Chapter 97: Dark Remnants

Elder Yun’s appearance had not changed much compared to more than a year ago, except that the weariness in his eyes had grown heavier.

Seeing Lin Lei walk in, his eyes lit up, and he said with a hint of joy in his tone: “Young man, why are you here? I remember the vacation time I gave you was three years. Only a year and a half has passed yet.”

“All affairs on my home planet have gotten on the right track, and what I specialize in is only combat.”

“That is very good. You came back at just the right time. I happen to have a very thorny mission here; the Star Alliance Guard has already lost several members.” Every warrior of the Star Alliance Guard was precious, and losing any member gave Elder Yun a headache.

“Please speak!” There was a mission right upon his return, and it looked like a major event. Regarding this, Lin Lei naturally accepted it without refusal.

Elder Yun paused for a moment, seemingly organizing his thoughts. About five minutes later, he spoke in Lin Lei’s mind using mental transmission: “You must have heard of Pan-dimensional Creatures, right? This incident involves this kind of trouble.”

“Pan-dimensional Creature?” Lin Lei raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, a kind of life form that transcends race. If Epic Beasts are the darlings of Life Planets, then Pan-dimensional Creatures are the darlings of the Universe. Their power transcends ordinary interstellar civilizations, and their wisdom understands the deepest secrets of this Universe.”

Elder Yun lowered his brows and sighed powerlessly: “We intelligent races occupy the four most stable and fully expanded dimensions in the Universe, but in the early stages of civilization, we were powerless to resist Pan-dimensional Life. This situation continued until the appearance of the first Level 11 Civilization, which we call the Allen Civilization.”

“Allen Civilization, is it from the Galaxy?” Lin Lei had never heard the name of this civilization.

“It is from the Galaxy. The Allen Civilization comprehended every subtle change of the eleven dimensions of the Universe fifty million years ago and became the strongest race in the Galaxy at that time. At that time, the current three major Watcher Races had not yet appeared. It was they who pushed the intelligent races, originally drifting and swaying among Pan-dimensional Creatures, onto the stage of history, no longer just vassals of Pan-dimensional Creatures!”

“Then what about now? Did the Allen Civilization disappear?” If even a Watcher Civilization could disappear, it would really test Lin Lei’s endurance.

“That was a great battle, originally existing only between Pan-dimensional Creatures, but the Allen Civilization suddenly joined the war while these powerful creatures were fighting fiercely. The power that an Level 11 Civilization could unleash was difficult for even Pan-dimensional Creatures to withstand. Dozens of Pan-dimensional Creatures were directly annihilated by the Interstellar Fortress cannons of the Allen Civilization, and the rest all fled.”

“Then what happened later?” This was a story happening in the Galaxy, and Lin Lei listened with fascination.

“Later? Later, the Allen Civilization was crazily worshipped by intelligent races for this brilliant achievement. They were called the Watcher Race, which is the original source of this name. But the deaths of dozens of Pan-dimensional Creatures also planted the seeds of disaster for the Allen Civilization. Technology is not omnipotent. Although the energy it can master far exceeds any creature, it also possesses an essential unreliability.

The Allen Civilization later was sneak-attacked by dozens of Pan-dimensional Civilizations from a subspace composed of Energy Dimensions. The fortress cannons were destroyed in the first moment, and then, it was destruction!

The Allen Civilization knew it was hard to escape the fate of extinction, so they activated the key to the race’s destruction. Within hundreds of Light Years centered on the Allen home planet, everything turned into a vacuum zone. In this space, dimension fluctuations no longer existed, all matter and energy dissipated, complete silence! The Pan-dimensional Creatures that participated in the sneak attack also all died out. They perished together.”

“After that, the Galaxy experienced a long period of silence. Civilization developed slowly, and no warlike Pan-dimensional Creatures continued to launch wars, until forty million years later, we appeared, and it has been like this until now.”

“During these ten million years, we have maintained a subtle tacit understanding with Pan-dimensional Creatures, and there have been no large-scale transgressions, but on a small scale, there are always a few guys who don’t follow the rules. Hundreds of years ago, a transgression event occurred in the third spiral arm of the Galaxy. A guy calling himself the Dark Saint suddenly wiped out a Tenth-grade Civilization of the Galaxy. The entire Star System evaporated completely.”

This power! It made Lin Lei dumbfounded; it was simply too far beyond his imagination. The Council of Elders wouldn’t be asking him to deal with this kind of monster, right.

“No, of course not, young man. Only Pan-dimensional Creatures can deal with Pan-dimensional Creatures alone. This Dark Saint was eventually killed by the Main Gun of the War Fortress on Ao Star. What we have to deal with this time are the Dark Remnants he left behind, those intelligent beings contaminated by his power, their bodies and minds polluted. This is your mission.”

“The Galaxy is so vast, how should I find them?” This was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

“The Dark Remnants will emit special Subspace Fluctuations, which are easily detected by our instruments. Currently, a nest of Dark Remnants has been detected in the Star Domain of the Apocalypse Civilization. Find them, and then kill as many as possible, but your most important task is to transmit their detailed information back to the Star Alliance. Remember, do not risk your life!”

“What harm do these guys do, Elder Yun? And what are their attack methods?” These were the things Lin Lei cared about.

“The Dark Remnants have tyrannical personalities, inheriting the Dark Saint’s hatred for Galaxy creatures from hundreds of years ago. Wherever they go, there is slaughter and blood, and these atrocities are hidden under the coat of civilization. It is difficult to see on the surface.”

“Every Dark Remnant has a powerful body and possesses special power, which is power on the level of Will, so you must be careful. Take the detector; these Dark Remnants are hiding deeper and deeper, and they can only be found by getting close to them. Remember, unless necessary, do not use Mecha in public!”

“Accepted!” Lin Lei took the detector, performed the Star Alliance salute, turned around, and left Elder Yun’s room.

Since Lin Lei had returned to the Star Alliance and accepted the mission, he had a Sky Shuttle specially equipped for him by the Star Alliance, and various supplies, including 500,000 Galactic Universal Currency, which was the mission fund.

The Apocalypse Star Domain had three administrative stars and dozens of mineral stars, all inhabited. But according to Elder Yun’s description, these Dark Remnants were tyrannical and bloodthirsty, so if they wanted to kill many people and hide well, the best place was naturally in the densely populated cities.

Lin Lei decided to start from the Apocalypse Mother Star and search one by one, determining the possible location of the Dark Remnants by searching for areas with a large number of abnormal deaths or missing persons on the planet, and then investigating one by one.

Apocalypse Star was a place with very complicated feelings for Lin Lei, because it was Fuweili’s hometown, but of course Lin Lei would not go to find her. He already had Yan Siyu, and if he went to find her again, everything would be messed up.

The higher the level of a civilization, the higher the utilization rate of the star in its Star System, this inexhaustible treasure trove of energy.

Apocalypse was a Level 8 Civilization. Its technological creations almost wrapped the entire periphery of the orbit of the Apocalypse Mother Star in the Star System, specifically used to absorb the energy radiated by the star.

So for the Earth back then, wanting to see this star that emitted almost no light using optical telescopes was simply a dream! As for observing other civilization signals, that was even more impossible, as they were all communicating in Subspace.

Lin Lei’s Sky Shuttle was less than ten meters long, and since he had contacted the federal government of Apocalypse Star beforehand, he landed smoothly on the Apocalypse Mother Star.

The Apocalypse Mother Star was simply identical to Earth. If it weren’t for the different distribution of land compared to Earth, Lin Lei would have suspected that some powerful being had moved Earth here.

The urban architecture on Apocalypse Star was very high, towering into the clouds. When Lin Lei looked from a height of ten thousand meters, those buildings standing above the clouds looked just like Sky City.

The first place Lin Lei wanted to go was the headquarters of the Apocalypse Federal Government, where he needed to get authorization to conduct various inquiries.

The headquarters of the Apocalypse Federal Government was a silver spire-shaped building with a height of three thousand meters. In the sunlight, it looked like it was about to pierce the sky. This rigid style was quite different from the Apocalypse People in Lin Lei’s impression. Of course, Lin Lei’s impression of Apocalypse basically came from Fuweili.

When Lin Lei landed on the parking platform, the Apocalypse receptionist was already waiting for him there.

These Apocalypse People had received warriors from the Star Alliance for the third time this month. The previous two times after people from the Star Alliance came, they eventually disappeared, obviously having fallen victim to foul play.

The problem of these Dark Remnants also plagued the Apocalypse Federal Government. They did not want the news to spread and cause panic among the public, but with Apocalypse’s current technology, to eliminate these remnants, they would have to dispatch warships, but these Dark Remnants were hiding in the cities, and the Apocalypse People could not solve them quietly.

The helpless Apocalypse People could only turn to the Star Alliance Guard for help, but the current situation seemed that even the Star Alliance found these remnants a bit tricky.

“It is a great honor to see you, warrior of the Star Alliance!” The Apocalypse receptionist said the welcome speech somewhat formulaically, clearly lacking confidence in the Watcher Warrior.

Lin Lei nodded to him and said indifferently: “It seems now that you have the specific locations of those bugs, so give them to me now, and I won’t go in.”

The receptionist was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to react. The guy in front of him wanted to take the information and go straight to work. Was this efficiency a bit too high?

But he was also prepared. He handed Lin Lei a light storage device and said: “This contains all the information we currently know. I hope it will be helpful to you.”

“Then thank you.” This saved him a lot of trouble. Lin Lei took the storage device, did not stay, went directly back to the Sky Shuttle, and left the Federal Government building.

“This is really the style of the Star Alliance, I hope he won’t let us down.” On the platform, the helpless receptionist said to the person beside him.

“I hope so too. If it doesn’t work again, Apocalypse will have to disregard the consequences.”