The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

The instructors acted as intermediaries, charging each person a few yuan per hour to increase their profits.

Of course, this amount of benefit is not enough for a large country, but the experience of our predecessors has already provided the answer.

After informing the young men and women from Wuyi that they could freely roam around Fenghuo City.

Chen Mo gestured for everyone to calm down, "I won't say more. You can talk to the people here about parallel worlds and such."

They had already been to two worlds before we arrived.

"Now everyone is lined up in 20 columns in an orderly manner. There is no rationing system here."

Considering your needs for food, clothing, and daily necessities, the government has purchased wristband-like devices similar to mobile phones for you.

There's 200 yuan inside, a gift from the government.

"what?!"

"Really?! We have our own money now?"

"Haha, that's great!"

"Long live Huazhou!"

The joy and clamor of two thousand people resounded through the sky, and Chen Mo signaled for everyone to be quiet.

They explained that it wasn't free, but rather a loan provided to them.

The terminals and subsequent supplies need to be repaid to the country at low interest using their wages.

But who cares about the people in the water world?

The moment they finally possessed private property and money, they were like people who had been starving for over 10 years.

After hastily choosing a room in the temporary resettlement area, everyone headed straight for the streets and alleys of Fenghuo City.

Thinking about how to spend the 200 yuan in my hand?

It hasn't been released yet, and it's in this state.

This is all thanks to the films and TV shows that are shown irregularly in Washington state.

Many people don't care about the plot; they're drawn to the old-world setting.

Now that we have this opportunity, everyone wants to go all out and spend a lot of money!

Chapter 80 Imperial Guards of the Capital

The sky above Ling Cage remained dark and gloomy. Countless spores, resembling eyeballs, on the towering earth mantle vines all stared at the Swift as it sped past.

To be precise, they sensed the presence of their own kind inside the fighter jet.

"I will uproot these uncomfortable things one day!" The childish-looking man said earnestly, his four hands pressed against the window.

From a young age, he would occasionally hear those deep-seated, melancholic sounds.

Since the appearance of the Devouring Beast, that feeling has become increasingly intense.

Although he felt a sense of familiarity, he also felt an intense aversion to it.

"Tch! With your tiny pudding-like size, you think you can uproot them? You might as well burrow into the eyeball of the mantle and blow them up with a bomb along the root system!"

Bai Yuetian pressed his large hand on Lusheng's head and rubbed it continuously.

"Old Deng, don't touch my head!" Lu Sheng slapped it with both hands in dissatisfaction.

"Hey, I missed!" Bai Yuetian said cheekily, quickly pulling his hand away and then pressing it back down.

With a roar that still sounded like a child's, Lu Sheng lunged forward, locking his opponent firmly in place with both hands, while his other two hands slapped Bai Yuetian repeatedly.

"Holy crap, you're giving that bastard a cheat code!"

Behold my deadly scissor kick!

Hehe! Kid, you're still too green!

Bai Yuekui listened speechlessly to the two clowns' playful fighting on the floor.

She silently activated third gear and, almost simultaneously, pulled the lever back sharply.

The Swift was as if it had been violently thrown upwards by an invisible giant hand, and at the same time, the fuselage performed a sharp side roll and accelerated away.

"Whoa—!"

"Holy crap—Moon Queen!!"

"You idiot, I told you not to let her drive—!!"

"Ouch! You little brat, are you a dog? You're biting me now."

Ah—no!

"Little sister (Sister Yuekui), we were wrong, please slow down!"

"Bang! Thud! Clang!" A series of teeth-grinding collisions of flesh and metal finally silenced the two.

"Hmph," Bai Yuekui snorted coldly, stabilizing the aircraft before the two could even grimace and complain.

She said casually, "We've arrived!"

"Huh?! What's here?" Bai Yuetian asked, rubbing his sore shoulder and the bitten chest.

Lu Sheng looked out the window and vaguely sensed a chaotic mix of emotions below, a kind of vitality different from that of Jiu Chuan.

Bai Yuetian looked down and saw a city that was constantly expanding beneath the wilderness.

A swarm of figures covered the earth, tamping soil, moving things, welding... countless tiny movements converged into a deafening clamor.

The giant crane arm, like the skeleton of a giant beast, slowly reached towards the sky from the dust, each descent accompanied by a heavy metallic clang.

The welding torch arcs flickered incessantly, rising and falling, cutting out brief but dazzling streaks of light, making the entire city resemble a boiling steel furnace.

Looking at the high-definition footage below through the fighter jet's camera, Bai Yuekui, chewing a lollipop, frowned slightly. "When did the bunker get so many people?"

Bai Yuetian guessed, "Perhaps they are survivors who came from the second phase of the cataclysm."

"Is that so?" Bai Yuekui frowned in thought.

Jiuchuan has been traveling and providing rescue around the world for so long, but so far he has only managed to evacuate less than 180,000 people.

According to the intelligent scanning of the Swift satellite, there are at least 15 people here.

They now have rescue teams in both Xi'an Wasteland and Tianxing Mountain.

She knew the situation on both sides very well; there shouldn't be so many survivors capable of running over.

However, considering the ambiguous relationship between the managers here and ASH... perhaps this is part of their underlying strength.

As for the time portal that Lu Qianwei mentioned, as a rigorous scholar, she found it hard to believe.

Suddenly, the radar of the Swift emitted a rapid beeping sound, and a string of dense bright spots lit up at the edge of the screen.

Warning: A high-density anti-gravity unit cluster has been detected to the left rear. Quantity: 32.

Approaching, relative speed: low.

Bai Yuekui's eyes narrowed, and his fingers quickly swiped across the control panel, instantly switching the main screen to the external wide-angle lens.

Not far from them, thirty-two sharply angled near-Earth orbital airships broke through the clouds.

Bai Yuekui's gaze instantly locked onto the airship protected in the center, where an extremely eye-catching symbol was painted—a crimson crescent moon pierced by a sharp sword.

Bai Yuekui chewed the lollipop fragments in his mouth, his eyes suddenly sharpening, "Imperial Guards of the Capital..."

Wow! What a big show of force?!

"The prince from Jingxu is here?" Bai Yuetian leaned closer, clicking his tongue in amazement as he looked at the fleet flying on the screen.

He hadn't seen such a magnificent fleet in a long time, and he couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

Then, with a hint of complaint, he said to Bai Yuekui, "Hey, I told you I should bring more people."

Look at their lineup, we only have two and a half, we've completely lost our prestige~

Bai Yuekui rolled his eyes at Bai Yuetian, "The beast problem in Jiuchuan hasn't been solved yet, and now we have to go around rescuing people."

The sac-like virus seems to be showing signs of another outbreak. Where are we going to find enough spaceships and manpower for us to use?

Whether others bring it or not doesn't affect my judgment!

"And besides, you're the one who's superfluous. It's you who deserted your post, okay? =_=~"

"Ahem, I was just trying to make you feel safe, little sister," Bai Yuetian said, spreading his hands in a defensive manner. "Besides, there are only a few scattered Devouring Beasts on the Australian continent right now."

With the awakened AI assisting, I, as a commander sitting in the back, don't need to use it at all.

As the Jingxu fleet landed, the hatch slid open with a bang, and the first Jingxu guards to step out were dressed in full-body black power armor with gold trim.

The armor's lines are sharp and distinct, yet the shoulder armor, breastplate, and skirt armor are covered with intricate and beautiful dark gold scroll patterns and lion head reliefs.

Thirty imperial guards quickly lined up on both sides, their alloy combat boots slamming heavily onto the rammed earth, sending up waves of dust.

As the main cabin door in the center slowly descended, it was Dong Mingxi, an old acquaintance of Lu Qianwei, who represented Jingxu.

After half a month, the Dark Fortress provided food and a large amount of biological information.

After a minor upheaval, Jingxu has completely chosen to cooperate with the Dark Fortress, and the royal family's arrival this time has made their stance clear.

Bai Yuetian looked at the Imperial Guards standing in solid formation not far away with great envy: "If only we had these high-level powered armors."

Those Devouring Beasts were already crushed and beaten to a pulp by us!

Bai Yuekui's eyes darkened; now she also felt that they had been too negligent in this matter.

But overall, they are stronger than the deserters in the aristocratic alliance.

It is common knowledge among the three major powers that the other side sells people, food, and resources in exchange for energy and essential supplies.

Lu Qianwei had anticipated their absence, but was still quite disappointed.

In one month, that group of people will leave their home planet with their belongings and head to Mars.

Now all he can do is try to discuss sending someone to take over at this joint meeting.

Chapter 81 Formation of the Consortium