Xyrin Empire-Chapter 696: Historic Meeting

We clearly overlooked one thing, which was just how on edge the residents of Fantasy Country had become regarding objects falling from the sky after a giant Floating Island, Mount Tai, had descended upon them a few days ago.

The Xyrin Apostle’s small Transporter was equipped with an instant acceleration cancellation device, making its acceleration and deceleration processes exceptionally ferocious. The so-called landing deceleration was merely dropping from twenty times the speed of sound to ten times the speed of sound, and you can imagine what sort of spectacle it would be right before landing.

As the original inhabitants of Fantasy Country were already anxious about the Floating Island above, what would you think if you saw an enormous fireball expanding rapidly as it fell from the sky?

Needless to say, they would unleash a volley of dense formations: that is if the girls were equipped with that sort of thing.

"Whoa—"

The exclamation of Boli Lingmeng echoed with the whistle of the vector engines across the sky, while the ground-based anti-air firepower wove a dense network of fireworks. The sky was almost covered with a barrage of bullet hell of various shapes, including squares, circles, triangles, and more. Amid this fierce barrage, the Fighting Transporter remained utterly unscathed. This short and chubby vehicle, jokingly referred to as the "comma," possessed super maneuverability that was completely at odds with its appearance. Faced with the barrage filling the sky, it relied solely on its combat modules to find even the tiniest gaps, making expert bullet dodgers, Eastern enthusiasts, and those with APM200+ look feeble! This world belonged to the "comma"! This was all thanks to the victory of the onboard computer!

Regardless, the Demon Girls of Eastern Lily Town were also known as exceptional and unruly characters. Although it was unclear how their combat strength compared to the Empire’s soldiers, watching those titanic laser beams traversing the sky, I couldn’t help but think it was best not to go head-to-head against that with Transporter armor—was that thing that just flashed past the window an SLB?

"Whoa—"

"I mean, Ling Meng, isn’t that a bit of an overreaction?"

As a Transporter that prioritized stability, the Fighting was equipped with even more advanced vector engines. Since it didn’t rely on adjusting the craft’s posture for maneuvering, despite the intense acceleration, there wasn’t the slightest vibration inside the Transporter. Watching the lively fireworks outside the window and even livelier Boli Lingmeng on the other side, I couldn’t help but want to strap this guy to a chair. "Isn’t dealing with bullet hell part of your regular job?"

A certain Red and White danced excitedly with glee: "Whoa! This is so fun!!"

So this is why you were yelling!?

Watching Ling Meng fall apart both in terms of lacking morals and image, I muttered to myself, wondering if half a month of working life had worn this girl down. It seemed her psychological state was at least two courses of treatment away from normal...

At that moment, the bullet hell outside the window suddenly weakened as if by agreement, and a few seconds later, only a handful of bright Light Balls grazed the craft: It seemed the Fantasy Country’s air defense troops finally realized that this time’s Alien Object from the sky wasn’t a rock but was piloted, you group of indiscriminate Demons, have you ever seen a Meteorite perform a Rattlesnake Maneuver!?

"Ah, perfect dodging, the kid’s mother could only do about this well." Glancing at the damage report for the Transporter, I casually compared our flawless results with Bubbles’ micro-managing skill, then I pulled up the energy curve data gathered by the Sensors. These were the Attack Power reports from the Demon air defense troops, a blur of colorful numbers that immediately dazzled the eyes. But Sandora took just one glance and helped me draw a conclusion, "The basic Attack Power varies greatly, but on average, those weakest light shots are roughly equivalent in strength to the large-caliber firearm attacks of Humans. The strongest attacks—at least equal to high-energy lasers. Plus with these numbers, they compare to the common Imperial Soldiers."

Even with the advantage in numbers, it appeared the Demons of Fantasy Country indeed had some skill. No wonder back then Yukari Yakumo and Boli Lingmeng were able to take down two well-trained Elite Empire Soldiers and a fully-armed Attack Ship—ugh, after fighting so often, I began to habitually analyze these mind-numbing things, the very sort of thing that was entirely at odds with my life philosophy of eating and waiting for death! This was pure heresy! I had to resist firmly!

I promptly shut off the Tactics analysis system, and patted Yakumo Lan, who seemed to be stunned from the recent high-difficulty dodging action. I waited for the Transporter to land smoothly in front of a crowd of onlookers from Fantasy Country.

The cabin’s projection system had already magnified the crowd below and presented them, allowing us to see that those who had just launched the attack were a large group of "people." Dressed in all manner of strange clothes and bearing a wide variety of weapons, what was regrettable was that apart from a few girls whose identities could barely be guessed based on their appearance, the vast majority were faces I didn’t recognize. The gap between reality and expectation is truly massive; I almost forgot that in the real world, Fantasy Country couldn’t possibly have just over a hundred cute girls. With the housing pressure being so high and land resources being tight, could such a big place really be home to just a hundred people...

But then again, it truly deserves to be called Fantasy Country... The number of ferocious girls is also astonishing. Yes, I definitely won’t admit I deliberately ignored all the unsightly suspected male targets in my line of sight when I said this!

The appearance of a silver-white high-tech flying device for the first time in this isolated world (I firmly believe that not even the technologically advanced Moon People could drive a spaceship down to Earth) naturally caused widespread and intense attention. The residents of Fantasy Country who had just tried to intercept us had a hundred percent chance of all being demons, and now these demons were encircling our transporter, forming a large circle with a radius of over a hundred meters. No one dared to get too close, but everyone wanted to touch the peculiar machine in front of them.

After opening the hatch and stepping out, Emperor’s family, baggage and all, was greeted by the enthusiastic onlooking of hundreds of Fantasy Country residents.

"Don’t mind us, don’t mind us, the demons never care much about these courtesies—Lan, make way, make way, I’m getting off!"

The voice of Boli Lingmeng rang out from behind, and then a Nine-tailed Fox Woman was rudely pushed down by someone in red and white and bumped into my back. Soon after, Lady Ling Meng, the Great City Manager of Fantasy Country who had left this place for many days, made her dazzling entrance.

At first, the arrival of our group of strangers naturally caused strong vigilance among all the surrounding onlookers. From the way they were standing sideways, one could tell they were ready to counterattack at any moment. However, this strong aversion to outsiders came to an abrupt stop once Boli Ling Meng and Yakumo Lan appeared together. Then came the sudden whispering.

"Ling Meng?!"

A surprised call interrupted the murmurs around us, and a golden-haired girl in black and white witch attire, resembling a maid costume, with a pointed black magic hat on her head, pushed through the crowd from the outside of the circle and then ran quickly towards us.

"Ling Meng! It’s really you! Where have you been these past few days?!"

With a serious expression, Ling Meng said, "After being forcibly detained by the vicious and evil Imperial Soldiers and selling myself into slavery under a heartless boss, I led a miserable life of hunger and hard toil for a whole half month."

I slapped her on the back of the head, "Watch it with this month’s bonus!"

"I’ll just dock it from the compensation for the demolition~~"

I immediately wilted...

At first, everyone thought that when Ling Meng and the Empire’s no-morals team came together, there would be an additive effect on how low they could go. Now it seems, damnit, it’s multiplicative!

Coughing awkwardly twice, I raised my hand to show my presence, "Ahem, you’re Moriya, right? Sorry to interrupt abruptly, but now is not the time for catching up. How is the situation in Fantasy Country? Is there someone in charge who can come forward and talk?"

The Black and White Witch looked at me suspiciously, "Ling Meng, I’ve been wanting to ask since a while ago, who is this suspicious uncle? He hit you just now!"

"I am the heartless boss that runs this no-morals mouth." Putting on a stern face, I glared fiercely at the red and white witch pretending to be innocent.

Under the somewhat chaotic yet fairly detailed explanations of Yakumo Lan and Boli Lingmeng, the two involved parties, Moriya finally sort of understood what had happened to Ling Meng, who had mysteriously vanished, and to the missing Yakumo Lan over the past period. It was an experience so baffling and shocking that (with Ling Meng’s shameless description, the Imperial Capital even turned into a horrific place filled with bloody dark governance and tyrannical dictatorship, but luckily, Moriya seemed to be aware of her best friend’s character and directly ignored that part of the tearful story). Even in a land such as Fantasy Country, which is based on absurdities rather than common sense, this bizarre story was hard to accept. But what can you say when a giant Floating Island falls from the sky? What else can’t be accepted...

"Uh, I guess I got the gist of it," Moriya said nonchalantly while scratching her head. I noticed a look of fatigue on her face, but before I could ask anything more, a panicky figure rushed over from the direction of Demon Mountain, "No, no good! It’s descending! Outer Heaven Island is lowering again!"

Moriya was shocked, "What?! That’s bad!"

"Wait, what’s happening?" I grabbed Moriya who was about to take off and turned to the blue figure who had just rushed over, "What’s descending... Oh, you can go now."

The person who came into view was a short blue-haired little girl wearing a blue dress, with six icy wings behind her. She rushed over so carelessly that she didn’t even notice the group of strangers present or even recognize Ling Meng at first. It took her a full few minutes to suddenly look thoughtful—it truly was thoughtful, despite no one knowing what she could possibly be pondering upon seeing Ling Meng. Maybe she simply forgot who this Red and White was after not seeing her for a few days and was trying hard to remember her name. After all, she’s a Stupid Nine...

Chiruno, the Ice Fairy, was known far and wide in Fantasy Country as the "strongest", with an IQ of Nine, a name with a Nine, and even a profession of being a Nine, that was the identity of this little girl-like being.

I had no idea why she wasn’t just staying at her Fog Lake and instead was running around here, shouting. But it was clear that expecting her to answer my questions was futile.

"Outer Heaven Island, obviously that one!" Moriya, held back by me, was very agitated and then pointed at the underside of the Atlantis Continent overhead that was covering the sun, "No one knows where it came from, but it’s caused a major crisis already! Right now, nearly all the powerful demons are gathered at the foot and halfway up the mountain, trying to prop this thing in mid-air, but they can’t hold on much longer, it’s too heavy! It’s an unnaturally heavy weight!"

"And there are people on top! Really, really, really tall people!" Chiruno jumped up and down shouting, "They’re fighting up there, and they told us to stay back, they’re so stupid! If we leave, this thing will definitely fall! The mountain will surely collapse... eh? Who are you guys?"

You’re just realizing that now?

Now, at least, I understood one thing, Atlantis’s anti-gravity system and primary flying power had indeed all crashed. It was only being propped up halfway in mid-air by the countless demons below using their power to prevent Demon Mountain from completely collapsing, but such efforts were doomed to be half as effective. The bottom layer of Atlantis had a massive amount of metal tendrils like structures, which were the energy release channels of the Floating Island in regular propulsion mode, meaning they possessed an amazing affinity for energy. The demons were blindly exerting themselves below, and at least ninety percent of their energy would be absorbed by these release channels. This was why, despite having lost most of its power, Atlantis’s Shield System was running at full capacity. In the usual design of a Xyrin ship, to ensure that the shield always had priority energy supply under any circumstances, the Shield System shared a system with the main energy release pathways, so the demons’ mana was almost entirely co-opted by the nearly omnipotent energy conversion device to replenish the shield.

Heaven knew whether this was a good or bad thing. Thousands of demons were making ninety percent futile efforts to barely prevent Atlantis from crashing. Yet these futile efforts were also strengthening its barrier, preventing the even more lethal Abyss Energy from leaking out from the Floating Island. Well then, Fantasy Country really does have great fortune...

"Hey! Didn’t you hear me? Who exactly are you?! I’m the strongest, Chiruno! Answer me quickly!"

The girl with a big attitude called out, pulling me back from my thoughts; I had nearly forgotten about this unique idiot waiting for an answer. It seemed that due to an unprecedented crisis facing Fantasy Country, all demons and powerful humans had spontaneously gathered here, and even the usually playful Stupid Nine was drawn over.

"Don’t mess around, idiot! Get back to work! If Outer Heaven Island falls, even if you’re a fairy, you’re done for!" Moriya waved her witch’s broom, trying to chase away the girl in blue, but her motion stopped halfway, and she began to look at the collar of my shirt with a strange expression, "Wow! Are all people from outside like this tiny before they grow up?"

"The one calling others idiots is an idiot!" Chiruno protested, trying to draw attention by flailing her arms, "Duel! Duel!"

I ignored the little blue figure and looked down with an odd expression: Dingdang was poking her head out from my collar, curiously looking at the people around, and then took a deep breath, "Wow! The air in this world is so fresh! The Life Force is strong!"

"Little One, I thought you were supposed to be sleeping in a pocket?" I poked the Little Thing’s head with my finger and asked with confusion.

Little One immediately raised her hand proudly, just like she was answering a teacher’s question, and blurted out, "Dingdang has bitten a hole under the pocket! Now Dingdang can move freely inside the clothes! Dingdang is really amazing!"

I was stunned for three seconds, then became furiously angry, "You irresponsible Dou Ding! Those were the new clothes Sandora personally bought for me the day before yesterday!"

Heavens above, what was I thinking the day before yesterday, letting Dingdang watch those authentic battle movies‽

Startled by her master’s shout, Dingdang immediately retreated into my collar, but perhaps it was fate’s twist, as Chiruno had already developed an unusual interest in the Little One who had suddenly appeared...

"Hey! Come out! You said you’re amazing‽"

My expression froze, and I woodenly fished out Dingdang, who was curled up into a ball, evidently believing if she closed her eyes the world would cease to exist (if she entered her Divine Form, perhaps it really would be the case), and then I poked the Little Thing’s forehead, "Girl, they’re calling you."

"Eh? Who’s calling Dingdang?" The Little Thing looked up in confusion, and her gaze met the blue elf’s, who was staring fixedly at her.

History, at that moment, solidified, and I felt even Sandora’s breathing suddenly become heavy—the effort to hold back laughter.

"I’m Chiruno! I’m the strongest here!"

The Ice Fairy puffed out her chest with all her might, smacking that flatland that matched Gilgamesh’s, and introduced herself with an air of pride.

The Little Thing also jumped up, and danced a cheerful figure-eight in mid-air, "Dingdang! The very amazing, super amazing Dingdang!"

What kind of fierce sparks would fly when the strongest Chiruno (self-proclaimed) met the most amazing Dingdang from the Divine Realm (self-proclaimed)? Was this a Stupid Nine x Stupid Nine equation? I began to speculate with a godly silly expression, simply because these two creatures were too amusing. I hardly dared to imagine what sort of bizarre atmosphere would form if Dingdang and Chiruno were kept together... A stupid halo?

After the two idiots, one big one small, completed their self-assured self-introductions, they began staring at each other for no apparent reason. Perhaps it was typically the case that when they acted foolish like this, someone opposite would find a way to change the subject or outright scold them—but this time, the situation was a little complicated: in front of both idiots, there stood an idiot. Consequently, with no one to divert the conversation, neither knew how to proceed...

However, this godly awkward staring contest lasted only a short while. Dingdang sat cross-legged in midair contemplating who knows what, and eventually joyfully rushed up to Chiruno, gesturing wildly, "Come play with Dingdang!"

Chiruno also instantly forgot why she was there, and happily acknowledged the little creature in front of her, "Let’s go play!"

Then the two idiots ran off, disappearing in their joy.

...You two idiots!! What on Earth did you come here for‽

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