Chapter 607 - 370: Master of the Moon, Moon God
Chapter 607: Chapter 370: Master of the Moon, Moon God
He concealed his presence, so no one noticed him. Otherwise, given his status, he would have caused a sensation wherever he went.
After more than a year of development, Guanghan City was operating smoothly, though many projects were still under construction.
Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui were in a meeting when a manager suddenly raised his hand. Noticing this, Zhao Xueqing asked, "Director Liu, is something the matter?"
Vice Director Liu shot to his feet, his voice filled with excitement. "We’ve just received word! The black fog on the Moon’s surface has dispersed, retreating to an altitude of over two hundred kilometers."
There were sentry posts, monitoring stations, researchers, and special forces soldiers on the lunar surface. Like the Dark Abyss Star-Eating Dragon King, they had also noticed the changes. They reported it immediately, stunned by the development.
Director Liu had been the first to receive the news, so he had rushed to raise his hand and report it before anyone else.
Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui exchanged a glance, unable to hide the joy in their eyes. Both were exceptionally sharp, and they instantly knew. ’It must be Brother Xiang! He succeeded! This is all his doing!’
And sure enough, at that very moment, a voice transmission from Li Xiang reached them. "I’m waiting for you at your place. Also, keep my advancement to the Moon Wheel Divine King Realm a secret for now."
Li Xiang didn’t know if the few Divine King Realm-level Kings of Space Exotic Beasts deep within the Earth had determined a victor. If they had, the winner might have already begun the Refinement of the Heart of the Earth. Should a resonance be established, it would likely know everything happening on the planet’s surface. ’In that case,’ he thought, ’I’ll have to act in secret and take the long view.’
Suppressing their excitement, Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui quickly concluded the remaining agenda items, assigned the relevant tasks, and immediately adjourned the meeting to rush and meet Li Xiang.
The two went home together. As close as sisters and both serving as United City Lords, they lived together for convenience and companionship.
"Xiang, congratulations!"
"Xiang, I’ve missed you so much!"
The moment they saw Li Xiang, both Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui trembled and rushed into his arms.
Li Xiang held them close. "I missed you, too!"
Needless to say what happened next. The sounds of their playful frolicking echoed from the bathroom, but fortunately, the soundproofing was excellent.
After their tender reunion, it was time for Li Xiang to leave.
"Can’t you stay just a few more days?" Having not seen him for over a year, neither Zhao Xueqing nor Lei Xiaohui could bear for him to go.
Li Xiang said, "I don’t know what’s happening with those Exotic Beasts deep inside the Earth. I have to go back and check. I’ll come up again in a few days." He gently stroked their silky hair as he gave them some instructions.
Now that he was the Master of the Moon and had pushed the black fog back beyond 200 kilometers, they could begin large-scale construction on the Moon Base. This included projects like excavating new Underground Cities, launching lunar satellites, and building large radar arrays on the Moon’s surface and in space-based orbits.
Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui were not unreasonable. The two helped Li Xiang get dressed and saw him off.
About ten minutes later, Li Xiang arrived in orbit around Earth. Using his Stealth Technique, he silently slipped into the planet’s atmosphere.
He descended deep underground to observe the state of the battlefield.
’Good, they haven’t determined a winner yet.’ After seeing the situation for himself, Li Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. ’These Kings of Exotic Beasts sure are resilient,’ he thought. ’They’ve been fighting for years without a clear victor.’
In a unique Dark Cosmic Space near the Earth’s core, seven incomparably massive Kings of Exotic Beasts were locked in a cataclysmic battle.
These Kings of Exotic Beasts were all extremely cautious. Li Xiang watched for a long time but couldn’t find an opportunity for a sneak attack. There were several carcasses of other Kings of Exotic Beasts on the battlefield, but they were too massive. Trying to collect them would easily alert the combatants. ’Besides, they’re "buried" deep underground; they’re not going anywhere,’ he figured. With that, Li Xiang quietly departed once more.
He estimated that there wouldn’t be an opportunity anytime soon.
Even after a winner emerged, it would take the victor many years—at least several decades, by Li Xiang’s estimate—to complete the Refinement of the Heart of the Earth. So, he still had time.
But for something like this, the sooner it was handled, the better. Otherwise, even if he managed to reclaim Earth, the other eight planets in the Solar Element, and even the Sun itself, would likely have already undergone Fusion.
Carrying an immense weight on his shoulders, Li Xiang remained calm and returned to City No. 03.
"Brother Xiang!" Jiang Cai’Er’s eyes instantly reddened the moment she saw Li Xiang. Although she had a Digital Life Clone on the Moon Base, it was merely a virtual existence, not her true self, which was why Li Xiang hadn’t stopped to chat with it. Furthermore, as a master in the Moon Wheel Divine King Realm, Li Xiang had perfectly avoided all the cameras in the Moon Base, so the Digital Life had no idea he had even emerged from his seclusion.
Even if the clone had known, it wouldn’t have mattered. The interstellar communication link between Earth and the Moon, destroyed at the start of the Apocalypse, had never been rebuilt. The Digital Life on the Moon couldn’t contact Jiang Cai’Er’s true body in real-time. Their data was only synchronized when the Cloud Whale traveled between the two worlds.
And the Cloud Whale was still on the Moon; it had not yet returned.
The moment he saw Jiang Cai’Er, Li Xiang cast all his worries aside and pulled her into his embrace. As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
After a long and intimate reunion, they caught up on each other’s progress.
Jiang Cai’Er was naturally thrilled for Li Xiang, but the situation on Earth had grown increasingly dire.
Things were still under control within the country. With Jiang Cai’Er presiding over matters and City No. 03’s special status, the region remained relatively stable, and no cities had been breached by the Exotic Beast Army.
The rest of the world, however, had long since fallen into chaos, and the situation was only getting worse.
In the past year alone, over a hundred Underground Cities around the globe had been breached by the Exotic Beast Army and turned into nests for the creatures.