Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 833 Presiding Over the Scene
"Lai Lai, is this okay?"

Inside the command room, Ling Yuzi, located in the soul space, watched the major disappear through the spatial portal and asked a question with some curiosity.

"Well, since even Shilona's divination tools can't give any clear instructions, this is the only way for now."

Xin Lailai answered in her mind, glancing at the star map projection in the command room. Looking at the large red area she had circled, a look of solemnity flashed in her eyes.

In fact, as soon as he received the analysis results, he asked the Death Keeper to use Shilona's divination tools to perform a divination, but in the end, he only got a divination image of 'pitch black', and nothing else.

This is why he brought up these matters to the colonel as soon as he returned. Judging from the divination results and the currently known intelligence, the crisis approaching the Cassinome Channel is absolutely beyond imagination. If we don't take precautions in advance, no one can guarantee what the final outcome will be.

"We can only hope to get more clues later and make the divination results more accurate."

Xin Lailai thought to herself, glanced at the Death Keepers and Yamu and the others who had entered the spatial portal one after another, and said nothing more. She also opened the spatial portal leading to the training area and walked into it.

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Two days later, at the World Fortress, in the training area.

[Note: The current training objective has been reset. Do you want to start deploying the training objective?]

"Hey, Blackie, if it really doesn't work out, why don't we just give up? It's been two days and two nights already. At this rate, who knows when we'll finally find the right answer?"

"Hmm... indeed, perhaps we should really try to improve efficiency. Randy, do you know anyone who is proficient in spatial locking?"

"...Did you really listen to what we just said?"

Inside the training space, Randy watched as Xin Lailai was intently adjusting the massive magic array behind her, then gently rubbed his forehead, a hint of despair in his eyes.

After being conscripted by Xin Lailai, he finally understood that although Xin Lailai seemed to be the most normal one among the five, she would completely transform into a different person when it came to matters related to magical research.

"Tsk, why do I suddenly feel a little regretful about helping you out, Old Black..."

"I will give Randy a satisfactory reward afterward. As for the time ahead, I'll just have to trouble Randy a little longer."

"Well, I don't really care about the pay, what I really care about is the girls we talked about last time. Black Sword, could you introduce me to a couple more? Uh, this time it would be best if they were from Apocalypse Paradise. The girls there are all so unique and eccentric, I'm not sure if I can handle them..."

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Sister Chris Roanna: "@All members, sirs, the new batch of expedition recruits is expected to arrive at the fortress in 3 minutes. If any sirs wish to greet them, please wait at docking area F-02."

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"Tsk, I was so busy helping you mess with this broken magic array, I almost forgot about the important matter! You keep busy, Lao Hei, I'm going to pick someone up now!"

"Hmm... Alright then, I'll go with you, Randy. There should be quite a few people I know among the people coming this time."

"Uh, all right then."

As Randy spoke, he waved his hand and immediately turned to run away. Xin Lailai, who was beside him, followed while pondering the operation of the magic array. Together with Randy, they disappeared into the spatial portal.

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World Fortress, F-02 parking area.

[Notification: Teleportation complete. You have arrived at your destination area.]

"Huh? Captain Hei, you're here too?"

"Randy was coming over anyway, so I thought I'd drop by and come along too."

As the cold notification sound faded, on the silver-white docking platform, Xin Lailai glanced at Yamu, who had also come to welcome the second batch of expedition members, and the blindfolded nun standing to the side, and spoke. Then she looked at the docking platform in front of her and waited patiently with Randy beside her.

Unlike them, due to the larger number of expedition members in the second batch, their teleportation will be carried out uniformly by their respective parks, and they will no longer arrive at the space elevator area on the surface of the world fortress, but at a large transport platform further away.

Of course, compared to the fourth batch and later recruits, the treatment of the second batch of recruits was actually quite good. At least near the World Fortress, if they were recruits from the fourth batch who were in the top tier, they wouldn't even be qualified to use the direct teleportation array. Instead, they would have to set off ten days or half a month in advance and travel through interstellar space for more than ten days before they could successfully reach the World Fortress area.

[Attention personnel in area F-02: A new batch of transport ships is arriving soon. Non-staff members are prohibited from flying or moving outside the platform area. For area changes, please use the current area shuttle or space tunnel!]

Om-! !

After waiting for a short while, a pleasant announcement suddenly rang out from the platform, followed by a huge noise and a shadow descending from above. A coffin-shaped transport ship, over three hundred meters long, slowly descended from the sky, came to a steady stop at the edge of the armored platform, and with a whoosh, opened its hatch under the watchful eyes of the group. Then…

—In complete silence, he showed them the empty passageway exit.

"What's going on? Why hasn't anyone disembarked?"

"Hmm... According to the notification, this should indeed be the transport ship responsible for the second batch. Eh, Lord Black Sword, what's going on..."

"Something might have happened inside. I'm going to check it out. You guys just have to react as needed!"

As the slightly cold voice fell, Xin Lailai, who was the most vigilant among them, looked at the empty hatch in front of her and activated the flight module on her combat suit without hesitation. She rushed into the transport ship with a flash of air. When Randy and Yamu saw this, they looked at each other and nodded. Their eyes narrowed slightly, and they decisively followed.

A deafening sonic boom echoed within the transport ship, which maintained standard atmospheric pressure. Through the extensive transport corridors, Xin Lailai, relying on her memory and lightning-fast computing power to plan the optimal route, flew through the empty passageways, passing through numerous layers in just a few breaths, and finally—

"Whoosh! Haha, well done! Soul Moon! That's it, let the women of the Holy Domain see the power of our Reincarnation!!"

"Sister Xiya, you can do it! Defeat them!"

"Saintess! Star Maiden! Charge! Let those two little bitches see that the girls of our Holy Domain aren't to be trifled with!" Clang—!

The moment Xin Lailai turned through a soundproof passage and rushed into the hall used for rest, the ear-piercing sound of clashing weapons suddenly exploded in her ears, along with excited shouts and cheers that seemed to want to stir up trouble.

"..."

"Huh? Old Black, what are you doing here? Is something really going to happen up ahead...? Damn, I was wondering why none of these guys got off the boat. Turns out there was some good show going on and they didn't call me!!"

The next second, Randy, who had followed closely behind, looked at Xin Lailai, who was stopped in front of him, and asked her a question. Then, after seeing the scene below, he looked at the four women who were obviously fighting and his eyes lit up. Yamu, who had also arrived, also brightened up and took out his camera as usual, ready to take pictures.

As for Xin Lailai, she looked at a certain figure in the area marked by the barrier below, her eyes twitched slightly, and after silently counting the number of people in her mind, she couldn't help but rub her forehead.

"Miss Star Maiden! Miss Soul Moon! Stop! We've already reached the fortress!"

"Get out of my way! This is none of your business, Agor!"

"Your Excellency Agor would be better off resting for now. Your Highness the Holy Princess and I will deal with them soon."

"Pah! You two wicked women, who are you talking about dealing with? I think you're the ones who need to be dealt with! Get the hell away from Brother Argo right now!"

"If Mr. Agor feels this is inappropriate, why not join forces with me and Miss Star? With Mr. Agor's help, this conflict should be resolved quickly, right?"

"me……"

A melodious yet chilling female voice, each carrying a murderous intent, rang out from the arena. Beneath the barrier, the white-haired youth stared at the four women before him, who refused to listen to a single word of advice. A look of utter despair, as if he were about to cry, appeared on his face. Just as the Star Maiden and the others were about to unleash their true fury, even beginning to aim their attacks at the opponent's vital points—

"That's it!"

boom--! !

A voice carrying an irresistible sense of oppression crashed down from mid-air. In the next instant, four crystalline hands made of protective energy descended from the sky, slamming into Xing Nu and the others with a loud bang. In an instant, they shattered all the four women's attacks and suppressed them in place.

This is……

Faced with this sudden external factor, the top-tier contractors outside the arena were all taken aback. Just as a few hot-tempered contractors from Samsara and Death Paradise were about to question the black-haired youth who had interrupted the show, an excited shout, as if seeing a lifeline, suddenly rang out from the arena:
"Brother Black Sword!!"

As the excited shout, tinged with a slight sob, subsided, the white-haired youth, having seen his savior, looked at Xin Lailai before him and instinctively called out her title. Upon hearing this, the expressions of the group of top-tier contractors standing to the side, the cold-faced silver-haired woman who was struggling against the suppression of the giant crystal hand, and the blonde twin-tailed little girl all changed slightly, clearly aware of the black-haired youth's existence.

"The Black Sword of the Sanctuary?"

Suddenly, a somewhat cold voice rang out. A male contractor wearing tattered battle armor, with half of his face covered by a ghost mask, stepped forward, looked up at Xin Lailai in mid-air, narrowed his eyes, and spoke in an unfriendly tone.

"Yes, it's me. What's up?"

"I heard you beat that White Demon guy?"

"That's true, why?"

“I know the White Demon. Someone like you isn’t worthy of him…”

"If you want to cause trouble for the White Demon, you don't need to go through all this trouble,"

The masked man sneered, deliberately speaking to Xin Lailai in a provocative tone. Xin Lailai merely glanced at his expression, lingering her gaze for a moment before calmly interrupting him. This caused the masked man's expression to change slightly, and just as he was about to deny it, a hand covered in silver-white arm armor suddenly enlarged rapidly in his field of vision—

"And I hate it when people try to use me as a weapon."

"Wait, Black Sword! I...!"

boom--! !

A tremendous roar erupted, and before the masked man could react, he was slammed against a crystal barrier by Xin Lailai, his head pressed down like a rag doll. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and tried to struggle, but was horrified to find that the extraordinary energy within his body had suddenly turned into a stagnant pool, and no matter how he tried to pry it, there was no reaction whatsoever.

"An assassin like you shouldn't get so close to the mage next time. You'd be better off staying in a corner and watching the show."

As the indifferent yet authoritative voice fell, Xin Lailai tossed the masked man back into the crowd as if he were trash. She then glanced indifferently at Xing Nu and the others behind her, whose bones creaked under the giant crystal hand, and said:

"Including you all, perhaps some of you are acquaintances of mine, but since we are on an expedition, it would be better if you all remained calm. Otherwise, if you violate the rules of the legion, no matter who you are, you will have to abide by military law."

"..."

"I...I know, I won't fight again next time! Waaah...Big brother, please let me go! If this keeps up, I'll get shorter!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the cold-faced, silver-haired woman who had resisted the most fiercely gritted her teeth, nodded silently, and put away her weapon. The little girl with golden pigtails next to her, upon hearing this, begged for mercy with a pitiful expression, looking like she was about to cry.

As for the Star Maiden and the Holy Maiden, their expressions changed slightly, as if they had recalled some unpleasant memories. They both obediently gave up resisting. The former took a deep breath, and the latter gently closed her eyes, each sincerely apologizing:
"Yes, as Lord Black Sword said, I was reckless this time, and I apologize to everyone."

"I am also sorry for making you all witness such a farce."

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai glanced at the four people, remained silent for a moment, then dispelled her crystal arm, casually tossed out four crystal spirit healing spells, and looked around at everyone present before speaking:

"If there's nothing else, disembark in an orderly fashion. Her Majesty the Sister has been waiting for you down there for quite some time."

"And if anyone is dissatisfied, feel free to come find me at the training ground after dinner. I'll be waiting for you anytime."

After saying that, Xin Lailai looked at Bell beside her, nodded, and then strode towards the exit through the crowd that had made way for her.

Only after it had completely disappeared into the distance did the group of top-tier contractors in the rest area breathe a sigh of relief, whispering among themselves as they followed after it.

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(End of this chapter)