Chapter 110 Unexpected Praise
Chen She couldn't help but be shocked, thinking that they came to collect the debt so soon, are the rules of the Space-Time Knights so strict?
You're asking about my progress even though the deadline hasn't even arrived yet?
Chen She really felt a little guilty. After all, he couldn't say that his progress was slow, he could only say that he had gained nothing.
After all, before he had the time to develop the number of members of the Time and Space Knights according to his plan, Snow Ley and the underground investigation team had caught him off guard. He was forced to organize a resistance and eliminate Snow Ley and the investigation team underground.
But now that the headquarters of the Spacetime Knights has contacted Chen She, he can't pretend to be away. In the Spacetime Knights, it is a serious crime for a branch to disobey the command of the headquarters.
Chen She didn't want a high priest to come all the way from some corner of his old land to call him to account for his pretense of death. The situation would then surely get out of control.
After considering for a moment, Chen She had no choice but to bite the bullet and connect to the headquarters of the Spacetime Knights under the identity of Grantham.
The communication of the Spacetime Knights is different from conventional communication. It does not rely on hash space, but is accomplished through some special spacetime rules.
Chen She can only use this special space-time rule but cannot construct it. However, for Chen She, constructing such a thing does not have much practical significance at present. After all, he can achieve the same encrypted communication effect through the special channel of the shackle bracelet.
After responding to the special communication request from headquarters, a space-time rift appeared in front of Chen She.
An illusory black figure walked out of the space-time rift and gradually turned into an oppressive human figure.
The mask on his head and the patterns on his body were a light red. He was obviously the red priest that Chen She had seen before, and also the most powerful figure in the Knights of Time and Space.
However, just when Chen She was thinking about how to excuse his slow progress, the red-robed priest did not ask him directly, but stood aside. Unexpectedly, more figures appeared in the crack!
These new figures are just as tall and intimidating, but their details are slightly different.
Chen She was not sure whether these detailed features corresponded to the real-life images of these people, or were simply due to their personal preferences. Or perhaps they were the result of some kind of space-time rules in the image generation process. In short, these people were quite easy to identify.
Especially since the masks and patterns on the bodies of these people are of different colors.
Chen She, who was controlling Grantham, lowered his head silently. It was not easy for him to look openly, but he still caught a glimpse of the figures out of the corner of his eye.
Among them, several figures are only slightly shorter than the red-robed priest, and their appearance is somewhat similar, all of them are similar to the image of the priest, with white, blue and yellow lines.
In addition, there are several shorter human figures, but their images are not very similar to priests, but more like knights or warriors.
After vaguely guessing the identities of these figures, Chen She couldn't help but become even more panicked.
Because from the figures of these priests, they are obviously also powerful figures in the Space-Time Knights, and are at the same level as the Red Priests. However, because the Space-Time Knights do not have a chief priest at present, and the Red Priests are the strongest, the other high-ranking priests are actually half a head shorter than the Red Priests.
But no matter what, these priests are also the top figures in the Knights of Time and Space. Any one of them can make Chen She pay the price.
The red priest, the white priest, the blue priest, the yellow priest... If you add a black priest, then all five priests will be present.
However, according to Grantham's memory, the position of Black Priest seems to be vacant at present and no suitable candidate has been found yet.
Originally, if Grantham performed well, he might have a chance to compete for the position, but Chen She was not sure whether the guarantee given to him by the red priest was a blank check or real.
As for those shorter humanoids, they should be the Knight Commanders of the Spacetime Knights. They are the strongest fighting force in the Spacetime Knights besides the five great priests.
There is no clear distinction between the duties of priests and knights. Generally speaking, those who have real management power and a high degree of affinity with space-time creatures are usually priests. Those who do not have real management power, are only responsible for combat, have simpler thinking, or have synesthesia but mainly use it in combat are usually knights.
The positions of knight and priest can be converted into each other at any time, as long as an appointment is made by the headquarters of the Knights of Time and Space.
Therefore, the position of the black priest is actually crucial, and many people are coveting it.
Although Grantham is a priest of Dawn City, he not only has to compete with priests from other Old Lands, but also with the Knight Commander of the Time and Space Knights Headquarters. The difficulty is extremely high.
Chen She now felt that he was not qualified to consider the matter of the Black Priest anymore. After all, the strength of Grantham, whose body he had taken over, had declined greatly. It was beyond his ability to snatch the position of the Black Priest from these knights. He was thankful that he could honestly and dutifully complete the tasks assigned by the headquarters.
After everyone was present, the red priest said from the highest seat: "Let's begin."
Obviously, this special means of communication of the Knights of Time and Space can be used in many ways, which can be a one-to-one single-line contact or a real-time multi-person conference mode.
In the past, Grantham had only received orders directly from the red priest and had never participated in such an important meeting. This made Chen She feel that this matter might be more complicated than he thought.
Chen She controlled Grantham to raise his head slightly. He found that except for the red-robed priest, the expressions of the priests seemed to be different when they looked at him.
Although these people currently appear as dark space-time creatures, there are still some features on their faces that can vaguely reveal a certain attitude.
Some priests looked at him with expressions that were clearly hostile and repulsive, while others were curious or trying to win him over, and some even looked at Chen She with vigilance and fear.
As for the knight commanders, their expressions were even more varied and difficult for Chen She to interpret.
This surprised Chen She a little.
Is Grantham so famous as the headquarters of the Knights of Time and Space?
Logically speaking, this was Grantham's first time attending this meeting. These priests and knights should have known some of Grantham's deeds before and should have a better understanding of him.
Judging from what Grantham had done before, he was at most a relatively outstanding priest. Although he had made some achievements in Dawn City, it was obviously too early for him to enter the core circle of power in the headquarters of the Knights of Time and Space.
If that's the case, why do these big shots look at him like that?
Fortunately, the people of the Space-Time Knights are always straightforward in their actions and never hide anything, so Chen She quickly learned the reason from the red priest.
"Grantham, you did a great job this time!"
"Headquarters has obtained intelligence that you created a level 6 energy fluctuation peak in Dawn City, close to a level 7 energy fluctuation of space-time beast tide, and severely damaged the special investigation team that entered the underground of Dawn City, killed Silver Star's special envoy Snow Ley, and eliminated the elite investigation team composed of several large financial groups including Fujido Group, Icefield Defense Group, Mellen Bank Group and the DCPE special operations team."
"When the headquarters received the news that the Liming City Special Investigation Team was besieging your branch, they were still discussing whether to give you clear instructions or send reinforcements to provide assistance."
"But I think this should be a test for you. Since you want to become a black priest, you will need to solve some extremely dangerous situations by yourself, so I did not give you any clear instructions."
"The headquarters had unanimously believed that you could only delay the investigation team, transfer the branch, and preserve as much manpower as possible. But we didn't expect you to fight to the death and even successfully kill Silver Star's special envoy Snow Ley, who is Quinay Ley's great-grandson."
"This is an unprecedented and brilliant victory for the Spacetime Knights. Even the headquarters rarely achieves such success."
“So this rally has two main topics.”
"First, you will be rewarded for your meritorious service. I commend and reward you for the outstanding achievements you have made in leading the entire Dawn City Spacetime Knights branch."
"The second is to plan ahead and prepare for the next step!"
After the red priest finished speaking, everyone else performed the special etiquette of the Knights of Time and Space in unison.
This etiquette has many meanings. On the one hand, it expresses congratulations and admiration to Grantham. On the other hand, it also means that everyone should devote everything they have to complete the ultimate goal of the Knights of Time and Space, that is, to achieve harmonious coexistence between humans and time and space creatures.
Chen She also hurriedly responded with the same courtesy.
The red-robed priest's words dispelled all Chen She's previous guilty feelings.
It turns out that not only was I not at fault, I even made some contributions?
Before, Chen She was still worried that he had not collected enough space-time particles, nor had he trained enough knights and priests. Would the headquarters punish him for not achieving these two key indicators?
But now he realized that he had thought too much. The orders issued by the red priest, whether it was to collect space-time particles or to train knights or priests, the ultimate purpose was to cause trouble.
It is to launch large-scale terrorist attacks on some key targets. Whether it is to create a tide of space-time beasts with high-level energy fluctuations or to create terrorist activities through other means, the ultimate goal is to continuously develop one's own strength in the chaos and finally achieve Epsilon's ultimate goal.
And everything Chen She did was obviously a huge contribution in the eyes of the Spacetime Knights Headquarters.
How many priests in the entire Spacetime Knights are able to kill the Silver Star Envoy by their own strength?
What's more, before the headquarters knew that the Dawn City branch where Grantham was located had just suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Fujido Group and its strength had been weakened. However, facing the powerful special investigation team, Grantham still led these priests and knights to fight back and achieved brilliant results.
It was even so severe that no media in the entire Old Land dared to report this incident. This was such great news for the Knights of Time and Space!
The yellow priest said coldly: "The only flaw is that the time and space event did not occur on the surface, but underground. It did not cause too many civilian casualties, nor did it cause large-scale panic in Dawn City."
"If this space-time activity could occur on the surface, it would definitely have a greater impact."
The blue priest retorted, "The strength of the branch where Grantham is located was already damaged. Facing a special investigation team that is much stronger than him, he can only use all his strength to protect himself. It is a miracle that he can achieve such a result. He can't ask for more."
"In fact, I am more concerned about how you won such an almost impossible battle. Of course, I am just curious. You can remain silent."
After listening to the speeches of the two priests, Chen She could probably figure out that the yellow-robed priest seemed to be standing on the opposite side of him, while the blue-robed priest had a certain liking for him.
It seems that there are many factions within the Time and Space Knights.
Moreover, the Knights of Time and Space have always been an organization that only cares about results, not processes. They will not ask how each branch completes its tasks, nor will they ask about the many details of the entire process. They only care about the final result.
Even the Time and Space Knights tacitly acknowledged that their subordinates could keep many secrets as long as they could complete their missions better.
Therefore, the headquarters of the Spacetime Knights currently does not know how Grantham won this difficult battle. They only know the general ins and outs of this incident through some other channels.
They knew that Snow Ley had come to Dawn City and organized a powerful special investigation team. They also knew that in the end only some second-level councilors and insignificant bodyguards escaped from the investigation team.
But like the big corporations, they knew nothing about what happened underground.
But for them, this is not a big problem. After all, the winner is theirs, and that is enough.
The red priest did not stand up to support any of them, but continued: "According to the intelligence obtained by the headquarters, the Silver Star Federation will never let this go. After all, the deceased Snow Ley is the great-grandson of Quinay Ley, and can be said to be a truly important figure in the entire Silver Star Federation."
"The Silver Star Federation will not stop here, but will gather an even more powerful force to turn the entire underworld of Dawn City upside down, find out the truth at all costs, and take revenge and eliminate all those who dare to threaten their rule."
“And for us, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
The more Chen She listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
In fact, he was really worried about this matter. Snow Ley's identity was too special. The Silver Star Federation could not ignore it. The next counterattack would only be more fierce. Chen She was not sure whether he could withstand the offensive next time. Maybe next time he would have to take Gao Jingwu and others and escape early.
But now, hearing what the people at the Space-Time Knights headquarters said, it seemed that he couldn't escape.
Because the Space-Time Knights Headquarters also wants to take this opportunity to do something big!
The red priest paused for a moment, then said, "This time we have to concentrate the main force of the Knights to have a head-on collision with the forces of the Silver Star Federation."
"The ultimate goal is to make the entire Dawn City completely free and become a test field for Master Epsilon's wonderful ideas!"
