Chapter 294 Interlude and Return
When Li Yu and Hannes came back, the hunter found that the former Hannes had disappeared.
Now Hannes followed behind Li Yu, and from time to time he looked at Li Yu with a familiar look from a hunter.
The hunter had seen this look often, on Lipin and even on Gobe.
Li Yu was also a little surprised at this moment. He found that the faith provided by Hannes was far higher than that of all other people combined.
He could clearly feel that his mental strength had been slightly improved.
In a sense, Hannes is now his own god.
Li Yu didn't know much about the Path of the Gods, but he had learned about the organizational structure of the Filthy Sect through Otis before.
It is basically a loose structure dominated by priests. Due to the particularity of the faith, there is no theory of checks and balances within the power, so they can do whatever they want.
Li Yu appointed Gobe as his priest to spread his faith on Fengchen Star, but his actions were temporarily slowed down to avoid attracting the attention of Guixing's top leaders.
"That..." The hunter came closer, rubbing his hands with a flattering smile, looking extremely obscene.
"Just say it frankly... I'm afraid I won't be able to help but get rid of harm for the people." Li Yu took a few steps back calmly.
"Can you give me the ability to transform?" The hunter said with anticipation, then said bitterly, "Look at me... I can't take the genetic evolution route, and my supernatural powers are useless... I'm like a waste."
"You can carry out mechanical transformation, don't worry..." Li Yu said earnestly: "I will fully support you."
The hunter's eyebrows twitched violently, and he forced a smile, "I'm not a madman who yearns for mechanical ascension. My body is still useful... still useful..."
"If you want this ability, that's fine..." Li Yu said, and before the hunter could get excited, he poured cold water on him: "But... this ability requires faith as a medium to grant it. Do you want to believe in me?"
The hunter's expression changed several times, and finally he cursed: "Why didn't you say it earlier? It's a waste of emotion..."
Believe in Li Yu? He was not interested in that. Whenever he thought of Li Ping's licking dog look, he trembled all over.
Li Yu laughed twice and didn't care.
The survivors in the other shelters on Fengchen Star also learned the news of the evil god's defeat. They were already confused and lost, so it was easy for them to become Li Yu's believers.
He also spent a considerable amount of time converting the remaining soldiers in the patrol fleet into his fanatical followers, and the impact of the exposure of the [Apostle] was basically eliminated by him.
The only loophole is the god of filth, Rohan, who is somewhere unknown. He witnessed the [Apostle] and was even trampled underfoot.
But he faced the same problem as Anxing. He had no substantial evidence. Did he really think that the badge on Li Yu was just for show?
Just because an evil god randomly appeared and pointed fingers at them, Guixing was going to attack his own people? That was too cheap.
Therefore, Li Yu was not worried that this loophole would be exposed, and Rohan might not be willing to spread the news that his faith had been stolen.
For the gods, this is a blatant NTR behavior, which is really shameful.
After two days of settling some matters in the Hengfeng Galaxy, Li Yu and others were ready to return.
The next thing is the post-disaster reconstruction organization of Guixing. However, in a place like the Hengfeng Galaxy where the presence is not high, the disaster relief procedure will be started extremely slowly.
However, Li Yu will use his influence to promote this matter.
The sinking blood mist gradually began to dissipate, revealing the original appearance of Fengchen Star, with residual blood color still in some places.
Huge ravines stretch across the main continental plates and can be clearly seen even from far away in space.
Fortunately, the population on Fengchen Star is not large, and it will not affect the lives of the survivors.
The situation on Hengyuan Star is much more miserable. The natural environment of the entire planet has been destroyed. There are no living creatures. Even the ocean covering the surface of the planet is stained with a slight blood color.
The Meteorite Fleet and the Cruise Fleet were quietly suspended in the space without igniting and setting sail. Li Yu, Hannes and the Hunter gathered in the temporary combat command room.
He stared at the void not far away with a slightly solemn expression.
"Warning... a large number of UFOs are approaching."
"Warning... a large number of UFOs are approaching." A noisy warning sounded.
On the jump detector, a large number of red dots are approaching. A rough estimate is that there are probably hundreds of them, and they are approaching rapidly.
The expressions of several people flickered, and they were ready for battle at the same time.
Inexplicably, distorted ripples appeared in the interstellar space, and then a huge fleet leaped in. A large number of warships appeared here, and it was not the fleet returning to the star.
The emblem on the outer armor of this fleet's spaceships seemed unfamiliar to Li Yu. It was a knight riding a warhorse with the horse's head raised high.
This fleet is huge and does not look like a group of scattered troops. The small frigates are all regular standard ships, with a mainly shuttle-shaped appearance.
The whole body is mainly black and purple, engraved with matrix-like patterns.
There are hollow holes in the hull, distributed in a triangular shape. In each hole is suspended a red and black sphere of dark energy, which is very dense and serves as both an energy furnace and an annihilation weapon.
The large impact ship is an irregular prism, inlaid with a large number of energy spheres, and even has some kind of metallic light band floating around.
Although the material is metal, it is some kind of alloy with extremely good ductility, and the texture is as soft and light as cloth.
"The Exiled Knights - the top interstellar predators active at the junction of multiple civilizations and in desolate areas of the universe."
"...The leader, Rafael Sastre, is an A-level esper... He is extremely powerful... According to the Guixing database, his highest energy reaction has been over 300,000 calories..."
Through the emblem on the warship, Xiao Chaonao quickly found out the other party's origins.
The hunter's expression changed slightly. "How could a fierce man of this level appear here? Guixing's defense..."
Then, he paused and looked at Hannes: "Oh... I almost forgot, the patrol captain in charge of this area is here now."
Li Yu frowned. This was in Guixing territory. The other party was obviously not just passing by. Their target was the Hengfeng Galaxy.
Is there any secret hidden in this place?
Li Yu guessed in his heart, otherwise the God of Filth would also set his sights on the Hengfeng Galaxy, and this top interstellar predator would also come here.
"Don't worry..." At this time, Hannes spoke up. He looked at Li Yu and said, "Commander, he is from Guixing."
"Oh?" Li Yu was a little surprised. Hannes was now a loyal believer of Li Yu, so he would not keep him in suspense and continued to explain: "The Exiled Knights are an expedition group funded by Guixing, and they have an exploration license issued by Guixing."
"Exploration license?" Li Yu had a strange look on his face. Without thinking too much, he could guess the function of this thing, a "legal plunder license" to the outside world.
One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
He thought that the Hengfeng Galaxy had some secrets that attracted so many people, but now it seems... he was overthinking it.
According to Hannes, many advanced civilizations have such "exploration teams" abroad to deal with things that cannot be disclosed openly.
This information is classified as highly confidential and is not recorded in open databases.
In other words, Li Yu has been an A-level life form for too short a time, otherwise he would have known this secret.
"Then there's nothing to worry about..." The hunter suddenly relaxed. The Star Empire also had this kind of unofficial team, and he had even come into contact with several of them.
At this moment, the other party applied for a link. After Li Yu agreed, an interstellar human with half of his face covered by hair appeared on the huge holographic screen.
Through the gaps in his hair, you can see the black eye patch on his left eye, and it seems that he is blind.
According to current interstellar technology, many mechanical eyes can be so realistic that they are indistinguishable from real ones, but this person did not choose to install one.
"You should know my origins. I am Raphael." His voice was a little hoarse. He was indeed the exiled leader of the Knights.
"Yes..." Li Yu nodded and waited for the other party to continue.
After introducing himself, Raphael said bluntly, "I received a notification from His Majesty Tigor that a [High-risk] level evil god invasion has occurred here. I happened to be relatively close to here, so I came to take a look."
Due to the appearance of the Son of God, Hannes once applied for secondary support. The support sent by the Guixing high-level officials was too slow, so Tigor actually asked the other party to come for support.
Raphael's one eye wandered a little, as if he was observing other pages, and he looked a little surprised: "...Now it seems that the matter has been resolved. Who solved it? Who are you?"
Raphael's attitude was not very good, and he seemed to be bossing people around, perhaps because he was used to being a playboy.
"I am Li Yu, the temporary commander of the Meteorite Fleet." He narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your support, but the incident here has been resolved."
Raphael looked a little strange: "Li Yu, this name is familiar, let me check... the owner of the Golden Cross Medal, Honorary Baron... just became an A-level life form..."
He was looking for information about Li Yu, and was a little surprised by just some superficial resume.
Li Yu had just arrived at Guixing not long ago, but he had already played a key role in various events, and even had several rumors with the Mermaid Princess, whether true or not.
He was considered a celebrity some time ago, but has not been very active recently.
The amount of information that interstellar citizens receive every day is extremely huge, and Li Yu does not deliberately maintain it.
Most of the netizens who joined in the fun have already forgotten the previous [Vettel incident] in the corner of their memory.
Unless the [Vettel incident] is mentioned specifically, they will suddenly remember that there is such a person as Li Yu.
In fact, Li Yu had thought about this two days ago. He believed that the interstellar network was the best medium for spreading faith.
But considering that netizens are all people who like to have fun, I'm afraid that most of them just join in the fun, and not many really believe it. Moreover, the network risk control of various civilizations is not just for fun.
If we find any tendency to spread the faith, we will certainly stop it in time.
He gave up the idea.
"【High-risk】 events are not something that ordinary A-level life forms can accomplish. It seems that His Excellency the Baron is no simple person..." Raphael's attitude changed a lot, and his tone softened.
"The main credit for this matter goes to Commander Hannes. I was just assisting." Li Yu pushed Hannes out.
This was what he had planned, to give the credit to Hannes and keep all the credit and fame to himself, after all, Hannes was one of his own.
"The commander of the 14th Patrol Fleet..." Raphael then noticed Hannes behind him.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li Yu was the dominant one between the two, but Raphael did not expose it.
The two chatted for a while before Raphael said:
"...Since the matter has been completed, I will not stay here for too long. I will report to His Majesty Tigor, who is more..."
Having said that, Raphael suddenly paused, and he suddenly thought that under normal circumstances, Tigor would not pay too much attention to a certain galaxy.
Whether it is the invasion of evil gods or the invasion of foreign enemies, Guixing has a systematic process and you just need to follow it.
But this time, Tigor asked him to rush to Hengfeng Galaxy for support as soon as possible.
Raphael knew that the famous Star Burial Master would never care about the Hengfeng Galaxy.
Thinking of this, his eyes became deep, and his one eye fell on the interstellar human who looked too young.
All of this seemed to be self-evident, and the other party seemed to be even more complicated than he had imagined.
Raphael figured this out and had some ideas in mind.
"... Your Excellency Baron, why don't we exchange contact information so that we can take care of each other in the future." Raphael's tone was gentle, in stark contrast to his initial attitude.
Li Yu naturally did not refuse. He would take good care of these Seven Warlords of the Sea as he never knew when they might be useful in the future.
Not long after, the two said goodbye, and the Exiled Knights entered the jump state again and left the Hengfeng Galaxy.
In the command room, the hunter looked Li Yu up and down with a strange look in his eyes: "I think you are not Tigor's illegitimate son."
Li Yu glanced at him and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
"That Star Burial Master is notoriously cruel and ruthless. He has destroyed countless planets with life. Even when a prosperous galaxy like the Vetter Galaxy was in trouble, he didn't show up, but the Hengfeng Galaxy paid so much attention to him..."
The hunter's eyes sparkled with wisdom. "Moreover... the Loren family of the Star Empire inexplicably wants to capture you. Many people said that they can't find out your identity, so you must have an unknown identity."
“Considering that Tigor cares so much about you now , and even mobilized the Exiled Knights for support… the result is self-evident. You are Tigor’s illegitimate child. You are in trouble. If you are Tigor’s illegitimate child, then the matter between you and Klein would be…no…no…no…no…no…”
The hunter's whole body was twitching, golden arcs of electricity were surging, black smoke was coming out of his mouth, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
"If you have nothing to do, go swimming in space..." Li Yu said speechlessly. The hunter's brain is really weird.
"I...I...was just joking..." The hunter calmed down, with arcs of electricity still bursting out of his mouth from time to time.
The Exiled Knights was just a minor episode and did not affect the return journey.
The Meteorite Fleet and the Cruise Fleet entered the jump state at the same time, preparing to head to the nearest star gate.
Hannes also had to return, his fleet had been destroyed and he urgently needed to replenish warships and soldiers.
This star field will be handed over to the rest of the patrol fleet for joint patrol to ensure that no predators will take advantage of the situation and break in.
