"When did Brother Zeig... discover that there were other Stellaron Hunters here?"
"Before coming."
Zeig shrugged:
"Kafka was almost voluntarily captured. If she didn't have some backing, she couldn't possibly have masochistic tendencies, right?"
"Mm." Jing Yuan nodded:
"Indeed."
…
In the distance.
At the side of the Matrix of Prescience Ultima, that long-haired man had already fallen into heavy encirclement.
"Damn it...!"
At this moment.
Blade tightly gripped the long sword in his hand. Sweat had even seeped out on his forehead.
Countless Titan mechs firmly blocked all his escape routes on the ground, while the flying units in the air were also constantly launching attacks on him.
"Shua shua shua——!!"
Two mechs holding yellow-green laser swords spun their bodies to drive the swords, charging toward Blade like lightning.
Blade gritted his teeth and flipped over, narrowly dodging the attacks of those two Sub-God Machines Mjolnir. Then a huge shadow from the sky dived down again!
It was shockingly the red Divine Machine: Bardel!
Its deep blue light sword fiercely slashed onto Blade's weapon!
"Clang——!!"
Even though Blade had raised his long sword early to block, his entire body was still knocked back dozens of meters by Bardel's impact force!
The soles of his shoes frantically rubbed against the floor, leaving a deep mark.
"Bang——!!"
His back heavily slammed into something hard, and his figure barely stabilized.
"Hm?!"
Blade quickly looked up.
A huge white mech was looking down at him.
Divine Machine: Heimdall.
Blade: "…"
…
Watching Blade in the distance being beaten up by a large number of mechs, Jing Yuan also looked at Fu Xuan with relief:
"Lady Fu, are you relieved now?"
"Sigh. At this point, we can only trust you all."
Fu Xuan turned her head and said to the group:
"Everyone, to draw out Kafka's intelligence, we need to fully activate the array base of the Matrix of Prescience Ultima. Qingque, take the guests and set off."
"? Then... what about advancing the salary?" Qingque didn't move, waiting for Fu Xuan to give an answer.
"…"
Fu Xuan pursed her thin lips and with a face full of disdain took out several blue banknotes from her bosom and handed them to Qingque:
"Here. Don't make it a habit."
But Qingque only glanced at those few blue banknotes and didn't take them.
"Master Diviner, this... this isn't enough."
"?"
"Not enough?"
"How is it not enough?"
"How much exactly did you lose?"
Qingque's embarrassed gaze wandered as she said coyly:
"300,000 credits."
"…"
In response, Fu Xuan silently took the blue banknotes back.
She gently sighed.
"…You're fired now."
"Don't!!"
Qingque was so scared she immediately slid to her knees and hugged Fu Xuan's thigh:
"Master Diviner, our Divination Commission is big and wealthy. Can it really lack this little bit of credits?!"
"Lacking isn't the issue." Fu Xuan shook her head:
"But your monthly salary is only so much? After advancing it, you'd basically be working for free this year. In that case your work attitude would be even more negative. What use would I have for you."
"How could that be?!"
Qingque vigorously rubbed her face against Fu Xuan's thigh and acted spoiled:
"Master Diviner, you understand me. Do I look like that kind of person?!"
"Anyway, forget about advancing salary. Being able to spend 300,000 playing cards and playing so big—you're really a talent."
"No——!!"
"This seat is going to handle other matters. You handle it yourself."
Fu Xuan lightly lifted her small leg and flung it, mercilessly throwing Qingque onto the ground, then walked toward the other side on her own.
"...Wuwuwuwu."
Zeig, March 7th, and Tingyun were at this moment silently squatting on the ground, eating watermelon.
"March 7th, do you think... we went too far?"
"Did we?"
March 7th's brain was blank:
"Wasn't it her who wanted to play so big? At the time I said five credits per hand was enough. She insisted she was definitely going to win and wanted ten thousand credits per hand, saying she'd make back her money on the spot or something."
Tingyun looked at the two in shock:
"Do you two really have that much money on you?"
March 7th: "No."
Zeig: "Me too."
Tingyun: "…"
Tingyun: "So in total, if you two En Gong lost too much, you'd end up in the same situation as Qingque sister?"
Without the slightest hesitation, the two nodded at the same time.
Tingyun: "…"
"It doesn't matter. If we really lose, we'll just run a tab. Anyway, the Xianzhou will definitely have matters that need to trouble us later. Helping with a few things and the debt will be cleared." March 7th said lazily.
"Miss March is so certain?"
"Otherwise? Isn't every planet like this? When the Trailblazer comes, there's nothing else, just a lot of troubles."
"…"
Qingque walked up to the three dejectedly:
"The Master Diviner wants me to take you all to restart the array base of the Matrix of Prescience Ultima together."
Zeig clenched his fist and encouraged:
"Come on! As long as you complete the task alone and let the leader notice your talent... promotion and raise are just around the corner!"
"Save it... I went through so much trouble to get transferred to the library, such a low-key place where I can slack off during work."
"Now it's over. My easy career at the Divination Commission is probably going to be ruined."
"Sigh... After this matter ends, if I unfortunately fall from grace, I'll go think of a way to get a security guard position."
Jing Yuan silently observed the group's conversation and walked over with a smile:
"Everyone, right now Kafka has no intention of speaking. The Stellaron Hunters' intentions are unclear. We still need to rely on the power of the Divination Commission to uncover the truth and use the Matrix of Prescience Ultima to make Kafka reveal the truth. Please set off as soon as possible."
March 7th asked in confusion:
"Can this Matrix of Prescience Ultima really be relied upon? What if Kafka lies?"
Jing Yuan explained:
"The Matrix of Prescience Ultima is a heavy treasure of the Divination Commission. It was originally used to calculate navigation routes and divine the future."
"But the Stellaron Hunters' secret must be pried out no matter what. I have no choice but to break from convention once and use divination to infer her intentions. In front of such an array, Kafka cannot lie."
"Whether the Matrix of Prescience Ultima can operate is of great importance. Here I request everyone to help Lady Fu complete the array ritual. Jing Yuan is extremely grateful."
…
Ten minutes later.
A huge black-purple mech passed over the struggling Blade and soared away.
"Ah...?"
When the Heavenly Father passed by, Blade's entire face turned black, thinking it was another one coming to hit him!
Fortunately it wasn't.
"These guys are too disgusting...!"
Blade silently sized up the steel legion within a few kilometers that firmly surrounded him.
He had tried to break out for so long, but still couldn't break out!
These mechs were individually terrifying in size, and not slow either. They could also throw shells and shoot lasers! There were even troublesome things like paralysis devices and small self-destructing robots!
"Damn it... Kafka is still waiting for me over there!"
"...What should I do."