Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1418 - 1383: Picking Up the Pieces

Walking in the once-imperial capital Delan City of the Silan Dynasty, now devoid of people, Princess Lin Ziyu explained to Chen Fei: "Cangqiong Star now has less than ten million people left, mostly troops responsible for gathering resources."

The two revisited old haunts, but the contrast between the past and present scenery seemed worlds apart.

A sudden large-scale earthquake had shattered the entire Delan City. Roads were cracked and even severed, creating bottomless chasms. Buildings and walls were riddled with cracks. The high-rise buildings were incomplete, with formerly smooth glass curtain walls now filled with fine cracks or just empty frames remaining, a scene of utter ruin.

Overgrown wild grass and shrubs made the entire city look fuzzy.

Some wisps of smoke rose in the distance, indicating that some people still lingered here. Apart from a few residents who voluntarily gave up the "stargate" for evacuation, most were criminals deprived of the "stargate" passage qualification, left here to wait aimlessly for death.

With the evacuation of the power structures of the Silan Dynasty, except for dedicated gathering points for resources, Cangqiong Star had become a lawless area, with true wilderness following closely behind.

"Don't waste precious manpower on those who refuse directly, in case of emergencies, it will drag others down. It's better to spend time gathering more resources and marking important resources and buildings. I'll package them all and take them away."

Chen Fei held a tablet in his hand, marking important areas and buildings on the screen. His spiritual power could cover tens of thousands of kilometers. While strolling and chatting with Her Royal Highness the Princess, he simultaneously scooped up the marked buildings along with the land, in addition to the copious nearby flora and fauna, to fill the ecological environment of the "Boundary Pearl" life space.

The intelligent species unwilling to leave could fend for themselves, though there weren't many, but they were there, nevertheless. Everyone must be responsible for their choices.

"Couldn't you just take everyone away back then? A city-wide relocation shouldn't be that hard, right? Just like 'Atlantis'."

Lin Ziyu was puzzled by the current "picking leftovers" operation.

"It would interfere with their will to resist, and accidents could happen. Most importantly, I don't have the time and energy to move everyone one by one, so I can only focus on key points."

Chen Fei also wanted to move the entire city or even the entire continent into the "Boundary Pearl" life space, which would be convenient and uncomplicated.

If it were just a few hundred, or even ten thousand people, it wouldn't be a problem, but tens of thousands or even a million people, the soul energy and resistant willpower of an intelligent species, should not be underestimated. With Chen Fei's current capabilities, it was somewhat beyond his reach.

So he could only evacuate the people first, then the objects.

Shen Fei followed closely behind Lin Ziyu and Chen Fei, with a few metallic dragons nearby apart from necessary armed personnel. In the sky, there was a fully equipped Airship Battle Group, ready to provide support at any time.

The adult Metallic Dragons had given up thinking, for the brain is a good thing, but they had no use for it, so the team was led by the juvenile Yilan. No one mentioned any Golden Dragon Knight anymore, as anybody could do as they pleased.

The Big Sister from the Dragon Breeding Garden was quite imposing now, claiming to be the leader of a new generation in the circles of Magical Beasts and Dragons. Possibly, when Chen Fei passed away, the next sphere leader would be it. Ah, one dare not imagine, one dare not imagine!

The cacophony of chirping and chattering of birds went from faint to increasingly loud. A cloud of "Black Cloud" flew over from afar, with Xiao Jiu bringing back the Pure Light Sparrow Flock from around the Imperial Capital, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, and entangled with many other birds unaware of the truth.

The breeding season of the Pure Light Sparrow was over, Chen Fei's spiritual power swept over, observing that there were only a few nestlings and incubating eggs in the nests, and with a thought, he brought them into the "Boundary Pearl" life space ahead of time. This trip to Cangqiong Star with Princess Lin Ziyu was not just to collect materials and facilities difficult to move manually in a short time, but also to take away as many Pure Light Sparrows as possible.

Three silver rings of the "stargate" with diameters of a hundred meters appeared out of thin air, standing amidst the ruins.

Two conspicuous red signal flares soared into the sky, rising higher and higher, indicating the approach of unidentified individuals.

The cautious Combat Mechs then deployed high-decibel explosions and intense flashes as warnings.

"Is it 'Sagali'?"

Princess Lin Ziyu watched as the signal flares still hadn't fallen, and the distant rumbling continued unabated.

The royal guard forces and adult Metallic Dragons still hadn't taken any action; it was only the outermost defense line that reported some disturbances.

"No, it's the outlaws! Looks like they want to force their way through the 'stargate'."

Chen Fei received an immediate report from the Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam," and within a thousand-kilometer radius, any subtle movement couldn't escape his spiritual power coverage and the Airship Battle Group's alert system. The main precaution was not against those outlaws, but against "Sagali," which parasitized the Cangqiong star celestial bodies; they were the greatest threat.

"These guys really don't give up, do they? Since they've committed crimes, they should bear the consequences."

Lin Ziyu had no sympathy for those people abandoned by the Dynasty. Though spared from the death penalty, they couldn't escape living punishment. Quite a number were prisoners serving long sentences, whom, if they had behaved a bit better, would not have been abandoned here.

More intense explosions sounded in the distance; some people always held onto slim hopes, daring to take a gamble, among which were high-rank ability users.

After the warnings failed, the combat mechs and the combat spaceships in the sky directly launched lethal strikes.

Since there is a way to seek death, naturally it can be fulfilled, but trying to break into the "Boundary Pearl" Life Space with a guilty body is purely wishful thinking. Even if successfully breaking into the "Stargate," one would only become nourishment for the "Life Tree."

The "Black Cloud" formed by hundreds of thousands of Pure Light Sparrows began to swoop down, diving headlong into three "Stargates," smoothly entering the "Boundary Pearl" Life Space. Xiao Jiu gave a command, and no sparrow dared disobey.

Gathering so many Pure Light Sparrows, even "Sagali" must have some fear.

Two minutes later, the projection of the three "Stargates" disappeared, and the impact on the outer defense line abruptly stopped. All the guilty individuals in action were killed, with none spared.

Other guilty individuals who were still watching from afar slowly withdrew, likely having completely given up hope.

These people thought too simply, the "Boundary Pearl" Life Space is both Heaven and Hell, all dependent on Chen Fei's whim.

Boom!~

A deep rumble rose from the depths of the earth, the decrepit city began to undulate visibly, and the movement grew larger.

"It's starting again! Mr. Brown, transfer to the airship!"

As soon as Chen Fei finished speaking, he and Princess Lin Ziyu and others appeared inside the flagship of the airship battle group in the sky.

The combat mechs on the ground headed towards nearby small transport airships, while Metallic Dragons flapped their Blade Wings and soared into the air.

Coming to the landing ship window wall, overlooking the ground, Princess Lin Ziyu said with lingering fear: "It seems we really evacuated in time, it's starting again as expected."

This "timely" action was not just her and Chen Fei's emergency evacuation to the airship through the Psi Skill "Space Transmission" activated by S-Class Space Ability User Heseman Brown, but the large-scale transfer action of the Silan Dynasty's registered citizens. If the residents of Delan City were still lingering here, the casualties would be a hundredfold, a thousandfold, or even the entire city wiped out as compared to last time.

The undulation on the ground resembled ocean waves, with a height difference reaching several hundred meters, smashing all buildings into pieces. Those guilty individuals gathered within Delan City, even if they were not attacked by the combat mechs and spaceships, this time probably not many would survive. Chen Fei could save them, but he was too lazy to do so.

A gigantic mountain peak surged upwards, rushing towards the airship group in mid-air.

Everyone felt a sinking sensation in their bodies, the airship battle group automatically climbed higher, evading malicious shocks from the ground.

Until a height of 2000 meters was reached, the continuously rising peak then fell back down, the ground surged endlessly, and the entire Delan City area had completely lost its previous appearance, with not even a trace of human artifacts remaining.

"Those parasitic species seem to have completely taken control of the entire planet, next stop, Sandy Flame Continent, 'Adam,' activate the 'Stargate.'"

Chen Fei guessed that the parasitic degree of the "Sagali" on Cangqiong Star had already reached the brink of eruption, he could also achieve a similar degree, after all, the "Life Tree" and the "Sagali" civilization share a lineage.

The whole of Cangqiong Star was already terminally ill, beyond help, ten thousand years of struggle ultimately became meaningless.

If there had been any other way, the Silan Dynasty's citizens would not have chosen to abandon their homes.

At this moment, the empty Sky Dragon City.

In the grand hall on this enormous floating island, snoring and teeth grinding sounds intertwined.

"...zzzZZZ... Rise, let Grandpa Dragon rise... huh... Ten for five... Grandpa Dragon is not leeks... must break even... ah, ah, don't trip... don't close positions, Grandpa Dragon still has margin..."

A ferocious Metallic Dragon seemed completely dozed out, rolling out of the grand hall, stumbling down the steps into the expansive square, only after a long while did it open its bleary eyes, gazing around blankly.

Huh?

Where's the dragon?

Where are the people?

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