Chapter 1 数天后

A few days later.

"The transport ship was robbed?!"

The Harrison team, who were waiting for the final payment in the hotel, stood up abruptly, shocked and furious, all staring at the remote projection of the auction house staff who had come to notify them in the room.

"Yes, a group of space pirates discovered our secret transport route and attacked all our disguised ships carrying the auction items." The auction staff also looked very bad.

"What about your guards?" Harrison couldn't help asking, "I heard you and the Beast Ancestor…"

The staff interrupted him, and said with a dark face: "The Beast Ancestor has collapsed and is no longer our backer. We can only hire new armed forces. This group of space pirates has been eyeing us for a long time, buying off internal personnel, and cooperating internally and externally to rob this batch of goods and ships. All the newly hired guards were killed in battle."

Speaking of this, the staff member of this black market auction house couldn't help sighing.

If Gorutan was still around, with the protection of the Beast Ancestor, they would have been able to deter all kinds of predators in the Ancient Star Desert, and no one in the black market would dare to attack them.

But now that the old backer has fallen, and the newly appointed one is still slowly integrating the black market forces left by the Beast Ancestor, they are at their weakest moment, and immediately become a fat sheep surrounded by wolves, and even a group of unknown nobodies dare to attack.

"What about our stuff?" The captain looked alert.

This black market auction house used to have a good reputation, so he chose to sell things here, but after this major change, he was not sure whether the other party would turn against them. The order of the black market is very fragile, and it is even more of a jungle.

"We will organize people to search for the whereabouts of this group of space pirates and retrieve the goods."

"What if we can't get it back…"

"Then the auction house will compensate according to the starting price." After saying this, the staff did not give the group a chance to speak, and immediately ended the communication.

The crowd looked at each other.

"The starting price is only 4,000 Enas, but the final bid price is 13,800!"

"Be content, it's good enough that they are willing to compensate." The captain said helplessly, "The probability of compensation from black market auction houses is less than 10%. It is estimated that they think our things are not valuable, so they are so straightforward. For those things with a reserve price of hundreds of thousands, they will definitely find ways to deny it."

Hearing this, everyone sighed. The things they dug up this time were not very valuable, but they were lost. It was a complete waste of time.

Harrison was a little restless. His inner intuition made him feel inexplicably upset.

He vaguely felt that the stolen thing might bring him a lot of trouble.

…

Somewhere in the Ancient Star Desert, a pirate fleet that had just experienced a battle was slowly moving through the universe, dragging a series of loot transport ships.

"This time the harvest is quite rich."

In the cabin, the pirate leader put his hands on his belt, stuck out his belly, and patrolled the prisoners and piles of loot in front of him triumphantly.

"Boss, this batch of arms is intact." A subordinate said excitedly.

There were all kinds of auction items in the loot, not only various ancient blueprints, technological creations, and antiques, but also various types of advanced civilization arms. Black market auctions included everything, but these pirates preferred practical arms.

The pirate leader paced and looked at the results, when he suddenly stopped in front of the black triangular device.

"What is this thing?"

"Boss, this is an unknown civilization creation dug up by a group of archaeologists. It seems to be a one-time safe."

"What's inside?"

"I don't know, it doesn't seem to be worth much."

"Open it." The pirate leader kicked the base of the device.

As it turns out, everyone loves opening boxes. The mechanical expert in the team fiddled with the device, and all the surrounding pirates couldn't help but gather around to watch.

The triangular device's jack was connected to the energy transmission line, activating the password interface. The expert took out a decryption device, connected the triangular device to the quantum network, and the password interface quickly jumped with various garbled codes.

After a while, the triangular device suddenly dinged, indicating that it was open.

Kaka kaka—

Then, the display screen used to enter the password retracted, and the entire device began to rotate like a Rubik's Cube, quickly changing shape, peeling off layer by layer.

Including the pirate leader, everyone stretched their necks, wondering what was inside.

About ten seconds later, the safe was finally opened, and the last layer of protection was peeled off, revealing the core, which was about a 10-cubic-centimeter cube of space.

However, in the next moment, a surge of surging energy suddenly erupted!

Boom! !

Before everyone could see what was inside, they were blown away by the annular shock wave, and even the pirate leader, who had reached the Heavenly Disaster level, could not be spared.

The next second, the area around the triangular device became an open space, and the surrounding loot was scattered all over the place, creating a mess.

"Ouch…"

Everyone rubbed their butts and got up, finding that they only fell a little painfully and had no other injuries.

The pirate leader and others hurriedly looked into the safe, but found it was empty.

"Where's the stuff inside? Why is there nothing?"

The pirate leader was furious, feeling that he had been tricked.

Could this be just a prank?

Did someone store a fart inside? !

At this time, the door opened, and the technician operating the spaceship hurried over, looking panicked.

"Boss, what happened here? Just now, the location we were in became the origin of a cosmic-level energy surge. The energy reaction broke through the peak value in an instant, burned out the detection radar, and there is no matching energy explosion model in the database."

Hearing this, the pirates present were stunned.

Cosmic-level energy burst?

Are you kidding me? It only made them fall on their butts. This kind of power is cosmic-level?

While the group was racking their brains, in a world they couldn't see, a unique information packet was frantically replicating itself, taking the pirate fleet as the center, and spreading rapidly along the quantum network link.

In the face of this information signal, the smart firewalls of countless devices were as good as nothing.

…

At the same time, a base of the Holy Covenant Organization.

This is a dark palace, with pillars that seem to stretch endlessly supporting the dome. Under each pillar is placed a brazier, with pale flames dancing on it, which is the only source of light.

A hooded black-robed man is suspended in mid-air, the edge of his robe seems to be burning, constantly emitting strands of black mist.

Below, Luo and Fei are bowing and reporting something. Obviously, they are both Super-A levels, but they dare not look directly at the figure in the sky.

"...Are you saying that you can't get the Holy Light Particles?"

The voice sounded directly in their minds, the tone was neither light nor heavy, and Luo and Fei's bodies trembled slightly.

Luo gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, we have already attacked Black Star once, and he must be prepared. Acting rashly will expose the organization to risk. Moreover, Black Star has publicly announced that he possesses Holy Light Particles, which is likely to be a deliberate lure for us. According to the information, Black Star is an extremely vengeful person, and he must want to get back at us."

Fei also echoed: "Although Black Star found a host for the Holy Light Particles, he must have made preparations. During the Hela rescue battle some time ago, Black Star demonstrated a device for unlimited teleportation. He has no reason not to let the host of the Holy Light Particles use it, so that may be a bait."

The black-robed man lowered his head, looked down at the two, remained silent for a while, and slowly said: "I understand, don't attack the Holy Light Particles for now. The Day of Covenant has not yet arrived, and we have time to continue to observe."

Seeing that his superior did not mean to blame them, Luo and Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Their awe of the black-robed man was deeply ingrained in their souls.

This black-robed man is the leader of the Holy Covenant Organization, his name is unknown, and his code name is "Oathkeeper". He is the teacher of all the Super-A levels currently in the organization.

When the two were children, the Oathkeeper was already the leader of the organization. No one knew how long he had lived, and his strength was even more unfathomable. Even if the two barely grew to the Super-A level, they were still powerless to resist in front of the Oathkeeper.

At this moment, a remote projection of a cadre appeared beside the two, and said anxiously: "Your Excellency Oathkeeper, the Child of Destiny suddenly has an abnormal reaction!"

Swish!

As soon as he finished speaking, the Oathkeeper's figure disappeared in an instant, and when he reappeared, he was already in a closed room.

Countless researchers in white coats were surrounding a cylindrical transparent container. The container was filled with deep blue liquid, and a pale primitive Esper body was staying inside. The energy body maintained a humanoid structure, without facial features, and floated quietly in the liquid.

The Oathkeeper turned to look at the head of the research team beside him, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"

"The sleeping Child of Destiny Esper body suddenly produced information-state disturbances, broke through the container's blockade, and leaked. We are calculating how many sub-bodies this information-state disturbance will create throughout the universe…" The head of the research team wiped his sweat nervously.

"Sudden disturbance?" The Oathkeeper paused, "Without you actively activating it?"

"Y-yes, we were just recording parameters as usual, and this all happened suddenly."

"Wake it up." The Oathkeeper said decisively, "It was stimulated and must have passively sensed something."

The researchers had no choice but to do as they were told, and began to drain the special liquid in the container. The shape of the Child of Destiny Esper body immediately became blurred, as if it would disappear at any time.

"Increase the binding force field and the reality stabilization anchor, and don't let it completely enter the high-dimensional information state and break through containment." The researchers beside him were sweating profusely.

Ignoring the commotion beside him, the Oathkeeper reached out and pressed his hand against the outer wall of the container. A cluster of flames ignited in his palm. The color of the flame was peculiar, like a dancing starry sky, and it had no temperature. It burned quietly and had no impact on the outside world.

The Child of Destiny Esper body in the container was attracted by the attention, and its shape stabilized again. It curiously reached out and pressed its palm against the Oathkeeper's palm through the transparent container wall.

At this time, the Oathkeeper spoke, and said in a low voice:

"Tell me, what did you discover?"

The Child of Destiny Esper body tilted its head, and a mental wave bloomed. In the hearts of everyone present, a child-like innocent voice sounded, and the content was intermittent.

"Information-state projection… new fate line… First Sanctum resonance…"

The Oathkeeper listened quietly, and asked further: "Is the Day of Covenant still the same date?"

"It's earlier… it's earlier… ten years… twenty years…"

The Oathkeeper took a deep breath, without looking back, and ordered: "Inject the solution and let it continue to sleep."

Everyone immediately operated, and the deep blue solution filled the container again. The Child of Destiny Esper body trembled constantly, seeming to want to struggle, but finally quieted down again and fell back into slumber.

The head of the research team glanced at the instrument and couldn't help sighing. In the short time that the Child of Destiny Esper body woke up, the amplitude of the information-state disturbance increased by 6.4%, which meant that an unknown number of sub-bodies would be derived throughout the universe.

Although the Holy Covenant Organization had mastered the Child of Destiny Esper body since its founding, due to its special nature, the Holy Covenant had always been extremely cautious in its use.

Among the primitive Esper bodies, the Child of Destiny Esper body has a special form of existence. When it awakens and activates its ability, it will produce a phenomenon called "information-state disturbance." Some random creatures throughout the universe will inexplicably awaken a weakened version of its ability, mainly precognition. These targets are called "sub-bodies" by the Holy Covenant Organization.

The appearance of sub-bodies is completely random, without spatial or temporal restrictions. In other words, where the sub-bodies appear, when they appear, and how they appear are all unknown.

At this time, Luo and Fei also rushed over, looking around.

"How's the situation?"

Hearing this, the Oathkeeper turned around and slowly said: "The plan has changed, the Day of Covenant has been moved forward, and I will personally go and get the Holy Light Particles."

"You're going yourself?!"

The two were shocked.

Luo hurriedly said: "It's too risky, Black Star is insidious and cunning, and he's very good at fighting. If something happens to you, then we…"

The Oathkeeper interrupted him, his eyes were distant, and he said in a low voice: "It's not necessary to fight, maybe we can talk to him. What we want is only a portion of the Holy Light Particles… Similarly, we can take out parts of other Esper bodies and exchange them with him."

After speaking, he patted the two on the shoulders and said softly:

"We have already collected the other key fragments to open the Third Sanctum, and only the primitive Esper body fragment is left. Although we can perform the synthesis ritual with one less Holy Light Particle, it will bring unknown risks. We have been preparing for so many years, so it is best to eliminate any unstable factors as much as possible and make sure that everything is foolproof."