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Chapter 936: Border Outside the Territory
The day after Wang Ping arranged the matter, the Star God Alliance outside the border got the news. Wei Ling and Qian Xi immediately summoned the leaders of each camp to discuss a specific response plan.

Twin Star City.

This steel fortress standing in the eternal winter outside the domain is the earliest ecological zone established on the border outside the domain. The name of the city was given later. In the archives recorded by the True Lords, this city was marked as "Outside the Domain Zero One". This cold number can better explain how insignificant it is in the hearts of the True Lords than any other name.

After thousands of years of struggling for survival, the Twin Star City has become a solid fortress for extraterritorial monks. There are seven suspended continents surrounding the central main city. They are connected by a special magic array, which allows the entire ecological zone to move slowly with the traction of this star system.

This is a forgotten corner. The ubiquitous extreme cold turns people's exposed skin into blue-purple. Many people have frostbite scars on their faces. Those who have to work outdoors have long lost moisture in their skin, which is dry and cracked like a thousand-year-old corpse.

The instability of the gravity array has created all kinds of strange body shapes. Some are as thin as bamboo poles, some are as short as iron piers, but they all take the same firm steps. They use their modified bodies to laugh at the laws of nature and find a new balance in the distortion.

New criminals are often frightened by this sight and become weak in the knees, which makes them the object of ridicule by the locals, who despise their cowardice and feel that they are more normal than those normal people.

The black stone pavement of the city's main street was covered with frost that never melted, making crisp crackling sounds when pedestrians stepped on it. The shops on both sides were dimly lit, and the monks and mortals got along very harmoniously. Here, the differences between immortals and mortals were crushed by the pressure of survival.

There is also an institution in the city center that specializes in testing children's roots. At this moment, a thin girl was being examined by an incoming monk at the door. When she saw the monk who was recording shook his head, she did not show an overly disappointed expression, but left silently with her family who were waiting beside her.

Some of the seven suspended continents around are mountain jungles where practitioners of Qigong practice and cultivate a suitable temperature. Others are large tracts of farmland and medicinal fields with busy figures in the fields. In the sky, there are specialized Qigong practitioners who maintain the temperature of the ecological zone and also fertilize the fields.

One of the seven continents is currently in a damaged state, and half of the area is covered by rampant purple electric arcs. This is obviously the Yin Lei of the Taiyin Sect, which is probably caused by the last attack by True Lord Bai Yan.

Several star gods were hanging on the edge of a thunderstorm. Their protective shields were constantly pierced by lightning and then constantly reorganized. No one retreated because everyone knew that outside the domain, retreating meant death.

In the center of the Twin Star City, there is a high platform with hundreds of steps. On the platform is a hall built with pitch-black stones. The gate of the hall faces the sun. The dim white sunlight shines on the dark walls on both sides of the gate, casting a cold light.

On both sides of the hall there are monks guarding the incoming troops wearing special armor. They stare coldly at everyone who tries to approach, especially the criminals who have just arrived in the ecological zone.

Entering the hall, you can see a five-meter-high screen wall, on which is carved the scene of the founding of the Star God Alliance. Yuanwu Zhenjun is sitting alone on a stone bench, with hundreds of people gathered around him. Their faces show their longing and yearning for the future, but the light here is dim, so when viewed from the side, the painting is full of depressing feeling.

Entering from both sides of the screen wall, you can see a magnificent hall. On both sides of the hall are nine stone pillars with coiled dragons arranged in sequence, emitting a faint glow under the illumination of lighting technology. The ground is a smooth and clean black floor, which is polished from the easiest meteorite blocks to find under the starry sky.

In the central area of ​​the hall, under the dome like a black sky, there are the simplest stone benches. They are not arranged in order, but some are large and some are small, arranged randomly together. They seem to want to recall the memory of the founding of the Star God Alliance in this way, but this also makes these stone benches incompatible with the solemnity of the entire hall.

Normally there are some inbound monks guarding under the Panlong Stone Pillar, but now they are replaced by the brigade commanders of each ecological zone. The ones who can let them serve as guards personally are naturally the leaders of the alliance's camps.

Suddenly, a dim darkness descended into the hall, and then a middle-aged man wearing the Alliance's standard leather armor walked out from the shadows. When he looked around, the monks from the four realms guarding under the Panlong Stone Pillar all saluted him with their fists.

He is a fifth-level star god with 'hidden' abilities.

When he was about to sit down, several shadows became very clear in the light of the illumination magic, and then several people emerged from the shadows. They looked at each other and nodded, and then started chatting with people they knew.

As time went by, more and more people appeared. In just a quarter of an hour, there were seventeen figures. They gathered in twos and threes to chat, and what they talked about was naturally the decrees sent down by the True Lords this time.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and four figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of the hall. The two leading them were naturally Qian Xi and Wei Ling, both of them were also wearing the alliance's standard leather armor.

When they reached the center of the hall, the star gods gathered around them hurried over to pay their respects.

"Everyone sit down. We have limited time. The right thing to do is to make things clear as soon as possible. Don't worry about some etiquette." Qian Xi looked around. He said this sincerely, and it didn't seem like he was being polite to them.

Everyone understood Qian Xi's character, so they sat down upon hearing this. Then, their eyes all turned to the two people following Qian Xi and Wei Ling.

After sitting down, Wei Ling pointed at the person next to her and said, "This fellow Taoist is called Hui, and he cultivates the ability of 'dream'."

With a warm smile, Hui bowed to everyone and said, "Greetings, fellow comrades."

He had the physique of a Zhongzhou alien, and his deep eye sockets showed that he was born in Xizhou, so he spoke with an accent. This completely hit the sore spots of all the people present. They disliked the Zhongzhou aliens the most, especially those from Xizhou.

Wei Ling ignored everyone's expressions, pointed at a person next to Qian Xi, and continued to introduce: "This fellow Taoist is called Jiao, and he is cultivating the ability of 'reproduction'."

Jiao is much more pleasing to the eyes of everyone. He has a slender body and wrinkles on his neck like tree bark. This is the effect of being stationed on the front line all year round and performing special spells because of the cold. This is a merit and honor for people on the border outside the domain. As a collective organization, the Star God Alliance pays special attention to merit and honor.

Jiao was much colder and just bowed to everyone indifferently, but it was obvious that more people responded to him than Hui.

After a brief introduction, Wei Ling exchanged glances with Qian Xi and got straight to business: "I think many of you already know the reason why we called everyone here this time." She paused and looked around, sweeping her eyes over everyone present and said seriously: "The True Lords have defined us as evil cultivators of cholera yin and yang, and our people will all be traitors to humanity."

"Didn't Senior Yuanwu speak for us?" someone asked.

"The senior has already left the meeting. He is going outside the domain to fight for our future. This is the big deal." Someone spoke for Yuanwu. In the past, in order to unite the members of the Star God Alliance, the various camps portrayed Yuanwu as a hero of the alliance. Now their reaction is the aftermath.

"What about Zang Yi and Yue Xi? Since they have replaced Senior Yuan Wu's position, they should speak for us." This is a rather childish and naive statement. It is also possible that they have developed bad habits while enjoying the supplies from Zhongzhou Star over the years. It can also be said that some of them have really pure ideas.

Of course, these were only a minority of people, and the vast majority remained silent. "Quiet!"

Qian Xi scolded coldly.

Wei Ling continued in a calm tone, "When we decided to fight with you, the True Lords, we should have thought about our current situation. Apparently, the punishment we gave us back then was not enough to eliminate your anger."

The punishment she was talking about was Bai Yan and Xuan Qing's attack on the outer border.

Qian Xi added: "According to the news half an hour ago, Zang Yi, Yue Xi and other members of the Five Realms stationed on Zhongzhou Star, and even members of the Chamber of Commerce, have publicly supported the definition of us by the True Lords."

His words did not cause as much of a stir as before. Everyone seemed to have been prepared for this. Or perhaps they did not regard Zang Yi, Yue Xi and others as their own people. It was more likely that they had long wanted to replace them, and what the two were doing now was more in line with their interests.

Wei Ling looked at the people in front of her and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. Most of them seldom thought carefully. Every day they just completed their duties in their own ecological zone and then practiced cultivation. They knew nothing about the situation outside.

But then again, they took advantage of these people's ignorance, as well as the differences between the outside world and Zhongzhou Star and the planets where the True Lords lived, to make them hate the rule of the True Lords.

"That is to say, from now on, we will not be able to obtain any supplies from Zhongzhou Star. The True Lords are even controlling the spiritual energy outside the domain, making it impossible for us to practice normally."

Wei Ling spoke in a serious tone at first, then put on a relaxed expression and continued, "Fortunately, we have set up enough refining arrays to refine the energy from outside the domain for cultivation, and the cultivation speed is not slow. There are also enough Qi cultivators to provide us with basic resources."

After Wei Ling finished speaking, Qian Xi said in an extremely cold voice: "Changqing has cut off our connection with the transfer stations in various places within the galaxy. They will divide the ecological zones that need to be swept within a month, and we need to organize a blocking war to deal with their sweep."

He looked around at the crowd, "This is a war, and a war needs a name, so that those people who are digging for supplies for us in the cold regions will continue to support us!"

"In what name?"

Someone agrees.

Hearing this, Qian Xi's indifference faded slightly and he said, "Since Zang Yi and Yue Xi are openly against us, they have no reason to continue to serve as the leader of the alliance. We should elect a new leader."

"Why not change the name? The ecological zone we control now not only has practitioners with Star God abilities, but also practitioners of side sects and weapon cultivators. They are also one of us and are the living force against the True Lords."

A star god expressed his opinion.

This topic has caused quite a bit of discussion. Some people are unwilling to change the title of 'Star God Alliance'. Most of these people have practiced cultivation earlier and have watched the Star God Alliance grow step by step, while those who came later do not like this name.

Arguments are inevitable.

After a while.

During the brief pause, Wei Ling looked at the silent Hui and asked, "What do you think?"

With a modest smile on his face, Hui bowed to Wei Ling and said, "In reply to the chief, the other True Lords define us as rebels and evil cultivators who destroy yin and yang. They want to occupy the great cause, and what we must do first is to establish our own great cause. Our people and the lower-level Qigong practitioners need more great cause!"

Although everyone present was not satisfied with Hui, they were all smart people and still agreed with what he said. Hui continued to maintain his humble smile, "And the most important thing about justice is a reputation."

Well, things are back to square one.

Qian Xi immediately stood up when he saw that everyone was about to argue again. He swept his eyes over everyone present. Everyone had to swallow what they wanted to say. Then he said, "If the name of the Star God Alliance doesn't change, then we are real traitors. We can't admit that we are traitors. From now on, Wei Ling and I will serve as the leaders of the Star God Alliance, and you will continue to manage your respective ecological zones."

He suddenly looked at us with a sharp gaze and said in a stern voice: "We are the frontier garrisons. We have been pacifying this bitter cold and desolate region since humanity began to flourish. We have endured the frost and the miasma for thousands of years, and have kept the enemy out for the billions of people in Zhongzhou. But the True Lords have always treated us like straw dogs, not even paying a glance for thousands of years, let alone honoring us for our contributions? Instead, they accuse us of being evil spirits and are now raising troops to attack us. Isn't this the most absurd thing in the world!"

"This is intolerable, what is intolerable! Today, we have split the border and established our own world. We must ask the True Lords: What is our crime? How can we repay thousands of years of achievements with war?"

He looked around again, "We have guarded the remote area for thousands of years, protecting billions of lives on the border. Although we have not made any outstanding achievements, we are labeled as "traitors". Isn't this a disgrace to the Way of Heaven? Now that the proclamation has been published, the people should know our blood and tears, and also know how unwilling we are to accept this."

Wei Ling also stood up at this time and bowed to everyone, saying: "You all go and mobilize the materials in your respective ecological zones as soon as possible. Since they are coming, we can't just sit there and wait for death."

This is no longer a negotiation.

Everyone answered "yes" in unison, and then left in twos and threes.

After everyone left, Qian Xi waved to the guards of the four realms under the Panlong Pillar. When there were only four people left in the entire hall, he looked at Wei Ling and said, "You must cultivate into a divine kingdom as soon as possible. I will also conduct a large-scale sacrifice as soon as possible to try to communicate with the life outside the realm."

Wei Ling's eyes were filled with worry, but she still nodded, then looked at the Gray Taoist beside her and said, "There are still some among us who are still hoping for the best and don't have the courage to fight to the bitter end. We have to help them make the right choice."

Gray Taoist still had that modest smile on his face and responded, "Don't worry, Chief. I'll take care of this matter."

(End of this chapter)