Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

Jiang Jiu blocked it with his arm, and... he didn't feel anything.

Seeing Hua Wei's stunned expression, Jiang Jiu shrugged and raised his sword to strike.

After practicing sword moves with Hua a few times, Jiang Jiu realized that his swordplay did indeed seem rather chaotic.

Forget it... I'm not practicing anymore, it's too much trouble.

clang......!

Hua Dun paused for a moment, then suddenly found himself unable to move.

Pressure came from all sides, and even though Wei Ling diluted some of the oppressive force, it was still difficult to withstand.

“Marshal Hua,” he said calmly, “you can’t beat me.”

Hua gritted his teeth.

She knew... from the moment Jiang Jiu appeared in front of her.

But she was a marshal.

She can't back down...

She took a deep breath and gripped her weapon tighter...

Then she heard a voice.

"marshal!"

It came through the communicator, filled with sobs and terror.

"Luofu's battle line has been breached! The Cloud Cavalry has suffered heavy casualties! Yaoqing's side... Yaoqing's side has been breached!"

"Zhu Ming's defenses are collapsing! Xu Ling requests reinforcements!"

"The antimatter legion is gathering at Jade Palace! Marshal, we can't hold out any longer!"

Hua's hands trembled slightly.

She looked at Jiang Jiu, at his calm face.

There was no smugness, no mockery, and not even any of the emotions a victor should have in Jiang Jiu's eyes.

It was just a stagnant pool of indifference.

Hua closed her eyes briefly, and when she opened them again, the sharpness in them had dimmed considerably.

"...Shi Jin." Her voice was hoarse. "What exactly do you want?"

Jiang Jiu remained silent for a second.

“I’ve given them chances, many times.”

He looked into Hua's eyes, feeling somewhat weary: "But if you don't cherish it, there's nothing I can do. You don't listen to me, so I can only use my own way to make you listen."

Hua looked at the sword, at the tip of the sword pointing at her, and suddenly remembered something someone had said to her a long time ago.

"Some things can't be resolved through discussion."

She didn't understand then, but she does now.

only......

It seems too late.

She loosened her grip on the sword.

The longsword slipped from his hand and landed on the ground with a crisp sound.

“I surrender,” she said.

Jiang Jiu looked at her without saying anything.

Hua raised her head and met his gaze.

"Immortal Ship... We surrender unconditionally. Mirror Stream and Rakshasa, we hand them over. Remains of Procreation, we hand them over. Whatever you want, we'll hand it over."

"I only ask one thing of you..."

She paused.

“Spare those innocent civilians. They know nothing. They just... want to live.”

Jiang Jiu looked at the once proud Marshal of the Immortal Ship, who now stood before him, laying down his weapons and dignity, just to beg him to spare those innocent people.

He paused for two seconds, then calmly asked, "Now?"

"But now that things have come to this, there are no conditions left that can be accepted."

Hua's body jolted violently.

"Time Ember!!"

She practically screamed, "We surrender! We give up! What else do you want?!"

Jiang Jiu looked at her and calmly shook his head.

"late."

This world has never been one where things are negotiable.

This was the case when the Celestial Ship was asked to hand over its breeding remains, and it remains the case now.

Just when they were the target of everyone's attacks and about to be breached...

surrender?

...Are you kidding me?

Hua looked into those emotionless purple eyes and gritted her teeth.

"Shi Jin... do you really intend to wipe them all out?"

Jiang Jiu did not answer, but slowly walked towards Hua.

Hua watched his actions, a flash of anger crossing his eyes.

"Haven't you killed enough innocent people?!"

She pointed to the civilians fleeing in panic amidst the flames, to the Cloud Cavalry torn apart by the Void Soldiers, and to the few collapsing Immortal Ships.

"Those people! Those Cloud Cavalry! Those ignorant civilians! What did they do wrong?!"

"It's all our fault, they know nothing! Aren't they innocent?!"

"Shi Jin! You've killed so many innocent people, doesn't your conscience hurt?!"

Jiang Jiu stood still, gripping his sword, looking at Hua.

"And what about me?" he asked softly.

Jiang Jiu stared into Hua's eyes and asked, word by word, "And what about me? Should I die?"

"I can let you go, but who will let me go?"

"Am I just destined to go and die with you guys?"

Chapter 193 The Choice of the Hunting Star God

Hua looked at Jiang Jiu.

Looking into those eyes that still showed no emotion, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Why... why is there still no emotion in his voice even now...?

Angry? Furious?

Hua didn't understand.

Jiang Jiu seemed to be simply asking the question.

A simple rhetorical question devoid of any emotion.

Hua opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found himself at a loss for words.

Jiang Jiu did not move.

He simply stood there, his gaze passing over Marshal Xianzhou and looking towards the battlefield not far away.

In the distance, the various ships of the immortal fleet were successively breached.

Flames, screams, death.

Are they... really innocent? Or do you really think you are innocent?

Hua Gang was about to say something when Jiang Jiu interrupted him again.

“You are not innocent. You know very well what you are doing and you know very well what the consequences might be.”

“I have died so many times and restarted so many timelines. I have watched you hesitate and delay time and time again, and watched the end approach step by step... It turns out that you are not innocent.”

The global insect plague is no joke; every time a global locust plague breaks out, the entire timeline will head towards an irreversible point.

This was all done by Xianzhou.

They are not innocent.

Jiang Jiu took a step forward, getting closer to her. Hua was completely immobilized, unable to move, and could only let Jiang Jiu approach.

"Marshal, I really want to ask, if I let you go, who will let me go?"

"Who will spare the entire universe...?"

"Is the Immortal Ship truly worth the entire universe sacrificing itself for?"

It's not worth it.

Hua opened his mouth, wanting to refute, wanting to say something.

But she couldn't say anything.

Because she suddenly realized that as long as the future Jiang Jiu spoke of was true, she had no grounds to refute him.

...And the Immortal Boat Alliance had indeed considered the method he mentioned.

She might accuse him of being ruthless, of killing innocent people, of being ruthless and merciless...