Chapter 16 Partners

Su Mo saw that Crok didn't say anything, so he didn't say much, just stood there with him.

After a few minutes, Crok broke the silence and said in a hoarse voice.

"You're right, we're partners."

At this moment, Crok also sincerely recognized Su Mo.

Su Mo also showed a sincere smile and said to Crok, "That's right. By the way, Crok, where are you from? Were you also summoned here?"

"No, I'm from the Hyperion Kingdom."

Crok replied expressionlessly.

"Never heard of that country!"

Su Mo also felt very unfamiliar and replied subconsciously.

"Let's not talk about that. I heard that you were on the verge of going berserk. How's your body recovering?"

Crok changed the subject.

Hearing this, Su Mo showed a wry smile and replied helplessly, "I managed to save my life, and my body has recovered a bit. But I don't know to what extent I can really recover."

Crok stared at the shocking polluted bloodstains on Su Mo's body, his expression twitching, and fell silent again.

The two stood there, neither of them speaking.

After a long time, Crok spoke to break the silence.

"I'm going back to rest. You should rest more too."

"Okay."

Su Mo nodded in response.

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Star Ring City · Administrative Council Building.

Icarus sat in front of her desk, coldly processing documents.

Looking closely, one could vaguely see the contents of the approvals, most of which involved the maintenance of Star Ring City, and the allocation of weapons and ammunition for each legion.

Creak~

At this moment, the closed door opened, and Gory walked in. She walked up to Icarus and said.

"Sister."

"What is it?"

Icarus didn't look up and replied in a very cold voice.

Gory bit her lip lightly, and then said to Icarus, "Sister, I heard that you are still going to implement the strategic deployment of switching the Radiance City and the Star Ring City."

"What's the problem? This matter was decided a long time ago."

Icarus replied dismissively.

"Sister, why don't you reconsider this matter? The Star Ring City is so badly damaged, it's very dangerous to move it to the front line. It's better for Radiance City to continue guarding the front."

"No need, I have my own sense of proportion."

"Sister, why are you unwilling to listen to my opinion?"

"Your opinion has no value, why should I adopt it?"

"Sister, what exactly are you going to do?"

"What I'm going to do doesn't need your participation. After the Radiance City and the Star Ring City complete the switch, you will stay in the Radiance City and don't go anywhere."

"Sister!"

...

Outside the office, the two fully armed officers responsible for guarding the door showed rare expressions of worry as they listened to the quarrel inside the room.

They had never seen Lord Icarus and Lord Gory quarrel before.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps came, and Qing Gui walked over.

However, Qing Gui also heard the quarrel in the office at this time, so he stopped and stood aside quietly waiting.

After a long time, Gory walked out very angrily and annoyed.

Qing Gui respectfully bowed to Gory as she passed by. After Gory left, he walked towards the office.

In the office, Icarus was still correcting documents, as if the quarrel just now had never happened.

Qing Gui saluted Icarus and said.

"Lord Icarus, the statistics are complete. I'm here to report."

"Speak."

Icarus stopped correcting and raised her head to reply indifferently.

Qing Gui then handed a document to Icarus and said.

"The list of all legions and countries in Star Ring City that can participate in the operation has been compiled. And classified according to reliability and strength, among which..."

Icarus listened to Qing Gui's report while reading the list handed over by Qing Gui.

After a long time, Qing Gui finished the general report.

It has to be said that Qing Gui is indeed very reliable in handling affairs, and no fault can be found at all.

However, Icarus still said to Qing Gui coldly.

"The people in the second half of the list still need to undergo psychological tests. Those who fail will be removed. What we want is not quantity, but elites with firm will and unconditional obedience."

"Yes!"

Qing Gui replied solemnly.

After Icarus finished explaining, she put the document in her hand into the drawer.

After putting it away, Icarus raised her head and saw that Qing Gui was hesitant to speak, so she said.

"What else is there?"

"It's like this, Lord Icarus, Su Mo's name is not on the candidate list you gave me, but Su Mo's various indicators are very excellent. I want to ask if Su Mo's name should be added or not."

Qing Gui asked in a deep voice. In fact, Qing Gui knew that he was overstepping his bounds by asking this question. But Su Mo's strength is so strong, if he could bring him along, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.

Icarus rarely fell into deep thought, and Qing Gui waited quietly.

Dozens of seconds later, Icarus said lightly, "Su Mo's matter will be put on hold for now. I will handle it myself."

"Yes, then I will take my leave first."

Qing Gui saluted Icarus and prepared to retreat.

At this time, Icarus called out to him.

"Wait."

"Lord Icarus, do you have any other instructions?"

Qing Gui paused slightly and then asked.

Icarus stood up and took out a picture from the cabinet behind her. She handed the picture to Qing Gui.

Qing Gui took it and glanced at it, and said in shock.

"Lord Icarus, this?"

"Handle things well."

Icarus didn't explain anything, just replied coldly.

"Yes!"

Qing Gui then saluted and retreated.

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Star Ring City Central Hospital.

Su Mo was lying in bed, using his electronic bracelet to browse the Star Ring Forum.

As his body gradually recovered, the hospital sent over his personal belongings.

But it's a pity that they won't let him be discharged early. They want him to rest and observe for a while longer.

At this time, the Star Ring City Forum was very lively. Although the war suffered heavy losses, it was a victory after all. Many people were discussing the battlefield on it.

First of all, Heath was pushed to the top.

Posts popped up one after another like mushrooms after rain.

"Prince Heath is so amazing, he actually repelled the Vice Patriarch of the Eternal Sleep Clan, Ham, with his own strength."

"It's because Heath is so awesome that the Gomotos Empire escaped the disaster of being destroyed."

"It's so awesome. You must know that most of the Twelve Knights of the Royal Order are very difficult to repel the Vice Patriarch of the Eternal Sleep Clan alone. At most, they can only contain them."

"That's right, this is really awesome. Those countries that were destroyed are really a pity. If there could be a hero as powerful as Heath in their country, they wouldn't have been so miserable."

"That makes sense. Do you think Heath is so strong, can he join the Twelve Knights of the Royal Order?"

"Let me tell you, the situation is different now. It's not whether Heath can join the Twelve Knights of the Royal Order, but whether he is willing to join. To be honest, what can he do after joining Star Ring City? If he can't solve the negative energy pollution, he will still be finished in the end."

"Hey, why mention that? The sky is falling, and there are tall people to support it."

"That makes some sense."

...

Su Mo read the posts and was also a little emotional. He didn't expect Heath to be so popular now.

And Heath is also growing very fast. This battle can be regarded as making him famous.

Under each post, in addition to discussions from people from various countries, you can see crazy support messages from people in the Gomotos Empire.

Heath's prestige in the Gomotos Empire can be regarded as reaching an unprecedented level.

Su Mo continued to browse the posts on the Star Ring Forum. At this time, he saw a very popular pinned post. This post contained the battle images of the Creator·Resentful Sin Void Bone, and Su Mo immediately clicked on it.

Countless people left messages under this post.

"Does anyone know who is controlling that vi-generation biological mech that suddenly appeared? It's so strong."

"Not very clear. So far, the official has not announced who is driving it, but that mech is indeed ridiculously strong. It actually killed two Vice Patriarchs of the Eternal Sleep Clan."

"Yeah, it's ridiculously strong. Especially the last battle, fighting against many Vice Patriarchs of the Eternal Sleep Clan with its own strength, it's too terrifying."

"I feel that its combat power completely crushes Heath."

"Big brother, you are comparing the wrong object, right? Don't say Heath, even Crok, the first-ranked of the Royal Order, is probably not his opponent."

"I think so too."

"Bullshit, who said Crok is not as strong as him."

"I'm telling the truth."

"You're just talking nonsense. Crok's strength is there."

"If you say so, then I have to argue with you. That mech killed two Vice Patriarchs, but Crok didn't kill any!"

"It's just hero-level. Besides, Crok didn't have the opportunity to kill the opponent because he was fighting for too long and intercepting star master-level enemies..."

...

At this time, there are still many loyal supporters of Crok jumping out, and the two sides are arguing fiercely.

Su Mo felt it was very interesting to watch these arguing posts, so he continued to watch.

He saw a reply posted by a user named Molting Fox, which received a lot of likes.

"Don't argue, let's use data to speak. That's right, Crok is very strong, but it is undeniable that when he contained the star master-level enemy, Vice Patriarch Patgali, he was ultimately defeated one-on-one. And that mech is different. Let's not discuss its killing of Mogasi. Let's just discuss its blocking of star master-level Amiclei. In a one-on-one situation, Amiclei was suppressed, right? Even if the emperor-level Mankiewicz and the hero-level Bamoen came to besiege together, that mech still killed Bamoen. The level of strength is immediately apparent. There is nothing to argue about."

"6666!"

"It makes a lot of sense."

...

For a time, most of Crok's supporters were silent. Only a small number of people were still unconvinced, but they didn't argue too much, after all, the facts were there.

"Who do you think is driving such a strong mech? Is it really a hidden top combat force in Star Ring City?"

"That's hard to say."

"I saw that the area where the mech first appeared was the Federation area. Could it be driven by Su Mo, the Twelfth Knight of the Royal Order?"

"I think it's possible. After all, he hasn't been seen since the end of the war. Maybe that's him."

"Bullshit, how could it be Su Mo? Su Mo is only ranked sixth in the Royal Order. The ranking of the Royal Order is based on strength. Su Mo probably can't even beat the dead Herbert and Cook, let alone Crok, who is ranked first."

"That's not necessarily true."

"Maybe that's really Su Mo."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

...

"Okay, stop arguing. What's the point of arguing? Haven't you noticed one thing? That mech eventually entered a state of runaway rampage. Maybe the person is already dead."

"No way."

"Of course, I'm saying it's possible."

...

Su Mo couldn't help but laugh as he looked at these posts.

At this moment, a very nervous voice sounded.

"Su, Lord Su Mo."

"What's wrong?"

Su Mo looked up and saw that the speaker was a senior nurse in charge of care.

"Lord Su Mo, it's very late, don't look anymore, you need to rest more, so that you can recover quickly."

"Okay"

Su Mo smiled dumbly and responded, then turned off the electronic bracelet.

"Thank you for your cooperation."

The girl in front of him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's nothing, I should be thanking you. Okay, don't worry about me, I'm going to rest now."

Su Mo didn't put on too many airs.

"Okay."

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Seven days later.

Su Mo changed into an inconspicuous outfit and walked out of the hidden back door of the Central Hospital.

When he walked from the back to the vicinity of the front, he could see a lot of reporters squatting at the entrance of the hospital from a distance.

He couldn't help but exhale slightly, glad that he didn't take the front door, otherwise he would have been blocked head-on.

After sighing, Su Mo put his hands in his pockets, pulled down his baseball cap, and walked forward.

Along the way, Su Mo looked at the surrounding buildings. Unfortunately, he could clearly see that many high-rise buildings and greenery had been destroyed, and the wreckage had not been cleaned up yet.

There were also very few people on the street.

Most of the people walking were also in a hurry, and even the number of shops that were open became very small.

The huge Star Ring City became very desolate and deserted.

Su Mo felt more and more emotional as he looked at this scene.

Just at this moment, Su Mo's bracelet vibrated. He looked down and took it.

The virtual image of Luo Yue appeared, and she said to Su Mo.

"Lord Su Mo, your body is better."

"It's not that easy, but that's it. It won't be good in a short time."

Su Mo replied with a very good attitude.

"You should pay more attention to your body. By the way, I have already inquired about the mech you asked me to inquire about in your name. That mech was taken away. I don't know who it was. The people there said it was a very old man."

Luo Yue then said to Su Mo.

Su Mo heard that the Creator·Resentful Sin Void Bone was taken away by an old man, thought for a few seconds, and then replied.

"Okay, I see, thank you for your hard work."

"It's nothing, this is what I should do."

"Well, I'll hang up first."

Su Mo then hung up the communication and walked into the distance.

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Star Ring City Second Ring · Dawn Building Conference Room.

Qian Chengxue, Lin Zinuo, Lan Xi, Sun Li, Sun Duoxiang and others gathered together to discuss matters.

However, it seems that the atmosphere is not very good.

"Those people in the Central Hospital of Star Ring City are too much. It's obvious that Su Mo is being treated inside, but they won't let us visit. We've been there with Sister Xue several times, and they won't let us see him even once."

Lin Zinuo slammed her hands on the table and said angrily.

"Zinuo, calm down."

Qian Chengxue calmly reminded Lin Zinuo.

"It's not Sister Xue, how can I calm down? It's not that we're making trouble unreasonably, it's that they're too much. We just want to see how Su Mo is doing, whether they're treating Su Mo seriously."

Lin Zinuo said very worriedly.

Sun Li also said aside, "Sister Xue, Zinuo is right, what if they don't treat Su Mo with all their strength."

"And the most excessive thing is that they didn't even accept the Demon Moon Flower we sent over, and they shamelessly said that they wouldn't use outside medicine, they only use their own medicine. It's really infuriating, I even suspect that their skills are not as good as Lan Xi's."

"That's right!"

Sun Duoxiang also echoed at this time, he was also full of fire.

Under Qian Chengxue's calm face, she couldn't help but reveal a trace of worry. She was actually more worried about Su Mo's safety than anyone else.

But the more this is the case, the more she must calm down and not be in a mess.

"What are you talking about? You're so angry."

Just at this moment, a familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Qian Chengxue and others' bodies stiffened slightly, and then turned their heads to look over, only to see Su Mo standing with his hands in his pockets, looking at everyone with a smile on his face.

"Su Mo!"

Everyone rushed towards Su Mo.

"Stop, stop..."

Su Mo was also stunned, he pressed Sun Duoxiang's face with one hand, not letting him pounce on him.

"Boss, why are you pressing on me!"

"Okay, don't be so enthusiastic."

"Haha!"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

At this time, Qian Chengxue, with moist eyes, walked to Su Mo's side. She stretched out her hand and stroked Su Mo's cheek and said.

"Are you alright?"

"Haha, nothing happened, aren't I fine."

Su Mo responded with a smile.

Lan Xi said with a worried face, "This is not what it looks like when you're okay. The skin on your hands is all polluted bloodstains. It was hard to condition it so that it was almost invisible before."

When Qian Chengxue and Lin Zinuo heard Lan Xi's words, they were shocked and quickly lifted Su Mo's clothes.

"Don't, don't, I'm really fine. Besides, it's not good to be seen all."

Su Mo explained with an embarrassed smile.

Qian Chengxue and others looked at the shocking polluted bloodstains under Su Mo's clothes, and their eyes were a little red.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo said with a forced smile, "Okay, don't worry, it's just a recurrence of negative energy pollution. Isn't there Lan Xi? It will be fine after conditioning for a while."

Hearing this, Qian Chengxue and others gradually controlled their emotions, and Lan Xi then said.

"I'll prepare the medicine now."

"Go quickly."

Qian Chengxue nodded and said to Lan Xi.

Lan Xi then left in a hurry.

Sun Duoxiang then hurriedly moved a chair and said ingratiatingly, "Boss, you just got out of the hospital, your body must be very weak, hurry up and sit down to rest."

Su Mo sat down without being polite, and he asked.

"How is our situation? Have all the casualties been counted?"

"It's been counted, our situation is not very bad, but the damage is still very serious. In this battle, we lost a total of 143,000 people, lost four Apostles of God, and one Future Messenger was scrapped..."

Qian Chengxue said roughly.

Hearing this, Su Mo's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and he asked.

"Have all the sacrificed people been properly settled?"

"Don't worry, they've all been settled."

Qian Chengxue nodded heavily.

"How is Lin Xiaoyu?"

Su Mo then asked worriedly.

"Seriously injured, but fortunately the performance of the Future Messenger is very excellent, she is not in any life danger and is recuperating in the Lin family."

Qian Chengxue roughly told Su Mo.

Hearing this, Su Mo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he then asked.

"How is the Federation now?"

"The Federation..."

Qian Chengxue didn't know what to say for a while.

"What's wrong?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

"The Federation is implementing a special plan. In fact, this plan is not only being implemented by the Federation, but by all countries. Even the Second Place of Nurturing and the First Place of Nurturing countries are participating."

Qian Chengxue thought for a while and explained to Su Mo.

"What plan?"

"It's the plan codenamed Hope, which is the mass evacuation plan."

"Wait, the Federation and other countries are going to evacuate? Why haven't I heard of such a big thing?"

Su Mo was also stunned.

"It's normal that you haven't heard of this matter. Although Star Ring City has no reaction or attitude, after all, there are too many people to be evacuated this time. Everyone is also afraid that Star Ring City will suddenly stand up to oppose it, so they are all very tacit, and most people have not mentioned it on the Star Ring Forum. But if you carefully browse the posts on the forum, you will find the clues. Now all countries are seeking to purchase Blue Whale."

"Okay, they're all leaving, that's good too."

Although Su Mo had thought that this day would come, he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Cough cough, boss, you may have misunderstood. It is to organize the evacuation of civilians, but it doesn't mean that all countries are leaving too."

"What do you mean by that?"

"This plan is divided into two aspects. The elite troops of all countries will not leave, they will all stay to follow Star Ring City. Those who are transferred are all civilians, mainly because they are afraid of being destroyed again."

Sun Duoxiang quickly explained.

"So that's how it is, but in that case, where should they evacuate to? No place is safe in the Negative Universe!"

Su Mo was also a little puzzled.

"Boss, you may not know much about it recently in the hospital. I don't know who it was, but they secretly leaked a special interstellar map. According to this map, you can leave the Negative Universe. It is said that you can go to a place called the Zeroth Star Territory, which is the Star Sea Universe where we were originally summoned from."

Sun Duoxiang then explained.

"Is it credible?"

Su Mo asked with a frown, he always felt that there was something strange about it.

"Many experts have studied it, and this Star Sea map should have no problems. By the way, there is something I want to discuss with you."

Qian Chengxue said after pondering for a while.

"You say."

"It's like this, the Federation is now removing the personnel who helped us repair the Prison of the Heart and the elite legions. All other civilians are going to evacuate. But because there are too many people to evacuate and there are not enough ships, they want to borrow Blue Whales from us. You still need to decide on this matter."

"There's nothing to hesitate about. Most people are going to evacuate, and there's nothing to operate on the waterway. Just leave a few Blue Whales for your own use, and send the rest to the Federation."

Su Mo replied very simply.

"Okay, no problem, I'll arrange it now."

Qian Chengxue replied very simply after receiving Su Mo's clear answer.

"By the way, if anyone in the Morningstar Group wants to leave, arrange for them to leave together. It should be voluntary."

Su Mo thought for a while and added.

"Don't worry, that's what I'm doing too."

Qian Chengxue nodded in response.

ps: Sorry, because the end of the year is approaching, there are more things to do and limited energy. Therefore, in terms of updates, I will code as much as I can. Please understand.