The Last Sentinel

Hughes looked down at Ye Feng from his high position, confident of victory and with everything under his control.

Ye Feng looked at the dissipating light and shadow in the sky, and now he had three paths before him.

The first option is to simply say that this is a fake video, a false excuse fabricated by Hughes.

The second option is to acknowledge that the video is real, but that Hughes has manipulated his will. At least Lin Qilin himself did not say that he wanted to surrender to the Sabit aliens.

The third option, without hesitation, was to kill Hughes.

Ye Feng's S-level intelligence was working at full speed; the first path was obviously fake and impossible.

This video makes Zhao Donglai look like a monster, how could it be fake!

The second option is to say that Lin Qilin's words were altered, but words are never as important as actions!

In social logic, there is a rule that behavior can be justified by discourse, but discourse cannot justify behavior!

Therefore, Ye Feng only had one path left, which was also the third path: without hesitation, kill Hughes!

If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who caused it!

Ye Feng's eyes were icy cold. The next moment, he raised his left hand to the sky, and a golden mental energy field was instantly drawn out!

With a whoosh, a mental force field with a diameter of 300 meters directly enveloped the Senate President's throne.

Even faster, Ye Feng leaped into the air, hovering above it, his hands forming a hand seal: "Divine Trio - Ten Thousand Swords!"

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

Golden divine lightsabers were awakened from the golden force field and suddenly descended, the vast golden divine swords enveloping Ye Feng.

A hint of appreciation appeared in Hughes's old eyes. "As expected of the next generation of top human powerhouses I've chosen. Although your emotional intelligence and wisdom aren't very high yet, your ruthlessness is already there. If you can't solve the problem, then eliminate the person who caused it. This is very much in line with the Human Alliance's operating rules!"

Before Hughes could finish speaking, Ye Feng's voice rang out, "Divine Trio - Return to Origin!"

With a thought from Ye Feng, the golden divine sword surged upwards, transforming into two intertwined golden sword dragons that roared as they charged toward Hughes on the throne!

Hughes stretched out his withered right hand and gently swung it towards his head!

All that could be seen above Hughes's head was a chaotic black and white vortex of light, which looked like a dark matter cloud!

The dark matter cloud and Ye Feng's Divine Swords collided. In an instant, the Myriad Swords Return to Origin seemed to pierce into an infinite black hole space, disappearing without a trace.

puff--

In mid-air, Ye Feng, who was already seriously injured, was slammed to the ground by Hughes' palm strike.

"It seems your victory over the four great physicists was a narrow one." Hughes rested his chin on his hand, sizing up Ye Feng lying on the ground. "You're already at your last gasp. This 'Ten Thousand Swords Return to One' move is your final killing blow! Instead of saving your last move to escape, you're trying to counterattack here. Who gave you the courage to think you can kill me?"

Ye Feng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and grinned maliciously, "Guess!"

In the sky, the dark clouds exploded, and a terrifying hole was blasted out of the black thundercloud. A terrifying blood-red light and shadow fell from the sky, shattering the glaciers of the surrounding mountains within a radius of a thousand meters with a loud bang!

Three hundred meters high, the steel behemoth—the [Crimson Destruction]—descends!

Even faster, another dazzling golden light appeared, and another steel behemoth descended from the sky, a massive three hundred meters tall, the Vanguard Titan-class [Martial Breaker]!

Sitting inside his mech, Wu Budu called out to the sentry below, "Kid, you're not dead, are you?"

Ye Feng replied, "Almost!"

Wu Budu yelled at Hughes, "Old man, what kind of skill is it to bully a junior? If you've got the guts, play with me!"

Hughes, chin in hand, smiled faintly. "Old man Wu, you are not worthy to be my enemy!"

Wu Budu angrily retorted, "Bullshit! What makes me unworthy? We're all about the same age, from the same generation!"

Hughes said, "We're about the same age, but we're not from the same generation. You became a hero after 1999, while I was before 1999. You're not only unqualified in terms of experience, but also in terms of combat strength. We're not even in the same league."

"Really?" Wu Budu piloted the [Martial Arts Breakthrough] ship. "Then let's give it a try!"

Hughes said, "I don't want to damage the Alliance's important assets. Put the mechs away. The Alliance never uses weapons in its internal conflicts; it's a tradition of duels between successive Speakers. If you want to become the new Speaker, you'll have to say, 'Kill me!'"

At that moment, silence fell over the room. Hughes then proposed that the Speaker challenge the traditional issue, which was enshrined in the Code of the People's Union.

No one knows exactly how strong Hughes is.

Because there is absolutely no information about him taking action!

This old fox, being the Supreme Speaker, deleted all his intelligence, so even top hackers don't know Hughes's strength and special moves.

In this moment of silence, a weathered old voice echoed across the battlefield: "The Tao Te Ching says, 'The wind is formless and without appearance, yet it is never still. The clouds are also ever-changing and unpredictable. Even if one exhausts the secrets of heaven and seeks opportunities, one cannot fathom the affairs of human life.'"

When that weathered old voice appeared, a serious expression appeared on Hughes' leisurely face. His eyes widened and he looked in the direction of Zhao Donglai.

Behind Zhao Donglai, an elderly man dressed in an oriental Han robe appeared out of nowhere. His hair and beard were all white, and he stood behind Zhao Donglai with his hands behind his back, like an unshakable Mount Everest!

This is?

"Old man of the Great Wall!" Wu Budu shouted, "You've finally emerged from seclusion! Look at this, Hughes has almost ruined your apprentice! Make your move, kill Hughes, and I, old man Wu, will make you the top dog of this generation!"

Is this what "Great Wall Watch" is all about?

Among the three great heroes of the East, who is the most powerful, the most senior, and the most senior?

Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief. With the big shots here, he felt less pressured.

With a thought, Ye Feng activated the Crimson Destruction mech, which glowed and guided the heavily injured Ye Feng back to the cockpit for treatment.

A cold wind howled. [Great Wall Watch] stared at Hughes, his old eyes filled with neither hatred nor resentment, but rather with regret and helplessness. "Why drive yourself into such a dead end?"

Hughes slowly stood up, raising his left hand to point at [Wall Watcher's] nose. His emotions surged, his old face flushed, and he roared, "Old man, how dare you talk to me like that! Back then, I didn't want this position; [Raging Waves]'s chosen successor was you! But you refused to sit here; you made me sit here. Now you say I've driven myself into a corner? You dare say that? It was you, you old man of the Great Wall, who drove me into a corner! You made me lose my only chance to be a good person! You made me a sinner against humanity!"

"If it weren't for you back then, if you hadn't stopped me!"

"I led the second support battalion, which lacked a flagship, on an expedition to the Centaurus constellation, and perished together with the Ninth Expeditionary Force of Sabit in the Centaurus constellation!"

"You stopped me at the last minute!"

"You say, rather than letting Homo sapiens admit we are inferior to our enemy, let them believe there was a traitor within our own race that allowed the Sabbit aliens to win!"

"You're telling me that the greatest despair for a race is discovering it's inferior to its enemy, but if the blame for the defeat in this war can be placed on a traitor, rather than on the race's incompetence, then that race can maintain its hope of fighting until it defeats the enemy!"

"So, you packaged me as humanity's greatest traitor!"

"Now, you're spouting these high-sounding, pretentious words, trying to be compassionate and saintly before the world!"

"Great Wall, don't you feel you've failed your name?"

Hughes' words shocked everyone present, leaving both the Sentinel and Wu Budu stunned.

The Great Wall Watcher is the sixth Speaker!

Did the Great Wall Guardians voluntarily give way to Hughes?

And they even turned Hughes from a passionate warrior into a traitor?

Was the Great Wall Watcher the ultimate architect?

Facing the stares of the two Vanguard Titan-class mechs, the Great Wall Watcher, his beard and hair flying, said calmly, "You're wrong about one thing. I am not the successor of [Raging Seas], but Lin Qilin. I am merely Lin Qilin's successor."

"My combat power is indeed invincible, the ceiling of the Human Alliance, but I am not suitable to be the speaker."

"I'm not good at social maneuvering, and I don't like power struggles."

"After the failed rescue of Lin Qilin, [Raging Seas] went completely berserk, charged into the enemy ranks, and ultimately died in the Battle of Xuanxiao Star Gate."

"And in the end, he didn't specify who his next successor would be!"

"Therefore, I am not the sixth speaker, and this position was not given to you by me; you earned it yourself!"

Hughes roared, "Still trying to deny it! You old fool, you've been hypocritical your whole life, you've been dodging the issue your whole life. Do you think dodging can keep all the grudges from getting to you? Lin Qilin's defection, my betrayal by your scheme—for so many years, I've been playing along with them. Countless times I've woken up in my dreams telling myself that this isn't the real me. Countless times I've dreamt of finding that Hughes who was the commander of the Second Support Battalion!"

"But every time I wake up, I have to tell myself that if I don't become a traitor, then humanity will doubt its own worth, and humanity will collapse, abandon its own strength, and thus truly and completely become a useless race!"

"I must become a traitor, I have to become a traitor, because only a traitor can pay the price for this failed racial war!"

"Ah—hahahaha!"

"The truth! Everyone is searching for the truth about that war!"

"Everyone believes that it was a betrayal by a human traitor that led to humanity's defeat!"

"What no one knows is!"

"The truth they found is nothing but a carefully crafted lie!"

"And all of this is thanks to you, Guardian of the Great Wall!"

"You ruined my chance to be a good person!"

"You are a true hypocrite who stands on moral high ground!"

"I just want to be a simple, passionate warrior of the Alliance!"

"I want to stain the sky with blood and perish on the cosmic battlefield!"

"But why! Why can't you be the traitor! Why me!"

"Roar—haha, go go—"

Hughes raised his arms to the sky, roaring and laughing, his violent laughter drawing thunder from heaven and earth, the roars echoing in the ears.

At this moment, Ye Feng and Wu Budu were both stunned.

Even the half-wrecked Zhao Donglai looked up blankly at Hughes, his bloodshot eyes filled with astonishment.