855: Chapter 855: Wet Nurse and Puppet (Large Chapter, Requesting Monthly Pass) 855: Chapter 855: Wet Nurse and Puppet (Large Chapter, Requesting Monthly Pass) “Rotation speed…
Current location…
Detector retrofitting…”
In a brightly lit office, He Ao was controlling a ‘Hao Yi’ clone to flip through the docunts that had just been sent over from the Central Earth Space Agency.
They were lucky that Central Earth was planning a lunar mission, and the equipnt was almost fully assembled and ready, needing only so urgent modifications for use.
However, the equipnt was still sowhat crude for taking ordinary people so high into space and required extensive calibration.
But for a few B-levels, as long as they had oxygen supply and the pressure difference wasn’t too drastic, they could adapt.
After all, they didn’t have much ti left.
He Ao put down the docunts and looked across the conference table.
There, sat a ‘young girl’ in a pristine white hooded long coat.
She appeared to be around fifteen or sixteen, youthful, with shoulder-length pure white hair, flawless skin.
Her hands were clasped together on the table, and her silver-white pupils calmly watched He Ao.
Only in those eyes did it seem one could see maturity far beyond the ‘rebellious teenager’ facade.
This was another elder of the World Tree, Goya.
Strictly speaking, she was the creator of the World Tree, and Rudel was just a partner she pulled in later.
Usually, she didn’t manage affairs, nor did she make public appearances, with many matters handled by Rudel.
According to her, her abilities were related to dical treatnt and life, and this ‘youthful’ appearance was also due to so accidents during her promotion to B-level.
After her promotion to B-level, her appearance was permanently fixed in this state, although her actual age was twice that of her appearance.
If one looked closely, they could also notice that she always emitted a faint white glow, which was seemingly another ‘consequence’ of her flawed promotion.
Of course, according to He Ao’s understanding of mysticism, the issues with her were likely not just superficial, which was why she seldom made appearances.
This ti, because the crisis occurred in the Western Lands, she took the initiative to co out.
However, according to Jie An, her combat ability was actually not weak, and her dical skills made her an important support for the team.
So, the final resolution of the eting was for the Three Major Organizations to each send a B-level: the Research Institute sent Li Cheng, Moonlight sent Jie An, World Tree sent Goya, and together with He Ao, they ford a four-person squad to try ‘landing’ on that transparent planet.
This was also due to the limited carrying capacity of the prepared landing equipnt; accommodating four people was already at the limit.
It was also in consideration of the worst-case scenario, where if none of them returned, with the arrival of Blood Day unstoppable, there would still be people capable of preserving humanity’s spark of life in the approaching darkness.
“Is there anything else?”
He Ao watched Goya, who had been looking at him for a long while.
“About you,”
Goya seed unprepared for ‘Hao Yi’ to initiate conversation with her, montarily caught off guard, then softly opened her mouth after a pause, “there is a certain ‘welcoming’ feeling.”
Her voice was sowhat hoarse yet held a distinct sharpness unique to young girls, as if she seldom spoke.
“Perhaps I’m just naturally approachable,”
He Ao set down the docunts, responded gently, then, looking at Goya, asked, “Actually, I’ve had a question for a while now.
Where does the na ‘World Tree’ co from?”
He had seen ‘World Tree’ not only in the Main World but also in the Copy World.
“I saw a tree emblem in the ruins,”
Goya slowly replied, “It was beautiful.
I nad it ‘World Tree.’ When establishing the organization, I thought it was a good na, so I used it.”
‘World Tree’ was the emblem of the Life Goddess.
He Ao glanced at Goya’s white hair.
So, had Goya likely seen the emblem of the Life Goddess, or sothing similar, in the past?
Recording this information, He Ao gathered his thoughts and gently nodded.
“That is indeed a nice na.”
Honestly, among the Three Major Organizations, only the na ‘Research Institute’ seed ordinary, more like a scientific institution than an Extraordinary Organization.
However, the Research Institute was essentially a research organization studying the extraordinary, incidentally staffed with so Transcendents.
“Mm.”
Hearing He Ao’s comnt, Goya slowly nodded, then lowered her head and slightly squinted her eyes.
The conference room fell silent once again.
He Ao picked up the docunts and resud reading.
He glanced at the ti on his phone.
So ti had passed since Li Cheng and Rudel had gone to the adjacent conference room.
After determining the candidates for the space mission, everyone had also settled so other arrangents.
For instance, after Jie An left, there were no B-levels left in Moonlight, so He Ao had Liu Zhengyun move close to the Tia Empire’s Newland City-State to look after Moonlight’s territory under unforeseen circumstances.
Additionally, the Three Major Organizations simultaneously established an investigation team responsible for probing the surface ‘Blood Day’ events.
Such a formidable Transcendent event, before its Advent, was unlikely to have manifested without any signs.
The team was led by the World Tree, since most of the regions enveloped by Blood Day comprised World Tree mbers.
However, the person finally chosen to head the team was…
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Ruodan Kingdom, Enke City
He Ao’s real body sat in front of a computer at the Enke City branch of the Research Institute, watching Li Cheng, Rudel, and Jie An sitting together, helplessly shrugging his shoulders.
He knew this matter would eventually fall to him.
After all, the World Tree people were proving to be utterly incompetent.
However, it wasn’t Li Cheng who recomnded him as the head—it was Moonlight’s Jie An.
Strictly speaking, Jie An didn’t like ‘He Ao.’ His involvent was notable in the recent collapses of several Moonlight branches, leading to Moonlight losing events in both the Ruodan Kingdom and Newland City-State.
But on the other hand, he highly regarded He Ao’s capabilities.
Of course, the final decision still rested with He Ao.
He Ao wasn’t particularly averse to this leadership role.
From what he observed in Enke City, the ‘Dead Caller’ incidents had likely occurred before the Blood Day’s Advent, indicating there was probably a prelude to this event.
Understanding these precursors would help him grasp the full scope of the situation.
To achieve this, he needed access to the World Tree’s organization within the Blood Day regions and to review the World Tree’s database records before Blood Day began.
Without this leadership role, considering the World Tree’s wariness towards the Research Institute, gaining access to this information would have been much more problematic and complex.
Furthermore, this role would also facilitate so other plans he had.
Of course, he would not readily accept this role; doing so directly would likely leave him with no real power.
“I can take on this leadership role,”
he said calmly to the three B-levels on the screen, speaking softly, “but I have three conditions that need cooperation from the World Tree side.”
“Go ahead.”
Rudel nodded slowly, speaking up.
“Firstly, I would generally not be responsible for any specific tasks.
At most, I would assign people to convey orders, but the overall direction and when needed, they must listen to ,”
He Ao stated directly.
“That’s not a problem, that’s proper.”
Rudel nodded.
That was about commanding authority.
He Ao continued speaking without pause, “Secondly, I want the authority to execute any World Tree mber in the Blood Day region if they disobey orders or if I suspect they are colluding with the Evil God.
I can also decide on the assignnt of any personnel within the Blood Day region without notifying anyone.”
That was about personnel rearrangent and the authority to promote or sanction.
Rudel’s expression slightly froze; promising this could an that if He Ao arbitrarily killed soone in the Blood Day region or arranged for his confidants, the World Tree’s governance structure there would likely collapse.
“Third,”
but He Ao didn’t wait for him to respond and added, “I need access to all World Tree databases.
If I deem any information related to Blood Day, I can directly retrieve it.”
Having said that, he looked up, watching Rudel calmly.
This last condition was quite subjective, practically giving He Ao the right to access all World Tree information.
Commanding power, personnel authority, and database access rights.
Agreeing to these three conditions would practically make He Ao the third elder of the World Tree within the Blood Day region.
Moreover, due to internal divisions within the World Tree, even Rudel didn’t have firm control over personnel and commanding authority.
“These three demands are a bit…”
After a brief silence, Rudel slowly spoke.
“If these three conditions cannot be t,”
He Ao slightly shook his head, “I am unable to accept this position.”
The internal chaos within the World Tree was well-known; without these assurances, he would be hindered at every turn during his tenure—it would be easier to conduct the investigation on his own.
With these words out, the words Rudel had intended to say next were caught in his throat, and he eventually slowly closed his mouth.
Silent stillness spread within the office.
Li Cheng and Jie An both remained silent—it involved the World Tree, and it was best left to the people of the World Tree to decide.
They had reached their limit by recomnding He Ao to take charge of the entire event.
After a long while, Rudel took a deep breath and nodded.
“Alright, I agree.”
“Good,”
He Ao nodded, “Please first give an account that can access the database.”
“I’ll get it for you right away,”
Now that the decision was made, Rudel no longer hesitated.
He nodded, “I’ll have Li Cheng send it to you in a bit.”
“Okay, thank you.”
He Ao nodded and shut down the computer.
He turned his head to look out the window.
The sky was still pitch black, only the edges revealing a slight arc of light affirming the sun’s presence.
“Minister He,”
After a mont, the office door was pushed open and Jemis entered, holding a stack of docunts, “Here are all the past ‘Dead Caller’ missing case files.”
“Thank you,”
He Ao reached out to take the docunts and casually asked, “How is the evacuation going?”
“The population of Enke City is not large, and with support from nearby cities, the evacuation is nearly complete.”
Jemis answered quickly.
“How frequently are the ‘Dead Callers’ occurring?”
He Ao opened the docunts.
“Since the sky turned dark and the Blood Day disappeared, the frequency of Dead Callers has been very low,”
Jemis said slowly, “But since just a little while ago, the frequency seems to have ‘increased’ slightly.”
Hearing this, He Ao looked up once again at the ‘sun’ in the sky.
That ‘Angel’ was trying to ‘revive’.
“I rember Enke City is a tourist city, do they have helicopters?”
He withdrew his gaze, flipping through the docunts, continuing to ask.
“There is one sightseeing helicopter.”
Jemis replied, seeming sowhat perplexed as to why He Ao would suddenly ask this.
“How far can it fly if it’s fully fueled?”
He Ao asked.
“Fully fueled, it can fly about seven to eight hundred kiloters.”
Jemis quickly answered.
“Prepare the helicopter.
I am going imdiately to Mote City, the capital of the Yika Republic,”
He Ao gathered the docunts, his tone calm, “You leave with the last batch of evacuees.”
“Minister He.”
At that mont, Jemis stared at He Ao, slightly opening his mouth.
“Yes?”
He Ao looked up at him.
“What is it?”
“Can I go with you?”
Jemis swallowed slightly, “I might be able to help you.”
“That place is the center of the entire Blood Day Area, it’s very dangerous,”
He Ao gave him a glance, “Are you sure?”
“If you need manpower,”
Jemis’s emotions stabilized, firmly saying, “I can help you.”
From their brief encounter, it was clear Jemis was capable.
All he lacked was an opportunity.
Risk was also an opportunity after all.
He Ao looked at the man before him, his gaze filled with hope and concern, and nodded slightly, “Alright, make arrangents for the evacuation quickly.
I won’t wait for you for long.”
“Yes!”
Jemis imdiately straightened up and responded loudly.
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Velora
anwhile, while the original was arranging to go to Mote City, ‘Hao Yi,’ on the Velora, was standing in front of a ‘coffin’.
Li Cheng, Jie An, and Goya had gone back to pack their things.
Li Cheng and Jie An were quite far, so He Ao had sent them part of the way.
At this mont, He Ao had already returned to Newland City-State.
To be precise, he was now more than one hundred kiloters above Newland City-State.
This was the farthest distance from the planetary surface that Velora could reach via the ‘tunnel’.
A bit higher up from this position, one could touch so of the very low-orbit satellites.
Of course, Velora could continue upward, into the cosmos, but then it couldn’t traverse quickly through the ‘tunnel’.
Velora’s normal cruising speed on atmospheric planets was approximately 300 kiloters per hour; it was faster in space, reaching up to 1000 kiloters per hour.
However, for a ‘transparent planet’ 110,000 kiloters away from earth, this was still too slow.
By the ti it got there, dishes served cold would be the norm.
Though Velora was slow, it also had fast components.
He stared at the coffin in front of him.
The coffin lid slowly opened, revealing an absolutely beautiful doll inside, dressed in gothic maid attire, with alabaster skin and ash-golden long hair.
This was the ‘doll’ he had created last ti after the ‘Underground Palace incident’, by blending an Angel Designation artifact with Feiya’s Talent Sequence.
This ‘doll’ could fly.
At full power, ignoring energy consumption, the doll’s maximum flight speed could reach Mach 4.
Plus, since she wasn’t human, she wouldn’t suffer from oxygen deprivation and could traverse space.
Once in space, with no atmospheric drag and Earth’s gravity decreasing, flying would consu less energy; mostly, she could rely on inertia to move forward, just requiring real-ti trajectory corrections.
The only problem was.
He Ao’s hand rested on the coffin lid.
This doll couldn’t stray too far from the coffin.
Accompanied by a roaring blast, the dark coffin streaked through the thin atmosphere, carrying overlapping Mach rings, and flew up into the sky.
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Tia Empire·So Airline Company
“Holy shit!”
An employee looking at the screen in front of him suddenly stood up, knocking over the stool under him.
“What’s happened?”
His boss, not far behind, walked over.
“Boss, look,”
The young employee pointed tremblingly at the screen, “The image sent back by the satellite, look, there’s a coffin flying in the sky!”
“That’s probably debris from a defunct satellite, maybe it just looks like a coffin?”
The boss carefully examined the blurry photo, turned to the young employee, “Did your myopia get worse?”
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Above the Firmant
The black tal coffin, like a fish leaping out of the water, burst into the profound void carrying traces of atmospheric smoke.
A shining sun erged from behind the enormous blue planet, its intense sunlight hitting the hard angles of the coffin.
Accompanied by a slight vibration, the coffin’s tal lid slowly opened.
The doll girl erged from the coffin, opened her eyes, and her amber pupils looked towards the fierce sun and the surrounding dark deep space.
Her ash-gold hair reflected a brilliant light under the sun.
Quickly, she locked onto her target, closed her eyes, and sank back into the coffin.
The tal coffin lid closed once again, and like a streak of light, it surged towards the dark depths of space.
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