Star Iron, conquer the world from Omphalos

"What a powerful recovery ability." Ash exclaimed in amazement.

"Yes, that's its most obvious characteristic." Ruan Mei nodded slightly. "Although Skara Kabaz hasn't fully reached the strength of a Breeding Envoy, its recovery ability has surpassed its previous level. Generally speaking, it would be difficult to suppress it unless a powerful Envoy appears."

"There's one thing I need to confirm," Ash said, "Can this guy go into outer space?"

"Of course, it's no different from the breeding Zerg now... No, it's more adaptable than the Zerg. Because the power of the Living Sand has enabled it to evolve adaptively, it can survive in space and even harsher environments."

"I told you before that I could cultivate a Zerg swarm for you, with Skara Kabaz as its leader. The other Zerg in the swarm could be bred using its genes. While they won't be as powerful as Skara Kabaz, once fully formed, the threat they pose should surpass most Zerg swarms in the galaxy."

"...It's amazing. The data shows that it has a strong desire to kill, but it is very quiet at the moment. Is it the influence of your power, or the emotions of the creature itself? Or... the insect swarm will always obey the orders of the Insect King?" Ruan Mei said to herself.

The swarm is a very special group of beings. They act almost according to instinct, and the most notable feature of these biological instincts is "obeying orders."

"Anyway, it's pretty good."

Ash stroked the big guy. The Golden King Worm showed no sign of resistance, which gradually made him feel relieved.

Although he was still not sure whether this guy would still be obedient when he went crazy, at least he would not attack him actively now, and would not fight back even if he was hit. It was much better than in the game.

"Ruan Mei, how long does it take to cultivate a swarm of insects?"

"It depends on the scale you want, but it generally won't take more than two weeks. Skala Kabaz actually has the ability to breed insect swarms, but I deliberately weakened this when I created it."

"What about the scale of destroying a planet?"

"Seven days."

Ruan Mei gave an answer that made Ash very satisfied.

...

In seven days, create a swarm force capable of destroying a planet.

This is not about throwing a big bug and killing it slowly, and stopping when it stops. Instead, it is about being able to directly bring about a devastating disaster and make it impossible to resist destruction.

If a real fight breaks out, a single Star-Breaking King Worm is enough to crush an ordinary planet. After all, this giant worm possesses the combat power of a pseudo-commander, while an ordinary planet may not even have a Destiny Walker.

However, what the company develops is different, and there must be value in its existence.

While Ruan Mei was cultivating the Zerg, Ash also returned to Yalilo and began to create as many Ascendants as possible.

But the next day, news came from the Black Tower.

"What have you and Ruan Mei been doing lately? I sense a strange force coming from the confinement chamber. Although I never mind her experiments, she shouldn't make too much noise... Also, she promised to investigate Omphalos with me, but she hasn't shown up yet."

Behind the temple where the sun disc is located.

The black tower projection crossed its arms and complained before quickly saying, "Schneider came to see me."

"Who?"

"Osvaldo Schneider, the head of the company's market development department, is one of the candidates for the company's board of directors. So, you might not know much about him, but he's a rival of Diamond Four, the strategic investment department's head. Diamond Four, the head of the strategic investment department, is also one of the few confirmed emissaries within the company."

"I see."

Yaxiu had only heard of the Strategic Investment Department, Diamond, and Stone Heart, but had never heard of the Market Development Department.

But being able to become a rival of Diamond, even if he doesn't have the strength of an envoy, his influence will not be less than his.

"What kind of person is that guy?" Ash asked.

"How should I put it? Young and clean. Well, that's a compliment. Youth means being bold, decisive, efficient, and ruthless. He once ordered the massacre of Argonne Apache. You know, even if those guys in the company are hypocritical, they'll always appear friendly and pretend to be good guys. But this guy is an exception. He's fresh blood recruited by the company's board of directors, but he's still an understudy. He's probably anxious to make some achievements."

Heita talked about his impressions of his contact with Schneider, and to sum it up simply it was - a rather conceited guy who dared to negotiate with this genius.

Schneider's purpose in looking for Heita was simple, which was to ask the latter not to interfere in Yalilo's affairs.

Heita probably guessed that Schneider wanted to use the success of this event to squeeze into the board of directors and remove the word "alternate" from his title.

He knew that Black Tower was cooperating with Ash, and the conditions must be related to the secret of the sun disk, so Schneider promised that as long as the company got the secret, he would give it to Black Tower for research without reservation.

At this point, Heita sneered, "Does that guy think everyone in the world is stupid? He thinks geniuses are only good at research and not planning? He says he's sharing a secret, but in reality, he's just trying to decipher it through me for free."

If the Sun Disc's technology was truly that easy to research, Black Tower wouldn't have struggled to make progress despite so many experiments. Schneider must have guessed that it was precisely because it was so difficult to crack that this Black Tower lady was interested.

So, what is a problem for geniuses naturally also applies to companies.

Therefore, Schneider's cooperation conditions are nothing to Heita.

Of course, in addition to the so-called free sharing, Schneider also promised a series of benefits, which were enough to bring a dying planet back to life and were conditions that were in the minds of the bigwigs in the galaxy.

Moreover, as long as Heita agrees, after obtaining these benefits, it can also avoid conflicts with the company and damage its own interests.

"What's the result?" Ash asked.

"I, Heita, love to say no to self-righteous people." Heita raised the corner of his mouth, "So I agreed."

"?"

"I don't think I have any reason to refuse, what do you think?"

Although the company's board of directors has a high status, it is another matter for the geniuses, so Heita is very unhappy with the other party's self-righteous attitude.

"I think so too." Ash sneered, "Since they want the Sun Disc so badly, let's give it to them!"

"Do you have any idea?"

"That's about right. I love making self-righteous people pay the price." Ash nodded. "Send me the information about the space station and the planet later, and I'll take care of it."

Originally he just planned to destroy the planet.

But now, the awakening of the Star Crusher King Bug has become an opportunity for Ash to fight back.

With his strength, combined with the power of the Zerg, it would not be difficult to destroy a space station head-on. As long as it was captured, the company's layout in the Jacob system would be interrupted, and Savantia would be isolated and helpless.

"Okay, then I'll go talk to that guy again."

The two of them spoke tacitly, and soon Heita had another conversation with Schneider. The final result was that Heita promised not to interfere in the company's actions, but in addition to the conditions promised by Schneider, Heita also asked the latter not to directly attack Ash.

You can seize the technology, but you can't capture or injure anyone. After all, Black Tower just announced its partnership with Yalilo, so we must protect Ash, right? And yet you capture him in the blink of an eye. How can this be allowed?

Schneider finally agreed to the plan to only take away the sun disc this time, and then attack Ash when the time is right.

In fact, this condition does not affect anything, because as long as Heita agrees, it means that she has reached a cooperation with the company.

And Ash was on her side.

Wouldn’t it be easy to catch them then?

The key is stance, technology sharing, and cooperation. As long as Black Tower does not take action, Schneider is confident that he can easily crush Yalilo.

After the conversation in the Black Tower, the next day, Ash launched an internal cleansing operation in Beloberg under the pretext of cleaning out traitors.

Although the betrayers were arrested, those involved with them have not been further investigated. This time, Ash used the excuse of cleansing to rebuild the location of the Sun Disc Temple, making it independent from Beloberg and managed by the Sand Soldiers to eliminate any possibility of contact by outsiders.

This way, even if the company's people attacked again, they would only target the temple, thus preventing Beloberg from suffering unnecessary disaster.

No one would think that this was a trap deliberately designed by Ash. They would only think that King Ash had become paranoid after experiencing betrayal and was unwilling to believe anyone.

"Shurima has no place for betrayal!"

In the square in front of Krippleburg, when the high-raised guillotines chopped off the heads of the traitors, bright red blood immediately splattered out, and large numbers of heads fell to the ground, and the red color became extremely glaring.

The people outside all showed angry expressions.

The company's attack on Beloberg dealt a devastating blow to the entire city. If Bronya and her men had not acted in time, the city-state would probably have been destroyed.

The shadow of death lingers to this day, and even the shattered corners of the streets bear witness to the tragedy of the day of the attack. Ashe deliberately chose not to rush to repair those streets and buildings, so that all his people would know—enemies and traitors, all deserved death!

After experiencing the nuclear catastrophe in Beloberg, the people living here cherish the peace and stability that they have finally won.

So when this hard-earned peace was broken, the people were filled with only anger.

"My people, the company's minions have already reached Beloberg. They are trying to destroy the peace we have fought so hard for. They are trying to enslave us until the last drop of blood is drained and the last bone is gnawed away!"

"When the city walls are destroyed, when the streets are trampled, when the snowfields awakened by the spring breeze are once again filled with smoke, when our loved ones fall, when our lives are taken away, all we can do is resist and fight with all our might!"

"My people, fear not. We are not insignificant, and our enemies are not as powerful as you imagine. They can destroy our walls, but they cannot defeat our will, for the power of life never yields! Under the glorious light of Shurima, all disasters will burn away. I promise to do my utmost to protect every Shuriman!"

"fighting!!!"

In the square, Jeppard raised his shield and shouted.

The death of the Iron Guard and his people made this loyal Beloberg warrior extremely angry.

Obviously, they just want to live a peaceful and stable life!

At Beloberg's most critical moment, no alien civilization extended a helping hand.

But when they have overcome the crisis and are about to usher in a new life, someone comes and says, you owe a lot of money, we want to evaluate this place and conquer it.

Never agree to it!

"fighting!!"

The Iron Guards and the people all shouted.

Shouts resounded throughout the entire Beloberg. Death and anger brought together the wills of countless people. Perhaps this was a good thing for Ash, because after this time, the honor of Shurima would be deeply engraved in the hearts of every Beloberg person.

Over the next few days, Ash used the Sun Disc to create another thirty quasi-ascendants.

This batch is far superior to previous ones in terms of quality and success rate.

The deaths alerted everyone, and after realizing that the disaster was not completely over, a large number of people even volunteered to join the Silver Mane Guard, vowing to fight the company to the end.

Bronya strictly screened this group of people, and only those who were absolutely loyal could join and be eligible to undergo the ascension ceremony.

Excluding those who died in previous battles, the number of Beloberg's guards has now reached fifty.

It is worth mentioning that Cocolia took the initiative to express to him her desire to become an ascender. After experiencing Beloberg's transformation from death to rebirth, the former great guardian had planned to retire, but now facing the company's threats and attacks, he finally decided not to stay behind the scenes.

Cocolia's ascension ceremony was even more perfect than Bronya's, which surprised Ash.

Then he understood that it was not that Bronya's talent was not good enough, but that compared to her, Cocolia had a more determined will and...loyalty in protecting Beloberg.

She believed in the prophecy of the Imperial Truth that one day King Ash would lead all of Shurima on the road to conquer the galaxy.

Fifty imperial guards, plus Cocolia.

Ash gathered them together, boarded the interstellar battleship, and embarked on the road of revenge.

...

Jacob Galaxy.

Inside the company's space station.

"Master Art, why did the director suddenly go back?"

War meeting room.

Art and nine other fate walkers are planning their next attack on Yalilo.

These nine people are the warriors carefully selected by Madeleine for Art. Including him, those who embarked on this journey together are also extremely valuable combat forces for the company.

Especially Art, he embarked on his destiny after being noticed by the Star God. His strength is much stronger than those of the same level. He is the leader of the thugs specially trained by Schneider for the market development department.

"Director Madler has to report back." Art shook his head. "The attack plan failed, and the department is very dissatisfied with us. The director has temporarily shouldered the responsibility for us. So you should know that he will probably be severely punished when he returns, and he may even be demoted."

"For the director's sake and for our future treatment in the company, this attack plan must not fail again!" Art looked around and said to everyone.

"But our last frontal attack also failed," one person frowned. "Beloberg is quite powerful, and now they're taking precautions. I'm afraid we can't complete the mission on our own."

"Don't worry, Lord Schneider has dispatched five interstellar battleships for us. They are on the way. As soon as the battleships arrive, we can launch a fire attack on Yalilo from orbit and break through Beloberg's defense without losing a single soldier." Art said.

"Interstellar battleship? But with the Black Tower here, our battleship..."

"Lord Schneider has already taken care of this for us. The Black Tower won't take action this time," Art said solemnly. "Everyone, you should now understand how determined Lord Schneider is to capture Yalilo. Those people from the Strategic Investment Department are waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves. If the mission still fails, not only will we be punished, but Lord Schneider will also be implicated."

"On the other hand, as long as we succeed, once Mr. Schneider officially joins the board of directors, our good days will begin."

Board of Directors!

The eyes of the people present also became brighter.

"If that Black Tower doesn't take action, it won't be difficult to capture Yalilo."

Yalilo is powerful, but only slightly more powerful than ordinary planets. Its technological civilization is too backward, so it is not difficult to conquer.

But when a genius takes action, these people don't have the courage to confront the genius head-on.

"Very good, then once the fleet arrives at the space station we will..."

Zizzi~~

Before Art could finish his words, the space station's communication system immediately rang.

"Alert! Alert! An unidentified warship is rapidly approaching the space station!"