The Sequence of the Unknown seemed to possess a passive defensive ability.
Assassination—failed.
“With the limitations on what we can bring through teleportation, it’s simply impossible for us to assemble a bomb of real power.” Han Nuo sighed lightly.
“We failed. I’m sorry, I still underestimated this Emperor.”
Huang Xiao looked at him, but this time, she didn’t blame him.
“It’s not your fault. We did our best. The strategy target is just… inhuman.”
With the Raiders’ current strength, it was simply impossible to withstand the full-scale slaughter by all of Nerrifa.
Everyone looked up to the sky.
Survivor Count:
10,240,001
Suddenly, that number jumped again.
Survivor Count: 7,300,160
“Reporting to Your Majesty, we’ve just executed a group of captured Raiders. The process went smoothly—their sequences were utterly powerless.”
“Mm.” The Nayi Emperor in the sky nodded slightly. “Turn the feed around and let me see.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The guard aimed the sky projection.
What met their eyes was a field of crimson.
—Corpses piled into mountains, blood streaming into rivers.
The light from the projection stained the entire night sky red.
“This is a massacre!” Nurse An, seeing that scene, screamed hysterically. “You beast! Do you have any humanity left?”
No one could see this and still keep their sanity.
In just one day, Earth’s Raiders had dropped from two hundred million to seven million.
Under the orders of both Emperors, every inch of Nerrifa’s land was hunting Raiders, regardless of the cost.
As if the Raiders had become a virus for all to kill.
Yet these very “viruses” had once fought desperately to protect Nerrifa.
“This is Nerrifa. I allow your existence, so you exist. If I do not allow it, you must die.” The Emperor looked down on them with contempt. “You behaved before, so I let you be. But now you dare question the Royal Family.”
“But we haven’t done anything!”
“You’re not doing anything now, but that doesn’t mean you won’t in the future.” The Nayi Emperor shook his head.
“I’ve looked into it—your world has no Emperor, you overthrew your Royal Family. Unbelievable… You actually believe Emperors should not exist. You dare to let commoners defy their rulers, dare to make the Royal Family gamble for your interests. Such thinking, it’s absurd to the extreme.”
Who was the truly absurd one?
In this moment, the Raiders suddenly felt a wave of sorrow for this world.
Thousands of years of twisted thinking had left the people of this land utterly without the will to resist, treating every outlandish custom as only natural.
With the concentration of Sequence resources and all military force in the hands of the two Royal Families, even if the commoners were driven to despair, they could do nothing.
The class system here had been rigid for tens of thousands of years. The ancient history had left it with too many chronic ills.
Imperial Power reigned supreme.
No matter who the Emperor became, this was the unspoken rule of Nerrifa.
Perhaps… after countless bloodbaths, they had even selected for genes, leaving only those born to be slaves.
But—
“This is Nerrifa’s family matter. We respect every system, and believe every system has its reasons for existing.”
“We never intended to overthrow Imperial Power or disrupt the order of this world. We came here, every single thing we did, was only to make life a little easier for the people.”
“We respect Your Majesty, but what about you?”
Nurse An stepped forward, her eyes grief-stricken as she stared at the massacre.
“Dog Emperor, do you know what respect is?”
The Nayi Emperor’s gaze went cold at once.
In an instant, he appeared before Nurse An.
He gripped her throat, lifting her into the air.
“What did you just call me? I’ll give you a chance. Say it again.”
Her face flushed scarlet, but in her eyes there was only contempt.
“Dog—”
The Nayi Emperor’s hand squeezed harder.
Nurse An could no longer make a sound, her eyes bulging with blood.
The Nayi Emperor wanted her to feel this agony of suffocation.
“I’ll say it for her. Dog Emperor.”
A drifting, intoxicating scent swept by, and the Nayi Emperor’s palm grasped only empty air.
Vines lashed tightly around the Nayi Emperor’s arm, blocking him outside a wall of thorns.
The one who had come—was the Witch.
While they confronted the Emperor, Lulutina slipped swiftly into the Dungeon.
She rescued the Witch.
“My daughter, disgrace of the Nayi Royal Family… You have the nerve to show yourself here?”
“I am not your daughter. Nor am I anyone’s disgrace.”
The Witch spoke with calm composure, just as she had when she first met Wu Xiaomi.
Confident. Proud.
She no longer tried to please anyone, nor agonized over the so-called Princess identity or duty.
Now, she had only one identity.
—The lover of Raider Wu Xiaomi.
As her lover, she would stand firmly by Wu Xiaomi’s side.
“Looks like I should reclaim the Bloodline of Nayi.”
The Emperor’s aura surged, icy eyes fixed on the Witch.
“You want to fight me?” The Witch only smiled disdainfully.
Contempt, contempt, contempt.
Today, these Raiders the Emperor had met, and even his own daughter, dared look at him with such scorn.
These lowly ones who dared defy their superiors—deserving of death.
“I know you’re angry. You’ve been arrogant your whole life. When has anyone ever dared meet your eyes this way? You must want to kill me, throw me into the Copper Bull and cook me alive, but, unfortunately… Today, your opponent is not me.”
The Witch raised her hand.
Her fingertip pointed to the sky.
The guards cut the projection.
At first, it was just a fleeting meteor.
A bright star, streaking through the clear, cloudless sky, flying in from the far horizon.
It looked just like any other star in the sky, unremarkable.
Until Nurse An’s Comm Badge beeped.
The caller—Bai Xiaozhi.
In that instant, Nurse An burst into tears.
[This is the interstellar warp battleship—Peace. This is First Officer Bai Xiaozhi, do you copy?]
The communication screen was already unstable, sometimes blurring with static, the voice as rough as a walkie-talkie, distorted and harsh.
But it was enough to make every Raider weep with joy.
“This is the Mangu Raider Zone, Xinhuo President. We’ve already spotted the Peace’s exhaust trail.”
[Where are you? Why do I see a number in the sky?]
“We’re at the Imperial Palace of the Nayi Empire. That number… is the current count of surviving Raiders.”
Surviving…count?
The entire ship fell silent.
【What happened?】
“It’s a massacre. The Emperors of Nayi and Lin Guang have ordered the extermination of all Raiders. Not one left alive.”
【Why are you in the Imperial Palace?】
“To assassinate the Emperor. But we failed.”
This time, the comm was quiet for just three seconds.
It seemed that, on the bridge of the entire starship, everyone confirmed their goal with just a single glance.
【Understood.】
Three simple words.
Firm and resolute.
【Can you evacuate the Imperial Palace?】 Bai Xiaozhi asked.
“Yes.” The Witch answered beside her. “I can get everyone out safely. Whatever you plan to do, don’t hold back.”
【Good. Then please lead all Raiders to evacuate immediately.】
“How far?”
【To the other side of the planet.】
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