Lai Xue · Fa Nan, having obtained a new body, slowly raised his hand.
Suddenly, hundreds of black cables pierced through the floor, impaling the intruders.
Within seconds, blood splattered, and the scene was horrific.
Lai Xue · Feng Gong stared, his lips turning ashen with fear, frozen in place.
"Feng Gong..." Lai Xue · Fa Nan said softly, "Can you bear the consequences of patricide?"
At this moment, Lai Xue · Xi Mei leaped out from the shadows, smirking, "Hee hee hee hee... Father, I told you long ago that elder brother had ambitions to usurp the throne, hee hee hee hee!"
A flicker of displeasure crossed Lai Xue · Fa Nan's eyes. He opened his hand, and a hovering chair quickly flew from the shadows, lifting Lai Xue · Xi Mei to him.
Lai Xue · Fa Nan grabbed Xi Mei's slender neck, saying coldly, "If it weren't for you, my rebellious son, I wouldn't be in this state."
"Fa...ther! Your daughter has merit! I accelerated your evolution! I tore away big brother's disguise!" Xi Mei choked out in a terrified voice from her throat.
Lai Xue · Fa Nan smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "So, I should reward you handsomely."
"The former Hai Yang, awakened a character of arrogant self-importance and gained an extraordinary ability to modify human body structures, transforming them into pupae."
"Once a pupa breaks free from its cocoon, it will become a subordinate computer life form controlled by me."
"Hmm... I shall bestow upon you the honor of becoming my first subordinate..."
Suddenly, countless sharp needles sprouted from Fa Nan's cybernetic palm, piercing into Xi Mei's neck.
Xi Mei's eyes rolled back, foam at her mouth, and her body convulsed uncontrollably, soon becoming still.
But after a few seconds, her pupils flipped back down, turning a bizarre bloody red.
Lai Xue · Fa Nan released his grip, and Xi Mei fell rigidly to the ground like a zombie.
She opened her mouth and emitted a mechanical voice: "Conversion commencing..."
Lai Xue · Fa Nan let out two hearty laughs and raised his arms!
The ground churned, and countless fine cables broke through the earth, ensnaring the still-breathing scientists and bringing them to Lai Xue · Fa Nan.
Minutes later, all the scientists were converted and stood rigidly around.
At this moment, Lai Xue · Fa Nan finally noticed Fu Ya Fang, who was lying on the ground.
He slowly walked to her and placed one hand on the crown of Fu Ya Fang's head.
Fu Ya Fang smiled tiredly and with a sense of release, murmured, "Begin, my mission is complete... Hahahaha..."
A week ago, she had received a mission from Lai Xue · Fa Nan to send false intelligence to Gu Ya: [Hai Yang's core is stored in Kuan Qiu City, near Black Star Mountain].
Fu Ya Fang did as instructed, but she left a hidden contingency.
She embedded [Writing Hai Yang Backdoor] within these few words.
Only Gu Ya's subordinate intelligence department could decipher the intelligence hidden within this message.
Fu Ya Fang had perfectly completed all her tasks, destabilizing the Lai Xue family and leaving a backdoor program for Hai Yang.
Now, she could die in peace.
However, the only regret in Fu Ya Fang's heart was that she would never see Liu Feng again in this life...
Lai Xue · Fa Nan gently stroked Fu Ya Fang's head and said, "You have done exceptionally well. I will keep you by my side, as a human, to witness the world's great changes!"
"In a hundred years, you will be laid to rest as the last true human."
Fu Ya Fang looked up at Lai Xue · Fa Nan in surprise.
Lai Xue · Fa Nan turned to Feng Gong and said calmly, "As for you..."
"Fa... Father! I... I I I! I was wrong!!" Feng Gong pleaded in panic.
"Hahahahaha..." Lai Xue · Fa Nan's laughter echoed through the empty research facility, lingering endlessly.
...
In a dark confinement cell, Lai Xue · Feng Gong lay, his face gaunt.
Time seemed to have frozen, all sensation dulled.
Suddenly, the door of the confinement cell was opened, and the light from outside blinded him.
As his eyes adjusted to the brightness and opened again, he saw Fu Ya Fang, exquisitely dressed, sitting opposite him, looking at him mockingly.
"You! You vixen! Sorceress! Woman with a heart of a viper!!" Feng Gong roared and lunged forward, attempting to grab Fu Ya Fang's neck.
But his hands were entwined by a few delicate fingers, rendering him immobile!
As he looked around, he saw that he was surrounded by delicate and scantily clad women!
These women smiled seductively at Feng Gong, twisting their bodies provocatively, uttering indecent sounds, and rubbing their smooth skin against Feng Gong's soiled body.
"You... What are you doing!? Let me go!!"
Feng Gong struggled fiercely, but it was like sinking into a gentle trap, he couldn't exert any strength.
His eyes turned to Fu Ya Fang, pleading, "Ya Fang! Please let me go! I treated you so well! I truly love you!!"
"You love me too, don't you! Back in the interrogation room, you called my name. I know! You were sincere! You even shed tears for me!!"
Fu Ya Fang sneered dismissively at the corner of her mouth and said softly, "You really know how to flatter yourself. Back then, I was calling out my boyfriend Liu Feng's name, and I was crying for him. Did you really think I would fall for a man from the Lai Xue family?"
"The Black Star Empire ravaged the world and invaded my homeland! I wish all of you would die."
Fu Ya Fang slowly rose and said with a gentle smile, "I swore to myself that I would make you regret in fear until your death..."
"Tsk, tsk, enjoy the fear from the bottom of your heart~ Hahaha..."
Fu Ya Fang paced out of the room, and the confinement cell door slammed shut!
These words, designed to kill and torment, caused Lai Xue · Feng Gong's spirit to completely collapse. His eyes, empty and hopeless, fixed on the ceiling.
The holographic lights flickered on, and seven or eight seductive and alluring women climbed onto Feng Gong, laughing wantonly and twisting their bodies with abandon!
Feng Gong's eyes gradually turned mad, his heart pounding.
Amidst the tantalizing and seductive laughter, he ceased to breathe...
Fu Ya Fang quickly exited the underground prison, boarded a hovercar, and returned to Lai Xue · Fa Nan's residence.
She gently pushed the door open and entered.
Inside, Lai Xue · Fa Nan lay with his eyes closed in the experimental pod.
"Did Feng Gong die?"
"He did."
Lai Xue · Fa Nan raised a hand and wiped away a tear from the corner of his eye, saying, "This will be my last tear."
With that, he stood up and extended his hand; the cloak on the hanger automatically flew onto him.
The two walked out of the room, one after the other.
Inside the massive Black Star Mountain, tens of thousands of Black Star soldiers stood in neat formations, silent, solemn, and awe-inspiring.
Lai Xue · Fa Nan emerged from behind a curtain and stepped onto a high podium.
Fu Ya Fang stood gracefully a few meters behind him, looking down indifferently.
Lai Xue · Fa Nan, the Grand Commander of Black Star, with his unique, virile, and magnetic voice, shouted passionately:
"Before me stands a nation, an unyielding nation!"
"The enemy has ravaged our lands, and they say the pride of the Black Star people is gone! Those victors ride on our necks, basking in their glory, carelessly trampling on our dignity, the dignity of the noblest race on this planet!"
"What we need is not to seek refuge in a corner! We need space! The living space for a nation! This living space is not achieved through begging, but through iron and blood!"
"Our will is as strong as steel! Our courage is unmatched! We are united! We are valiant! We will reclaim everything that belongs to us! Let the world hear the furious roar of Black Star once more!!"
"Black Star, long live!"
The tens of thousands present roared in unison: "Black Star! Long live!!!"
The sound reverberated off the mountain walls, piercing eardrums, and shaking souls.
"Come! Receive the gift of the gods! My most loyal, most steadfast in faith, soldiers!"
As his words fell, rows of cloaked figures emerged rapidly from hundreds of small doors around the mountain walls.
These cloaked figures inserted needle-like claws into the necks of the Black Star soldiers, injecting them with life fluid.
Row after row, formation after formation.
All the Black Star soldiers, their eyes fixed firmly forward, remained unwavering.
The soldiers being injected rolled their eyes back, and after a few seconds, their pupils flipped back down, turning a terrifying bloody red.
Soon, countless pairs of blood-red eyes began to glow in the dark mountain interior, staring fixedly ahead.
Lai Xue · Fa Nan looked down with satisfaction and declared, "War countdown: 12 hours. In 12 hours, the Black Star Empire will rise again!"