopped.

Dikufa and the others led Su Ming and the others off, walked through a long corridor, and finally arrived at a huge conference room.

The entire conference room was square-shaped, with rows of seats on both the left and right sides, a spacious aisle in the middle, and a large podium at the very front.

At this moment, the left side seats in the conference room were already filled with officers.

Dikufa and the others led Su Ming and the others towards the seats on the right side.

At this time, the officers on the left looked at Su Ming and the others, discussing with disdain.

“What the hell is going on? Have we really fallen so low that we have to cooperate with these rebel forces?”

“Keep your voice down. The higher-ups don’t allow complaining.”

“Look at how poor and shabby they all look.”

“Alright, many of them were also from the regular army. They just broke up into smaller groups and hid among civilians to avoid capture.”

Dikufa and the others ignored their discussions and went straight to their seats.

Soon, the entire conference room was packed with people, but it became even quieter.

Everyone waited patiently.

Just then, the conference room door was pushed open.

Su Ming and the others all turned their heads to look.

They saw a middle-aged man dressed in luxurious white robes, with a broad forehead, deep eyes, a dignified expression, and extraordinary temperament, walking in side-by-side with a hunched old man with white hair, a benevolent face, skin like withered wood, and dressed in a white robe.

Behind the middle-aged man followed a beautiful young woman. The young woman wore a sky-blue long dress, with ice-blue long hair draped over her shoulders, eyes as deep blue as a lake, and skin as fair as snow, looking very dazzling.

When Su Ming saw that young woman, a shocked expression also appeared on his face, and he murmured to himself,

“An Ruoxue!”